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|Type = Shards of shattered [[gemstones]].
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|Type = Shards of shattered [[gemstones]].
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|Owner = [[Crystal Gems]]
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|Owner = [[Crystal Gems]]
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|FirstAppearance = "[[Frybo (episode)|Frybo]]"
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|FirstAppearance = "[[Frybo (episode)|Frybo]]"
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|LatestAppearance = "[[Gem Drill]]"
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'''Gem Shards''' or simply '''Shards''' are the remnants of shattered [[gemstones]]. Groups of shards usually include pieces from multiple Gems. They first appeared in "[[Frybo (episode)|Frybo]]" and continued to appear in "[[Secret Team]]", "[[Keeping It Together]]", "[[Nightmare Hospital]]", "[[When It Rains]]" and "[[Gem Drill]]". They are the shattered remains of broken [[Gems]] that still contain remnants of the Gem's original form when they are free from [[Gem Bubbles|bubbles]]. The shards have different abilities such as possessing material objects and can be forcibly [[Fusion Gems|fused]] to create mutated [[Cluster Gems]].
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'''Gem Shards''' are the remnants of a shattered gem. Groups of gem shards usually include pieces from multiple shattered Gems [[Gemstones|gemstone]]. Gem shards first appeared in "[[Frybo (episode)|Frybo]]". They also appeared in "[[Secret Team]]", "[[Keeping It Together]]", "[[Nightmare Hospital]]", "[[When It Rains]]" and "[[Gem Drill]]". They are the shattered remains of broken [[Gemstones|Gems]] that still contain remnants of the original [[Gems|Gem's]] form. The shards have different abilities, such as possessing material objects. Gem shards can be forcibly fused together to create a [[Cluster Gems|mutant Cluster Gem]].
  
   
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== History ==
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==History==
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=== "[[Frybo (episode)|Frybo]]" ===
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==="[[Frybo (episode)|Frybo]]"===
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[[Pearl]] tried to explain to [[Steven Universe (character)|Steven]] that "These shards have a powerful partial consciousness that has been harnessed by Gems throughout history to create semi-sentient drone soldiers with the capacity to follow basic orders. Gems once created an army of these drones but found their obedience waned as the shards overdeveloped inside their uniforms and turned on their commanders. You see, any shard inside any sort of container could become a monster!" An example of this is when [[Frybo (character)|Frybo]] turned on Steven and [[Peedee Fryman]], which is why Gem Shards must be kept away from all clothing and other items to avoid other dangerous situations.
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[[Pearl]] tried to explain to [[Steven Universe (character)|Steven Universe]] that ''"[the] shards have a powerful partial consciousness that has been harnessed by Gems throughout history to create semi-sentient drone soldiers with the capacity to follow basic orders. Gems once created an army of these drones but found their obedience waned as the shards overdeveloped inside their uniforms and turned on their commanders. You see, any shard inside any sort of container could become a monster!"'' An example of this is when [[Frybo (character)|Frybo]] turned on Steven and [[Peedee Fryman]] which is why Shards must be kept away from all items to avoid other dangerous situations.
   
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=== "[[Secret Team]]" ===
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==="[[Secret Team]]"===
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Pearl, [[Amethyst]], and Steven accidentally popped a [[Rose Quartz]] [[Gem Bubbles|bubble]] containing a mass of mixed Gem shards, which regenerated into non-sentient disembodied arms and legs. After defeating and collecting the scattered Gem Shards, Steven [[Bubbling|bubbled]] them and they attempted to keep it a secret from [[Garnet]], but failed.
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Pearl, [[Amethyst]] and Steven accidentally popped a [[Rose Quartz]] bubble containing a mass of mixed Gem shards which regenerated into non-sentient arms and legs. After defeating and collecting the scattered Shards Steven bubbled them again and they attempted to keep it a secret from [[Garnet]] but failed.
   
 
It is implied by Pearl that these shards have unique properties (such as the ability to regenerate in a partial state, something only Cluster Gems have been observed to do) due to being bubbled by Rose.
  
It is implied by Pearl that these shards have unique properties (such as the ability to regenerate in a partial state, something only Cluster Gems have been observed to do) due to being bubbled by Rose.
   
