Peridot

''This article is about the character. For the instrumental song, see Peridot (soundtrack).'' "It doesn't matter what Earth is like! It's not going to be like anything soon!"

"Peridot" is a Homeworld Gem who debuted in "Warp Tour" and a recurring antagonist. She currently resides with the Crystal Gems, specifically inside Steven's Bathroom as of "Catch and Release".

Appearance
Peridot has lime-green skin, and pale greenish-yellow hair styled into a tetrahedron shape. Her true eye color is unknown at this time, due to being tinted by her visor, but can be presumed to be some shade of green. Her mouth and tongue are blue. Her gem is located on her forehead, and is shaped like an inverted triangle with rounded edges.

In all of her appearances to date, she wears a sleeveless green V-neck bodysuit. Her suit is mostly medium green, with a dark-green diamond outline around the cut-out of her neck area, meeting together to form the Yellow Diamond emblem at her solar plexus, with a dark-green portion between her chest and leggings. Her leggings feature yellow diamond-shaped kneepads. She is never seen without her visor, which covers the top half of her face and tints her eyes yellow-green.

From her first appearance in "Warp Tour," Peridot wore arm bracers and boots until "Catch and Release," which revealed them to be Limb Enhancers. These artificial extensions are bright green and flare out toward the wrists and ankles, which are colored very dark green. The arm enhancers also feature artificial fingers which are not directly attached, but instead levitate around where the palms would be. The leg enhancers serve to enhance her height; without them, she is only about as tall as Ruby and Sapphire and slightly taller than Steven.

Personality
Thus far, Peridot has been shown to be morose and ruthless. She takes her work seriously, crushing one of her Robonoids underfoot when it was damaged in her first apperance during "Warp Tour". In "Marble Madness", She briefly interacts with Steven, questioning him about the current state of Earth before losing interest and attemping to crush him. When the Crystal Gems intervine and reveal themselves, Peridot is shocked and flustered. when she realizes that the Crystal Gems were the ones that have been destroying her equipment, she quickly loses her temper and asks "Why do you keep destroying my things?!".

Peridot is very naïve when it comes to Earth, especially when the information is not important to the mission, such as assuming that Steven's Crying Breakfast Friends! sticker was a sign that the Galaxy Warp had been compromised. She also believed that, while interrogating Steven, there were a species called "Stevens", just because he addressed himself by his name, and in in "Friend Ship" she referrs to Steven's fingers as "touch stumps".

Since "Jail Break" Peridot has become increasingly frantic in her attempts to contact homeworld and stop the Crystal gems interferring with her plans. In "Keeping it Together". For example, when flying away with her helicopter fingers, she smiles down and laughs hysterically, and her facial expressions are exaggerated throughout the episode.

In "Cry for Help", Peridot interrupts Crying Breakfast Friends! and all other television signals with her own broadcast from the Communication Hub begging Yellow Diamond for help.

In "Friend Ship", Peridot smugly taunts the Crystal Gems after trapping them in an ancient gem vessel, believing herself to always be one step ahead, even repeatedly yelling at them to die with no qualms with repeatedly attempting to destroy them with the various traps on board.

In "Catch and Release", Peridot kidnapping Steven with the hope he'll be able to fix the homeworld warp, when he can't she becomes hysterical, and eventually breaks down with the realization she's stuck on earth with the Cluster, but before she can elaborate the Crystal Gem's arrive and disarm, poof, and bubble her. After reforming into her natural self and losing her armor, she becomes very juvenile and paranoid, assuming that harmless household items are "weapons" and that every action from the Crystal Gems is driven by hostility. However, once comforted by Steven, she becomes much more relaxed and cooperative.

History
In "Warp Tour", Peridot sends her flask robonoids to Earth to repair the Homeworld warp pad which allowed to warp to Earth. From there, Peridot planned on warping to the Kindergarten, but she grew concerned when she saw Steven's crying breakfast friends sticker that “this site may be compromised” and warped bck to Homeworld. After she left, Garnet smashed the Homeworld warp pad so Peridot couldn't return.

In "Marble Madness", more of Peridot’s robonoids arrive on Earth. The Crystal Gems destroy all but one of them which they follow to the Kindergarten. Peridot then uses the robonoid to link with the Kindergarten from Homeworld and a large hologram of her face appears. Peridot then proceeds to perform a status check of the facility, but is interrupted by Steven. When asked what she’s doing here Peridot simply replies that she’s “just picking up where they left off” before attempting to crush Steven who is saved by Garnet. Peridot is surprised to find Gems on Earth as according Homeworld’s records Gems were wiped out on Earth and the Red Eye didn’t report any new Gem activity on the planet. The Crystal Gems then destroy the Kidergarten’s power source thereby severing Peridot’s link.

