Steven Universe has already been called an Americanized version of an anime by many, many animation pundits. Which, considering what this show is about, says a lot. “Garnet’s Universe” is, quite possibly, the single most unusual episode of the show. Thankfully, we got one – and this time, we have an example of the show breaking the format while still feeling like a Steven Universe episode, and being a very good episode at that.Īnd, believe me. Well, after the boring bit of awkwardness that was “Fusion Cuisine”, I needed a bit of a cleanser to get the bad taste out of my mouth. However, Ringo has played a cruel trick on all of them. After Garnet’s first meeting with the Foxman proves less than exemplarily, she winds up training her way into higher power. During the middle of training, the three are interrupted by a humanoid stranger, Ringo (Zach Steele), who wants revenge on the Foxman (Matthew Moy) for stealing his habitat protecting the Gem of Ultimate Power. Warping into a goofy, cartoonish universe, Garnet meets her animal friends, Hopper (Deedee Mango-Hall) and Hoppy (Michaela Dietz). Garnet wonders what Steven thought she did. Plot: As Garnet comes back from a mission, Steven inquires as to what she did with her time out. “What did you do today?” “ Tell me what you think I did.” – Steven and Garnet, the latter painfully unaware of the story that she is about to hear.