Steven Universe (2013–…): Season 4, Episode 3 - Buddy's Book - full transcript

♪ We

♪ Are the Crystal

♪ Gems

♪ We'll always save the day

Steven: ♪ And if you think
we can't, we'll ♪

♪ Always find a way

♪ That's why the people

♪ Of this world

♪ Believe in

♪ Garnet

Amethyst: ♪ Amethyst



Pearl: ♪ And Pearl

And Steven!

[ Cheering, laughing ]

Steven: Yeah!

Great job parking,
Lion!

Eh.
It's a little crooked.

[ Growls softly ]

Never mind.
It's perfect!

[ Chuckles ]

Is Lion gonna be okay
parked out here?

Oh, yeah.
Uh, I just gotta lock him up.

Boop, boop!

Don't worry.
He's not going anywhere.

I still can't believe



this'll be your first time
inside of a library.

Why?

Because libraries are full
of your favorite thing.

♪

[ Gasps ]
Books!

Shh!

Books.

All right.
Time to beat these books.

Ah.
What'd they do to you?

I'm mainly trying to get
a head-start on seventh grade.

We'll be covering
a lot of new stuff, so...

I just want
to be prepared.

Can't you just use your phone
to look stuff up?

[ Sighs ]

Last time I relied
on the Internet for info,

I ended up writing
a very, uh...

erroneous paper about raccoons
having heat-vision.

Raccoons have heat vision?!

Librarian: Shh!

You should take a look around
while I get started.

There's tons of stuff here
I'm sure you'll love.

Okay.
B-R-B.

Nonfiction?
Wild.

[ Grunts ]

Whee!
[ Laughs ]

Wow!

There's even cool books
on the bottom shelves!

Huh?

What are you doing down here,
little buddy?

[ Blows ]

It's blank!

Whoa!

[ Gasps ]

Connie!

Look!

It's blank.

It's the journal of first mate
Buddy Buddwick!

-Like, the real thing?
-Yeah!

Jamie did a play about
how Buddy helped

the first Mayor Dewey
discover Beach City!

There's even drawings
of gem locations in here!

Oh, my gosh!

Forget homework.

Let's take it
from the top!

Yeah!

[ Drum and fife music plays ]

Buddy: After narrowly
escaping certain doom,

Captain William Dewey and I,
his first mate Buddy,

founded the land of Beach City.

With Captain Dewey's legacy
cemented -- well, bronzed --

I wondered
what my legacy would be.

Would anyone remember my name?

Or will it be washed away
by the ocean of time?

I'm picturing buddy as Jamie
being all sad.

Oh, yeah.
Drama zone.

No!
I shall not disappear!

I shan't die a lowly first mate!

I schwill do something great
with my life!

I'll comb the world
in search of greatness!

And so began a new chapter
of my life --

to explore
the previously unexplored

and to make my mark
on the world!

I traveled for many days
and nights

until, finally, I found myself
in a field of sorts...

or, should I say,
a field of swords,

intermingled with giant,
sweet-smelling strawberries

as big as one's head.

"Who could have wielded
such a weapon?" I pondered.

"What sort of battle
could this have been used for?"

I contemplated.

I continued to sketch,
sinking into deep concentration

when I suddenly felt the touch
of a familiar hand.

Ahoy.

Salutations.

It was two
of the Crystal Gems.

Hmm.

Would the Gems have looked
different back then?

Yes.
Definitely.

It was two of the Crystal Gems

that had saved my captain
from a sea beast.

And now we're here
to save you.

But I'm not in peril.

I'm just a humble traveler
who wants my name

to be remembered
by everyone for all time.

Well, travel not here,
traveler,

as this place
is very dangerous.

Very well.
I'll go elsewhere.

Wait!

There are many places
on this Earth

that a human like you
should avoid.

Here's a convenient marking
of all the places

where you should absolutely,
under no circumstances, visit

if you'd like to keep
your short life.

Only the bravest,
most courageous,

most memorable explorers
would dare

to visit
these fascinating places.

Yes, that's essentially
what I just said.

Anyway,
glad we cleared that up.

Fare thee well!
[ Bell dings ]

Surely,
if I do explore these places,

I'll be remembered
as brave and courageous!

♪

Steven:
He drew the communication hub.

Connie:
Sparkling slugs?

Where'd he get
these names from?

Ooh!
He got this one right!

