Onion Gang

Onion Gang
Season	4
Episode	7
Overall	110
Broadcast Information
Airdate	September 15, 2016
Production Code	TBA
Viewers	1.255
Credits
Written and Storyboarded by	Lamar Abrams Katie Mitroff
Directed by	Byung Ki Lee (animation) Ricky Cometa (art) Joe Johnston (supervising)
Episode Guide
Previous	"Last One Out of Beach City"
Next	"Gem Harvest"

"Onion Gang" is the 7^th episode of the fourth season of Steven Universe and the 110^th episode overall.

Synopsis

Steven finds out about Onion's secret friends.

Plot

The episode starts off with Onion and Steven continually bouncing on Steven's couch. Steven sits down, tired from bouncing so much, claiming they had been doing it for 2 hours already. They go over to the kitchen to get a snack, but when Onion picks Steven's favorite limited edition Chaaaaps, he is slightly annoyed but lets him continue. Instead of eating the chips, Onion throws them aside, apparently sensing his father had returned from work, and leaves. The next morning, Steven is reading on the couch, when Onion knocks on the door. Steven asks if Onion wanted someone to hang out with again, but he doesn't go inside, instead offering his hand. Steven takes it and he is taken outside to town, having his arm held by Onion. They pass by Onion's House, and end up in the woods. Steven falls and looks around, asking where they were. Onion whistles loudly and three figures with masks come out, creeping Steven out and making him fall back. Steven is then introduced to Onion's other mute friends: Pinto, Garbanzo, Squash, and Soup. They soon go on adventures throughout the town.

After heading back into the forest, Onion sets up a racetrack and Soup takes off his Soup Pot Hat and it starts flowing out insects, startling Steven. They soon pick their own bugs and starts racing them and Steven ultimately wins. Steven soon has to squish his beetle, but doesn't due to a fear of hurting it. Steven soon runs home and checks his cell phone to see who else is available to hang out with. After no one can hang out with Steven, Onion comes up to Steven to show him something. Steven tells Onion to leave, because he knew that Onion and his friends understood each. Onion begins to leave, but bursts through the screen of the front door, insisting, but Steven further rejects his offer, knowing that Onion and his friends had only felt pity for Steven. Onion leaves, but not before he leaves the beetle from earlier today, still alive. Steven is surprised, and he runs back to the woods to apologize to Onion.

He rushes through the bushes, to find that Pinto, Garbanzo, Squash and Soup are packing up. Steven apologizes for his behavior earlier, but Onion hands him a leaf, making him realize that Onion's friends did not live in Beach City. Since the fall was starting, it was time for them to go home. The three hug Steven and he thanks them for letting him hang out with them. They drive away on their racecar as Steven and Onion wave goodbye. Steven goes over to Onion, who is looking noticeably saddened that his friends were gone. Steven comforts him, understanding that Onion wanted him to come over because he had one last chance to have his friends altogether. However, he reminds Onion that he would always have memories of the good times they had together, and until next summer, Steven says he has him. Tearing up, Onion hugs Steven as the iris closes on both of them.

Features

Characters

• Steven
• Onion
• Garnet (pictured)
• Mr. Fryman (pictured)
• Sour Cream (pictured)
• Pearl (pictured)
• Rose Quartz (pictured)
• Connie Maheswaran (mentioned)
• Yellowtail (non-speaking)
• Vidalia (non-speaking)
• Suitcase Sam (non-speaking)
• Garbanzo (debut)
• Pinto (debut)
• Squash (debut)
• Soup (debut)
• Peedee Fryman (mentioned)
• Lars (mentioned)
• Bill Dewey (mentioned)
• Barbara Miller (mentioned)

Objects

• Chaaaaps Maximum BBQ
• Steven's Phone
• Yummy Apple Juice
• Hynes Ketchup

Locations

• Beach City
  • Beach House
  • Onion's House
• Forest

Music

• TBA

Trivia

• It is revealed that Onion does not know anybody his age in Beach City, resulting in his loneliness throughout the year until summer. 
• Zach Callison and Lamar Abrams are the only voices throughout the episode.

Continuity

• In "Same Old World", Steven shows Lapis that the leaves are just beginning to change. In this episode, the leaves are beginning to change and Connie's going back-to-school shopping indicating that a couple months have passed since the events of that episode.
• It's shown that Vidalia still likes to paint as shown previously in "Onion Friend".
• Pearl's framed picture on the side of the fridge, previously seen in "Monster Buddies" but destroyed by the Centipeetle Mother, makes a reappearance. However, she is in her Pre-Regeneration outfit.

Cultural References

• Onion, Steven, and his friends all piling on one on another's shoulders, and putting on a trenchcoat to look like an adult or a tall man is a common TV trope.
  • Similarly, the Gang's game of dressing up in a trenchcoat and then revealing themselves in front of others is a rather lewd reference to the stereotypical flasher, wearing nothing but a trenchoat and exposing themselves in public.
  • However, in the case of the Gang the flashing is more innocent as the joke involves them instead taking flash photographs of the person's reaction.
• Soup loosely resembles Frisk from the video game Undertale.
  • The bug race in the show also references the bug race in Undertale, where you also have the option to kill the winning bug. 
  • This episode was released on the one-year anniversary of the game Undertale.

Errors

• TBA

Transcript

View the episode's transcript here.

Gallery

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Videos

Steven Universe Onion is Hungry for Power! Cartoon Network

Steven Universe Onion's Friends Cartoon Network