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* CutLexLuthorACheck: How Peridot proposes sparing Earth, invoking this trope. She points out that Earth has unique resources that the Gem Empire could use, and she has the expertise to develop them.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: ''Peridot'' calls Yellow Diamond a ''clod''!

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* CutLexLuthorACheck: How Peridot proposes sparing frames her plea to spare Earth, invoking this trope. She points out that Earth has unique resources that the Gem Empire could use, and she has the expertise to develop them.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: ''Peridot'' calls Yellow Diamond Diamond, whom she has repeatedly set up to be the greatest and most powerful Gem in existence, a ''clod''!



** Peridot keeps repeating that Steven and the Gems have no idea what they're doing. Then it's revealed that they really don't, since she was trying to contact Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, not betray them.

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** Peridot keeps repeating that Steven and the Gems have no idea what they're doing. Then it's revealed that they really don't, since she was trying to contact Yellow Diamond to convince her to deactivate the Cluster and spare the Earth, not betray them.



* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Peridot's reaction at the end of the episode when she realizes that she just insulted the BigBad of Homeworld Gems.

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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Peridot's reaction at the end of the episode when she realizes that she just insulted who she truly believes to be the BigBad of Homeworld Gems.most powerful Gem in existence.


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* YouAreNumberSix: Peridot identifies herself to Yellow Diamond by her Gem Type, Facet, and Cut, (Peridot, Facet 2F5L, Cut 5XG) indicating that this is the standard form of identification on the Gem Homeworld.

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* IChooseToStay: Peridot is outright given a way home (and backup to go with it) by Yellow Diamond...but instead chooses to try and argue for the safety of Earth and when that fails [[YouCantGoHomeAgain makes a choice that burns her bridges with the Home World.]]

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* IChooseToStay: Peridot is outright given a way home (and backup to go with it) by Yellow Diamond...but instead chooses to try and argue for the safety of Earth and when that fails [[YouCantGoHomeAgain makes a choice that burns her bridges with the Home World.Homeworld.]]


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* StrangeSalute: Peridot salutes Yellow Diamond by crossing her arms and arching her hands back to form a diamond.

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* BerserkButton:
** Peridot seemingly betraying Steven's faith in her enrages him the most we've seen him.
** Yellow Diamond choosing RevengeBeforeReason ultimately enrages Peridot to the point she calls her a clod.
** Yellow Diamond does ''not'' like being disrespected, to the point she tries to kill Peridot for it.



* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Yellow Diamond, previously established as a matriarch, is also the BigBad who came up with the Cluster. Peridot, Garnet and Pearl are clearly scared of her.

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* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Yellow Diamond, previously established as a matriarch, is also the BigBad who came up with the Cluster. Peridot, Garnet Garnet, and Pearl are clearly scared of her.


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* IChooseToStay: Peridot is outright given a way home (and backup to go with it) by Yellow Diamond...but instead chooses to try and argue for the safety of Earth and when that fails [[YouCantGoHomeAgain makes a choice that burns her bridges with the Home World.]]

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* AndroclesLion: Because Steven's compassion and friendship got through to Peridot, combined with Amethyst's boisterous kindness and Pearl and Garnet's patience, Peridot begs Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, though she invokes CutLexLuthorACheck.

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* AndroclesLion: Because Steven's compassion and friendship got through to Peridot, combined with Amethyst's boisterous kindness and Pearl and Garnet's patience, Peridot begs Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, though she invokes CutLexLuthorACheck. She also doesn't reveal that the remains of Rose's army, and a half-human, half-Gem boy destroyed her ship.
* BearHug: Steven gives Peridot one after she tells off Yellow Diamond.



* BigBad: Yellow Diamond is the one that ordered the Cluster, who wants to destroy Earth as revenge against Rose's rebellion.
* BreakTheCutie: Steven for when he thinks Peridot is turning traitor, and Peridot
* BrokenPedestal: Peridot has this for Yellow Diamond while conversing with her, finding out that not only does she not care about nor respect her subordinates, but she also doesn't seem to be the perfectly rational being Peridot had previously thought of her as, letting her spiteful feelings toward Earth prevent her from even considering any possible benefits to not destroying it. By the end of the conversation, Peridot ends up calling her previous idol a [[CatchPhrase clod]] and hanging up on her.

