History Recap / StevenUniverseS3E20Bismuth

* DropTheHammer: Bismuth can form her hand into a hammer and uses it for smithing and combat.

* PungeonMaster: Bismuth is very fond of making puns, [[CatchPhrase most often using her own name in place of "business"]], but she enjoys giving Garnet more punch for her gauntlets and suggesting Pearl try a trident. Her last weapon, the Breaking Point, even ended up have shrewd word play.

-->'''Steven:''' ''(Thinking)'' Now it's safe on the branch of this perfectly stable magical tree.

-->'''Steven:''' I've made a horrible mistake!

-->'''Steven:''' She's big... with rainbow hair and tattoos...\\

-->'''Bismuth:''' ''Now'' you look like you mean [[RuleOfThree bismuth]].

-->'''Steven:''' I'm sorry Bismuth, but it's not right.\\

Steven, battered and scuffed from the fight, can only take up his mother's sword in self-defense. As Bismuth rushes in for a coup de grace, Steven raises the blade. Bismuth gazes down in astonishment; Rose's sword has run right through her. The realization shocks her out of her furious attack.

-->'''Bismuth:''' [tearfully] You shoulda shattered me back then. At least if I were in pieces I wouldn't have to know how little I ''mattered'' to you.

-->'''Bismuth:''' Then you really ''are'' better than her.

* SurpriseCreepy: The promos painted the episode as a happy 'meet the new character' episode and the first half reflects it... then Bismuth reveals herself as a ruthless KnightTemplar and tries to outright murder Steven.

* NakedApron: Technically the result of an OffModel animation error, but it still counts. While Bismuth is sparring with Pearl, [[FreezeFrameBonus for a brief moment]] her pants are the same color as her body, making it seem like her blacksmith's apron is all she's wearing. The same thing happens earlier when Pearl says "Or worse, shattered."

* ProngsOfPoseidon: Pearl's spear is upgraded into a trident.

* AdultFear: None of the other Gems knew where Steven was when Bismuth took him to the Forge. He could have been ''killed,'' with none of them the wiser.

* AwesomeButImpractical: While not touched upon in the episode itself, “The Breaking Point" is the definition of this Trope: Extra-ordinarily powerful and able to OneHitKill any Gem, but any well-trained or seasoned combatant would reject it, even if they didn't care about morality, Why? Because on the battlefield, it might as well be a large hunk of scrap; think about it, it's got a really short range, needs at least a few seconds to charge back up after [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Every. Single. Use.]] and can only deliver on its OneHitKill promise if you hit one very specific area on your opponents body which could be located anywhere. (The chest/ear/shoulder/hand/head/back/etc) And that's not even getting into the problems one would face due to the Laws of Physics i.e. weight and recoil or potential design flaws. Of course, it is understandable that this wasn't pointed out in-show, [[ActualPacifist Steven's not a warrior]], Bismuth's more of a Blacksmith and is too proud of her creation to see these flaws, and Rose is more concerned about the morality of it.
** More likely, the Breaking Point is not a weapon meant to be used in combat, but rather a tool for execution, something closer to a guillotine.

* NotSoDifferent: Bismuth loathes the Homeworld Gems, especially the Diamonds...but has ultimately become little better than them. Like them, she considers her own kind's lives as more valuable than others (in the Homeworld's case, organic life, in Bismuth's, the Homeworld Gems). Like Yellow Diamond, she is so consumed by a desire for revenge that she'll go to RevengeBeforeReason lengths to obtain it, even if it means harming her own people.

* RealityEnsues: While the Crystal Gems were the good guys of the war, and the ones we've met until now are all genuinely benevolent, just like every member of TheEmpire isn't AlwaysChaoticEvil, not every member of LaResistance is AlwaysLawfulGood.
** Just because you are fighting against someone for a purely altruistic reason, doesn't mean that those fighting alongside you have the same motivations.

** Bismuth yells the 'We are the Crystal Gems' line...only this time instead of being a heroic cry, it's intended as a PreMortemOneliner directed at Homeworld.

* SixthRangerTraitor: Bismuth is made out to be a new (old) addition to the team before her TrueColors are revealed.

