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* DependingOnTheWriter: She actually suffers this trope quite nastily, with her infrequent appearances making it hard to tell if the character is just well-rounded or... well, this trope. Lapis can jump around from being horribly traumatized/depressed by her past and her actions, be completely indifferent to everything around her, or just be an awful bitch to everyone around her except Steven.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Lapis Lazuli is bitter and rather harsh towards everybody but Steven. She eventually warmed up to Peridot many episodes later, though, even giving off a stereotypical Tsundere-ish LuminescientBlush when Peridot goofily smiled at her at the end of "Barn Mates".
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* {{Tsundere}}: Lapis Lazuli is bitter and rather harsh towards everybody but Steven. She eventually warmed up to Peridot many episodes later, though, even giving off a stereotypical Tsundere-ish LuminescientBlush LuminescentBlush when Peridot goofily smiled at her at the end of "Barn Mates".
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* {{Tsundere}}: Lapis Lazuli is bitter and rather harsh towards everybody but Steven. She eventually warmed up to Peridot many episodes later, though, even giving off a stereotypical Tsundere-ish LuminescientBlush when Peridot goofily smiled at her at the end of "Barn Mates".
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She was trapped in a mirror for thousands of years (the exact number is unknown). And while her taking away Earth's ocean and attacking Steven and Connie was out of line, one can't help but feel sympathy for her desire to go home. Then, when she's ''finally'' able to go home, she's shocked to see how different her home is from her time...and is scared. She was fused at the bottom of the ocean in order to imprison Jasper; not only to protect Steven, but because she now had no home to go to, and had nothing to lose. [[spoiler:When they eventually unfused, she still felt like she had nowhere to go. Even though this was resolved, she is still dealing with the trauma that being trapped in the mirror and being fused with [[ArchEnemy Jasper]] as Malachite caused, which leads her to be reminded of her own evil actions during "Alone at Sea" where she reminds Steven that she was once his enemy.]]
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She was trapped in a mirror for thousands of years (the exact number is unknown). And while her taking away Earth's ocean and attacking Steven and Connie was out of line, one can't help but feel sympathy for her desire to go home. Then, when she's ''finally'' able to go home, she's shocked to see how different her home is from her time... and is scared. She was fused at the bottom of the ocean in order to imprison Jasper; not only to protect Steven, but because she now had no home to go to, and had nothing to lose. [[spoiler:When they eventually unfused, she still felt like she had nowhere to go. Even though this was resolved, she is still dealing with the trauma that being trapped in the mirror and being fused with [[ArchEnemy Jasper]] as Malachite caused, which leads her to be reminded of her own evil actions during "Alone at Sea" where she reminds Steven that she was once his enemy.]]
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* DependingOnTheWriter: She suffers this trope quite nastily, with her infrequent appearances making it hard to tell if the character is just well-rounded or... well, this trope. Lapis can jump around from being horribly traumatized/depressed by her past and her actions, be completely indifferent to everything around her, or just be an awful jerk to everyone around her except Steven.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: She actually suffers this trope quite nastily, with her infrequent appearances making it hard to tell if the character is just well-rounded or... well, this trope. Lapis can jump around from being horribly traumatized/depressed by her past and her actions, be completely indifferent to everything around her, or just be an awful jerk bitch to everyone around her except Steven.
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* DittoFighter: Creates water copies of Steven and the Gems to fight them.
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* DittoFighter: Creates water copies of Steven and the Gems to fight them. And they overpower the original Gems.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Tragic backstory aside, in "Room for Ruby", Lapis admits that she has trouble connecting with "Earth stuff" as a result of her traumatic expiriences. (Except for Steven and Peridot, only because they have reached out to her) She can also very untactful to people who have wronged her and has trouble getting over grudges. If her reaction in "Raising the Barn" is any indication, Lapis may have some form of PTSD.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Tragic backstory aside, in "Room for Ruby", Lapis admits that she has trouble connecting with "Earth stuff" as a result of her traumatic expiriences.experiences. (Except for Steven and Peridot, only because they have reached out to her) She can also very untactful to people who have wronged her and has trouble getting over grudges. If her reaction in "Raising the Barn" is any indication, Lapis may have some form of PTSD.
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* {{Sadist}}: In "Alone At Sea", Lapis admits to enjoying taking out all her frustrations and anger on Jasper while holding her down. She then admits that this was bad.
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* {{Sadist}}: In "Alone At Sea", Lapis admits to enjoying taking out all her frustrations and anger on Jasper [[CombatSadomasochist Jasper]] while holding her down. She then admits that this was bad.
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** If you notice throuout the series, Lapis never apologizes for any harm she has done, be it minor (destroying Peridot's tape recorder) or major (taking advantage of Jasper's desire to fuse just take her anger out on her). In the latter example, she only admits to what she has done, but never apologizes for it directly.
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** If you notice throuout the series, Lapis never apologizes for any harm she has done, done (save for ''one'' moment where she apologizes to Peridot for nearly destroying her tablet), be it minor (destroying Peridot's tape recorder) or major (taking advantage of Jasper's desire to fuse just take her anger out on her). In the latter example, she only admits to what she has done, but never apologizes for it directly.
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** Utterly averted during "Raising the Barn". After discovering the Diamonds may end up doing an invation on Earth, Lapis ''immediately'' decides to pack things up and get the heck of the planet, and not even Steven or Peridot's pleads for her to change her mind do anything to give her second thoughts about it.
* IJustWantToBeFree: All she wants is to not be used by anyone.
* IJustWantToBeFree: All she wants is to not be used by anyone.
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** Utterly averted during "Raising the Barn". After discovering the Diamonds may end up doing an invation on Earth, returning to Earth for revenge, Lapis ''immediately'' decides to pack things up and get the heck of off the planet, and not even Steven or Peridot's pleads for her to change her mind do anything to give her second thoughts about it.
* IJustWantToBeFree: All she wants is to not be used or controlled by anyone.
* IJustWantToBeFree: All she wants is to not be used or controlled by anyone.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Arguably her worst trait has shown to be her self-orientation. While one can hardly blame her given all the crap she's had to go through ever since getting accidentally caught up in the war and trapped in a mirror for 5,000 years, in the present a now freed Lapis has shown to be fairly self-preservative to the point of being mainly concerned with her own feelings on things rather than the feelings of others around her, including what friends she has.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Arguably her worst trait has shown to be her self-orientation. While one can hardly blame her given all the crap she's had to go through ever since getting accidentally caught up in the war and trapped in a mirror for 5,000 years, in the present a now freed Lapis has shown to be fairly self-preservative to the point of being mainly concerned with her own feelings on things rather than the feelings of others around her, including what few friends she has.
** It's revealed that sometime between after "Barn Mates" and "Raising the Barn", she indirectly and frequently used Peridot as a crutch as well, to the point that neither Gems' emotional issues were actually addressed at all, which comes to a head in the latter episode.
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* MirrorMonster: What she was assumed to be.
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* MirrorMonster: What she was assumed to be.be by Garnet and Pearl.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Keep in mind that, before being released from the mirror, she "got a lot of mileage" out of helping Steven make ''fart jokes'' at Mayor Dewey. That's also what gives her away when he tries to introduce her to the Crystal Gems. Her circumstances afterwards just aren't exactly conducive to her sense of humor. [[spoiler:Later, it's shown she is usually like this when she's not under stress and when she is with someone that makes her feel comfortable, To the point she makes fart jokes with Steven again.]]
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Keep in mind that, before being released from the mirror, she "got a lot of mileage" out of helping Steven make ''fart jokes'' at Mayor Dewey. That's also what gives her away when he tries to introduce her to the Crystal Gems. Her circumstances afterwards just aren't exactly conducive to her sense of humor. [[spoiler:Later, it's shown she is usually like this when she's not under stress feeling stressed and when she is with someone that who makes her feel comfortable, To the point like when she makes fart jokes with Steven again.]]again in "Same Old World."]]
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* OverlyLongGag: She seems fond of these. In "Mirror Gem", she does fart noises continuously for hours straight, in "Alone at Sea" she repeatedly sounds the ship's horn and laughs until Steven can barely hear, and her "meepmorp" has a looping clip of Percy saying "I just feel trapped."
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* OverlyLongGag: She seems fond of these. In "Mirror Gem", she does mimics Steven's fart noises continuously for hours straight, in "Alone at Sea" she repeatedly sounds the ship's horn and laughs until Steven can barely hear, and her "meepmorp" has a looping clip of Percy saying "I just feel trapped."
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: After all that Jasper had done to her, it's hard to drum up much sympathy for her fate. [[spoiler: Of course, even Lapis realized that that kind of attitude wasn't healthy.]]
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: After all that Jasper had done to her, it's hard to drum up much sympathy for her fate. [[spoiler: Of [[spoiler:Of course, even Lapis realized that that kind of attitude wasn't healthy.]]
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** While she doesn't see anything special about the Earth, [[FriendToAllLivingThings she still keeps the aquatic animals safe inside her water tower]].
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* DependingOnTheWriter: She suffers this trope quite nastily, with her infrequent appearances making it hard to tell if the character is just well-rounded or... well, this trope. Lapis can jump around from being horribly traumatized/depressed by her past and her actions, be completely indifferent to everything around her, or just be an awful jerk to everyone around her except Steven.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Tragic backstory aside, in "Room for Ruby" Lapis admits that she has trouble connecting with "Earth stuff" as a result of her traumatic expiriences. (Except for Steven and Peridot, only because they have reached out to her) She can also very untactful to people who have wronged her and has trouble getting over grudges. If her reaction in "Raising the Barn" is any indication Lapis may have some form PTSD.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Tragic backstory aside, in "Room for Ruby" Ruby", Lapis admits that she has trouble connecting with "Earth stuff" as a result of her traumatic expiriences. (Except for Steven and Peridot, only because they have reached out to her) She can also very untactful to people who have wronged her and has trouble getting over grudges. If her reaction in "Raising the Barn" is any indication indication, Lapis may have some form of PTSD.