In "The Return", Peridot returns to Earth with a Gem Warship, Lapis as her informant, and Jasper as her escort. Peridot tells Jasper that it was them, the Crystal Gems, who have been interfering with her mission. However, she scoffs at Peridot and orders her to just destroy them with the ship's weapons. Peridot fires an intense beam of energy at the Crystal Gems using the ship but Steven uses his shield to block Peridot’s attack. Jasper then orders Peridot to launch a barrage attack while she fights the Crystal Gems and captures them.

In "Jail Break", Peridot argues with Jasper saying that the reason they came to Earth was to check on “the Cluster”, but Jasper doesn’t listen and orders Peridot to turn the ship around and plot a course for Homeworld. However, Steven breaks the others out of their cells, they immobilize Peridot, and take control of the ship. Before the ship crashes to Earth, though, Peridot escapes using an escape pod and lands somewhere else on Earth.

In "Keeping It Together", the Crystal Gems encounter Peridot at the Kindergarten where she’s noting how the fusion experiments are developing properly and how a few have even emerged early. After she sees the Crystal Gems she quickly flees while mentioning how she has already gotten what she needed from this place.

In "Cry For Help", Peridot repairs the communication hub and tries to a send a message to Yellow Diamond saying how her ship, her escort, and her informant are all gone and to please send help immediately.

In "Friend Ship", Pearl discovers they can track Peridot every time she uses a warp pad by using her old escape pod. They first track her to the galaxy warps where she’s trying to repair the Homeworld warp. They fight, but she escapes using another warp pad. They next track her to a wrecked gem colony ship, however, they soon learn it’s a trap and Peridot seals them in and activates the ships internal weapons. After fighting their way through a gauntlet of traps, the Gems make it to the bridge where they corner Peridot. Peridot, however, blows a hole in the roof and attempts to fly away. Before she can, though, Steven grabs hold of one her limb enhancers forcing her to leave it behind.

In "Catch and Release", Peridot kidnaps Steven from his bed in order to force him to repair the Homeworld warp pad just like he repaired Lapis’ gemstone. However, Steven isn’t able to fix the warp pad. The other Crystal Gems then arrive to rescue Steven and a fight ensues. Garnet gets the upperhand, however, and destroys Peridots body and bubbles her gem. However, before being destroyed Peridot warns them that they need her because she’s the only one who knows about “the cluster”. Curious as to what Peridot was trying to say, Steven frees Peridot. Peridot begins fighting with Steven, but she does explain how her mission was to check on the progress of “the cluster” and get off the planet before it hatches. Peridot then escapes the temple and locks herself inside Steven’s bathroom. Pearl and the others agree that until Peridot tells them what she knows, she can live in the house.

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Abilities
Peridot, aside from regeneration, presumably possesses standard Gem abilities and traits. Most of Peridot's "abilities" stem from her Limb Enhancers, so it is unknown what the majority of her abilities are other than standard Gem abilities.

Peridot has displayed, on countless moments, a heightened ability at working with technology. She has enough experience to pilot a Gem Warship and in "Jail Break", Peridot is seen briefly interfacing with her ships controls, presumably setting a course to the Gem Homeworld.

She has a variety of evasion tactics, and surprising resilience to injury, being able to survive a great fall in "Keeping it Together". She has some construction skills, as she managed to rebuild the Communication Hub to a usable state and was seen trying to fix a Warp Pad. Peridot has also shown to be surprisingly limber, being able to avoid most attacks during her confrontation with the Gems in "Friend Ship", and using her fingers as an alternative to walking. However, Peridot has little to no skills in hand-to-hand combat, and has been mostly reliant on her Limb Enhancers for self defense.

Additional Tools

 * Gem Destabilizer: In "Jail Break", Peridot wields a Gem Destabilizer, an extremely potent, but non-lethal, tool used to subdue enemy Gems.
 * Robonoids: Peridot can control different types of spherical robots, known as Robonoids. There are three types of known Robonoids: Flask, Plug, and Hand. They can perform multiple functions, such as fixing a Warp Pad and activating Kindergarten.
 * EMP device: In "Warp Tour", Peridot placed a device on the Galaxy Warp Pad before she left Earth. About three seconds after being placed, the device explodes, disabling all of her Robonoids. The device seems to be highly advanced, as Pearl's pulse bomb in "Political Power" (which appears to be made from human technology) was unable to disable even a single Robonoid.
 * Limb Enhancers: Mechanical body extensions Peridot has worn since her debut until she is caught by the Crystal Gems in "Catch and Release".
 * Anatomical Liberation: Peridot can separate/amputate some of her body parts by touching a lime-colored button at the zone she wants to remove.
 * Blaster Protrusion: Peridot can transform her fingers of her right arm into a blaster which can charge and fire an electrified energy ball which explodes on impact. Charging it for a second produces a shot powerful enough to blast through the ceiling of the Ancient Gem Colony Ship. Charging it for several seconds produces a large shot which can knock down a thick stone pillar, and has enough recoil to knock Peridot onto her back.
 * Interface Creation: Peridot can project a holographic touchscreen from the fingers of her right hand, in which she can control and connect to different forms of Gem technology.
 * Tractor Beam: Peridot is able to produce a light green tractor beam from her left hand to move or throw objects/people.
 * Wall-Scaling: Peridot can freely run up vertical walls without falling.
 * Helicopter Fingers: Peridot can expand the fingers of either hand and spin them rapidly enough to fly.

