Steven Universe Season 1 Episode 10

Professional synopsis

Steven befriends a magical lion, however cannot say exactly why he likes him.[2]


Conspiracy

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The episode opens with the gem stones and Steven wandering thru a desert affected by huge sandstone pillars that randomly rise and disappear. Garnet explains that "the energy inside the shape have become aimless" and so randomly elevated separate structures.  their conversation is interrupted by means of a loud roar and the gemstones run off to investigate, leaving an exhausted Steven in the back of. rapidly after, a paranormal red lion with sparkling eyes processes Steven. although to start with startled, Steven quick realizes that the lion approach no damage and begins petting and talking with it.


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Not lengthy after, however, a large explosion catches their interest. The gem stones technique after defeating a monster that was holding a gem powering a shape known as "barren region Glass", a pink velvet pillow protected in a huge inexperienced gem (which Amethyst claimed as her own considering she added the killing blow). Pearl feedback that she ought to take care of him due to the fact losing him at the sand would "rebuild the entirety". after they saw Steven with the lion, they speedy grabbed their weapons, simplest for Steven to guarantee them that the lion intended no damage. Steven says good-bye as they go away the desolate tract and return to the Crystal Temple.


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Lower back on the temple, Amethyst and Steven are taking a snooze under a pillow fortress included in desert glass when they pay attention scratching from the door. an awful lot to his marvel, a pink lion seemed at his door. Steven then tries to play games with the lion however to no avail because the lion appears very apathetic to all his games. barely disheartened, Steven believes he is aware of of something the lion "should like". He then brings him to Fish Stew Pizza, where Steven enters, hoping to show off his lion. inner, Onion and Ronaldo Fryman are eating at the same time as Kofi and Kiki work the counter. Steven lets them recognize approximately his lion, which excites Ronald at the same time as Kiki is very reserved. once they exit the pizzeria, they locate no such lion (despite the fact that Ronaldo to begin with believed it turned into invisible), prompting a bad lion pun from Kiki and a disturbing demise stare from Onion. Steven unearths the lion returned in his residence, getting there simply as he tears down the door and it becomes obvious he's after the wilderness Glass. This revelation angers and frightens Steven, who turns into frustrated with the lion and finally throws the pillow off the balcony onto the seashore.


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The ground all of sudden starts to shake and huge sandstone pillars begin to upward push across the gem. The gemstones run outdoor and Pearl explains that desert Glass is trying to "rebuild her fortress". in the meantime, the pillow creates a large sandstorm and a wall that not even a grenade can penetrate. Trapped inner, Steven realizes he has to take it from the pinnacle of the significant tower. Upon accomplishing the pinnacle, the sand shape transforms, forcing Steven to fall from a brilliant top, only to be stuck by a lion. figuring out that the lion most effective desired to defend them from the pillow, Steven makes use of a mystical roar to ruin the sand systems around them. They then broke through the pinnacle of the tower and retrieved the gem and all the sand structures dissipated rapidly after. Pearl chides Amethyst for not "effervescent" the wilderness Glass inside the first region, and Amethyst states that she forgot her defenses. Steven not directly asks the gem stones if he can preserve the Lion, to which they (specially Garnet) not directly agree.


Details

There was a three-week hiatus after this episode.

Cultural references

When Steven tells Ronald that the lion is red, he replies, "How can it's invisible and red?", a connection with the Invisible pink Unicorn.

The identify is similar to the 1977 Disney film, Pete's Dragon.

Continuity

You could see the photograph he took with Steven in "Cat fingers" on Ronald's laptop, and it's also visible on Ronald's actual preserve beach city weird Tumblr page.

Onion is shown to hate being lied to. this can be seen once more in "Political power" when he turned into about to assault invoice Dewey for mendacity about the blackout.

Garnet's ultimate line: "We kept the amethyst." further to referring to her alternatively wild conduct, it shows that Amethyst joined the Crystal gems after the others, and she or he became revealed in "on the Run" to were introduced into the herd after the revolt as a newly created Gem.

Mistakes

The scene wherein Garnet wipes the sweat off of Steven, the center a part of her glove disappears when she curls her fingers, then reappears whilst she unfolds them.

There are numerous scenes wherein Lion has normal eyes, but nonetheless incorporates a glow around them.

After Steven throws the barren region Glass on the seaside, he isn't always proven status at the porch in the next scene, but is absolutely absent. It then reappears inside the next digicam shot.

It can also be due to the space between wilderness Glass and Steven's house. If it had been drawn, it would had been enormously small whilst considered from the porch.

The window at the proper side of the beach house appears to be lacking as Pearl broadcasts that desert Glass is rebuilding her citadel.

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