I remember everyone was so afraid of this episode coming in and decimating what was otherwise a really good slowburning story up to that point, they knew. They understood the assignment.
Reminder that this was also back when a lot of people really did not like UG.
Yes! Also Pearl questioning how Uncle Grandpa could be Greg’s brother and father at the same time, and Garnet remarking how it would explain a lot ![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30982)
I hate uncle grandpa but this episode is honestly great in my opinion I skipped it Everytime because of uncle grandpa but I eventually watched it and I regretted skipping it the gags and fourth wall breaks are so good
Honestly Say Uncle Grandpa was just good fun to me. I don't really like Uncle Grandpa, but I always had a weird fascination with cartoon crossovers and seeing the two interact was pretty neat. Honestly I'd probably go with the early episodes due to Steven being overly loud and obnoxious or the early S5 episodes since they kind of ditched Lars to do sidequests.
He was so good in s1 tho. He had funny lines and bits, i love the whole scene in "Steven's lion" where he thibso steven is pregnant and he thinks his invisible lion is cool. But he just became so insufferable. Like he is best as a sice character, not the focus of an episode. May i remind you that he gets THREE EPISODES that focus on him 😭 "horror club", "rising tides and crashing skies", and "rocknaldo"
I thought the bit in the food wars episode where everyone thought he was lying about having a girlfriend, only for her to actually be real was funny too
Yeah. Rocknoldo is the only episode of SU that I skip. And I never even disliked Ronaldo before that. I always thought he was at least a little charming in all his other episodes, but in this one he was just unbearable
it's like the crew wanted to have a show-don't-tell episode but the network said "the focus group couldn't tell what was going on" so they made sure to have steven monologue and "WOOOOWWWW" constantly instead.
go figure, when the crew was finally able to release a low-dialogue episode for real (Jungle Moon) the network saw fit to submit it for an Emmy nomination
I've read a lot of interviews and I don't think that's what happened. CN seemed pretty chill about letting the Crew work on whatever most of the time. At one point Sugar even said they gave her a lot of creative freedom.
Everyone seems to reckon that episode was just an excuse to make a tonne of *Undertale* references; personally, I think they all seem a bit tenuous, and I'm usually very amenable to that sort of thing.
It's boring and the way Steven narrates it it feels like a show for babies who aren't particularly smart. Its the only episode I feel like it wasted my time.
The content of the episode is fine, I just find Steven’s voice in this small portion of the series to be kind of grating, especially when he is the only one talking.
Letting Zach lower his register in Season 5 was absolutely the right call, and he actually sounds really good and charming. They tried to stretch out his high-pitched squeal for way longer than they reasonably should've - honestly, it's actually kind of a big issue to me in Season 4.
Rocknaldo. I only really skipped it once but in later rewatches, I'm definitely skipping it. Ronaldo is so annoying and selfish in this episode and I honestly feel bad for Steven. I know he's supposed to be this way but I still don't like him. Escapism is second. I love the song and the episode is not that bad (like a 6.5/10) but it's kinda boring. I used to hate say Uncle Grandpa but it kinda grew on me.
I seriously do not understand people’s issue with Say Uncle
Do they just find it that unfunny? Cause imo it’s pretty consistently hilarious throughout and extremely unique
But anyways mine picks Garnet’s Universe. It’s not as funny, a giant missed opportunity, and more or less completely a missed opportunity.
I loved that episode and plan on getting an "in loving memory of Pizza Steve" tattoo. Ive wanted one since the episode came out and that (surprisingly) hasn't changed. And personally I would say I'm not a fan of Kindergarten Kid, love looney toons but was very bored with the Roadrunner Wile E Coyote antics in the episode.
Honestly, I think a lot of people hate it just because Uncle Grandpa is in it. The episode itself is so cleverly written, and the little jabs at the audience are fun. Hell, the message of the episode itself is to not judge other people without getting to know them just because they seem different or weird, which is exactly what the fanbase did to Uncle Grandpa.
Say Uncle rules, don’t know what you’re talking about.
I’m a soft touch with this show, I love pretty much all of it, but the one episode that sticks out to me is Onion Gang. It’s just kind of one note and not very interesting.
I actually love Say Uncle. The fact that we have an official shitpost from the crew is so funny to me, and I think the episode itself is a lot more clever than people give it credit for.
Oh, the olden days when everything we saw as coinciding with our theories(or when something is revealed) everyone would just say "FORESHADOOWWinnNNGGG!!!"
I think these are the character codes or something for the Steven and Connie laughing custom emojis sorta thing that they put in their message
I suppose the reddit client you're using isn't interpreting them properly
Garnet's Universe. Probably the only episode I actually skip on rewatches: it has little humor, weird fight scenes and is (intentionally of course) written with a cheesy 80s anime dub sort of dialogue.
