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Steven gets depressed when his favorite ice-cream sandwich brand, Cookie Cat, has been taken off the market. He soon cheers up when the Gems manage to get a hold of some of the last remaining Cookie Cats, which Steven believes may hold the key to activating his gem.

Gem Glow

When a menacing red eye is about to hit Beach City, the only thing that can destroy it is a Laser Light Cannon which once belonged to Steven's mother, Rose Quartz. Thus, Steven enlists the help of his father, Greg, and they search through his storage for the cannon.

Laser Light Cannon

The Gems go on a mission to place a Moon Goddess statue on top of the ruined Lunar Sea Spire, and Steven tries to prove he can be useful with the help of his new novelty cheeseburger backpack.

Cheeseburger Backpack

Steven's attempt to get the Gems to share his special breakfast tradition lands him on a journey through their ancient Gem temple.

Together Breakfast

Steven brings a mascot costume to life with a magic shard owned by Pearl to help his friend Peedee with his job, but it backfires when the mascot goes rogue.

Frybo

Steven tries to master his shapeshifting abilities from Amethyst, but turns his fingers into cats, making it harder to do things.

Cat Fingers

Steven creates a magic bubble around himself and a girl he likes, Connie, to save her from a falling rock, but has no idea how to make it disappear.

Bubble Buddies

While navigating out of an ancient Gem maze, Steven tries to prove himself worthy to Garnet by being serious.

Serious Steven

Steven joins an underground wrestling league with Amethyst, who is tired of Pearl and Garnet bringing her down.

Tiger Millionaire

Steven befriends a magical lion he finds in the desert during a mission with the Gems.

Steven's Lion

Steven takes the Gems on his own kind of adventure by bringing them to the Fun Land Arcade, where Garnet soon becomes enchanted by a dancing game.

Arcade Mania

Steven urges Amethyst and Pearl to fuse together into a four-armed "giant woman" named Opal (Aimee Mann). Amethyst and Pearl, however, keep on quarrelling.

Giant Woman

After learning that the Gems are thousands of years old, Steven decides to make up for all the birthdays they've missed.

So Many Birthdays

Steven and Lars get to hang out with the cool kids (Jenny Pizza, Buck Dewey and Sour Cream) in town, but their teenage shenanigans get them into magical trouble.

Lars and the Cool Kids

A toy trade between Steven and Onion escalates into epic proportions.

Onion Trade

Pearl gets injured and retreats into her gem to heal and make a new body to project after she tries to teach Steven the art of sword-fighting using a holographic version of herself.

Steven the Sword Fighter

Steven and Connie try to ride Lion to the movie theater, but Lion has other plans.

Lion 2: The Movie

After a battle damages the Fish Stew Pizza sign, the Gems are banned from the restaurant, so Steven throws a cookout on the beachside to mend the relationship between the Pizza family and the Gems.

Beach Party

Steven's desire for some alone time unlocks a new room in the Temple that answers his every wish.

Rose's Room

Against Pearl's wishes, Steven becomes determined to get stronger after watching Garnet and Amethyst fuse into the mighty Sugilite.

Coach Steven

Steven works at the Big Donut when Lars leaves Sadie with all the work.

Joking Victim

Steven needs a musical partner for an upcoming show, so he uses a time travel device to recruit himself as the perfect bandmate.

Steven and the Stevens

Steven attempts to tame a monster's wild form when he accidentally releases it from its gem bubble.

Monster Buddies

Steven tells Connie about his mission with the Gems to heal Amethyst after she cracks her gemstone.

An Indirect Kiss

Steven befriends a magical mirror that can mysteriously communicate with only him and ends up setting free its trapped inhabitant, a Gem named Lapis Lazuli.

Mirror Gem

Lapis Lazuli disappears after reigniting a past conflict with Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl, and takes the ocean along with her, leaving Beach City in a panic on the first day of summer. Steven, Connie, Greg, Lion and the Gems go on a mission to confront Lapis and set things back to normal.

Ocean Gem

Left homeless and with a broken leg after the events of the previous episode, Greg stays with Steven and the Gems as a temporary house guest and unintentionally interferes with Steven's healing powers.

