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Steven Universe is the titular main protagonist of the Cartoon Network animated series, Steven Universe.



“ But, this is my home, and you're all my family! I'm... I'M A CRYSTAL GEM TOO! „
~ Steven Universe


Background[]

Over 10000 years ago two rogue gems landed on a planet known as Earth, they occasionally went back to their 'Homeworld' and ended up recruiting two other gems on Earth. Afterwards, the four gems: Ruby, Sapphire, Pearl, and Rose Quartz. 600 years ago, the Homeworld gems began creating artificial gems on Earth, like Amethyst. The previously mentioned gems, now known as the Crystal Gems thwarted the Homeworld gems' plan, who ended up leaving the planet earth. Around 5970 years later, a man known as Greg Universe met up with Rose and took a liking to her. The two possibly got married and had a baby coming soon but at the price of Rose having to give up her physical form and giving her gem to her child, this child of course being Steven Quartz Universe. 

Powers and Abilities[]

  • Half-Human/Half-Gem Physiology: As a human/Gem hybrid, Steven possesses unique physiology, resembling a fusion of a Gem and a human. He is capable of using Gem magic, though it is unknown if he possesses all the abilities of a pure Gem, such as retreating to their gemstone when taking fatal damage. As associated with his gemstone, Steven's powers are maternal and the control of his gemstone is based on emotional clarity. Steven has shown to have some abilities of a regular Gem, but sometimes has little control over them due to not receiving enough training. He can warp using the Warp Pads and bubble objects and gemstones to be teleported to the Temple with seemingly full control. He is not strictly oxygen-dependent and is vacuum-resistant as shown in "Ocean Gem" and "Space Race". He also shows that he can fuse, as he can fuse with Connie to form Stevonnie. While in the beginning, they tend to fuse spontaneously when they dance and while thinking about each other, by "Beach City Drift" they fuse and re-fuse into Stevonnie at will. Furthermore, he has also been shown to be able to fuse with other Gems as well, as he first fused with Amethyst to form Smoky Quartz in "Earthlings". However, this ability to fuse is only possible through his gem and training, and once his gemstone was affected by Spinel's rejuvenator, fusing with his father proved to be extremely exhausting for Steven and severely weakened him since he lost the power and focus he originally had. Steven is also capable of shapeshifting, but he has not yet learned to fully control it. His first attempt in "Cat Fingers" was disastrous, temporarily turning him into a cat monster. He has not been able to change his form entirely but can freely shapeshift parts of his body as seen in "Too Short to Ride". His greatest feat in shapeshifting is seen in "Steven's Birthday", where he can use shapeshifting to make himself appear older. Despite his happy-go-lucky and cheerful attitude, he shows himself to be a competent shield fighter and can hold his own in most situations with his skill consistently increasing due to practice. The final battle with Spinel in Steven Universe: The Movie shows him at the peak of his abilities as he fights her one on one, showing that he has grown exceptionally skilled since he was a child, able to either withstand or counter everything Spinel throws at him. "Fragments" shows a new level of Steven's abilities as he fights Jasper in his pink state, showing increased strength, speed, and the ability to fly. Despite being educated in an isolated environment and never attending conventional school, he possesses a good deal of knowledge not only on general topics, but also in scientific and technical fields like physics, chemistry, and geography due to being educated by the highly intellectual Pearl. However, due to the Crystal Gems' obliviousness about some human activities, he is quite oblivious about some social terms, like "nuclear family". The prime example is during his conversation with Connie about a family gathering in which Connie mentions the concept of a nuclear family, which makes Steven think that she thinks the Crystal Gems are radioactive. Another example is that when Connie introduces Steven to her favorite novel series, Steven had no idea about the order of the books in the series and was reading them out of order.
    • Shapeshifting: Steven possses some level of the natural shapeshifting abilities typical of Gems, which he first displayed in "Cat Fingers" when he shapeshifts his hands to have cats for fingers, but he lost control of this rather quickly. As of "Too Short to Ride", he is shown to be much better at using this ability than before, being able to stretch various parts of his body at will repeatedly, though as with Amethyst he can only do this for a certain amount of time and his half-human nature puts more of a strain on his body than it would a Gem. In the episode "Snow Day" Steven demonstrates the ability to shapeshift into his younger form. In "I Am My Monster" he shows that he can completely transform into a Gem monster many times his size and height.
      • Fluctuating Age: As revealed in the episode "So Many Birthdays", Steven can manipulate his age through his state of mind. Steven's age depends solely on how old he thinks he is. Uncontrollable age-changing could also potentially be caused by his emotions like most of his powers. This ability is an extension of Gem shapeshifting, however, due to his organic half, by shapeshifting into the body of an elderly man, Steven's body may actually fail as a result, as shown in "So Many Birthdays". "Fragments" shows him age slightly as he trains with Jasper.