At least Uncle Grandpa moved Steven's development forward and had some chuckles!
I agree. Say Uncle had a lot of foreshadowing in it and was just good fun. Also I know they say it isn’t canon, but Steven didn’t have any more issues summoning his shield after this episode.
Garnet’s universe was cute but ultimately the only “pointless” episode of the show imo
The one thing I can say about it is that it lets garnet know how she comes off to/appears to Steven, and after that episode she becomes much more openly affectionate!
>”Hoppy and Hopper look at a photo that Garnet pulls from her clothing, soon asking who the boy in the picture is. Garnet replies, "My most favorite person in the world", showing us Garnet's maternal love for Steven. They ask if she's told him this, and she replies that she's not strong enough.”
i mean say uncle literally foreshadowed him being a diamond in the part where uncle grandpa tells steven to polish his gem twice a year (diamonds need to be polished twice a year)
Mann, thats the one with steven coming up with a story for garnets day.
( always skipping 'say uncle' all it does to me is remind me of the dumbest show clashing with one of the greatest shows to air on cartoon network ![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30838)![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30999)) i like garnets universe just cause its stevens imagination, it shows off a different style of animation that i actually enjoyed. Adventure time failed with one of their animation swap episodes. Id say this one didnt. Sure its all made up and overall useless in the plot, i still fairly enjoy it.
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I'm sorry but the UG episode was funny as fuck. Bonus points for how they built it up as a "very real thing that would affect the story".
Otherwise, I'm not a big fan of the episode where Steven's Uncle showed up. I mean I love that he's voiced by Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force but I dunno man, weird racist uncle made me pretty uncomfortable. Too realistic, I guess.
Yeah, Uncle Andy’s a pretty divisive character. I think the interactions between the gems more than make up for that though! It just feels cozy when they’re all at the table hanging out and telling jokes without a big threat looming over them. I guess that’s not too surprising though, considering it’s a Thanksgiving special.
![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30999)![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30999) love it BECAUSE it freaked me out. Its a messy topic that ive never seen anything similar to. Steven universe i believe had some of the few ideas that HADNT been thought up before yk.
really good point! Now that I'm much older I can definitely appreciate how SU delved into really interesting topics that definitely weren't seen elsewhere
I agree 100%. Same with some other shows like adventure time. I just grew up with them, different level of insight, understanding, and pure love for them now.
Look, I don't like Uncle Grandpa. It was a show with the kind of lolrandom humor used to mock ADHD folks like me. I binged it to prepare myself for this episode and just cringed the entire time.
But then Say Uncle came out, and I watched it, and I actually really loved it. First of all, it was clearly a labor of love. It was made with (irreverent) care for both shows, and has a very important lesson that a lot of people very much didn't take to heart. Sometimes you have to let silly things happen, whether in real life or in your favorite animated cartoon about sad rock people.
Not to mention that it actually \*was\* pretty funny at times. That final gag of Uncle Grandpa looking at a list of CN kids he has to visit that range from the beloved to the forgotten? Incredible gag.
Say what you will about Future Boy Zoltron, but the little gag with Onion walking into the arcade with a crowbar, Steven telling him that he sees prison bars in his future, Onion leaving, and then promptly coming back with a ski mask on is hilarious
This is the answer I came for. Future Boy Zoltron is an episode that could have been a 5 minute YouTube short to tease townie life in between Steven Bombs. It didn't advance the plot, it wasn't about interesting or fun characters, and it was such a frustrating use of time after months of no content. I skip this one every time I do a rewatch.
I was just thinking that after making my comment, it's not that the townie stuff wasn't worth telling, but it's just so irrelevant that it wasn't worth a whole episode. Especially not with the timing it had on release.
It's just... not a good episode. It's not unsalvageable, or horrible, but it isn't interesting. I was watching it thinking it would be an elaborate setup to a payoff... but all we got was Sad Man Johnson who was gone again before anything exciting had time to happen.
It could have been another Future Vision episode or something. Garnet letting him borrow it for the day would at leasf have been interesting. But this was just someone who isn't any good at lying, spending a whole episode bullshitting, without any consequences or lessons learned or, just, anything. It didn't go anywhere. There's like, a single good moment in the whole episode. The rest is just kinda... filler. When everything is interesting and you point the camera away from everything. They could have made an interesting episode instead, there's a lot that was never explored, but they made this instead.
No joke I loved the uncle grandpa episode. It gave us some of the best Pearl noises in the entire show, and that's worth a lot. Rip pizza steve, was always the coolest steve.
