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I can totally rave to this. |
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—Lars and the Cool Kids |
Sour Cream is a minor character and resident of Beach City that made his debut in "Lars and the Cool Kids". He first appears in the episode "Frybo". He is one of "The Cool Kids". In "Joy Ride", it is hinted that his stepfather is Yellowtail, and in "Onion Friend", Sour Cream is revealed to be Onion's older maternal half-brother, Yellowtail's step-son, and Vidalia's son.
Appearance
Sour Cream is a young man, with pale platinum blonde hair styled into a point, ice blue eyes, and a long, angular face. He wears a blue-gray hoodie over a gray-blue undershirt, orange phat pants, and bright sea-foam green tennis shoes. He is often shown with a concerned facial expression. His pants can convert to shorts when unzipped.
Personality
Sour Cream is soft-spoken and "chill" in most interactions. He enjoys dancing, "raving", listening to electronic music, and DJ-ing using Nintendo consoles for his "friends from the internet". In contrast to his usually chill nature, it's shown that his relationship with his step-dad, Yellowtail, makes him openly angry. He wants to become a DJ instead of a fisherman like his step-dad.
Relationships
Jenny & Buck Dewey
Buck and Jenny are assumed to be Sour Cream's two best friends. They hang out with him as part of the "cool kids" group in town, and they show support for his aspirations to be a DJ.
Steven
Sour Cream is on good terms with Steven, and enjoys his company. He considers him his friend and they go with each other on rides. In "Joy Ride", when Steven told them about the Crystal Gems who blame him for his mother's "death" and the Homeworld Gems thinking he's his mom, Sour Cream said, "I'd rather be a fisherman than have to deal with tha(t)."
Lars
Though he is not incredibly close with Lars, he, with his group of friends, befriends him at the end of "Lars and the Cool Kids", and later hangs out with him in "Joking Victim", and "Sadie's Song".
Stevonnie
In "Alone Together", while Stevonnie was sitting on the bench eating a donut, Sour Cream half blushes and invites them to a rave held at a warehouse - the same place where they held a wrestling match in "Tiger Millionaire". This shows that he may find Stevonnie attractive.
Kevin
In "Alone Together", he said, "Kevin is at the rave he is DJ-ing" implying Kevin is one of his "friends from the internet".
Yellowtail
Yellowtail is Sour Cream's step-dad. Their relationship is strained due to Sour Cream's desire to be a DJ instead of a fisherman. He has a certain dislike towards him saying that his dad just doesn't understand him for him wanting to be a DJ. However, at the end of "Drop Beat Dad", Yellowtail delivers Sour Cream's DJ equipment to him, showing that he has become more supportive of Sour Cream's hobby.
Onion
Onion is Sour Cream's half-brother. Due to the few number of scenes where both of them appear, most of their personal relationship is a mystery.
Vidalia
Their relationship is a lot better than the one with his step-dad. His mother even encourages his love of being a DJ, despite Yellowtail's wishes.
Marty
There are not really any seen interactions with Sour Cream and Marty, but in the few that they have had, it is seen to be a negative one. In the episode "Drop Beat Dad", Sour Cream was shown to trust Marty, following every command and showing interest in bonding with him. However, when it is revealed that Marty tried to take advantage of Sour Cream to advertise Guacola, Sour Cream yells at him in Onion and Yellowtail's language and English.
Amethyst
In "Onion Friend", it is mentioned that Amethyst and his mother Vidalia hung out when Sour Cream was younger. While their relationship was never fully explored, Amethyst reminisced to when she "used to be bigger than him".
