Rebecca Sugar worked for Adventure Time series. She was a music writer and wrote all the Marceline’s songs. For Steven Universe she is the creator, artist and song writer.
I love some of yhe more subtle ways they show Pearl and Amethysts personalities coming together. Like, it would be easy to just make her more crass than Pearl, but not as much as Amethyst, and call it a day. But they made her fairly stoic, instead. Which kinda fits, with Amethysts self-confidence and sheer force of presence, alongside Pearls poise and more even temperament. Comes together BEAUTIFULLY. And we even get to see a little bit of their shared flaws coming together with the whole "I forgot the beetle," moment. Pearls habit of hyperfocus on only certain details, alongside Amethysts tendency to get sidetracked or distracted.
In the Swedish version of the song Giant woman Steven asks nicely to see Pearl and Amethyst fuse into Opal. Here’s the Swedish lyrics and the English translation: ”Det enda som jag vill är att du blir till en jättekvinna en jättekvinna. Får jag lov och be att jag nu ska få se en jättekvinna?” “The only thing I want is for you to come into being a giant woman a giant woman. May I ask that I may now see a giant woman?”
I was charmed by some of the early episodes but this was the one that first made me sit up and go oh stuff is going on here, Steven is an unreliable/naive narrator in a much more complicated world / surrounded by more complicated adult relationships than what they've overtly told us so far. There are definitely hints of stuff going over his head but this one made me go "oh he doesn't know BIG things about his world and his people, and we're going to see him learn it all"
YES!!! INTRODUCTION TO FUSIONS!! they’re such a fun part of the show and their designs are always so fun. can’t wait to see your reactions to future episodes. love your videos!!
Remember what the animation looked like at the start? A lot of it was old-school Scooby-Doo level bad. Now you're catching amazing bits where the character designs or backgrounds leap forward in quality. Or just this one segment will be at a higher fps rate. SU is all over the place on that, picking and choosing where the quality gets concentrated. It's well worth paying attention to. Fun fact: the showrunner Rebecca Sugar based Steven off her younger brother, they used to play pretend where she was this awesome space warrior and he was her sidekick. When she made the show, she asked him if that was okay. By this point he was an industry background artist and said "sure, as long as you give me a job." And honestly, SU has some of the best backgrounds in all of animation. So it's a win-win for everybody.
Nice read on Garnet! I really love how ridiculously hardcore competitive she is and how that particular trait seems to emerge from different aspects of her personality. She couldn't stop the game until she beat the game, but it's an unbeatable game where even a perfect score doesn't ever result in a win.
I think Giant Woman was the episode that hooked most people lol. The music in this show is so catchy. Favorite video game is hard to say. I love the Ace Attorney games and WoW, but my favorite game is probably either Myst or the Grand Inquisitor of Zork.
Beach City is based on the Delmarva (Delaware/Maryland/Virginia) shore beach resort towns Rebecca Sugar and her brother Steven vacationed when they were kids, but the boardwalk and Funland are practically copies of their real-life counterparts in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Opal's VA is singer Aimee Mann.
This technically counts as a spoiler too since it isn't canonically stated until Season 4, I think, but the fictional state Steven lives in is also called Delmarva. It doesn't look EXACTLY like the real-life Delmarva region bc it's a mishmash of where Rebecca and Steven Sugar lived as kids like you said, but at least according to Google images I've seen of all 3 real states in that region, it DOES have the most important qualities from them all!
I find it hilarious that he put his hands on his head out of anxiety just like Pearl when Amethyst threw Steven onto the floating rock. XD too funny, he really is like pearl
Spoiler alert: (Only click if you have seen up to season 5: Reunited) nest best west vest guest crest dressed stressed messed stressed dressed crest guest vest west best nest Opal isn't the first fusion you see in this show. It's actually Garnet, who is a fusion of an adorable lesbian couple known as Ruby and Sapphire. I learned before watching the show. Ruby and Sapphire's wedding is what pulled me into the fandom.
