Amethyst

"♫ I will fight for the world I was made in! The Earth is everything I've ever known! ♫"

"Amethyst" is a main protagonist in Steven Universe.

One of the Gems manufactured on Earth as a part of the Gem Homeworld's Kindergarten project, Amethyst is one of the last surviving Gems on Earth to join the Crystal Gems. After the rebellion, Amethyst helped her friends protect the Earth over the next five millennia, and often aids in the shenanigans of Steven Universe, Rose Quartz's son.

Appearance
Amethyst is shorter than most characters, rivaling Steven's height, with an almost stout build. Amethyst's skin is lilac, and her hair is a pale lavender color. She has plump lips, a small, upturned nose and a large bang which obscures her left eye. If you look closely, she has indigo eyes. Her shoes are white ankle boots.

Debut
Amethyst wore a mauve, oversized, off-shoulder tank top (as confirmed in "Guide to the Crystal Gems") with a black bra underneath. She wore black leggings with star-shaped cutouts on the knees. There was also a tear above the left star.

Current
As of "Reformed", the colors of Amethyst's tank top and leggings are reversed. Instead of cutouts on her leggings, she now has black patches. On the lower part of her tank top, there are now two small slits on either side. She fixes her bra strap, keeping it on her shoulder rather than off (a feature Pearl was happy to see change).

Personality
"Amethyst is really... out of control. She likes to eat, she likes to sleep. She doesn't have to, but she does it 'cause it's fun."

Amethyst is fun and care-free. Loud and full of laughter, she is easily amused and very impulsive. Amethyst is often used as comic-relief. She is bad-mannered, rude, and rather untidy, giving her a somewhat uncivilized demeanor. Her overprotectiveness of her junk marks her as somewhat of a hoarder. These tendencies surface in "Maximum Capacity", where she is unwilling to let Greg throw anything away in his storage unit.

Amethyst tends to indulge Steven more than the other Gems and partakes in human activities with him, generally being carefree to a fault, though at times she has shown major concern for Steven's well-being. Although she doesn't have to, Amethyst enjoys eating and sleeping, and is frequently seen doing so.

Because of her origins in Kindergarten and its dark legacy, Amethyst harbors a tremendous amount of self-hatred, which is also fueled by her perception that she is inadequate when compared to Garnet or Pearl, and leaves her feeling out of place among the Crystal Gems. She thought that when Steven learned of her past, he would think less of her. She worries about Steven's and Garnet's approval in "Reformed", and Amethyst demonstrates that she has difficulty thinking for herself, regenerating multiple times in the episode with new forms that were all rushed or based on what she thinks Garnet and Steven will approve of.

Color Palettes

 * -|Day/Regular =
 * -|Twilight =
 * -|Night =
 * -|Kindergarten =
 * -|Facet Five =
 * -|Amethyst's Room =
 * -|The Desert =

Abilities
Amethyst possesses standard Gem abilities and traits.

Out of the Crystal Gems, Amethyst is the least likely to rely on her weapon in combat, instead relying on her martial art skills to deal with any threat. In "Laser Light Cannon", she readily volunteered to get thrown at the Red Eye by Garnet in order to punch/body slam into it as an attempt to destroy it; even long after it had proven ineffective. Amethyst is, by far, the most frequent user of shape-shifting, which she uses to enhance her unarmed fighting. She may shape-shift into her wrestling alter-ego, the Purple Puma, or take on more bizarre forms, depending on the task at hand.

Amethyst is very observant of other people's feelings. She tries to reassure Steven in "An Indirect Kiss" when he was worried for her as she fell apart, knows why Pearl kept fixing the Communication Hub in "Cry for Help", and that Garnet will not forgive Pearl unless the two directly talk it out in "Friend Ship".

Fusions

 * Opal
 * Sugilite
 * Alexandrite

Skillset

 * Whip Proficiency: Amethyst is very skilled with her whip, and mixes very well with her immense strength. She uses her whip to lash at opponents and cause damage that is strong enough to easily split a dumpster in half. Her lashes are sometimes so precise that it cuts through objects cleanly in a straight line. Occasionally, she uses her whip to grab onto objects, or lift the object, such as boulders, and throw them at the enemy. Her fighting-style can sometimes be considered reckless and foolhardy; in "Monster Buddies", she used her whip to pull the Centipeetle Mother towards her, knocking her and the other Crystal Gems down. Amethyst can throw her whip to entangle or bind her target from afar.
 * Whiplash: Amethyst can send waves of purple energy along her whip or whips in order to create an immense explosion.
 * Shape-shifting: While all Gems are capable of shapeshifting, Amethyst is particularly skilled at it, specializing in transformations.
 * Wrestling: Amethyst is a skilled wrestler, easily defeating all her human challengers in the Beach City Underground Wrestling league.