Episode Appearances
Season 1 | ||||||||||||
Season 1A | ||||||||||||
1. "Gem Glow": | Absent | 14. "Lars and the Cool Kids": | Debut | |||||||||
2. "Laser Light Cannon": | Absent | 15. "Onion Trade": | Absent | |||||||||
3. "Cheeseburger Backpack": | Absent | 16. "Steven the Sword Fighter": | Absent | |||||||||
4. "Together Breakfast": | Absent | 17. "Lion 2: The Movie": | Absent | |||||||||
5. "Frybo": | Cameo | 18. "Beach Party": | Absent | |||||||||
6. "Cat Fingers": | Absent | 19. "Rose's Room": | Absent | |||||||||
7. "Bubble Buddies": | Absent | 20. "Coach Steven": | Absent | |||||||||
8. "Serious Steven": | Absent | 21. "Joking Victim": | Appears | |||||||||
9. "Tiger Millionaire": | Absent | 22. "Steven and the Stevens": | Absent | |||||||||
10. "Steven's Lion": | Absent | 23. "Monster Buddies": | Absent | |||||||||
11. "Arcade Mania": | Cameo | 24. "An Indirect Kiss": | Absent | |||||||||
12. "Giant Woman": | Absent | 25. "Mirror Gem": | Cameo | |||||||||
13. "So Many Birthdays": | Absent | 26. "Ocean Gem": | Absent | |||||||||
Season 1B | ||||||||||||
27. "House Guest": | Absent | 40. "On the Run": | Cameo | |||||||||
28. "Space Race": | Absent | 41. "Horror Club": | Absent | |||||||||
29. "Secret Team": | Absent | 42. "Winter Forecast": | Absent | |||||||||
30. "Island Adventure": | Absent | 43. "Maximum Capacity": | Absent | |||||||||
31. "Keep Beach City Weird": | Absent | 44. "Marble Madness": | Absent | |||||||||
32. "Fusion Cuisine": | Absent | 45. "Rose's Scabbard": | Absent | |||||||||
33. "Garnet's Universe": | Absent | 46. "Open Book": | Absent | |||||||||
34. "Watermelon Steven": | Absent | 47. "Shirt Club": | Appears | |||||||||
35. "Lion 3: Straight to Video": | Absent | 48. "Story for Steven": | Absent | |||||||||
36. "Warp Tour": | Absent | 49. "The Message": | Absent | |||||||||
37. "Alone Together": | Appears | 50. "Political Power": | Absent | |||||||||
38. "The Test": | Absent | 51. "The Return": | Cameo | |||||||||
39. "Future Vision": | Absent | 52. "Jail Break": | Absent |
Season 2 | ||||||||||||
1. "Full Disclosure": | Absent | 14. "Historical Friction": | Absent | |||||||||
2. "Joy Ride": | Appears | 15. "Friend Ship": | Absent | |||||||||
3. "Say Uncle": | Absent | 16. "Nightmare Hospital": | Absent | |||||||||
4. "Love Letters": | Absent | 17. "Sadie's Song": | Cameo | |||||||||
5. "Reformed": | Absent | 18. "Catch and Release": | Absent | |||||||||
6. "Sworn to the Sword": | Absent | 19. "When It Rains": | Absent | |||||||||
7. "Rising Tides, Crashing Skies": | Absent | 20. "Back to the Barn": | Absent | |||||||||
8. "Keeping It Together": | Absent | 21. "Too Far": | Absent | |||||||||
9. "We Need to Talk": | Absent | 22. "The Answer": | Absent | |||||||||
10. "Chille Tid": | Absent | 23. "Steven's Birthday": | Absent | |||||||||
11. "Cry for Help": | Absent | 24. "It Could've Been Great": | Absent | |||||||||
12. "Keystone Motel": | Absent | 25. "Message Received": | Absent | |||||||||
13. "Onion Friend": | Cameo | 26. "Log Date 7 15 2": | Absent |
Season 3 | |||||
1. "Super Watermelon Island": | Absent | 13. "Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service": | Cameo | ||
2. "Gem Drill": | Absent | 14. "Monster Reunion": | Absent | ||
3. "Same Old World": | Absent | 15. "Alone at Sea": | Absent | ||
4. "Barn Mates": | Absent | 16. "Greg the Babysitter": | Flashback | ||
5. "Hit the Diamond": | Absent | 17. "Gem Hunt": | Absent | ||
6. "Steven Floats": | Absent | 18. "Crack the Whip": | Absent | ||
7. "Drop Beat Dad": | Appears | 19. "Steven vs. Amethyst": | Absent | ||
8. "Mr. Greg": | Absent | 20/21. "Bismuth": | Absent | ||
9. "Too Short to Ride": | Absent | 22. "Beta": | Absent | ||
10. "The New Lars": | Appears | 23. "Earthlings": | Absent | ||
11. "Beach City Drift": | Appears | 24. "Back to the Moon": | Absent | ||
12. "Restaurant Wars": | Absent | 25. "Bubbled": | Absent |
Shorts
- "We are the Crystal Gems" (cameo)
Trivia
- Like all the Cool Kids he has an Crystal Gem counterpart.
- Like Pearl, Sour Cream doesn't like being bossed around, and always runs for his dreams. Both are tall, have pointy noses, and a similiar haircut.
- In "Onion Friend" it is confirmed that his biological dad is Marty, and Vidalia is his mother.
- They all greatly resemble each other, and Vidalia being his mother fits the onion-themed naming tradition.
- It is unknown if Sour Cream is his actual name or a nickname, as he says "They call me Sour Cream" in the episode "Lars and the Cool Kids".
- The equipment (Game Boy, etc.) Sour Cream uses to DJ in "Alone Together" was inspired by the composers' skill with chiptune music and was incorporated into the show by Ian Jones-Quartey.
- If you put his name and Onion's name together, it makes "Sour Cream and Onion", a popular potato chip flavor, a hint of them being half-brothers.
- It was furthermore hinted in the episode "Joy Ride" when Sour Cream indirectly stated that Yellowtail was his step-father, and confirmed in the episode "Onion Friend" that Sour Cream and Onion are, indeed, maternal half-brothers.
- Sour Cream is fully capable of understanding Yellowtail and Onion, and will talk like them when particularly enraged.