    • Superhuman Strength: Steven occasionally performs feats of strength that would be impossible for a human boy his age, or even a grown man. In "Together Breakfast", Steven can lift and force the Together Breakfast in its mutated state into the lava pool in the Burning Room without the other Crystal Gems' abatement. He also displays a large amount of strength in "Arcade Mania" when he rips off the top of the Meat Beat Mania arcade game to break Garnet from her trance. He displays an even further amount of strength in "The Return" when he smashes Greg's Van's dashboard with a single punch, apparently hard enough to both shatter it and activate the airbags. In "Joy Ride", he can move Jenny away from the Escape Pod with little effort. Later on in "Friend Ship", he is shown to be strong enough to throw his shield hard enough to stun Peridot. When Peridot is unable to open the lid to the power grid in "When It Rains", Steven can open it with little effort, though this may have been for comedic effect as opposed to an actual feat of strength. He can rip off the control panel from the drill machine when it malfunctions in "Too Far". In "Drop Beat Dad", he easily lifts a crate of musical gear, a task that requires two adult humans to achieve. As Gems are much stronger and durable than their appearance would indicate, Steven's superhuman strength is most likely passed down to him from his mother. In even more recent episodes, his strength is even more evident, as he was able to throw a large stone statue back at Bismuth, hurl a large rock at Amethyst, and throw Peridot into the air. As seen in "Future Boy Zoltron", Steven's strength is underestimated and unintentional in situations by even himself, as tapping the Zoltron robot made it fall over and shatter into pieces. In "The Zoo", he punched his father with enough force to knock him back several feet and easily carried him overhead as he ran from the Zoo. Steven's strength was further demonstrated in "Tiger Philanthropist", when he managed to fight off several conditioned adult men without tiring, including being able to lift an adult male human above his head and throw him a considerable distance. In "Lars' Head", he is shown to fairly easily push a boulder that both the Rutile Twins and Rhodonite combined were unable to move, causing the twins to even remark "Woah, strong." while all three Gems stared at him in awe. In "Back to the Kindergarten", Steven carried a rock stack that was at least a few times taller than himself while showing no strain. Even when he was significantly weakened, in Steven Universe: The Movie, Steven was strong enough to momentarily lift the gargantuan drill out of the ground.
    • Superhuman Durability: As shown in "Steven vs. Amethyst" and "Bismuth", Steven is more durable than what his human physiology and stature would lead one to believe. Befitting his nature as a half-diamond Gem, his body can take a great amount of punishment, as seen when Amethyst swings him down from the air and into the floor of the Ancient Sky Arena, he can stand up and continue fighting despite being seen with torn clothes, scratches, and bruises. In "Bismuth", when Bismuth tossed a training statue at Steven and slammed him into a wall during their fight, he emerged with several scratches yet was not badly injured. In "Adventures in Light Distortion", Steven's durability allowed him to handle the full force of faster-than-light space travel. While the other Crystal Gems were unable to hold their physical forms together, Steven was not only able to survive, but also show no sign of internal or external injuries. In his final battle with Spinel, he shows that using his shield he can withstand every blow she throws at him without injury, while the injector beneath him cracked and shattered from the force. In "Growing Pains, his conversation with Priyanka Maheswaran reveals an X-Ray of Steven's skeleton, showing numerous physical injuries and fractures that seemed to heal nearly instantly (according to her diagnosis). While she isn't entirely sure how it works, it shows that a number of Steven's injuries were seemingly healed shortly after the damage was made.
      • Gem Weaponry Resistance: Because Steven is half-human, he is resistant to anti-Gem weaponry. He can pass through the yellow destabilization fields used in the Gem Warship and can grab the live end of a Gem Destabilizer with only mild discomfort. It is unknown what long-term exposure would do to him. However, repeated strikes from a Gem Rejuvenator will render him powerless.
    • Superhuman Speed: As shown in "Greg the Babysitter", Steven has the power to travel faster than any normal human. In his pink state, he is capable of moving at a percentage of light speed, with his perception of time also becoming highly accelerated.
