04x14 - The Zoo

[bunniefuu]

- Garnet: # We # - # Are the Crystal # - Steven: # Gems # - # we'll always save the day # Steven: # and if you think we can't # All: # we'll always find a way # - # that's why the people # - # of this world # Garnet: # believe in Garnet # - # Amethyst # - # and Pearl # Steven: # And Steven! # [Rumbling]

Ugh! [Coughing]

Where am I now? - Dad? - Huh? Steven? Dad, it's you! Steven! My little man! Dad! When Blue Diamond took you, I got so scared.

And then the Gems said you might be in some horrible human zoo all chained up to a wall doing tricks for peanuts.

[Sobs]

Hey, hey, it's okay, schtu-ball.

Your old man's perfectly fine.

Wait, how'd you even get out here? We got on a Gem ship from Earth.

I'll tell you about it on the way home.

I got separated from the Gems.

We got to find them and bust you out of here.

Well, you're not gonna get out that way.

I've already tried.

What? Well, there might be another way out if we can find it.

Wy-Six: Ga-reg! Who is that with you? Is this a new friend, Ga-reg? Wy-Six, Jay-Ten, this is Let me have my dad back already! Hey, don't be like that.

Relax.

These people have treated me so well since I got here.

Wha? Greetings, greetings.

- Wow.

- Hello, Ga-reg.

- Wow, a new small friend.

- Ga-reg.

Everyone, this is Steven.

He's my son.

Uh, hi.

All: Hi.

Thanks for braiding my dad's hair.

Steven, these people are the descendants of humans brought here by Gems thousands of years ago.

They've never seen the Earth before.

Isn't that wild? Ste-van, Ga-reg has told stories of you.

"The bits, the bits!" That's you, right? All: The bits, the bits, the bits! Come on, say it.

Let's get out of here.

We came across a door that leads into the zoo, but we couldn't open it from the other side.

Let's find it and try to open it from in here.

A door? Really? All right.

Let's find it tonight.

It'll be easier to look for it after the routine.

[Earrings chime]

Little voice: Greeting, everyone.

It's time to start the daily routine.

Please enjoy your meal during this designated eating period.

Who was that? Wy-Six: Ste-van does not know what a little voice is.

Just like Ga-reg when he first arrived.

[Laughter]

Our little voices guide us through life here.

[Earrings chime]

You all must be hungry now.

- Yes, yes.

- We are.

Um, Dad? Don't worry, Steven.

We'll get out of here.

But for now, let's just play along.

Here you go, Ga-reg.

Oh, thank you.

Ste-van, today the fruit is purple.

Are you enjoying the food? All: Oh, yes.

How is the food? Is it good? Yes.

It is delicious.

Now it's time to play.

[Laughter]

Hup! Whoa! Um Now, everyone, reach up like you're going to touch outer space.

That's it.

Reach up high.

Wasn't that fun? I have not had that much fun since yesterday! It's time to stop and smell the flowers.

What if I don't want to smell the flowers? Why wouldn't you want to do that? Time to clean up, everyone.

Let's all take a refreshing bath.

[Laughter]

Ahh.

Watch my splash, Ga-reg! [Chuckles]

Nice one! Ga-reg, watch mine! Those are the tiniest splashes I've ever seen.

Watch this.

Hey, Wy-Six, you ever heard of a cannonball? [Chuckles]

I've never heard it.

Tell me what it is.

Check this out.

I'll show you.

Cannonball! [Laughs]

- Cannonball! - Cannonball! Wouldn't you like to clean off in the pool? All right, all right.

Wy-Six: Yeah! Cannonball! Hey, you hanging in there? I can't believe this.

They're all so happy.

It's like they don't even know that they're trapped here.

Well, of course they don't.

They've never been anywhere else.

They love it here.

I mean, look at this place.

Can you blame them? They've got everything they need, and they never have to worry about a thing.

I guess you're right.

Hmm? [Earrings chime]

And now it's time to say good night.

[Yawns]

Good night, everyone.

Sweet dreams.