Unique Abilities

 * Enhanced Digestion: Amethyst has the ability to eat glass, plastic, paper, etc. and is able to digest it without getting sick or disgusted. However, she can still get food poisoning, but won't die from it.
 * Hair-Blade: Amethyst is able to use her hair to slash at an enemy with such potency it severs the claw of the Crab Gem Monster.
 * Spin Dash: Amethyst can rapidly roll in a ball-like shape to attack enemies.

Steven
"Ha ha! You care about me!" Amethyst spends a great deal of time hanging out with Steven (in Beach City and in her room), eating with him. Both are very carefree, and as a result, get along very well. Despite their sibling-esque nature, Amethyst teased Steven in "An Indirect Kiss" for caring about her, to which he replied "yes" with tears on his face since she was in danger of falling off a cliff. Steven believes that Amethyst may partially blame him for Rose's "death".

In "Reformed", Amethyst shows that she wants to impress Steven, and is afraid of him not liking her. This is seen in multiple ways. When Steven keeps asking her questions for a personality test on his phone, she avoided and lied about her answers. She even asked once for a correct answer, and Steven replied there isn't, since everyone can answer differently. Also, Amethyst rushed one of her regenerations because she didn't want to keep Steven waiting for her.

However, since the events of "Reformed", Amethyst seems to be more open to discussing her feelings with Steven, singing "Tower of Mistakes" in earshot of him and openly expressing a desire (to Steven) for Garnet to see her as "cool again" in "Cry for Help".

Garnet
While Amethyst dislikes being told what to do and often does what she wants to do, she respects Garnet's leadership abilities and judgment. She, like the rest of the Crystal Gems, is aware that Garnet is a fusion and after Steven revealed he had discovered this, she shouts out "You met Ruby and Sapphire!?". In "Cry for Help", Amethyst is shown looking forward to fusing with Garnet, saying that she feels stronger when fused with her.

Pearl
The two share a strained relationship, possibly due to their contrasting personalities; Pearl being clean and tidy, while Amethyst is loud and isn't afraid to get her hands dirty. Amethyst frequently teases Pearl, who often scolds her. Regardless, they value each other as teammates/friends.

Amethyst had thought that Pearl perceived her as a "mistake", due to her origins. But she dismissed the notion when Pearl stated, "You were the one good thing that came out of this mess. I always thought you were proud of that."

During the episode "Cry for Help", Pearl and Garnet fused to form Sardonyx, as opposed to Amethyst and Garnet fusing to form Sugilite, resulting in Amethyst being jealous towards Pearl and Amethyst's lament. However, when Steven and Amethyst learned that Pearl was fixing the Communication Hub just to create Sardonyx, Amethyst was not angry or upset once she discovered Pearl's motivation for doing so. When the truth was revealed to Garnet, Amethyst defended Pearl as she knew why she did it. In "Keystone Motel", when Steven, Garnet and Greg return from their trip, Amethyst can be briefly seen trying to console a very upset Pearl, whom Garnet is ignoring due to Pearls‘ irresponsible actions in "Cry for Help".

Rose Quartz
It appears that Amethyst and Rose were good friends, as Amethyst describes her as "the person that was always there for me". Amethyst was hurt when Rose Quartz started seeing Greg and had less time to spend with her, even more so when she gave up her physical form.

Greg
In "Maximum Capacity", it is revealed that Amethyst and Greg used to be good friends. After Rose gave up her physical form to give birth to Steven, the two would marathon the "Li'l Butler" TV show together for days at a time. This would stop when she blamed Greg for Rose's "death", messing with him until she took it too far in an incident which involved shapeshifting. During the episode she torments Greg again by shapeshifting into Rose. By the end of the episode, Amethyst made efforts to mend their friendship by replacing the broken frame of a photo of Greg with Rose and giving it to Greg.

"Story for Steven" seemed to imply that she has longer hair now because she liked how his hair looked.

Sardonyx
Much like Pearl's dislike towards Sugilite, Amethyst seems to show jealousy towards Sardonyx as she made Amethyst feel weak and reckless after Sugilite went berserk in "Coach Steven".

