Rose Buds

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*"Goodnight everyone..."*
                       - Steven Universe

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**"Rose Buds"** is the 3rd episode of *Steven Universe Future Realtime Dub*. This episode was edited by TheEnderDwonk.

## Official Synopsis

**Steven** meets up with an old friend , **Y6**, who introduces him to some new people..

## Plot

Steven tires to throw away a picture of his mother, Rose Quartz, for unexplained reasons. This is interrupted by the arrival of the Pink Diamond's Zoo.

Wy-Six calls to tell Steven about all the crazy gem sex they've been having before inviting them aboard. Amethyst goes to play with the others, while Steven goes with Jay-Ten and Wy-Six to meet someone. This turns out to be three different Rose Quartzes: a really obsessed "Superfan", a really high and drug addicted "Hippie", and a really shy "Shy" variant. While Steven complains relentlessly about people touching him, but clearly develops a crush on the Shy version.

The three follow him into his house and disrupt his family dinner. Greg comes in and is shocked to see them. Steven tells them they are his girlfriends, which is so hot Greg leaves. After the Rose Quartzes come onto Pearl and Garnet, who leave for the bathroom (Garnet out of annoyance, and Pearl out of arousal). Steven follows them.

In the bathroom, Pearl wants them to leave because they remind her of when she had a crush on someone, but is unable to finish as Steven leaves.

Out of the bathroom, Steven runs into the Rose Quartz again. He is annoyed, and claims he is going to run away forever. This plan fails quickly, as the Rose Quartzes wanna follow him anyway, defeating the purpose. To calm them down, Steven plays an episode of "Crash & Bernstein". However, he quickly turns it off claiming this is the "wrong episode".

Later that night, all the Rose Quartzes go to sleep in Steven's room. The Quartzes keep talking, keeping Steven awake. They continue anyway, wanting to fuck his life up. This causes "Shy" Rose Quartz to snap, yelling at them for trying to sexualize a minor through the filming of a porno. Steven begins eating his bedsheets for some reason. The Quartzes are so disgusted, they leave for Adventure Time, despite it being a canceled show.

Steven chases after them, revealing Jake the Dog is a "jerk in real life". Despite this, they still think it's cooler than Steven Universe (the show). They step into the teleporter. Instead of teleporting them to Adventure Time, it kills them.

The end of the episode shows the Rose Quartz Painting, which still hasn't been thrown away, stating "I'm a picture this time!". It is implied that they are the reason the Quartzes died.

A short clip of Amethyst drinking a Wendy's Milkshake is shown, for some reason.

## Features

### Characters

* Steven Universe
* Rose Quartzes
	+ "Shy" Rose Quartz (debut)
	+ "Superfan" Rose Quartz (debut)
	+ "Hippie" Rose Quartz (debut)
* Greg Universe
* Amethyst
* Garnet
* Pearl
* Lion
* The Famethyst
* Holly Blue Agate
* Zoomans
	+ Jay-Ten (non-speaking)
	+ Wy-Six
* Pink Diamond (mentioned)
	+ Rose Quartz (seen on video)
* The Great Diamond Authority (mentioned)
* Connie Maheswaran (mentioned)
* Jake the Dog (mentioned)
* Finn the Human (mentioned)
* Cat Steven (pictured)
* The Rose Quartz Painting (debut)

### Objects

* Warp Pad
* Steven's TV
* Rose Quartz's Video Tape

### Locations

* Beach City
	+ Crystal Temple
	+ Beach House
		- Steven's Room
		- Steven's Bathroom
		- Steven's Conservatory
* Pink Diamond's Zoo
* Pink Dimension

### Music

* Peach's Castle - Super Mario Odyssey
* Alphys - Undertale
* Treasure Trove Cove - Banjo Kazooie
* Here We Are - Undertale
* Build Mode - Lego Racers
* Conga - Team Fortress 2
* Happy Day in Paris - French Cafe 24 x 7
* Let's Get It On (Instrumental) - Marvin Gaye
* Sanctuary Guardian - Earthbound
* Peace Keepers Home - Spyro the Dragon
* Opening Title - Crash and Bernstein
* 9 PM - Animal Crossing
* LOGBox Lunacy - Banjo-Kazooie Nuts&Bolts
* Chip Dip Triple Flips Are Hip - Adventure Time
* Bound By Blood - Revolt Production Music
* Being Human (feat. Emily King, Rebecca Sugar, aivi & surasshu, Roger Hicks , Edwin Rhodes, & Travis Kindred) (TheEnderDwonk cover) - Steven Universe Future

