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| “ |
I think a Rose Quartz and an Amethyst make a... Smoky Quartz! |
” |
| —Earthlings | ||
Smoky Quartz is the fusion of Steven and Amethyst and is Steven's first fusion with a Gem. They formed for the very first time in their debut episode, "Earthlings".
Appearance
Smoky Quartz has three arms (one right arm and one left arm with two fore-arms stemming from the elbow), a dark mauve complexion, dark bushy eyebrows, and peach freckles on their cheeks and shoulders. Their hair reaches to their shoulders and is styled similarly to Amethyst's, and its dark brown color and slight curliness comes from Steven. Their hair often obscures their left eye. They are slightly taller than Jasper and have a large, wide build which stems from both Steven and Amethyst's chubby body structure. They have plump lips, a small nose, and a round face.
Debut
Like Stevonnie, their outfit is a combination of the individual outfits of their components. In their case, from "Earthlings" up to "Back to the Kindergarten", Smoky Quartz has a pale mauve version of Amethyst's tank top with a jagged bottom peeking out from underneath Steven's salmon-pink t-shirt with a yellow star, which is now off-shoulder and stretched out, both of which are now midriffs, along with Steven's jeans, which now resemble jean shorts, and Amethyst's dark mauve boots and black leggings with mauve stars on the knees. Their gemstones are located on their chest and navel.
Previous
Due to Amethyst's regeneration in "Change Your Mind", Smoky Quartz gets a new design. They now wear Amethyst's black top with torn holes on the chest over Steven's shirt, their leggings are gone and Steven's sleeves no longer show, their boots are now white, and their jeans are replaced by Amethyst's ripped shorts. This form also appeared in Unleash the Light.
Current
Due to Steven's aging and change of outfit, Smoky Quartz now appears wearing Steven's black shirt under Amethyst's outfit with Steven's pink varsity jacket tied around their waist, as seen in "Guidance". They also appear to have more of a visible neck.
Personality
| “ |
Amethyst tries to act like she doesn't care what everyone thinks, but she really cares, she's very nervous all of the time. But with Steven's support, that nervousness is gone, and that's Smoky! |
” |
| —Rebecca Sugar.[1] | ||
As a fusion, Smoky Quartz adopts both Steven's and Amethyst's personalities. In this case, Smoky Quartz has a proud, carefree, excited, and happy-go-lucky attitude. They are described by Rebecca Sugar as being "a big happy kid with a yo-yo". They also have a humorous and relaxed side to their personality with a tendency to make jokes even in the heat of battle. They restored some confidence to Amethyst, who had become depressed and unmotivated after being poofed at the hands of Jasper and ultimately unneeded when Stevonnie won the battle. Their humor can also be rather self-deprecating at times, as shown in the episode, "Know Your Fusion".
They are extremely confident in battle because of their cooperators' trust in one another, and as a result, they are a moderately stable fusion. However, like most fusions, they can unfuse when under stress or intense emotion, as shown upon witnessing the beginning of Jasper's corruption.
However, as shown in "Know Your Fusion", Smoky also has both of Steven and Amethyst's self-doubts added together. During Sardonyx's attempt to find a more "serious" aspect to their fighting style outside of their yo-yo weapon, Smoky was shown to lose more and more self-confidence in themself as they failed at every test thrown at them. They make statements such as "zero plus zero equals zero" and "two wrongs don't make a right. I guess I'm living proof that's true," even going so far as to call themself "one big super-wrong, good-for-nothing dud with a yo-yo."
As of "Guidance", Smoky Quartz seems to be much less down on themself. They don't get mad at themself for not saving a crashing roller coaster, instead saying "Well, sometimes you save all the people but the roller coaster still crashes into the ocean. And that's okay.".