NOOO! I missed the premier *sigh* As i said previously episode 12 starts to open up the series to what it's really all about. It's not some Sailormoon/power rangers show with a new threat each week but someone's life as they're living it and you learn everything from this characters perspective the way they interpret it.
Yeah, I will be at work when this airs, but I will definitely be watching after. I will also say one thing, this is the episode that introduced me to steven universe, I saw it on a TV in a Wendy's fast food joint, and I noticed it when steven started singing the infamous song. It took 2 Years before I decided to actually watch the show after seeing some interesting spoilers on UA-cam, so yeah, this episode didn't leave a good impression on me. I realize I didn't specify, the episode was Giant woman.
Loved both of your reactions to this, thanks for doing it! The discussions and all the speculations revolving around Garnet were so interesting. I won't say much of course, but the payoff is for sure worth it the further into the show you go. I'll also add that the points made about Fusions were very introspective and good. The way this ability pops up throughout the show is intriguing as well, and moves character arcs forward along with plot for sure. Can't wait for you two to keep watching!!
waaa I can't WAIT to see y'all react to the rest of the series, fusion is one of my favorite parts but it's so good in so many other ways too!! You're in for a fun ride :)
I have a couple favorite games, some of my favorites are Omori, Mario cart, Night in the Woods, and lots of multiplayer games PS: I love Steven Universe and I’m so glad your watching it!
4:30 pfft couldve gone so well if Amethyst and Pearl switched games Aa heh the reactions to Opal; I just love the music mixing on the first failed attempt 3, 4, x combos ooo It would be amazing;; I love your intro/outro sm
sssoooo when are we getting more Steven Universe? Haven't seen a new one in a month, maybe you could make a community post explaining your upload schedule?
I’m loving these videos and I just recently got into the channel!! But as someone who’s a little hard of hearing maybe putting subtitles on for these shows could help some of us grasp what’s happening a little better!
I was so excited when I saw this was going to come out tomorrow then I saw its coming out at the exact time I go to work making me shout why up to the gods but I guess that's what I get for working a afternoon shift.
Hm, Opel, very First Fusion we were introduced to(that we were aware of at the time), which is the only major that she is known for and pretty much nothing else. Also, I never thought about it before, but now after the is over, how did Pearl manipulate the Sand like that?
Spoiler-free: It's never fully explained in the show, lol 😂 I think it was just a one-off thing or perhaps a discarded concept. It makes a little sense because real-life pearls are formed when a bivalve mollusk/oyster is irritated by, say, a grain of sand that got through its shell, and then the mollusk's soft body produces nacre to coat the grain over time as a protection mechanism. That also kinda explains why Pearl can also walk on water, since pearls are formed by aquatic animals. Speaking of which, pearls are the only Gems in this show whose real-life counterparts are produced by organic creatures; all other Gems' counterparts are made bythe right combinations of minerals, under specific pressures and temperatures, usually underground.
Love your reactions! Could you possibly up the volume of the shows? It's hard to listen to what their saying, or maybe consider subs that way the volume doesn't need to be louder
Like she's trying to keep a secret? She is. For his birthday, as we find out. Never realized that that was why she was being shady about her third eye...
I was gonna say my favourite video game is outer wilds (its very good) but then you said ace attorney and i gotta agree... the great ace attorney specifically
My favorite Video game is The Stanley Parable and its sequel The Stanley Parable Ultra deluxe. I would also say LISA the painful is my favorite game. Hard choices!
Opal is so beautiful. I'm awestruck every time I see her. My favorite console game is New Super Mario Bros! Mobile would be Love Nikki and Time Princess
Hollow knight or oneshot, best games. Hollow knight challenged me hard enough to break my keyboard and not out of rage, I pressed the keys so hard they degraded over time and fell off. 😅
As a Dragon Ball fan I was so hyped to see fusions in Steven Universe as a kid. As for the favorite video games I would have to go with Destiny 2. Also will the primal reactions be continuing?