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Dirty Coward only applies to someone who's cruel and merciless when their life is not in danger. Refusing to risk her own life is not being "merciless".
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* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Downplayed. She certainly has a reason to fear the Diamonds and strongly wants to avoid getting caught up in another war, but in "Raising The Barn" she willingly left her best friends Steven and Peridot (and their pet Pumpkin) behind to fend for themselves for any upcoming conflict just so she could avoid being hurt.]]
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Neither Steven nor Peridot consider that "betrayal", because Lapis never state or implied that she would help them fight, and she explicitly said "no" when asked.
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* BetrayalByInaction: In "Raise The Barn" [[spoiler: when she finds out that the Diamonds know about Steven she packs up the barn and abandons Earth, despite Steven and Peridot's attempts to convince her to stay and fight for their planet]].
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-->'''Lapis:''' [[StepfordSmiler (smiles)]] ''[[StepfordSmiler (smiles)]]'' That's just how it is with me.
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** If you notice throuout the series, Lapis never apologizes for any harm she has done, be it minor (destroying Peridot's tap recorder) or major (taking advantage of Jasper's desire to fuse just take her anger out on her). In the latter example, she only admits to what she has done, but never apologizes for it directly.
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** If you notice throuout the series, Lapis never apologizes for any harm she has done, be it minor (destroying Peridot's tap tape recorder) or major (taking advantage of Jasper's desire to fuse just take her anger out on her). In the latter example, she only admits to what she has done, but never apologizes for it directly.
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* TheUnapologetic: If you notice throuout the series, Lapis never apologizes for any harm she has done, be it minor (destroying Peridot's tap recorder) or major (taking advantage of Jasper's desire to fuse just take her anger out on her). In the Latter she only admits to what she has done, but never apologizes for it directly.
** In return, she is also pretty unforgiving towards anyone who has wronged her, like the Crystal Gems (sans Steven and Peridot).
** In return, she is also pretty unforgiving towards anyone who has wronged her, like the Crystal Gems (sans Steven and Peridot).
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** If you notice throuout the series, Lapis never apologizes for any harm she has done, be it minor (destroying Peridot's tap recorder) or major (taking advantage of Jasper's desire to fuse just take her anger out on her). In theLatter latter example, she only admits to what she has done, but never apologizes for it directly.
** In return, she is also [[ThisIsUnforgivable prettyunforgiving unforgiving]] towards anyone who has wronged her, like the Crystal Gems (sans Steven and Peridot).
** If you notice throuout the series, Lapis never apologizes for any harm she has done, be it minor (destroying Peridot's tap recorder) or major (taking advantage of Jasper's desire to fuse just take her anger out on her). In the
** In return, she is also [[ThisIsUnforgivable pretty
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Tragic backstory aside, in "Room for Ruby" Lapis admits that she has trouble connecting with "Earth stuff" as a result of her traumatic expiriences. (Except for Steven and Peridot, only because they have reached out to her) She can also very untactful to people who have wronged her and has trouble getting over grudges. If her reaction in "Raising the Barn" is any indication Lapis may have some form PTSD.
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** In return, she is also pretty unforgiving towards anyone who has wronged her, like the Crystal Gems (sans Steven and Peridot).
** In return, she is also pretty unforgiving towards anyone who has wronged her, like the Crystal Gems (sans Steven and Peridot).
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jennifer Paz
-> ''"Just let me do this for you!"''
A Gem formerly of Blue Diamond's court with [[MakingASplash water-manipulating powers]] that was once poofed, and trapped in a mirror after being mistaken with a Crystal Gem during the war, and used as a tool for around 5,000 years, but fortunately she was set free by Steven. Her release was the focus of both "Mirror Gem" and "Ocean Gem". She used to despise Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl for forgetting she was trapped in a mirror and for being the main reason why Homeworld mistook her for a Crystal Gem, but after her liberation in "Super Watermelon Island", she has been in good relations with them. She loves and respects Steven and has become fiercely protective of him and after freeing her.
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* ActionGirl: True, most of her fighting is done in a hands-off manner because of her powers, but she's still quite strong.
* {{Adorkable}}: She looks so endearing when she plays the tambourine to help Peridot with her welcome band song.
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Has become a fan of ''Camp Pining Hearts'' like Peridot.
* AlliterativeName: '''La'''pis '''La'''zuli.
* AllTakeAndNoGive: This is Lapis' main problem in regards to her relationships, even to the few who genuinely consider her a friend -- she expects them to do what she wants, without complaint, but refuses to offer equal effort.
* AloofAlly: To the Crystal Gems sans Steven and, [[spoiler:to a lesser extent, Peridot, although she's warming up. While she's now a firm ally of Steven at least and happy to make a life on Earth, she has yet to call herself a Crystal Gem (let alone an ally of theirs) like Peridot has. Although in "Adventures in Light Distortion", when Garnet tells her and Peridot to keep Beach City safe in the Crystal Gems' absence, she doesn't complain, giving a thumbs up (albeit with an uneasy look on her face), and in "The New Crystal Gems", she has little to no problems with proudly declaring herself a "Crystal Temp" (temporary stand ins for the Crystal Gems while they are away), alongside Peridot, Connie, and Pumpkin.]]
* AndIMustScream: Trapped in a mirror for thousands of years, she was apparently conscious throughout that time, yet unable to communicate except through repeating others' speech. Her behavior upon release suggests the experience was not pleasant.
* ArcVillain: Of "Mirror Gem" and "Ocean Gem", but a sympathetic example, since she begged Steven into releasing her from the mirror and then used the Earth's ocean to attempt to reach her home.
-->'''Lapis:''' I just want to go home.
* BadassAdorable: She's an ethereal-looking Gem, who's scarcely taller than Steven and looks like a human teenager in a pretty sundress. She can also manipulate and control ''the entire planet's ocean at once,'' with a ''huge crack in her gem.'' For comparison, Amethyst and Eyeball couldn't even maintain their physical forms or speak coherently with small cracks in their gems.
* BadassBoast: Gives a chilling one to Jasper before dragging her into the ocean.
-->'''Lapis:''' I'm ''done'' being everyone's prisoner! Now you're ''MY'' prisoner, and I'm never letting you '''''GO!'''''
* BareYourMidriff: Which reveals her BellyButtonless. Her baseball uniform also has this.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: She manages to pull one of these on Jasper [[spoiler:when she agrees to fuse with her. She then takes control of their combined form Malachite and drags them both into the ocean.]]
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Steven was the one who freed her from the mirror and repaired her cracked gem. For this reason, he's the only character she's openly fond of.
* BetrayalByInaction: In "Raise The Barn" [[spoiler: when she finds out that the Diamonds know about Steven she packs up the barn and abandons Earth, despite Steven and Peridot's attempts to convince her to stay and fight for their planet]].
* BlueIsHeroic: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. Lapis's main color scheme is blue and she cares a lot about Steven, but she's quite antagonistic towards the Crystal Gems.
* {{Bookworm}}: Lapis seems to have taken up reading as seen at the end of "The Kindergarten Kid", the short "Video Chat", and the beginning of "Gem Harvest".
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Most of the time she displays an apathy and untrusting aloofness to nearly everyone but Steven, and she certainly ''looks'' like an older teen, similar to Young Pearl.
* BrokenBird: She entered the show injured, imprisoned, desperate for freedom and wanting nothing more than to go home. Even when Steven set her free and healed her cracked gem so she could leave Earth, [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand what she found when she got back to the Gem Homeworld scared her]]. When we next see her, she's imprisoned again and so spiritually broken that she ''begs'' Steven not to fight back against Jasper and Peridot so they can hope for some measure of mercy when they return to the Gem Homeworld. She's even more broken after [[spoiler:she comes back from Malachite]], unable to spend time with anybody else who's not Steven. Though "Beta" shows she's slowly getting better.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl:
** Gender-flipped with Steven -- Lapis is the [[BrokenBird troubled]], [[GrumpyBear grumpy]] Brooding Girl to Steven's [[{{Keet}} energetic]], [[ThePollyanna optimistic]] Gentle Boy.
** Played semi-Gender-straight with her and Peridot, to a lesser extent; Peridot provides emotional comfort and friendship to the aloof, untrusting Lapis.
* BrutalHonesty: She's very blunt to people in general, especially when she disagrees with them. She'll say "no" with a smile on her face because [[NoSocialSkills she has absolutely no idea how socializing works]].
* TheBusCameBack: Makes an appearance through a video message to warn Steven and the Gems about Peridot coming to Earth. She later returns to Earth as a prisoner in Peridot and Jasper's capture in "The Return". And ''[[RuleOfThree then]]'' she returns in Steven's dreams in "Chille Tid", and ''[[OverlyLongGag then]]'' returns to the screen...
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Says that she's almost drowned a lot of people in "The New Crystal Gems", when Connie questions why Lapis doesn't remember her from "Ocean Gem".
* CallARabbitASmeerp: Calls her and Peridot's junk art "meepmorps".
* TheCameo: A gem that appears to be her can be seen in Blue Diamond's court during "The Answer".
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: After disappearing in "Ocean Gem", Lapis leaves with a cryptic sendoff. Later, she returns in a turning-point of the finale-arc, delivering a message of Peridot and Jasper's return.]]
* ClipItsWings: When her gem is cracked, she cannot fly.
* ColorMotif: Blue.
* TheComicallySerious: She's the only one who doesn't take the baseball match against the Ruby team seriously.
