So the past several weeks of Steven Universe have flowed in a way that actually would have worked well with the -bomb format. Which makes me feel a little bit sheepish, since it almost always happens when I have twelve things going at the same time. But I think that wraps with this one.
So all of the Rubies (yes, plural) hop out of their ship and the Gems hide back in the barn to avoid them. Peridot’s certain that they came for her, but Garnet thinks it will all turn out right, since she has a plan. She splits back to Ruby and Sapphire, and Ruby goes to infiltrate the group.
It fools them, but an offhand mention of the barn makes them want to search it. Ruby brings back Steven to show there’s nothing but humans there, but they’re not deterred. So Steven suggests they gamble everything on a game of baseball, since the ship made a perfect diamond when it crashed and Amethyst handed him a baseball bat if it came to a fight.
Since they need a team, and the rubies are dumb, they’re literally able to make a team almost entirely out of gems to go up against them. That is like when Bugs Bunny throws on a flimsy disguise and whatever antagonist he’s dealing with falls for it. That is an exceptional level of dumb.
The problem is that Ruby and Sapphire keep flirting, eventually costing them the game entirely. It isn’t until they fuse back into Garnet that the rubies put it together. And then they fuse to get some answers.
Peridot gives herself up willingly, since she doesn’t want anyone dying on her behalf. But the rubies weren’t really sent for her; they just want Jasper. Steven sends them off to Neptune, because Jasper’s actually lodged in a crack deep in the earth somewhere, and they’re dumb enough to believe it.
Final Thoughts:
- They really got some mileage out of Ruby’s voice actress in this one.
- I think the angry one with one eye was my second favorite, the first being the completely clueless one.
- Man, they’re going to be dicking around on Neptune for all eternity.
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