## Trivia

* The Zoomans and the Amethysts are confirmed to have partook in crazy orgies since the liberation of the human zoo.
* The Rose Quartzes are naturally horny, and this leads to many awkward scenarios because Steven is underaged and Garnet is in a relationship.
* Pearl is confirmed to be a straightedge when it comes to the recreational use of drugs.
* Holly Blue Agate is confirmed to hate men due to her time in the liberated Human Zoo.
* Hippie Rose and Garnet have an exchange, commenting on their similar voices, which is a reference to UmberBee voicing both characters.
* Steven turns off an episode of Crash & Berstein, claiming it to be the "wrong episode". While footage of the episode is not shown, it is heavily implied to be the Season 2 episode "Health-O-Ween", considered by fans to be a bad episode.
	+ In this episode, Wyatt is excited for Halloween as he plans to come up with the scariest costume for a contest at his school's high school where the winner gets into the high school's Nightmare Society, who have pulled off epic scares every Halloween. However, the traditions of Halloween are wanting to be changed by Gretchen (aka Mrs. Phlerger), who is now head of the activist group P.O.O.P. (Pauling Organization Of Parents). When Mrs. Phlerger plans to promote Health-O-Ween to the United States, Wyatt, Crash, Pesto, and Cleo receive help from the Nightmare Society to turn the tables on Mrs. Phlerger and get Halloween back to normal.
* The Rose Quartzes are confirmed to be self-aware of their state as cartoon characters, and also have a disdain of the show they are in because it makes them cry too often.
	+ Likewise, Steven comments he doesn't know "what the show is about", further alluding to their state.
* This marks the first episode where the credits are present.
* The Rose Quartzes are confirmed dead after the teleportation accident caused by the Rose Quartz Painting's influence.
	+ This marks the first canonical character death of the series.
* Pearl is shown to find the Rose Quartzes attractive, most likely due to their resemblances of her former wife, so much so that she needs to jerk off in the bathroom after one attempts to seduce her.
	+ Additionally, this confirms that Pearl has a penis due to her comment about jerking off.

### Cultural References

* Steven asks if "this is the painting that I go into to get more stars?," referring to the Rose Quartz Painting, which is a reference to Super Mario 64.
* Minecraft is mentioned by Steven when he sees the Human Zoo for the first time, comparing it's shape to that of a diamond from the aforementioned game.
* Terraria is mentioned by Steven when he first enters Human Zoo, however he misspeaks and says "Terrarium" instead.
* Y6 references Tommy Wiseau's "*The Joker*" audition, exclaiming "Check out the new Joker!" when showing Steven the Rose Quartzes for the first time.
* Steven plays an episode of *Crash and Bernstein* for the Rose Quartzes.
* Adventure time is heavily referenced in the final act.

### Continuity

* Amethyst is seen drinking a Wendy's Milkshake once again at the end of the episode.
	+ Whether it is full of Steven's fluids is debatable.

## Errors

* Superfan Rose claims to not know what a drug is, however, she is close friends with Hippie Rose who claims to smoke weed all the time with the other Roses.
* Garnet claims that "we are naked" when Steven enters the bathroom, despite both her and Pearl being fully clothed.
* Steven claims to not know who Pearl is. This is wrong for obvious reasons.
* Somehow, the VHS tape that Steven plays contains an audio watermark of Disney XD on YouTube, despite being a VHS physical release.
* Additionally, *Crash and Bernstein* never released on VHS.
* Steven is able to tell that the VHS that he puts into the VHS player "isn't the right episode" despite him only watching the theme song.
* Steven claims that Jake the Dog is a jerk in real life, despite Jake the Dog not being real.

## Videos

A video featuring Y6 was made to announce the release of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpDXG\_0jIc4&ab\_channel=SofaDreamin'

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