Ruby

"That's what you think! I am an eternal flame, baby!"

"Ruby" is a Crystal Gem that debuted in "Jail Break", though she made a brief cameo in "Fusion Cuisine". Ruby is currently fused with Sapphire as Garnet.

Appearance
Ruby has bright-scarlet skin and dark-burgundy hair. She wears a maroon tank top, a matching colored headband around her thick and fluffy, outgrown hair cropped at the neck, mid-thigh length burgundy shorts, and short, pointed maroon boots similar to Amethyst's. She is a few inches taller than Steven. Her gem is on her left hand.

Personality
According to Rebecca Sugar, Ruby "has no sense of what’s going on around her" and "can only focus on one thing only at the expense of all things."

Ruby embodies Garnet's fury and courage, contrasting Sapphire, who rather embodies Garnet's cool nature, discipline and kindness. She appears to be a bad conversationalist, a trait which she carries onto Garnet, occasionally speaking in somewhat unintelligible mumbles. Ruby is often overly aggressive. She is known to have a short temper and violent ways of exhibiting her anger. Ruby is also very willing to admit when she has taken her anger too far and will admit when she is in the wrong. Ruby also places much value in trust and fusion, being absolutely outraged with Pearl when she learned she was tricked into fusing into Sardonyx and angered at the revelation of Peridot's experiments.

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Gemstone Color Palettes

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Abilities
Ruby possesses standard Gem abilities and traits.

Ruby seems to possess a higher degree of strength than most Gems, as she was able to shake the walls of her prison with a single punch, lift Sapphire with little effort in "Jail Break", and flip a diner booth table with relative ease in "Keystone Motel".

Fusions

 * When fused with:
 * Sapphire, they form Garnet.
 * Sapphire and Amethyst, they form Sugilite.
 * Sapphire, Amethyst, and Pearl, they form Alexandrite.
 * Sapphire and Pearl, they form Sardonyx.

Skillset

 * Gauntlet Proficiency: Through sheer anger and feeling the need to release it through violence, Ruby is able to summon her gauntlet. Although only seen once in the series, it is clear that Ruby possesses some knowledge of how to use it.

Unique Abilities

 * Thermokinesis: Ruby is able to increase her core temperature. This is shown in "Keystone Motel", when her body gets so hot that it begins burning the carpet of the motel room, and when she boils the pool to nothing but steam in a very short amount of time. It is also shown to relate to Ruby's temper because when she gets furious, she increases her temperature subconsciously.

Sapphire
"Sapphire... No, no no no no no! This is all my fault! I-I didn't want to look for a solution, I-I just wanted to be mad! Y-You're right! You're always right! I was being stupid!"

She and Sapphire have a romantic relationship, shown in "Jail Break", when she immediately panics when realizing that the two have been separated and becomes reckless trying to find her, trying to pass through the energy field (as hinted by the screams of pain heard at the beginning of the episode), running around without checking if Peridot and Jasper are around and loudly shouting for Sapphire whenever she stops singing. When she finds Sapphire, the two embrace and Sapphire kisses away Ruby's tears, showing their romantic relationship. Ruby cares strongly for Sapphire's well-being, as she expressed deep concern for possible injury. Garnet's dialogue in "Love Letters" implies that Ruby and Sapphire's relationship developed gradually over a period of time. "Keystone Motel" reveals that their relationship can be strained at times due to Sapphire's precognition, causing her to be preoccupied with the outcome of events, instead of the events as they happen. This puts her at odds with the passionate Ruby, who very much lives "in the moment". In this episode, Ruby was furious over Pearl's deception in "Cry for Help", but Sapphire wasn't because she had seen that in the future they would all get along again. This greatly irritated Ruby, as she felt that Sapphire was acting cold, uncaring, emotionless and distant. By the end of the episode, she sees how much the ordeal actually affected Sapphire and, realizing that being furious was helping nobody, apologized for her behaviour.

Steven Universe
"No! Steven, it's all us!"