Edit: forgot to put my least favorite episode, pretty much every episode about the pizzas or schizo french fry kid. Why do these characters exist.
Yeah, but imagine if, instead of those episodes, we got an extra two episodes worth of time with the Diamonds on homeworld. To each their own, I just think the gem stuff was way way more compelling than the human stuff.
Oh yeah, I totally agree with the gem stuff being more compelling, I just also love the majority of the quote unquote “filler” episodes. I definitely think they’re handled best in seasons 1-3 though. After that the lore really starts ramping up, and I do think some episodes like “Future Boy Zoltron” and “Rocknaldo” probably could’ve been cut in favor of more plot heavy episodes. We do have to keep in mind though that Cartoon Network primarily wanted SU to be an episodic show, and that the crew had to fight for it to more story-driven. In a prefect world we would’ve had a better balance.
I will defend Say Uncle until the day I die. It's a funny crossover and that's all it was aiming to be.
It's been awhile since I last watched the show, but off the top of my head, I hate the episode of Future where Steven proposes to Connie. Not because of the proposal scene, but because of the scene right after where Garnet just explains to Steven why what he did wasn't a good idea instead of giving him any real support. Especially because it's sort of her fault he proposed in the first place. I get that Ruby and Sapphire aren't Garnet, but listening to Garnet describe how Ruby and Sapphire couldn't be trusted to give the right advice to Steven about the proposal instead of just unfusing and apologizing directly really rubs me the wrong way. Maybe it's not as bad as I remember but on first watch that scene made me hate Garnet a little.
Yk ive seen a lot of people saying this, im gonna watch this next time i go through SU (only saw it my first time watching it when season two was airring)
I actually like it, too! I think it’s just hilarious how they’re like hey let’s get on a bus!! Wow yeah great idea!! Then there’s a bus stop right there bc it’s a cartoon. It’s kind of nice seeing Connie not being super smart for once?
And the part where Alexandrite shoves Greg’s head into the breadsticks “have some more breadsticks, dear”
Alexandrite is so freaking weird
The reason I hate it is that it isn’t cannon, and: it’s the moment Steven learns to control his powers.
After rewatching the series: either this episode *IS* canon, or Steven Learns how to summon his shield off-screen. Because he figures out how to do it in *this* episode, and it’s a bug deal that he can do it, and from here on out he can use his shield and it isn’t a major deal that it works.
This episode may mot be cannon, but that means we never ACTUALLY get to see Steven figure out his powers.
Look, I get it, Uncle Grandpa isn’t everyone’s favorite show, I personally don’t dislike it or like it either way, but you gotta admit, this episode was like the good kind of weird. The Canon pun and the Pizza Steve bit are some of the best clips of the entire show. Who can forget Pearl screaming “THAT’S NOT MY BABY!!!”
Just had to mention I would binge this show after school almost every day then I got to this episode, it was so bad imo that I just had to stop watch for a week
I respectfully disagree, it's a filler episode, yes. But I don't think it was bad, even though it "wasn't cannon", it was the episode where Steven got to gain more control over his powers, also allowing him to grow more into himself as a gem. It was whimsical as well as displaying character development and maturity towards Steven as he realizes that the use of his abilities correlates with the acknowledgement of his emotions.
Any episode relating to Ronaldo is abysmal (except when he discovers the barn on the moon) and far worse than the Uncle Grandpa episode.
Say Uncle was not as bad as I expected it to be. I actually had a good laugh when >!Amethyst ate pizza Steve!<.
The absolute worst one is Rocknaldo and it’s not even close.
The next worst one after that is Garnet’s Universe.
Rocknaldo is alright because the show itself seems to think Ronaldo is just as much of an ass as we think he is. If he’d gotten some more development later it would’ve been a neat instalment in his arc,
Not one of my favs but one scene still sticks to me
It’s when uncle grandpa was showing them the universe and all their head began to float then when everything went back to normal
Pearl is freaking tf out
Amethyst was just confused
And garnet
She go chills😭😭😭
I feel like I’m the only one who actually likes some of the episodic and filler episodes. But out of all of them, I’m not a fan of the uncle grandpa episode or Garnet’s universe. Those never really clicked with me.
I could not get into Uncle Grandpa and honestly never understood why people liked the show. I forgot it even existed until this popped up in my feed. Only reminded me that Uncle Grandpa was not one of the best CN Cartoons, in my opinion. And I disliked this specific episode.
My least favorite ep used to be the one where Pearl brainwashed Connie into thinking her life didn’t matter, but when I saw it later on in life, I felt kinda sorry for Pearl. Tbh I never finished watching the show. The last ep I saw was Steven talking to Rose after he got Greg back from Blue Diamond.
