Pink Pearl

"What happened? Where am I?"

Pink Pearl is a Homeworld Gem who was Pink Diamond's original Pearl before being taken from her and placed under the ownership of White Diamond, who used her powers to brainwash Pink Pearl, turning her into White Pearl. She first appeared in "Legs From Here to Homeworld".

Appearance
Pink Pearl's features are typical for a Pearl, though do bear some notable differences. She has an overall pink color scheme, with white skin, light magenta and hot pink clothes, and lilac hair, which is twisted into two Princess Leia-inspired buns (presumably meant to resemble roses) that are held to the sides of her head.

While under White Diamond's control, she had off-white skin and wore a black top that resembles a bralette with gray sleeves that function as gloves, a white tulle skirt that leaves the front of her legs exposed, and a pair of black shorts paired with gray stockings and light gray flats.

Her most prominent feature is the atypical scarring over her left eye, which is lined with cracks that extend to the chin, hairline, and hair bun of her physical form, completely covering the (presumably missing) eye. In Volleyball, it is revealed that the scar was caused by one of Pink Diamond's outburts, similar to the ones Steven demonstrates in Steven Universe Future. Her gemstone is located on the upper part of her navel and is an oval-shaped cabochon, bearing similarities to that of the Crystal Gems' Pearl.

When she appears to be serving Pink Diamond, she did not have her scarring. Her outfit and hair were also in shades of pink, and her outfit matches some of the hues of Pink Diamond's outfit. However, even when she was released from White Diamond's control, she kept the scarring over her left eye.

In “Volleyball”, her eye becomes further cracked from unknown reasons.

Personality
Much of Pink Pearl's personality is currently unknown. A dream that Steven has in "Together Alone" depicts her as having a playful and happy personality, playing with Pink Diamond and keeping their friendship a secret from the other Diamonds.

While under White Diamond's control, Pink Pearl was shown to express rather unsettling, robotic behavior. She absently gazed into the distance when speaking, bears a constant smile, remains poised en pointe with her arms held upward in a graceful position, and moved without physically making an effort, as though she is simply floating along on her toes. This altogether gave the impression of a vacant mind, making her appear as though she is a robot. Her voice was different from the other Pearls, having White Diamond's voice.

Pink Pearl is usually cheerful and sweet, being always calm and polite. She is very gracious and speaks fondly of Pink Diamond. She also always forgives people, no matter how much damage they've caused her. Pink Pearl seemed entirely fine with the fact that she lost eight thousand years worth of memories due to White Diamond's control over her, which demonstrates the more problematic aspects of her personality. She routinely excuses Pink's actions, even though she caused her enough psychological pain that it manifested physically as the crack on her face. However, Pink Pearl is able to realize she was not seeing the whole picture and recognizes she was trying to justify why Pink harmed her.

History
According to Steven's dream in "Together Alone", Pink Pearl served Pink Diamond thousands of years prior to Pink Diamond's colonization of the Earth. She was cracked after Pink Diamond went to White Diamond to ask for a colony once more. As foreshadowed in "Change Your Mind", she was later taken away from Pink Diamond by White Diamond, in response to Pink's behavior. White Diamond presumably gave Pink Pearl the scar over her eye through unknown means.

"Legs From Here to Homeworld"
White Pearl approaches the Crystal Gems and the Diamonds when they arrive on Homeworld. She emphasizes the fact that Pink Diamond, and only she, is wished to be seen by White Diamond. White Pearl suddenly encloses herself and Steven inside her shell and transports him to White. Once she has done so, White Pearl phases through a wall, disappearing.

"Together Alone"
She appears in White Diamond's place at Steven's "Era 3 ball" as the former had opted not to come. She stands on White Diamond's throne as the evening goes on. While smiling blankly for most of the event, she suddenly looks displeased when Connie and Steven fuse in front of the assembled Gems.

"Change Your Mind"
White Pearl appears as Steven and Connie are attempting to escape Homeworld with Pink's ship, telling them they aren’t going anywhere. She then teleports into White's ship and later appears when Steven and the Gems confront White. She also helps attack the pink hologram Steven along with the rest of White’s mind controlled slaves, but this fails and she reverts back to her normal pink form when White loses control. She asks what happened and where she is, and Steven welcomes her back.

Steven Universe Future
In the Episode Volleyball she enters the clinic that Steven has set up for healing gems. Pink Pearl is curious as if Steven can fix her. In which after many attempts, he cannot. Pink Pearl says that the injury is due to Pink Diamond. Steven decides to search for Pearl. They meet and talk about her crack, in which it is Pearl who says it was White Diamond who did the damage. Pearl and Pink Pearl seem to have tension over the way Pink treated them both. Both Pearls decide to go to "The Reef" which is a central care center for all Pearls, and is even revealed they used to be made there. There is an unknown voice that recognizes Diamonds. There, there are an assortment of halls for Pearl forms and accessories. Later, they arrive at a room with a large Clam shell, where Pearls can be fixed and even rejuvenated. After scanning Pink Pearl, the voice concludes her gem is perfect, but her physical form is extremely damaged. It is concluded that the damage is Psychological, and with this revelation, the cracks grow. Then, Pink Pearl explains that Pink Diamond got angry after the times that Pink asked for a Colony, and threw a fit and hit Pink Pearl. The Pearls then start an argument about how Pink Diamond really acted, making Steven go into his Pink side. Making the unknown voice attempt to rejuvenate the Pearls. After some consolation, the Pearls fuse into a Guard looking Pearl fusion. They escape the reef, where the fusion says the Pearls now understand each other, unfusing and both Peals embracing.