* WhamShot: Bismuth's Breaking Point firing through the Gem of the statue, revealing its true purpose and her TrueColors.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: All the ways that Bismuth's TrueColors are foreshadowed throughout the episode:

* YourBlankIsShowing: "Your Ruby is showing." Said by Bismuth to Garnet when the latter playfully punches the former with a gauntlet.

* AwesomeButImpractical: While not touched upon in the episode itself, “The Breaking Point" is the definition of this Trope: Extra-ordinarily powerful and able to OneHitKill any Gem, but any well-trained or seasoned combatant would reject it, even if they didn't care about morality, Why? Because on the battlefield, it might as well be a large hunk of scrap; think about it, it's got a really short range, needs at least a few seconds to charge back up after [[PuncuatedForEmphasis Every. Single. Use.]] and can only deliver on its OneHitKill promise if you hit one very specific area on your opponents body which could be located anywhere. (The chest/ear/shoulder/hand/head/back/etc) And that's not even getting into the problems one would face due to the Laws of Physics i.e. weight and recoil or potential design flaws. Of course, it is understandable that this wasn't pointed out in-show, [[ActualPacifist Steven's not a warrior]], Bismuth's more of a Blacksmith and is too proud of her creation to see these flaws, and Rose is more concerned about the morality of it.

* AwesomeButImpractical: While not touched upon in the episode itself, “The Breaking Point" is the definition of this Trope: Extra-ordinarily powerful and able to OneHitKill any Gem, but any well-trained or seasoned combatant would reject it, even if they didn't care about morality, Why? Because on the battlefield, it might as well be a large hunk of scrap; think about it, it's got a really short range, needs at least a few seconds to charge back up after [[PuncuatedForEmphasisEvery. Single. Use.]] and can only deliver on its OneHitKill promise if you hit one very specific area on your opponents body which could be located anywhere. (The chest/ear/shoulder/hand/head/back/etc) And that's not even getting into the problems one would face due to the Laws of Physics i.e. weight and recoil or potential design flaws. Of course, it is understandable that this wasn't pointed out in-show, [[ActualPacifistSteven's not a warrior]], Bismuth's more of a Blacksmith and is too proud of her creation to see these flaws, and Rose is more concerned about the morality of it.

* AwesomeButImpractical: While not touched upon in the episode itself, but "The Breaking Point" is the definition of this Trope: Extra-ordinarily powerful and able to OneHitKill any Gem, but any well-trained or seasoned combatant would reject it, even if they didn't care about morality, Why? Because on the battlefield, it might as well be a large hunk of scrap; think about it, it's got a really short range, needs at least a few seconds to charge back up after [[PuncuatedForEmphasisEvery. Single. Use.]] and can only deliver on its OneHitKill promise if you hit one very specific area on your opponents body which could be located anywhere. (The chest/ear/shoulder/hand/head/back/etc) And that's not even getting into the problems one would face due to the Laws of Physics i.e. weight and recoil or potential design flaws. Of course, it is understandable that this wasn't pointed out in-show, Steven's not a warrior, Bismuth's more of a Blacksmith and is too proud of her creation to see these flaws, and Rose is more concerned about the morality of it.

* AwesomeButImpractical: While not touched upon in the episode itself, but "The Breaking Point" is the definition of this Trope: Extra-ordinarily powerful and able to One-HitKill any Gem, but any well-trained or seasoned combatant would reject it, even if they didn't care about morality, Why? Because on the battlefield, it might as well be a large hunk of scrap; think about it, it's got a really short range, needs at least a few seconds to charge back up after Every. Single. Use. and can only deliver on its One-HitKill promise if you hit one very specific area on your opponents body which could be located anywhere. (The chest/ear/shoulder/hand/head/back/etc) And that's not even getting into the problems one would face due to the Laws of Physics i.e. weight and recoil or potential design flaws. Of course, it is understandable that this wasn't pointed out in-show, Steven's not a warrior, Bismuth's more of a Blacksmith and is too proud of her creation to see these flaws, and Rose is more concerned about the morality of it.