| “ | Wh.. What happened? Where am I? | „ |
| ~ Pink Pearl, after being uncontrolled in "Change Your Mind". |
Pearl (or Pink Pearl as she is referred to by the Crewniverse) is a Homeworld Gem and minor antagonist and supporting character of Steven Universe She was Pink Diamond's original Pearl before being taken from her and placed under the ownership of White Diamond, who used her powers to take control of Pink Pearl remotely, rendering her devoid of color (referred to as White Pearl outside of the series). She first appeared in "Legs From Here to Homeworld". As White Diamond's only known and final Pearl, she was used as a remote camera of sorts, being a container of White's power. It is presumed she had been using her this way for thousands of years. Following White Diamond's defeat, she woke up in Era 3 from late Era 1. She immediately ceased to be White's Pearl, just as Era 3 truly began.
In "Volleyball", she was given the nickname "Volleyball" to distinguish her from Pearl of the Crystal Gems. After understanding and confronting her repressed trauma associated with White and Pink Diamonds through Pearl and fusing with her, she has been shown to now be living a new free life on Earth, and is enrolled at Little Homeschool and lives in Little Homeworld.
She was voiced by Deedee Magno Hall.
Appearance[]
Pink Pearl has all of the typical features of a Pearl, with a thin and flexible build and a pointed beak-like nose. She has an overall pink color scheme, with her skin being light pink and her eyes are a very pale magenta, and her lilac hair is twisted into two Princess Leia-inspired buns (presumably meant to resemble roses) that are held to the sides of her head. Her clothing consists of a hot pink and dark rose cropped top, with lilac glove-sleeves. She wears dark rose tights with hot pink leggings, as well as very pale magenta flats and a transparent lilac skirt with an opening at the front. Her gemstone is located on the upper part of her navel and is an oval-shaped cabochon, bearing similarities to that of the Crystal Gems Pearl's gemstone.
Her most prominent feature is the atypical scarring over her left eye, which is lined with cracks that extend to the chin, hairline, and hair bun of her physical form, completely covering the missing eye. In "Volleyball", it is revealed that the scar was caused by one of Pink Diamond's outbursts, similar to the ones Steven demonstrates in Steven Universe Future. It is further explained to be psychological damage manifesting itself in her physical form despite her gem being unharmed.
While under White Diamond's control, her color scheme was changed to a monochrome black-and-white one, with her skin being an off-white color and her bodice being off-black with gray sleeves and legs, as well as her skirt changing to white and her flats changing to light gray.
After being freed from White Diamond's control in "Change Your Mind", she regains her original pink color scheme. She still has the same scar as before.
In "Volleyball" her eye becomes further cracked while making excuses for Pink Diamond's treatment of her. However, it is currently unknown if she still has a cracked eye, as her left eye has been hidden from the viewer since that episode.
Personality[]
In Steven's dream in "Together Alone", she is portrayed as having a playful and happy personality, playing with Pink Diamond and keeping their friendship a secret from the other Diamonds.
While under White Diamond's control, Pink Pearl was shown to express rather unsettling, robotic behavior. She absently gazed into the distance when speaking, bore a constant smile, remained poised en pointe with her arms held upward in a graceful position, and moved without physically making an effort, as though she were simply floating along on her toes (through the assistance of White's pod). These attributes gave the impression of a vacant mind, making her appear robotic. Her voice was different from the other Pearls, having White Diamond's voice. Prior to being released, it was revealed she was a literal (not figurative) mouthpiece.
Pink Pearl is usually cheerful and sweet, being always calm and polite. She is very gracious and spoke fondly of Pink Diamond. She also always forgives people, no matter how much damage they've caused her. Pink Pearl seemed entirely fine with the fact that she lost eight thousand years' worth of memories due to White Diamond's control over her, which demonstrates the more problematic aspects of her personality. She routinely excuses Pink's actions, even though it was her owner's scream that began the crack on her face, and the (unintentional) mistreatment that caused it to be unhealable or even worsen. However, Pink Pearl is able to realize she was not seeing the whole picture and recognizes she was trying to justify why Pink harmed her. Through Mega Pearl, she discovers Pink Diamond wasn't the solid, unchanging Gem she saw. They state that they have each other now, and upon unfusing, Pink Pearl leans against Pearl gently.
In Unleash the Light, Pink Pearl was shown to have the same mindset as other Homeworld Gems despite her calm demeanor, as she agreed with the other Pearls to shatter Pyrope and Demantoid, however, Steven quickly denied it.
