Greg Universe

**"Greg Universe"** is the father of Steven Quartz Universe who runs a local car wash named "It's A Wash", and was previously involved in a romantic relationship with Rose Quartz.

## Appearance

Greg appears as a plump man with a dark-beige beard surrounding his mouth. Greg has taupe hair styled in a mullet and dark-taupe eyes, with hair grown past his shoulders, and a large bald spot on the top of his head. He usually wears white tank tops, with long or short gray pants. He has a tan line on his shoulders and feet. (Possibly from a shirt and pants he wore before). Greg's skin color is a peachy red color, with the tan line spots being a light apricot color. He wears teal flip-flops, although he tends to go barefoot. In "Winter Forecast", he wears a purple dress-shirt with pinkish plum spots over his tank, a blue baseball cap with a red underside, and brown footwear. When he was younger, he bore a striking resemblance to Steven, but had earring pieces, longer hair that flowed past his waist, a sleeveless black shirt with a star on it, and jeans with light blue sandals.

## Personality

Greg seems to be an overall nice guy living a simpler lifestyle. He is known to be friendly and genuine, and, so far, he has always been honest about his feelings. Greg appears to be easy-going and looks at the bright side of things; his catchphrase is "*If every porkchop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs.*" However, he is sometimes a bit of a goof, fooling around with watermelons in "Watermelon Steven", and is "kind of a mess" as described byAmethyst. He has been known to (unintentionally) make poor choices, such as dropping out of college or faking an injury to spend time with Steven, but he always takes full responsibility for them afterwards and will do whatever he can to make it up, like attempting to fix the Geode after he indirectly caused it to critically deteriorate. While Greg is not necessarily knowledgeable about many of the situations he faces, he often tries to give the best advice he can based on his own experiences, which can have much value despite their simplicity and his down-to-earth view on things. Greg's advice has often proven invaluable to many people around him, like when he reminded Steven on when to bail out, which in turned saved his and Pearl's life in "Space Race".

Much like his son, Greg cares deeply for his loved ones and friends, such as when he went out of his way to get closer to Rose, despite the boundaries between their species. He is similarly characterized as always afraid of the worst happening to Steven, which stresses him to no end, although he tries very hard to put on a brave face for his son because he knows how happy and fulfilled it makes Steven as seen in "Full Disclosure". Even though he does not know what difference he can make, Greg will usually help those he cares about when in need, like when joining Steven on his mission in "Ocean Gem" and offering Connie support in "We Need to Talk". He is also not the one to bear deep-seated grudges; even though the majority of the Crystal Gems in part resented him for what happened to Rose, he still wished they could be friends again as seen in "Maximum Capacity" and "The Message", and he was in part thankful to Martyfor helping him choose to stay with Rose despite Marty being "dead to him."

Greg is noted to be a sensitive guy according to Amethyst and a Crying Breakfast Friends! comparison made by Steven, and is often self-conscious about himself because he wishes he could be a better role model for Steven, as outlined in "Reformed". This leaves him with a minor lack in self-confidence as he has noted himself that he cannot offer very much. Nevertheless, he does not let it stop him from trying to prove he can be of use as seen in "The Message", and he does his best to be a responsible parent, such as when being stern with Steven in "Space Race" to keep him safe. In his youth, Greg was also a bit of a pushover, as demonstrated by how Marty bossed him around, but he soon learned how to stand up for himself and follow his heart.

He seems to be a little uncomfortable in dealing with Gem powers, which he refers to as "magic stuff". He chooses to avoid magical situations, unless Steven asks him for help.

Greg appears to have some mechanical skills, as shown in "Space Race", where he built Steven a "rocket", and also helped Pearl build her rocket, although it should be noted that Pearl did most of the work.

Greg is also shown to be an excellent sound engineer in the episode "The Message", where he manages to transfer the sound from the wailing stone into music and then a video.