We... are the Crystal Gems! We'll always save the day! And if you think we can't, We'll always find a way! That's why the people of this world believe in Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl and Steven!
A full version of the song was heard in the Pilot. It adds the following before the lyrics reproduced above:
If you're evil, and you're on the rise You can count on the four of us taking you down 'Cause we're good and evil never beats us We'll win the fight and then go out for pizzas
"Lala-lala-lala-lala-la Lala-la-lala-Lala-lala-lala Lala-la-lala-la-Lala-La-la Lala-lala-Lala-la-La-lala-la!" If you could only know What we really are "when we arrived on earth, from out beyond your star" We were amazed to find Your beauty and your worth We will protect your kind We will protect your Earth We will protect your Earth
And we will protect you!
We Are the Crystal Gems We'll always save the day And if you think we can't We'll always find a way That's why the people of this world believe in Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl and Steven!
The full lyrics are revealed in a short, titled "We Are the Crystal Gems" at San Diego Comic Con 2015 at the joint Adventure Time/Steven Universe panel.
[Steven] If you're evil, and you're on the rise You can count on the four of us taking you down 'Cause we're good and evil never beats us We'll win the fight and then go out for pizzas We Are the Crystal Gems We'll always save the day And if you think we can't We'll always find a way That's why the people of this world believe in Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, and Steven! [Pearl] If you could only know, what we really are When we arrived on Earth, from out beyond your star We were amazed to find, your beauty and your worth And we will protect your kind, And we will protect your Earth And we will protect your Earth, And we will protect you! [Garnet] I will fight for the place where I'm free! To live together and exist as me! [Pearl] I will fight in the name of Rose Quartz! And everything that she believed in! [Amethyst] I will fight for the world I was made in! The Earth is everything I've ever known! [Steven] I will fight to be everything that everybody wants me to be when I'm grown! [Crystal Gems] The odds are against us, this won't be easy, but we're not going to do it alone! We Are the Crystal Gems! We'll always save the day And if you think we can't We'll always find a way That's why the people of this world [Greg] Believe in Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl and Steven!
Starting with "Sworn to the Sword", a re-orchestrated version was created; the song contains drums, the scenes are different, and the Gems are in their post-regeneration forms.
In the new intro, Connie can be seen with Rose's Sword, Jamie can be seen sitting on the beach, Onion can be seen on the roof of the Big Donut, and Beach City seems more lively in general.
Steven and the Crystal Gems can be seen on a Warp Pad in space, with Earth and the Moon in the background.
Steven sings the word "Gems" interrupting both Pearl and Amethyst.
At the Adventure Time/Steven Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2015, an extended version of the song's lyrics were released in a video featuring a young Steven singing, as well as the other Crystal Gems.
It follows a similar pattern the extended opening from the Pilot for the first scene, such as Garnet starting and afterward the rest of the Gems clapping along to Steven playing the song on his ukulele.
In this version, Greg sings the words "believe in" towards the end of the song.
It also revealed that the song was written, as far as in-universe canon goes, by a young Steven just having learned to play the ukulele before making the move from his dad's van to moving in with the Crystal Gems.
An earlier form of Amethyst is seen previously in the video when Steven was young. She wears a purple sweater similar to the one seen in the Pilot. After the house was completed, Amethyst is seen in her debut form in a purple tank.
This is the first appearance of Yellow Diamond in any Steven Universe media.
A montage of various clips from previous episodes were shown as Steven and the Crystal Gems run along the beach, reminiscent of the first opening sequence. These clips include (in order of appearance):
This served as a type of brief scene. Initially, as the Gems start to run, and Steven is being left behind, all of the Gems are wearing their pre-regeneration outfits. The montage then begins to play as the Gems are silhouetted. After the montage, Steven catches up to them and jumps, the Gems are now wearing their post-regeneration outfits.
The extended version that was shown at the Adventure Time/Steven Universe panel is the first time any Homeworld Gems are shown in the theme or intro.
In the Gems' individual verses, including Steven, they all summon their weapons.
Steven eating a hot dog at the end of the original theme song may be a reference to his dad's phrase "If every pork chop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs!".
In the second and third stanza of the semi-extended version of "We Are The Crystal Gems", the song sounds similar when compared to one part of a song that Ice King sings in the 25th episode of Adventure Time's 4th Season, entitled "I Remember You." This may be due to Rebecca Sugar's contribution to writing both of the songs.
A line sung by Pearl from the full version ("If you could only know, what we really are") can be heard in the background of the teaser for "In Too Deep", an event starting Season 3.
On the opening theme after the Crystal Gems says "We... Are the Crystal Gems!" Steven is shown to be doing the Gem salute.
Errors
At the beginning of the theme song when the close up of the gems is shown there is a small gap between Steven's head and Amethyst's arm sowing Amethyst's body that does not have her shirt on
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