History Recap / StevenUniverseS2E28MessageReceived

* BaitAndSwitch: Initially Peridot's attempt to contact Homeworld seem to indicate she's rejected the earth's value and Steven's friendship. [[spoiler: When she succeeds, it turns out she ''has'' taken these things to heart: She simply had less faith in the Crystal Gem's plans to save the earth than in Yellow Diamond's "perfect" objectivity, and was trying to save the earth by ''reasoning'' with the latter.]]

* YouHaveFailedMe: Yellow Diamond gives one towards Peridot, telling her that she's been wasting Yellow Diamond's time with [[TakeaThirdOption her plans]], [[LampshadeHanging she's completely failed her mission,]] and the only way she can redeem herself is by [[EarthShatteringKaboom leaving the Cluster to grow.]]

->"Look on the bright side-You got this thing away from her before she did any real damage."

-->'''Steven:''' Then why don't I just smash it?

-->'''Peridot:''' Yes, of course! I figured it out. You simple clods keep trying to protect the Earth, but you can't do anything right. I let myself get carried away too, laughing, singing, building our little machine. But don't you see? None of that matters! All that matters is that I'm of use to Yellow Diamond. This planet can be of use to Yellow Diamond! I must contact her to reveal what I've discovered!

-->"Look on the bright side-You got this thing away from her before she did any real damage."

-->'''Amethyst-copter:''' ''Get in.''

-->'''Amethyst:''' What's up, Peri-''snot''?

-->'''Yellow Diamond:''' "I don't care about 'potential' and 'resources'. I want my Cluster, and I want that planet to ''die''. Just make that happen."

-->'''Peridot:''' Apparently more than ''you'', you...'' '''CLOD'''''!

* InterrogationByVandalism: Steven gets Peridot to tells him exactly what the diamond communicator is by threatening to smash it when she simply says it isn't important.

JustForFun/{{The one w|ith}}here Peridot [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu calls Yellow Diamond a clod]].

* OffModel: Lots of exaggerated animation in this episode, bordering on [[Creator/JohnKricfalusi John K.]]-style, such as [[VolumetricMouth Peridot's mouth stretching out a lot]], various characters' eyeballs bugging out and, of course, Yellow Diamond's ''epic'' angry face!

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After Peridot's attempt at negotiation fails, Yellow Diamond offers her one last chance to obey orders and return to duty, which would help the empire and remove the evidence of her alliance with the Crystal Gems. Peridot refuses.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Yellow Diamond's Pearl has Grade A as part of her outfit.

* BrokenPedestal: At the beginning of the episode, Peridot looks up to the Diamonds as objectively perfect, and to Yellow Diamond as the epitome of of logic and reason. And then she actually talks to Yellow Diamond in person, and Yellow Diamond makes it clear that she intends to [[HonorBeforeReason do something logistically foolish simply out of spite and revenge]]. Peridot doesn't take it well at all.

* BrokenPedestal: At the beginning of the episode, Peridot looks up to the Diamonds as objectively perfect, and to Yellow Diamond as the epitome of of logic and reason. And then she actually talks to Yellow Diamond in person, and Yellow Diamond makes it clear that she intends to do something logistically stupid simply to satiate her pride. Peridot doesn't take it well at all.

* [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Did You Just Call Cthulhu A Clod?]]: After practically worshiping her for episode after episode, Peridot, finally realizing how ruthless she is, furiously tells off Yellow Diamond and ''calls her a "clod" to her face''!

* [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Did You Just Call Cthulhu A Clod?]]: After practically worshiping her for episode after episode, Peridot, finally realizing how ruthless she is, furiously tells off Yellow Diamond and ''calls her "clod" to her face''!

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: {{Subverted}}. It seems like all Steven's efforts to befriend Peridot and make her see the beauty of Earth were in vain, as she will still betray them in a heartbeat to please Yellow Diamond. Steven expresses his disappointment about this to the Crystal Gems, and Garnet [[DiscussedTrope tells him that some people aren't worthy of being patient with]]. But rather than wanting to turn on Steven and the Crystal Gems entirely, Peridot's plan is to TakeAThirdOption by convincing Yellow Diamond not to destroy Earth, and when that fails, she ends up defecting to their side entirely.