Say Uncle (Steven Universe)

"Say Uncle"
Steven Universe Uncle Grandpa episode
Steven (right) meets Uncle Grandpa. As explicitly said by Uncle Grandpa who breaks the fourth wall, the events of the episode are non-canon to both series.
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 3
Directed by	Byung Ki Lee (animation) Elle Michalka (art) Jasmin Lai (art)
Written by	Joe Johnston Jeff Liu
Story by	Matt Burnett Ben Levin Rebecca Sugar Ian Jones-Quartey Kat Morris
Produced by	Ian Jones-Quartey (co-excutive producer) Rebecca Sugar (executive producer)
Original air date	April 2, 2015 (2015-04-02)
Running time	11 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Pete Browngardt as Uncle Grandpa Eric Bauza as Belly Bag, Hot Dog Adam DeVine as Pizza Steve Kevin Michael Richardson as Mr. Gus
Episode chronology
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List of Steven Universe episodes

"Say Uncle" is the third episode in the second season of the American animated television series Steven Universe and the fifty-fifth episode overall. The episode, written and storyboarded by Joe Johnston and Jeff Liu, is a non-canon crossover with Uncle Grandpa, another Cartoon Network series. While The A.V. Club described its announcement in February 2015 as "confusing", the episode aired on April 2, 2015, to high critical praise. The episode was watched by 1.926 million viewers.

In the episode, Uncle Grandpa tries to help Steven master his shield ability, causing many nonsensical events along the way and making Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl see him as a threat.

When Steven (Zach Callison) is frustrated that he is unable to summon his shield, Uncle Grandpa (Pete Browngardt) comes out from an ocean portal to help. Steven, initially confused, is assured of Uncle Grandpa's good will after he offers help (he also promptly assures Steven that "None of this is canon"). Uncle Grandpa guesses that this inability to form the shield is caused by Steven having "belly blues", and so he tries a variety of machines on Steven. The machines only cause discomfort, and when Garnet (Estelle), Amethyst (Michaela Dietz), and Pearl (Deedee Magno) see what is going on, they come to attack Uncle Grandpa, but Steven stops them and Uncle Grandpa introduces himself and his role as "everyone in the world's uncle and grandpa". Despite this, the Gems see him as a threat and prepare to attack, but as he and Steven run from them, Uncle Grandpa summons a plot hole from Belly Bag (Eric Bauza), which causes the screen to wipe to white.