Abilities
Pink Pearl is assumed to possess standard Gem abilities.

Fusions

 * When fused with Pearl, they form Mega Pearl.

Clandestine Abilities

 * White Capsule Generation: While controlled by White Diamond, Pink Pearl can create a kind of white capsule around herself or other Gems, with several utilities.
 * Levitational Transport: The capsule can also float around, as seen in "Legs From Here to Homeworld" and "Change Your Mind".
 * Teleportation: The capsule can also teleport Pink Pearl, as seen in "Together Alone" and "Change Your Mind".
 * Intangibility: While controlled by White Diamond, Pink Pearl has the ability to traverse solid materials such as the structure of the White Diamond ship. However, it is not yet known if this is, in fact, a skill or just the technology of the ship.
 * Levitation: While controlled by White Diamond, Pink Pearl has the ability to, indirectly, suspend her body.
 * White Burst: While under White Diamond's control, Pink Pearl was capable of shooting a white energy beam equivalent to White Diamond's aura through her eye. This energy beam can take over the affected Gems' mind.

Pink Diamond
In Steven's dream in "Together Alone", White Pearl (then Pink Pearl) is shown interacting with Steven dressed as Pink Diamond, suggesting White Pearl belonged to Pink Diamond. The two appear to have had a close relationship, having fun together and keeping their friendship a secret from the other Diamonds. Pink Pearl was then given to White Diamond, although it is uncertain when and why. It is possible that she was taken away by White Diamond as punishment to Pink Diamond as Blue had warned her.

In Steven Universe Future, Pink Pearl fondly reminisces over Pink Diamond. However, she reveals the crack on her face was Pink's doing, stating Pink hurt her during a tantrum. Despite learning the crack was psychosomatic damage, Pink Pearl repeatedly defended her Diamond's actions, explaining it as accidental and that she was only in the way. Later on, while speaking with Pearl, she came to the realization that she hadn’t recovered from her trauma and had only been making up excuses. Her fusion with Pearl later states Pink Pearl never realized Pink would change and was only seeing half the picture.

In "Volleyball", Pink Pearl appeared to be the only one aware of Pink's "destructive" powers.

Steven Universe
"Welcome back." White Pearl was assigned to bring Pink Diamond's son Steven to White Diamond. She also frowns when seeing him fuse with Connie. After she is freed from White Diamond's control and becomes pink again, Steven places a hand on her shoulder and welcomes her back from her former diamond superior White's control.

In Unleash the Light, Pink Pearl supports Steven's attempts at changing Homeworld for the better, hoping his efforts will work well. In the Steven Universe Future episode "Volleyball", Steven attempts to help Pink Pearl heal the scar on her face, proving he cares about her.

White Diamond
"To those in attendance of the Era 3 ball, White Diamond... has more important things to attend to." White Pearl has been shown acting as an envoy for White Diamond. As her representative and mouthpiece, White Pearl is treated as having the same level of authority as White Diamond, giving orders to the other Diamonds and even standing on White Diamond's throne during the latter's absence from Steven's "Era 3" ball. However, "Together Alone" casts doubt on whether she always belonged to White Diamond. It is then revealed in "Change Your Mind" that White Pearl was in fact mind controlled by White Diamond, a state she is freed from when White Diamond is defeated.

Yellow & Blue Diamond
"It's White's Pearl..." White Pearl is shown to be dismissive of Yellow and Blue Diamond, denying them entrance into White Diamond's ship without a complaint from either of them. The two even showed a degree of trepidation towards her. During Steven's dream in "Together Alone", Pink Pearl is shown saluting to Yellow Diamond when the latter enters Pink Diamond's room.

Trivia

 * Since Pink Pearl (as White Pearl) was also voiced by White Diamond's voice actress, Christine Ebersole, she was the only Pearl seen so far not to be voiced by Deedee Magno-Hall.
 * That is, until "Change Your Mind", where Pink Pearl is freed from White Diamond's control and regains her original voice, having Deedee Magno-Hall as her voice actress like all other Pearls seen thus far.
 * Pink Pearl is the first Gem encountered thus far to possess physical damage to her form despite not being corrupted or cracked.
 * Pink Pearl (as White Pearl) is currently the only subordinate of White Diamond to be named or shown.
 * In Steven's dream in "Together Alone", however, Pink Pearl is shown having formerly been a subordinate of Pink Diamond.
 * Pink Pearl's hairstyle is similar to that of Princess Leia from the Star Wars franchise.
 * She is the only Pearl known to have switched ownership, as she switched from being owned by Pink Diamond to being owned by White Diamond.

Gemstone
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