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Join host and superfan McKenzie Atwood every week for an all-access tour inside Steven Universe! Meet the cast, crew and characters themselves as McKenzie goes one-on-one in exclusive interviews with the creative team who inhabit Steven Universe.
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Steven University

Dan Doolan & Chris Billingham

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Nothing But Static's Dan and Chris are embarking on a weekly trip into the world of Steven Universe. Dan already loves the show and has seen it multiple times, Chris has never seen it, and doesn't really like animated TV. Each week Dan will attempt to educate Chris by making him watch an episode and then discuss it for your amusement. Welcome to Steven University.
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GC13 and David discuss Croissant Moon from Summer Camp Island. With the help of Jimjams it’s time to send Mildred into her dreams to find the Thin Place and break through it into the Metaphysical Reserve. Do you think she would have even had a chance of making it without Pepper’s help? Perhaps as such a frequent sleeper he’s an expert at navigating…
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GC13 and David discuss Bear With Me from Summer Camp Island. The Jar Guard has arrived on Summer Camp Island, and the Rascals have come out to finally feast on jelly at her expense. Thankfully they’re not very observant, and fall prey to the old couch-is-actually-two-bears trick! It’s not easy to convince the Jar Guard that she’s actually Mildred, …
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GC13 and David discuss Jar Guard from Summer Camp Island. And now we see what was happening a bit deeper into the Frozen North just as Susie was planning to unleash her newly minted swear words on her sister. The word “tragedy” feels quite appropriate. We may never truly understand the Pale Dog, but we can appreciate how he fits into a tradition of…
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GC13 and David discuss Night’s Pockets from Summer Camp Island. So out finally comes Jimjams’ true backstory: once a god, he was turned into a lowly purple pair of pajamas for his transgression against Time. At least he took his punishment like a champ. But unfortunately Time is still upset with him, so upset not even a fishing trip is enough to sl…
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GC13 and David discuss The Metaphysical Reserve from Summer Camp Island. The metaphysical reserve is a very mysterious place, but there’s no mystery to Susie: she wants love and adoration, and as long as she’s in the metaphysical reserve she’ll get it. It’s really too bad about the whole fossilization thing… But reality keeps intruding on Susie in …
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GC13 and David discuss The Last Witch from Summer Camp Island. Susie has a very complicated spell that just came to her (as if in a dream), but unfortunately it’s going to require the witches to go into a trance one by one to keep it going. Except for Hedgehog, of course, who’s responsible for Susie’s safe return when there are no witches left. Thi…
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GC13 and David discuss Storybook Susie from Summer Camp Island. It’s finally time that Susie’s coven knows the full story: not only did Mildred turn hands into feet, she also drank Susie’s immortality potion. Because she’s her sister! But this isn’t an anniversary, because Susie has decided it’s time to try to reach Mildred: in the Metaphysical Res…
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GC13 and David discuss Go Get Our Girls from Summer Camp Island. It’s one of the greatest mysteries since the introduction of the coven: where did the coven go? We knew they were on the island immediately before the campers appeared, then they vanished. Well they didn’t go off to a summer camp of their own, but they did have a summer vacation of th…
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GC13 and David discuss The Three Grrs from Summer Camp Island. It’s an episode about a bunch of jesters doing fun bits with banana peels for the king, what could possibly be depressing about that? Leave it to Oscar, he’ll surely find a way. But thankfully the king isn’t an “off with his head!” kind of monarch. Even if Oscar doesn’t make him laugh o…
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GC13 and David discuss Miracle Rabbit from Summer Camp Island. Each week adds even more fuel to the plot train. Ramona takes Oscar on a trip all the way to the Moon in order to meet the eponymous Miracle Rabbit to get a potion to deal with the tornado on Susie’s neck—and he does seem like a guy who knows a thing or two about fighting his emotions. …
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GC13 and David discuss The Hits from Summer Camp Island. After a tornado sweeps through the island, Barb and the King have a bad feeling and so inspect “the hits”: the Rascals, the Spotted Bears, the ferns, and the magic diamond. Unfortunately Oscar’s been on a bit of a barber binge, and he’s not too happy … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Pepper’s Funeral from Summer Camp Island. Oh Pepper, we hardly knew you. Wait, what? He’s just officiating the funeral? That’s a relief. Thank goodness these episode titles didn’t leak—that really would have send the fandom into a tizzy, wouldn’t it have? Were you waiting for the story to kick in? Because Pepper’s Funeral … C…
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GC13 and David discuss See Bees? Gee! Bees! from Summer Camp Island. Oscar has a lot of dedication to his pursuit of enlightenment to spend three weeks walking a garden path 9,999 times. But he has even more dedication to his friend Hedgehog to turn down enlightenment (and probably a very cushy monastery job) to be … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss If I Only Had a Wand from Summer Camp Island. If any time spent with Hedgehog’s mother is depressing, then what does it say about this episode that has by far the most screen time for her? But as mean as she is to Hedgehog, she’s doing it all for a reason. … Continue readingBy The Lunar Sea Spire