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* BigBad: Yellow Diamond is the one that ordered the Cluster, who wants creation of the Cluster to destroy Earth Earth, as revenge against for Rose's rebellion.
rebellion against Homeworld.
* BreakTheCutie: Steven for when he thinks Peridot is turning traitor, and Peridot
Peridot has the same reaction when he locks her in a car.
* BreakTheHaughty: Peridot's intellect and rational arguments mean nothing to a BigBad matriarch that wants Earth destroyed, no matter what the consequences. She learns this in a soul-shattering way that causes her to turn traitor to Homeworld.
* BrokenPedestal: Peridot has this for finally snaps and turns on Yellow Diamond. Not because Yellow Diamond while conversing with her, finding out that not only does she not care about nor respect her subordinates, but she also doesn't seem to be the perfectly rational was being a genocidal monster, which Peridot had previously thought of her as, letting her spiteful feelings toward Earth prevent her from even considering any possible benefits to not destroying it. By the end of the conversation, always known, but because she was being irrational and petty, while Peridot ends had always looked up calling to her previous idol a [[CatchPhrase clod]] and hanging up on her.as the epitome of reason.



** Steven does a DoubleTake when he sees another Pearl working for Yellow Diamond, and Pearl insists that they don't all know each other.
** Peridot's report to Yellow Diamond summarizes what happened to her ship and Jasper, but leaving out Steven and the Crystal Gems' involvement.



* ChekhovsGun: Peridot's giant robot from earlier in the storyarc turns out to be this, as it now becomes instrumental in her escape attempt.
* CowardlyLion: Peridot trembles as she pleads with Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: How Peridot proposes sparing Earth. She points out that Earth has unique resources that the Gem Empire could use, and she has the expertise to develop them.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: ''Peridot'' calls ''Yellow Diamond a clod''!

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* ChekhovsGun: Peridot's giant robot from earlier The diamond Peridot took in the storyarc turns out previous episode is revealed to be this, as it now becomes instrumental in her escape attempt.
a direct communication link to the Diamond matriarchs.
* CowardlyLion: Peridot trembles as she pleads with Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth.
Earth, but she repeats her points about the benefits of Earth as a resource.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: How Peridot proposes sparing Earth.Earth, invoking this trope. She points out that Earth has unique resources that the Gem Empire could use, and she has the expertise to develop them.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: ''Peridot'' calls ''Yellow Yellow Diamond a clod''!''clod''!
* DistantReactionShot: When Peridot groans into the closing star title, there is a shot of the Earth, and her moaning can still be heard.



* HeelFaceTurn: Peridot
* HellYes: Gem and Pearl when Amethyst turns into a helicopter.

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* {{Foil}}:
** Like Lapis, Peridot pulls a genuine HeelFaceTurn for Steven's sake. Unlike Lapis, she does it without a HeroicSacrifice.
** Steven sees Yellow Diamond's Pearl, who like the Pearl he knows is a stickler for rules but unlike her has no motherly or compassionate qualities.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Peridot keeps repeating that Steven and the Gems have no idea what they're doing. Then it's revealed that they really don't, since she was trying to contact Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, not betray them.
** Peridot's still arrogant about her superior intellect and knowledge. As it turns out, even ''she'' cannot reason with a matriarch like Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, and Peridot makes valid reasons for saving the planet.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Yellow Diamond only asks Peridot about Jasper, not about Lapis. It says a lot about her character, since a previous episode established that Lapis was a part of ''Blue'' Diamond's court.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Yellow Diamond, previously established as a matriarch, is also the BigBad who came up with the Cluster. Peridot, Garnet and Pearl are clearly scared of her.
* HeelFaceTurn: Peridot
Peridot, when she fails to get Yellow Diamond to see reason.
* HellYes: Gem HellYesMoment: Garnet and Pearl when Amethyst turns into a helicopter.



* ItsPersonal:
** Amethyst and Steven are the angriest when it seems that Peridot has turned traitor and wants to contact Yellow Diamond.
** {{Implied}} with Yellow Diamond, who seems genuinely spiteful towards Earth.

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* ItsPersonal:
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ItsPersonal: Amethyst and Steven are the angriest when it seems that Peridot has turned traitor and wants to contact Yellow Diamond.
** {{Implied}} with Yellow Diamond, who seems genuinely spiteful towards Earth.
Diamond.