House Guest

Steven, Pearl and Greg work together to build a spaceship so that Pearl can revisit the wonders of the cosmos, but Pearl gets a little carried away.

Space Race

After they accidentally pop a bubble containing gem shards, Steven, Amethyst and Pearl form a secret team to retrieve the shards before Garnet finds out.

Secret Team

Steven tries to mend Lars' and Sadie's friendship by taking them on vacation to a magical beach.

Island Adventure

Steven is taken in by Ronaldo's conspiracy theories about paranormal occurrences in Beach City.

Keep Beach City Weird!

Steven asks the Gems to fuse together and pretend to be his mother at dinner with Connie's family.

Fusion Cuisine

Steven interprets what Garnet did during the day after a recent mission.

Garnet's Universe

Steven grows a patch of watermelons shaped like himself, but they soon come to life and attack people.

Watermelon Steven

Lion keeps lying on Steven's face while he's sleeping. This leads to Steven discovering a pocket dimension in Lion's mane.

Lion 3: Straight to Video

Steven becomes uneasy after seeing an unknown object traversing through a warp stream, despite the Gems' attempts to disprove his claims.

Warp Tour

While practicing how to fuse with Gems, Steven accidentally fuses with Connie, forming a half-human and half-Gem, human fusion called Stevonnie.

Alone Together

Steven finds out that the Lunar Sea Spire mission from the third episode was a test and demands a new one.

The Test

Steven learns that Garnet can see into the future and becomes paranoid about the possible dangers around him.

Future Vision

Steven and Amethyst try life out on the road. During so, Amethyst reveals a dark secret about herself and the Gems to Steven.

On the Run

Steven goes to the lighthouse to watch scary movies with Ronaldo, Lars and Sadie.

Horror Club

Steven has to take Connie back to her home before a blizzard hits Beach City, and Garnet shows him some outcomes before they leave.

Winter Forecast

While cleaning out Greg's storage unit, Greg and Amethyst are reunited with their favorite sitcom Li'l Butler.

Maximum Capacity

When several droids from space descend towards warp pad zones, Steven and the Gems attempt to track down their purposes.

Marble Madness

Pearl takes Steven to a special place that belonged to Rose Quartz after Lion finds the scabbard for Rose's sword.

Rose's Scabbard

Steven and the Gems need Greg's help to retrieve a message from the Wailing Stone.

The Message

The Gems cause a power outage in Beach City, and Steven helps Mayor Dewey with damage control.

Political Power

Peridot and her new partner, Jasper, arrive on Earth.

The Return

Trapped on Peridot's ship, Steven attempts to rescue the Gems from the Homeworld's clutches, including two Gems named Ruby and Sapphire.

Jail Break

Steven tries to avoid Connie so he won't have to tell her about his ordeal with the Homeworld Gems from the previous episodes.

Full Disclosure

When Connie is upset by the ending of her favorite book series, Steven takes her to Rose Quartz's room, where they remake the ending.

Open Book

Buck, Jenny and Sour Cream take Steven out on a late-night joyride to lift his spirits and teach him how to have fun, until they end up discovering Peridot's escape pod.

Joy Ride

In this non-canon episode, Uncle Grandpa arrives to aid Steven in unlocking the power of his gem.

Say Uncle

Greg tells Steven the story of when he first met Rose Quartz.

Story for Steven

Shirt Club

When Jamie the mailman falls in love with Garnet, Steven and Connie must help turn him down gently.

Love Letters

Amethyst keeps trying to find a new form to regenerate into while she, Steven and Garnet chase after a monster loose in the Temple.

Reformed

Wanting to protect Steven, Connie takes up swordfighting lessons with Pearl.

Sworn to the Sword

Ronaldo investigates the Crystal Gems in a web documentary for his "Keep Beach City Weird" blog.

Rising Tides, Crashing Skies

While the Crystal Gems chase after Peridot in the Kindergarten, Steven and Garnet discover a dark secret while exploring its inner workings.

Keeping it Together

After witnessing Steven and Connie fuse again, Greg explains to them how he learned about gem fusion from his time with Rose Quartz, hoping to pull it off himself in order to grow closer to her.

