Peridot

Peridot, is a character from the American animated television series Steven Universe. She is best known member of Danko Ledesma crew.
==History==
She was originally a Homeworld Gem technician and a certified Kindergartener. After being stranded on Earth following the events of "Jail Break", she acted as a recurring antagonist until becoming more of an anti-hero and pseudo-antagonist by establishing a truce with the Crystal Gems in "When It Rains" to help them save the Earth from the Cluster. She officially became a member in "Message Received" after she defied her Homeworld superior, Yellow Diamond. For some time, Peridot lived in the barn with Lapis Lazuli, but began residing in the Crystal Temple after Lapis fled the planet with their home in "Raising the Barn".
==Appearance==
===2020 version===
Peridot wore a sleeveless green V-neck uniform. Her suit is mostly medium green, with a dark-green diamond outline around the cut-out of her neck area, meeting to form the Yellow Diamond insignia at her solar plexus, with a dark-green portion between her chest and leggings. Her leggings cover her feet and feature yellow toes and diamond-shaped knee pads. She is never seen without her visor, which covers the top half of her face and tints her eyes yellow-green. She has a slightly curvy figure, with wide hips, a small waist, and a round chest.
===2024 version===
Peridot's bodysuit now covers her entire chest and is dark green at the top with a pale chartreuse yellow star on the front, and her leggings are bright green with a dark green star on each knee. The area between her chest and leggings, while still dark green, is even darker than before. She also now wears pale chartreuse yellow boots. Her visor is bigger and is now transparent yellow, butterfly-shaped, and exposes her forehead. It also tints her eyes as a brown-gold color as opposed to green with her previous visor. Steven had given her a salmon-pink t-shirt with a yellow star in the center, similar to the old one he wore two years earlier, as a parting gift.
==Personality==
===2020 version===
Peridot used to be extremely self-absorbed, which lead her to underestimate the Crystal Gems continually. Even after defecting to aid the Crystal Gems, she still mainly thought of her needs. Many of her childlike behaviors, particularly her temper and arrogance, stemmed from her over-inflated ego. This is not to say Peridot is incapable of putting others above herself; she is just not used to having others who are willing to do the same for her. As she spends more time on Earth, Peridot has started developing a more gracious and compassionate attitude. 
This was mainly seen through trying to be friends with Lapis Lazuli and the Crystal Gems. The same behavior extends to her admitting something personal. "Beta" shows a much more considerate and thoughtful side to her. She shows Steven and Amethyst around the renovated barn, entertains them with her "meep morps" and powers and tries to convince Amethyst that she is better than Jasper by showing her the Beta Kindergarten. She also shows her dedication to her friends by telling Jasper she is a Crystal Gem and trying to use her metal powers to help fight. When Lapis was sad about how she took the time to learn about Earth when "Navy" was able to understand for the first time, Peridot comforts her.
===2024 version===
Steven Universe: The Movie shows that Peridot is far less self-absorbed and much more open and cooperative as she works with Bismuth and Lapis to build Little Homeschool, and analyses Spinel's injector though she is still eccentric and goofy when she helps try to get the gems' memories back. Steven Universe Future shows that she has turned to gardening and teaching about farming and growing plants in Little Homeschool.
==Abilities==
===Skills===
* Intelligence: In "Kindergarten Kid", Peridot describes herself as smarter than the average Peridot. Additionally, she was able to instantly memorize the musical scale of a ukulele after hearing Steven in "It Could've Been Great", demonstrating perfect (or at least exceptional relative) pitch.
** Architecture: Being a "certified Kindergartner", Peridot has extensive knowledge regarding the location, mineral, and injectors used to create Gems and the state of such Gem by how they appear as themselves and the hole they had come out of. She was sent to Earth in order to check the Cluster's progress in it gained physical form. In "Message Received", she has ideas about how to take advantage of Earth's unique resources without destroying the organic life. In "Beta" as Peridot educates Steven and Amethyst of the intricacies of the Prime and Beta Kindergartens and why their overall quality is far apart from each other. As a result, Peridot knows what would be needed to create the perfect Gem.
