“Let it be known that I, Peridot, refuse to move forward or back until I am victorious!”

Initial appearance/Current appearance

Peridot – full designation Peridot Facet-2F5L Cut-5XG – is a character from Steven Universe who first appears in episode #36, ‘Warp Tour’. A Homeworld Gem dispatched to Earth to check up on an ongoing project, she was initially an antagonist but ultimately redeemed herself and became a member of the Crystal Gems.

Suggested background music for this thread - ‘Peace and Love (On the Planet Earth)’ or one of her instrumental themes.

Abilities

Durability

As a Gem, Peridot’s body is essentially a hard-light projection maintained by the gem embedded in her forehead, which is her real body. If her body takes too much damage, she becomes unable to hold her form and retreats to her gem to recover. Naturally, destroying the gem itself will kill her.

That aside, Peridots are apparently extremely durable Gems, and she can take a surprising amount of damage before being ‘poofed’.

• Falls off a cliff, has a boulder drop on her, is trapped under said boulder as it rolls, before falling off and having the boulder drop on her again

• Crushed by a large piece of falling machinery

• Crushed under falling rocks, climbs out and is immediately crushed by a large piece of machinery

• Falls from a cliff high enough to poof a Gem Monster and leave a sizable hole in the ground

• Slammed into a cliff face by a rudimentary cannon, then crushed under falling rocks

• Falls from another cliff

• Electrocuted and slammed into the ground by Garnet, who is extremely strong

• Mauled by a Gem Monster

• Tackled by a Gem Monster

Strength

• Throws flowers hard enough to knock a man over

• Lifts and smashes a TV set

• Rips a microwave out of a wall

• Smashes a telephone

• Holds onto a fleeing Gem Monster

• Snaps a leash that was restraining her fairly effectively

• Throws a bowtie halfway up a barn

Agility

• Dodges a charge from Amethyst

• Escapes the Gem’s Bubble Dungeon

Technical Skill

Peridot is a qualified technician who is familiar with the majority of Gem technology seen thus far. As well as being an expert on the Kindergartens – the facilities used to create Gem life – she is a skilled mechanic and is often found building or modifying both Earth and Gem machinery.

• Builds a large robot in less than a minute. Feats for the robot are below

• Creates a rudimentary cannon out of a Kindergarten Injector. Exact timeframe unknown, but a couple hours at most. It should be noted that although it was initially functional, the cannon did ultimately backfire

• Combat drones. These drones don’t actually have any feats yet, mind you

• Hijacks TV in an attempt to contact Homeworld

• Collaborated with the Crystal Gems to build a drill vehicle capable of reaching the centre of the Earth. This did take them over a month.

Gem Powers

Gems share a certain set of abilities that are natural to their species. Peridot, who was created during a time when Homeworld was short on resources, lacks several abilities common to other Gems, but she does still have some powers, as well as a unique ability to control metal.

Standard Gem powers

• Can create a bubble that prevents Gems from reforming. These bubbles are sent to wherever the Gem identifies as ‘Home’ – in Peridot’s case, the barn she lives in

• Her gem can project light

• Physical form adjusts automatically to the gravity of any planetoid

• Like all Gems, Peridot is hypothetically capable of Fusion – combining her form with other Gems to create something new – but she has never actually done so

• Common Gem abilities that Peridot does not have include shapeshifting and the ability to generate a weapon of her own. She also appears to have far less physical strength than most Gems

Metal Powers

Partway through the series Peridot discovers that she possesses the ability to manipulate metal. Although this ability starts off weak, she improves greatly over the course of the show. Feats will thus be arranged in chronological order.

• Cheats at a ring toss

• Lifts an assortment of musical instruments

• Impales a corrupted Gem with a metal bar

• Pulls the legs off a piece of machinery

• Lifts a van

• Able to compete with Lapis Lazuli’s hydrokinesis

• Lifts a large sign with Lapis. Although it isn’t stated, given how inconsistent this is with her regular strength she’s probably using her powers here

• Lifts herself and Steven on a trashcan lid

• Launches a series of soda cans

Limb Enhancers

Limb Enhancers are artificial limb extensions that incorporate a variety of Gem technology. Peridot initially made heavy use of them but lost them when she was defeated by the Crystal Gems.

• Contains a plasma cannon

  • Said plasma cannon is powerful enough to blow a hole through the hull of this old spaceship
  • Fires in rapid succession

• Electrifies Amethyst’s whip

• Contains a tractor beam

  • People grabbed by the beam appear to be incapable of movement
  • Picks up and throws Pearl with the beam

• Contains a computer that can be used to interface with Gem technology

  • Remotely controls her ship

• Her fingers can be used as a helicopter

  • Hovers in place
  • Keeps her in the air even with all of the Crystal Gems pulling her down

• Can run up walls

• The fingers are strong enough to support her weight, although that probably isn’t much

• Parts can be seperated if necessary

Other Equipment

The majority of this equipment was only seen once, or was lost at some point before Peridot’s redemption.

• Gem Destabiliser – an anti-Gem weapon similar to a taser. Although it is highly effective against Gems it appears largely ineffective against non-Gem life

• EMP-like device that shuts down Gem technology

• Robonoids – a series of robots Peridot employed while still loyal to Homeworld. These (unarmed) robots are designed for maintenance rather than combat and are not particularly durable

• Rudimentary stilts

• Attack drones. Capabilities unknown

Peribot

‘Peribot’ is the name commonly given to Peridot’s giant robot. Built as part of a challenge against Pearl, Peribot was mostly only seen in the one episode, but did return a couple of times.

As Peribot was run through a series of tests as part of the challenge, we have a surprising amount of feats for it, despite its limited time onscreen.

• Defeats Pearl’s robot

• Throws a car over the horizon

• Throws a pickup truck at the Crystal Gems

• Crushes some boulders

• Missiles contained in its hindquarters

• Springs in its feet allow it to jump extremely high

• Tug-of-War with Pearl’s robot

• Fast enough to keep up with Pearl’s robot, and tough enough to slam into a tree at full speed without being visibly damaged

• Arms are rotary

• Dextrous enough to paint (poorly)

• Steals this communicator without crushing it

• The arms are hollow and can be used as an escape route

Misc

• Founding member of the New Crystal Gems

• Likes to try clothes when no-one’s looking

• Has an official Twitter account

“You may have won the war, but the battle isn't over, Crystal Clods!”