The owner, a Terry Crews-like man starts to have a spasm over Garnet’s trail of broken games. I thought this show was a little more family friendly than say Regular Show or Adventure Time, but then again, this is a coming-of-age cartoon about a young boy and shaking the meat makes perfect sense. Let’s talk about the overt sexual innuendo…Meat Beat Mania is a game much like your typical dance game for the Wii, but instead of holding a traditional controller you hold two pieces of ham and then “shake the meat” to earn points. Pearl was a careful Cathy playing “Road Killer” with the appropriate line, “Which one of these buttons is my turn signal?” Amethyst didn’t disappoint by cheating at skee-ball, and Garnet punched out two games before starting an obsession with Meat Beat Mania.

At this point, the Gems personalities are set, and that is reflected in how they play games. It’s clear the three Gems have never been to an arcade before, which makes sense because they’re adult superbeings. After the gang disposes of the creatures-of-the-week, the five-legged “little guys,” Steven suggests celebrating at the local arcade, Funland.

“Arcade Mania” doesn’t start in a video game-filled haven but on a mission as usual. It shows that no matter who your parents are, you need that balance of nurturing and sturdy. With Steven’s dad being a distant memory at this point, Garnet is the closest thing Steven has to a dominant role model. For weeks we’ve seen the Gems develop this family dynamic where Steven and Amethyst are the dueling brother and sister, leaving Pearl to be the hovering mother and Garnet, the stern but inspiring father figure. She can do no wrong – a point on which I think we can all pretty much agree.

Written and storyboard by Lamar Abrams, Aleth Romanillos, Luke Weber.Īdmiration was the theme this week and it was only coming from Steven and heading towards Garnet.

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