This is not a bleak and cold world, especially with Steven’s sense of humor. While the show can sometimes get very heavy, it never loses its humor. It never goes full on dark and serious but in fact uses humor to make the whole thing even more macabre. It starts off sweet and innocent, with Steven just wanting to go back in time so he can perform with his dad, and ends in Steven watching himself die (as the song goes in the episode). Millennial Humor in Steven Universe and Craig of the Creek By Shamus Kelley Later on we hear Steven’s dad, Greg, give his best piece of advice on the show, He has no desire for the whole and perfect fries, he just wants ‘the bits’.

It’s foreshadowed at the beginning when Steven excitedly asks for fry bits. While the first episode does have a lot going for it (we wrote about it here), especially the Cookie Cat song, episode two features what I feel is the mission statement for the show (and is later proven in the fifth season). And Steven! Season 1 Episode 2: Laser Light Cannon Now let’s find out why you should believe in Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. There are some minor spoilers ahead, so if you really want go in spoiler free, just check out what episode titles I suggested. It isn’t a list of all the main plot relevant episodes or the objectively best episodes, it’s ones that capture what makes this show so great and why you should check it out. With that in mind, I put together this list of episodes I feel best represent Steven Universe on a whole. Even if they’re typically eleven minutes each, that can still be a lot for a newbie to jump into. (We talked all about that right here, actually.)Īll together the series totals 180 episodes. It’s funny, thought provoking, beautifully animated, and broke all kinds of ground when it comes to queer representation in media for children. After seven years on air, Steven Universe and its companion series Steven Universe Future have finally come to a close and solidified themselves as some of the best TV out there.

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