Guide to Beach City's Mysteries

Cheeseburger Backpack

Let me just start off that this was an amazingly strange episode. Sure, some characters seemed off model and their eyes were larger than ever. Like some little epic faces found with Steven and Pearl. Those faces still crack me up till this day. Heck, there were some Full House references which made me laugh so hard. "You got it, dude." :P Despite all this, it was an overall good episode which had a meaningful message. Over the course of the show, we notice Steven usually mistaking something which becomes an issue, but it's excused by the gems. Even if it is a life threatening situation, it is excused and easily cleaned up by the gems. After all, Steven is only a young child with a lot to hold; especially being in a team in which the world's fate counts on them.

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Destiny:

Steven heavily breathed and sighed, resting his arms on the ledge of his home's patio. He looked out onto the shore with tiresome eyes. Again, he breathed even more heavier.

"Why you out here, Steven?" A voice awoke Steven then gained his attention. He lightly greeted the person with a small smile then turned away.

"Garnet, I sometimes feel that I don't belong with you guys. My gem doesn't really do much and I just mess missions up." The child choked as he looked down to his stomach. His gem shined with the sun reflecting on it. He just snickered and hid it under his shirt.

The red gem just stared at him and kneeled down to his level. She gripped onto his shoulder, bringing him closer and embraced him. "Don't ever misjudge yourself, Steven. You were born a Crystal Gem and will always be one."

He looked down. "But, I'm gonna fail. I'm gonna fail you and everyone else. I don't deserve to be with you guys."

"You won't at all. This is destiny. We are one."

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We are first brought into this episode with Steven waiting for his special backpack. Sitting and singing this cute little tune which I kinda found catchy then another cutie comes in. I know tons of people pointed out that Jamie the mailman looks similar to Aladdin. Wow… xD I'm guessing this is all I have to say about Jamie and that I look to see more of him somewhere in the future episodes.

Now, for the gems well whatever they came from, it all ended with Amethyst placing a giant egg in the fridge and smashed it with the door. Here, in that particular scene, we see their personality come out too since this is one of the first episodes which made it interesting to see during the time of the premiere or first view. Amethyst just does something wrong and shrugs it off as she happily knows she is gonna have a big meal waiting for her. Pearl complaining how she isn't careful while Garnet is quiet and observes everything. Perfect trio.

Steven then happily presents them his new super awesome backpack. Pfft, I would totally be happy if I had that; I'll go to school with that. Coolest girl in the hallways with that...haha. Yup, with a cheeseburger backpack. It's the title of the episode. This episode shows more about Steven's persona and we finally witness a mission on an ancient gem land; or the first one shown. At first, I thought the setting of the mission, the Lunar Sea Spire, was settled outside the earth and stood on a different planet. And I was wrong when Pearl hinted it. It is known that the Crystal Gems aren't from earth which made me thought about that. Along with that location, we also see many other gem built locations that are all abandoned that are located on earth. Till this day, we have yet to know what really caused them all to be in their current state yet almost all of them seem to hold another gem. Like literally, another gem being. The story for that would be interesting to see.

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Simple Object:

"All of these shards were once gems right?" Amethyst clarified as she leaned against the cold hard walls if the Crystal Heart room. She stared at all the bubbled gems there were that floating freely throughout the room.

"Yes. I can't believe that their fate was this…" Pearl breathed in sadness as she stood next to Garnet who released another gem that joined the other bubbled ones.

"You know, Steven is gonna learn all of what happened one day. He's not gonna take it all very lightly." The purple gem said which made Pearl and Garnet's heart beat quicken.

"He won't, but little by little he's going to learn with his own actions." Garnet spoke loudly with arms crossed. "I sense, that he's strong like Rose. He can do this all, but he needs to be ready."

The three stood next to each other and gazed throughout the whole room. Each one, remembering little memories that they spent with each gem there was.