Crystal Gems
At first, the Crystal Gems didn't know who Peridot was, but they all (except Steven) seemed to be afraid of her (as shown when they hid from her in "Warp Tour" and "Marble Madness"), though it might have been due to the fact that none of them knew what she was capable of. Likewise, Peridot wasn't aware that any Gems remained on Earth, much less the Crystal Gems, as she was quite shocked to find them still alive. In "The Message", Lapis Lazuli told the Crystal Gems that a Gem with advanced technology (whom Pearl assumed to be Peridot) would be bringing an army to Earth and that they should surrender, as it would be much easier. In "Joy Ride", Garnet does seem to have a bitter resentment after the events of "Jail Break", as she and the other Crystal Gems relentlessly attacked and beat her Escape Pod when they thought she was inside. In "Keeping it Together", she seemed to fear them and called them "Crystal Clods", running from them in shock, and only fought back when tied up. In "Friend Ship", she mocked the Crystal Gems, thinking she was superior to them. She led them into her traps, and tricked them into believing that she was there. This eventually led to her escaping with one less foot. After the events of "Catch and Release", Peridot is currently living in their bathroom.

Steven Universe
Peridot was initially dismissive of Steven, viewing him as less than a threat and more like a human. This arrogance has caused her to underestimate him on numerous occasions. When Peridot first saw Steven in "Marble Madness", she thought there was an infestation of "Stevens" in the Kindergarten. Peridot then asked him if "Stevens" were the dominant species replacing humans before attempting to crush him with a giant fist, only to be stopped by the other Crystal Gems. In "The Return", she continued to show little regard for Steven, who was believed to only be a human, until it was revealed that he was actually Rose Quartz (or so she and Jasper believed). In "Jail Break", Peridot attempted to use her Gem Destabilizer to subdue Steven, and was surprised by his apparent immunity to the effects of the device. In "Keeping it Together", she talks to Steven calmly with only a hint of fear (Likely due to his connections with the Crystal Gems). However, she runs away shortly when the rest of the Crystal Gems find her. In "Friend Ship", Steven wished her good morning and having a good weekend, meaning Steven still wants to be friends with her. Peridot does copy Steven's taunt when she escapes, implying his influence on her. However, she feels no problem with attempting to kill him, much like their first encounter in the Kindergarten when she used one of the giant remote-controlled hands to try and crush him. In "Catch and Release", she has no qualms over kidnapping Steven to use his powers for her own purposes (repairing the Homeworld Warp), although she is later poofed and bubbled by Garnet. After Steven released her and was empathetic during her initial shock, the two seem to be on good terms with each other.

Jasper
Though the extent of their relationship is unknown, Jasper acts as Peridot's escort during her mission on Earth. Once on Earth however, when Jasper realizes Steven possesses Rose's gemstone, Jasper immediately prioritizes returning to Homeworld over Peridot's mission, which she dismisses as trivial, this leaves Peridot feeling disgruntled, And It is very clear that Jasper thinks less of her. In "Cry for Help", it is overtly stated that Jasper is her escort. In "Catch and Release", Peridot is shown to have no qualms to abandoning her on Earth.

Lapis Lazuli
In "Cry for Help", it is revealed that Lapis is Peridot's informant, implying that they have interacted/conversed with each other off-screen. This seems to be due to the lack of knowledge Peridot has of the Earth and Lapis's knowledge of the Crystal Gems and the planet. The full extent of their relationship is unknown, although Lapis appears to be afraid of her, as she desperately warned Steven not to put up a fight when she arrived. As with Jasper, Peridot doesn't seem to have any qualms with abandoning Lapis to whatever fate is in store for her on Earth.