At first, Ruby seemed distant towards Steven only focusing on finding and re-fusing with Sapphire as soon as possible. In reality, Ruby cares deeply for Steven, as hinted when she tries to tell him not to put his hand through the force field for his own safety. Garnet also says that both her and Sapphire had already loved Steven when he asked if he made a good first impression. She was also upset by the fact that their plan of revealing themselves on Steven's birthday had failed, apparent when she said to Steven, "Oh, great! This is just perfect!" and "Don't look at me!" In "Keystone Motel", she obliges in Steven's attempts to calm her down, and upon seeing how Steven was affected by her and Sapphire fighting, Ruby and Sapphire both felt very guilty and made up.

Crystal Gems
"You met Ruby and Sapphire?!"

Pearl and Amethyst have been aware of Garnet's true identities for several millennia. Their perception of the two while separated remains unknown, but given their good relationship with Garnet, it can be assumed it is a positive one. Ruby holds a great deal of trust and respect for their teammates and becomes furious when Pearl betrays that trust in "Cry for Help".

Cluster Gems
"So this is what Homeworld thinks of fusion!"

Upon encountering the Cluster Gems, Ruby and Sapphire were both disturbed to the point of almost unfusing. While Ruby reacted with the most verbal anger and outrage at what Gem Homeworld had done to their fallen friends, it was Garnet's right eye that represents Ruby that started crying, indicating that she was deeply saddened as well.

Pearl
"She lied to us so we'd form Sardonyx! She tricked us; don't you feel used?!" Not much is known about the relationship between Ruby and Pearl, except during "Keystone Motel", where Ruby feels used after Pearl tricked Garnet to fuse with her by rebuilding the Communication Hub twice. Ruby was very angered by this, which contrasted Sapphire's opinion of wanting to forgive Pearl, even leading to them unfusing.

Greg Universe
"Oh boy... Where's the other one?"

Not much is known about her relationship with Greg, but Greg at least knew that she and Sapphire were the fusion components of Garnet, and considering most humans aren't close enough to her to know this knowledge, this at least shows he knows her rather well.

Lapis Lazuli
Not much is known of Ruby's specific opinion on Lapis Lazuli, however, if it is anything like Garnet's, she is rather indifferent about her and would possibly look at her as not much of an ally, but not much of an opponent either. Upon meeting her in "Jail Break", she says "Oh, it's just you...", implying that she holds more of a negative attitude towards Lapis Lazuli.

Season 1

 * "Fusion Cuisine" (cameo)
 * "Jail Break" (debut)

Season 2

 * "Love Letters" (mentioned)
 * "Keeping it Together" (mentioned)
 * "Keystone Motel"
 * "Friend Ship" (mentioned)
 * "Too Far" (indirectly mentioned)

Shorts

 * We Are The Crystal Gems (non-speaking cameo)
 * What Are Gems? (gemstone only)
 * Fusion (non-speaking cameo)