History
"Earthlings"
As Amethyst struggles with her fight against Jasper in the Beta Kindergarten, she comes to the disheartening realization that she will never be as strong as her opponent. She expresses her despair to Steven, who reminds her that although they are "both not like anybody", they at least have each other. Amethyst is comforted by Steven's words, and the two embrace, fusing into Smoky Quartz for the first time. The new fusion engages Jasper, combining their yo-yo and agility to successfully combat the Homeworld Gem. Refusing to be defeated by another fusion, Jasper rushes over to one of her imprisoned corrupted Gems and fuses with her. The Corrupted fusion attempts to attack Smoky, who spins their yo-yo, pushing her back with the powerful winds. The corrupted fusion holds her ground and continues to advance. In response, Smoky pulls out two more yo-yos, and by spinning all three, creates a tornado that lifts the corrupted fusion into the air where she unfuses. Jasper attempts to fuse again with the Gem Monster, telling her that they can defeat Smoky if they stay together. The tornado subsides and the two fall to the ground. Smoky celebrates their victory as the Gem Monster runs away. They suddenly stop, noticing the onset of Jasper's corruption. Feeling disconcerted, the fusion subsequently unfuses.
"Know Your Fusion"
Steven and Amethyst fuse into Smoky Quartz to show Garnet and Pearl. The two Crystal Gems are surprised and overjoyed. As Smoky begins to demonstrate their yo-yo tricks, destroying parts of the house in the process, Garnet and Pearl fuse into Sardonyx. She is excited to meet Smoky, and suggests that they need a bigger "stage" to get to know each other. She takes them to her room in the Crystal Temple, where she hosts her show, Sardonyx Tonight. At the start of the show, Sardonyx asks Smoky questions, hoping to learn more about them and their abilities. Smoky replies that they "ain't exactly a deck of cards," not having much to talk about other than their yo-yo. Sardonyx begins the next segment of her show during which she has Smoky perform a series of tests to demonstrate their abilities. Smoky is compared to the other fusions in their tests involving archery, strength, and fire breathing. Smoky performs poorly on each one, and feeling incompetent, begins to disparage themself. Sardonyx becomes dismayed realizing that she had ruined Smoky's plan to impress Garnet and Pearl, and unfuses. Without Sardonyx, the room begins to fall apart. Smoky acts quickly, using their yo-yo to grapple out of the room while carrying Garnet and Pearl. As they spill back into the Beach House, Smoky unfuses. Their heroics, however, do not go unacknowledged, as Garnet and Pearl eagerly praise the fusion to their split components and begin asking about their earlier fight with Jasper.
Save the Light
In battles, Steven and Amethyst can fuse into Smoky Quartz. They have two attacks, "Show Off", which costs 3 Star Points, and "My Adoring Fans", which costs 6 Star Points. Like all other fusions, there is an option for Smoky to unfuse back into Steven and Amethyst.
"Back to the Kindergarten"
In the Prime Kindergarten, after Peridot accidentally provokes the Flower Monster and it pulls her into its mouth, Steven and Amethyst fuse into Smoky Quartz, who defeats the monster and frees Peridot.
"Change Your Mind"
When Steven drops the Crystal Gems' gemstones from a great height on Homeworld and falls after to try and catch them, he grabs Amethyst's and pleads with her to reform. His efforts inadvertently cause him to fuse with the gemstone, creating Smoky, who briefly doesn't notice what happened at first. After they realize what Steven did, they spot Pearl's gem and unfuse to propel Steven towards it.
Unleash the Light
In battles, Steven and Amethyst can fuse into Smoky Quartz, added in the v1.1.0 update. Smoky has two attacks, "Raspberry", and "Walk the Dog", both of which cost 2 Star Points to use. Like all fusions, Smoky can unfuse back into Steven and Amethyst at any time.
"Guidance"
Steven and Amethyst fuse into Smoky while trying to fix Steven's mistakes. Smoky prepares their yo-yo and grapples the end of a malfunctioning plane. They hope to bring the whole plane down, but fails to do so. Smoky reluctant to let any lives be harmed, brings out their second yo-yo which they use to propell into the air. they use their third yo-yo as a net and catch the plane with it. They make a joke to Snowflake Obsidian and Andy to lighten up their mood, but then askes if both are ok. Smoky gets a little moment of relief, only to hear screams from afar. They fly to the sky to spot a malfunctioning roller coaster. Which they race to however they start to worry about not being fast enough to save the people on the roller coaster on time, triggering Steven's pink state on the process, and having enough speed to get to the rollercoaster. When they get on the coaster everything is in slow motion. Smoky feels slightly astonished by this. They get all the people off the coaster, and then plans to go save the coaster next, but that's when their power wears out. They accept that things sometimes don't go their way and that's ok.