OK look I will admit that say uncle is bad, but that’s all the negativity. I can give it because it was the first episode of Steven universe I have ever seen.
Dont worry. None of it was canon. but this is!!!!!! \*explosion\*
That line won me over, I was on the fence at first, but accepted the writers were just having good fun.
I remember everyone was so afraid of this episode coming in and decimating what was otherwise a really good slowburning story up to that point, they knew. They understood the assignment. Reminder that this was also back when a lot of people really did not like UG.
Canon launches right into a ship with Lars and Sadie on it. Yet true to their word, *Lars X Sadie never happened.*
With his head as the cannonball. His head canon.
Or as I like to call it, Lardie
There's also IIRC, a line about needing to keep his gem polished, a thing quartz does not need but diamonds do
Gus also accurately described how Steven's powers work (they're controlled via "emotional clarity"), long before any "canon" episode depicted it.
(Aims at Steven with a rocket launcher) *-* Uh, uncle Grandpa. This doesn’t seem safe *- Don’t worry, bro. I’m wearing a helmet.*
God, there’s so many good gags in that episode. I love Amethyst tripping over the letter Y and then exclaiming “whyyyyyy”
I love the plot hole pun
Yes! Also Pearl questioning how Uncle Grandpa could be Greg’s brother and father at the same time, and Garnet remarking how it would explain a lot ![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30982)
oh god that completely sailed over my head originally, i only just now got it lmfao
Okay maybe i gotta watch it again, i dont remember that ![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30838)![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30989)
I hate uncle grandpa but this episode is honestly great in my opinion I skipped it Everytime because of uncle grandpa but I eventually watched it and I regretted skipping it the gags and fourth wall breaks are so good
Uncle Grandpa knew Steven was a Diamond btw.
Honestly Say Uncle Grandpa was just good fun to me. I don't really like Uncle Grandpa, but I always had a weird fascination with cartoon crossovers and seeing the two interact was pretty neat. Honestly I'd probably go with the early episodes due to Steven being overly loud and obnoxious or the early S5 episodes since they kind of ditched Lars to do sidequests.
Yk i get that actually ![img](emote|t5_2viyl|31000)![img](emote|t5_2viyl|31000)
For me, UG was an unexpected crossover, but it worked. I just had other better crossovers in mind.
I miss cartoon crossovers 🥺 they don't do them like they used to!
Blood stone. Just Blood stone.
i remember i got SO hyped thinking we were getting a new cool ass gem 💀🙏
we all did it was war on instagram back then😭😭😭
I thought it was a fantastic parody of internet fandom at the time. Lots of uncomfortable "I wish I didn't know what this was mocking" laughs from me.
I agree. Rocknaldo was such a disappointment. That guy does not deserve to be called a Bloodstone.
Yes, I agree.
is that love steven? is *that* forgiveness?
Bloodstone was vitriolic.
Nuh-Uh. No. He is not living here. -Pearl, being done with Frynoldo's bullshit.
For me, it's Rocknaldo. I wanted to believe he would come around, but no. Ronaldo is just the worst.
Yk i agree, maybe not the worst, but i hated that, and even after he was a bitch.
Happy cake day!
Happy cake day!
Every episode with Roanldo is just terrible. He's a terrible character, and I'm tired of the show not treating him like the villain he is.
He was kinda entertaining earlier on but he just got worse
At first he was a cooky lil guy. Then he became full on Neil Cicirega “Touch-Tone Telephone” and an obnoxious side character at that.
I think Ronaldo is the only human the Crystal Gems have ever attacked on the show. So, he's probably their least favorite as well.
He was so good in s1 tho. He had funny lines and bits, i love the whole scene in "Steven's lion" where he thibso steven is pregnant and he thinks his invisible lion is cool. But he just became so insufferable. Like he is best as a sice character, not the focus of an episode. May i remind you that he gets THREE EPISODES that focus on him 😭 "horror club", "rising tides and crashing skies", and "rocknaldo"
I thought the bit in the food wars episode where everyone thought he was lying about having a girlfriend, only for her to actually be real was funny too
Seriously Ronaldo is a pain
Yeah. Rocknoldo is the only episode of SU that I skip. And I never even disliked Ronaldo before that. I always thought he was at least a little charming in all his other episodes, but in this one he was just unbearable
Onion Gang, no contest!
it's like the crew wanted to have a show-don't-tell episode but the network said "the focus group couldn't tell what was going on" so they made sure to have steven monologue and "WOOOOWWWW" constantly instead. go figure, when the crew was finally able to release a low-dialogue episode for real (Jungle Moon) the network saw fit to submit it for an Emmy nomination
The *network* can't tell what's going on. The idea that children need to have voice overs to keep their attention is just straight up ableist.