* CommutingOnABus: [[spoiler:Early in the third season, Lapis becomes a recurring character when she moves into the barn with Peridot.]]
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: All the misfortune she's had has done this to her. For instance, [[spoiler:despite being imprisoned by her fellow Homeworld Gems for being mistaken for a Crystal Gem, her first wish is to return home when she gains her freedom, and she willingly re-imprisons herself underwater with Jasper to protect Steven]].
-->'''Steven:''' I feel like I only get to see you when something ''horrible'' is going on.
-->'''Lapis:''' [[StepfordSmiler (smiles)]] That's just how it is with me.
* ControlFreak: In any relationship she has, Lapis will always want to be the one in control.
* CripplingOverspecialization: On Earth, a planet that's roughly 70% covered in water, her [[MakingASplash hydrokinesis]] powers make her practically godlike in scope of powers...but with that taken away, she doesn't have much to rely on in terms of combat capability outside standard Gem abilities.
* CultureClash: Noted for its ''absence'', Lapis is the fastest non-human learner of human terminology, language and idioms; even faster than the Crystal Gems who have lived alongside human civilization in its entirety. It's just that unless you are Steven [[spoiler:(and now Peridot)]], she doesn't care.
** She didn't know what a "Dad" was in "Alone at Sea" but used the term naturally later in the same episode. She calls art "meepmorps" in "Beta", but this might be sardonic humor.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Lapis has blue hair and eyes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her mysterious, tragic backstory was finally revealed in "Same Old World". [[spoiler:She's a Gem civilian who was caught in the crossfire of the Crystal Gem war on Earth. She was mistaken for a Crystal Gem, poofed and trapped in a mirror, interrogated for eons by Homeworld Gems who were desperate to know the location of the Crystal Gem headquarters. She was then found by the Crystal Gems who did not treat her any better.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Even in her debut episodes she shows a hint of this, such as when she replies "NO!" in Steven's voice when he tries to stop her from stealing the ocean. But it's not until "Hit the Diamond" we see this in full detail.
-->'''Lapis:''' (on the baseball plan) ''Heh''...this plan sucks.
* DeathGlare: Can give rather intimidating ones when particularly angry.
* DefrostingIceQueen: To nearly everyone except Steven. Thanks to Steven's influence and her long-overdue freedom, she's slowly opening up to the other Gems and potentially, other people.
* DeusExitMachina: Lapis's powers utterly dwarf every other Gem's seen thus far. If she had joined the Crystal Gems, it would have taken all of the challenge out of their subsequent battles some of the Gems might see, so she has to fuse with Jasper and go down to the bottom of the ocean just to be out of the picture. [[spoiler: Of course, when she DOES come back, she's mostly away from the action]].
** She doesn't seem to realize how strong she is; only resorting to her full powers at extreme stress. Besides that even after she does come back she mostly hangs out with Steven and Peridot, another new addition to the group, living with her in a barn away from the other Gems. She probably still doesn't quite trust them, and isn't eager to fight for their cause (or at all, after finally getting away from Jasper) yet.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Downplayed. She certainly has a reason to fear the Diamonds and strongly wants to avoid getting caught up in another war, but in "Raising The Barn" she willingly left her best friends Steven and Peridot (and their pet Pumpkin) behind to fend for themselves for any upcoming conflict just so she could avoid being hurt.]]
* DittoFighter: Creates water copies of Steven and the Gems to fight them.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: The only time that she isn't barefoot is during the episode "Hit the Diamond."
* TheDogBitesBack: After being imprisoned (once again) by Jasper, she gets fed up with it all and so she agreed to fuse with her in order to take control of Malachite, their combined form, and intentionally drag them both into the ocean in some twisted attempt to have control instead of being controlled herself.
-->"I am ''done'' being everyone's prisoner. Now you're ''my'' prisoner, and I'm never letting you go!"
* DramaticWind: To emphasize her powers over water, Lapis Lazuli's animation is more flowy, making it look like she has air blowing around her.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: They appear more often on her after she's defused from Malachite.
* EasilyForgiven: Steven quickly forgives Lapis despite the fact that she stole all the Earth's water, attacked the Crystal Gems, and tried to drown him and Connie and injured his father Greg in "Ocean Gem". Even defending her when Greg calls her 'super mean', and excuses her actions by saying she 'wasn't mean' and 'just wanted to go home'.
* EmoTeen: She's a teenager appearance-wise and at her most negative is an aloof, cynical PerpetualFrowner.
* ExaltedTorturer: [[spoiler:Although there was abuse on both sides, Lapis did torture Jasper for months on end while they were fused at the bottom of the ocean. She acknowledges she tortured Jasper and feels remorse for it, believing herself to be a monster undeserving of Steven's kindness, despite Steven's insistence otherwise.]]
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* FatalFlaw:
** Wrath. Lapis is very slow to forgive those who have hurt her, even through inaction, or even ''open herself up'' to forgiving them. While it may be in many cases justified, the scope of her hatred leaves her with very few friends, and she fails to appreciate how antagonizing everyone plays against her goals.
** Her self-preservation, she is so desperate to not be hurt again that this leads her to trying to take control and she winds up hurting people in the process, including her friends (especially Peridot), and as a result, it puts a strain on the little amount of friends she has because she always puts herself first.
* FateWorseThanDeath: She's not only a prisoner again (though willingly this time), but she's now stuck together with Jasper- and by attacking Jasper, she's most likely no longer welcome in her home.
-->"Let's stay on this miserable planet... '''''together!'''''"
** [[spoiler:Thankfully, she eventually escapes this too.]]
* FingerPokeOfDoom: She effortlessly [[spoiler:destroys a Roaming Eye that came after Peridot by flicking it with a hand, made of water, then squashing it into the ground]].
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: In "The Message," her transmission to the Earth reveals that [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand her arrival home has been distressing]] with how much Gem technology has advanced since she was last there.
* {{Flight}}: Can create water wings from her gem to fly. To note: up until the introduction of Aquamarine, she was the ''only'' character in the show capable of flying under her own power, neither needing to transform into something else nor requiring any enhancements.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Steven. Lapis is cynical and becomes sullen around others, particularly Peridot and the Crystal Gems, whom she carries grudges against. Steven is friendly, optimistic and forgiving. Since he is the only one she's been shown to be willing to open up around, this stark difference in personality is primarily what is driving Lapis [[DefrostingIceQueen to open up and accept others around her]].
** To Connie. Both were lonely beings with a [[IJustWantToBeFree desire towards freedom]] and have a blue color motif (Connie's being specifically teal) and were able to get better thanks to Steven's [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe kindness]] and [[LivingEmotionalCrutch emotional support]]. However, while Connie is a generally cheerful and friendly human who admires the Crystal Gems, Lapis is usually a grumpy and sour Gem who is aloof towards the same group.
** To Peridot. The former was forced into the gem conflict through bad luck, the latter was purposefully created just to be a part of it. The former started out innocent, but becomes more cynical and dangerous due to everything that happens to her throughout the series, whereas the latter is extremely cynical and dangerous to begin with, but ends up losing those qualities and becoming a better person through the Crystal Gems, her former enemies. [[spoiler: Also, Peridot comes to Yellow Diamond, her boss, and flat out rejects the idea of doing what she wants her to do, whilst Jasper comes to Lapis in an attempt to make her do what they were doing before, and Lapis isn't as strong in rejecting her.]]
* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Lapis has severe trust issues stemming from her misfortune and as a result, she still has a very hard time getting along with the Crystal Gems (bar Steven). Peridot has slowly earned Lapis's trust and friendship, despite Lapis' anger, although it took great effort on Peridot's part.
* FreudianTrio: Of the Crystal Temps, she is the emotional Id to Connie's rational and mature Ego and Peridot's overly logical Superego.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: PlayedWith. When she steals the Earth's oceans she makes sure none of the marine life are harmed in any way, but she doesn't care about the rest of the inhabitants until Steven fixes her gem.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:Was originally simply a Homeworld civilian that ended up caught in the middle of the rebellion, and it's implied she's actually considered very weak back home due to having water powers on a planet lacking in it. 5000 years later, she escapes the mirror, and ends up being a ''major'' threat to the Crystal Gems during her first appearance, thanks to Earth having water in abundance and a big grudge against the Gems. Her second appearance has her drag Jasper underwater while Fused into Malachite, both proving this trope by doing so ''and'' becoming an even bigger nightmare as Malachite.]]
* FullContactMagic: While Lapis often remains stationary while using her water powers, she makes dramatic movements when the situation calls for it, such as making the upward punching motion that [[spoiler:sends Jasper flying]].
* TheGardener: [[spoiler: In "Gem Harvest", she becomes a Magic Gardener by using her [[MakingASplash powers]] to water the crops she and Peridot are growing.]]
* GiantHandsOfDoom: Her water-powers can manifest as giant arms out of the ocean, and she does so repeatedly.
* AGirlAndHerX: She and Peridot get a [[AllAnimalsAreDogs pumpkin dog]] thanks to Steven's GreenThumb spit in "Gem Harvest". Lapis in particular is seen in most scenes holding Pumpkin like a pet once it warms up to her and Peridot.
* GlassCannon: [[spoiler: In "Same Old World", all it took was one good hit from a Gem to poof Lapis into Gem form. Granted, the Cannon part of her more than outweighs the Glass as she more than held her own against all the Crystal Gems rather easily.]]
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: She's a beautiful, blue skinned alien who's lost on Earth before partnering up with the Crystal Gems. She's also MsFanservice to many viewers.
* GrumpyBear: Her role by the end of season 3 has become this. [[WordOfSaintPaul Lauren Zuke]] says she likes writing Lapis as someone who was depressed but didn't have to get "better" to make people comfortable.