Mine is a flash game that I actually don't remember the name of. I know, great answer. Also sorry for getting here so late, my life has been crazy recently.
It would be better if you guys pause it while speaking cuz you're going to lose a lot of things. Specially on this part (18:02) where you two almost let this scene pass by. Just a sugestion.
I want to respond to the favorite video game question. I was born in 1984 and I have been a gamer all my life. That being said, I don't have on game that I love above all others but I love Pokemon, Digimon, Far Cry, Kirby, Skylanders, Lego Games and I would give up five years of my life expectancy to bring Sly Cooper back.
My favorite video game is probably LEGO Lord of the Rings. (I was so sad when LEGO The Hobbit didn't come out on the Wii. It was the only video game I'd ever been really truly hyped for.)
Favorite video game will always be a tie between Mass Effect trilogy and Skyrim. Skyrim is just ultimate RP potential, MAss Effect has such a great overarching story and shooting
My favorite game is Undertale/deltaruin also I have seen every episode 2 times in Steven universe the movie six times and all episodes of Steven universe future seven times
Damn, can't believe y'all played Digimon World, talk about a throwback. Love that game, super underrated, basically an open world tamagotchi simulator. Also the soundtrack is fire and the machine techs are just so goddamn cool.
Rebecca Sugar worked for Adventure Time series. She was a music writer and wrote all the Marceline’s songs. For Steven Universe she is the creator, artist and song writer.
I love some of yhe more subtle ways they show Pearl and Amethysts personalities coming together. Like, it would be easy to just make her more crass than Pearl, but not as much as Amethyst, and call it a day. But they made her fairly stoic, instead. Which kinda fits, with Amethysts self-confidence and sheer force of presence, alongside Pearls poise and more even temperament. Comes together BEAUTIFULLY. And we even get to see a little bit of their shared flaws coming together with the whole "I forgot the beetle," moment. Pearls habit of hyperfocus on only certain details, alongside Amethysts tendency to get sidetracked or distracted.
Giant woman was the episode that made me fall in love with this show years ago
Same here
Mine was Lion 3: Straight to Video.
In the Swedish version of the song Giant woman Steven asks nicely to see Pearl and Amethyst fuse into Opal.
Here’s the Swedish lyrics and the English translation:
”Det enda som jag vill är att du blir till en jättekvinna en jättekvinna.
Får jag lov och be att jag nu ska få se en jättekvinna?”
“The only thing I want is for you to come into being a giant woman a giant woman.
May I ask that I may now see a giant woman?”
I was charmed by some of the early episodes but this was the one that first made me sit up and go oh stuff is going on here, Steven is an unreliable/naive narrator in a much more complicated world / surrounded by more complicated adult relationships than what they've overtly told us so far. There are definitely hints of stuff going over his head but this one made me go "oh he doesn't know BIG things about his world and his people, and we're going to see him learn it all"
@@alicebthegachaweirdo8378 I'm from Sweden and the only song i have heard in Swedish is System/Boot.PearlFinal(3).info
The slow introduction to lore bit by bit works so well in this show 🌟
YES!!! INTRODUCTION TO FUSIONS!! they’re such a fun part of the show and their designs are always so fun. can’t wait to see your reactions to future episodes. love your videos!!
I always loved that how the fusions also used a fusion of the gems individual weapons
Remember what the animation looked like at the start? A lot of it was old-school Scooby-Doo level bad. Now you're catching amazing bits where the character designs or backgrounds leap forward in quality. Or just this one segment will be at a higher fps rate. SU is all over the place on that, picking and choosing where the quality gets concentrated. It's well worth paying attention to.
Fun fact: the showrunner Rebecca Sugar based Steven off her younger brother, they used to play pretend where she was this awesome space warrior and he was her sidekick. When she made the show, she asked him if that was okay. By this point he was an industry background artist and said "sure, as long as you give me a job." And honestly, SU has some of the best backgrounds in all of animation. So it's a win-win for everybody.