** Engineering: Peridot is able to easily improvise new creations out of existing technology, such as her battle [robot in "Back to the Barn", her improvised cannon in "Kindergarten Kid", a Gem drill to reach the core of the Earth with Pearl's help, and some of her artistic "meep morps" shown in "Beta". Peridot has some construction skills, as she managed to rebuild the Communication Hub to a usable state and was seen trying to fix a Warp Pad. In "Change Your Mind", it was shown that she, along with Bismuth and probably Lapis, was able to repair Blue and Yellow Diamond's ships to a fully functional state. Despite rivaling Pearl in engineering skill, Peridot has a far superior knowledge and utilization about Gem-tech than Pearl due to the latter's lack of knowledge on current Gem technology for thousands of years. She also is knowledgeable of old Gem tech, as she was able to find the Cluster's coordinate files on the Moon Base.
** Horticulture/Agriculture: Peridot learned about Earth's plant life and decided to use her skills from Kindergarten management to cultivate vegetables at the farm. In Steven Universe Future, Peridot is shown running a greenhouse in Little Homeschool and teaching other gems about gardening.
* Piloting: Along with Pearl, "Doc", and "Navy", Peridot is able to fly Homeworld ships. She is seen briefly interfacing with her ship's controls, setting a course to the Gem Homeworld.
=== Natural Abilities ===
* Immense Durability: By her own admission in "Kindergarten Kid", Peridots are rather durable and can evidently take much harm unscathed. In "Keeping It Together" she can easily shrug off having a heavy piece of Kindergarten machinery crashing down on her without "poofing". In "Kindergarten Kid" she endures multiple crashes and falls in one day, with her physical form remaining intact.
* Bubbling: As revealed in "Kindergarten Kid", Peridot is able to bubble objects. Her bubbles are lime green and are sent to The Barn instead of being sent to the Burning Room inside Crystal Temple because the Barn is where Peridot considers home.
* Photokinesis: In "It Could've Been Great" Peridot is shown using her gemstone to project a green light, like a flashlight. She shares this ability with Garnet, Pearl, "Eyeball", "Doc", and the Rutile Twins.
* Enhanced Strength: Even with her limb enhancers, Peridot possesses very little physical strength and has difficulty just lifting Steven and pieces of a warp pad normally. In "When It Rains", she failed to remove a panel from a Prime Kindergarten Control Room wall, which Steven removed with relative ease but this may have been because of his gem strength, or possibly just for comedic effect. However, in "Reunited" Peridot is able to knock over Mr. Fryman with a couple of flowers alone, suggesting some degree of considerable strength when compared to a human.
=== Unique Abilities ===
* ​​Ferrokinesis: Peridot believed that she had no unique powers until in "Too Short to Ride", it is shown that Peridot can levitate and control metallic objects. The extent of her powers (whether she manipulates magnetism or just the metal) is still unknown, though given as she was able to use the ability on her tablet without damaging the device's circuitry, magnetism appears unlikely. It is possible this ability is what made her so proficient with her limb enhancement's fingers, particularly the 'finger copter' ability. It can require some physical and mental strain on Peridot's part depending on the weight of the object(s), but once lifted off of the ground, her ferrokinesis makes it effectively weightless. In "Beta" she can hold up an entire one-man band of metal instruments (though drops them after concentrating on playing the harmonica). In "Room for Ruby", Peridot is seen casually using this power to raise an umbrella over her and Lapis' head, and raise a trash can lid up to Lapis while she, Steven, and Pumpkin are standing on it, showing she has mostly mastered this ability. In "Earthlings", once properly motivated, she proves capable of using this to throw a piece of scrap metal with enough force to impale the now corrupted Jasper through the chest, poofing her. In "The New Crystal Gems", she is shown to have more control over this ability, being able to lift up trucks and other cars. In the same episode, when Peridot and Lapis were fighting over a car, she was not overcome by Lapis' hydrokinesis. In "Steven Universe: The Movie", she was able to hold back an entire wall of scaffolding. The exact maximum she can lift with this ability is unknown, but she is capable of lifting several tons with little effort. Peridot often uses this ability to grant her and others the ability to essentially fly, such as controlling a trash can lid for her to ride on while Connie hung onto it, or lifting Bismuth into the air and tagging along by controlling Bismuth's metal armor.
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