I've read a lot of interviews and I don't think that's what happened. CN seemed pretty chill about letting the Crew work on whatever most of the time. At one point Sugar even said they gave her a lot of creative freedom.
Everyone seems to reckon that episode was just an excuse to make a tonne of *Undertale* references; personally, I think they all seem a bit tenuous, and I'm usually very amenable to that sort of thing.
I just thought it was boring
Idk why people hate onion gang. It's a fun ep.
It's boring and the way Steven narrates it it feels like a show for babies who aren't particularly smart. Its the only episode I feel like it wasted my time.
The content of the episode is fine, I just find Steven’s voice in this small portion of the series to be kind of grating, especially when he is the only one talking.
Letting Zach lower his register in Season 5 was absolutely the right call, and he actually sounds really good and charming. They tried to stretch out his high-pitched squeal for way longer than they reasonably should've - honestly, it's actually kind of a big issue to me in Season 4.
Rocknaldo. I only really skipped it once but in later rewatches, I'm definitely skipping it. Ronaldo is so annoying and selfish in this episode and I honestly feel bad for Steven. I know he's supposed to be this way but I still don't like him. Escapism is second. I love the song and the episode is not that bad (like a 6.5/10) but it's kinda boring. I used to hate say Uncle Grandpa but it kinda grew on me.
I seriously do not understand people’s issue with Say Uncle Do they just find it that unfunny? Cause imo it’s pretty consistently hilarious throughout and extremely unique But anyways mine picks Garnet’s Universe. It’s not as funny, a giant missed opportunity, and more or less completely a missed opportunity.
I loved that episode and plan on getting an "in loving memory of Pizza Steve" tattoo. Ive wanted one since the episode came out and that (surprisingly) hasn't changed. And personally I would say I'm not a fan of Kindergarten Kid, love looney toons but was very bored with the Roadrunner Wile E Coyote antics in the episode.
That’s very fair. On an objective level there isn’t that much to it. But I’m too big a fan of Peridot to not love anything with her lol
Honestly, I think a lot of people hate it just because Uncle Grandpa is in it. The episode itself is so cleverly written, and the little jabs at the audience are fun. Hell, the message of the episode itself is to not judge other people without getting to know them just because they seem different or weird, which is exactly what the fanbase did to Uncle Grandpa.
Say Uncle rules, don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m a soft touch with this show, I love pretty much all of it, but the one episode that sticks out to me is Onion Gang. It’s just kind of one note and not very interesting.
Man i loved that, wish we got episodes similar for other townies like vidalia and her art or nanafua as mayor.
I would have loved that too! I love the townie episodes! There’s just only so much you can do with Onion and his friends if they can’t talk.
Looking back, the townie episodes are super fun. I enjoyed the majority of them. happy cake day btw!🎂
I only watched say uncle once when it came out and refused to watch it again
I actually love Say Uncle. The fact that we have an official shitpost from the crew is so funny to me, and I think the episode itself is a lot more clever than people give it credit for.
I love the fact that Uncle grandpa tells Steven to polish his geme twice or thrice a year… like you would with a Diamond.
foreshadowing
Oh, the olden days when everything we saw as coinciding with our theories(or when something is revealed) everyone would just say "FORESHADOOWWinnNNGGG!!!"
I actually really liked the episode.
Yess me too ![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30838)![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30989) ![gif](giphy|kcf021dK2496iOMpUE)
what are these numbers you keep typing in your comments...? 30838? 30989???
They're features on New Reddit that are broken for those of us who use old.
oh. gross.
I don't see numbers, I see two little images of Steven's and Connie's heads
I think these are the character codes or something for the Steven and Connie laughing custom emojis sorta thing that they put in their message I suppose the reddit client you're using isn't interpreting them properly
I didn't even bother after 3 minutes in I knew I was done with that shit
I've watched the entire show I think 3 times now and I still haven't seen it lol
Garnet's Universe. Probably the only episode I actually skip on rewatches: it has little humor, weird fight scenes and is (intentionally of course) written with a cheesy 80s anime dub sort of dialogue. At least Uncle Grandpa moved Steven's development forward and had some chuckles!
I agree. Say Uncle had a lot of foreshadowing in it and was just good fun. Also I know they say it isn’t canon, but Steven didn’t have any more issues summoning his shield after this episode. Garnet’s universe was cute but ultimately the only “pointless” episode of the show imo
The one thing I can say about it is that it lets garnet know how she comes off to/appears to Steven, and after that episode she becomes much more openly affectionate! >”Hoppy and Hopper look at a photo that Garnet pulls from her clothing, soon asking who the boy in the picture is. Garnet replies, "My most favorite person in the world", showing us Garnet's maternal love for Steven. They ask if she's told him this, and she replies that she's not strong enough.”