I feel like I'm back there.

What's this place?

I don't know this one.

Ooh! It looks like he went
to the kindergarten!

I found myself at the most
amazing locations.

Hmm.
Very pointy.

Though
I could not shake the feeling

that something about this
journey felt a bit...off.

Hmm.

I wonder why all these
tiny caves are here.

-Hey, Buddy!
-[ Screams ]

Th-This is Buddy speaking.

Get out of my hole.

Lo, it was the third
Crystal Gem.

Do you, uh, live here?

Used to!

Nowadays,
I just come back every so often

to see how the fam's doing.

-The fam?
-[ Chuckles ]

Hey, how you been?

Aw!
You getting taller?

Uh, give me a sec --
I have a visitor.

Why are you here?!

Oh. My apologies.
Here, I'll show you.

I've been traveling the globe
as an adventurer and explorer.

Neat!

I've been on a journey
to discover

places no one has ever
been before.

But by the looks
of this place,

many people
have been here before.

Hold on.
Did you make this map?

It was drawn up for me
by your compatriots.

So, pbht!

What have you discovered
on it?

Well, I uh...
That is...

Oh. Uh...
Oh, dear.

I haven't discovered
a single thing on this map!

Yeah, man.

You're just following
someone else's footsteps.

And here I was,

claiming to be
a great explorer and adventurer,

when all I really am...

is a tourist!

[ Sobbing ]

Whoa.
Don't get all sad on me.

This is why my journey
hasn't felt right!

[ Sobbing continues ]

Uh...

Uh, oh, yeah!

Why don't you try and find
the sand castle?

[ Sniffles ]
Uh, wha?

Out of the way.
I'll show you.

It's right around here
in this sandy area.

-Really?
-Yeah!

They say it's never
in the same place twice.

It's always rebuilding itself
all over the desert.

That sounds like the perfect
adventure for me!

And I'll be the first one
to see it!

Heh. Okay.

Thank you for your help.
Goodbye!

Come back anytime!

But not too much!

[ Birds squawking ]

I've been wandering this desert
for 10 days now.

I suppose I could take off
my explorer's coat

for a bit of relief,

but if I wasn't wearing this,
people would see me and think,

"Oh, just some man
wandering around.

Not important at all.

Why, he can't even find
the elusive sand castle!"

"Ha, ha, ha" they'd say.

"What a fool," they'd continue.

Ugh.

This is it, then --
the end of my adventure.

I've just followed a map
to my own end.

And this will be the last thing
I ever see as I expire --

an angel and her --
one, two, three --

several lions, here for my soul.

Is this the end?

I guess so.

[ Chuckling ] Oh, wait.
There's a bunch more.

As I slowly regained
consciousness,

I became aware
of a large figure

in the shape of a giant woman.

The ringlets of her hair

spilled over her shoulders
and back

like a swath of roses.

Mom!

Hey.
Are you okay?

I realized I was surrounded
by her pack of...

Seven lions?!

Please -- don't eat me!

Oh, don't worry.
We mean no harm.

That's good.

Ugh.

What brings a human
out to a place like this?

I was a first mate on a ship,
but we found land.

And then I realized I didn't
want to stay in that land,

so I went to find
more land.

But then I was told
not to find that land

because
it was really dangerous.

But I wanted
to prove myself and...

Look.
I wrote it all down here.

Why am I looking
for the sand castle

that probably
doesn't even exist?

A sand castle?
Yes.

I've combed these deserts
for weeks,

and there's been
no sign of one.

Would that be a sign of one?

That's it!
I've gotta record this!

I've got to --
Wait.

You saw it first.
This doesn't count at all!

I'm a terrible explorer.

Eat me.
It's all I'm good for.

Rose: Now, now,
that's not true at all.

Sure, all these places
have been explored before,

but they haven't been
recorded so intimately

as they have been
in this journal.

It makes them new and special
all over again

for any reader
to experience.

Have you ever considered
becoming an author?

And become an author I did.

I wrote up a storm,
making book after book,

so many until I realized I
could fill a library with them!

[ Gasps ]
I get it!

Both:
The Buddy Buddwick Library!

Librarian: Shh!

He really did leave
a mark on this town.

Whoa.
Hold the phone.

Is that
what he looked like?

[ Chuckles ]
We imagined him way off.

I kind of liked
our version better.

[ Laughs ]
Me, too.

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