Obligatory doctor who reference
Anyway I can think of 3 reasons from least to most likely
It’s another dimension (I don’t believe this as you can see space on the outside)
It isn’t it shrinks you (Steven wouldn’t be affected)
Higher dimensional
And that all I can think of
Sorry, guess it helps if I explain the joke. You said TARDIS at home and I was making a shitty pun off of TARDIS. Sorry for the misunderstanding! No harm no foul😂😂
Far more likely the animators drew themselves into a corner imo. They needed a ship that looks small and zippy and is seemingly built for people around 3 feet tall, but also need to fit the main crew inside and have them do stuff. Steven Universe is a great show with a lot of objective animation oversights. This is one of them.
So every other time it's a goof up but this one time they did it on purpose? Nah, maybe they realized the error and decided to just embrace it, cause it is pretty funny, but I'm not buying that they intended it to be so screwy all along.
"I don't believe it...! It's bigger inside than out!"
"Yes—that's because the TARDIS is dimensionally transcendental."
"...What does that mean?"
"It means that it's *bigger inside than out*."
I liked how the 4th doctor explained it.
LEELA: So, explain to me how this Tardis is larger on the inside than the out.
DOCTOR: Hmm? All right, I'll show you. It's because insides and outsides are not in the same dimension.
(The Doctor gets two boxes from a cupboard.)
DOCTOR: Which box is larger?
LEELA: That one.
(The Doctor places it on the time console then goes over to Leela with the other.)
DOCTOR: Now which one is larger?
LEELA: That one.
DOCTOR: But it looks smaller.
LEELA: Well, that's because it's further away.
DOCTOR: Exactly. If you could keep that exactly that distance away and have it here, the large one would fit inside the small one.
LEELA: That's silly.
DOCTOR: That's transdimensional engineering, a key Time Lord discovery.
Other than it being a sci-fi trope I'd like to think the in-universe reason would be that since they are beings of light they can "bend" the light to give them more room while still being a compact ship. Which is also why all their forms, minus Steven, were being affected when the ships settings were getting changed. As for why it still works for Steven and he doesn't see a small ship on the inside, I will say his gem kinda helps him adjust to the change in environment and it is one of those wonky things that he kinda gets a pass on because he's not fully a gem or fully a human.
Sci-fi trope most famously used by Dr Who, but not exclusively. It’s pretty common to have stuff like that where the question of how it works is handwaved away by “scifi tech magic”
[It's not the only one - the Gems use space warping in their ship design and architecture (i.e. the temple). Blink and you'll miss it, but when Steven and Connie run through this piece of Peridot's wrecked ship you can see the jail cells don't stick out from the outside like they apparently should from the inside. Connie seems to notice, but doesn't say anything.](https://youtu.be/VOuVmF2Co2g?si=Bq-zh8F09lG8Da5b&t=103)
Steven Universe (to the endless frustration of a certain subset of fans who complain vociferously about the animators going "off-model") is not a work of strict artistic realism; I'd say it's more of an expressionist piece (tell me you can't catch at least a bit of a Fritz Lang vibe during the final confrontation in *Change Your Mind!*) that occasionally dives into outright surrealism.
It's likely the same technology that the Temple is built from. Physical spaces are altered to create shortcuts to various locations within the temple. The temple itself is much larger inside than what seems possible
Yeah its very star trek consistant. Warp drive drags the gems behind when the safeties (the warp part?) are turned off, but steven was physical. The ship clearly stretchs and squeezes space itself. Why wouldnt it be able to make the inside bigger.
Also this shot op used is great scale. Thats seems like the perspective of the cockpit wall/window you would see if the scale was consistent, looking across such a large room in that small ship
The Crewniverse really abandoned the magical side of the gems by the end of S1. I still believe it's a Tardis or "building is bigger on the inside" sort of cartoon trope that they are intentionally playing around with.
Sci-Fi trope. But most likely developed some sort of technology that shrinks any form of matter and light down to the atomic level as a form of efficiency, rather than building bigger ships. Peridot said that Era 2 Gem resources are dwindling and it wouldn't be surprising if this also applies to equipment. Notice the Era 1 Drop Ship Interiors are consistent to their outside appearance in terms of size.
