List of Steven Universe episodes
Steven Universe is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. The series focuses on Steven Universe (voiced by Zach Callison), who protects his hometown of Beach City alongside Garnet (voiced by Estelle), Amethyst (voiced by Michaela Dietz) and Pearl (voiced by Deedee Magno Hall), three magical alien guardians known as the Crystal Gems. During the original run of the series, episodes of Steven Universe were broadcast once a week in blocks of multiple new episodes in the course of a week, marketed as "Stevenbombs"; or back-to-back as specials with an umbrella title.
During the series, 160 episodes of Steven Universe aired over five seasons, between November 4, 2013, and January 21, 2019. A television film, Steven Universe: The Movie, was released on September 2, 2019, following the fifth and final season. A concluding limited series, Steven Universe Future, premiered on December 7, 2019, and ended on March 27, 2020.
Series overview
Episodes
The order and length of the first three seasons is different between official sources. This list uses the "intended order" of the episodes according to co-executive producer Ian Jones-Quartey, which re-orders six episodes from the first two seasons compared to the broadcast order.
Pilot (2013)
Season 1 (2013-15)
26 half-hours (52 episodes) were produced for Season 1. This list includes a 53rd, "Say Uncle," which was produced and aired as part of Season 2, but chronologically is placed by Jones-Quartey's list late in Season 1.
Episode premieres first happened weekly on Monday nights. They were moved to Wednesday nights beginning with the episode "Steven the Sword Fighter," then to Thursday nights beginning with the episode "Coach Steven". The episodes "Open Book", "Shirt Club", and "Story for Steven" were bumped to air during the second season.
Every episode was supervised directed by Ian Jones-Quartey, but uncredited for "Say Uncle".
Season 2 (2015-16)
Season 2 and Season 3 were produced as one season of 26 half-hours, made up of 49 regular episodes, 1 double-length special, and 6 shorts. When the season was officially split in two after the fact, 26 of the regular episodes and the shorts were aired as "Season 2". This included "Say Uncle," but this list moves that episode to Season 1.
Jasmin Lai is the art director for every episode, with Elle Michalka co-directing "Full Disclosure".
Season 3 (2016)
Season 3 consists of the remaining 23 regular episodes and 1 double-sized episode produced alongside season 2.
The episodes "Super Watermelon Island", "Gem Drill", "Same Old World", "Barn Mates", and "Hit the Diamond" aired as a four-week special event titled In Too Deep.
The remaining episodes of the season all aired during another four-week special event titled Summer Adventures.
Season 4 (2016-17)
Season 4 was at first ordered together with Season 5, as a set of 26 half-hours, but the two were split into separate seasons during production. Season 4 consists of 13 half-hours (23 regular episodes, 1 double-length special, and 5 shorts).
The episodes "Kindergarten Kid" and "Know Your Fusion" were the last two episodes to air during a four-week special event titled Summer Adventures.
"Steven's Dream", "Adventures in Light Distortion", "Gem Heist", "The Zoo", and "That Will Be All" aired as a four-night special event titled Out of This World.
Episode premieres moved to Fridays beginning with the episode "The New Crystal Gems".
Season 5 (2017-19)
Season 5 is made of the remaining 13 half-hours ordered alongside Season 4, plus 3 additional half-hours ordered after it was decided to bring the series to an end, to conclude the story. Together, they comprise 26 regular episodes, 1 double-length special, and 1 quadruple-length finale.
The episodes "Stuck Together", "The Trial", "Off Colors", and "Lars' Head" aired together as a one-hour special, under the umbrella title Wanted.
The episodes "Lars of the Stars" and "Jungle Moon" aired together as a half-hour special, under the umbrella title Stranded.
Episode premieres moved to Monday nights beginning with the episode "Your Mother and Mine".
The episodes "Now We're Only Falling Apart", "What's Your Problem", "The Question", "Made of Honor", and "Reunited" aired as a five-night special event titled Heart of the Crystal Gems.
The episodes "Legs from Here to Homeworld", "Familiar", "Together Alone", "Escapism", and "Change Your Mind" aired as a five-week special event titled Diamond Days.
Each episode was art directed by Liz Artinian.
Steven Universe Future (2019-20)
A limited series, Steven Universe Future, was made to be an epilogue to the main series, premiered on December 7, 2019.
Shorts
Season 2 (2015)
All six digital shorts put together make up one full production code of the second season (1031-058).
Dove Self-Esteem Project shorts (2018-19)
These shorts are written only by Rebecca Sugar and are animated by Chromosphere Studio.
The Crystal Gems Say Be Anti-Racist shorts (2020-21)
A series of public service announcement shorts where the Crystal Gems teach the audience about anti-racism. All of the shorts are written by Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey, and animated by Chromosphere Studio.
Notes
References
Lists of television series episodes