Nice read on Garnet! I really love how ridiculously hardcore competitive she is and how that particular trait seems to emerge from different aspects of her personality. She couldn't stop the game until she beat the game, but it's an unbeatable game where even a perfect score doesn't ever result in a win.
I feel like these two episode being back to back is really great foreshadowing in a way, especially with the particular focus Alec placed on Garnet
I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE SEASON 3 OF THE CUPHEAD SHOW!!!
I think Giant Woman was the episode that hooked most people lol. The music in this show is so catchy.
Favorite video game is hard to say. I love the Ace Attorney games and WoW, but my favorite game is probably either Myst or the Grand Inquisitor of Zork.
Beach City is based on the Delmarva (Delaware/Maryland/Virginia) shore beach resort towns Rebecca Sugar and her brother Steven vacationed when they were kids, but the boardwalk and Funland are practically copies of their real-life counterparts in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Opal's VA is singer Aimee Mann.
This technically counts as a spoiler too since it isn't canonically stated until Season 4, I think, but the fictional state Steven lives in is also called Delmarva. It doesn't look EXACTLY like the real-life Delmarva region bc it's a mishmash of where Rebecca and Steven Sugar lived as kids like you said, but at least according to Google images I've seen of all 3 real states in that region, it DOES have the most important qualities from them all!
Arcade Mania: Garnet has a crippling gaming addiction
Giant Woman: Amethyst and Pearl go to couples’ counseling
I find it hilarious that he put his hands on his head out of anxiety just like Pearl when Amethyst threw Steven onto the floating rock. XD too funny, he really is like pearl
*[Get ready... because you're still going to see a LOT of these fusions in the coming episodes...]*
8:25 I literally just understood why she was this good. I keep noticing those moments thanks to you now, thank you 🥰
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Opal isn't the first fusion you see in this show. It's actually Garnet, who is a fusion of an adorable lesbian couple known as Ruby and Sapphire. I learned before watching the show. Ruby and Sapphire's wedding is what pulled me into the fandom.
U find out garnet is fusion on season 2 episode 1 the episode inside spaceship
So its only spoiler of end of season 1
@@JackSmith-oq4mf I mentioned the wedding. That's a spoiler for season 5. (The title isn't a spoiler without context clues)
@@JackSmith-oq4mf Yes, but you don't find out about the WEDDING (which I mentioned is what made me a fan) until season 5.
ok but why comment this here
NOOO! I missed the premier *sigh* As i said previously episode 12 starts to open up the series to what it's really all about.
It's not some Sailormoon/power rangers show with a new threat each week but someone's life as they're living it and you learn everything from this characters perspective the way they interpret it.
Yeah, I will be at work when this airs, but I will definitely be watching after.
I will also say one thing, this is the episode that introduced me to steven universe, I saw it on a TV in a Wendy's fast food joint, and I noticed it when steven started singing the infamous song.
It took 2 Years before I decided to actually watch the show after seeing some interesting spoilers on UA-cam, so yeah, this episode didn't leave a good impression on me.
I realize I didn't specify, the episode was Giant woman.
Was it the same spoiler I pointed out in my nested comment?
Loved both of your reactions to this, thanks for doing it! The discussions and all the speculations revolving around Garnet were so interesting.
I won't say much of course, but the payoff is for sure worth it the further into the show you go. I'll also add that the points made about Fusions were very introspective and good.
The way this ability pops up throughout the show is intriguing as well, and moves character arcs forward along with plot for sure. Can't wait for you two to keep watching!!
waaa I can't WAIT to see y'all react to the rest of the series, fusion is one of my favorite parts but it's so good in so many other ways too!! You're in for a fun ride :)
I have a couple favorite games, some of my favorites are Omori, Mario cart, Night in the Woods, and lots of multiplayer games
PS: I love Steven Universe and I’m so glad your watching it!
