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Revision as of 19:50, 8 June 2017
This article is about Cluster Gems. You may be looking for The Cluster. |
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There is no helping them, they're too broken. The beings who used to be in those shards are so shattered, they don't know who they are or what's happening around them. They just seek out other Gems, looking for the missing pieces of themselves, trying to make themselves whole. |
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—Peridot, "Gem Drill" |
Cluster Gems, also known as Gem Mutants and Artificial Fusions, are forced fusions of former Gems. They were created by Homeworld Gems in the Kindergarten to serve as prototypes for the real Cluster. When Cluster Gems sense other Gems, they become aggressive in an attempt to recover their gemstones' missing shards and become "whole" again. They first began emerging in "Keeping It Together".
Appearance
In general, Clusters take the form of limbs joined together to other appendages. The limbs are of mismatched colors, such as dark and light blue, rust, violet, olive green, mint gray, pale green and dull yellow, indicating that they originally belonged to different Gems.
Clusters
Image | Description | Appearance(s) |
A cluster that consists of a purple and blue arm fused together. | "Keeping it Together" | |
Referred to as "Mini Cluster Gem" in the model sheets, this cluster consists of a blue hand and red foot fused together. | ||
Referred to as "Hand Hand" in the model sheets,[1] this cluster consists of a purple and green hand fused together. | ||
Referred to as "Hand Cluster" and "Hand Cluster Gem" in the model sheets,[1] this giant variant of a cluster appears to be comprised entirely of limbs conjoined together in a single hand-and-forearm-shaped body, wrapped in what looks like a dark grey cloth. At its core, the fusion is comprised of four different shattered Gem Shards that are physically fused together. It possesses four large eyes. Its irises and visible Gem Shards are green, yellow, blue and purple. According to Garnet the four Gems were the shattered fragments of shattered Crystal Gems. | ||
A cluster that consists of a green and red foot fused together. | ||
Referred to as "Arm Leg" in the model sheets,[1] this cluster consists of a yellow leg and a green arm fused together. | ||
A cluster that consists of a gray arm with a red and blue hand fused together. | ||
Referred to as "Patient 1" in the Nightmare Hospital episode credits,[2] and as the "Bed Mutant" in its model sheet. This cluster has six arms and two legs. It takes a more human form, however two arms take the place of where a head would be and has two arms sticking out of its right side. Its right leg also ends with a mismatched lower leg that is much smaller than the part above. The limbs are in various colors such as orange, teal, gray, blue, and a dull purple. The location of its gem is unknown, assuming it is visible. | "Nightmare Hospital" | |
Referred to as "Patient 2" in the "Nightmare Hospital" episode credits,[2] and as the "Hallway Mutant" in its model sheet. This cluster has three arms and two legs. It has two large tumors where its face would be. Its left arm acts as a leg and is very long, huge and muscular. Attached to it is two parallel hands. It has two right arms. One of its legs is very small, not allowing it to act as a real leg. It comes in many mismatched colors, including yellow, spring green and dull purple. The cluster with the same appearance made a cameo in Earthlings, which was not explained since the "Hallway Mutant" was bubbled, and most cluster gems are unique. | ||
Referred to as "Mouth Leg Mutant" in the model sheet, a cluster that has 6 feet but uses 4 of them as arms. Two of the feet are dark purple and the rest of its body is dull red. On the bottom it has a vertical mouth that opens to reveal a single eye. It also has a dull yellow arm as a tail. | "When It Rains" | |
Another cluster with a gray-blue hand, wrist and a dull red foot, but it appears to be bigger. | ||
Referred to as "Mouth Torso Mutant" on the model sheet. A dull blue cluster with two legs, a round torso body and purple arms. It has a large mouth on its torso. | ||
A cluster with a red leg, a yellow leg, a red round body and a large pink arm. | ||
Referred to as "Hand Body Mutant" in the model sheet. A humanoid cluster with a red head with a single blue eye, and a yellow hand like body with three folded "finger arms" at the back. | ||
A giant white-beige hand. The bottom is not seen, but it can walk. | ||
Referred to as "Arm Eye Mutant" in the model sheet. A big cluster with a violet round body, a pair of blue feet, a blue hand on top and a reddish eye on the center. | ||
A big hand cluster that is half red and half violet. | ||
A small cluster with a blue arm and orange leg. | ||
A big green and light blue cluster with three green fingers, four light blue fingers, and a light blue foot. | ||
Referred to as "Foot Arm Mutant" in the model sheet, a cluster with a light green head that has one eye and mouth on its face, a light blue body and left hand, a giant green foot as it's right arm, and purple lower body. | ||
Another Hand-Foot combination. | "Gem Drill" | |
A slightly humanoid cluster with three lumps surrounding its gem. | ||
Two arms stuck together. | ||
Two legs stuck together. | ||
The cluster Jasper was holding captive in Earthlings, it broke out and has not been seen since. It is similar to one of the cluster Gems seen in "Nightmare Hospital" | "Earthlings" |
History
Pre-series
When the Earth was no longer fit to be a Gem colony, Homeworld Gems decided to create the Cluster. Because the Cluster project was a hefty task, Homeworld Gems decided to create prototypes. They took the shattered remains of Crystal Gems from the Rebellion and forced their Gem Shards to fuse together through an unknown process. It has resulted in a new gemstone that holds the consciousness of the Gems fused with it. When this artificial Gem projects its physical form, they appear to be distorted monsters as they are several different Gems forced together to be one. These prototypes were left in the Prime Kindergarten Control Room, where they stayed dormant for thousands of years.