Abilities
Smoky Quartz possesses standard Gem abilities: bubbling, shapeshifting, fusion, regeneration, agelessness, gravity shifting, weapon-Summoning, photokinesis, gem storage, and superhuman strength/durability.
Fusions
Skillset
Smoky Quartz forming a yo-yo.
- Yo-yo Proficiency: Smoky can transform Steven's shield and Amethyst's whip into a grayish-browm crystalline yo-yo. They can use this to swing from and to different platforms as well as to attack opponents and wrap it around objects. Smoky Quartz can use up to three yo-yos at once (one for each arm). It is a surprisingly versatile weapon, being a useful close range weapon and capable of extending over long distances for ranged attacks.
- Yo-yo Rotation: Smoky can spin around rapidly with their yo-yo outstretched in order to attack foes.
Smoky Quartz's yo-yo
- Yo-yo Grapple: Smoky can use their yo-yo to grapple onto an object, which they can then swing to or from as shown in "Know Your Fusion".
- Yo-yo Squeeze: Much like Amethyst with her whip, Smoky can wrap their yo-yo around an entity or object and tighten its string to compress and object or inflict harm, as shown in "Back to the Kindergarten".
- Yo-yo Net: Smoky can maneuver their yo-yo strings into a strong and durable net able to hold a bi-plane, shown in "Guidance".
- Yo-yo Spin: Smoky is capable of spinning their yo-yo(s) with enough speed to create a wind strong enough to push heavy objects or other Gems, such as in their fight against Jasper.
- Yo-Yo Whirlwind: When spinning all three of their yo-yos, Smoky can generate a strong enough wind to create a tornado capable of lifting large Gems such as the fusion Zebra Jasper into the air.
- Yo-yo Flight: Smoky can use their yo-yo like a helicopter blade to fly and hover, as shown in "Guidance".
- Spin Dash: Smoky, much like Amethyst, can rapidly roll into a ball-like shape to dash forwards.
Natural Abilities
- Immense Strength: Smoky Quartz, being a fusion, has very high levels of strength, being stronger than even Jasper and Garnet. In "Earthlings", they leaved a hole in the ground by smashing their yo-yo into Jasper. According to Sardonyx's strength-tester in "Know Your Fusion", they are roughly equal to Garnet in raw strength.
- Bubbling: Smoky Quartz can bubble objects. Their bubbles are greyish and are sent to the Burning Room inside the Temple.
Unique Abilities
- Speed of Descent Regulation: Smoky is shown to be able to land softly from a great height. In some scenes, it seems that the yo-yo assists in helping to glide across distances.
- Rapid Spin: Smoky is shown to be able to spin like a top, using their momentum to knock enemies back before delivering another blow with their yo-yo.
- Pink State: Smoky can enter Steven's powered-up pink state when under stress. This takes complete control of Smoky's form, turning their entire bodies, including their gemstones, pink. Not much is known about the nature of this transformation, although it bears a strong resemblance to White Diamond's ability to exert herself over other Gems, causing them to become an extension of her, with the gemstones changing color to match such.
- Hyper Speed-Up: When in the Pink form, Smoky can move astoundingly fast, with heightened reaction speed to match, to the point that they see everything else moving in very slow motion.
Save the Light
- Show Off: Smoky peforms a trick so impressive that it grants DEFENSE buff and REGEN effect to their team.
- My Adoring Fans: Smoky's yo-yos will blow you away! Knocks back and damages all enemies.
Unleash the Light
- Walk the Dog: Spin up your Yo-yo and unleash it as a strong lane attack.