    • Shield Proficiency: Steven can summon Rose's shield. Because Steven's powers are maternal, he is required to feel a strong need to protect and help others to call his shield out. Early on, he had little to no control over how to summon it, only calling it forth by chance or when in mortal danger. As of "Sworn to the Sword", Steven is now able to not only summon his shield with little effort but also increase its size at will. He appears to have become quite skilled in wielding it as he was able to use it in conjunction with his protective bubble and defend against Pearl's strikes. Unlike some other Gems, instead of "pulling" his shield out of his gemstone, it appears over his arms similar to Garnet's gauntlets appearing over her hands. As of "Friend Ship", he has become completely capable of summoning his shield at any moment he requires it, even being able to scale his shield large enough to defend the Crystal Gems. It should be noted, however, that overuse of his shield exhausts Steven (such as using it three times in one day), though he has since overcome this weakness. The shield is remarkably durable. The greatest testaments of its durability are shown in "The Return" when it was able to withstand a charged shot from the Gem Warship, and Steven Universe: The Movie, where it was able to withstand an attack from Spinel that cracked (and eventually shattered) her entire injector. As of "Crack the Whip", Steven can summon his Shield as many times as he wants without tiring, even summoning more than one. This shows that his exhaustion was possibly due to inexperience. The shield also has reflective properties strong enough to reflect a laser fired from a scanning Robonoid, as seen in "Off Colors".
      • Tag-team Combat: Due to the close bond they share, Steven can coordinate his shield techniques perfectly with Connie's swordplay, such as fighting back-to-back to defend and attack simultaneously or catapulting Connie from his shield for a powerful lunge attack.
      • Dual Wielding: As seen in "Crack the Whip", Steven can manifest more than one shield.
    • Projectile Shield: Steven, when in great excitement, can throw his shield as a projectile with great speed and power. In "Friend Ship", he weaponizes it as a ranged attack against Peridot, hitting her in the head with enough accuracy to temporarily stun her. In "Crack the Whip", Steven throws two shields at once in a sparring match with Connie. As seen in "Steven vs. Amethyst", Steven can boomerang his shield off of several targets, causing it to return to his hand. His shield also has razor-sharp edges and can cut through substances as tough as a solid rock before returning to him, hitting Amethyst in the process, showing Steven's growing skill in this technique. The shield may also have potential to damage metal, as seen in its debut in "Gem Glow", where Steven got so excited, he accidentally had it ricochet off the roof, floor, and walls of the Beach House on the Crystal Temple, until it hit Steven's TV, impaling and damaging it.
    • Shield Vibration: On certain occasions when Steven's shield is hit, it emits an audible vibration that disables magical constructs. In "Ocean Gem", it destabilizes Lapis Lazuli's Water Clones when a ball of water hits Steven's shield. It also seems to play a brief role in "Sworn to the Sword", when a Holo-Pearl attacks his shield, and it promptly deactivates (the same sound in the former episode can be heard as it does).
    • Aura Projection: While interacting with Blue and Yellow Diamond in the astral dimension, Steven was able to manifest and project a powerful pink aura, which convinced them that he was truly Pink Diamond reincarnated.
      • Healing: Steven has the power to heal animals and plants, as well as repair Gems and inanimate objects. He is shown to be capable of healing cracked gemstones as seen when he healed Lapis Lazuli in "Ocean Gem". He can also heal common human injuries and conditions, seen when he healed Connie's eyesight in "An Indirect Kiss" and Greg's broken leg in "House Guest". In "The Test", Pearl remarks to the other Crystal Gems that he has lost his healing ability and that their test should hopefully increase his confidence and therefore prevent him from losing any other abilities. In "Monster Reunion", Steven's healing abilities came back to heal Master of Ceremonies Bear Bear, showing conclusively that his powers affect inanimate objects, and can partially heal the Centipeetle Mother. In "Bubbled", Steven successfully heals "Eyeball"'s cracked gem. He generally applies this healing saliva directly by licking his hand and placing it on the injury, but a comment by a Ruby in "Volleyball" suggests he will sometimes use a kiss.
        • Resurrection: Like his mother, Steven possesses the ability to resurrect the dead with his magic tears. The recipient turns pink and gains special abilities, such as the ability to grant access to the Pink Dimension through their hair as well as an extremely slowed metabolism and heart rate. Two known cases of this are Lion and Lars.
        • Corruption Reversal: As demonstrated on Nephrite in "Legs From Here to Homeworld", Steven, along with Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, can temporarily reverse the effects of the Corrupting Light on Gems. And it's shown in "Change Your Mind" that they can heal the effects permanently when all four diamonds sit in Rose's Fountain together with the corrupted Gems.
        • Shatter Reversal: As shown in "Fragments", Steven, along with the rest of the Diamonds' essence, is able to completely repair a shattered Gem.
        • Self Healing: As displayed in "Growing Pains", Steven endured a lot of physical trauma during his adventures, and an x-ray reveals that his injuries had already been repaired.