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=== "[[Keeping It Together]]" ===
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==="[[Keeping It Together]]"===
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While in the [[Kindergarten]], it is revealed that [[Gem Homeworld]] is forcing the gem shards of fallen rebel gems from the [[The Rebellion|war]] to fuse. The shards can take on a form, but the generations only result in limbs spliced together in unnatural ways. The former [[Crystal Gems]] that comprise the Cluster Gem mutants can regenerate, but the process causes them obvious pain. Whether or not the forced fusions regenerate by will is unknown; in their debut moments, their constituents are seen trying to escape the fusion, but that may just be spontaneous regeneration like that of the Gem Shards in "Secret Team".
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While in the [[Prime Kindergarten]] it is revealed that the [[Gem Homeworld]] is forcing the gem shards of fallen rebel gems from [[The Rebellion|the war]] to fuse. The shards can take on a form but the generations only result in limbs spliced together in unnatural ways. The former [[Crystal Gems]] that comprise the Cluster Gem mutants can regenerate, but the process causes them obvious pain. Whether or not the forced fusions regenerate by will is unknown; in their debut moments, their constituents are seen trying to escape the fusion, but that may just be spontaneous regeneration like that of the Gem Shards in "Secret Team".
   
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=== "[[Nightmare Hospital]]" ===
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==="[[Nightmare Hospital]]"===
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Two more Gem mutants appeared, having been mistaken for car accident victims and admitted to the Hospital as patients. They then attack Steven, [[Connie Maheswaran|Connie]], and [[Dr. Priyanka Maheswaran|Dr. Maheswaran]] before being poofed by Connie using [[Rose's Sword]]. These Gem mutants are much more mobile and violent than those seen in "Keeping It Together".
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Two more Gem mutants appeared, having been mistaken for car accident victims and admitted to the Hospital as patients. They then attack Steven, [[Connie Maheswaran|Connie]] and [[Dr. Priyanka Maheswaran]] before being poofed by Connie using [[Rose's Sword]]. These Gem mutants are much more mobile and violent than those seen in "Keeping It Together".
   
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==="[[Your Mother and Mine]]"===
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== Gallery ==
  
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In Garnet's story, Rose Quartz shatters [[Pink Diamond]], and Pink Diamond's gem shards are visualized.
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==="[[A Single Pale Rose]]"===
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Inside Pearl's gemstone Steven explores Pearl's memories and finds pink shards near [[Diamond Palanquins#Pink Diamond's Palanquin|Pink Diamond's Palanquin]]. He learns the shards are not of [[Pink Diamond]]'s gem; Pink Diamond herself made these shards as part of her plan to fake her death, using her powers to create convincing false shards out of dirt. She then swallowed them so when Pearl (disguised as [[Rose Quartz]]) poofed her the shards fell to the ground while Pearl hid Pink Diamond's gem tricking nearby Gems into thinking Rose Quartz shattered Pink Diamond.
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==="[[Fragments]]"===
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In a training for Steven troubling Diamond powers, [[Jasper]] is crushed into gem shards under a giant wall of hexagonal shield with spikes, created by Steven. Nevertheless, Steven brings her back with all Diamond essence he has, with his tears; as Jasper regenerates, her form is almost the same except some minor differences.
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==Trivia==
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*The [[Evil Spirit Scroll]] was painted using pigments from crushed Gem Shards and [[gemstones]].<ref>http://beach-a-palooza.tumblr.com/post/125951077277/hi-sorry-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-a-while</ref>
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*[[Pink Diamond]] dropped shards next to [[Diamond Palanquins#Pink Diamond's Palanquin|her palanquin]] in modern-day [[Wikipedia:Korea|Korea]] making it appear as if she had been shattered. The location of these shards is unknown.
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===Screenshots===
 
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Frybo (009).png|"[[Frybo (episode)|Frybo]]"
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Secret Team 110.png|Gem Shards in "Secret Team".
  
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Gem Shards Model Sheet.png|The Gem Shards' model sheet.
  
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Secret Team 064.png|Pearl caught holding the Gem Shards in a Rose Quartz bubble.
  
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Secret Team 114.png|Steven re-bubbling the Gem Shards.
  
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Secret Team 074.png|The Gem Shards starting to form.
  
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Multi-gem freakin' gemstone.png|Multiple Gem Shards from "Keeping It Together" fused through unknown means to form an artificial fusion.
  
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Shard2.PNG|Two Gem Shards from "Keeping It Together" fused together through unknown means to form an artificial Fusion Gem.
  