[Yawns]

Geez, I sure am tired from doing a whole lot of nothing.

Well, good night, schtu-ball.

Ahh.

Dad.

Now's our chance to get out.

Man, little voice has really got me on that zooman sleep schedule.

[Grunts]

Oh.

Is that It's the door.

Great.

How do we get it open? [Grunting]

- Ga-reg! - Oh! - Ste-van! - Huh? So you're the ones making the noise.

What are you doing? Is it a game? Can we play, too? It's not a game.

We need to get this door open.

What is a door? Like, this part of the wall but open.

[Laughs]

Walls don't open.

They're walls.

There is a story of an opening wall.

A very long time a go, a Gem came through a wall hole to help someone who was hurt.

What do you mean hurt? I don't know.

I don't know what hurt is.

I know what hurt is! Together: You do? Um, it's like when you feel bad.

Bad? Yes, like, the opposite of good.

[Sighs]

If that's the only way out, then, Dad, slug me in the face.

What?! I'm not gonna hit you! It's our ticket out of here.

One of us has to get hurt.

Okay, well, then you hit me.

You sure? Yeah.

I'll take one for the team.

[Grunting]

Come on, give me all you got.

I can take it.

[Grunting]

[Grunts]

[Groans]

Cannonball! Uh, how was that? Good.

Anyone coming? Doesn't look like it.

Should I try it again? There won't be anything left to rescue if you do.

What do we do now? [Earrings chime]

Whatever she says.

It is time for the choosening.

Please gather around the circle of choosening.

Ste-van, Ga-reg, the choosening will start soon.

Come with us.

It's it's finally time! [Laughter]

Ga-reg, step into the circle with us.

Is it somebody's birthday? Ste-van, wait here until the choosening is complete.

The choosening is a very special event to us.

We're glad to have you with us at such a wonderful time.

Glad to be here.

Let the choosening begin.

U12, please step into the center of the circle.

- F3 - Huh? [Laughs]

please step into the center of the circle.

You have been choosened for each other.

Wait a second.

Is this some kind of matchmaking thing?! [Groans]

There's always a catch to these utopias.

Ga-reg, whoever is choosen for you will be very lucky.

Jay-Ten, please step into the center of the circle.

Oh, boy.

Steven, help me.

Don't worry, Dad.

You're new here, so maybe you won't get choosened.

- Right.

- Ga-reg.

Please step into the center of the circle.

Hold on, maybe there's been a mistake.

Ga-reg, Jay-Ten is waiting for you.

[All cheering]

I see what is going on here.

You do? You are just shy! - Huh? - Do not worry about it.

[Laughs]

Now touch hands.

Hold on! This isn't how it works on Earth! I don't want to be told who to be choosened with.

Ga-reg, this makes no sense.

Why wouldn't you want to be choosened? Look, back on Earth, there was no voice to tell you who to be with.

It was your own decision.

My mom and dad didn't get together because someone told them to.

They spent time getting to know one another and fell in love.

They choosened each other 'cause that's what they choosed.

Hmm, I see.

If that's how it's done on Earth, then I choose Ga-reg.

And I also choose Ga-reg.

[Indistinct talking]

Wait! I get a say in this, too.

You're all very nice, and I'm flattered, and yes, you get to choose whoever you want, but I also get to say that I choose umnone of you.

[Sobbing]

[All sobbing]

Whoa! Hey, don't cry.

You can choose someone else.

I feel not good.

I feel bad.

Could this be is this hurt? Why would Ga-reg hurt us? Take this hurt away.

I choosen [grunts]

to take my dad and run away.

[Panting]

Watch out for that oof! [Groans]

I haven't broken this many hearts since I had all my hair.

[Door warbles]

Aah! [Sobbing]

Hey, get back here.

This is nuts.

[Sobbing]

Just come down! Let's talk about it.

I'll never choosen again! Sure you will.

Hey, that door's still open.

Steven: This might be our only chance.

[Panting]

- Oh, no, you don't.

- Put us down! You two are in big trouble.

[Eerie music]