A Ableism, 201 Abrams, Lamar, 32 Absence, 58–62 Adolescence of Utena (Film), 96 Adult Swim, 31 Adventure Time (TV Show), V, 1
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Index A Alterity Politics (Nealon), 146 ableism, 201 American empire, 64 Abrams, Lamar, 32 Amethyst, 2, 146, 201, 206, 220, absence, 58–62 234, 235 Adolescence of Utena (film), 96 at ball, 5 Adult Swim, 31 beauty ideals of Homeworld Adventure Time (TV show), v, 1, 10, internalized by, 208, 211 13n, 32, 34, 49 black stereotypes of, 73–74, 78–81, affective credibility, 189 83 Afrofuturism, 103 as botched reproduction, 56, 97, Against Purity (Shotwell), 179–180 202–205, 208, 211 agender identity, 27 conspiracy theory debunked by, agray06, 38 117–119 Ahmed, Sara, 21 dancing by, 73–74 Akin, 164–167 and destruction of Communication Akio, 94–95 Hub, 83–84 Alexandrite, 64 Garnet’s fusion with, 63, 78–81 alienation, 21 Greg’s bonding with, 105 alien encounter narrations, 153 guilt of, 187 alien–human symbiosis, 160 Kindergarten of, 186, 203–205, aliens, 7 222 humans treated by, 160–165 made from mineral, 49 “Alone at Sea” (episode), 232 oppression of, 71 “Alone Together” (episode), 155, 222 Pearl defended by, 158–160 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive 239 license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 J. R. Ziegler and L. Richards (eds.), Representation in Steven Universe, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31881-9 240 INDEX Pearl’s fusion with, 53, 70, 72–73 global impact of, 102 Pearl’s self-identification as superior Sait¯o on impoverishment of visual to, 72–73, 82 information in, 59 power of transformation of, 99 see also Revolutionary Girl Utena rejection of Homeworld standards (TV show); Sailor Moon (TV for Quartz soldiers, 228 show) relation to heritage of, 222 Anime Machine, The (Lamarre), 175 reluctance to interact with humans, Aniston, Jennifer, 123, 124 230 “Answer, The” (episode), 50, 55, 155, self-concept of, 222 202, 227 self-doubt of, 73, 74 Anthropocene, 172, 178–183, 193 Steven’s fusion with, 3, 56–57, 94 Anthy Himemiya, 93, 96–98, 101, “amplification through simplification”, 108 59–60 anushbanush, 39 animals, 160, 162, 165, 168 Apollo 11 landing module, 116 animated bodies, 13n “Arcade Mania” (episode), 177 Animated Landscape, 174 Area 51, 115 animation “articulate”, 82, 87n amorphous abstractions of the “art of the hand”, 175 future in, 47 Asian Americans, 205–206 as “ecology”, 175 Assmann, Jan, 220 as environmental media, 193 Attardo, Salvatore, 141 as escaping trap of heteronormativ- authorities, 201 ity, 69 Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV as extremely gendered, 28 show), 101, 103 episodic structure of, 10 A.V. Club, 125 fixating on bodies, 178 heteronormativity of, 14n, 22, 26, 31 B landscapes in, 178, 182 “Back to the Barns” (episode), 205, malleability of, 23–26, 46–47, 49, 206, 228 52, 56, 57, 61, 173 Barthes, Roland, 22, 48, 52, 105–107 queer futurity in, 46, 51, 92 Bauhaus design, 103 race in, 74–75, 79 Beach City, Delmarva, 2, 177, 231 as untraditional, 22–23 “Beach Party” (episode), 221, 231 animation studies Beauty and the Beast, 169n moving images in, 174–176 Beauty and the Beast (film), 20 preferential treatment of characters Bee, 40 in, 172, 178 “Beta” (episode), 