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Bed Cluster Gem.png|Multiple Gem Shards from "Nightmare Hospital" fused through unknown means to form an artificial fusion.
  
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Hallway Cluster Gem By King.png|Multiple Gem Shards from "Nightmare Hospital" fused through unknown means to form an artificial fusion.
  
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* The [[Evil Spirit Scroll]] was painted using pigments from crushed Gem shards.<ref>http://beach-a-palooza.tumblr.com/post/125951077277/hi-sorry-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-a-while</ref>
  
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* [[Pink Diamond]] had her gem shattered by Rose Quartz, thus becoming Gem shards. While the location of the shards themselves is unknown, she was shattered somewhere in Korea, next to her [[The Great Diamond Authority/Transportation#Pink Diamond's Palanquin|palanquin]].
  
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Secret Team Promotional Artwork.gif|"[[Secret Team]]" promo art by [[Efrain Farias]].
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==See also==
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* [[Cluster Gems]]
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Revision as of 09:09, 23 March 2020

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Gem Shards or simply Shards are the remnants of shattered gemstones. Groups of shards usually include pieces from multiple Gems. They first appeared in "Frybo" and continued to appear in "Secret Team", "Keeping It Together", "Nightmare Hospital", "When It Rains" and "Gem Drill". They are the shattered remains of broken Gems that still contain remnants of the Gem's original form when they are free from bubbles. The shards have different abilities such as possessing material objects and can be forcibly fused to create mutated Cluster Gems.

History

"Frybo"

Pearl tried to explain to Steven Universe that "[the] shards have a powerful partial consciousness that has been harnessed by Gems throughout history to create semi-sentient drone soldiers with the capacity to follow basic orders. Gems once created an army of these drones but found their obedience waned as the shards overdeveloped inside their uniforms and turned on their commanders. You see, any shard inside any sort of container could become a monster!" An example of this is when Frybo turned on Steven and Peedee Fryman which is why Shards must be kept away from all items to avoid other dangerous situations.

"Secret Team"

Pearl, Amethyst and Steven accidentally popped a Rose Quartz bubble containing a mass of mixed Gem shards which regenerated into non-sentient arms and legs. After defeating and collecting the scattered Shards Steven bubbled them again and they attempted to keep it a secret from Garnet but failed.

It is implied by Pearl that these shards have unique properties (such as the ability to regenerate in a partial state, something only Cluster Gems have been observed to do) due to being bubbled by Rose.

"Keeping It Together"

While in the Prime Kindergarten it is revealed that the Gem Homeworld is forcing the gem shards of fallen rebel gems from the war to fuse. The shards can take on a form but the generations only result in limbs spliced together in unnatural ways. The former Crystal Gems that comprise the Cluster Gem mutants can regenerate, but the process causes them obvious pain. Whether or not the forced fusions regenerate by will is unknown; in their debut moments, their constituents are seen trying to escape the fusion, but that may just be spontaneous regeneration like that of the Gem Shards in "Secret Team".

"Nightmare Hospital"

Two more Gem mutants appeared, having been mistaken for car accident victims and admitted to the Hospital as patients. They then attack Steven, Connie and Dr. Priyanka Maheswaran before being poofed by Connie using Rose's Sword. These Gem mutants are much more mobile and violent than those seen in "Keeping It Together".

"Your Mother and Mine"

In Garnet's story, Rose Quartz shatters Pink Diamond, and Pink Diamond's gem shards are visualized.

"A Single Pale Rose"

Inside Pearl's gemstone Steven explores Pearl's memories and finds pink shards near Pink Diamond's Palanquin. He learns the shards are not of Pink Diamond's gem; Pink Diamond herself made these shards as part of her plan to fake her death, using her powers to create convincing false shards out of dirt. She then swallowed them so when Pearl (disguised as Rose Quartz) poofed her the shards fell to the ground while Pearl hid Pink Diamond's gem tricking nearby Gems into thinking Rose Quartz shattered Pink Diamond.

"Fragments"

In a training for Steven troubling Diamond powers, Jasper is crushed into gem shards under a giant wall of hexagonal shield with spikes, created by Steven. Nevertheless, Steven brings her back with all Diamond essence he has, with his tears; as Jasper regenerates, her form is almost the same except some minor differences.

Trivia

Gallery

Screenshots

Animations

Promotional Artwork

Model Sheets

See also

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