"Marble Madness"
The Cluster Gems make a semi-hidden cameo when Peridot is accessing the Facet Five control room.
"Keeping it Together"
Steven and Garnet encounter Cluster Gems in the Kindergarten, the Hand Cluster and six smaller Cluster Gems. The appearance of the Clusters is so horrifying to Garnet that she becomes unstable to the point where she almost un-fuses. Ruby, through Garnet, states she believes the Cluster Gems were created as punishment by Homeworld for The Rebellion. The Cluster Gems are eventually "poofed" by Garnet and currently reside within one of her bubbles in the Burning Room.
"Nightmare Hospital"
Two Clusters are sighted across roads and taken to Dr. Maheswaran's work place, mistaken as victims of car accidents and treated by doctors at the Hospital. Later, they break into the halls and try to attack Steven, Connie and Dr. Maheswaran, only to be poofed by Connie with Rose's Sword and then bubbled by Steven.
"When It Rains"
Peridot and Steven are assaulted by several of them when attempting to escape the Kindergarten before Steven forms a bubble and they are rescued by the Crystal Gems. This is the second time where the Cluster Gems are shown to have facial features (i.e., mouth, eyes); the first time being "Keeping it Together".
"Gem Drill"
Steven and Peridot are attacked by some prototypes while drilling to the earth's core to stop The Cluster, which are blasted back into the magma.
"Earthlings"
A Cluster Gem that looks similar to the bulky one from "Nightmare Hospital", was captured by Jasper and caged in the Beta Kindergarten, but managed to escape with a few Corrupted Gems during Jasper's battle against Smoky Quartz.
Episode Appearances
Season 2 | ||||||||||||
1. "Full Disclosure": | Absent | 14. "Historical Friction": | Absent | |||||||||
2. "Joy Ride": | Absent | 15. "Friend Ship": | Absent | |||||||||
3. "Say Uncle": | Absent | 16. "Nightmare Hospital": | Appears | |||||||||
4. "Love Letters": | Absent | 17. "Sadie's Song": | Absent | |||||||||
5. "Reformed": | Absent | 18. "Catch and Release": | Absent | |||||||||
6. "Sworn to the Sword": | Absent | 19. "When It Rains": | Appears | |||||||||
7. "Rising Tides, Crashing Skies": | Absent | 20. "Back to the Barn": | Absent | |||||||||
8. "Keeping It Together": | Debut | 21. "Too Far": | Absent | |||||||||
9. "We Need to Talk": | Absent | 22. "The Answer": | Absent | |||||||||
10. "Chille Tid": | Absent | 23. "Steven's Birthday": | Absent | |||||||||
11. "Cry for Help": | Absent | 24. "It Could've Been Great": | Absent | |||||||||
12. "Keystone Motel": | Absent | 25. "Message Received": | Absent | |||||||||
13. "Onion Friend": | Absent | 26. "Log Date 7 15 2": | Absent |
Season 3 | |||||
1. "Super Watermelon Island": | Absent | 13. "Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service": | Absent | ||
2. "Gem Drill": | Appears | 14. "Monster Reunion": | Absent | ||
3. "Same Old World": | Absent | 15. "Alone at Sea": | Absent | ||
4. "Barn Mates": | Absent | 16. "Greg the Babysitter": | Absent | ||
5. "Hit the Diamond": | Absent | 17. "Gem Hunt": | Mentioned | ||
6. "Steven Floats": | Absent | 18. "Crack the Whip": | Absent | ||
7. "Drop Beat Dad": | Absent | 19. "Steven vs. Amethyst": | Absent | ||
8. "Mr. Greg": | Absent | 20/21. "Bismuth": | Absent | ||
9. "Too Short to Ride": | Absent | 22. "Beta": | Absent | ||
10. "The New Lars": | Absent | 23. "Earthlings": | Cameo | ||
11. "Beach City Drift": | Absent | 24. "Back to the Moon": | Absent | ||
12. "Restaurant Wars": | Absent | 25. "Bubbled": | Absent |
Season 4 | |||||
1. "Kindergarten Kid": | Absent | 14. "The Zoo": | Absent | ||
2. "Know Your Fusion": | Absent | 15. "That Will Be All": | Absent | ||
3. "Buddy's Book": | Absent | 16. "The New Crystal Gems": | Absent | ||
4. "Mindful Education": | Absent | 17. "Storm in the Room": | Absent | ||
5. "Future Boy Zoltron": | Absent | 18. "Rocknaldo": | Absent | ||
6. "Last One Out of Beach City": | Absent | 19. "Tiger Philanthropist": | Absent | ||
7. "Onion Gang": | Absent | 20. "Room for Ruby": | Absent | ||
8/9. "Gem Harvest": | Absent | 21. "Lion 4: Alternate Ending": | Absent | ||
10. "Three Gems and a Baby": | Absent | 22. "Doug Out": | Mentioned | ||
11. "Steven's Dream": | Absent | 23. "The Good Lars": | Absent | ||
12. "Adventures in Light Distortion": | Absent | 24. "Are You My Dad?": | Absent | ||
13. "Gem Heist": | Absent | 25. "I Am My Mom": | Absent |
Trivia
- Coincidentally or not, if one excludes Hand Cluster's thumb (which is covered by a boot), it has a glove covering every finger but the middle, while Garnet has a glove covering her middle finger.
