Volleyball

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*"Pearl scanned: You suck. I hate you so much.*
*Fucking die. This is the worst Pearl I have*
*ever seen in my whole life."*
                       - Shell (Customer Service)

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**"Volleyball"** is the 4th episode of *Steven Universe Future Realtime Dub*. This episode was edited by TheEnderDwonk

## Official Synopsis

**Dr. Steven** is healing the denizens of Beach City, but can he heal the most powerful injury of all: emotional trauma?

## Plot

A completely new character, Dr. Steven, is seen healing multiple gems. The first of which being the Ruby Fat Police, who have come to arrest Dr. Steven for not having a medical license. Dr. Steven is able to dodge this by telling them they're looking for Normal Steven, which they buy. After kicking out several other gems, calling them gross mutants and saying he hates them, Dr. Steven is visited by Pink Pearl. He sticks his dirty ass, saliva soaked glove in her eye in an attempt to kill her. It does not work, specifically because he touched her belly button and not her eye. He actually does aim for the eye in a second attempt, but this does not work either. In a fit of confusion, Dr. Steven grows marijuana. He admits he can't help her, and refuses to listen to her because she does not have a medical license. Taking her outside, Dr. Steven finds Pearl refereeing a game of volleyball. She recommends taking her to The Reef to heal her.

Meanwhile (in space), Pearl, Pink Pearl, and Steven make their way to The Reef. Dr. Steven stays behind on Earth. The Reef customer service is contacted upon their arrival, and they press 2 to get customer service, but choose not to use it. They explore The Reef, until they end up in an analyzation room. Stepping into the medical scan, Pink Pearl is told by Shell that she sucks. She further berates her by saying she hates her, and that she's the worst pearl she's ever seen in her whole life, recommending she should fucking die. Pink Pearl accepts the verbal abuse, much to Pearl and Steven's disgust. She then describes a sad encounter with Pink Diamond, who apparently physically assaulted her. Steven ignores this, questioning why Pearl and Pink Pearl aren't making out (as in kissing). Pearl tells her that abuse is not okay, and she should have told someone.

Steven goes sicko mode, causing the Shell Customer Service to detect them as rouge robots. She traps Pink Pearl and Pearl in a shell trap. Steven, instead of helping them, watches them helplessly try to escape. They end up fusing into Mega Pearl, who takes out the security systems. She takes Steven and carries him to safety, as The Reef begins to self-destruct. He cancels the self-destruct. Returning home, the Pearls unfuse and watch the moon at the foot of the beach with Steven.

The fate of Dr. Steven remains unknown.

## Features

### Characters

* Steven Universe
* Dr. Steven
* Pearl
* Pink Pearl
* Shell (Customer Service) (debut; antagonist)
* Mega Pearl (debut)
* Ruby Fat Police
* Angel Aura Quartz
* Zebra Jasper
* Nanefua Pizza (mentioned)
* Ocean Jasper (non-speaking)
* Biggs Jasper (non-speaking)
* Lace Amethyst (non-speaking)
* Rubies (non-speaking)
* Yellow Diamond (mentioned)
* Blue Diamond (mentioned)
* White Diamond (mentioned)
* Pink Diamond (pictured; mentioned)
* Snowflake Obsidian (cameo)
* Crazy Lace Agate (cameo)
* Blue Lace Agate (cameo)

### Objects

* Warp Pad
* Gem Pedestals

### Locations

* Solar System
	+ Earth
		- Beach City
			* Beach House
			* Crystal Temple
	+ Jupiter
* Unknown Ocean planet (debut)
	+ The Reef (debut)
* Shell City (mentioned)
* Santa Monica Pier (mentioned)

### Music

* Fever (Game A) - Dr. Mario World
* Creepy Steeple - Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
* Jet Skiing Change - Wii Sports Resort
* Aerith - Final Fantasy VII Remake
* 9999999 - Portal 2
* The Courtesty Call - Portal 2
* Don't Do It - Portal 2
* Cara Mia Addio - Portal 2
* Being Human (feat. Emily King, Rebecca Sugar, aivi & surasshu, Roger Hicks , Edwin Rhodes, & Travis Kindred) (TheEnderDwonk cover) - Steven Universe Future

## Trivia

* This is Dr. Steven's first and only appearance in the series.
* Dr. Steven is in no way related to Steven Universe.
* Pink Pearl is the worst Pearl Customer Service has seen in their entire life.

### Cultural References

* "Am I dead yet?" is said by Pink Pearl, referencing a humorous Jontron (Jon Jafari) quote from his video on Foodfight!.
* Dr. Steven compares himself to "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
* At The Reef, Pearl asks Pink Pearl if she brought a light, to which she says no. This is exactly like an infamous scene in Hotel Mario.
* This episode as many references to Portal.
	+ When going to space, Space Core from Portal 2 can be heard saying "Space".
	+ The voice of Shell is similar to the voice of Glados from Portal.
	+ Steven asks if they are in Portal. They aren't.
* A wand from Sailor Moon appears. It was only in Pink Pearl's pearl for a few months.
* Herpes is mentioned by Pearl. This is a real virus in the real world.
* "This is a load of barnacles!" is a quote from the cult hit Spongebob Squarepants.
* Steven asks Pink Pearl to "get a Tumblr account".
* Shell calls them "rouge robots", like in WALL-E.
* Steven calls a trap "the same clam that ate his lucky dollar", like in the Spongebob Sqaurepants episode "Clams"
	+ Although, it was not Mr. Krabs' lucky dollar, but rather his millionth dollar.
* Mega Pearl throws Steven, saying "So long!", similar to Mario in Super Mario 64.

## Errors

* Dr. Steven is not a real doctor, since he does not have a medical license.
	+ Most real world doctors have a medical license.
* People refer to Dr. Steven as "Steven" multiple times throughout the episode.
* Pearl says "I'm not touching that", but then touches it anyway.
	+ This is pointed out by Steven within the episode.
* Shell Customer Service is constantly ignored by Steven for no reason.
* Steven mistakes his friends dying in a trap for an episode of Spongebob Sqaurepants, "Clams". It is not.
* This episode has like... nothing to do with Volleyball.

## Videos

A video featuring Garnet was made to announce the release of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfAyKnGkUGU

1. ↑ https://sites.google.com/view/sofadreamin/writingvideos/steven-universe-future-real-time-dub?authuser=0