Jasper (Steven Universe)

Jasper is a brand new Gem introduced in Steven Universe. She appeared as the main antagonist of the episode "The Return" and "Jail Break". She allies herself with Peridot.

Appearance/Personality
Jasper is a bulky orange Gem with an orange and black suit. Simlar to Amethyst, she has long white spiky hair. She has an aptly named jasper embeded on her nose which can summon a crash helmet she can use to charge at foes.

Jasper has a strict and serious personality as shown when she got upset at Peridot for seeing the enemies that stand against her. She also is very sadistic and manipulative as shown in the climax of "Jail Break" when she was going to attack the Crystal Gems.

History
She first appears in "The Return" where she arrives to Earth with Peridot and Lapis Lazuli and is shown to be rather dissapointed at the Gems that are standing in her way of conquering Earth. She then told Peridot to destroy them. Later, Steven saves the Gems with Rose's shield much to Jasper's suprise. She then attempts to kill Steven but Garnet stands up tor her and fights her. Unfortunately Garnet is severaly injured by Jasper  and retreats to her gems to heal, much to the shock of Amethyst, Pearl, and Steven. Jasper later knocks all the Gems out cold.

Later in "Jail Break", she puts Amethyst, Pearl, and Steven in prison on the ship. She is also revealed to have imprisoned the two gems that made up Garnet, Ruby and Sapphire. Steven later tries to convince Lapis to come with him and be free from prison but she refuses. At that same moment, he also frees Ruby and Sapphire and gets them together, causing them to regenerate and fuse into Garnet again. Garnet later fights Jasper while Steven frees Amethyst and Pearl. They later find Peridot, tie her up, and steer the hand ship back home to Earth. Garnet defeats Jasper and Peridot retreats back to the Gem Homeworld just as the ship crashes into the Gems's residence. Steven is able to save the Crystal Gems with his mother's shield. Unfortunately, Jasper survives the crash and is upset that she lost. She later notices Lapis and forces her to fuse with her which she accepts, turning them into Malachite. Lapis later takes control of Jasper and drags both of them into the ocean presumebly drowning and killing Jasper in the process.

Trivia

 * Jasper is the third Gem introduced in the series the first is Lapis and second is Peridot


 * Between the two, Jasper is more evil than Peridot. She even laughed evily as she was going to kill the Crystal Gems.


 * Jasper is the largest and bulkiest gem introduced in the series so far.


 * Jasper resembles Marvel villains Rhino and Juggernaut and also resembles DC villains Kalibak and Stompa.

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