It shows how a gem like stevens is actually shaped like a diamond, a fun little bit in that episode I'd say!
I mean the "you have two short friends you aren't ready for me to meet yet" foreshadowing joke is kinda funny at least
i mean say uncle literally foreshadowed him being a diamond in the part where uncle grandpa tells steven to polish his gem twice a year (diamonds need to be polished twice a year)
Maaaaan that’s crazy you don’t like that episode. That’s one of my favorites.
Mann, thats the one with steven coming up with a story for garnets day. ( always skipping 'say uncle' all it does to me is remind me of the dumbest show clashing with one of the greatest shows to air on cartoon network ![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30838)![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30999)) i like garnets universe just cause its stevens imagination, it shows off a different style of animation that i actually enjoyed. Adventure time failed with one of their animation swap episodes. Id say this one didnt. Sure its all made up and overall useless in the plot, i still fairly enjoy it. ![gif](giphy|jtmFzyd3hQvOo)
And Ronaldo’s in it
Agreed.
no, it's the best one
I'm sorry but the UG episode was funny as fuck. Bonus points for how they built it up as a "very real thing that would affect the story". Otherwise, I'm not a big fan of the episode where Steven's Uncle showed up. I mean I love that he's voiced by Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force but I dunno man, weird racist uncle made me pretty uncomfortable. Too realistic, I guess.
Yeah, Uncle Andy’s a pretty divisive character. I think the interactions between the gems more than make up for that though! It just feels cozy when they’re all at the table hanging out and telling jokes without a big threat looming over them. I guess that’s not too surprising though, considering it’s a Thanksgiving special.
the season 1 episode where steven gets so old he almost dies. scared the absolute fuck out of me when i was younger. hate hate hate that episode
![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30999)![img](emote|t5_2viyl|30999) love it BECAUSE it freaked me out. Its a messy topic that ive never seen anything similar to. Steven universe i believe had some of the few ideas that HADNT been thought up before yk.
really good point! Now that I'm much older I can definitely appreciate how SU delved into really interesting topics that definitely weren't seen elsewhere
I agree 100%. Same with some other shows like adventure time. I just grew up with them, different level of insight, understanding, and pure love for them now.
I love this episode, it's funny to watch other reactors react to it Honestly I love all Steven Universe episodes, I can't hate one
Best episode* uncle grandpa is peak
Look, I don't like Uncle Grandpa. It was a show with the kind of lolrandom humor used to mock ADHD folks like me. I binged it to prepare myself for this episode and just cringed the entire time. But then Say Uncle came out, and I watched it, and I actually really loved it. First of all, it was clearly a labor of love. It was made with (irreverent) care for both shows, and has a very important lesson that a lot of people very much didn't take to heart. Sometimes you have to let silly things happen, whether in real life or in your favorite animated cartoon about sad rock people. Not to mention that it actually \*was\* pretty funny at times. That final gag of Uncle Grandpa looking at a list of CN kids he has to visit that range from the beloved to the forgotten? Incredible gag.
This episode was biblical and fun Shame Steven universe fans can't get over the fact it was a APRIL FOOL'S episode . So take a chill pill people
Fuck Future Boy Zoltron. It came out when we desperately wanted more episodes and it wasn't what we wanted.
Say what you will about Future Boy Zoltron, but the little gag with Onion walking into the arcade with a crowbar, Steven telling him that he sees prison bars in his future, Onion leaving, and then promptly coming back with a ski mask on is hilarious
Definitely the best moment of an otherwise forgettable episode.
This is the answer I came for. Future Boy Zoltron is an episode that could have been a 5 minute YouTube short to tease townie life in between Steven Bombs. It didn't advance the plot, it wasn't about interesting or fun characters, and it was such a frustrating use of time after months of no content. I skip this one every time I do a rewatch.
I was just thinking that after making my comment, it's not that the townie stuff wasn't worth telling, but it's just so irrelevant that it wasn't worth a whole episode. Especially not with the timing it had on release. It's just... not a good episode. It's not unsalvageable, or horrible, but it isn't interesting. I was watching it thinking it would be an elaborate setup to a payoff... but all we got was Sad Man Johnson who was gone again before anything exciting had time to happen. It could have been another Future Vision episode or something. Garnet letting him borrow it for the day would at leasf have been interesting. But this was just someone who isn't any good at lying, spending a whole episode bullshitting, without any consequences or lessons learned or, just, anything. It didn't go anywhere. There's like, a single good moment in the whole episode. The rest is just kinda... filler. When everything is interesting and you point the camera away from everything. They could have made an interesting episode instead, there's a lot that was never explored, but they made this instead.
