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* ''SailorMoon'' is absolutely flooded with both good and evil jewelry, the most famous being the Silver Crystal (which had to be assembled from 7 Rainbow Crystals in the anime). Most of the jewelry is, oddly, physically manifested aspects of the human soul. Any given person apparently has a friggin ''jewelry store'' in there somewhere.
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* ''SailorMoon'' is absolutely flooded with both good and evil jewelry, the most famous being the Silver Crystal (which had to be assembled from 7 Rainbow Crystals in the anime). Most of the jewelry is, oddly, [[AnatomyOfTheSoul physically manifested aspects of the human soul.soul]]. Any given person apparently has a friggin ''jewelry store'' in there somewhere.
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* In RobertEHoward's {{Kull}}/{{Bran Mak Morn}} story "Kings of the Night", the jewel in Bran's iron crown.
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* In RobertEHoward's {{Kull}} story "The Shadow Kingdom" the stolen gem.
-->''Above all, why had Ka-nu shown him the green gem of terror, stolen long ago from the temple of the Serpent, for which the world would rock in wars were it known to the weird and terrible keepers of that temple, and from whose vengeance not even Ka-nu's ferocious tribesmen might be able to save him?''
-->''Above all, why had Ka-nu shown him the green gem of terror, stolen long ago from the temple of the Serpent, for which the world would rock in wars were it known to the weird and terrible keepers of that temple, and from whose vengeance not even Ka-nu's ferocious tribesmen might be able to save him?''
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Every super powerful PlotCoupon has to be a diamond or gem of some sort. Bonus if it's been somehow shattered into easily re-assembled pieces. And you, our heroes, in all likelihood GottaCatchEmAll. If there are more than one gem, they'll usually be conveniently [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience Colour Coded]] by their ElementalPowers, although sometimes they're only different colors because [[RuleOfCool it looks cool]].
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Every super powerful PlotCoupon has to be a diamond or gem of some sort. Bonus if it's been somehow shattered into easily re-assembled pieces. And you, our heroes, in all likelihood GottaCatchEmAll. Or just the one in the case of the CrystalPrison. If there are more than one gem, they'll usually be conveniently [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience Colour Coded]] by their ElementalPowers, although sometimes they're only different colors because [[RuleOfCool it looks cool]].
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There's probably an entire subtrope one could write for plots in which it turns out the villain wants a jewel not for its monetary value, but because it's necessary to focus the beam of a giant frickin' laser.
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There's probably an entire subtrope one could write for plots in which it turns out the villain wants a jewel not for its monetary value, but because it's necessary to focus the beam of a giant [[FrickinLaser frickin' laser.]]
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* Brilliantly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in an ArtemisFowl short story, where Artemis claims that he needs a particular gem for a telescope or similar device he is working on, but he actually wants it [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming because it's the exact same shade as his mother's eyes...]]
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** A bit of a separate case, as they're not used as the cannon's focus, but rather its [[GreenRocks power source]].
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** The Elephant's Heart in "The Tower of the Elephant"
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** The Elephant's Heart in "The Tower of the Elephant"Elephant". There are also a number of glowing gems that they ignore for the real thing.
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** The Heart of Ahriman in ''The Hour of the Dragon''
-->''The red heart of the night it is, strong to save or to damn. It came from afar, and from long ago. While I held it, none could stand before me. But it was stolen from me, and Acheron fell, and I fled an exile into dark Stygia.''
-->''The red heart of the night it is, strong to save or to damn. It came from afar, and from long ago. While I held it, none could stand before me. But it was stolen from me, and Acheron fell, and I fled an exile into dark Stygia.''
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** The Null Chamber serves as ''zOMG'''s [[TheHub hub]]. It is filled with "Dark Crystals", which have the power to neutralize G'hi energy, allowing players to swap out and charge rings. In addition, the Null Chamber grants anyone who enters it a form of immortality. If you are killed in the field, you can release your lifeforce and reform at the Null Chamber. [[spoiler:ThisTroper had a FridgeLogic moment with this after defeating the endboss. All of the NPCs assume you've killed him. Yet whenever ''you'' die, you just come back to life in the Null Chamber. The Undersea Caverns that lead to Sealab X are literally ''filled with null crystals''.]]