- Raspberry: Taunts enemies to focus their attacks on Smoky, and Smoky counterattacks upon being attacked.
Relationships
Peridot
| “ |
Forget your name; you've got a fight to win! |
” |
| —Peridot, "Earthlings" | ||
Peridot was the first Crystal Gem to witness Smoky Quartz's debut. There has been limited interaction between Peridot and Smoky Quartz, but Peridot is very supportive in their fight against Jasper, attempting to use her ferrokinesis to dislodge a piece of scrap metal to help them defeat Jasper. She also cheers Smoky on, laughs when they hit Jasper with their yo-yo, and wishes to make a giant yo-yo "meep morp" in their honor. Later, in "Back to the Kindergarten", Smoky rescues Peridot from the Flower Monster, but unfuses shortly after.
Jasper
| “ |
Is fusion the only trick you Crystal Gems know?! |
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| —Jasper, "Earthlings" | ||
Due to her dislike of fighting fusions, Jasper is particularly exasperated by Smoky Quartz. Upon first seeing them, Jasper commented that fusion was the only tactic the Crystal Gems had. After realizing she could not win against them, she exclaimed that she would not lose against yet another fusion. Ironically, this incited her to fuse with a Corrupted Gem, which ultimately leads to her own corruption. Seeing Jasper's infection upsets Smoky enough to unfuse.
Sardonyx
| “ |
Oh, what a pleasure it is to meet you! You've made quite the impression already! |
” |
| —Sardonyx, "Know Your Fusion" | ||
Smoky Quartz meeting Sardonyx.
When Steven and Amethyst fuse to show Garnet and Pearl the latter end up fusing into Sardonyx. Sardonyx leads them into a show in a room, made only when Sardonyx exists. In this show, Sardonyx tries to find something other than the yo-yo that Smoky Quartz can utilize, but unbeknownst to her, this causes Smoky to become nervous and upset. Once Smoky starts to insult themself harshly after failing the third test, Sardonyx realizes what she has done and unfuses.
Garnet & Pearl
| “ |
Don't bother putting your socks back on, 'cause I'm about to knock 'em off again! |
” |
| —Smoky Quartz, "Know Your Fusion" | ||
Garnet and Pearl were both shocked and excited when they first met Smoky Quartz. After they unfuse in "Know Your Fusion", they eagerly ask Amethyst and Steven questions about the elements of their fusion they had chosen to demonstrate, such as the attributes of the yo-yo weapon/"toy".
Episode Appearances
| Season 3 | |||||
| 1. "Super Watermelon Island": | Absent | 13. "Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service": | Absent | ||
| 2. "Gem Drill": | Absent | 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": | Absent | ||
| 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": | Debut | ||
| 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": | Appears | 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": | Absent | ||
| 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 | ||
| Season 5 | |||||
| 1. "Stuck Together": | Absent | 15. "Pool Hopping": | Absent | ||
| 2. "The Trial": | Absent | 16. "Letters to Lars": | Absent | ||
| 3. "Off Colors": | Absent | 17. "Can't Go Back": | Absent | ||
| 4. "Lars' Head": | Absent | 18. "A Single Pale Rose": | Absent | ||
| 5. "Dewey Wins": | Absent | 19. "Now We're Only Falling Apart": | Absent | ||
| 6. "Gemcation": | Absent | 20. "What's Your Problem?": | Absent | ||
| 7. "Raising the Barn": | Absent | 21. "The Question": | Absent | ||
| 8. "Back to the Kindergarten": | Non-speaking | 22. "Made of Honor": | Absent | ||
| 9. "Sadie Killer": | Absent | 23/24. "Reunited": | Absent | ||
| 10. "Kevin Party": | Absent | 25. "Legs From Here to Homeworld": | Absent | ||
| 11. "Lars of the Stars": | Absent | 26. "Familiar": | Absent | ||
| 12. "Jungle Moon": | Absent | 27. "Together Alone": | Absent | ||
| 13. "Your Mother and Mine": | Absent | 28. "Escapism": | Absent | ||
| 14. "The Big Show": | Absent | 29-32. "Change Your Mind": | Appears | ||
| Future | |||||
| 1. "Little Homeschool": | Mentioned | 11. "In Dreams": | Absent | ||
| 2. "Guidance": | Appears | 12. "Bismuth Casual": | Absent | ||
| 3. "Rose Buds": | Absent | 13. "Together Forever": | Absent | ||
| 4. "Volleyball": | Absent | 14. "Growing Pains": | Absent | ||
| 5. "Bluebird": | Absent | 15. "Mr. Universe": | Absent | ||
| 6. "A Very Special Episode": | Absent | 16. "Fragments": | Absent | ||
| 7. "Snow Day": | Absent | 17. "Homeworld Bound": | Absent | ||
| 8. "Why So Blue?": | Absent | 18. "Everything's Fine": | Absent | ||
| 9. "Little Graduation": | Absent | 19. "I Am My Monster": | Absent | ||
| 10. "Prickly Pair": | Absent | 20. "The Future": | Absent | ||
Trivia
Earliest Smoky Quartz concept art by Rebecca Sugar.