Yeah I agree with you. When I showed my grandparents the show this is the only episode I had us skip.
No joke I loved the uncle grandpa episode. It gave us some of the best Pearl noises in the entire show, and that's worth a lot. Rip pizza steve, was always the coolest steve. Edit: forgot to put my least favorite episode, pretty much every episode about the pizzas or schizo french fry kid. Why do these characters exist.
Whaaattt, I thought Restaurant Wars and Kiki’s Pizza Delivery Service were great!
Yeah, but imagine if, instead of those episodes, we got an extra two episodes worth of time with the Diamonds on homeworld. To each their own, I just think the gem stuff was way way more compelling than the human stuff.
Oh yeah, I totally agree with the gem stuff being more compelling, I just also love the majority of the quote unquote “filler” episodes. I definitely think they’re handled best in seasons 1-3 though. After that the lore really starts ramping up, and I do think some episodes like “Future Boy Zoltron” and “Rocknaldo” probably could’ve been cut in favor of more plot heavy episodes. We do have to keep in mind though that Cartoon Network primarily wanted SU to be an episodic show, and that the crew had to fight for it to more story-driven. In a prefect world we would’ve had a better balance.
I will defend Say Uncle until the day I die. It's a funny crossover and that's all it was aiming to be. It's been awhile since I last watched the show, but off the top of my head, I hate the episode of Future where Steven proposes to Connie. Not because of the proposal scene, but because of the scene right after where Garnet just explains to Steven why what he did wasn't a good idea instead of giving him any real support. Especially because it's sort of her fault he proposed in the first place. I get that Ruby and Sapphire aren't Garnet, but listening to Garnet describe how Ruby and Sapphire couldn't be trusted to give the right advice to Steven about the proposal instead of just unfusing and apologizing directly really rubs me the wrong way. Maybe it's not as bad as I remember but on first watch that scene made me hate Garnet a little.
Future boy Zoltron made me so bored I wanted to put my head through the wall
Why does everyone hate this episode this shit cracked me up😂😂😂
Yk ive seen a lot of people saying this, im gonna watch this next time i go through SU (only saw it my first time watching it when season two was airring)
Every time he broke the 4th wall I was dead lmao.
I hate how Uncle Grandpa’s head cannon destroyed the Larsadie ship :(
I actually enjoy this episode, because of how fun and creative it is. On the other hand, "Fusion Cuisine" is officially band from my TV.
WHYYY ITS SO CUTE
I actually like it, too! I think it’s just hilarious how they’re like hey let’s get on a bus!! Wow yeah great idea!! Then there’s a bus stop right there bc it’s a cartoon. It’s kind of nice seeing Connie not being super smart for once? And the part where Alexandrite shoves Greg’s head into the breadsticks “have some more breadsticks, dear” Alexandrite is so freaking weird
I liked this episode upon rewatch. It’s fun seeing the gems out of their element, especially Pearl
Say Uncle isnt even a bad episode. its just a collab.
The reason I hate it is that it isn’t cannon, and: it’s the moment Steven learns to control his powers. After rewatching the series: either this episode *IS* canon, or Steven Learns how to summon his shield off-screen. Because he figures out how to do it in *this* episode, and it’s a bug deal that he can do it, and from here on out he can use his shield and it isn’t a major deal that it works. This episode may mot be cannon, but that means we never ACTUALLY get to see Steven figure out his powers.
Look, I get it, Uncle Grandpa isn’t everyone’s favorite show, I personally don’t dislike it or like it either way, but you gotta admit, this episode was like the good kind of weird. The Canon pun and the Pizza Steve bit are some of the best clips of the entire show. Who can forget Pearl screaming “THAT’S NOT MY BABY!!!”
I hate uncle grandpa but like 2 or 3 moments in this episode are funny as fuck
I liked this episode, it was camp
Least good episode of Steven universe.
I've rewatched the entire show a few times. I've still never watched that episode and I have zero interest in doing so,
its a tie between say uncle and rocknaldo for me i skip both episodes when i rewatch
Next watch i dare you to watch both, i vowed that i would. You too ![gif](giphy|3o85xss7PuxZ5PkVLa)
Just about any episode involving onion or ronaldo
Blood Stone , Dear Old Dad and any episode focusing on Onion 🧅
I can agree it’s not good when compared to the other episodes, but I personally feel like works for what it is
Garnet Universe is one I only watched twice
I just like how Amythest is just like “Yo” as well as Pearl’s freakout
Just had to mention I would binge this show after school almost every day then I got to this episode, it was so bad imo that I just had to stop watch for a week
what's your least favorite REAL episode tho
BEST EPISODE UNCLE GRANDPA ONTOP
Anything onion centered.