    • Phytoanimation: Like his mother, Steven possesses limited control and influence over plant life. Using his healing saliva, Steven can grow sentient and sapient flora by licking plant seeds. All seeds that Steven licks can fully grow in less than a day. These plants apparently don't need soil, water, or sunlight to grow as seen in "Watermelon Steven" where they grow on the dry pavement overnight. In that same episode, Steven discovers he can grow watermelons shaped like himself. They act as his bodyguards, but they are not directly under his control, and the Watermelon Stevens ignore his orders and attack whoever they think is threatening him, suggesting that he does not have full mastery of this ability thus far. It seems that this has changed, as once Pumpkin was brought to life, it was completely non-hostile and possessed its own opinions of others. It is also possible that, in the case of Pumpkin, Steven had full knowledge of the ability and thus control over it, whereas in the case of the Watermelon Stevens, it was accidental. It is unknown if this is a unique ability or an extension of the Diamonds' ability to bring life.
    • Pebble Animation: As demonstrated in "Familiar", Steven's sweat can turn inanimate pebbles into living Pebbles.
    • Bubble Shield: Steven can summon an incredibly durable bubble, as shown in "Bubble Buddies". The bubble encases him and others that he is protecting. In "Sworn to the Sword", it is shown that Steven is capable of summoning it reflexively, as he instinctively summons his bubble to protect himself and Connie due to his wariness of Holo-Pearls as a result of the events in "Steven the Sword Fighter". In "Nightmare Hospital", it is shown that Steven can expand his bubble to push away enemies. In "I Am My Mom", Steven used his bubble to free himself and his friends from Topaz, though it required a great deal of concentration to do so. In "Bubble Buddies" and "Bubbled", it is implied that the bubble can generate its internal atmosphere, as Steven and Connie could survive in the bubble for hours despite it being airtight and Steven is even able to breathe inside one he had just generated in the vacuum of space. While the bubble is incredibly durable, it is better at withstanding short, narrow bursts of pressure, such as being hit with a harpoon, than a large amount of pressure constantly being applied over a large area of the bubble, such as in "Nightmare Hospital", when the Gem Mutants hit Steven's bubble, the pressure causes little ripples to spread across the bubble, and in "Gem Hunt", when a corrupted Ocean Jasper stomped on his bubble with enough force to cause it to lose its circular shape and pop. This was most likely Steven intentionally allowing the bubble to become malleable so that it would pop instead of shatter so that he and Connie would be thrown away instead of crushed by the monster. The bubble could also be shattered, as demonstrated by a corrupted Biggs Japer shattering it after exerting massive amounts of pressure on it.
      • Shape Alteration: Steven can change the size of his bubble, as well as change its shape from a sphere into a variety of other shapes - for instance, causing sharp spikes to appear along its surface, or stretching it to encompass and protect other people. The versatility of this ability has increased as Steven has grown, and is fully on display during his battle with Spinel in Steven Universe: The Movie.
      • Bubble Gloves: Steven can create small, hard bubbles around his fists like boxing gloves, enhancing the strength of his punches and his ability to block attacks.
      • Popping: Steven can "pop" his bubble to knock surrounding enemies back, as seen in "Nightmare Hospital", where he knocked much larger Gem mutants back by popping his bubble. His bubble will also pop if he is startled, as seen in "Sworn to the Sword", when Pearl startles Steven, or if immense pressure is applied to the bubble, as seen in "Gem Hunt" when the Snow Monster popped Steven's bubble by stomping on it.
      • The extent of the bubble's durability is unknown, although it has survived most of the following:
        • The tremendous pressure of an ocean trench ("Bubble Buddies").
        • Being crushed by a falling injector ("On the Run").
        • A spaceship crash ("Jail Break", "Jungle Moon").
        • The entire Gem Warship detonating ("Jail Break").
    • Empathic Telepathy: In "Horror Club", Steven can sense the Lighthouse Gem Monster's presence as well as its emotional state. In the episode "Chille Tid", it is shown that Steven can communicate with Gems through his dreams. Steven talks to Lapis Lazuli mentally as he was dreaming. He also saw Jasper and Malachite in the same dream at Malachite's Realm and they noticed him as well. Steven was later shown in "Gem Drill" to be able to communicate with a distressed Cluster while it was struggling to form. In "Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service", he helps Kiki battle her inner demons in her dreams. This ability has primarily come to light while other beings are under emotional turmoil. "Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service" shows with Kiki that Steven can also enter the dreams of other humans, but also that repeated use of this power can physically exhaust him, as sleeping in this state seems to provide no restful benefit that would otherwise be gained from typical sleep. In "Steven's Dream", he shows a strange development of this ability, in being able to subconsciously see through the eyes of Blue Diamond, while crying her tears. This can even happen when he's awake, if in close enough proximity to her, though this may be a result of Blue Diamond's empathetic powers seen in "The Trial". In "Together Alone", Steven dreams that his mother juggles, then coughs up her hair; the nightmare then reveals the likeness of White Diamond. In "Change Your Mind", another nightmare has the Diamonds directly attack Steven, which causes him to change between himself, Rose Quartz, and Pink Diamond.
