History Recap / StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The Crystal Gems choose human names [[SueDonym similar to their real names]]: Pearl is "Earl", Amethyst is "Amy", Sapphire is "Sophie", and Lapis is... "Bob".

JustForFun/TheOneWith the baseball game.

->'''All:''' Baseball?!
->'''Sapphire:''' I... saw that this was a possibility, though I am surprised that this is the path we’re taking.

* BareYourMidriff: Lapis looks darned cute in her baseball uniform. Also Navy, whose gem is on her stomach.

* OffModel: There is at least one point where Crystal Gem Ruby's gem is missing from her hand.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The Rubies weren't even looking for Peridot, and would have left as soon as they were told where Jasper was (even if the location given is obviously made up).

The Rubies fuse to become a much larger Ruby, and Peridot runs out of the barn to defend her friends and turn herself in. The Crystal Gems learn that Homeworld isn't interested in Peridot at all, only Jasper. The Ruby fusion demands Jasper's whereabouts, and Steven hastily points out that she's on Neptune.

* RealityEnsues:
** Pearl doesn't see the problem with Peridot insulting Yellow Diamond and had to be reminded that it was an insult directed to someone with authority over all of Homeworld's military resources that practices EvilIsPetty. It's just a stroke of luck that Peridot wasn't the one being searched for.
** Peridot believes the Rubies have come after her because she insulted Yellow Diamond; in fact, they haven't heard of her and don't care. EvilIsPetty, but even Yellow Diamond isn't ''that'' petty, and isn't about to waste military resources over one insult from an unimportant Peridot.

* ReverseMole: PlayedForLaughs. Ruby makes a really poor job at infiltrating, but she succeeds because the Homeworld Rubies are unbelievably dense.

* SixthRanger: Our Ruby, the team's ReverseMole.

* NoodleIncident: The Ruby leader insists on double-checking the barn, telling the [[ReverseMole disguised Crystal Gem Ruby]] that they all know what happened "last time", sending the other Rubies into a fit of laughs.

* {{Irony}}: Garnet comes up with a plan to protect everyone and deal with the Rubies. Garnet herself - or more accurately her components - then go on to be the biggest liability towards that plan's success, ultimately causing it to fall apart.

-->'''Garnet''': Don't worry Peridot, it's our sworn duty to protect anything that calls this planet home, and that includes clods like you.

-->'''Garnet''': Hahaha... ha... Whoops.\\
'''Ruby (Doc)''': They're ''GEMS''!

-->'''Amethyst''': Man, Rubies are dumb.\\
'''Garnet''': Not all of them.

!!Tropes

-->'''Ruby''': ''(perspiring and grinning nervously)'' I checked the barn, and I just found a bunch of humans! Hah!\\
'''Steven''': Yep! Nothin' in there but us humans!

* BaseballEpisode: Steven challenges the Rubies to a game of baseball. If the Rubies win, they get to search the barn. If they lose, they leave Earth forever. They play on the diamond shaped impact left by the Roving Eye, using the hull as a mound.

* BreatherEpisode: There's certainly a lot more comedy than in "Barn Mates". It's also the first episode of the season without any kind of {{Cliffhanger}} to lead into the next one, although it ''does'' leave the dangling plot thread of why the Rubies were sent to find Jasper.

** Lapis calls herself "Bob", which is what Steven called her way back in "Ocean Gem".
** The Ruby Squad fuses by doing a cheerleader routine, like the Rubies in "The Answer".
** Just like in "Jail Break," Ruby and Sapphire are laughing as they fuse, which leads to Garnet laughing.

-->'''Steven''': Peridot! We won't let them get you.\\

* DidntSeeThatComing: Played with; while Sapphire did see the possibility of the confrontation with the Homeworld Rubies becoming a baseball game, she's surprised it played out as so.

* HeyThatsMyLine: Garnet reassures Peridot that the Crystal Gems won't let the Rubies take her back to Homeworld because they've sworn to protect everyone on the earth, including "[[FantasticSlur clods]] like you". Peridot responds with "That's my word." in an awestruck tone.

* ImmediateSequel: Much like the last few episodes, this episode follows immediately after "Barn Mates".
* InsultFriendlyFire: Amethyst bemusedly comments that "Rubies are dumb" while standing next to Garnet--and by extension Ruby. [[SubvertedTrope She is not offended]], and she doesn't even fully disagree, just saying that not ALL of them are stupid.

-->'''Amethyst''': Man, Rubies are dumb.\\
'''Garnet''': Not all of them.

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: The Homeworld Rubies believe nearly everything Steven tells them, play baseball fairly, and they can't even ''count themselves'' properly. About the only thing they do right is fuse to become a threat... and even that they don't do entirely right, since they happily and politely leave as soon as Steven tells them Jasper is on Neptune, completely ignoring the lies told to them beforehand and forgetting what they believed to be one of their own fusing with one of the Earth gems.

* OffModel: There is at least one point where Crystal Gem Ruby's gem is missing from her hand.

* MuggleSportsSuperAthletes: The Crystal Gems and a team of Rubies play each other in baseball. Amethyst uses her RollingAttack to round the bases (though Steven keeps her from doing it again for fear it be a CoverBlowingSuperpower), Doc lights a pitch on fire, and both several of them use SuperStrength to send home runs incredibly distances.

* AlcubierreDrive: When the Rubies [[CasualInterstellarTravel leave for Neptune]], their ship generates a black hole above itself and spaghettifies upon departure.
* AllThereInTheScript: The Homeworld Rubies are given nicknames in the credits, based on the position of their gem on their bodies: Eyeball (the gruff, quiet Ruby with her gem in her eye socket), Navy (the cheerful Ruby with her gem on her stomach), Leggy (the nervous, spacey Ruby with her gem on her knee), and Army (the aggressive, boisterous Ruby with her gem on her shoulder), with Doc (the lead Ruby with her gem on her chest) being the OddNameOut. Steven later gives them these nicknames in "Back to the Moon".