6 Surprising Facts About Steven Universe
The Creator
The show’s creator, Rebecca Sugar, was the first woman to create a show for Cartoon Network.
The inspiration
The character Steven Universe is based off Rebecca Sugar's brother Steven Sugar,who is the show's background designer.
An unstable fusion
Malachite is the only fusion without an own voice. That's because the fusion was too unstable.
Ronaldo's blog
Ronaldo's blog 'Keep Beach City Weird' is a real blog on Tumblr run by people who work on the show.
Sadie's Scar
In the episode "Island Adventure", Steven takes Sadie and Lars to a far away island. While there, they get attacked by a corrupted gem, and Sadie gets a scar on her face. Rather than it going away by the next episode, Sadie keeps the scar for the rest of the series.
Obsidian
The statue forming the Crystal Temple appears to be a statue of Obsidian, showing the respective gemstones of their components: Pearl (forehead), Amethyst (chest), Ruby, and Sapphire (left and right palms), and Rose Quartz (navel).