      • Mind Transfer: First shown in "Super Watermelon Island", when he can take control of a Watermelon Steven, Steven can transfer his consciousness into another living being he has a connection with while his own body is asleep. The true mind of the host body lays dormant while he is in control of it. The full extent of this ability is unknown. In "The New Lars", Steven is shown to be able to possess someone (in this instance Lars) he thinks about while he sleeps. It is shown in the episode "Escapism" that this ability is strong enough to reach from Homeworld to Earth, which is likely many lightyears away.
      • Mind Link: First shown in "Steven's Dream", Steven can link his mind with another being. This power allows Steven to feel the target's emotions and see the world through their eyes. For example, if the target is crying, Steven will cry as well, regardless of his current emotional state. When Steven sleeps, his dream will be whatever the target is looking at. Steven does not have to willingly link minds with a person for this power to work since he did not originally know his mind was linked with Blue Diamond.
        • Psychometry/Retrocognition: First shown in "Jungle Moon", when fused with Connie as Stevonnie. He can relive moments experienced by his mother Pink Diamond, either as an observer or as Pink Diamond herself. This only occurs when he is sleeping somewhere of great significance to his mother. When fused, the subjects of these memories can appear as amalgamations of figures both components consider to be similar. Steven is unaware of the nature of the memories at first, and it can sometimes take him a while to realize he's reliving Pink Diamond's experiences. In "Can't Go Back", he observes the shadows of the Diamonds and even Pearl. In "Together Alone" and "Change Your Mind", he sees things as Pink Diamond.
      • Astral Projection: It is shown in "Reunited" that if Steven is knocked out hard enough, his mind will go into an astral dimension while his body remains comatose. While in this state, he cannot interact or communicate with anyone in the physical world unless he phases through them. It is unknown how Steven can return to the physical world on his own. Steven used this new ability to inspire his teammates to keep fighting and convince the Diamonds to halt their attack.
      • Electrical Interference: In "Maximum Capacity", Steven appeared to be able to control Greg's TV based upon his emotion. For instance, when he was shocked, the television went to static. In the episode "In Dreams", his dreams were projected onto the TV in his bedroom, confirming this to be a power of his. This ability appears to originate from his telepathy interfering with nearby radio signals.
    • Speed of Descent Regulation: As shown in "Steven Floats", Steven, like Rose, can levitate his body and even manipulate its gravity based on his emotions. When he thinks happy thoughts, he floats slowly to the ground, while when he is sad or angry, he descends much quicker. While floating slowly, anything he touches will also float just as slowly, no matter how large. This also allows him to jump higher than normal, having to be able to jump up to the temple's face and even above the clouds. It was first seen in "Rose's Scabbard" as Steven leaps to a floating land island to reach Pearl, however, her turning to suddenly look at him causes him to break in concentration and fall to catch himself on the island's roots. Steven is shown to have some control over his powers in "Steven vs. Amethyst" and in "Monster Reunion" when he easily leaps up to get to Nephrite's bubble and safely descend again. He displays his ability to jump extreme distances again in "Steven's Dream", when attempting to catch Blue Diamond's ship, but is blasted back by the ship taking off. Numerous times in Steven Universe Future he has shown to have mastered the ability to the extent that he can all but fly, hovering in the air and even jumping off his own shield to ricochet around as seen in his fight against jasper. "Fragments" shows that in his pink state he can hover.
  • Genius Intelligence: Though never directly stated, Steven is shown to be extremely intelligent in his own right. He is a natural problem solver, as most of his early adventures relied on him using intelligence and creativity to get himself out of trouble without the use of his powers. He is also able to converse with the highly intelligent Connie on an equal footing since they first met. For much of the early series, his intelligence was overshadowed by his immaturity, something that has faded as he has matured and shown how deeply he thinks about things, particularly what he has learned about Rose Quartz, even though he actively tries not to. "Snow Day" shows Steven's intelligence and organization as he works on the class schedule for Little Homeschool.
    • Piloting: In "Legs From Here to Homeworld", he controls his mother's old ship to get a running start to take off. In "Change Your Mind", Yellow tells Steven to take a knee and Steven kneels to control it on the outside.
    • Driving: In Steven Universe Future, Steven is seen driving the Dondai Supremo, suggesting he has his driver's license.
    • Multitasking: In Steven Universe: The Movie, Steven is able to defend himself against Spinel while also trying to talk things out with her.
  • Martial Arts: Steven has been shown to exhibit martial arts moves while wrestling during "Tiger Philanthropist". Due to his superhuman strength, these moves can easily injure or knock out other humans when used by Steven. He can also go blow for blow with Spinel (while attempting to talk things out with her) and was able to impress Jasper, a former highly skilled Gem soldier in their own right.