- Their voice actress, Natasha Lyonne, was revealed in the credits roll of "Restaurant Wars".
- Smoky Quartz is Steven's first fusion with a Gem.
- Smoky Quartz is the first fusion seen on the show that has three arms, and the first Gem seen to have an odd number of arms.
- Smoky Quartz also has the fewest number of arms out of all Amethyst's fusions to date.
- As Smoky Quartz was formed, a smoke mushroom cloud appeared, similar to Sugilite's dragon and Sardonyx's stage curtain.
Steven and Amethyst when they unfuse from Smoky Quartz.
- When Steven and Amethyst unfuse, they phase apart. Amethyst's form converts to light, while Steven retains his organic form and simply splits away from Amethyst. Their voices also overlap.
- Smoky Quartz's yo-yo is the first summoned weapon to not be medieval-themed.
- The yo-yo shares a theme - being unconventional as weapons - with the weapons of other fusions between Steven and the Crystal Gems: Rainbow Quartz 2.0's parasol, Sunstone’s suction cups, and arguably Obsidian’s sword, as only the hilt is summoned directly.
- Smoky Quartz's yo-yo tricks were based on yo-yo master Tom Black's tricks from Cirque du Soleil.[2]
- Smoky Quartz is the only fusion involving Amethyst that doesn't have long hair.
- However, Smoky's hair is wild and messy, like Sugilite and Alexandrite.
- Michaela Dietz points out that Smoky Quartz's first appearance was born out of a low point for Steven and Amethyst. They bonded over both not being good enough–being the worst. So Smoky represented them reaching for each other's help, and being willing to do that when they need to.[3]
- An early sketch of Smoky Quartz shows them with them having two right arms instead of left arms, they did not have a torn top, and they were slimmer.
- Smoky Quartz is considered an efficient gemstone for cleansing and healing, and it is believed to ward off negativity; all are traits true to Smoky's character, as many of Steven and Amethyst's doubts and insecurities are negated, or at least suppressed, when fused together.
- In a video posted on Cartoon Network, Smoky is erroneously spelled with an 'e'.
Gemstones
| Image | Description |
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| Amethyst's gemstone on Smoky Quartz features a hexagonal facet. It is a tetradecahedron, specifically a truncated hexagonal dipyramid. It is located on Smoky's chest.
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| Steven's gemstone on Smoky Quartz features a pentagonal facet. It is a dodecahedron, specifically a truncated pentagonal dipyramid. It is located on Smoky's navel. |
Galleries
Smoky Quartz.
Smoky Quartz.
References
- ↑ http://www.thewrap.com/steven-universe-creator-rebecca-sugar-talks-lgbt-themes-teases-season-3/
- ↑ http://rebeccasugar.tumblr.com/post/148953790598
- ↑ The Steven Universe Podcast People and Places: Amethyst - Rebecca Sugar, Ian Jones-Quartey, Michaela Dietz, Deedee Magno Hall (Vol.2/Ep.2)
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