History Recap / StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind

* HumansAreInsects:
** When Connie tries to take the blame for ruining the ball on behalf of Steven, Blue Diamond dismisses her and demands Steven apologize anyway.
** White Diamond showed no reaction to Pink Diamond's supposed new form because she thinks Steven's organic body is a MeatPuppet controlled by Pink Diamond, and thus not worth acknowledging.

** OohMeAccentsSlipping: During her first conversation with Steven, there are times when Blue Diamond sounds ''very'' Irish.

** Rainbow Quartz 2.0's line "Ah yes. Now that's two stones.....with one bird?" The two stones, of course, being Ruby and Sapphire's gemstones and the bird being a reformed Amethyst shapeshifted into an owl. Then it hit me that it could be a double pun: Amethyst is shapeshifted into an owl which is of course a kind of bird. On the other hand though, Rainbow Quartz is depicted with a British accent. Amethyst is a female presenting Gem. What is British slang for a woman? A bird!

* StealthPun: Steven and Pink having bellybutton gems was at least partially inspired by bellybuttons being the physical connection between parent & child. White removes this bellybutton gem from Steven's body, a physical part of him that he'd inherited from his mother, which resulted in Steven proving he was truly his own person and being able to distance himself from Pink. White unintentionally ''cut the umbilical cord'' between Steven and Rose.

** The shows long time use as fusion as a metaphor for sex comes into play with [[OverprotectiveMom Blues reaction to hearing Steven and Connie have fused several times.]]

* CreepyGood: Pink Steven, who expresses ''zero'' emotion facially or otherwise until he reunites with Steven and is strong enough to stagger White Diamond with a shout ''and NoSell everything she throws at him''.

* AngstNuke: Pink Steven's [[MakeMeWannaShout screaming]] is powerful, raw, and visceral; not only does it serve as a final reminder that Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz is truly dead, it also evokes the emotions Pink/Rose and Steven felt over being ignored, mistreated, and attacked by White Diamond, (and really all of his gem friends) who had been in denial for so long that she would abuse anyone who challenged her perceived notions.

* AngstNuke: Pink Steven's [[MakeMeWannaShout screaming]] is powerful, raw, and visceral; not only does it serve as a final reminder that Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz is truly dead, it also evokes the emotions Pink/Rose and Steven felt over being ignored, mistreated, and attacked by White Diamond, who had been in denial for so long that she would abuse anyone who challenged her perceived notions.

* HopeSpot: Steven and Connie finally convince Yellow and Blue they need to talk to White and tell her how unhappy she is making them, believing she will care enough about them to try to change, just like Connie's parents did for her. Yellow and Blue work up the courage to speak their minds... only for White to blast them and take control of them instead.

* WhamEpisode: And how! This episode ends with nearly all of the driving conflicts of the show resolved: the Gem Corruption, the war against Homeworld, and Steven's identity crisis. If it weren't for the fact that more content was confirmed to be in production, most prominently the movie, it could have worked as a GrandFinale.

* {{Squick}}: InUniverse, when a blushing White Diamond reaches out to them in desperation, Blue and Yellow Diamond flinch and back away from her, expressing disgust at her being "Off-Colored". Blue even looks like that she's about to vomit.

* FreakOut: White Diamond has a breakdown when her assumptions about Steven are disproved and then when her blushing demonstrates that she isn't as perfect as she thought.

* ArtEvolution: After the big confrontation, White is drawn in faraway shots like the rest of the characters, also revealing that she's actually only OneHeadTaller than Yellow and Blue.

* EldritchAbomination: Pink Steven, and by extension possibly the "essences" of ''all'' the Diamonds, may be this. It's clear that not even White, the oldest and most powerful Diamond, understands what he is; and even though Pink Diamond was the youngest and weakest of the four, Pink Steven is able to block White's attacks, knock her off-balance (and then down) with barely any effort.

* EconomyCast: Across numerous sets and events, including a very public BehemothBattle, we manage to see exactly ''two'' Gems on Homeworld (two Topazes guarding Yellow's room) besides the Diamonds and Pink Pearl.

-->'''Yellow:''' We... W-we... We need to talk!

Steven gets Yellow and Blue to take control of their ships to try and force Yellow to talk, eventually bringing everyone onto the hands of the combined Diamond mecha. However, when Yellow voices her and Blue's stress about living up to White's perfect standards and Steven asks her to help, White responds by blasting Yellow and Blue with beams from the eyes of her ship that turn the two monochrome, just like White Pearl, before bubbling out. As the poofed Crystal Gems' gemstones fall and Steven goes after them, Lapis, carrying Bismuth, and Peridot, on a trash can lid with Connie hanging below, fly around to try and distract the Diamond mecha.

* SeriesFinale: The Crystal Gems are reconciled with the Diamonds and Homeworld, the Corrupted Gems are finally healed, and Lars is back on Earth. It wasn’t confirmed as such until a month after the airing of the subsequent movie that indeed, it was the last episode of the series, with the material after that, ''Steven Universe Future'', being described as a separate series.

''But I want you to know you can know me, if you change your miiiiiiind.''\\

* SeriesFinale: The Crystal Gems are reconciled with the Diamonds and Homeworld, the Corrupted Gems are finally healed, and Lars is back on Earth. It wasn’t confirmed as such until a month after the airing of the subsequent movie that indeed, it was the last episode of the series, with the material after that, Steven Universe Future, being described as a separate series.

** Implied with Jasper, who wakes up confused and angry to see "Rose Quartz", the one who "shattered" Pink Diamond, swimming with the Uncorrupted Gems, attempting to attack Steven with her Crash Helmet. Yellow Diamond orders her to stop before Amethyst quickly swims on over to clarify the situation.

* SeriesFinale: The Crystal Gems are reconciled with the Diamonds and Homeworld, the Corrupted Gems are finally healed, and Lars is back on Earth. Future material being confirmed gave people the impression it was a SeriesFauxnale instead.

* SeriesFauxnale: The Crystal Gems are reconciled with the Diamonds and Homeworld, the Corrupted Gems are finally healed, and Lars is back on Earth. If future material hadn't been confirmed, you'd be forgiven for thinking that this was the last episode.