Equipment[]

  • Shield: Rose Quartz's shield, which Steven inherited with her gem, and he can summon at will. The shield is durable enough to block a blast from a Gem ship, it can grow to massive sizes, release shockwaves when struck, deflect projectiles, and is sharp enough to slice through a thick stone column, making it useful as a throwing weapon.
  • Rose's Sword: His mother's sword that Steven shares with Connie and is stated to be able to destroy a gem's physical body.
  • Water Gun: A standard Water gun.

Alternate Forms[]

Pink State[]

According to Priyanka Maheswaran because Steven experienced a great deal of physical and emotional trauma from his numerous adventures and ordeals during his childhood, it affected his body's ability to respond to minor stress normally. As a result, Steven's body began reacting to new stress as if he was in a life-or-death situation. This response manifested as a defense mechanism known as pink state. This first manifested during his training with Jasper in "Little Homeschool". In this state, Steven's body (except his clothes) glows pink, and his strength, speed, and destructive energy output became tremendous. Steven in this state was able to easily outmatch Jasper in a fight - for instance, knocking her through many large trees with one bubble-enhanced punch, and even shattering her - as well as do significant damage to the walls of The Reef just by shouting. However, Steven had little to no control over this state; he entered it automatically when angry or when he experienced anxiety, and it put him at risk of accidentally hurting people near him. During his training with Jasper, he managed to maintain this state for a prolonged period of time and gain some control, during which he gained a greater degree of strength and a change in personality. However, he eventually lost all self-restraint as a result, enjoying the thrill of the battle and actually shattering Jasper. The ability of the pink state appeared to also extend to abilities of fusions as well, as demonstrated by Smoky Quartz in "Guidance". So far, the demonstrated abilities have been:

  • Enhanced Speed: Heightened overall speed and great accuracy when moving at this speed. It has been used to combat Jasper, Bluebird, "Eyeball", and Aquamarine all of whom could not keep up. He can also move so quickly that time is nearly standing still. This ability is demonstrated in "Fragments" when he runs away from the Crystal Gems or races against Jasper. Smoky Quartz is demonstrated to also be able to use this power as in "Guidance".
  • Enhanced Strength: Increased physical strength capable of shattering several large trees. The physical power varies. When facing Jasper or when angry at The Reef, Steven demonstrated incredible power far beyond his natural strength. When facing Bluebird, Steven didn't appear to strike them as hard while still hitting hard enough to knock his opponent(s) around.
  • Enhanced Agility: Heightened agility and bodily coordination. During his training with Jasper, Steven used his shields to jump off while they were in the air.
  • Sonic Scream: A scream that, in Pink Pearl's own words, "could shatter the walls." As seen in the episode "Volleyball", this scream is powerful enough to almost completely ruin the Reef, create a large crater beneath him, break many lights and crack the walls. In the episode "I Am My Monster", in his monster form as his spikes glow, Steven roars to make a crack on the ground of the ocean beneath him, pushing his friends and his father, and even knocking out the Diamond Mech. Much like how the other Diamonds powers inverted to more cooperative and benign forms when they viewed their role and self differently, this power may be the reverse happening to Steven, his healing and protection powers becoming harmful and destructive.
  • Barrier Creation: A powerful shield dome that can close inwards, and only releases once Steven calms down and comes to terms with his anxiety. It is different from the bubble shield in that it appears as a series of interlocked diamond shapes that disappear in groups when deactivated. When it first manifested, it demonstrated the ability to carve through several solid objects, slicing them apart at the impact.
  • Bodily Size Manipulation: Uncontrollable manipulation of his own body proportions. Steven's body stretches, grows, and swells up when he is under emotional stress. "Growing Pains" highlights Steven's uncontrollable body alterations during his checkup with Dr. Priyanka Maheswaran, when she examines Steven's height, he grows a bit taller, then returns to normal, but then his neck stretches up high, and when he remembers Connie rejecting his proposal, Steven grows and swells up to the point he fills out an entire hospital room. This seems to only occurs when he is anxious and overwhelmed but when Steven remains in his pink state for prolong periods of time, he grows taller and gets more muscular, as shown in "Fragments" and "Everything's Fine".
  • Hexagonal Force-Fields: Hexagonal pink shields that are capable of completely repelling boulders thrown by a strong fighter such as Jasper. Steven can stack a number of them to make a thicker one or wall of them, or protrude spikes from them that can be thrown with enough force to completely shatter a gem. He can also summon these shields in his normal form as seen in "Homeworld Bound".
  • Power Augmentation: Steven's powers are enhanced to the point they became more potent.
    • Descent Regulation: When Steven is upset, his body becomes more heavy. As shown in "Together Forever", after becoming depressed, Steven laid on the beach as his body created a crater.
      • Flight/Levitation: When Steven is feeling joy or ecstatic, he can propel himself in the air and fly. As shown in "Fragments", Steven can remain hovering in the air.
    • Empathic Telepathy: As shown in "Everything's Fine", Steven can broadcast his subconscious even while awake, without the need to sleep, as his TV showed him tearing off the steering wheel during his argument with his father, shattering Jasper, and his intrusive thought of slamming White's head against a pillar. Steven even broadcasted his subconscious to Connie's phone, which showed Steven himself saying "Steven's here to help." with the message distorting to sound like "Help Steven" in a way that tells Connie, Greg, and the Crystal Gems that Steven needs help.
    • Phytoanimation: Steven giving life to plants can make said plants become aggressive versions of Steven. "Everything's Fine" shows when Steven places his saliva on a torn flower, several plant copies of Steven burst out of the greenhouse.