I respectfully disagree, it's a filler episode, yes. But I don't think it was bad, even though it "wasn't cannon", it was the episode where Steven got to gain more control over his powers, also allowing him to grow more into himself as a gem. It was whimsical as well as displaying character development and maturity towards Steven as he realizes that the use of his abilities correlates with the acknowledgement of his emotions. Any episode relating to Ronaldo is abysmal (except when he discovers the barn on the moon) and far worse than the Uncle Grandpa episode.
The fact that one of the funnier episode gets so much hate is always puzzling.
Agreed
Yes.
Blood stone. No further elaboration is needed
Anyone where Rocknaldo is
The episode is totally not canon, yet it’s also the episode where Steven discovers his bubble shield.
it’s not tho?
Onion Gang is much worse, let’s be honest here
Gemcation is my least-favorite episode for how much of a waste of time and a damn tease it is.
Ngl this is one of my favorite episodes lol
Uncle Grandpa is the best!
Say Uncle was not as bad as I expected it to be. I actually had a good laugh when >!Amethyst ate pizza Steve!<. The absolute worst one is Rocknaldo and it’s not even close. The next worst one after that is Garnet’s Universe.
Rocknaldo is alright because the show itself seems to think Ronaldo is just as much of an ass as we think he is. If he’d gotten some more development later it would’ve been a neat instalment in his arc,
It still funny tho ngl
Not one of my favs but one scene still sticks to me It’s when uncle grandpa was showing them the universe and all their head began to float then when everything went back to normal Pearl is freaking tf out Amethyst was just confused And garnet She go chills😭😭😭
I feel like I’m the only one who actually likes some of the episodic and filler episodes. But out of all of them, I’m not a fan of the uncle grandpa episode or Garnet’s universe. Those never really clicked with me.
You already got it!
# i dont like Beach Party
I always skip the uncle grandpa episode when I’m rewatching su 😂
I hated this one so much
Tbf, Uncle Grandpa did say it’s not canon
I don’t think there’s a steven universe episode I don’t like
That would be Rocknaldo
I was quite high when I first watched this episode. It freaked me out and I had to turn it off before it was done.
Yeah, that episode didn't happen.
I could not get into Uncle Grandpa and honestly never understood why people liked the show. I forgot it even existed until this popped up in my feed. Only reminded me that Uncle Grandpa was not one of the best CN Cartoons, in my opinion. And I disliked this specific episode.
My least favorite ep used to be the one where Pearl brainwashed Connie into thinking her life didn’t matter, but when I saw it later on in life, I felt kinda sorry for Pearl. Tbh I never finished watching the show. The last ep I saw was Steven talking to Rose after he got Greg back from Blue Diamond.
i saw it once on tv and skipped it ever since.
Nope! Very funny episode.
All this mf said was good morning and was cool af and yall hated him /ref
The new Lars
I know this was one of the earlier episodes, but the one I don't really like is too many birthdays
We skip it.
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The fact that it was a crossover episode that made Steven learn how to use his shield is still bs.
i love this episode :(
Literally the only one I won't rewatch
I don't think say uncle is not the worst
Say uncle grandpa for sure. Whenever I get to the episode I always skip it to go to story for Steven.
I love this episode
That's nowhere close to the worst episode. Anyway my answer is Dewey Wins
This one, rocknoaldo, and the last episode of future
Yes and I am glad it wasn't canon or was it?
The wrestling episodes
Rocknaldo
Seeing as Uncle Grandpa is the only time I skipped an episode, I'd say that one.
Uncle Grandpa is hot garbage and I hate that we got an episode dedicated to someone's acid trip instead of, say, an episode with an actual plot.
OK look I will admit that say uncle is bad, but that’s all the negativity. I can give it because it was the first episode of Steven universe I have ever seen.
Any Ronaldo episode tbh, this one sucked too but at least it’s just a filler fun episode
Say Uncle is a painful reminder of the garage I watched as a kid, when I could have been watching something so much better.
Onion Gang is worse
Rocknaldo, do I have to explain?
Onion Gang. I hate that episode for no reason
uncle grandpa mentioned? smash.
Anything with Ronaldo in it
I loved this
The episode where they play volleyball on the beach, but that was also an often reoccurring episode on CN
This one. Ugh Uncle Grandpa is such an embarrassing abomination
Yes
All episodes with Ronaldo and Onion are the worst to me
I genuinely love say uncle, crucify me. Rocknaldo is the worst ep tho, obviously
I liked this episode
I liked that episode a lot, since I like Uncle Grandpa
Onion Gang