Biography[]
Past[]
According to Steven's dream in "Together Alone", Pink Pearl served Pink Diamond thousands of years prior to Pink Diamond's colonization of the Earth. The crack on her left eye was caused after Pink Diamond was very upset with the outcome and answer of her asking White Diamond to give her a colony, though the injury happened as she was standing near her when she screamed. As foreshadowed in "Change Your Mind", she was later taken away from Pink Diamond by White Diamond, in response to Pink's behavior, and eventually replaced by another Pearl, likely due to the physical and psychological damage caused to her first. For the next 8,000 years, she was under White Diamond's control.
Legs From Here to Homeworld[]
When Steven arrives on Homeworld with Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, and the Crystal Gems, White Pearl appears and informs Steven that White Diamond wants to see him. Suddenly, White Pearl encloses herself and Steven within her shell and transports him to White Diamond. Afterward, she phases through a wall and disappears.
Together Alone[]
White Pearl appears at the beginning of the episode in one of Steven's dreams, where he is depicted as Pink Diamond. She is shown having a pink color scheme and an undamaged eye, revealing that she was once Pink Diamond's Pearl. She and Steven have fun together, hiding their friendship from Yellow Diamond, right before Pink Pearl fades into blackness and White Diamond shows up in front of Steven.
Attending Steven's Era 3 ball later in the episode, White Pearl opts to observe the ball in White Diamond's place, standing on her throne. While smiling blankly for most of the event, White Pearl displays a disdainful frown when seeing Steven and Connie suddenly fuse into Stevonnie, and observes Yellow Diamond poof the Crystal Gems and imprison Stevonnie in a prison tower.
Change Your Mind[]
Pink Pearl is mentioned at the beginning of the episode in another one of Steven's dreams, in which he is again depicted as Pink Diamond. Blue Diamond tells him that White Diamond was very unhappy with him and if he keeps up his misbehavior, she will take Pink Pearl away from him.
When Blue and Yellow Diamond attempt to help Steven and Connie return to Earth and let them to get inside Pink's leg ship, White Pearl tells them they're not going anywhere and merges White's head ship with Pink's leg ship. She then tells Blue, Yellow, Steven, and Connie to go to their rooms, but Yellow and Blue's repaired arm ships, controlled by Bismuth, Lapis, and Peridot, suddenly appear and punch White's ship away. White Pearl reminds them that White Diamond has certain issues with their conduct before transporting herself inside White Diamond's ship.
White Pearl appears again after the Crystal Gems have entered White Diamond's ship. After White Diamond pulls out Steven's gemstone, White Pearl aids White Diamond and the other Gems she's controlling in attacking Pink Steven, Steven's separated gem half, but this fails and she is knocked down. White Pearl blushes pink when her Diamond and the other Gems she's controlling do the same, and is soon freed from White Diamond's control when White Diamond is defeated, reverting back into Pink Pearl. Pink Pearl asks where she is, and Steven welcomes her back.
Unleash the Light[]
Pink Pearl along with Yellow and Blue Pearl assist Steven in his Era 3 Rules For Dismantling the Empire. She is excited about the new Era and hopes that nothing goes wrong. When Yellow Pearl mentions the remaining two Light Prisms, and that Pyrope and Demantoid would not answer her attempts to reach them, Blue Pearl then suggests using force to which Steven quickly refuses. Pink Pearl asks Steven what to do and he and the Crystal Gems liberate the other Prisms from Pyrope and Demantoid.
Volleyball[]
Pink Pearl enters the clinic that Steven has set up for healing gems. Pink Pearl is curious to see if Steven can fix her cracked eye. Although he attempts to, he cannot. Once Pink Pearl mentions that White didn't cause the injury, but rather Pink Diamond, Steven decides to search for Pearl. They meet and talk about her crack. While talking, it is shown that Pearl and Pink Pearl (recently nicknamed Volleyball) seem to have tension over the way Pink treated them both. Both Pearls decide to go to The Reef, which is a central care center for all Pearls and is even revealed they used to be made there. Shell (The Reef's A.I.) greets them and takes them to a room in The Reef where Pink Pearl can be healed. Later, they arrive at a room with a large clamshell in the center, where Pearls can be fixed and even rejuvenated. After scanning Pink Pearl, Shell concludes that although her gem is perfect, her physical form is extremely damaged and cannot be repaired. It is concluded that the damage is psychological, and with this revelation, her cracks grow.
Then, Pink Pearl explains that the reason why she has a cracked eye is that Pink Diamond got angry after all of the times she asked for and was denied a colony. She threw a fit and accidentally hit Pink Pearl with her "destructive" powers. This angers Pearl, and she starts an argument about how Pink Diamond really acted. This angers Steven, and he turns pink (partially destroying the room). This causes Shell to attempt to rejuvenate the Pearls. After some consolation inside the clamshell, the Pearls fuse and escapes rejuvenation. After escaping The Reef, and returning to Beach City, the Pearl fusion tells Steven that her components now understand each other and Pink Diamond better. They unfuse, and both Pearls are seen embracing each other.