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GC13 and David discuss The Legs from Summer Camp Island. Summer Camp Island, here we are! It’s time to discuss the sixth and final season, and we’re starting up on a story arc. This episode gets us started with the story slowly, but there’s a lot of friendship Oscar and Hedgehog have—enough to get them a … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Cheers from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. And now we’ve seen the big showdown. Thank goodness Simon is on a first-name basis with a deity, or that could have got real ugly. Even as it was things didn’t so great and it was up to Prismo to send in the cavalry—just don’t … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Casper and Nova from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. It’s all coming together. Simon and Betty, Scarab and our heroes… Thankfully Ellis didn’t lose his spaghetti to his squirrel friends; that would be enough to turn a dream into a nightmare. While this episode was named after Casper and Nova, we won’t … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Jerry from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. The adventuring party comes to a new world somehow even more suited for Halloween than the episode we discussed in our Halloween episode, though of course it was perfect that we discussed it on Halloween. It’s BMO’s time to shine. With no one else around, … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss The Star from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. Marceline is such a good girl. Bad actually, a punk. But she has a good heart. Now ask yourself how dangerous she’d be with absolutely no conscience whatsoever? Why, something strong enough to do that could probably turn Martin into a good person again… And … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss The Winter King from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. It’s an easy pick for favorite episode of the series. Ice Scouts? Check. Fabulously perfect Simon? Check. Adorable, deranged Candy Queen? Check. Two, count them two songs? Check. What’s not to love? While we could have spent a lot more time exploring the Winter … Continue …
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GC13 and David discuss Destiny from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. Fionna has had her first taste of adventuring and she is loving it. She’s in her element, after all (that time spent playing those post-apocalyptic RPGs is really paying off). If only Farmworld Finn could be having as much fun as Fionna is—wearing the crown does … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Prismo the Wishmaster from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. Ah, now we’re getting into the good stuff. Fionna and Cake find themselves in Ooo oh so briefly before being sent out to the multiverse. Not to explore though, oh no! They’re running for their lives, and thanks to the too-eager self-sacrifice of … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Cake the Cat from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. Cake isn’t just in Ooo now, she’s exploring it! And while she may initially get on quite well with the locals, following her instincts leads to some… Less than kind outcomes. Thankfully Fionna arrives in time to save her before anyone can get … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Simon Petrikov from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. Simon is no longer the Ice King, but that doesn’t mean things are good: he’s not better now that he’s not part of a madness. At least it’s always wonderful to hear a Rebecca Sugar song. And adventuring with Finn isn’t very fun when … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Fionna Campbell from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. In this move to Max Adventure Time has taken some steps they couldn’t have taken on Cartoon Network while remaining fundamentally itself, if you can get over the sadness. Some people are not meant to give bus tours, and others need their own bakery … Continue reading…
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GC13, Soren, and David continue their discussion of the Netflix movie Nimona. This is a movie that couldn’t have been made just a decade ago, and even still it almost got lost to history. A theatrical release, once planned, wasn’t even in the cards after its rescue. It’s a complicated world we find ourselves living … Continue reading…
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GC13, Soren, and David discuss the Netflix movie Nimona. Nimona took a long road to come to fruition, but now that it’s here it’s a wonderful adaptation of a graphic novel collected in 2015. Fantastic characters, beautiful art and transformations, with a kind message too. There was a lot to say about Nimona, so next … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss The End of the Beginning from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. Tell me if you’ve heard this before: the heroes all join together into one body to confront evil. At least it goes better for them this time than it did the last… And Anubis is always in style. With no more episodes announced … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss A Love’s Last Light from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. Things are getting heavy. You thought Unicorn was just about stopping a little monster rampage every couple hundred years? Well, what Unicorn fights for is no less than the protection of time itself. What the evil lacks in personality it far makes up for … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Darkness Before the Dawn from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. When things kick into high gear, things kick into high gear. When Merlin shows up and starts acting suspicious, it’s time to ignore his warning that deception is the Evil’s greatest weapon and split up into small groups. Thankfully there’s a certain werewolf in … Contin…
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GC13 and David discuss The Heart of Kings from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. Edred’s homeland! His backstory! Merlin finally gets some face time! The Heart of Kings was packed to the gills, running longer than an ordinary episode in order to have enough space. And while everything in the land of the elves is dark and serious, there … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss The Mystery of Secrets from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. As redundant as a mystery of secrets may be, we’ve come across another exciting episode of Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. The Inspector finally realizes that magic is real, and we meet the famous Otto and discover that he is the one who will eventually create … Continue readi…