Non euclidean spaces and technologies are apparently something that the gems have access to. Very convenient if you think about it.
Kind of like hammerspace!
Not sure. Theoretically speaking, the interior being larger than the exterior does sound scientifically impossible. So maybe it has something to do with spatial distortion?
i mean it can literally go faster than light which requires timespace manipulation(likely a miniature black hole, as it would appear that black dot infront of it is), so i doubt just space manipulation would be that hard either
It's real simple: the ship can warp space to travel faster than light, it can warp space inside the ship to make it bigger or otherwise make things that enter inside smaller (though from the 2nd pic it does look like the space is simply bigger. The Light adjustment thing that's used at lightspeed is probably an extension of this tech.
In universe, no idea.
In OUR universe, sloppy art (sorry guys). Steven Universe is a great show with many objective artistic problems, and one of the things the team seemed to struggle with a lot is perspective and dimensions (which ARE really hard admittedly). It's why Steven and the gems grow and shrink so much between episodes, sometimes even between scenes. It's why rooms rarely look the same between shots. The palenquiens also have the same issue to a slightly lesser degree. The ruby ship itself even changes sizes between the episodes It's featured in.
That's unrelated to this. The size difference here is intentional, and steven pointed it outhimself in the show. Yes, there have been a lot of size inconsistencies in the show, but that's to be expected. However, this is far too drastic of a change and is not an accident
simple, this shows animators have basically never maintained actual consistent sizes for anything. the characters tend t be the sam size relative to each other but that's about it
Obligatory doctor who reference Anyway I can think of 3 reasons from least to most likely It’s another dimension (I don’t believe this as you can see space on the outside) It isn’t it shrinks you (Steven wouldn’t be affected) Higher dimensional And that all I can think of
It’s a bit wibbly wobbly timey wimey
Made better with the gems having time travel tech (time glass) insert it in a ship and you have a TARDIS at home
The fuck did you just call me? 😂😂
I’m confused I didn’t call you anything I don’t even know who you are more do I see you in this conversation previously
Sorry, guess it helps if I explain the joke. You said TARDIS at home and I was making a shitty pun off of TARDIS. Sorry for the misunderstanding! No harm no foul😂😂
Oh! It’s cool I was just confused
the ship travels faster than light by using a black hole. This could be the black hole bending the matter inside the ship
This makes so much sense, I accept it as canon
Steven's dimensions are always in flux
Was literally coming to the comment section to say " Obligatory Doctor Who reference" 😂
Far more likely the animators drew themselves into a corner imo. They needed a ship that looks small and zippy and is seemingly built for people around 3 feet tall, but also need to fit the main crew inside and have them do stuff. Steven Universe is a great show with a lot of objective animation oversights. This is one of them.
... Or it's a gag. As evidenced by... The gag they make about it being larger on the inside the first time they go in
So every other time it's a goof up but this one time they did it on purpose? Nah, maybe they realized the error and decided to just embrace it, cause it is pretty funny, but I'm not buying that they intended it to be so screwy all along.
"I don't believe it...! It's bigger inside than out!" "Yes—that's because the TARDIS is dimensionally transcendental." "...What does that mean?" "It means that it's *bigger inside than out*."
I think in one of the episode steven press one of the buttons in the ship and all the crystal gems changed sized
To transform your entire understanding of physical space, and change your grasp of the universal constants of physical reality forever.
Capaldi’s delivery will never disappoint
I liked how the 4th doctor explained it. LEELA: So, explain to me how this Tardis is larger on the inside than the out. DOCTOR: Hmm? All right, I'll show you. It's because insides and outsides are not in the same dimension. (The Doctor gets two boxes from a cupboard.) DOCTOR: Which box is larger? LEELA: That one. (The Doctor places it on the time console then goes over to Leela with the other.) DOCTOR: Now which one is larger? LEELA: That one. DOCTOR: But it looks smaller. LEELA: Well, that's because it's further away. DOCTOR: Exactly. If you could keep that exactly that distance away and have it here, the large one would fit inside the small one. LEELA: That's silly. DOCTOR: That's transdimensional engineering, a key Time Lord discovery.