* HandicappedBadass: Despite having her gem cracked, Lapis managed to take on the Crystal Gems and ''almost'' win.
* HeelFaceTurn: Stopped being an antagonist at the end of her debut [[spoiler:but only comes around to the idea of making Earth her home much later and is now at least willing to help the Crystal Gems for Steven's sake if she needs to.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Inverted. After Fusing with Jasper, she takes control and drags them both into the ocean with the intention of keeping her down there forever. At first it seems like she had done it for Steven's sake, but then it's later revealed that she kept Jasper trapped in the fusion for the sake of taking all of her pent-up anger and frustration out on her.
* HeroicWillpower: While she isn't exactly heroic, her feats of willpower and determination are undeniably impressive.
** Her gem is introduced as being badly damaged, compare it to Amethyst's cracked gem in "An Indirect Kiss", which causes her to speak backwards while her body distorted itself uncontrollably. Lapis was indistinguishable from a whole gem besides her mirrored eyes and being unable to summon her weapon. She ''held herself together'' despite that extensive damage. Given Pearl's comment about the mirror only following orders, it's implied it took a similar feat of willpower for her to talk to Steven in the first place.
** She takes control of Malachite after fusing with Jasper, dragging the two of them to the bottom of the ocean and even preventing Jasper from ending the fusion. In "Chille Tid", set a fair bit later, she's still in control of the fusion, though it's taking all her concentration to do it.
* HomefieldAdvantage: Ironically has this on Earth ''instead'' of her home planet. The picture of the intended Gem-terraformed Earth and Peridot not even knowing what ''rain'' is implies that the Homeworld has very little if any water, while Earth is ''mostly covered in it''. As a result, while she's considered a weak Gem (at least by Jasper) by the Homeworld, on Earth she's virtually god-like.
* HostileTerraforming: Her [[PersonOfMassDestruction immense power]] is meant to reshape whole planets to become Homeworld colonies.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In "Raising The Barn" after Peridot admits that she holds her tongue and doesn't say certain things because she knows they would upset Lapis, the latter has the audacity to call it 'lying' despite the fact that she herself has withheld information that she knew she couldn't say, such as Steven's powers connecting him to Rose Quartz, and also lied to Jasper by tricking her into being trapped into their fusion.
* IChooseToStay: Played with by the end of "Same Old World". [[spoiler:Lapis acknowledges that she [[YouCantGoHomeAgain can't return to Homeworld]] so she doesn't exactly have many options, but in the end she decides to stay on Earth, as it was no longer the place that kept her imprisoned.]]
** Utterly averted during "Raising the Barn". After discovering the Diamonds may end up doing an invation on Earth, Lapis ''immediately'' decides to pack things up and get the heck of the planet, and not even Steven or Peridot's pleads for her to change her mind do anything to give her second thoughts about it.
* IJustWantToBeFree: All she wants is to not be used by anyone.
* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Body parts, clones, wings for spaceflight, chains, there don't seem to be any limits to what she can do with her power.
* TheInformant: Peridot specifically refers to Lapis as an informant in "Cry for Help."
* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: She doesn't know what the Crystal Gems see in Earth [[spoiler:because she was imprisoned in a mirror and trapped in one small area for millennia, and the fact that she's a civilian of the Gem Homeworld probably skewed her perceptions further. It takes a flight with Steven to realize that there is more to the Earth than she thought.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Steven and Peridot, the former being 14 years old and the latter having not existed until after the war on Earth, which Lapis was alive for.
* InterrogatedForNothing: [[spoiler:Lapis was trapped in the mirror because the Homeworld mistook her for a Crystal Gem and wanted to interrogate her for enemy information. Lapis, however, didn't know anything about the Crystal Gems and couldn't tell Homeworld she wasn't one of them.]]
* IronicFear: Though she's not outright afraid of it, Lapis isn't exactly fond of water anymore thanks to [[spoiler:having been trapped at the bottom of the ocean for several months]].
* IronicName:
** Real lapis lazuli stones dissolve in water.
** In various cultures the stone is associated with inner peace, spiritual love, and protection from evil. Lapis has a very turbulent and damaged emotional state, has trouble letting go of her hatred for pretty much every Gem not named Steven, and her retreat to Homeworld ends up drawing Peridot and Jasper to Earth; even her attempt to hold part of that force away ends in Jasper taking control and going on the rampage as Malachite until Alexandrite stops them.
* {{Irony}}: Being trapped in the mirror was a FateWorseThanDeath for Lapis, but "Monster Reunion" reveals that it saved her from getting Corrupted.
* IrrationalHatred: It turns out that the reason Lapis hates the Crystal Gems is because [[spoiler:she was confused with one of them and Gems from Homeworld trapped her in the mirror and left her on Earth after the war.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: Arguably her worst trait has shown to be her self-orientation. While one can hardly blame her given all the crap she's had to go through ever since getting accidentally caught up in the war and trapped in a mirror for 5,000 years, in the present a now freed Lapis has shown to be fairly self-preservative to the point of being mainly concerned with her own feelings on things rather than the feelings of others around her, including what friends she has.
* {{Jerkass}}: It's slightly more subtle compared to Jasper and Peridot, but when something terrible isn't happening to her, she gives off a cold demeanor and tends to be mean and bitter to just about everyone (except Steven), and while she does show some remorse for her past actions, she does very little to make up for it and doesn't apologize for any of the damage she's caused, has a selfish mindset and overall doesn't really seem to care much about anything or anybody, except Steven.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However, while she is a proud owner of a deep, bubbling pit of rage directed against other Gems, at one point stealing the oceans ''across the entire planet'' in order to get what she wanted, she's still willing to choke her anger down for [[NiceGuy Steven's]] sake and has begun to learn some measure of forgiveness towards her former enemies. Even post-HeelFaceTurn, she can be a bit tactless toward people, though she's slowly getting better.
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* KarmaHoudini: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Lapis has certainly been through a lot and those undeserved traumas she faced garner her a lot of sympathy, however, after being freed she not only steals the ocean (which would have caused the Earth and all life on it a lot of damage), attempted to drown Connie and Steven and broke Greg's leg, tricked and trapped Jasper into a Fusion against her will and tortured her for months, and after all of that, she continues to act cold and bitter towards everyone around her, and nobody's called her out on any of her actions (barring Connie calling her out for being childish).
* KickTheDog:
** She tries to drown Steven and Connie. This is especially cruel on Lapis' part since the former freed her and vocally stated he didn't want to fight her.
** After Peridot finally gives Lapis a sincere gift, her recorder, Lapis calls it garbage, breaks it, and tells her to get lost.
** Lapis and Peridot perform a dual one in "The New Crystal Gems" by telling Connie (who has various self esteem issues) that she will probably let Steven down after he asked her to defend Beach City.
** As sympathetic as her plight is, it doesn't justify her taking away the barn that she made a home with Peridot and Pumpkin, showing how willing she is to abandon her few friends for her own needs.
* KnightOfCerebus: The first confirmed sentient Gem enemy to appear on the show and changes the ''entire'' tone of the monster fights from then on. Steven even lampshades this later on, pointing out that he only ever sees her when something terrible is happening.
* LackOfEmpathy: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Lapis ''is'' capable of showing ''some'' remorse, as seen in "Alone At Sea". However, in most other episodes, it's been shown that she does not consider anyone else's feelings other than her own, as she immediately (but temporarily) turns on Steven in her debut episode upon finding out that he's with the Crystal Gems and doesn't seem to understand why he would side with them and not go with her. She also does not seem to get how much she has affected people with her power and fury, as she mainly focused on how ''she'' felt about the ordeals. [[spoiler: This is fully shown in "Raising The Barn" where she is frantic for her and Peridot to leave Earth after finding out the Diamonds are possibly coming to wage a war, and she is irritated and baffled at Peridot's insistence to stay and protect the Earth, and didn't take the latter's feeling into consideration about leaving the planet she considers her new home, even yelling at her when she shows her hesitance.]]
-->'''Lapis:''' ''(raises her voice)'' There's no need to get so ''emotional!''
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fg-WCjpgJk Mirror Gem]], a slow, somber piece that is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaSTcCUFBRo incorporated]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDDezMCkTuE into]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX8UD4ku0rE several songs]].
* LethalHarmlessPowers: From the perspective of Homeworld. Careful examination of the Gem colony plans for Earth reveals exactly zero oceans remaining. Under "normal" circumstances Lapis's hydrokinesis would render her nearly powerless in a Gem colony, or at the very least able to control a substance for which Gems had very little practical use or desire. But on a planet with 2/3rds of its surface covered by water, she becomes a virtual demigoddess.
* LifesavingMisfortune: Being trapped in a mirror for millennia was more than just unfortunate, but this saved Lapis from being Corrupted, which there is no known cure for.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. [[spoiler:"Alone at Sea" reveals, to her horror, that Jasper sees her as this due to the PowerHigh from their fusion and her rough treatment of Jasper. However, this form of emotional stability turns out to be toxic for both Lapis and Jasper.]]
* LogicalWeakness: Is apparently unable create/summon any water save her wings, and thus is much less powerful away from large sources of water.
* LossOfIdentity: If her ThatWomanIsDead moment in "Chille Tid" is any indication, Malachite was starting to overcome her, just like what happened with Sugilite. Lapis seems to ''want'' this to happen because she has so little to live for besides holding Malachite down to protect Steven. She eventually returns as her old self, barring the emotional issues she got from it.
* MagicalBarefooter: She's a Gem with very powerful water-manipulating powers and she never wears any footwear.
* MagicMirror: Her gem was used to power one. Or rather, she ''was'' one. She also can have a similar effect with her water powers.
