Steven Universe: The Premiere Movie

Steven Universe: The Premiere Movie, or simply Steven Universe, is the 2012 American animated adventure fantasy film produced by Cartoon Network Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Animation. It was originally released in theaters on December 28, 2012. The film stars the voices of Zach Callison, Estelle, Deedee Magno Hall, Michaela Dietz, Kimberly Brooks, Shelby Rabara and Zachary Steel. The film made its network debut on Cartoon Network on November 1, 2013 (2 days before the series' premiere of the same name) and on June 13, 2014 on Toonami.

The film is the first Cartoon Network movie to spin-off into a TV series, the second being Fred.

Film Summary
It is the coming-of-age story of a young boy named Steven Universe, who lives in the fictional town of Beach City with the "Crystal Gems" – Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst, three magical humanoid aliens. Steven, who is half-Gem, goes on adventures with his friends and helps the Gems protect the world from their own kind. One day, Jasper and Peridot arrives to destroy the Crystal Gems and all of Beach City. It’s up to Steven and The Crystal Gems to save the universe which the battle between good and evil.

Part 1: The Beginning/The Crystal Gems
The film begins in a video of Rose Quartz (Susan Egan) begins talking at this point about the amazing aspects of Earth. In the middle, the segment is dedicated to Greg (Tom Scharpling) introducing himself to Steven (Zach Callinson), calling himself "the best dad on this side of the Cosmos!" As Rose continues to monologue, she turns the camera to reveal her face. She explains to Steven that she knows that they cannot both exist at once, and tells him that once he is born, she will become half of him. Rose tells him that when he loves being himself, that is her loving him. She states that he will be extraordinary, as he will be a human. As the video ends, it cuts to one last scene of a pregnant Rose and Greg sharing a kiss. Years later, Steven is born and raised by Greg after Rose Quartz died afterwards. Greg practing him in his ukulele skills, accompanied by the Crystal Gems: Garnet (Estelle), Amethyst (Michela Dietz) and Pearl (Deedee Magno) to Steven sings the theme song to them ("We Are the Crystal Gems").

Steven is waiting for the other Crystal Gems to come back from the Crystal Palace. When they arrive via the Warp Pad, Amethyst shows an Electric Skull to Steven, and it starts laughing hysterically. Pearl slaps it out of Amethyst's hand and smashes it with her foot, saying their Crystal Palace was swarming with the creatures. Amethyst takes the Hourglass out of her fanny pack and says that the creatures were after it. Steven asks if he can see it and Amethyst says he can, but Pearl says no because it is extremely powerful and that they should not have brought it home. Steven tells Garnet to make Pearl let him see it, but she shushes him. Steven is disappointed and says that he wants to go on adventures with them next time, and he tells the Gems that he wrote a song for the team and begins to sing "We are the Crystal Gems" (which later on turns into the theme song for the finalized show). Amethyst and Pearl begin to tease him, saying that he will look like a clown if he were to play the song in battle. When Steven walks outside to go to Big Donut, he keeps it in his pocket and proceeds to buy donuts. As Steven enters the store, Lars, the cashier, begins to mock Steven, who slams his money on the counter and demands to have three donuts. Lars retrieves the donuts and makes fun of Amethyst, Garnet, and Pearl, causing Steven to point out that they save the world and that he is also a Crystal Gem. Lars says that they are all hot girls, and Steven is not, so Steven storms out as Sadie tells Lars to lay off. As Steven leaves the Big Donut, He sees the Crystal Crocodile.

When Steven walks outside to go to Big Donut, he learns that Amethyst gave him the Hourglass. He keeps it in his pocket and proceeds to buy donuts. As Steven enters the store, Lars, the cashier, begins to mock Steven, who slams his money on the counter and demands to have three donuts. Lars retrieves the donuts and makes fun of Amethyst, Garnet, and Pearl, causing Steven to point out that they save the world and that he is also a Crystal Gem. Lars says that they are all hot girls, and Steven is not, so Steven storms out as Sadie tells Lars to lay off. Steven broods about it, and says, "If I was a hot girl, I wouldn't be talking to you". He regrets not saying that when he had the chance as it would have been hilarious. His pocket begins to glow and suddenly, Steven is back inside the Big Donut when Lars made his comment before Steven originally left. Not knowing what happened, Steven was confused for a second before realizing what happened and remembering the comeback he wished he'd said to Lars, so he shouts it in Lars' face and high fives Sadie. Lars calls him a joke and Steven storms out again. He comes up with another comeback and is again transported through time to say his comeback: "It must be tougher for you, Lars. At least people actually like jokes!". Sadie jokingly says that Steven is on fire.

Back at their home, Garnet is saying that she has a bad feeling as Steven walks in. Steven tells them what happened and takes out the Hourglass that took him back in time. Pearl is shocked and asks him why he has it, and turns to Amethyst and asks her why she gave it to him. Amethyst then says she was letting Steven see it because he wanted to. Pearl reveals that they had been protecting the Hourglass for one thousand years, and now that it was activated, it could only be used by Steven for its chosen purpose. Then Pearl asks what said purpose is, Steven tells them it was for comebacks and Amethyst laughs. Garnet notices an Electric Skull outside and alerts the others. Pearl explains that activating the Hourglass caused holes in the fabric of time, and the creature sensed it. Garnet asks Steven why he is such a buttface. Steven is offended by this. Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet retrieve their weapons from their gems and begin to fight the Electric Skull. One by one they are beaten, and Steven tries to help them when they fall. They are all down, and Steven must think of a comeback to Garnet's comment. He finally does after several tries and is transported back to the moment that Garnet called him a buttface. He says the comeback and directs the Gems to get on top of the Big Donut and hide behind the sign, which is also shaped like a donut. Steven points out they need to destroy the Electric Skull's hair, so they push the sign onto the Electric Skull so that it gets stuck inside the hole of the donut-shaped sign. Having its hair destroyed, it begins to get struck by lightning and eventually dies. Steven wishes he could've told them this morning that 'this clown is gonna save your lives', and the Hourglass takes him back in time to the morning. He tries to stop it but fails. He smashes it on the ground, preventing the majority of the previous events to occur.

Voice Cast

 * Zach Callinson as Steven Quartz Universe
 * Estelle as Garnet
 * Michaela Dietz as Amethyst
 * Deedee Magno-Hall as Pearl
 * Kimberly Brooks as Jasper
 * Shelby Rabara as Peridot
 * Zachary Steel as Ronaldo Fryman

Home media
The movie was later released to Blu-Ray and DVD by Warner Home Video on January 29, 2013.

Television premiere
The film was premiered on November 1, 2013 in the United States on Cartoon Network and premiered on Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom and Ireland and Cartoon Network in Australia and New Zealand on November 4, 2013.

Trivia

 * This is the first movie based on a Cartoon Network series since "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show" in 2009, and the first one to be released theatrically since "The Powerpuff Girls Movie" back in 2002, but was only shown on a limited number of theatres.
 * Being the 2nd theatrical film from Cartoon Network after The Powerpuff Girls Movie.
 * The original title was Steven Universe for the many releases.
 * This film was the of the successful films of 2012.
 * The film was in normal 3D, Real D 3D, IMAX 3D, Digital 3D, & XD 3D.
 * The film was released in theaters in March 29 and 30, 2013.
 * Jasper is true main antagonist of the film because he had bigger plans than Peridot.
 * The theatrical version also featuring the Warner Bros. Pictures and Cartoon Network Movies logos during the beginning of the film.