Steven Universe, Season 5

Steven Universe (2013–2019) is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar, former storyboard artist, writer, and composer for Adventure Time. It is produced by Cartoon Network Studios, and is the first show by the studio to be created by a woman. The series aired on Cartoon Network in North America from November 4, 2013 to January 21, 2019.

Steven:
I did it!

Defense Zircon:
Wha… What, what?! Stop!

Blue Diamond:
No! I want to hear what she has to say.

Lars:
[muffled] Get us out of here, Steven!

[Steven is elevated up to the Diamonds' height]

Yellow Pearl:
State your name for the record, please.

Steven:
I, um… I am Rose Quartz… and I'm guilty.

Defense Zircon:
Wait! No, don't say that!

Steven:
Everything you guys I did, I did. And I did it by myself. I'm sorry. I'll accept any punishment you want to give me. [points down to Lars] Just let him go! And leave the Earth alone.

Yellow Diamond:
Ha! Sounds like a solid confession to me.

Blue Diamond:
How? How did you do it? How did you shatter Pink Diamond?

Steven:
[nervously] Um, well…I did it on Earth in front of Pink Diamond's palanquin. I was probably like "Stop!" And she was all like, "No!" So we fought -- I think. And she probably did some cool moves. I probably did some cool stuff, too, some jump-kicks and stuff. But I was most likely deeply conflicted about deciding to shatter her. Definitely crying. I probably had to use the Breaking Point to do it.

Blue Diamond:
It was a sword! [covers her eyes, crying and a blue light fills the room, making everyone except Lars tear up] You… shattered her…with a sword! [starts sobbing]

Yellow Diamond:
[walks up and comforts Blue; coldly to Steven] That's quite enough testimony from you! We shall take a short recess.

[Back in the Waiting Room…]

Defense Zircon:
What are you saying in there?! "Maybe" this, "probably" that! Oh, what do you mean, probably?!

Steven:
Look I just... I don't actually know how it happened, okay?

Defense Zircon:
You don't know?!

Steven:
I...

Defense Zircon:
[grabs Steven by the shirt collar and picks him up] Don't tumble my rocks! Both our gems are on the line! Did you do this or not?!

Steven:
It was me, alright! [Defense Zircon let's go of his shirt and drops him] Rose Quartz did it, and I've got her gem, so I'm the one who's got to pay for this.

Defense Zircon:
You don't know how it happened. [Steven shakes his head] I get it. There's a reason they want you to explain how you did it.

Steven:
Huh?

Defense Zircon:
It's because it doesn't make sense!

Stevonnie:
What? I-I'm… home?

Dr. Maheswaran:
[muffled] You were told to be prepared cycles ago. [rises up from the carpet, on her phone] There will be no more excuses. Get it done. And don't expect me to look kindly upon this transgression. Embark at once.

Stevonnie:
Mom? What is she talking about? [quickly rolls out of the way]

Dr. Maheswaran:
[walking across the room, towards the front door] Yes, I know there's organic life on the surface, it's an invasion.

Stevonnie:
[shouting] Hey, Mom! What are you talking about?!

Dr. Maheswaran:
You will stick to my orders and you will destroy them!

Stevonnie:
[sighs] I hate it when she ignores me.

Dr. Maheswaran:
No. Hm. No. I will not repeat myself. Hm. That is simply unacceptable.

Stevonnie:
Hey, Mom!

Dr. Maheswaran:
[as Stevonnie climbs all the way up to her shoulder] Well, you'll have to remember, won't you? The dullness of this exchange tires me. Just land the dropships and do your pathetic job for once. Or I'll shatter you and your crew myself.

Stevonnie:
[moves Dr. Maheswaran's phone away and shouts into her ear] Hey, Mom, what are you doing?!

Dr. Maheswaran:
[opens her eyes with Yellow Diamond's pupils, looking down at Stevonnie] Honey, please. Give me a moment. [picks Stevonnie off her shoulders and sets them down on the floor as she is transfigured into Yellow Diamond, sits on a chair, summoning a panel with her hand, as the setting changes to the interior of a Diamond Moon Base]

Stevonnie:
[sees Gem dropships flying towards a planet colony; squealing in excitement] Whoa, cool! Yellow! [jumps up to her chair] Hey, Yellow.

Yellow Diamond:
Oh, you're still here.

Stevonnie:
What are you doing?

Yellow Diamond:
I'm commanding the dropships to colonize this planet.

Stevonnie:
I wanna command a dropship!

Yellow Diamond:
Well, when you have your own colony, you can command whatever you want.

Stevonnie:
I want a colony! [Yellow Diamond presses buttons on the panel with four diamonds] I want one now! [screen unlocks revealing a dropship on the panel] What's this?

Yellow Diamond:
I'm contacting the leader of the fleet.