* MagicSkirt: In full effect. She's a character who can fly, and no matter what angle she's shown at, her skirt protects her modesty. [[http://i.imgur.com/8UfIZad.png An ambiguous shot]] in "Gem Harvest" might show her wearing bike shorts under it, or might just be a shadow.
* MakingASplash: She can form water arms to use in combat, generate water clones, and ''use the entire ocean to form a space elevator,'' and that's just what she can do with a broken gem, which also happens to be shaped like a teardrop. WordOfGod is that this power [[https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/620354802040463360 is her gem weapon]].
* MamaBear: Towards Steven. Lapis punches Jasper over the horizon when the latter threatens him.
* MartyrWithoutACause: To cope with the TraumaCongaLine and hopelessness of never being free, Lapis trapped Jasper in Malachite, as the closest thing she could have to freedom was to imprison herself and act as the jailer. She does get better, though.
* MeaningfulName: In gem mythology, lapis lazulis are associated with a great amount of things: Gods, power, spirit, vision, royalty, honor, wisdom, and truth; they also help to overcome abuse issues, traumatic experiences and depression and increase inner power which is reflected in Lapis's BrokenBird status, her homesickness, her preference in fighting with hydro-kinetic magic over a weapon and how she honors her friendship with Steven despite all. Also, the Inner Power symbolism fits nicely with the HeroicWillpower needed for her to imprison Jasper by fusing with her. They are also associated with the heavens, which fits for a character who pines for another world.
* MentalPictureProjector: Lapis can project her memories onto any reflective surface.
* MessyHair: One of the few characters whose hair changes [[DependingOnTheArtist from episode to episode]], it morphs constantly from a perfectly controlled 'space mullet' to 'disheveled tangle' and many states in between. "Beta" probably featured it at it's messiest.
* MirrorMonster: What she was assumed to be.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: [[spoiler: A victim of it. Homeworld mistook her for a Crystal Gem and imprisoned her in the mirror without even trying to confirm or deny it.]]
* MistakenIdentity: [[spoiler:Her imprisonment was the result of being mistaken for a Crystal Gem after being poofed in the crossfire of a battle, and Homeworld finding her and trying to interrogate her on information she didn't have]].
* ModestyShorts: In "Gem Harvest", she might be [[http://i.imgur.com/8UfIZad.png wearing leggings under that skirt.]]
* MsFanservice: An extremely tame example, but Lapis's outfit is basically a backless two-piece dresskini (which often billows to show off her [[ShesGotLegs shapely legs]]), and her baseball outfit is a very form-fitting short-sleeved belly-jersey and cutoffs. She's the most human-looking Gem, complete with subtle curves, making her the most attractive Gem to many, accentuating her outfits' designs, and [[SexyBack her exposed back is also given more detail than the other Gems']]. She's apparently developing a very "Tsun"-sided {{Tsundere}} personality, which doesn't help matters.
* MysteriousPast: For the longest time, the circumstances of how she was trapped in the mirror and her seeming hatred of the Crystal Gems were unknown. [[spoiler: By "Same Old World", this is rectified.]]
* MysteriousWaif: She's got the looks (small and thin, wide-eyed, occasionally disheveled) and role in the story down; her introduction is when the show takes a serious turn for the protagonist, she's super-powerful, and her background is still mostly unknown.
* {{NEET}}: Was this when she was living in the barn before she became TheGardener above; while Peridot would at least go on missions with the other Crystal Gems, Lapis preferred to lounge around while either watching Camp Pining Hearts, sleeping, or reading. [[spoiler: She returns to this lifestyle when she leaves the Earth and takes the entire barn with her.]]
* NeutralNoLonger: Wanted nothing to do with the conflict between the Homeworld and the Crystal Gems [[spoiler: as she was a civilian five thousand years ago]], and even though she attacked the Crystal Gems after being freed, she ultimately only wanted to go home. However, Homeworld's mistreatment of her and her friendship with Steven ultimately caused her to turn on the Homeworld and side with Steven [[spoiler: and eventually Earth (though at best being an AloofAlly to the Crystal Gems)]].
* NeverBeHurtAgain: [[spoiler: Flees Earth in "Raise This Barn" rather than risk being caught up in another war, even leaving Peridot and Pumpkin behind]].
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Of the Crystal Temps, she is the "Mean" to Connie's "Nice" and Peridot's "In Between". Unlike the other two, she is the most cold to others and slow to open up (the sole exception being Steven), and upon meeting Connie again, Lapis is ''slightly'' more meaner to her than Peridot.
* NighInvulnerability: Not personally, but her water clones are pretty much impossible to stop, being able to simply reform or even duplicate when damaged. Since Lapis has pretty much all of Earth's seawater at her command, it's not like they're going to run out.
* NightmareFace: While begging and screaming at Steven to release her from the mirror, she starts producing a horrific combination of the faces of Beach City's residents and the Crystal Gems she recorded over the course of the day. It symbolizes her maddened panic, rage, and desperation to be free and, paired with the "Let Me Out" music sequence that plays during that part, [[NightmareFuel is creepy as can be imagined]].
* NotSoAboveItAll: Keep in mind that, before being released from the mirror, she "got a lot of mileage" out of helping Steven make ''fart jokes'' at Mayor Dewey. That's also what gives her away when he tries to introduce her to the Crystal Gems. Her circumstances afterwards just aren't exactly conducive to her sense of humor. [[spoiler:Later, it's shown she is usually like this when she's not under stress and when she is with someone that makes her feel comfortable, To the point she makes fart jokes with Steven again.]]
** In "Hit the Diamond", she [[spoiler:participated in a baseball game with the Crystal Gems as part of a plan to protect Peridot. Bear in mind that she's only participating because of her friendship with Steven and still hates the other Crystal Gems (especially Peridot), not to mention that she fully and freely comments on how dumb the plan is. At first she only puts the barest minimum effort into the game, but as the game goes on she actually starts having fun.]]
** In "Beta", she's seen watching and snarking at "Camp Pining Hearts", making junk art, and playing music with her barnmate Peridot.
* NoEndorHolocaust: There are no stated damage to reefs or weather patterns to Lapis' pulling of the entire ocean into her tower.
* NotSoDifferent: Both Jasper and Lapis turn out to have enjoyed some aspect of Malachite, the general PowerHigh and {{Flight}} capability for Jasper and using Jasper as a living stress ball for Lapis, but Lapis has come to realize how unhealthy it was while Jasper is completely obsessed with regaining it.
* OddFriendship: With Peridot, after they got along more after becoming Roommates (well, Barnmates technically).
* OddNameOut: In "Hit the Diamond" when the Gems briefly took on human disguises, everyone's names are regular human names that sound close to the Gem they're based on, while Lapis is named [[CallBack "Bob"]].
* OneHitKO: Consistently and hilariously dishes this out to pretty much every foe that she deigns to confront. Her victims have included the Ruby Squad's Roving Eye (a house-sized space ship capable of intergalactic travel), and Jasper (a perfectly formed super soldier).
* OneWomanArmy: She can fight off all the Crystal Gems, on her own, with her water constructs, and she has won every single one of her onscreen match-ups. The only times she 'lost' was when she was fused as Malachite (and that required a 4-Gem fusion and a literal army to take her down), and when she got blindsided by [[spoiler: Bismuth]]. This is kind of explained in "That Will Be All", as Yellow Diamond notes that Lapises are meant for terraforming. This would require a ''lot'' of elemental skill and power.
* OverlyLongGag: She seems fond of these. In "Mirror Gem", she does fart noises continuously for hours straight, in "Alone at Sea" she repeatedly sounds the ship's horn and laughs until Steven can barely hear, and her "meepmorp" has a looping clip of Percy saying "I just feel trapped."
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: After all that Jasper had done to her, it's hard to drum up much sympathy for her fate. [[spoiler: Of course, even Lapis realized that that kind of attitude wasn't healthy.]]
* PerpetualFrowner: When not around [[MoralityPet Steven]], Lapis is stuck with a bitter deadpan face.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Possesses enough hydrokinetic power to shape an ocean into a giant tower, and was a match for all three Crystal Gems plus Steven, Connie, Lion and Greg attacking her at the same time. This is when her gem was ''damaged''.
* PetTheDog:
** While she doesn't see anything special about the Earth, [[FriendToAllLivingThings she still keeps the aquatic animals safe inside her water tower]].
-->'''Connie:''' It's like a giant aquarium!
** In "Barn Mates", she rescues Peridot from a Roaming Eye, then asks her if she's okay.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Only about a head taller than Steven, with a slim, delicate build much like Pearl's, but in terms of pure power, she outperforms virtually the entire established cast. Admittedly this power is mostly in her formidable hydrokinetic abilities, and we haven't seen Lapis fight directly, but given SuperStrength is part and parcel for Gems, she's probably not nearly as vulnerable as she looks. She kept the weight of the entire ocean pressing down on top of herself and Jasper, just to keep Jasper from taking control of or breaking the fusion. While her condition deteriorated rapidly, the fact that she was even capable of this--and was maintaining it for so long--is impressive, [[spoiler: something that Jasper herself (once she takes control of Malachite) notes [[WorthyOpponent with some respect]]]] and is the reason why Jasper wants to refuse with her. Lapis is also capable of carrying Steven on her back ''and'' Greg in her arms at the same time while flying in "Alone At Sea". [[spoiler: This is the reason why Jasper wants to fuse with her again so badly as stated.]]
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Her gem was used to operate a mirror.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Once the crack in her gem is healed, she sprouts a pair of liquid wings she can use to fly.
* PowersDoTheFighting: In contrast with the Crystal Gems' more hands-on and up-close weapon based style, Lapis stays stationary or makes motions while attacking with her water, often from a great distance. Justified due to her GlassCannon status.
* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:Her worry about Navy in "Room for Ruby" turns out to be correct]].
* ProphetEyes: She had these in her first appearance due to her gem being damaged. Her pupils reappear once her gem is fixed. Her eyes revert to this when she is using her MentalPictureProjector powers.
* QuoteMine: In the mirror, she acts as a recording device and communicates by taking and arranging parts of whatever she records. Although she is capable of creating original, silhouetted ''images''.
* RedemptionEqualsAffliction: Her decision to fight Jasper to protect Steven ended up as SealedEvilInADuel.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Peridot's Red Oni once they begin living together. She's a lot calmer and subdued in personality compared to Peridot's highly energetic and excitable personality. Peridot is also more open to new experiences and people (once she TookALevelInKindness) while Lapis is more closed to new experiences and people.
* ReflectiveEyes: When her gem is broken, her eyes are mirror-like, reflecting back what's in front of her.
* {{Sadist}}: In "Alone At Sea", Lapis admits to enjoying taking out all her frustrations and anger on Jasper while holding her down. She then admits that this was bad.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: In "Raising the Barn", [[spoiler: she abandons the Earth as soon as she finds out that the Diamonds know about Steven and might come back to Earth]].
* SealedEvilInADuel: She performs a HeroicSacrifice to keep Jasper from hurting Steven after fusing with her into Malachite and dragging them underwater.
* SealedGoodInACan: She was sealed in a mirror, relegated to a recording device for Gem history. By the time Steven gets his hands on it, though, she is able to assert herself and convince him to free her.
* SecretlySelfish: Her HeroicSacrifice of forcing a fusion with Jasper turns out to be mainly for her own wants. Although she does care deeply for Steven, and claims in "Chille Tid" that she's doing it all for him (even saying the same ArcWords as Pearl), she is also very lost, desperate for something to live for and desires control, and clearly did it on impulse for revenge as well. [[spoiler:In "Alone at Sea", she more or less implies that she didn't imprison Jasper for Steven's sake at all. She admits with horror that she actually wanted someone to take her anger out on. Though this time, she does get to save Steven from Jasper for real, who was threatening to shatter him.]]
* SentientPhlebotinum: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] pretty harshly. Her [[BrokenBird emotional state]] is what you'd expect from someone [[AndIMustScream who's been trapped in a handheld object that only interacts with people when they want something]].
-->'''Steven:''' What's it like being a mirror?\\
'''Lapis [[QuoteMine (in Steven's voice)]]:''' YOU WORK!
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Her dress has an open back so her gem (which is on her back) is visible.
* ShapingYourAttacks: The primary application of her [[MakingASplash water powers]]. She can make anything from chains to decoys to GiantHandsOfDoom.
* ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler:As a civilian caught up in a Rebellion battle, imprisoned under the assumption she was another Crystal Gem, and interrogated for ages before being left behind and uncaringly stepped on (which cracked her gem), the war did a number on her psyche]]. Regular interaction with Steven and Peridot is helping, by the looks of it.
* SixthRanger: [[spoiler:Once Malachite is defused. While she doesn't outright join the Crystal Gems, they're at least on good terms, and she doesn't have any qualms about being a part of the Crystal Temps.]]
* {{Sleepyhead}}: "Room For Ruby" reveals that she love sleeping (even though [[TheNeedless she doesn't need to]]). And apparently, she snores (much to her embarrassment).
* SourOutsideSadInside: She is extremely bitter, apathetic and is always stuck with a very deadpan face. Being trapped in a mirror for thousands of years (among other things) does that to you.
* SquishyWizard: Her water constructs allowed her to fight the Crystal Gems and co. single-handedly, and she could build a tower made of solid water that reached low orbit, but Jasper managed to easily grab and restrain her. [[spoiler: She was poofed with a single punch from behind during the Rebellion battle she got caught in, though in fairness, that was [[BoisterousBruiser Bismuth]] punching her [[HeartDrive gem]].]]
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: See ThereIsNoPlaceLikeHome below.
* StoryBreakerPower: When she was first introduced, she was able to manipulate the ''entire ocean'', while her Gem was cracked, with the implication it took a lot of willpower to keep her form consistent. With this in mind, this trope is probably why she rarely shows up in adventures or large-scale conflicts [[spoiler:and why she was written out by "Raising the Barn"]], especially since she doesn't have to worry as much about her gem.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Lapis is generally an indifferent DeadpanSnarker at best, and outwardly hostile at worst, to everyone but [[MoralityPet Steven]], to whom she's very warm and welcoming.
* SurroundedByIdiots: If her facial expressions are anything to go by, she has this attitude when it comes to wacky hijinks.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Invoked in "The New Crystal Gems". In an attempt to protect Beach City while the Crystal Gems are away, she, Peridot, Pumpkin, and Connie decide to mimic them. In this team, Lapis becomes the "new" Amethyst and mimics Amethyst's MessyHair.
* {{Terraform}}: According to Yellow Diamond this is what Lapis Lazulis are made to do.
* ThatWomanIsDead:
** [[WhamLine "I'm not Lapis anymore. We're Malachite now."]] [[spoiler: And "Alone at Sea" reveals that being split wasn't all she needed to recover from this.]]
** "The New Crystal Gems" has a much, ''much'' more humorous example, after Lapis decides that she's going to be Garnet: "There is no Amethyst, only Garnet!"
* ThereIsAnother: Her first appearance disproves [[RedHerring what had previously been implied]] about Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl being the [[LastOfTheirKind last remaining Gems]], and soon afterwards her desire to go "home" makes it clear that there's somewhere out in space where there's many more.
* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: Her primary goal in her debut, one that she'll go to any length to accomplish. This makes her transmission in The Message all the more heartbreaking. She did manage to get home, but found that the Homeworld she left was ''very'' different compared to the Homeworld she returned to, and she doesn't feel like she fits in there anymore.
* ThousandYardStare: [[http://i.gyazo.com/c7483ed0199b7393c90a7f2872b36d60.png Her transmission]] in "The Message".
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:"Barn Mates" shows Lapis taking absolutely zero crap from a Roaming Eye, a Homeworld tracking vessel sent after Peridot. She doesn't say a single line during the entire encounter and shows almost no real reaction except for a scowl when she finally takes action and effortlessly punts it into the ground.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: Her backstory and circumstances are tragic, and while she was never a saint to begin with, she at least had an understandable distrust towards the Crystal Gems, but after she is finally freed from the mirror and Malachite, Lapis acts very aloof, apathetic and bitter most of the time to just about everyone (the sole exception being Steven). She's also very rude to Connie at the start of "The New Crystal Gems" as she showed no remorse after the latter reminded her of her nearly drowning her in "Ocean Gem". [[spoiler: It's later implied in "Raising The Barn" that even her friend and roommate Peridot had to be careful to not say or do anything to upset her, for fear of her wrath, even their pet Pumpkin expressed fear over Lapis' anger. To make matters worse, at the end of the episode Lapis takes the entire barn (which was Peridot's home too) with her up to space to avoid getting caught up in another war with the Diamonds, even though this would mean abandoning both Steven and Peridot, the two people who looked out for her the most, she still left for her own sake.]]
* TraumaButton: When Lapis first found out about video chatting, she believed Steven was trapped in Peridot's tablet like she was in the mirror. She even attempted to smash the tablet to free him before Steven rushed in to stop her.
* TraumaCongaLine: She goes through a ''lot'', from being trapped in a magic mirror to holding back Jasper in Malachite to save Steven.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Quite literally; her entire body is varying shades of blue. She also is one of the few Gems who wears a long, flowing skirt, alongside Rose Quartz. At a glance, Ruby even mistook her for Sapphire.
** This is interesting, because historically, the gemstone lapis lazuli was one of the main reasons for this trope. Lapis lazuli makes some of the purest and longest lasting blue paint, but is ''very'' expensive--more expensive than gold. Painters began using it specifically on depictions of the Virgin Mary, leading to the association between blue and femininity.
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[[folder: U to Y]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To [[NiceGuy Steven]], who compassionately reached out to her while she was trapped, freed her from the mirror, and fixed her cracked gem. Lapis went behind the Homeworld Gems' backs to warn him about the invasion. When she was forced to help with the invasion, she specifically left out all the information she had about Steven. And when Steven's life was threatened by Jasper, Lapis dragged herself into the ocean after fusing with her. She let herself be imprisoned again to keep Steven safe from the other Gem until she is rescued.
* WalkingSpoiler: Knowing about her is quite difficult without learning about the corrupted Gems.
* WhenSheSmiles: Particularly after de-fusing with Jasper, she gets some very cute smiles and doe eyes considering all she's been through.
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: When she's scared, angry, or irritated.
* WildCard: She's not on the Crystal Gems' side or Homeworld's side, as they both denied her freedom. She is, however, on ''Steven's'' side, since he saved her and is the only one who's been consistently nice to her.
* WingPull: She only reveals that she has wings at the end of "Ocean Gem". Justified because she couldn't summon them previously while her gem was cracked.
* WingedHumanoid: Has the ability to manifest wings for herself made out of water. She lost this ability when her gem was cracked, and she immediately made a pair after Steven fixes her gem.