4:30 pfft couldve gone so well if Amethyst and Pearl switched games
Aa heh the reactions to Opal; I just love the music mixing on the first failed attempt
3, 4, x combos ooo
It would be amazing;;
I love your intro/outro sm
sssoooo when are we getting more Steven Universe? Haven't seen a new one in a month, maybe you could make a community post explaining your upload schedule?
I love the giant woman song unironically.
I’m loving these videos and I just recently got into the channel!! But as someone who’s a little hard of hearing maybe putting subtitles on for these shows could help some of us grasp what’s happening a little better!
I was so excited when I saw this was going to come out tomorrow then I saw its coming out at the exact time I go to work making me shout why up to the gods but I guess that's what I get for working a afternoon shift.
uh wait..that’s exactly what happened to me
Damn, it's so hard to curb our spoilers... I forgot how long it takes for certain seeds to bear fruit. Story-wise.
Eeeee! Fusionnnns! Now you're really getting into the deeper lore. *excited*
Hm, Opel, very First Fusion we were introduced to(that we were aware of at the time), which is the only major that she is known for and pretty much nothing else.
Also, I never thought about it before, but now after the is over, how did Pearl manipulate the Sand like that?
Spoiler-free: It's never fully explained in the show, lol 😂 I think it was just a one-off thing or perhaps a discarded concept. It makes a little sense because real-life pearls are formed when a bivalve mollusk/oyster is irritated by, say, a grain of sand that got through its shell, and then the mollusk's soft body produces nacre to coat the grain over time as a protection mechanism. That also kinda explains why Pearl can also walk on water, since pearls are formed by aquatic animals. Speaking of which, pearls are the only Gems in this show whose real-life counterparts are produced by organic creatures; all other Gems' counterparts are made bythe right combinations of minerals, under specific pressures and temperatures, usually underground.
@@aliyahpulido953 hm, I see, interesting.
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Q2: Minecraft
*RT can suck it, but that joke will be survive in my brain till the heat death of the universe.
Love your reactions!
Could you possibly up the volume of the shows? It's hard to listen to what their saying, or maybe consider subs that way the volume doesn't need to be louder
Like she's trying to keep a secret?
She is. For his birthday, as we find out. Never realized that that was why she was being shady about her third eye...
My favorite video game is Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. My favorite Ace Attorney game is Dual Destinies.
I loved your Garnet musings! Fun to hear your thoughts on that.
Fav video game (series) is Legend of Zelda
I was gonna say my favourite video game is outer wilds (its very good) but then you said ace attorney and i gotta agree... the great ace attorney specifically
My favorite Video game is The Stanley Parable and its sequel The Stanley Parable Ultra deluxe. I would also say LISA the painful is my favorite game. Hard choices!
I'm planning on playing that soon I already have it just need the time to play it.
Opal is so beautiful. I'm awestruck every time I see her.
My favorite console game is New Super Mario Bros! Mobile would be Love Nikki and Time Princess
And yeah Fusion pretty much comes from anime mostly Dragona Ball Z. Goku and Vegetta, Trunks and Gottens Also do a synchronized dance to fuse.
“The first fusion of Steven universe!”
Little did they know…
Lol yea the thumbnail bothered me a bit
Hollow knight or oneshot, best games. Hollow knight challenged me hard enough to break my keyboard and not out of rage, I pressed the keys so hard they degraded over time and fell off. 😅
I (Lucas) also love hollow knight - so difficult and so wonderfully designed 🤩
Okay,episode inspired comment, Siddiqa Parveen is the tallest woman alive, standing 2.33 meters/7.8 feet tall.
As a Dragon Ball fan I was so hyped to see fusions in Steven Universe as a kid.
As for the favorite video games I would have to go with Destiny 2.
Also will the primal reactions be continuing?
Mine is a flash game that I actually don't remember the name of.
I know, great answer.
Also sorry for getting here so late, my life has been crazy recently.
The power of marketing psychology has compelled me to make this comment. Well played, boys
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Ace Attorney is one my favorite series too.