* LookBehindYou: Steven gets Peridot to turn around so he can get the diamond from her by saying that Yellow Diamond is right behind her.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Yellow Diamond has no idea how much Peridot has "failed" and remains unaware of Steven's existence.
* LookBehindYou: Steven gets tells Peridot to turn around so he can get the diamond from her by saying that Yellow Diamond is right behind her.her so he can grab the diamond communicator while she's distracted.



* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Peridot finally snaps and calls Yellow Diamond a clod after it becomes clear that Yellow Diamond has no respect for her and that the only thing she cares about is the Cluster hatching and destroying Earth.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Steven boasts of the unbeatable child-proof lock on the truck he's locked Peridot in.

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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Peridot finally snaps and calls Yellow Diamond a clod after it becomes clear that the only thing Yellow Diamond has no respect for her and that the only thing she cares about is the Cluster hatching and destroying Earth.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: MundaneMadeAwesome:
**
Steven boasts of the unbeatable child-proof lock on the truck he's locked Peridot in.



** Yellow Diamond's Pearl sports this expression when Peridot calls YD "a clod".

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** Yellow Diamond's Pearl sports this expression when Peridot calls YD her "a clod".



* PoorCommunicationKills: If Peridot had explained to the Gems why she wanted the communicator, instead of swiping it in a suspicious manner, then they wouldn't have gone on the offensive with Steven in the lead.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Peridot tries to explain to Yellow Diamond that they might gain more by leaving the Earth the way it is, but Yellow Diamond refuses to listen because she wants to see the Earth destroyed after all the trouble it's caused the empire.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: If Peridot had explained to the Gems why she wanted the communicator, instead of swiping it in a suspicious manner, then they wouldn't have gone on the offensive with Steven in the lead.
lead. Peridot does try to explain why she's doing it to Steven, but she isn't very clear about her intent and he sees it as nefarious.
* PsychoticSmirk: Yellow Diamond's Pearl gives one to Peridot as their leader approaches.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Peridot tries to explain to Yellow Diamond that they might gain more by leaving the Earth the way it is, but Yellow Diamond refuses to listen because she wants to see the Earth destroyed after all the trouble it's caused the empire. In the end, this costs Yellow Diamond Peridot's loyalty. While she's not above destroying whole planets, Peridot believes it's for the greater good, and she loses all respect for Yellow Diamond when she realizes it's a matter of petty revenge.
* RuleOfThree: Peridot groans three times into the closing star title while in a TroubledFetalPosition.



* TakeAThirdOption: Peridot attempted to do this, since it was her job as a Homeworld Gem to make sure the Cluster went on according to schedule, and the Gems have worked with her to dismantle it. She tries to convince Yellow Diamond to abort the mission, thus not officially turning traitor. YD dismisses the plan and insults Peridot, subverting the trope.

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* TakeAThirdOption: Peridot attempted to do this, since it was her job as a Homeworld Gem to make sure the Cluster went on according to schedule, and the Gems have worked with her to dismantle it. She tries to convince Yellow Diamond to abort the mission, thus not officially turning traitor. YD Yellow Diamond dismisses the plan and insults Peridot, subverting the trope.



** Steven after revealing the communicator to the Gems says it's a relief Peridot is locked in the car. She then breaks out with her robot.

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** Steven Steven, after revealing the communicator to the Gems Gems, says it's a relief Peridot is locked in the car. She then breaks out with her robot.



* VillainsNeverLie: PlayedWith. Peridot when Steven talks to her in the car first openly gushes about her loyalty to Yellow Diamond, but when he locks her in she tries to
* WeHaveReserves: Yellow Diamond seems more concerned about the destruction of Peridot's ship than that Jasper was lost and makes it clear Peridot is simply 'a Peridot' to her.

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* VillainsNeverLie: PlayedWith. Peridot when Steven talks to her in the car first openly gushes about her loyalty to Yellow Diamond, but when he locks her in she tries to
to lie about the purpose of the diamond until Steven threatens to smash it.
* WeHaveReserves: Yellow Diamond seems more concerned about the destruction of Peridot's ship than that Jasper was lost and makes it clear Peridot is simply 'a Peridot' "a Peridot" to her.


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* WhamLine:
** Delivered by Peridot:
--->"I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!"
** Followed shortly by:
--->'''Yellow Diamond:''' What do ''you'' know about Earth?\\
'''Peridot:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse Apparently more than you]], you... [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu CLOD!]]
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Peridot, after failing to reason with Yellow Diamond, realizes that she's turned traitor and can never return home.