Stevonnie
In "Alone Together", Amethyst is happy to meet Stevonnie (after chuckling at Garnet's blissful reaction to their appearance). She ultimately names them after tripping over Connie and Steven's individual names when asking about how they feel in their newly fused form.

Vidalia
"Aw, man. We used to get into all sorts of trouble." Amethyst and Vidalia were close friends in older days, both being mischievous troublemakers. They had a lot of fun together, but lost contact for 17 years when both moved forward with their lives.

In "Onion Friend" they reunite and talk like the old days, and it is revealed that Vidalia takes a lot of inspiration from Amethyst, not just through her paintings and drawings, but also in her everyday life, considering how much she admires her laid-back personality. Amethyst however felt the opposite, with Vidalia being her inspiration for the same reasons.

Lion
Like all the Crystal Gems, Amethyst has no problem treating Lion like part of the team and like a friend. Amethyst has liked Lion since the first time they met, unlike Garnet and Pearl.

Quotes
See Amethyst's Quotes.

Trivia

 * Amethyst must have had an accident between the construction of the Beach House and the time of Steven moving in, as evidenced by the fact that her outfit had longer sleeves and no straps during Steven's song, but when welcoming Steven into the house with Garnet and Pearl, her outfit was as it is in "Gem Glow".
 * She is the first Gem shown to shape-shift.
 * Amethyst shape-shifted herself a digestive system in order to eat.
 * Of the four Crystal Gems, save for Steven, Amethyst is the one who eats solid food the most often.
 * Her "Spin Ball" attack, which she shares with Jasper, may be a reference to the popular fictional character, Sonic the Hedgehog, whose main form of attack is rolling into a ball and dashing into enemies.
 * She is the first Crystal Gem to have three revealed fusions.
 * It is possible that she has long hair due to Greg's influence on her, as in "Story for Steven", Amethyst takes an interest in Greg's hair and climbs through it.
 * However, she has had long hair in the past, as evidenced by the painting in her room from "So Many Birthdays".
 * Amethyst's design changed the least from the "Pilot" to the series, besides Steven. These changes include:
 * Removal of silver ring around gemstone. (As seen in "Reformed", her gem still has a ring around it, however, it is not visible unless she's regenerating, as the ring is usually hidden under her skin.)
 * Her top changed from long-sleeved to strap-like.
 * Circle shaped holes in her leggings changed to star-shaped.
 * Removal of barrette.
 * Boots changed from fold-over to regular.
 * Removal of fanny pack, though it makes an appearance in "Beach Party".
 * Skin tone is lightened.
 * Hair style is cleaner.
 * Amethyst's original outfit did not feature the classic Crystal Gem insignia seen on Pearl and Garnet, but rather has cutouts of stars on her knees.
 * This is likely because she was not born/created as a Crystal Gem, but rather found at Kindergarten by the others and adopted into their fold.
 * As a result, she might have altered her default outfit to represent the Crystal Gems.
 * "Frybo" is the first episode that neither Amethyst nor Garnet appeared in, with "Garnet's Universe" being the second episode that neither Amethyst nor Pearl appeared in.
 * Of all the Gems seen thus far, Amethyst shape-shifts the most.
 * At New York Comic-Con, Rebecca Sugar revealed that Amethyst's designs and color palette are based on Adventure Time ' s Lumpy Space Princess, due to her earlier work on that show.
 * In "Steven and the Stevens", it is shown that Amethyst knows how to play the drums.
 * In "We Need to Talk", it is revealed that Greg was the one that taught her how to play the drums.
 * She was the first Gem to have her gemstone cracked on-screen, with the second being Lapis Lazuli.
 * She is also the only Crystal Gem so far to have her gem cracked on-screen.
 * Amethyst can't shape-shift when she is under a lot of pressure.
 * It is shown that when Amethyst blushes, she blushes dark purple.
 * Amethyst is seen blushing for the first time in "An Indirect Kiss".
 * Amethyst can speak Spanish.
 * Amethyst, Sugilite, Rainbow Quartz, Alexandrite, Ruby, Sapphire, and Sardonyx are the only Crystal Gems who haven't been seen bubbling away a gemstone.
 * Some purple-shaded bubbles can be seen in the Burning Room, suggesting she's bubbled some off-screen.
 * None of Amethyst's fusions are fully stable.
 * Opal de-fuses at the minimal disagreement with Pearl.