Fav video games cause I’m indecisive: super paper mario, stella glow, fantasy life, rune factory 2, Pokémon legends arceus
The Legend of Zelda series is my all-time fave ☺ Particularly Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. But Smash Bros. on the N64 is up there for sure 😜
My favorite video game is The Witness (2016).
It would be better if you guys pause it while speaking cuz you're going to lose a lot of things.
Specially on this part (18:02) where you two almost let this scene pass by. Just a sugestion.
I really like the Sims 4 right now, but Minecraft will always have a special place in my heart
Dat ending though!
I want to respond to the favorite video game question. I was born in 1984 and I have been a gamer all my life. That being said, I don't have on game that I love above all others but I love Pokemon, Digimon, Far Cry, Kirby, Skylanders, Lego Games and I would give up five years of my life expectancy to bring Sly Cooper back.
My favorite game is Stardew Valley
People who never watched the show before were probably wondering why Steven wants amethyst and pearl to turn fat 😭😭
My favourite video games are the entire Dragon age series and the Devil May Cry series but we don’t talk about the reboot DMC
Can't wait to you guys to react to the 3rd season of the cuphead show
ME TOO!!!!
Me three !
My favorite video game is probably LEGO Lord of the Rings.
(I was so sad when LEGO The Hobbit didn't come out on the Wii. It was the only video game I'd ever been really truly hyped for.)
My favorite video game is probably Crash Bandicoot 3: WARPED.
I adore the HD remake too.
I still think Alec's spiel is way more convincing /lh
KINGDOM HEARTS!!!
favorite video game? definitely Monster Hunter World. such a comfy world design
GIANT WOMAN!
[Alec]: I was seriously not prepared 😂
My favorite game is always a Tie between Minecraft and Hollow Knight
Great reaction! What a pair of episodes!
My favourite video game is Coffee talk.
Rival Schools!
Favorite video game will always be a tie between Mass Effect trilogy and Skyrim. Skyrim is just ultimate RP potential, MAss Effect has such a great overarching story and shooting
My favorite game is "Hollow knight" , my second and tird favorites are "Celeste" and "Undertale"
My favorite video game is Minecraft
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My favourite video game is probably one of OneShot, Undertale, or Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
monster hunter is my fav
Giant woman sounds like a kid seeing his moms pregnant belly grow imo for some reason
My favorite game is Undertale/deltaruin also I have seen every episode 2 times in Steven universe the movie six times and all episodes of Steven universe future seven times
My favorite video game is Epic mickey
[Alec]: Love this one! I've been dying for a Switch adaption because I never got to finish it back in the day
Video Game: Super Mario World on SNES
Pikmin!
Sly Cooper series is my favorite game s to play.
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I like ice cream and my dog
my favorite video game is minecraft because i'm cliche and gay
also i'm too broke to afford any other game, that's also a reason
I like all things geeks and theater brats would and gamers well that's why I have the name!!!!
G g guys cuphead show season three is out you should check it out it has one of the longest episodes yet :D
I need more 🥺🥺🥺💕
First and for most, Pokemon with Borderlands at a close second
Damn, can't believe y'all played Digimon World, talk about a throwback. Love that game, super underrated, basically an open world tamagotchi simulator. Also the soundtrack is fire and the machine techs are just so goddamn cool.
Sly Cooper 2
I would just like to say there is a new cuphead season!
Favourite game ever is undertale but my most played is definitely smash ultimate. Challenge ya to a 1v1 unless you're chicken :P
Ohh you're on - follow us on twitch! Lu does plan on doing sub battles in the future
Garnet is the best at beating the meat!
I wouldn’t say it was the *first* fusion
Mines kingdom hearts
They talk to much during the episode like godlee u missing the parts that build suspense and give lore.
I like Steven u
When will you start Cuphead Show Season 3?
mine's undertale
Nice little coment :)
MONEY! So much for anti-capitalism? ;-)