Stevonnie:
[amazed] Let me do it! [starts pressing buttons on the screen but Yellow Diamond grabs her arm]

Yellow Diamond:
[angrily] DON'T TOUCH THAT!

Stevonnie:
[irritated] Why not? You have so many worlds and I don't even have one! It's not fair! I want ONE! I want my own army! I want my own planet! I deserve it! I'm just as important as YOU!

Yellow Diamond:
[angrily] Then why don't you act like it, Pink?!

[Stevonnie walks away, holding their arm, angry; approaches a window and clenches their fist; Pink Diamond is seen through their reflection and the hand punches the glass, smashing it; suddenly wakes up from the dream, falling out of the hammock on the ground]

Stevonnie:
(talking through Connie) Whoa! [breathing hard] Steven, what was that? (talking through Steven) Diamonds. I'm having Diamond dreams again. But, why now? Why here? [looks up and see a mural of Yellow Diamond] No way. This is just like the Moon Base orbiting Earth. [climbs up to the control room and sees the fragment planet before from their dream] Whoa, now. That must've been a colony. Wait a second. [walks over up to the glass windows and looks the smashed glass] Pink Diamond was here. Oh! [runs over to the chair] And Yellow! [climbs onto the chair, seeing the levitated panel, wrapped in vines] That's it! I hope this thing still works. [pulls the panel towards them with a vine and activates it] That pattern… [presses the four Diamond symbols in the same pattern Yellow Diamond had done before; starts swiping through the screens] Nope. Nuh-uh. [swipes and sees a selfie of Yellow Pearl and Yellow Diamond] Yikes.

Garnet:
Come on, everyone. Let me tell you the story of the real Rose Quartz. [Flashback story begins; narrating] It was Era 1. The Diamonds unique in their flawlessness, sought to expand their perfection across the galaxy. And it was for this purpose that Pink Diamond chose her first colony-- the planet Earth. On Earth, every Gem was made to serve Pink Diamond, each with a role to play in her world's perfect empire. In comparison to their creator, their existence was ordinary. They were life-forms only meant to fit their mold, and no one had ever dared to think otherwise. Until, there was Rose Quartz. In stature, she was no different than any other Quartz. And for a time, she did her best to carry out her Diamond's bidding. However, she began to take notice of her strange colony and the life that existed there. Curiosity turned to appreciation… Appreciation turned to fondness… And fondness turned to love. Soon, she was unable to keep her findings secret, and she began asking her fellow Gems if they knew of the life on Earth and what they made of it. She continued to pry her fellow Kindergartners with questions so odd, that word of her eventually made its way to Pink Diamond. Rose Quartz was summoned at once.

[Pink Diamond spoke first as Rose Quartz was being summoned]

Pink Diamond:
Quartz, what have you been saying down there?

Rose:
My Diamond, it has come to my attention that your colony, Earth, bears life. While I know these organic life-forms serve no purpose, I ask that we leave this planet and spare their lives.

Garnet:
[narrating] Pink Diamond thought for a moment, and then laughed, a wicked, empty sound.

Pink Diamond:
[laughing] You wish to save these life-forms at the expense of our own? Ha! Don't be absurd. Return to your post, and I will forget your insolence.

Garnet:
[narrating] And with that, Rose Quartz was dragged back to her kindergarten for duty. [A gem drags Rose away and she continues working] Only Rose could no longer stand to continue aiding in the destruction of Earth. She had no choice. She had to fight.

Rose:
[stops working and jumps into the air, changing her uniform into a dress before destroying an injector, stands on the broken injector and speaks to the other Quartzes] Is this what you want-- to inject, to build?! I've seen the life that exists for itself, and it lives here! Will you destroy it, or will you join it?

Garnet:
[narrating] Rose's message began to resonate to Pink Diamond's dismay. Her colony was falling apart. So, like a coward, she called for her Diamond allies, Yellow and Blue, to help. But Rose also found herself with allies, other Gems that were cast out for being wrong-- A Pearl who belonged to no one… a Bismuth who built weapons for rebels instead of towers for tyrants… an entirely new fusion, for not power, but for love… And countless others, all inspired by Rose to live for ourselves on Earth. She was our leader. And Earth was our precious home. And those who fought to save it became known as… the Crystal Gems!

Rhodonite:
Unbelievable!

Rutile Twins:
There were Gems like us?

Padparadscha:
Fighting.

Fluorite:
For… their… freedom?

Garnet:
Yes, and we were fearless! [Flashback resumes; narrating] It was an impossible fight, but we fought anyway. And the more Gems who saw us, the more who joined. But Pink Diamond's forces proved too strong. Rose feared that soon she would have nothing left to protect. Rose Quartz drew her rebel blade… and shattered Pink Diamond, saving the Earth for all time from her reign of terror.