* WitchHunt: [[spoiler:Was the victim of one; the Homeworld believed her to be a Crystal Gem and imprisoned her without knowing or caring that they were mistaken.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She was trapped in a mirror for thousands of years (the exact number is unknown). And while her taking away Earth's ocean and attacking Steven and Connie was out of line, one can't help but feel sympathy for her desire to go home. Then, when she's ''finally'' able to go home, she's shocked to see how different her home is from her time...and is scared. She was fused at the bottom of the ocean in order to imprison Jasper; not only to protect Steven, but because she now had no home to go to, and had nothing to lose. [[spoiler:When they eventually unfused, she still felt like she had nowhere to go. Even though this was resolved, she is still dealing with the trauma that being trapped in the mirror and being fused with [[ArchEnemy Jasper]] as Malachite caused, which leads her to be reminded of her own evil actions during "Alone at Sea" where she reminds Steven that she was once his enemy.]]
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: In a way. While Homeworld is still around, and she has the power to reach it by herself, it's changed so much that she no longer recognizes it. She can't go home again because the home she remembers no longer exists. [[spoiler: After defusing from Malachite, Lapis acknowledges that she can't go home again because of how she betrayed Jasper and kept her trapped.]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jennifer Paz
-> ''"Just let me do this for you!"''
A Gem formerly of Blue Diamond's court with [[MakingASplash water-manipulating powers]] that was once poofed, and trapped in a mirror after being mistaken with a Crystal Gem during the war, and used as a tool for around 5,000 years, but fortunately she was set free by Steven. Her release was the focus of both "Mirror Gem" and "Ocean Gem". She used to despise Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl for forgetting she was trapped in a mirror and for being the main reason why Homeworld mistook her for a Crystal Gem, but after her liberation in "Super Watermelon Island", she has been in good relations with them. She loves and respects Steven and has become fiercely protective of him and after freeing her.
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* ActionGirl: True, most of her fighting is done in a hands-off manner because of her powers, but she's still quite strong.
* {{Adorkable}}: She looks so endearing when she plays the tambourine to help Peridot with her welcome band song.
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Has become a fan of ''Camp Pining Hearts'' like Peridot.
* AlliterativeName: '''La'''pis '''La'''zuli.
* AllTakeAndNoGive: This is Lapis' main problem in regards to her relationships, even to the few who genuinely consider her a friend -- she expects them to do what she wants, without complaint, but refuses to offer equal effort.
* AloofAlly: To the Crystal Gems sans Steven and, [[spoiler:to a lesser extent, Peridot, although she's warming up. While she's now a firm ally of Steven at least and happy to make a life on Earth, she has yet to call herself a Crystal Gem (let alone an ally of theirs) like Peridot has. Although in "Adventures in Light Distortion", when Garnet tells her and Peridot to keep Beach City safe in the Crystal Gems' absence, she doesn't complain, giving a thumbs up (albeit with an uneasy look on her face), and in "The New Crystal Gems", she has little to no problems with proudly declaring herself a "Crystal Temp" (temporary stand ins for the Crystal Gems while they are away), alongside Peridot, Connie, and Pumpkin.]]
* AndIMustScream: Trapped in a mirror for thousands of years, she was apparently conscious throughout that time, yet unable to communicate except through repeating others' speech. Her behavior upon release suggests the experience was not pleasant.
* ArcVillain: Of "Mirror Gem" and "Ocean Gem", but a sympathetic example, since she begged Steven into releasing her from the mirror and then used the Earth's ocean to attempt to reach her home.
-->'''Lapis:''' I just want to go home.
* BadassAdorable: She's an ethereal-looking Gem, who's scarcely taller than Steven and looks like a human teenager in a pretty sundress. She can also manipulate and control ''the entire planet's ocean at once,'' with a ''huge crack in her gem.'' For comparison, Amethyst and Eyeball couldn't even maintain their physical forms or speak coherently with small cracks in their gems.
* BadassBoast: Gives a chilling one to Jasper before dragging her into the ocean.
-->'''Lapis:''' I'm ''done'' being everyone's prisoner! Now you're ''MY'' prisoner, and I'm never letting you '''''GO!'''''
* BareYourMidriff: Which reveals her BellyButtonless. Her baseball uniform also has this.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: She manages to pull one of these on Jasper [[spoiler:when she agrees to fuse with her. She then takes control of their combined form Malachite and drags them both into the ocean.]]
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Steven was the one who freed her from the mirror and repaired her cracked gem. For this reason, he's the only character she's openly fond of.
* BetrayalByInaction: In "Raise The Barn" [[spoiler: when she finds out that the Diamonds know about Steven she packs up the barn and abandons Earth, despite Steven and Peridot's attempts to convince her to stay and fight for their planet]].
* BlueIsHeroic: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. Lapis's main color scheme is blue and she cares a lot about Steven, but she's quite antagonistic towards the Crystal Gems.
* {{Bookworm}}: Lapis seems to have taken up reading as seen at the end of "The Kindergarten Kid", the short "Video Chat", and the beginning of "Gem Harvest".
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Most of the time she displays an apathy and untrusting aloofness to nearly everyone but Steven, and she certainly ''looks'' like an older teen, similar to Young Pearl.
* BrokenBird: She entered the show injured, imprisoned, desperate for freedom and wanting nothing more than to go home. Even when Steven set her free and healed her cracked gem so she could leave Earth, [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand what she found when she got back to the Gem Homeworld scared her]]. When we next see her, she's imprisoned again and so spiritually broken that she ''begs'' Steven not to fight back against Jasper and Peridot so they can hope for some measure of mercy when they return to the Gem Homeworld. She's even more broken after [[spoiler:she comes back from Malachite]], unable to spend time with anybody else who's not Steven. Though "Beta" shows she's slowly getting better.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl:
** Gender-flipped with Steven -- Lapis is the [[BrokenBird troubled]], [[GrumpyBear grumpy]] Brooding Girl to Steven's [[{{Keet}} energetic]], [[ThePollyanna optimistic]] Gentle Boy.
** Played semi-Gender-straight with her and Peridot, to a lesser extent; Peridot provides emotional comfort and friendship to the aloof, untrusting Lapis.
* BrutalHonesty: She's very blunt to people in general, especially when she disagrees with them. She'll say "no" with a smile on her face because [[NoSocialSkills she has absolutely no idea how socializing works]].
* TheBusCameBack: Makes an appearance through a video message to warn Steven and the Gems about Peridot coming to Earth. She later returns to Earth as a prisoner in Peridot and Jasper's capture in "The Return". And ''[[RuleOfThree then]]'' she returns in Steven's dreams in "Chille Tid", and ''[[OverlyLongGag then]]'' returns to the screen...
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Says that she's almost drowned a lot of people in "The New Crystal Gems", when Connie questions why Lapis doesn't remember her from "Ocean Gem".
* CallARabbitASmeerp: Calls her and Peridot's junk art "meepmorps".
* TheCameo: A gem that appears to be her can be seen in Blue Diamond's court during "The Answer".
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: After disappearing in "Ocean Gem", Lapis leaves with a cryptic sendoff. Later, she returns in a turning-point of the finale-arc, delivering a message of Peridot and Jasper's return.]]
* ClipItsWings: When her gem is cracked, she cannot fly.
* ColorMotif: Blue.
* TheComicallySerious: She's the only one who doesn't take the baseball match against the Ruby team seriously.
* CommutingOnABus: [[spoiler:Early in the third season, Lapis becomes a recurring character when she moves into the barn with Peridot.]]
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: All the misfortune she's had has done this to her. For instance, [[spoiler:despite being imprisoned by her fellow Homeworld Gems for being mistaken for a Crystal Gem, her first wish is to return home when she gains her freedom, and she willingly re-imprisons herself underwater with Jasper to protect Steven]].
-->'''Steven:''' I feel like I only get to see you when something ''horrible'' is going on.
-->'''Lapis:''' [[StepfordSmiler (smiles)]] That's just how it is with me.
* ControlFreak: In any relationship she has, Lapis will always want to be the one in control.
* CripplingOverspecialization: On Earth, a planet that's roughly 70% covered in water, her [[MakingASplash hydrokinesis]] powers make her practically godlike in scope of powers...but with that taken away, she doesn't have much to rely on in terms of combat capability outside standard Gem abilities.
* CultureClash: Noted for its ''absence'', Lapis is the fastest non-human learner of human terminology, language and idioms; even faster than the Crystal Gems who have lived alongside human civilization in its entirety. It's just that unless you are Steven [[spoiler:(and now Peridot)]], she doesn't care.
** She didn't know what a "Dad" was in "Alone at Sea" but used the term naturally later in the same episode. She calls art "meepmorps" in "Beta", but this might be sardonic humor.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Lapis has blue hair and eyes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her mysterious, tragic backstory was finally revealed in "Same Old World". [[spoiler:She's a Gem civilian who was caught in the crossfire of the Crystal Gem war on Earth. She was mistaken for a Crystal Gem, poofed and trapped in a mirror, interrogated for eons by Homeworld Gems who were desperate to know the location of the Crystal Gem headquarters. She was then found by the Crystal Gems who did not treat her any better.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Even in her debut episodes she shows a hint of this, such as when she replies "NO!" in Steven's voice when he tries to stop her from stealing the ocean. But it's not until "Hit the Diamond" we see this in full detail.
-->'''Lapis:''' (on the baseball plan) ''Heh''...this plan sucks.
* DeathGlare: Can give rather intimidating ones when particularly angry.
* DefrostingIceQueen: To nearly everyone except Steven. Thanks to Steven's influence and her long-overdue freedom, she's slowly opening up to the other Gems and potentially, other people.
* DeusExitMachina: Lapis's powers utterly dwarf every other Gem's seen thus far. If she had joined the Crystal Gems, it would have taken all of the challenge out of their subsequent battles some of the Gems might see, so she has to fuse with Jasper and go down to the bottom of the ocean just to be out of the picture. [[spoiler: Of course, when she DOES come back, she's mostly away from the action]].