Everything's Fine[]
At the end of "Volleyball," because of the way Pink Pearl was positioned in the final shot of the episode when she and Pearl unfuse, it was made deliberately unclear whether her crack had healed. She appears in "Everything's Fine" in Little Homeworld attending Peridot's horticulture class in the greenhouse, before Steven comes along and makes a bunch of sentient Steven-shaped plants, causing her and her classmates to flee.
The Future[]
She is seen taking Flint and Chert's picture, while Steven is driving away.
Abilities[]
Pink Pearl possesses standard Gem abilities: bubbling, shapeshifting, fusion, regeneration, agelessness, gravity shifting, photokinesis, gem storage, and superhuman strength/durability. She also presumably has the same abilities as the Crystal Gem's Pearl has, such as a holographic projection, self-duplication, psammokinesis and nephelokinesis.
Fusions[]
- When fused with Pearl, they form Mega Pearl.
Skillset[]
- Ribbon Wand Proficiency: Pink Pearl can summon and is shown to be skilled with her ribbon wand (which was a gift from Pink Diamond), twirling it around to show it off, hypothetically using this as her personal "weapon." When forming Mega Pearl when fusing with Pearl, the Ribbon Wand is upgraded, gaining a "bladed" version (probably gaining attributes that are similar to Pearl's spear).
Natural Abilities[]
- Enhanced Strength: Pink Pearl was able to hold her ribbon wand with enough force to stop Pearl from taking it.
Unique Abilities[]
- Interdimensional Storage: Due to her gem type, Pink Pearl is able to compactly store large amount of items inside her gemstone's special plane.
Clandestine Abilities[]
- White Capsule Generation: While controlled by White Diamond, Pink Pearl can create a kind of white capsule around herself or other Gems, with several utilities.
- Levitational Transport: The capsule can also float around, as seen in "Legs From Here to Homeworld" and "Change Your Mind".
- Teleportation: The capsule can also teleport Pink Pearl, as seen in "Together Alone" and "Change Your Mind".
- Intangibility: While controlled by White Diamond, Pink Pearl has the ability to traverse solid materials such as the structure of the White Diamond ship. However, it is not yet known if this is, in fact, a skill or just the technology of the ship.
- Levitation: While controlled by White Diamond, Pink Pearl has the ability to, indirectly, suspend her body.
- White Burst: While under White Diamond's control, Pink Pearl was capable of shooting a white energy beam equivalent to White Diamond's aura through her eye. This energy beam can take over the affected Gems' mind.
Quotes[]
| “ | Pink Diamond. Your presence is required. | „ |
| ~ Pink Pearl, controlled as White Pearl. |
| “ | Only Pink Diamond's presence is necessary. | „ |
| ~ Pink Pearl (White Pearl) to Yellow and Blue Diamond. |
| “ | To those in attendance of the era 3 ball, White Diamond... Has more important things to attend to. | „ |
| ~ Pink Pearl/White Pearl. |
| “ | Therefore, I will be here to observe in her place. Welcome to Era 3! | „ |
| ~ Pink Pearl (White Pearl), taking White Diamond's place. |
| “ | You're not going anywhere. | „ |
| ~ Pink Pearl (White Pearl) Stopping Steven and Connie. |
| “ | You've made a grave mistake, go to your rooms! | „ |
| ~ Pink Pearl (White Pearl) to Steven, Connie, Yellow Diamond and Blue Diamond. |
| “ | Very cute. Glad to see everyone is having fun. However, White Diamond has certain issues with your conduct that will have to be addressed before we move forward. | „ |
| ~ Pink Pearl (White Pearl) to Steven, Connie, Bismuth, Peridot, and Lapis Lazuli. |
| “ | Wh.. What happened? Where am i? | „ |
| ~ Pink Pearl, after being uncontrolled. |
Relationships[]
Pink Diamond[]
In Steven's dream in "Together Alone", White Pearl (then Pink Pearl) is shown interacting with Steven dressed as Pink Diamond, strongly suggesting White Pearl belonged to Pink Diamond. The two appear to have had a close relationship, having fun together and keeping their friendship a secret from the other Diamonds. Pink Pearl was then given to White Diamond, although it is uncertain when and why. It is possible that she was taken away by White Diamond as punishment to Pink Diamond as Blue had warned her. It is also possible that she was taken away after Pink permanently damaged her during a tantrum.