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It was too obvious from the moment Peridot swiped it that the crystal from the base would be important later for it to be a chekhov\'s gun.


* AndroclesLion: Because Steven's compassion and friendship got through to Peridot, combined with Amethyst's boisterous kindness and Pearl and Garnet's patience, Peridot begs Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, though she invokes CutLexLuthorACheck. She also doesn't reveal that the remains of Rose's army, and a half-human, half-Gem boy destroyed her ship.
* BearHug: Steven gives Peridot one after she tells off Yellow Diamond.

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* AndroclesLion: Because Steven's compassion and friendship got through to Peridot, combined with Amethyst's boisterous kindness and Pearl and Garnet's patience, Peridot begs Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, though she invokes CutLexLuthorACheck. She also doesn't reveal that the remains of Rose's army, and a half-human, half-Gem boy destroyed her ship.\n* BearHug: Steven gives Peridot one after she tells off Yellow Diamond.



* BreakTheCutie: Steven for when he thinks Peridot is turning traitor, and Peridot has the same reaction when he locks her in a car.
* BreakTheHaughty: Peridot's intellect and rational arguments mean nothing to a BigBad matriach that wants Earth destroyed, no matter what the consequences. She learns this in a soul-shattering way that causes her to turn traitor to the Homeworld.
* BrokenPedestal: Peridot finally snaps and turns on Yellow Diamond. Not because Yellow Diamond was being a genocidal monster, which Peridot had always known - but because she was being irrational and petty, while Peridot had always looked up to her as the epitome of reason.

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* BreakTheCutie: Steven for when he thinks Peridot is turning traitor, and Peridot has the same reaction when he locks her in a car.
* BreakTheHaughty: Peridot's intellect and rational arguments mean nothing to a BigBad matriach that wants Earth destroyed, no matter what the consequences. She learns this in a soul-shattering way that causes her to turn traitor to the Homeworld.
Peridot
* BrokenPedestal: Peridot finally snaps and turns on Yellow Diamond. Not because has this for Yellow Diamond was while conversing with her, finding out that not only does she not care about nor respect her subordinates, but she also doesn't seem to be the perfectly rational being a genocidal monster, which Peridot had always known - but because she was being irrational and petty, while previously thought of her as, letting her spiteful feelings toward Earth prevent her from even considering any possible benefits to not destroying it. By the end of the conversation, Peridot had always looked ends up to calling her as the epitome of reason.previous idol a [[CatchPhrase clod]] and hanging up on her.



** Steven does a DoubleTake when he sees another Pearl working for Yellow Diamond, and his Pearl confirms that there are more of them.
** Peridot's report to Yellow Diamond summarizes what happened to her ship, and Jasper, but leaving out Steven and the Crystal Gems' involvement.



* ChekhovsGun: The purpose of the diamond Peridot took in the previous episode is revealed here.
* CowardlyLion: Peridot trembles as she pleads with Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, but she repeats her points about the benefits of Earth as a resource..
* CutLexLuthorACheck: How Peridot proposes sparing Earth, invoking this trope. She points out that Earth has unique resources that the Gem Empire could use, and she has the expertise to develop them.

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* ChekhovsGun: The purpose of the diamond Peridot took Peridot's giant robot from earlier in the previous episode is revealed here.
storyarc turns out to be this, as it now becomes instrumental in her escape attempt.
* CowardlyLion: Peridot trembles as she pleads with Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, but she repeats her points about the benefits of Earth as a resource..
Earth.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: How Peridot proposes sparing Earth, invoking this trope.Earth. She points out that Earth has unique resources that the Gem Empire could use, and she has the expertise to develop them.



* DistantReactionShot: When Peridot groans into the closing star title, there is a shot of the earth, and her moaning can still be heard.



* {{Foil}}:
** Like Lapis, Peridot pulls a genuine HeelFaceTurn for Steven's sake. Unlike Lapis, she does it without a HeroicSacrifice
** Steven sees Yellow Diamond's Pearl, who like the Pearl he knows is a stickler for rules but unlike her has no motherly or compassionate qualities.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Peridot keeps repeating that Steven and the Gems have no idea what they're doing. Then it's revealed that they really don't, since she was trying to contact Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, not betray them.
** Peridot's still arrogant about her superior intellect and knowledge. As it turns out, even ''she'' cannot reason with a matriarch like Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, and Peridot makes valid reasons for saving the planet.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Yellow Diamond only asks Peridot about Jasper, not about Lapis. It says a lot about her character, since a previous episode established that Lapis was a part of ''Blue'' Diamond's court.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Yellow Diamond, previously established as a matriarch, is also the BigBad who came up with the Cluster. Peridot, Garnet and Pearl are clearly scared of her.



