History Recap / StevenUniverseS2E22WhenItRains

-->'''Garnet:''' [makes HeartSymbol with her hands] I love you! 'Bye!

-->'''Peridot:''' So scalding liquid falls from the sky?!

-->'''Steven:''' That's a story I like to call "The Ballad of Rose and Greg..."

-->'''Peridot:''' He did what he was told.

* ExactWords: Peridot invokes this when Garnet tries to call out Steven for taking Peridot with him to the Kindergarten, saying that he was JustFollowingOrders in "watching him."

* HumbleHero: When Steven inquires exactly how Peridot plans to save Earth from the Cluster, she answers "It you, Steven". From what little interaction they've had today, she thinks Steven's knowledge of Earth already makes him smart enough to help her form a solution. But rather than let the praise get to his head, Steven admits he's not nearly as smart as Peridot says, as everything he knows about Earth was passed on from his dad. This leads to Steven telling Peridot that she too needs to accept she needs the collective Crystal Gems' help to foil the Cluster.

* NotSoDifferent: Steven reveals to Peridot that he used to be scared of thunder as well, until his dad explained to him about the water cycle. They would've had a bonding moment after this.

* UnathleticNerd: Peridot tries, and fails, to rip off a panel in the Kindergarten to restore its power. Steven does it almost effortlessly.

* GeekPhysiques: Peridot tries, and fails, to rip off a panel in the Kindergarten to restore its power. Steven does it almost effortlessly.

* EnemyMine: The episode ends with Peridot agreeing to join forces with the Crystal Gems to stop the Cluster, after Steven convinces her that he isn't as omnipotent as she assumed.

* RedemptionInTheRain: Peridot stops being even a pretend antagonist when Steven brings her out into the rain, with choir music and a softer, slower version of her {{leitmotif}} in the background. "Cool."
** She's echoing Steven's slang, noting the temperature of the water, and unusually for her, learning about something by feeling it with her bare hands.

* RealityEnsues: Although Steven has some awesome powers and Earth knowledge, which Peridot recognizes, he's only a child in the face of an EarthShatteringKaboom and not omnipotent. Steven says as much in the Kindergarten before the forced fusions go after him and Peridot, and she faces that reality when they get cornered.

* HarsherInHindsight: Steven being able to remove a panel Peridot can't seems funny because it highlights how lost Peri is without her limb enhancers. [[spoiler:Then we later discover Peridot is an Era 2 Gem and was made without ''many'' of the standard Gem abilities...]]

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When using his soup pot as a metaphor for rain, Peridot takes it too literally and assumes rainwater is scalding hot.

* HowIsThatEvenPossible: Peridot's reaction to learning about Steven being a HalfHumanHybrid. After he refers to the tale as "The Ballad of Greg and Rose", she stops caring.

* WrittenByTheWinners: There are some hints that the reports Peridot read glossed over some details. For example, she doesn't mention the use of fallen Crystal Gems in the fusion experiments at all. Neither does she realize the significance of Steven's gem, despite recognizing it as some type of quartz and Steven calling his birth "The Ballad of Rose and Greg."
** She regards the reason Homeworld left Earth was because it ceased being a viable colony, not because of a civil war that broke out and forced them to leave. [[MetaphoricallyTrue Not that it's entirely false though]].

* GenreSavvy: Steven doesn't trust Peridot entirely and keeps a close eye on her in case she tries anything.

-->'''Steven:''' That's a story I like to call "The Ballad of Greg and Rose..."

->'''Steven''': Everything is fine. It's just thunder. It happens when it rains.

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