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** The Null Chamber serves as ''zOMG'''s [[TheHub hub]]. It is filled with "Dark Crystals", which have the power to neutralize G'hi energy, allowing players to swap out and charge rings. In addition, the Null Chamber grants anyone who enters it a form of immortality. If you are killed in the field, you can release your lifeforce and reform at the Null Chamber. [[spoiler:ThisTroper had a FridgeLogic moment with this after defeating the endboss. All of the NPCs [=NPCs=] assume you've killed him. Yet whenever ''you'' die, you just come back to life in the Null Chamber. The Undersea Caverns that lead to Sealab X are literally ''filled with null crystals''.]]
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* How has no-one thought to put ''PrincessTutu'' here? The entire freaking series is the titular princess gathering shards of [[spoiler:Mythos' heart]] (which conveniently look like shards of a jewel) then finding out that the last shard is [[spoiler:the jewel around her neck that helps her transform!]]
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* How has no-one thought to put ''PrincessTutu'' here? ''PrincessTutu''. The entire freaking series is the titular princess gathering gathers shards of [[spoiler:Mythos' heart]] (which conveniently look like shards of a jewel) then finding finds out that the last shard is [[spoiler:the jewel around her neck that helps her transform!]]
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* Nobody has mentioned Dragon Ball yet. The fudge? Villains try to collect them to wish for nefarious things, heroes try to stop them (or find them for their own reasons, like resurrecting their friends) and they're an integral element of the show.
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* Nobody has mentioned The eponymous [[{{Dragonball}} Dragon Ball yet. The fudge? Villains try to collect them to wish for nefarious things, heroes try to stop them (or find them for their own reasons, like resurrecting their friends) and they're an integral element of the show.Balls]]
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* There's all kinds of magic gems, crystals and jewelry through the various editions and settings of DungeonsAndDragons. Perhaps the most noteworthy are ''ioun stones'', magic crystals granting a variety of powers, Shape and ColorCodedForYourConvenience, that physically orbit the character while in use.
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* Not unsimilarly, CrashBandicoot 2 sees Cortex trying to get his hands on 25 crystals to activate his brainwashing device, while Nitrus Brio wants the 42 gems to blow up the aforementioned device.
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** The Elephant's Heart in "The Tower of the Elephant"
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* In RobertEHoward's ConanTheBarbarian story "The Jewels of Gwahlur", the Teeth of Gwahlur.
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* ''FinalFantasyXII'' has nethicite, which is capable of causing EarthShatteringKaboom|s (and therefore the perfect deterrent)
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*** Aside from the tedious implausibility of killing a PlotArmored VillainSue, one might presume that killing a Time Lord isn't actually that hard. There are only a finite number of incarnations available to them, after all. And feeding someone into the Eye of Harmony or just plain old dropping them into a star is going to put a lengthy crimp on the activities of [[TheScrappy anyone whom the authors aren't infatuated with]].
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* Heroic variant: Some endings of the ChooseYourOwnAdventure book ''Mountain of Mirrors'', you can use a huge diamond to focus sunlight on the ice pillar that supports a gigantic frozen cavern, melting it away and collapsing the roof on a monstrous army.
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* The titular stone from ''TheDarkCrystal'', as well as the shard that must be reunited with it.
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* The titular stone from ''TheDarkCrystal'', as well as the shard that must be reunited with it. Unusually, both shard and Crystal aren't cut gemstones, but hunks of rough crystal in its natural state.
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* The eight elemental crystals from ''Mardek RPG''. Each of them is is the font of all energy of their type: aside from the basic elements, the Light and Dark crystals are responsible for Good and Evil, the Fig crystal for all thoughts and dreams, and the Aether crystal for all souls and lifeforces. Every planet has its own set, although non-life-bearing planets don't need the Moral or Spiritual ones.
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* ''{{Legend of Zelda}}: Ocarina of Time'', with the Kokiri Emerald, Goron Ruby, and Zora Sapphire. In the Tingle game, rupees, the currency, may count.
** The [[TheLegendOfZeldaWindWaker Goddess Pearls]], the [[TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Pure Metals]]...
** The [[TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Royal Jewels, Force]] [[TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Gems]]...
*** Don't forget Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, in which the entire point of the game is to get as many rupees as possible--including the big, shiny, square ones that act as the games dungeon counters.