* HellYesMoment: Garnet and Pearl when Amethyst turns into a helicopter.

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* HellYesMoment: Garnet HellYes: Gem and Pearl when Amethyst turns into a helicopter.



* ItsPersonal: Amethyst and Steven are the angriest when it seems that Peridot has turned traitor and wants to contact Yellow Diamond.

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* ItsPersonal: ItsPersonal:
**
Amethyst and Steven are the angriest when it seems that Peridot has turned traitor and wants to contact Yellow Diamond.Diamond.
** {{Implied}} with Yellow Diamond, who seems genuinely spiteful towards Earth.



* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Yellow Diamond has no idea how much Peridot has "failed" and remains unaware of Steven's existence.



* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Peridot finally snaps and calls Yellow Diamond a clod after it becomes clear the only thing Yellow Diamond cares about is the Cluster hatching and destroying Earth.

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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Peridot finally snaps and calls Yellow Diamond a clod after it becomes clear that Yellow Diamond has no respect for her and that the only thing Yellow Diamond she cares about is the Cluster hatching and destroying Earth.



* OverlyLongGag: Peridot groans into the closing star title while in a TroubledFetalPosition.
* PardonMyKlingon: Peridot calls YELLOW DIAMOND a "clod"!



* PsychoticSmirk: Yellow Diamond's Pearl gives one to Peridot as their leader approaches.



** In the end, this costs Yellow Diamond Peridot's loyalty. While she's not above destroying whole planets, Peridot believes it's for the greater good, and she loses all respect for Yellow Diamond when she realizes it's a matter of petty revenge.



* WhamLine: Delivered by Peridot, "I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!"
** Followed shortly by:
-->'''Yellow Diamond:''' What do ''you'' know about Earth?
-->'''Peridot:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse Apparently more than you]], you... [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu CLOD!]]
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Yellow Diamond dismissively plans to send a ship to pick up Peridot and send her on her next assignment. Peridot after failing to reason with YD insults her, and helps the Gems toss away the exploding communicator, realizes that she's turned traitor and can never return home.

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* DistantReactionShot: When Peridot groans into the closing star title, there is a shot of the earth, and her moaning can still be heard.



* HellYes: Gem and Pearl when Amethyst turns into a helicopter.

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* HellYes: Gem HellYesMoment: Garnet and Pearl when Amethyst turns into a helicopter.
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** Followed shortly by:
-->'''Yellow Diamond:''' What do ''you'' know about Earth?
-->'''Peridot:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse Apparently more than you]], you... [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu CLOD!]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Peridot finally snaps and turns on Yellow Diamond. Not because Yellow Diamond was being a genocidal monster, which Peridot had always known - but because she was being irrational and petty, while Peridot had always looked up to her as the epitome of reason.


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** In the end, this costs Yellow Diamond Peridot's loyalty. While she's not above destroying whole planets, Peridot believes it's for the greater good, and she loses all respect for Yellow Diamond when she realizes it's a matter of petty revenge.

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* AndroclesLion: Because Steven's compassion and friendship got through to Peridot, combined with Amethyst's boisterous kindness and Pearl and Garnet's patience, Peridot begs Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, though she invokes CutLexLuthorACheck.

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* AndroclesLion: Because Steven's compassion and friendship got through to Peridot, combined with Amethyst's boisterous kindness and Pearl and Garnet's patience, Peridot begs Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, though she invokes CutLexLuthorACheck. She also doesn't reveal that the remains of Rose's army, and a half-human, half-Gem boy destroyed her ship.
* BearHug: Steven gives Peridot one after she tells off Yellow Diamond.



* BreakTheCutie: Steven for when he thinks Peridot is turning traitor, and Peridot

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* BreakTheCutie: Steven for when he thinks Peridot is turning traitor, and Peridot has the same reaction when he locks her in a car.
* BreakTheHaughty: Peridot's intellect and rational arguments mean nothing to a BigBad matriach that wants Earth destroyed, no matter what the consequences. She learns this in a soul-shattering way that causes her to turn traitor to the Homeworld.