56, 230 anime, 6, 9–12, 90, 94, 101, 102 Beyoncé, 123 Crewniverse’s love of, 102, 103 Bhabha, Homi, 209 fusion in, 46, 202 Bhambra, Gurminder K., 200 INDEX 241 bildungsroman, 6, 8 bronies, 33–34 Bilge, Sirma, 71 “Bubble Buddies” (episode), 221 biological sex, 3 “Buddy’s Book” (episode), 231 biopower, 55 Bugs Bunny, 22, 28, 62 Bismuth, 55, 138, 139, 169n, 201, Bullwinkle, 23 229 Burnett, Matt, 4, 128–129, 132n human cultural practices enjoyed Butler, Judith, 47, 99, 108–109 by, 232 Butler, Octavia, 12 tracing by effacing in, 60–62 Butler, Olivia, 153, 162–164 “Bismuth” (episode), 229 Bitch Media, 199, 208 Black Looks: Race and Representation C (hooks), 77 Cartoon Network, v, 30, 89, 125 black people, 131n, 208 criticized by PTC, 34–36 crimes against, 163–164 as eliminating “just for kids” Black Rose duels, 98 animation, 31 black women Cartoon Network UK, 34 heterosexual privilege, 77 cartoons historical stereotypes of, 81 as bringing to life that which Jezebel stereotype of, 78, 81 has-never-been, 47–48 matriarch stereotype of, 78–79 criticism of simplicity of, 59 in recent television shows, 85 political potential of, 65 Steven Universe as reinforcing Castañeda, Claudia, 25 stereotypes of, 69, 70, 73–86 “Catch and Release” (episode), 226 black youth, 80 “Cat Fingers” (episode), 114 Blue Diamond, 50, 158, 169n, 189, Cayenne (dog), 157 203, 227, 230, 232, 234 Centipeetle, 138, 189–192, 223, 234 human zoo run by, 209–210 cephalopods, 168n Blumenfeld, Zach, 137, 138, 141, cetaceans, 168n 144 Cézanne, Paul, 184 bodies, 173–174 CGI, 177 arriving at queerness, 63 Chambers, Samuel A., 29 as illusions, 27 “Change Your Mind” (episode), 228, improbable, 106 233 LGBTQ+, 99 Chapman, Jacob, 91 as not fixed, 46 “Cheeseburger Backpack” (episode), Bodies That Matter (Butler), 99 221 Bollen, Jonathan, 57, 58 chibi, 62 Boo Boo, 23 Chidgey, Red, 227 boundaries, 201 child, 25 Bradford, K. Tempest, 155–156 children’s television, 6, 10 British colonization, 200 Chyna, Blac, 123 242 INDEX classism, 201 conspiracy theories, 65–66, 114 climate change, 182 about celebrities, 122–123 Climbing Rock, 204 about fandom, 124–128 Clinton, Hillary, 115 as attempt to regain sense of Cluster, 115, 138, 187, 209–211, political agency, 117 223, 232 real world, 115 Gems fused into, 187–189 as social capital, 124 Cluster of Gem shard, 9 conspiracy theorists, 12 Cluster Quakes, 115–116 boundaries of, 122 “Coach Steven” (episode), 78–80 as heroes, 114, 115 coercion, 163 contact zones, 168n Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome, 181, 182 Cookie Cat theme song, 141 Coleman, Gabriella, 143–144 Cooley, Kevin, 11 Collins, Patricia Hill, 71, 77, 79, 81 corrupted Gems, 189, 220, 222–224, colonialism, 179, 199–215 232–235 Amethyst’s body and, 203 Creamy Mami, 99 technological, 181 credibility, 189 “Come Along With Me” (episode), Crewniverse, 89, 90, 101, 182 49 anime loved by, 101, 103, 105 comic books, 6 focus on humans of, 211 Communication Hub, 80, 82–84 involvement in fandom subculture communicative responsibility, 164 of, 105, 107 companion species, 168n “Cry for Help” (episode), 80, 82–84, compulsory heterosexuality, 47, 76–77 158 Homeworld embodying, 63 Crying Pear, 159 Connell, Raewyn, 213 crystalgemjammin, 40 Connie Maheswaran, 147, 201, 215, Crystal