We Need to Talk

Garnet has Pearl and Amethyst stay with Steven, who is exhausted from searching for Malachite in the ocean with the Gems, for a slumber party. However, Steven is rattled by recurring dreams of Lapis Lazuli.

Chille Tid

When TV broadcasts are disrupted by a video signal emitted by Peridot from a Gem communication tower, Garnet chooses to fuse with Pearl into Sardonyx to destroy it, which dismays Amethyst. As the tower keeps being fixed, however, Steven and Amethyst are shocked to discover who's really behind it.

Cry for Help

While she accompanies Greg and Steven on a road trip to another state and a visit to a motel in that state, Garnet's frustration with what Pearl did in the previous episode causes her to split into Ruby and Sapphire.

Keystone Motel

When they visit Onion's house, Amethyst rekindles her friendship with his mother, Vidalia, while he shows Steven around his room.

Onion Friend

Steven is asked by Jamie to participate in a play funded by Mayor Dewey about Beach City's founding, with Pearl stepping in to provide a more historically accurate script.

Historical Friction

After the recent events, Pearl wants to redeem herself by capturing Peridot, who traps the Crystal Gems in an old, abandoned Gem spaceship.

Friend Ship

Steven and Connie must sneak into a hospital to retrieve Rose Quartz's sword from Connie's mother.

Nightmare Hospital

Steven helps Sadie with an act for the annual Beach City Beach-a-Palooza.

Sadie's Song

The Crystal Gems finally capture Peridot, but Steven suspects that she knows something and lets her live in his bathroom.

Catch and Release

After Steven explains Earth's workings, including rainstorms, to Peridot, she takes Steven to the Kindergarten to tell him more about the Cluster.

When It Rains

The Crystal Gems and Peridot go to the family barn to build a gem drill that can take them to the Cluster's location. However, when Peridot and Pearl fight over who will lead the project, Steven suggests they build robots and compete with each other.

Back to the Barn

Peridot gets carried away with gem gossip, and unintentionally really hurts Amethyst's feelings.

Too Far

Garnet finally tells Steven the story of how she came to be a Crystal Gem.

The Answer

Steven has a birthday party out at the barn, and decides he has some growing up to do.

Steven's Birthday

It Could've Been Great

Steven has doubts about believing in everyone.

Message Received

Steven sneaks a listen to a friend’s audio diary.

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Steven discovers what happened to his sentient watermelons.

Super Watermelon Island

Gem Drill

Steven and Lapis Lazuli go on an adventure.

Same Old World

Steven helps two friends get along at the barn.

Barn Mates

When an envoy of Rubies arrive, Steven proposes a game of baseball.

Hit the Diamond

Steven discovers he has a new power while seeking a fresh doughnut.

Steven Floats

Drop Beat Dad

Steven visits Empire City with Greg and Pearl.

Mr. Greg

Steven and Amethyst take a trip to Funland but run into trouble when their friend is too short to ride the rollercoasters.

Too Short to Ride

The New Lars

Steven and Connie get into a high-speed car race with their biggest foe.

Beach City Drift

Steven settles a rivalry between restaurant owners.

Restaurant Wars

Kiki has nightmares and Steven intervenes.

Kiki’s Pizza Delivery Service

Monster Reunion

Steven and Greg take Lapis on a boat trip out to sea and find themselves in dangerous water.

Alone at Sea

Greg tells Steven the story of the time he and Rose babysat Sour Cream for Vidalia.

Greg the Babysitter

Steven, Pearl and Connie go to the Great North to hunt down a corrupted gem.

Gem Hunt

Amethyst looks after Steven and Connie while Pearl and Garnet look for Jasper's whereabouts.

Crack the Whip

Steven And Amethyst compete against each other while training with Pearl.

Steven vs. Amethyst

Steven discovers something the Gems thought was lost to the past inside of Lion's mane.

Bismuth

Steven and Amethyst visit some friends in the country but Amethyst isn't being herself.

Beta

Amethyst tries to exact revenge with a showdown in the Kindergarten.

Earthlings

A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers.

The Best Seasons of Steven Universe

The Best Seasons of Steven Universe

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