Trivia

 * Garnet and the other Crystal Gems had planned to wait for Steven's birthday to introduce Ruby and Sapphire to him.
 * It is unknown whether or not they will still do this.
 * Although she was not formally introduced until "Jail Break", her silhouette, along with Sapphire's, can be seen when Alexandrite unfuses in "Fusion Cuisine". To the left of "Garnet" is seen as Ruby, and to the right of "Garnet" is seen as Sapphire.
 * Most of Garnet's sensitive side seems to come from Ruby; whenever Garnet cries, her tears fall from her right eye (the red-colored one) that represents Ruby.
 * Ruby cried when she and Sapphire met again in "Jail Break", while Sapphire herself appeared to remain calm in "Keeping it Together" after meeting the Cluster Gems.
 * When asked if Ruby was blind from when she says, "I can't see", Joe Johnston merely stated that she was "used to being fused with Sapphire, and so, used to having two types of vision."
 * Ruby is the birthstone of Rebecca Sugar.
 * Ruby and Sapphire both lack stars or diamonds on their outfit.
 * This is explained in "Story for Steven". The Crystal Gems seemed to not have adopted the star symbol until after Rose Quartz's departure, and Ruby and Sapphire have been fused since before then.
 * It is possible that Ruby and Sapphire both have rooms in the Crystal Temple, due to the fact that they both have their corresponding gemstones on the Temple Gate.
 * Ruby's gemstone location is not symmetrical, along with Sapphire's.
 * When fused as Garnet, however, their combined gemstones become symmetrical in relation to each other.
 * During times of great conflict of opinion, she and Sapphire are able to talk to each other individually through Garnet, as shown in "Keeping it Together" and "Keystone Motel".
 * In the extended theme song, Ruby is shown to be cracking or holding her knuckles, a sign of toughness, or that she's ready to fight, while Sapphire is holding her hands together, interlocking her fingers. This shows that she is calm, graceful and passionate. On the other hand, Ruby seems calmer than expected from her, and Sapphire more upbeat than usual, possibly indicating that being Garnet brings balance to their personalities.
 * Ruby is denser than water, and, as such, she sinks in the pool in "Keystone Motel".
 * This is according to the ruby gemstone, that also sinks in water.
 * Ruby's gauntlet may resemble the superhero Hellboy's "Right Hand of Doom".
 * Ruby's thermo-regulation of raising the temperature directly opposes Sapphire's thermo-regulation of lowering the temperature, representing their polar opposite personalities.
 * Ruby's ability to raise the temperature is somewhat of a pun, being that in "Keystone Motel", where Ruby is quite literally letting off steam, and acting like a "hot-head", this is also shown when Sapphire says, "She'll eventually just burn herself out."
 * Ruby and Sapphire's relationship is similar to the phrase "fire and ice", with Ruby representing the fire with her temper and her ability to raise temperatures.
 * This is where Garnet gets her electricity powers, as thunderstorms can form when masses of cold and warm air form.
 * Although Ruby's gem is in her left palm, she is shown summoning her gauntlet on her right hand.
 * Ruby is most likely able to summon gauntlets for both hands.
 * Ruby is voiced by Charlyne Yi, who voices Chloe Park in We Bare Bears, another Cartoon Network original series.
 * Not counting Sapphire's tune in "Jail Break", Ruby and Sapphire are the only unfused Crystal Gems who have never sang.
 * Ruby's gem cut is a square, while Sapphire's is a triangle. While triangles are self-sustaining in that each side of a triangle supports the other two, squares are not (i.e. a freeformed square can be changed into a rhombus without stretching or contracting sides). This could be a metaphor for Ruby being the hotheaded counterpart to Sapphire, as she is shown to "collapse" easily as well.
 * Ruby's short temper combined with her stature is a reference to the "Napoleon Complex" stereotype.

Gemology


Gemstone Information


 * Ruby is a gemstone of emotion, associated with passion, strength and anger. This shows in Ruby's emotional temperaments and overall emotional/angry attitude as well as her strength.
 * Ruby is the birthstone for those born in July and is also the zodiacal stone for Cancer, who are nurturing and protective of others.
 * Ruby is also used to celebrate the fifteenth and fortieth wedding anniversaries.
 * The day assigned to ruby is Tuesday (hence the Rolling Stones song, "Ruby Tuesday").
 * Ruby is assigned to the planet Moon, which explains the constantly changing emotions.
 * Ruby is the national gemstone of Burma and Thailand.
 * Since ruby is a member of the corundum group, it is closely related to sapphire and thus shares some properties, such as hardness, composition and double refraction, with sapphire.
 * Corundum that occurs in other colors is classified as sapphire.
 * Ruby can be identified by its hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale, and vibrant color.
 * Natural ruby can be distinguished from synthetic ruby by its inclusions; natural ruby typically exhibits inclusions, whereas synthetic ruby tends to be eye clean.
 * The color of ruby is its most important quality factor. The most sought after color is a strong pure red to red with a hint of blue.
 * The vivid red color of ruby means that it is associated with desire, and it is thought by some to be a stone of love with an aphrodisiac effect.
 * When the color of ruby is too light, it is classified as pink sapphire, but the line between pinkish-red ruby and pink sapphire varies by region.
 * A ruby can come in many colors. However, a blue ruby is considered a sapphire.

Gemstone
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