** The [[TheLegendOfZeldaWindWaker Goddess Pearls]], the [[TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Pure Metals]]...
** The [[TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Royal Jewels, Force]] [[TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Gems]]...
*** Don't forget Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, in which the entire point of the game is to get as many rupees as possible--including the big, shiny, square ones that act as the games dungeon counters.
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* ''{{Legend ''TheLegendOfZelda'' has a bunch of Zelda}}: Ocarina of Time'', with these, usually in the Kokiri Emerald, Goron Ruby, colours green, red and Zora Sapphire. In blue to represent the Tingle game, rupees, Goddesses and their respective powers (courage, power and wisdom). ''ALinkToThePast'' has the currency, may count.
** The [[TheLegendOfZeldaWindWakerthree Pendants of Virtue, ''OcarinaOfTime'' has the three Spiritual Stones, ''TheWindWaker'' has the Goddess Pearls]], Pearls and ''PhantomHourglass'' has the [[TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Pure Metals]]...
** The [[TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Royal Jewels, Force]] [[TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Gems]]...
*** Don't forget Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, in whichMetals. ''FourSwords'', ''FourSwordsAdventures'' and ''TheMinishCap'' all feature the four Elements/Royal Jewels.
* ''FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland'''s entirepoint of the game is to get gameplay revolves around getting as many rupees as possible--including the big, shiny, square ones Super Rupees that act as the games dungeon counters.counters and the final Master Rupee.
** The [[TheLegendOfZeldaWindWaker
** The [[TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Royal Jewels, Force]] [[TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Gems]]...
*** Don't forget Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, in which
* ''FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland'''s entire
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* Nobody has mentioned Dragon Ball yet. The fudge? Villains try to collect them to wish for nefarious things, heroes try to stop them (or find them for their own reasons, like respecting their friends) and they're an integral element of the show.
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** The Null Chamber serves as ''zOMG'''s [[TheHub hub]]. It is filled with "Dark Crystals", which have the power to neutralize G'hi energy, allowing players to swap out and charge rings. In addition, the Null Chamber grants anyone who enters it a form of immortality. If you are killed in the field, you can release your lifeforce and reform at the Null Chamber. [[spoiler:ThisTroper had a FridgeLogic moment with this after defeating the endboss. All of the NPCs assume you've killed him. Yet whenever ''you'' die, you just come back to life in the Null Chamber. The Undersea Caverns that lead to Sealab X are literally ''filled with null crystals''. SoYeah...]]
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* The PC game ''[[JazzJackrabbit Jazz Jackrabbit 2]]'' had the titular character trying to get back the diamond from his fiancée's (the princess's) wedding ring--an ''enormous'' diamond the main villain was using to power his time machine so he could erase rabbits from history. Yeah.
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* The PC game ''[[JazzJackrabbit Jazz Jackrabbit 2]]'' had the titular character trying to get back the diamond from his fiancée's (the princess's) wedding ring--an ''enormous'' diamond the main villain was using to power his time machine so he could erase rabbits from history. Yeah.
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Every super powerful PlotCoupon has to be a diamond or gem of some sort. Bonus if it's been somehow shattered into easily re-assembled pieces. And you, our heroes, in all likelihood GottaCatchEmAll. If there are more than one gem, they'll usually be conveniently [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience Colour Coded]] by their ElementalPowers.
ElementalPowers, although sometimes they're only different colors because [[RuleOfCool it looks cool]].
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* Until the 20th century, gold had no practical utility. It was just a rare, shiny metal. Its rarity was the only thing driving its value; yet this was enough to cause a generation of pioneers to trample down the Old West and engage in bitter wars with the various Native American tribes who were living on deposits of it.
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* Until the 20th century, gold had no practical utility. It was just a rare, shiny metal. Its rarity was the only thing driving its value; yet this was enough to cause a generation of pioneers to trample down the Old West and engage in bitter wars with the various Native American tribes who were living on deposits of it.
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** A bit of a seperate case, as they're not used as the cannon's focus, but rather its [[GreenRocks power source]].
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* * The "Blue Water" in the 1926 and 1938 adaptations of ''BeauGeste''.
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* El Corazon ("The Heart"), an enormous emerald in ''Romancing the Stone".