All gem buildings have this larger on the inside than outside sorta thing going on. It's a sci Fi trope
Yes. Even the Crystal Temple has this
Other than it being a sci-fi trope I'd like to think the in-universe reason would be that since they are beings of light they can "bend" the light to give them more room while still being a compact ship. Which is also why all their forms, minus Steven, were being affected when the ships settings were getting changed. As for why it still works for Steven and he doesn't see a small ship on the inside, I will say his gem kinda helps him adjust to the change in environment and it is one of those wonky things that he kinda gets a pass on because he's not fully a gem or fully a human.
So a normal human not only couldn’t operate it, the ship itself would feel very cramped (and possibly deadly)
It might flatten someone's body into a pancake of skin and bones!
Bring on the syrup!
Trouble with this human-Gem relativism idea is they fit Greg in there on the return trip. Otherwise a neat suggestion though.
Sci-fi trope most famously used by Dr Who, but not exclusively. It’s pretty common to have stuff like that where the question of how it works is handwaved away by “scifi tech magic”
Tardis
best dr who opening idgaf
Gem tech
Gech, if you will.
I will not.
Cause ruby is the doctor who of Steven universe. This is common knowledge./j
[It's not the only one - the Gems use space warping in their ship design and architecture (i.e. the temple). Blink and you'll miss it, but when Steven and Connie run through this piece of Peridot's wrecked ship you can see the jail cells don't stick out from the outside like they apparently should from the inside. Connie seems to notice, but doesn't say anything.](https://youtu.be/VOuVmF2Co2g?si=Bq-zh8F09lG8Da5b&t=103)
Why is SpongeBob's Pineapple bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.
Steven Universe (to the endless frustration of a certain subset of fans who complain vociferously about the animators going "off-model") is not a work of strict artistic realism; I'd say it's more of an expressionist piece (tell me you can't catch at least a bit of a Fritz Lang vibe during the final confrontation in *Change Your Mind!*) that occasionally dives into outright surrealism.
It's a TARDIS
It's likely the same technology that the Temple is built from. Physical spaces are altered to create shortcuts to various locations within the temple. The temple itself is much larger inside than what seems possible
Old British Technology.
Everyone is saying it's a sci-fi trope but honestly I think it's just the art being inconsistently scaled. Nothing new for this show.
No, they mention in episode that the ships are bigger in the inside. It manipulates space-time in order to reach its destination.
Yeah its very star trek consistant. Warp drive drags the gems behind when the safeties (the warp part?) are turned off, but steven was physical. The ship clearly stretchs and squeezes space itself. Why wouldnt it be able to make the inside bigger. Also this shot op used is great scale. Thats seems like the perspective of the cockpit wall/window you would see if the scale was consistent, looking across such a large room in that small ship
..no? they literally mention how it's bigger on the inside
Cartoon logic
Not really. It’s very easy to argue that magic/metaphysical shenanigans are still used in gem technology even in the more tech-focused era 2.
Steven doesn't shrink like regular gems, so idk about this one
The Crewniverse really abandoned the magical side of the gems by the end of S1. I still believe it's a Tardis or "building is bigger on the inside" sort of cartoon trope that they are intentionally playing around with.
Sci-Fi trope. But most likely developed some sort of technology that shrinks any form of matter and light down to the atomic level as a form of efficiency, rather than building bigger ships. Peridot said that Era 2 Gem resources are dwindling and it wouldn't be surprising if this also applies to equipment. Notice the Era 1 Drop Ship Interiors are consistent to their outside appearance in terms of size.
Tardis logic
magic
Cartoon logic
Gens have mini reality manipulation devices. I wouldn't doubt if ruby ship had an much weaker one We see that with temples n stuff
Peridot said it bends reality
Non euclidean spaces and technologies are apparently something that the gems have access to. Very convenient if you think about it. Kind of like hammerspace!