** Steven does a DoubleTake when he sees another Pearl working for Yellow Diamond, and his Pearl confirms that there are more of them.
** Peridot's report to Yellow Diamond summarizes what happened to her ship, and Jasper, but leaving out Steven and the Crystal Gems' involvement.



* CowardlyLion: Peridot trembles as she pleads with Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: How Peridot proposes sparing Earth. She points out that Earth has unique resources that the Gem Empire could use, and she has the expertise to develop them.

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* CowardlyLion: Peridot trembles as she pleads with Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth.
Earth, but she repeats her points about the benefits of Earth as a resource..
* CutLexLuthorACheck: How Peridot proposes sparing Earth.Earth, invoking this trope. She points out that Earth has unique resources that the Gem Empire could use, and she has the expertise to develop them.


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* {{Foil}}:
** Like Lapis, Peridot pulls a genuine HeelFaceTurn for Steven's sake. Unlike Lapis, she does it without a HeroicSacrifice
** Steven sees Yellow Diamond's Pearl, who like the Pearl he knows is a stickler for rules but unlike her has no motherly or compassionate qualities.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Peridot keeps repeating that Steven and the Gems have no idea what they're doing. Then it's revealed that they really don't, since she was trying to contact Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, not betray them.
** Peridot's still arrogant about her superior intellect and knowledge. As it turns out, even ''she'' cannot reason with a matriarch like Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, and Peridot makes valid reasons for saving the planet.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Yellow Diamond only asks Peridot about Jasper, not about Lapis. It says a lot about her character, since a previous episode established that Lapis was a part of ''Blue'' Diamond's court.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Yellow Diamond, previously established as a matriarch, is also the BigBad who came up with the Cluster. Peridot, Garnet and Pearl are clearly scared of her.


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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Yellow Diamond has no idea how much Peridot has "failed" and remains unaware of Steven's existence.


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* OverlyLongGag: Peridot groans into the closing star title while in a TroubledFetalPosition.
* PardonMyKlingon: Peridot calls YELLOW DIAMOND a "clod"!


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* PsychoticSmirk: Yellow Diamond's Pearl gives one to Peridot as their leader approaches.


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* WhamLine: Delivered by Peridot, "I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!"
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Yellow Diamond dismissively plans to send a ship to pick up Peridot and send her on her next assignment. Peridot after failing to reason with YD insults her, and helps the Gems toss away the exploding communicator, realizes that she's turned traitor and can never return home.

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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: ''Peridot'' calls ''Yellow Diamond a clod''

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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: ''Peridot'' calls ''Yellow Diamond a clod''clod''!



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Peridot after she tells off Yellow Diamond.



* WhatHaveIDone: Peridot after she tells off Yellow Diamond.

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* WhatHaveIDone: Peridot after she tells off Yellow Diamond.----

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* AndroclesLion: Because Steven's compassion and friendship got through to Peridot, combined with Amethyst's boisterous kindness and Pearl and Garnet's patience, Peridot begs Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth, though she invokes CutLexLuthorACheck.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Peridot learns the hard way that having Steven as an enemy is ''way'' worse than having him as a friend.
* BigBad: Yellow Diamond is the one that ordered the Cluster, who wants to destroy Earth as revenge against Rose's rebellion.
* BreakTheCutie: Steven for when he thinks Peridot is turning traitor, and Peridot
* CallBack:
** Peridot freaks when Steven locks her in the broken down car, likely remembering her time when she was "poofed" and locked away.
** Peridot breaks out of the barn using the robot she created to combat with Pearl several episodes ago.
** Steven's compassion got through to Peridot, so that she finally understands why "organic life" can matter.



* CowardlyLion: Peridot trembles as she pleads with Yellow Diamond to spare the Earth.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: How Peridot proposes sparing Earth. She points out that Earth has unique resources that the Gem Empire could use, and she has the expertise to develop them.



* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]]: Peridot

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* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]]: PeridotEtTuBrute: Steven has this reaction to Peridot around the same time she does when he locks her in the car.
* HeelFaceTurn: Peridot
* HellYes: Gem and Pearl when Amethyst turns into a helicopter.


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* ItsPersonal: Amethyst and Steven are the angriest when it seems that Peridot has turned traitor and wants to contact Yellow Diamond.


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* MassOhCrap: The Gems and Steven when Peridot succeeds in activating the communicator.