Yellow Diamond
In "The Return", when Jasper mentioned the name Yellow Diamond, not only Lapis winced, but Peridot showed fear as well. Yellow Diamond appears to be her superior, since Peridot sends a distress message pleading for help in "Cry for Help" via the communication hub tower. In "Catch and Release" Peridot states that she has not received a response from Yellow Diamond since her distress message in "Cry for Help"

Season 1

 * "Warp Tour" (debut)
 * "Marble Madness" (on a screen)
 * "The Message" (mentioned)
 * "Political Power" (mentioned)
 * "The Return"
 * "Jail Break"

Season 2

 * "Full Disclosure" (flashback)
 * "Joy Ride" (mentioned)
 * "Keeping it Together"
 * "Cry for Help" (video transmission)
 * "Keystone Motel" (mentioned)
 * "Friend Ship"
 * "Nightmare Hospital" (mentioned)
 * "Catch and Release"
 * "When It Rains"

Shorts

 * "We Are The Crystal Gems" (unspeaking cameo)

Quotes
See Peridot/Quotes

Trivia

 * Peridot's gem is located in the same place as Pearl's.
 * Jasper is her escort and Lapis Lazuli her informant.
 * After Lapis Lazuli, Peridot was the second Homeworld Gem to appear on the show.
 * Peridot has a diamond on her uniform, similar to Lapis Lazuli, and Jasper.
 * Her final words before her screen faded out in "Marble Madness" were, "I'm reporting this!", implying she has a supervisor.
 * In "The Message", Lapis Lazuli confirmed Peridot's threat when she warned the Crystal Gems that Peridot was leading a number of other Gems to Earth.
 * In "Jail Break", Peridot was forced to flee the exploding Gem Warship in an Escape Pod, which was later revealed in "Joy Ride" to have crash-landed only a few miles outside of Beach City.
 * In response to the implication that Peridot is a "main antagonist", Matt Burnett stated, "Pretty quick to judge poor Peridot... I wouldn't call her an antagonist just yet, and def. not the 'main' one".
 * Peridot has blushed for the first time on-screen in "Catch and Release".
 * She also smiles and laughs for the first time in "Keeping it Together".
 * In "Cry for Help", a Peridot-shaped cactus can be seen near the Communication Hub.
 * Peridot and Yellow Diamond are the only two gems that have never been shown to fuse with another Gem.
 * Peridot is the third Gem shown to fly,  as seen in "Keeping it Together".
 * The first is Amethyst, in "Lion 2: The Movie"
 * The second is Lapis Lazuli, in "Ocean Gem"
 * And the fourth is Sapphire, who levitates in "Keystone Motel"
 * Her helicopter fingers ability was conceived by Raven Molisee.
 * Peridot is the second Gem to be poofed, bubbled, and freed. She is also the first non-corrupted Gem and the first Homeworld Gem that this has happened to.
 * The first Gem this happened to was the Centipeetle Mother. Coincidentally, both were bubbled by Garnet and freed by Steven.
 * She's also the only Homeworld Gem who has been showed regenerating.
 * Peridot's visor appears to be a part of her body as, unlike Garnet, she regenerated with it and had no need to re-summon it as Garnet does with her visor.
 * Peridot tends to assume that unfamiliar objects (such as those in Steven's bathroom)  are weapons, as seen in "Catch and Release".
 * As seen on Keep Beach City Weird, Ronaldo believes Peridot to be an eco-terrorist and a highly advanced android programmed to free animals from zoos.
 * Peridot is the second Gem to be seen giving a message through a television, in "Cry for Help".
 * The first is Lapis Lazuli, in "The Message".
 * Her escape pod shares her ability of having tractor beams, as shown in "Cry for Help", where Pearl uses the escape pod to lift the Communication Hub pillars in order to repair it.
 * It's possible that she doesn't know how to summon her gem weapon, because she is so reliant on the ones built into her limb enhancers.
 * Peridot seems unusually fascinated with her reflection in Steven's bathroom mirror. It's likely that she has not seen herself without her limb enhancers for quite some time.
 * Peridot's current body is most likely her first regeneration, given that she did not go through any other forms while regenerating.
 * Peridot has a habit of talking to herself when she is alone.

Gemology
Gemstone Information


 * Peridot is the gem-quality olivine mineral. The mineral, olivine, is a silicate, and its crystal structure is made up of single isolated tetrahedral crystals.
 * Pure Peridot is rare, as it is unstable when released to Earth's environment, befitting to Peridot's reaction to Earth.
 * Olivine is often found in meteorites, though not exclusively.
 * Peridot, along with alexandrite and sardonyx, is the birthstone of August. It is the planetary stone of Saturn.
 * Peridot is one of the few known gemstones that can be found only in one color, although the shades of green may vary from light yellowish to dark brownish-green.
 * Peridot is often associated with good luck, peace and success. However, Peridot seems to have bad luck, failure and violence with the Crystal Gems.
 * An olivine's (and, by extension, Peridot's) chemical formula is (Mg, Fe)2SiO4, where the iron and magnesium combination gives it a light to olive green color. It's composed of:
 * Forsterite (Mg2SiO4).
 * Fayalite (Fe2SiO4).
 * Peridot is sometimes referred to as "the morning emerald" or "poor man's emerald".
 * Peridot is an idiochromatic gem, meaning its color comes from basic chemical composition of the mineral itself.
 * Peridot is also associated with power, influence, healing, and harmony of relationships.

Gemstone
Perydot