- The blue "leg" off to the left of the Hand Cluster appears to have the same boots as Amethyst and Ruby.
- There appears to be no red Gem Shard in the Hand Cluster, despite the red leg and arm present in it.
- The silhouettes of the Hand Cluster members have traits similar to other Gems on the show. For example, their hairstyles are similar in appearance to that of Pearl's haircut from the Pilot.
- When the Hand Cluster's gem was sent to the Burning Room, its gem reshaped itself to appear like the Centipeetle Mother's gem.
- This was later confirmed to be an animation error by Matt Burnett via his Twitter.[3]
- Each of the Hand Cluster's eyes has a defined plica semilunaris on either side of it, not seen elsewhere on eyes in the show.
- In "Nightmare Hospital", it is mentioned that they have no vitals or heartbeat, a fact that may also pertain to regular Gems as well, given their fluid physiology.
- In the episode "When it Rains" two Cluster Gems with actual heads, mouth and eyes are among the group attacking Steven and Peridot.
- This episode introduced the most Cluster gems to date, with 11, while "Earthlings" introduced only one.
Cultural References
- Clusters share many similarities to Frankenstein's monster from the famous film adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel of the same name.
- Both are made out of body parts of different deceased individuals, acquired via grave robbing.
- They are unnatural creations which were created through scientific means.
- Both are presented as tragic, yet horrifying figures.
- The malformed appearances and multi-limbed forms of the Cluster Gems give them a striking resemblance to the Necromorphs from the Dead Space series.
- Their grotesque amalgamations of body parts also bear resemblance to John Carpenter's The Thing, as well as its 2011 prequel, which does show arm-based creatures.
- The two-headed Cluster Gem resembles the Charger in the Left for Dead video game series in terms of anatomical design.
- The Hand Cluster's cloth makes it resemble a mummy.
- The rock cylinders used to hold the immature Cluster Gems resemble rock core samples.
- The style of the Hand Cluster's eyes resembles the eyes of Matarael and Sachiel from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Gemology
- A cluster of gemstones is a result of gems that fuse together due to extensive pressure from being underground. In most cases clusters are usually fusions of the same gemstone; however, in very rare cases, it is possible for clusters to form from different gemstones.
Gemstone(s)
Image | Description |
The Hand Cluster's gemstone is a mix of four different gems joined into a single gemstone. It's located on the center of its "palm". | |
A smaller Cluster taking the form of two forearms has two Gem Shards fused together into a V-shape, with smaller pieces stuck around the joint. One is blue, the other is purple. The shards are internal. | |
The gemstone of the six-armed Cluster Gem - three shards fused at one point. One is teal, the other red, and the other gray. | |
The gemstone of the lumpy Cluster Gem. A large purple squarish shard, with small yellow and blue shards attached. | |
The gemstone of the Cluster with a Light Green head that has one eye and mouth on its face, a light blue body and left hand, a big green foot as it's right hand, and purple lower body. | |
The gemstone of the Big White Hand Cluster. | |
The gemstone of the Blue Hand with seven fingers and a foot Cluster. | |
The gemstone of the cluster with a round violet body, three blue limbs, and an eye. | |
The gemstone of the small cluster with a blue hand and red leg. | |
The gemstone of the cluster with a big blue hand and pink foot. | |
The gem of the cluster with three lumps. |
Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://stevencrewniverse.tumblr.com/post/128736331009/a-selection-of-characters-props-and-effects-from
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nightmare Hospital
- ↑ https://twitter.com/mcburnett/status/616348986950025216 Q: "why did the gem cluster morph into what looked like centipeetle's gem????" A: "Really hate to disappoint you with this answer, but it's important to clear it up: it's an animation error".