In "Volleyball", Pink Pearl appeared to be the only one aware of Pink's "destructive" powers. While she fondly reminisces over Pink Diamond, she reveals the crack on her face was Pink's doing, stating Pink hurt her during a tantrum. Despite learning the crack was psychosomatic damage, Pink Pearl repeatedly defended her Diamond's actions, explaining it as accidental and that she was only in the way. Later on, while speaking with Pearl, she came to the realization that she hadn't recovered from her trauma and had only been making up excuses. Mega Pearl later states Pink Pearl never realized Pink Diamond would or even could change and was only seeing half the picture.
White Diamond[]
| “ | To those in attendance of the Era 3 ball, White Diamond... has more important things to attend to. | „ |
| ~ White Pearl |
White Pearl has been shown acting as an envoy for White Diamond. As her representative and mouthpiece, White Pearl is treated as having the same level of authority as White Diamond, giving orders to the other Diamonds and even standing on White Diamond's throne during the latter's absence from Steven's Era 3 ball. However, "Together Alone" casts doubt on whether she always belonged to White Diamond. It is then revealed in "Change Your Mind" that White Pearl was in fact mind-controlled by White Diamond, a state she is freed from when White Diamond is defeated. As White Pearl, her body had access to White's powers, though her broken eye was disabled for use. In this, it was revealed White has a magical pod ability.
In "Volleyball", she does not appear resentful toward White Diamond for mind-controlling her and is willing to clear up the misunderstanding when Steven and Pearl believe White to have been the one who cracked her eye. It can be assumed White caused her no damage at all, apart from the eight-thousand-year gap in her memory.
Steven Universe[]
White Pearl, revealed later to be a Whitened Pink Pearl, was used to fetch him to speak with White Diamond upon his arrival to Homeworld. She promptly disappears upon leaving him there, likely to keep up the illusion of being White's Pearl. She later captures White's facial expression of a shocked frown upon witnessing Stevonnie. Later, in White's head, it's revealed she can be used as a transmitter like other Whitened gems, however, her disabled eye cannot be used.
After she is freed from White Diamond's control and becomes pink and colorful again, Steven places a hand on her shoulder and welcomes her back from her former diamond superior White's control.
In Unleash the Light, Pink Pearl supports Steven's attempts at changing Homeworld for the better, hoping his efforts will work well.
In "Volleyball", she visits Steven in his clinic for healing Gems, entrusting Steven with fixing her cracked eye. It appears that Steven has known her for some time, as the two speak casually and Steven calls Pink Pearl his friend. However, he gets angry when Pink Pearl reveals that her cracked eye was Pink Diamond's doing, as he does not want to keep having to fix her mistakes, but keeps his anger under control. When the both of them (along with Pearl) visit The Reef, they even bond over Pink Pearl's nostalgic feelings of the items stored there, as it was here Pearls, including the Crystal Gem Pearl and Pink Pearl, were created. When Steven accidentally causes Pink Pearl to become trapped in a shell that will rejuvenate her, he feels horribly guilty and tries to free her. After all three of them are back in Beach City he expresses remorse over not being able to heal Pink Pearl's eye, feeling the mission was for nothing, but he smiled when Mega Pearl explained that the mission help her understand the situation with Pink Diamond better.
Pearl[]
In "Volleyball" she bonds with Pearl over the negative and hurtful things Pink Diamond has done and fuses with her, forming Mega Pearl. Their fusion later mentions that although they still both miss Pink, they still have each other and with each other's help, they were finally able to see "the full picture". Pink Pearl appears to have grown quite fond of Pearl.
Yellow and Blue Diamond[]
| “ | It's White's Pearl... | „ |
| ~ Blue Diamond. |
White Pearl is shown to be dismissive of Yellow and Blue Diamond, denying them entrance into White Diamond's ship without a complaint from either of them. The two even showed a degree of trepidation towards her. However, since during this time she was being mind controlled by White Diamond, it's unclear how much of this reflects Pink Pearl herself. It's expressed that they do know of White Pearl seeing everything, though the illusion of White Pearl being a separate entity appears to be there. During Steven's dream in "Together Alone", Pink Pearl is shown saluting to Yellow Diamond when the latter enters Pink Diamond's room.
Yellow Pearl & Blue Pearl[]
As she was the personal Pearl of Pink Diamond, it is likely that Pink Pearl knew Blue and Yellow Pearl prior to her being taken away and subsequently mind-controlled by White Diamond. Following the initiation of Era 3, as well as her own liberation from White Diamond's control, Pink Pearl aids Steven to establish new rules for Homeworld in order to change it for the better working alongside Yellow Pearl and Blue Pearl in the process.
Gallery[]
External Links[]
- Pink Pearl on the Heroes Wiki