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Back to Steven's backpack, we are told that the Moon Goddess Statue was needed to be placed on the top of the spire. The statue is also seen to hold a crystal which can be possible that it is holding another gem being, but it was just so that the Lunar Sea Spire can be saved. My theory is that the Moon Goddess Statue's crystal was a gem who was in control of the place and maintained it. I can be wrong though...extremely wrong…

After what Steven does seem to be carrying his room with him, we are brought to the location. In that scene, a new little ability was discovered from Garnet. She is able to see future events such as Steven slipping from a cracked rock, but was saved from momma Pearl. As they all proceeded forward we even see a new ability from Pearl too; the ability to project memories and items/people from her gem. She is seen to even be fluttered by remembering great memories of other gems and other magnificent events.

Pearl is the most passionate out of the three older gems. She has great knowledge of gem culture and gazes at everything with admiration. Along with this, I noticed that she always wants to be correct. Throughout the mission, she would organize plans, but was proved wrong by Steven. Even in "Steven the Sword Fighter", "Cat Fingers", and "Coach Steven", she shows signs that she desires to be correct yet this is all due to wanting to be a good role model for Steven or wanting the best for him. Also, she blushes when proved wrong which is adorable.

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Ms. Know It All:

Pearl laughed in a nervous way and played with her long bony fingers. She sat on the shore with Steven and Amethyst laying by her side in which she could hear their long conversations. Her cheeks even blushed lightly and she would narrow her eyebrows at each word Amethyst said.

"Kid, all of this stuff I tell you is gonna be handy for you one day. You better take my words seriously."

"Um, Amethyst. I think you are wrong on some certain points. None of your advice is useful to Steven in any way. He is going to learn new things by himself and see what is right for him. All we need is that your advice guides him down to another path similar to yours." Pearl stated with a high head and sneered.

Amethyst turned her head towards Pearl and rolled her eyes. She knew that whatever she says, it is always somehow negative to Pearl. "What's he gonna do then, Pearl. Follow a boring life like yours? My life has more joyful events than yours. He doesn't seem like the type to be an egghead like you; or a bird face like you…Ms. Perfect."

Pearl stared at her and glared with a flushed face. She even gritted her teeth.

"Why do you have to act like you know everything?" Amethyst questioned, but didn't gave Pearl the chance to respond. She turned back around and faced Steven, continuing their conversation.

The pearl gem embedded woman crossed her arms and whispered under her breath, "I just want the best for Steven…"

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Unfortunately with a sudden twist of events, Steven accidentally misplaced the Moon Goddess Statue and goes along with Mr. Queasy. After that long journey and being sacrificed for the spire, it certainly must have felt queasy. The doll doesn't work at all, or in this case it doesn't restore the old gem place to its fixed form, and crushes the place down to the ground, err...water. Instead of confronting Steven about forgetting the statue, they all just comfort him from making him feel like a failure. That was sweet of them to do. After all, they all admired his determination throughout the episode. See, fellow Steven Universe fans. This is a good message for everyone. Everyone should not make another feel like a loser even if they're mistake was dumb. As long as they believed that they could do it, then it's enough. At least they tried and there's a possibility that they can do better next time. "If every pork chop was perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs" and "We can't all be winners" are quotes too perfect for this term.

And once again, the day was almost saved with Steven's faithful determination, plans, and cheeseburger backpack! Woohoo! Steven heroically swung on a few spare shirts and bravely went against the gravitational pull of the spire, the young boy even fought against Crystal Shrimps with their weakness; Bagel Sandwiches! This boy is such a hero, what next do we await from this gem? What troubles will he get into? I'm sure we all know...lol. But for the time being, hope the gems enjoy three long hours of random subjects, bagel sandwiches, and miles of water. :P

Hope you guys enjoyed this guide. I wanted to release it yesterday, but the homecoming dance was in the way. Next update is another chapter for "Raising Steven" then "Terror Tales from the Crystal Temple." I actually have some pare time now, because my classes are becoming lighter and I have an extra period of study hall which I can work on these quickly. ^^;

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-Love, Gem-Goddess (GG)