 * Sugilite's personallity combines the worst of her and Garnet's personallities, being very dangerous and reckless.
 * Alexandrite is the most unstable, due to the several conflicts between all of her fusees.
 * All of her fusions have extra limbs, her wild long hair, the stars in their legs and her voluminous lips.
 * Rebecca has revealed in an interview that Amethyst's room is the closest to her actual lifestyle.
 * According to creator Rebecca Sugar, Amethyst's dancing/fighting style is based on dance hall and club dancing.
 * Amethyst shares the same gemstone placement with the Invisible Gem Monster, that being the chest.
 * Amethyst is at least 6,000 years old, as that was when Earth's Kindergarten was shut down.
 * She did not take part in the battle in the Gem Battlefield, though she would've been a thousand years old by then.
 * Amethyst lived some time in Kindergarten after emerging; spending her time playing with different rocks she had adopted as her "friends".
 * In "Story for Steven" and "We Need to Talk", Amethyst acts in many ways like an animal or a feral child. She mostly walks on all fours, is very invasive and inquisitive, rips through a bag of pop-pops like a dog would, and even goes to fetch a stick when Garnet throws it.
 * In "The Message", Amethyst was more irritated by the Wailing Stone than the rest of the Gems.
 * Amethyst also started Greg's Van with its key, and exclaimed that it was "way easier", implying that she may have hot-wired a car before.
 * Amethyst and Jasper have similarities. These similarities include:
 * Jasper and Amethyst both have wild and unkempt hair.
 * Jasper can also rapidly roll in a ball-like shape to attack enemies. While Amethyst was shown to have this ability as well, it seems that Jasper's version is more powerful.
 * This could be a hint to actual mineralogy, as jasper is a non-crystalline quartz, while amethyst is a crystalline quartz.
 * In "Full Disclosure", Amethyst suggested they build a moat to keep humans off the beach with her as the crocodile, but the idea was rejected by Pearl because Amethyst "never commits".
 * Of the four Crystal Gems, Amethyst usually ends up getting hurt and having to retreat to her gemstone to regenerate the most.
 * In each regeneration, her color palette slightly changed.
 * To date, Amethyst has regenerated six times, the most recent instance in "Reformed".
 * She is also the first Gem to regenerate in Season 2, with Peridot being the second.
 * Amethyst is the only Gem to have to retreat into her gemstone because of a corrupted Gem. Pearl was stabbed by Holo-Pearl, and Garnet was hit by the Gem Destabilizer from Jasper.
 * Besides Sapphire, Amethyst has had the least amount of singing time of any Crystal Gem.
 * Her first solo, "Tower of Mistakes", was featured in "Cry for Help".
 * Amethyst's reason for protecting Earth is because it is her birthplace, and the only home she has ever known.
 * Her lines from the extended opening theme are, "I will fight for the world I was made in! The Earth is everything I've ever known!".
 * Amethyst does not care what food she eats or where she eats it from, as in "Reformed", where she is willing to add engine oil to her meal.
 * Amethyst is loosely based on Rebecca Sugar's friend, Valerie Ang, from college.
 * She is the only Crystal Gem to not have a human take romantic interest in her.
 * The other Crystal Gems to have a human's romantic interest are Pearl, Garnet, Rose Quartz and Steven Universe.
 * Amethyst enjoys the feeling of digestion.
 * She also enjoys urinating in the ocean.
 * She has shape-shifted significantly less after her most recent regeneration.
 * According to Guide to the Crystal Gems, Amethyst has, in the past, experimented with male forms, including her wrestling alter ego, the Purple Puma.

Gemology
Gemstone Information


 * Amethyst is the birthstone for those who are born in February, or for the zodiacal sign of Pisces and Aquarius.
 * Amethyst belongs to the macro-crystalline branch of quartz and owes its violet/purple color to iron and aluminum impurities, though radiation can cause purple coloration as well. The colors range from purple and violet to pale red-violet.
 * Amethyst stones are often associated with the Greek/Roman god Dionysus/Bacchus, god of wine and intoxication. This could be the reason behind her impulsive and self-indulgent nature.
 * Which is ironic considering amethysts, though associated with the wine god, symbolize sobriety. Often carved into wine goblets to prevent drunkenness.
 * Amethyst's chemical formula is SiO2::Fe, where the iron makes amethysts have a purple-like coloration.

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