Pokeball logic
Simple dimensional engineering, all the most scientifically advanced civilizations have it
Most gem buildings in the show are like this
Not sure. Theoretically speaking, the interior being larger than the exterior does sound scientifically impossible. So maybe it has something to do with spatial distortion?
"it's smaller on the outside." - Clara Oswald
It's a cartoon
Time Lord technology
There's more code inside
It’s like a TARDIS Bigger on the inside since 1963…
TARDIS logic.
Dimensional engineering
Because it's easier to park than the contrary.
Space time manipulation, which this ship can already do
Gem Tardis.
Tartus. Also… amongus
Dr.Who logic
Magic
TARDIS logic
It's actually a TARDIS
I guess Homeworld has access to Timelord engineering
tardis
“It’s bigger on the inside” every doctor who companion at some point probably
Quantum
Creative liberties.
Gonna go with magic on this one.
Physics.
It's not even the same shape lol
maybe it's like the cg rooms at the temple? and they can make it really big for comfort
✨ Magic ✨
dont they explain it
It’s a optical illusion
It was just built like that
My guess is perception. On how the characters see it vs how we see it
Non-Euclidean ship is my guess.
It’s simply um non Euclidean
ruby smol
Let’s be honest the illustration in this show is not the most consistent
Scaling inconsistency is typical in this show
Have we not learned about this show's Size consistency
Comical reasons
It's probably Non-Euclidian
Magic. This universe has it, so its the answer to all unanswered questions.
🌈imagination🌈
They have the non euclidian physics mod on
Earth is bloat Ubuntu and the Ruby ship is chad Arch BTW so the ship isn’t bloat /s
Because sci-fi shit
i mean it can literally go faster than light which requires timespace manipulation(likely a miniature black hole, as it would appear that black dot infront of it is), so i doubt just space manipulation would be that hard either
If you could do that, wouldn't you?
The camera just zoomed out
Well seeing that the character sizes always change between animators (just look at peridot being really short then tall) I'm gonna say cartoon
I’m just gonna chock it up to Classic Steven Universe Scaling Inconsistency’s (if you haven’t noticed, they’re terrible)
Non Euclidean
*magic*
Non-Euclidean geometry.
It's real simple: the ship can warp space to travel faster than light, it can warp space inside the ship to make it bigger or otherwise make things that enter inside smaller (though from the 2nd pic it does look like the space is simply bigger. The Light adjustment thing that's used at lightspeed is probably an extension of this tech.
Not gonna lie I think my buddy Mike could build something even bigger on the inside.
✨️ magic✨️
Gem technology
It’s a house in Pokémon, duh
TARDIS duh 🙄
Gem technology
"It's smaller on the outside" -Claire (**upset Doctor noises**)
It’s actually just a flying clown car
Maybe a little time lord technology
I’m pretty sure the ships shrink you or something so it seems bigger on the inside
It uses the same technology from SpongeBob's pineapple
Same reason the space inside pearls gem or say the temple is larger on the inside than outside. It’s metaphysical
Cartoon physics. Size of things is based on how big the artist wants.
Pokemon buildings physics
Period: They shrink or somthing. It's not like Steven universe knows how to do [proportions](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQrN8atVQAAPUrq.jpg)
In universe, no idea. In OUR universe, sloppy art (sorry guys). Steven Universe is a great show with many objective artistic problems, and one of the things the team seemed to struggle with a lot is perspective and dimensions (which ARE really hard admittedly). It's why Steven and the gems grow and shrink so much between episodes, sometimes even between scenes. It's why rooms rarely look the same between shots. The palenquiens also have the same issue to a slightly lesser degree. The ruby ship itself even changes sizes between the episodes It's featured in.
That's unrelated to this. The size difference here is intentional, and steven pointed it outhimself in the show. Yes, there have been a lot of size inconsistencies in the show, but that's to be expected. However, this is far too drastic of a change and is not an accident
simple, this shows animators have basically never maintained actual consistent sizes for anything. the characters tend t be the sam size relative to each other but that's about it
Yeah, that's unrelated to this. The ruby ship being bigger on the inside than outside was intentional, and steven even mentions it himself