Rose's Scabbard
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In the remains of a battle during which they fought side by side thousands of years ago, Pearl mourns the loss of Rose, holding on her sword and scabbard.
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 45 |
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| Original air date | March 9, 2015 |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
"Rose's Scabbard" is the forty-fifth (45th) episode of the first season of American animated television series Steven Universe, which premiered on March 9, 2015 on Cartoon Network. It was written and storyboarded by Paul Villeco, Raven M. Molisee, and Rebecca Sugar. The episode was viewed by 1.216 million viewers.
This episode is about Pearl coming to the realization that Rose Quartz, the love of her life, kept secrets even from her. This shatters her previous belief that she was Rose's sole confidant, and she runs away in grief over the loss of Rose.
The episode begins with the Crystal Gems returning to the Strawberry Battlefield, where they begin to gather some of the discarded weapons. Garnet (Estelle) quickly claims a massive war axe, much to the delight of Steven (Zach Callison), though Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall) suggests he finds something that better suits his size. Lion, distracted by a butterfly, wanders off. Pearl tells Steven to do a better job of training Lion, which Steven attempts to demonstrate by repeatedly calling his pet's name. When Lion finally comes back up, he is carrying a pink scabbard in his mouth. Pearl, recognizing the scabbard as having been the resting place of a sword belonging Rose Quartz, forces the scabbard out from Lion's jaws and shoos Lion away. Steven asks about his mother being in the battle that occurred here, and Pearl explains that, 5,000 years ago, Rose led a battle against the Homeworld Gems on this very spot, with Pearl as her second in command.
Warping home to the temple, while Garnet and Amethyst (Michaela Dietz) take their new weapons into their rooms, Pearl offers to take Steven to a special place that only she and Rose knew about, where she is certain the sword that goes with the scabbard must be. During the course of the journey together, Pearl explains to Steven that she was the only one Rose shared her secrets with. Finally, Pearl brings Steven to the same cave Lion brought Steven and Connie to in the episode "Lion 2: The Movie". When Steven states he was here previously with Lion, Pearl becomes flabbergasted and refuses to believe it until Steven mans the control console. He activates the storage and presents the items within the artillery to surprised Pearl (who corrects the name of each). Now annoyed, Pearl asks Steven to find Rose's sword. When Steven asks what it looks like, Pearl displays a hologram of it and describes it. Seeing it, Steven says he knows where it is, shocking Pearl.
Back in the temple, Steven emerges from Lion's pocket dimension, now wielding his mother's sword. The Gems are astonished at this revelation, and Steven gladly shows them more, explaining that he has begun storing items in Lion as well. Pearl refuses to accept any of it, however; as Rose never told her anything about Lion or his pocket dimension, and Rose supposedly told her everything. Garnet and Steven tries to defuse the situation, but Steven shows that Rose was only keeping a secret from Pearl to protect her, but Pearl exclaims that Steven would not know since he's never met Rose.
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