Rutile Twins:
Wow! That's incredible! I don't believe it!

Lars:
[to Steven] Your mom did all that? That's awesome!

Rhodonite:
Wait. What about the rest? What happened after that?

Garnet:
[narrating] The other Diamonds were furious. In a last-ditch attempt to wipe out the Rebellion, the Diamonds launched a direct attack against Earth. And in their fury, they used their powers to end the fighting once and for all.

Padparadscha:
I predict this story won't have a happy ending.

Rutile Twins:
We were all told different stories. But they all ended the same way.

Fluorite:
With Rose Quartz… being… defeated.

Rhodonite:
This new version of the story is even worse! So, she was great, and they beat her? What are we supposed to get out of this -- that we can never win?!

Garnet:
We haven't yet, but we can, and we will. They said they annihilated Rose's rebellion, but here we are. They said they annihilated all of you on Homeworld, but here you are! They think they have us on the run, but they're the ones that are running from the truth. And the truth is we... are... everywhere!

Rhodonite:
But how many more of us can there be?

Steven:
Way more than you think! I was only on Homeworld for, like, an hour before I ran in to you guys. There must be Off Colors all over the place.

Garnet:
Rose used to say there was something about Earth -- something that set Gems free. But it's not just Earth. Look at you. Love, freedom -- it's universal. You all prove it every moment you live as yourselves. You can show everyone.

Fluorite:
We… can do that?

Lars:
Not while we're floating out here like sitting ducks.

Amethyst:
Let me get this straight. Rose Quartz, leader of the Crystal Gems, Steven's mom, was actually Pink Diamond?!

Steven:
She faked her own shattering, and reformed to be Rose all the time.

Pearl:
Pink Diamond's final command to me was that no one could know, but now that Steven does, I can finally tell you all everything!

Amethyst:
Phew! I mean, a pink lion, a pink sword, and now Pink Diamond?! Huh, if you told me Rose invented cotton candy, I'd believe it. Right, Garnet? Uh, Garnet?

Garnet:
[shaking and slowly gets up] Rose. She... she... [struggles to stay stable and defuses into Ruby and Sapphire]

Ruby:
Sapphire...

Sapphire:
[betrayed with anger] SHE LIED TO US! She lied about EVERYTHING! [freezes up the floor] She held our hands, looked us right in the eyes, and told us to never question who we are as Garnet. We never questioned ourselves, or her!

Ruby:
We couldn't have known!

Sapphire:
No, you couldn't have known. You never know what's going on. That's what I'm for!

Ruby:
Sapphire...

Sapphire:
But I never looked into her, I trusted her. I let her make fools of us all! [storms over to the warp pad]

Ruby:
Sapphire, wait!

Steven:
Guys! [slips on the ice]

Ruby:
Please…We can just stay calm and talk about this, right? Let's just, talk.

Sapphire:
Talk about what? How our relationship is based on a lie? What else is there to say? [warps away to Rose's Fountain]

Pearl:
Ruby, I am so sorry.

Steven:
Come on, Pearl. Help me explain everything to Sapphire.

Pearl:
Right.

Steven:
Sit tight, Ruby. We'll go and get Sapphire.

Ruby:
Okay. [starts crying]

Steven:
Dearly beloved Gems, humans, lions big and small, living gourds, Onion, we are gathered here today to celebrate Ruby and Sapphire, two of my favorite people, who combine into one of my other favorite people! You all probably know her as Garnet. She's their love, given form. Now it's your turn to talk about that.

Ruby:
I know this is all kind of silly, I mean, we've been together for 5,750 years.

Sapphire:
And eight months.

Ruby:
I used to feel like I wasn't much good, just one of me on my own. But when we're together, it feels like it's okay to just be me. So I wanna be me, with you, an-and, not even the Diamonds will come between us. And if they try, we'll beat 'em up!

Sapphire:
Ruby, my future used to look like one single, obvious stream, unbending 'til the end of time. In an instant, you pulled me from that destiny and opened my eye to an explosion of infinite possible futures, streaking across space and time, altered and obliterated by the smallest force of will. [beat] What I mean is, you changed my life. And then, I changed your life. And now, we changed our lives.

Steven:
Bismuth, the rings.

Amethyst:
[gently bumps Bismuth] Hey, Bismuth, that's your cue.

[Bismuth, touched and crying by the vows, approaches them with the rings]

Steven:
Ruby, do you take this Gem to have and to hold, on this and every other planet in the universe!?

Ruby:
I DO!

Steven:
And Sapphire, do you-

Sapphire:
Yes.

Steven:
[whispering] You didn't let me finish.

Sapphire:
I'm just very excited.

Steven:
Then by the power vested in me by the state of Delmarva, I now pronounce you… Garnet!


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