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GC13 and David discuss The Past Within from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. This was definitely a memorable episode—inside Melinda’s memories, no less! While the events probably didn’t take place with Emma’s involvement, we have every reason to believe what we saw accurately described Morgan’s fate—explaining while Melinda is such a sourpuss. But with a…
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GC13 and David discuss What Lies Beneath from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. It’s the middle episode of a trio of closely linked episodes. We start off with a chase through the London city streets, but we end up on a haunted/living ship that is a clear and present danger to our heroes. Seng/Alfie has it worse than … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss A Fateful Encounter from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. It’s the third of ten episodes and it’s when the mystery really picks up: what is going on with this combination Emma and Melinda? But we don’t have time to worry about that, because the heroes have heroic things to do. … After Twillion makes … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss both parts of The Awakening from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. They’re the first two episodes of a whole new property, so they have a lot of setup to do. We’re introduced to our eternal warriors, and learn that this time, everything is different. Our enemy of the week is none other than Lulu: … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss I Won’t Leave You Alone from Bee and PuppyCat. Well, hopefully there’s another season because there’s no way they can end the storyline there. There are so many new questions for us to answer, and so many new questions for the answers to give us! The business has to add up, we need … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Now I’m Really Alone from Bee and PuppyCat. When Moully shows up on the Island, there’s a sudden increase in accidental property damage. Cas doesn’t mind though, so long as she has things she wants. And with Moully able to travel the island very quickly, he and Bee are able to get … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Why Don’t You Help Me from Bee and PuppyCat. PuppyCat spent this episode being ice cold; Tempbot and Sticky probably think so, at least. It was all done in the name of love though—and hunger. But as the romance between Cellphone and Tempbot ends, a new one begins, even if the teachers … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Golden Eyes from Bee and PuppyCat. Well, that’s how we expect a Bee and PuppyCat episode to end, isn’t it? Utterly baffled, and yet feeling as though it’s the only ending we could have got. Still, that ship hasn’t sunk, has it? There’s still hope. Not for that poor butterfly though. What’s … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Two Clown Noses from Bee and PuppyCat. Ah, it’s nice to return to the series on such a kind and charming episode. Two Clown Noses ships Bee and Crispin, in a way that makes much more sense than Toast and Merlin’s bizarre relationship-for-revenge. It also gives us a change to learn more about … Continue reading…
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GC13, Soren, and David discuss King’s Tide from The Owl House. It’s finally been all put together: Belos (Philip?), the Collector, King, the door, and all on the Day of Unity. An arm was nobly sacrificed, but at least everyone made it out alive (even if they have to wait most of another season to see … Continue reading…
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GC13, Soren, and David discuss Clouds on the Horizon from The Owl House. If there was anyone out there who didn’t know why Luz’s palisman started out as an egg, well, now you know! You also know why the Owl House crew drew a rat that looked suspiciously like Alador… Speaking of whom, now that he’s … Continue reading…
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GC13, Soren, and David discuss O Titan, Where Art Thou from The Owl House. Okay, if you had Steve Face Reveal on your season two prediction card, it’s time to take your victory lap. He was the perfect guide to take King on his journey of self-discovery, and he even discovered something about himself while he … Continue reading…
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GC13 and Soren discuss the pilot for Lackadaisy. If you haven’t seen the Lackadaisy pilot, go watch it now. This isn’t something we expected to be talking about, but we’re really glad we watched it, and you’ll be glad you did too. It’s 1927, the depths of Prohibition, and the Lackadaisy speakeasy is relying on … Continue reading…
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GC13, Soren, and David discuss Watching and Dreaming from The Owl House again. What a finale. With a focus on the epilogue, we look into the future of the Boiling Isles. After Belos gets stomped, the characters all get to move on with their lives before Luz’s big party, and we wonder what a new series … Continue reading…
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GC13, Soren, and David discuss Watching and Dreaming, the series finale of The Owl House. Well, it’s over. Did you think it was a good finale? There are so many questions we may never get the answers to (at least one even brought up during this episode!) but happily ever after, here we are. This isn’t … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Bird Friend from Bee and PuppyCat. The sweet episodes keep on rolling (for now). The ever-industrious PuppyCat is hard at work trying to figure out a way to take care of the Warlocks, for good, but his methods range from the direct to the esoteric. But Bee? Bee is smart. Cas said … Continue reading…
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GC13, Soren, and David discuss Labyrinth Runners from The Owl House. Adrian Graye, head witch of the Illusion coven, came down to Hexside looking for some magic to steal. Belos may be in a bind by now, but not as much as Severine was given the numerous times she messed up in this episode. (None of … Continue reading…
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GC13 and David discuss Did You Remember from Bee and PuppyCat. PuppyCat has been living with Bee for more than a year now, and he definitely didn’t forget her birthday: he did, in fact, follow her around all day hiding cakes for her to find. And apparently resolved PuppyCat’s bone problem in a soft, comfortable way. … Continue reading…
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