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* OhCrap:
** Yellow Diamond's Pearl sports this expression when Peridot calls YD "a clod".
** Peridot when she signs off after insulting her boss. She's not only scared of what she just did, but of the potential consequences.
* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Peridot tries to beg for Earth to be spared from the Cluster, albeit by invoking CutLexLuthorACheck. Yellow Diamond insults her.
* PoorCommunicationKills: If Peridot had explained to the Gems why she wanted the communicator, instead of swiping it in a suspicious manner, then they wouldn't have gone on the offensive with Steven in the lead.


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* TakeAThirdOption: Peridot attempted to do this, since it was her job as a Homeworld Gem to make sure the Cluster went on according to schedule, and the Gems have worked with her to dismantle it. She tries to convince Yellow Diamond to abort the mission, thus not officially turning traitor. YD dismisses the plan and insults Peridot, subverting the trope.
* TemptingFate:
** Steven after revealing the communicator to the Gems says it's a relief Peridot is locked in the car. She then breaks out with her robot.
** Peridot at the beginning of the episode professes her UndyingLoyalty for Yellow Dimamond. By the end of the episode, she's insulted her boss for not caring about the Earth's potential.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Peridot's reaction at the end of the episode when she realizes that she just insulted the BigBad of Homeworld Gems.


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* VillainsNeverLie: PlayedWith. Peridot when Steven talks to her in the car first openly gushes about her loyalty to Yellow Diamond, but when he locks her in she tries to
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* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]]: Peridot


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* TheNicknamer: Amethyst re-evaluates her nicknames for Peridot after Steven explains about the communication diamond. She retracts "Peri" and "P-dot", and later refers to her as "Perisnot", and then finally at the end of the episode goes with the more complimentary "Peridactyl"


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* RevengeBeforeReason: Peridot tries to explain to Yellow Diamond that they might gain more by leaving the Earth the way it is, but Yellow Diamond refuses to listen because she wants to see the Earth destroyed after all the trouble it's caused the empire.
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* OffModel: The character expressions in this episode look quite exaggerated at times, such as Peridot's mouth stretching out a lot, and Yellow Diamond's angry expression.


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* TroubledFetalPosition: Peridot does this at the end of the episode.
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* WhamEpisode: Peridot officially becomes an enemy of Homeworld and is accepted by the Crystal Gems.
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* InsignificantBlueDot: Yellow Diamond doesn't care if the Cluster destroys Earth, even as Peridot argues for Earth being spared. In fact, Yellow Diamond is keen on seeing it destroyed.



* LookBehindYou: Steven gets Peridot to turn around so he can get the diamond from her by saying that Yellow Diamond is right behind her.



* WeHaveReserves: Yellow Diamond seems more concerned about the destruction of Peridot's ship than that Jasper was lost and makes it clear Peridot is simply 'a Peridot' to her.

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* WeHaveReserves: Yellow Diamond seems more concerned about the destruction of Peridot's ship than that Jasper was lost and makes it clear Peridot is simply 'a Peridot' to her.her.
* WhatHaveIDone: Peridot after she tells off Yellow Diamond.
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* LargeAndInCharge: Yellow Diamond towers over all non-fused gems seen in the series up to this point bar Blue Diamond, easily standing two to three times taller than her servant Pearl.

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* LargeAndInCharge: *LargeAndInCharge: Yellow Diamond towers over all non-fused gems seen in the series up to this point bar besides Blue Diamond, easily standing two to three times taller than her servant Pearl.
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* LargeAndInCharge: Yellow Diamond towers over all non-fused gems seen in the series up to this point, easily standing two to three times taller than her servant Pearl.

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* LargeAndInCharge: *LargeAndInCharge: Yellow Diamond towers over all non-fused gems seen in the series up to this point, point bar Blue Diamond, easily standing two to three times taller than her servant Pearl.

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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Peridot finally snaps and calls Yellow Diamond a clod after it becomes clear Yellow Diamond doesn't care about her, or Jasper, for that matter at all.

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*LargeAndInCharge: Yellow Diamond towers over all non-fused gems seen in the series up to this point, easily standing two to three times taller than her servant Pearl.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Peridot finally snaps and calls Yellow Diamond a clod after it becomes clear the only thing Yellow Diamond doesn't care cares about her, or Jasper, for that matter at all.is the Cluster hatching and destroying Earth.
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Peridot finally snaps and calls Yellow Diamond a clod after it becomes clear Yellow Diamond doesn't care about her, or Jasper, for that matter at all.



* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Peridot insists that the diamond she covertly swiped from the moon base is "definitely not important at all". Steven naturally isn't buying it.

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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Peridot insists that the diamond she covertly swiped from the moon base is "definitely not important at all". Steven naturally isn't buying it.it.
* WeHaveReserves: Yellow Diamond seems more concerned about the destruction of Peridot's ship than that Jasper was lost and makes it clear Peridot is simply 'a Peridot' to her.
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** Carried on further when Peridot applies the power of logic to escape the nefarious trap...by rolling down the window.

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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: ''Peridot'' calls ''Yellow Diamond a clod''



* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Peridot insists that the diamond she covertly swiped from the moon base is "definitely not important at all". Steven naturally isn't buying it.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Not this episode's, but the preview for "Log Date 7152" reveals that [[spoiler:Yellow Diamond will appear in some form in this episode and that Peridot will not only fully turn traitor toward her and Homeworld while siding permanently with the Crystal Gems, but call her a [[FantasticSlur clod]] during the course of this episode.]]

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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Peridot insists that the diamond she covertly swiped from the moon base is "definitely not important at all". Steven naturally isn't buying it.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Not this episode's, but the preview for "Log Date 7152" reveals that [[spoiler:Yellow Diamond will appear in some form in this episode and that Peridot will not only fully turn traitor toward her and Homeworld while siding permanently with the Crystal Gems, but call her a [[FantasticSlur clod]] during the course of this episode.]]
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Not this episode's, but the preview for "Log Date 7152" reveals that [[spoiler:Yellow Diamond will appear in some form in this episode and that Peridot will not only fully turn traitor toward her and Homeworld, but call her a [[FantasticSlur clod]] during the course of this episode.]]

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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Not this episode's, but the preview for "Log Date 7152" reveals that [[spoiler:Yellow Diamond will appear in some form in this episode and that Peridot will not only fully turn traitor toward her and Homeworld, Homeworld while siding permanently with the Crystal Gems, but call her a [[FantasticSlur clod]] during the course of this episode.]]
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Peridot insists that the diamond she covertly swiped from the moon base is "definitely not important at all". Steven naturally isn't buying it.

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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Peridot insists that the diamond she covertly swiped from the moon base is "definitely not important at all". Steven naturally isn't buying it.it.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Not this episode's, but the preview for "Log Date 7152" reveals that [[spoiler:Yellow Diamond will appear in some form in this episode and that Peridot will not only fully turn traitor toward her and Homeworld, but call her a [[FantasticSlur clod]] during the course of this episode.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: The purpose of the diamond Peridot took in the previous episode is revealed here.



* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Peridot insists that the crystal she covertly swiped from the moon base is "definitely not important at all". Steven naturally isn't buying it.

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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Peridot insists that the crystal diamond she covertly swiped from the moon base is "definitely not important at all". Steven naturally isn't buying it.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[AllLovingHero Steven]] looks legitimately pissed when he locks Peridot in the truck and interrogates her about the diamond she took from the moon base.
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Steven has doubts about believing in everyone. A trailer was leaked online [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5RReTvknRw here]].

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Steven has doubts about believing in everyone. A trailer was leaked online preview can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5RReTvknRw here]].
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* SuspicouslySpecificDenial: Peridot insists that the crystal she covertly swiped from the moon base is "definitely not important at all". Steven naturally isn't buying it.

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* SuspicouslySpecificDenial: SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Peridot insists that the crystal she covertly swiped from the moon base is "definitely not important at all". Steven naturally isn't buying it.

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Steven has doubts about believing in everyone. A trailer was leaked online [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5RReTvknRw here]]

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Steven has doubts about believing in everyone. A trailer was leaked online [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5RReTvknRw here]]here]].



* [[spoiler: WhamEpisode: Peridot fully betrays Homeworld and Yellow Diamond finally appears.]]

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* [[spoiler: WhamEpisode: EnemyMine: Peridot fully betrays Homeworld and reaffirms this, telling Steven that she's still loyal to Yellow Diamond finally appears.]]despite their truce.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Steven boasts of the unbeatable child-proof lock on the truck he's locked Peridot in.
* SuspicouslySpecificDenial: Peridot insists that the crystal she covertly swiped from the moon base is "definitely not important at all". Steven naturally isn't buying it.

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Steven has doubts about believing in everyone.
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everyone. A trailer was leaked online [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5RReTvknRw here]]
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