Monster State/Monster Steven[]

Due to all of his emotional grief, PTSD, and sense of purposelessness, Steven viewed himself as a monster and therefore transformed into one at the end of "Everything's Fine". In this state, he has a bestial mentality not unlike a Corrupted Gem; only much more powerful and dangerous than before. He was able to quickly defeat Alexandrite, completely resist the powers of all three Diamonds, break free of Lapis' water chains, and even overpower The Cluster. It's implied by Sapphire that he would've remained in this state forever if they did not intervene. However, once all of the Crystal Gems, the Diamonds, Spinel, The Cluster, Greg, and Connie all got through to him through their words and love, this managed to snap Steven out of this state and turn him back to normal.

  • Water-Walking: As shown in "I Am My Monster", Steven, in his monster form, can run on the surface of water. Given he is a Diamond, and all three Diamonds are able to run on water as well, it is likely Steven shares this ability. However, it is unknown if he can achieve in his human form.
  • Enhanced Strength: He was able to destroy several parts of the Crystal Temple and unfused Alexandrite with one hit. Even though he was restrained byLapis Lazuli and then the Cluster, he released himself almost effortlessly.
  • Enhanced Durability: One of his horns could withstand blows from Bismuth's enhanced shapeshifting.
  • Shapeshifting: Since Steven turned into a monster due to his thoughts of being one, it was clear he kept this ability. It appeared that as time passed Monster Steven decreased in size; this could be seen that after appearing as tall as the Crystal Temple he later looked only a few meters taller than his fellow Diamonds.
  • Magic Immunity: Due to his raw emotions and hybrid status, Steven could partially resist even the abilities of the other Diamonds, being relatively unfazed by Yellow Diamond's Gem destabilization and Blue Diamond's pathokinesis, additionally overwhelming White Diamond's mind control.
  • Pink State Abilities: Since Steven transformed while in his Pink State it is possible he kept his abilities while this form was active and could be the reason Steven gained the power to truly challenge the other Diamonds and turn into a monster in the first place.
    • Sonic Roar: After charging up which resulted in his spikes and eyes glowing pink Steven could let loose a roar that managed to send everyone within range flying to the point that Garnet unfused into Ruby and Sapphire. The attack also created a shockwave that pushed away the ocean and cracked the ground surrounding him, even knocking over the incomplete Diamond Mech and awakening the Cluster. This could be a stronger version of Steven's scream when tapping into his mother's original powers.
  • Healing: After being embraced by his family and friends, Monster Steven began crying causing the water around him to turn pink which could be attributed to Steven's ability to heal or resurrect Gems and other living beings.

Feats[]

Strength[]

Speed[]

Durability[]

  • Protected himself from having a tower made of all the Earth's oceans falling on him with his Bubble shield.
  • Shield survived a ship crashing into the Earth.
  • Survived the vacuum of space.
  • Somehow was able to endure the speeds of 2000 miles per hour like it was nothing in Gem Drill.
  • Survived the explosion of the Pyramid Temple.
  • Took multiple hits from Spinel, and even withstood her strongest attack.
  • Was able to deflect multiple beam-attacks from White Diamond, including a final attack in which she became angered and bloodlusted and went all-out.
  • His shield blocked a point-blank shot from Peridot's Gem Warship.
  • Used a bubble to protect himself and the other Crystal Gems when Peridot's ship re-entered the atmosphere, crashed and exploded.
  • His shield blocked hits from an enraged Yellow and Blue Diamond.
  • Was smashed into a wall with a statue, getting hit hard enough to leave a sizable crater
  • Tanked being slammed into the ground from the sky
  • Took several hits from an enraged Spinel
  • Shield blocked a minor attack from Lapis
  • Survived the explosion of the Gem Warship
  • Survived the G-forces of FTL travel
  • Superior to the Rubies, who survived getting hit by the Roaming Eye (274 megatons)
  • Scales to Pearl, who took an attack from an enraged Amethyst
  • Scales to Garnet, who got hit through the interior of the Gem Warship and while bruised, was relatively okay, and survived being punched through the ground
  • Scales to Peridot, who had a boulder dropped on her, got crushed by this large piece of machinery, and got slammed into a cliff face
  • Shield can block attack from 3 Diamonds.
  • His mother used the shield to defend against the aforementioned Diamonds’ blast, which did in most other Gems

