Garnet's original loss animation depicted her being "poofed", a state that Gems undergo in Steven Universe when their physical form receives enough damage to cause them to explode in a cloud of mist and regress back into being a gemstone, specifically referencing a moment where Garnet is poofed in the episode "The Return". Many players unfamiliar with the series mistakenly believed she was dying in the original animation and reacted with either shock or humor, resulting in it being reworked in a later update to show her meditating instead.