Gems, 2, 27 231, 232 as aided by monsters, 9 at ball, 5 and Amethyst’s guilt, 187 Garnet’s urge to fuse with Steven, bodies of, as property, 203 53–54, 60 culture of, 220–224 Pearl’s training in sword fighting, divvying up sexual rituals between 206–207, 223 Homeworld and, 63 Steven’s fusion with, 6, 60–62, 156, Earth seen as liberating by, 230 168n embodiment of, 14n Connolly, William, 146 fan art of, 39 consent, 12, 155, 160–165, 167 full identity of, 146 fusion’s negotiating of, 155, 157, fusion of. See fusion 202 Greg rescued from zoo by, 209–210 and interspecies relationships, 157, Homeworld memories of, 226 161–162 humans seen as companions by, 155 and preparation for future, 166–167 humans seen as lower by, 155, 156 INDEX 243 as independent from normative “Death of the Author” (Barthes), 106 structures of gender and sex, decoloniality, 200–202, 213, 215–216 27 deep state, 115 Kindergarten beautified by, 179 defective gems, 95–96 as minoritarian group, 197–198 de Jarjayes, Oscar François, 103 as not interfering with life on earth, Demarest, Rebecca, 72 162 Dennis, Jeffrey P., 10, 13n, 22–23 as not predetermined, 187 DenofGeek,51 Peridot’s conversion to side of, 10 Derrida, Jacques, 59 as presenting as female, 71 Desmond, Jane, 73 queerness embodied by, 70, DeviantArt, 45 173–174 Diamond Authority, 4, 128, 187, in rebellion against Gem Home- 198–200, 225, 228–229, 234 world, 28, 50, 225 “Diamond Days” (episode), vi relationship with Beach City humans Diamonds, 138, 233 of, 231 bodies created by, 203–204 reluctance to involve Steven in Gems as tools of, 180 danger, 8 methods of control of, 201 Ronaldo’s mirroring of, 129 Pearl’s threat to authority of, 208 Rose’s cause joined by, 201 différance, 59 transformation and immortality Dios, 94 possessed by, 187 Disney, Walt, 128 as victims of Homeworld retaliation, domestic abuse, v 8 Donaldson, Emrys, 12 violence performed by, 72 Doty, Alex, 21 weapons materialized by, 6, 9 Doty, William, 142, 147 Crystallocene, 179–183 “Dove Self-Esteem Project”, vi cultural appropriation, 197, 198 Dragon Ball Z (TV show), 10, 56–57, cultural memory, 219–235 62 and attitude toward fusion, duels, 93–95, 97, 101 227–228 Duffett, Mark, 104 of humans, 227–232 Dunn, Eli, 3, 27, 50, 61, 70, 72, 76 multidirectional nature of, 220, 222 dystopia, 187 culture wars, 124–125 E Earth, 182, 188 D attitudes towards, 230 Darsey, James, 116 colonized by Gem Homeworld, Darwin, Charles, 167 198–199 Dave Guys, 141, 148 natural resources of, 214 Dawn (Butler), 160 “Earthlings” (episode), 56–57, 94, death drive, 25 228–229 244 INDEX ecocriticism, 178 “Frybo” (episode), 119 economy, 201 “Full Disclosure” (episode), 231 Ed, Edd, & Eddy (TV show), 105 fusion, 2–3, 19, 25–26 Edelman, Lee, 11, 25, 47, 63 as abominations on Gem Home- efficiency, 187 world, 27, 50–52, 95, 180, emergents, 165–166 207, 221, 227 Emmys, v as act of communication, 157 empathy, 12, 193 attitudes toward, 227–228 Entertainment Weekly, 181 consent negotiated by, 155, 158, environment, 182 202 enviro-toon, 178 as contrasting Crystal Gem equilibrium, 157 Homeworld with Earth, 5 ethnic discrimination, v and deconstruction of Homeworld eugenics, 163–164 view of intimacy, 201–202 Eurasia, 179 as demonstration of love and trust, Eyeball, 139 85 as destabilizing