Skill[]

  • Able to talk and breathe in space.
  • Was the first human-Gem hybrid in existence.
  • Helped the Gems defeat the Centipeetle Mother.
  • Protected himself from having a tower made of all the Earth's oceans falling on him.
  • Befriended Lapis Lazuli and healed her broken gem.
  • With Connie, defeated a Gem training robot.
  • Learned how to summon his shield at will.
  • Protected the Gems from a laser fired by Peridot's ship.
  • Freed the Gems from imprisonment.
  • Took out four Holo-Pearls at once.
    • One Holo-Pearl cut a tree to pieces with a balloon sword.
  • Along with Connie, briefly kept up with Pearl.
  • Fights on par with Garnet & Amethyst
  • Befriended Peridot.
  • Convinced the Cluster to bubble itself so it wouldn't destroy the Earth.
  • Fought Amethyst to a standstill.
  • Defeated Bismuth and poofed her.
  • Defeated Amethyst and Bluebird.
  • Broke out of Topaz's fused body with his bubble shield.
  • Escaped from the Diamonds' capture.
  • Destroyed two Robonoids with Lars' help.
  • Was an excellent emotional rock for all his friends
  • Saved the Crystal Gems on multiple occasions
  • Survived the incident with Lapis Lazuli
  • Stopped Peridot's plans multiple times
  • Ended the tyranny of the Diamond Authority
  • Led Homeworld in Era 3
  • Stopped Spinel from destroying Earth
  • Defeated Jasper multiple times and even killed her at one point

Weaknesse[]

  • Unique/Hybrid Physiology: Steven inherits vulnerabilities from both the Gem and human sides of his family — for instance, he is dependent on his gemstone but also needs to sustain and take care of his body. When White Diamond removed his gemstone in "Change Your Mind", he was split into two separate entities embodying his half-human, half-Gem nature: his human half was extremely weak while his Gem half lacked self-restraint and both halves sought to reunite with each other.
    • Power-Control Loss: He often has little to no control over his Gem abilities which tend to fluctuate erratically from time to time such as when Greg faked his leg still being broken in "House Guest" and cost him his healing powers until "Monster Reunion", much to Pearl's anger and dismay. It is later learned that his abilities are tied to his moods: if Steven is happy, he has access to the majority of his powers, but if he is greatly disturbed, they either malfunction or fail entirely. As stated before, if struck repeatedly by the rejuvenator, he is rendered powerless unless he can piece himself back together. In Steven Universe Future, he enters a supercharged state similar to his Gem-half when fighting Jasper. Afterwards, this goes out of control when feeling extreme emotions.
  • Personality: Throughout most of the series, Steven's greatest weakness was his immaturity. Despite being brave, caring, intelligent and quick-thinking, he often let his youth, naivety, optimism and excitability get the better of him, only causing problems or making them worse rather than fixing them. This aspect faded as he matured and became stronger and less excitable. However, he still retained the tendency to try and look on the brighter side of situations and act as a bigger person. There have been many times where Steven was trying to make friends out of enemies — although his attempts have backfired on multiple occasions — while other times, along with his inherited gemstone, led many others to mistake him for his mother or a reincarnation of her. In the movie adaptation of the show, his desire for a "happily ever after" led to Spinel renewing her assault which he only realized when she had him within an inch of his life. He was shown to have inherited his mother's overbearing, controlling nature and tendency to run from personal problems by focusing on others as seen in Steven Universe Future which also showcases Steven's emotional outbursts that cause power surges and even damage to his surroundings as an aspect of his mother's behavior revealed earlier in "Volleyball". Additionally, Steven has only just begun to realize the magnitude of the countless dangers he was exposed to while living with the Gems and throughout the entire series, resulting in him turning into a giant monster.
  • Not all of his abilities are at their full potential.
  • Not very offensive.
  • If his gem is removed for longer periods there is a chance he might die.
  • Taking a hit by a Gem Rejuvenator can weaken his powers unless he finds his "missing pieces"
  • Due to trauma, extreme negative emotions can result to losing control of his powers in an extreme degree. Resulting in catastrophic consequences for both himself and others around him. An example is when he turns into a Monster himself out of his own turmoil.

Fun Facts[]

  • The creator of the show 'Rebecca Sugar' based Steven off of her younger brother: 'Steven Sugar'
  • No one likes bad guys.
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