** She doesn't seem to realize how strong she is; only resorting to her full powers at extreme stress. Besides that even after she does come back she mostly hangs out with Steven and Peridot, another new addition to the group, living with her in a barn away from the other Gems. She probably still doesn't quite trust them, and isn't eager to fight for their cause (or at all, after finally getting away from Jasper) yet.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Downplayed. She certainly has a reason to fear the Diamonds and strongly wants to avoid getting caught up in another war, but in "Raising The Barn" she willingly left her best friends Steven and Peridot (and their pet Pumpkin) behind to fend for themselves for any upcoming conflict just so she could avoid being hurt.]]
* DittoFighter: Creates water copies of Steven and the Gems to fight them.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: The only time that she isn't barefoot is during the episode "Hit the Diamond."
* TheDogBitesBack: After being imprisoned (once again) by Jasper, she gets fed up with it all and so she agreed to fuse with her in order to take control of Malachite, their combined form, and intentionally drag them both into the ocean in some twisted attempt to have control instead of being controlled herself.
-->"I am ''done'' being everyone's prisoner. Now you're ''my'' prisoner, and I'm never letting you go!"
* DramaticWind: To emphasize her powers over water, Lapis Lazuli's animation is more flowy, making it look like she has air blowing around her.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: They appear more often on her after she's defused from Malachite.
* EasilyForgiven: Steven quickly forgives Lapis despite the fact that she stole all the Earth's water, attacked the Crystal Gems, and tried to drown him and Connie and injured his father Greg in "Ocean Gem". Even defending her when Greg calls her 'super mean', and excuses her actions by saying she 'wasn't mean' and 'just wanted to go home'.
* EmoTeen: She's a teenager appearance-wise and at her most negative is an aloof, cynical PerpetualFrowner.
* ExaltedTorturer: [[spoiler:Although there was abuse on both sides, Lapis did torture Jasper for months on end while they were fused at the bottom of the ocean. She acknowledges she tortured Jasper and feels remorse for it, believing herself to be a monster undeserving of Steven's kindness, despite Steven's insistence otherwise.]]
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* FatalFlaw:
** Wrath. Lapis is very slow to forgive those who have hurt her, even through inaction, or even ''open herself up'' to forgiving them. While it may be in many cases justified, the scope of her hatred leaves her with very few friends, and she fails to appreciate how antagonizing everyone plays against her goals.
** Her self-preservation, she is so desperate to not be hurt again that this leads her to trying to take control and she winds up hurting people in the process, including her friends (especially Peridot), and as a result, it puts a strain on the little amount of friends she has because she always puts herself first.
* FateWorseThanDeath: She's not only a prisoner again (though willingly this time), but she's now stuck together with Jasper- and by attacking Jasper, she's most likely no longer welcome in her home.
-->"Let's stay on this miserable planet... '''''together!'''''"
** [[spoiler:Thankfully, she eventually escapes this too.]]
* FingerPokeOfDoom: She effortlessly [[spoiler:destroys a Roaming Eye that came after Peridot by flicking it with a hand, made of water, then squashing it into the ground]].
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: In "The Message," her transmission to the Earth reveals that [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand her arrival home has been distressing]] with how much Gem technology has advanced since she was last there.
* {{Flight}}: Can create water wings from her gem to fly. To note: up until the introduction of Aquamarine, she was the ''only'' character in the show capable of flying under her own power, neither needing to transform into something else nor requiring any enhancements.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Steven. Lapis is cynical and becomes sullen around others, particularly Peridot and the Crystal Gems, whom she carries grudges against. Steven is friendly, optimistic and forgiving. Since he is the only one she's been shown to be willing to open up around, this stark difference in personality is primarily what is driving Lapis [[DefrostingIceQueen to open up and accept others around her]].
** To Connie. Both were lonely beings with a [[IJustWantToBeFree desire towards freedom]] and have a blue color motif (Connie's being specifically teal) and were able to get better thanks to Steven's [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe kindness]] and [[LivingEmotionalCrutch emotional support]]. However, while Connie is a generally cheerful and friendly human who admires the Crystal Gems, Lapis is usually a grumpy and sour Gem who is aloof towards the same group.
** To Peridot. The former was forced into the gem conflict through bad luck, the latter was purposefully created just to be a part of it. The former started out innocent, but becomes more cynical and dangerous due to everything that happens to her throughout the series, whereas the latter is extremely cynical and dangerous to begin with, but ends up losing those qualities and becoming a better person through the Crystal Gems, her former enemies. [[spoiler: Also, Peridot comes to Yellow Diamond, her boss, and flat out rejects the idea of doing what she wants her to do, whilst Jasper comes to Lapis in an attempt to make her do what they were doing before, and Lapis isn't as strong in rejecting her.]]
* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Lapis has severe trust issues stemming from her misfortune and as a result, she still has a very hard time getting along with the Crystal Gems (bar Steven). Peridot has slowly earned Lapis's trust and friendship, despite Lapis' anger, although it took great effort on Peridot's part.
* FreudianTrio: Of the Crystal Temps, she is the emotional Id to Connie's rational and mature Ego and Peridot's overly logical Superego.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: PlayedWith. When she steals the Earth's oceans she makes sure none of the marine life are harmed in any way, but she doesn't care about the rest of the inhabitants until Steven fixes her gem.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:Was originally simply a Homeworld civilian that ended up caught in the middle of the rebellion, and it's implied she's actually considered very weak back home due to having water powers on a planet lacking in it. 5000 years later, she escapes the mirror, and ends up being a ''major'' threat to the Crystal Gems during her first appearance, thanks to Earth having water in abundance and a big grudge against the Gems. Her second appearance has her drag Jasper underwater while Fused into Malachite, both proving this trope by doing so ''and'' becoming an even bigger nightmare as Malachite.]]
* FullContactMagic: While Lapis often remains stationary while using her water powers, she makes dramatic movements when the situation calls for it, such as making the upward punching motion that [[spoiler:sends Jasper flying]].
* TheGardener: [[spoiler: In "Gem Harvest", she becomes a Magic Gardener by using her [[MakingASplash powers]] to water the crops she and Peridot are growing.]]
* GiantHandsOfDoom: Her water-powers can manifest as giant arms out of the ocean, and she does so repeatedly.
* AGirlAndHerX: She and Peridot get a [[AllAnimalsAreDogs pumpkin dog]] thanks to Steven's GreenThumb spit in "Gem Harvest". Lapis in particular is seen in most scenes holding Pumpkin like a pet once it warms up to her and Peridot.
* GlassCannon: [[spoiler: In "Same Old World", all it took was one good hit from a Gem to poof Lapis into Gem form. Granted, the Cannon part of her more than outweighs the Glass as she more than held her own against all the Crystal Gems rather easily.]]
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: She's a beautiful, blue skinned alien who's lost on Earth before partnering up with the Crystal Gems. She's also MsFanservice to many viewers.
* GrumpyBear: Her role by the end of season 3 has become this. [[WordOfSaintPaul Lauren Zuke]] says she likes writing Lapis as someone who was depressed but didn't have to get "better" to make people comfortable.
* HandicappedBadass: Despite having her gem cracked, Lapis managed to take on the Crystal Gems and ''almost'' win.
* HeelFaceTurn: Stopped being an antagonist at the end of her debut [[spoiler:but only comes around to the idea of making Earth her home much later and is now at least willing to help the Crystal Gems for Steven's sake if she needs to.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Inverted. After Fusing with Jasper, she takes control and drags them both into the ocean with the intention of keeping her down there forever. At first it seems like she had done it for Steven's sake, but then it's later revealed that she kept Jasper trapped in the fusion for the sake of taking all of her pent-up anger and frustration out on her.
* HeroicWillpower: While she isn't exactly heroic, her feats of willpower and determination are undeniably impressive.
** Her gem is introduced as being badly damaged, compare it to Amethyst's cracked gem in "An Indirect Kiss", which causes her to speak backwards while her body distorted itself uncontrollably. Lapis was indistinguishable from a whole gem besides her mirrored eyes and being unable to summon her weapon. She ''held herself together'' despite that extensive damage. Given Pearl's comment about the mirror only following orders, it's implied it took a similar feat of willpower for her to talk to Steven in the first place.
** She takes control of Malachite after fusing with Jasper, dragging the two of them to the bottom of the ocean and even preventing Jasper from ending the fusion. In "Chille Tid", set a fair bit later, she's still in control of the fusion, though it's taking all her concentration to do it.
* HomefieldAdvantage: Ironically has this on Earth ''instead'' of her home planet. The picture of the intended Gem-terraformed Earth and Peridot not even knowing what ''rain'' is implies that the Homeworld has very little if any water, while Earth is ''mostly covered in it''. As a result, while she's considered a weak Gem (at least by Jasper) by the Homeworld, on Earth she's virtually god-like.
* HostileTerraforming: Her [[PersonOfMassDestruction immense power]] is meant to reshape whole planets to become Homeworld colonies.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In "Raising The Barn" after Peridot admits that she holds her tongue and doesn't say certain things because she knows they would upset Lapis, the latter has the audacity to call it 'lying' despite the fact that she herself has withheld information that she knew she couldn't say, such as Steven's powers connecting him to Rose Quartz, and also lied to Jasper by tricking her into being trapped into their fusion.
* IChooseToStay: Played with by the end of "Same Old World". [[spoiler:Lapis acknowledges that she [[YouCantGoHomeAgain can't return to Homeworld]] so she doesn't exactly have many options, but in the end she decides to stay on Earth, as it was no longer the place that kept her imprisoned.]]
** Utterly averted during "Raising the Barn". After discovering the Diamonds may end up doing an invation on Earth, Lapis ''immediately'' decides to pack things up and get the heck of the planet, and not even Steven or Peridot's pleads for her to change her mind do anything to give her second thoughts about it.
* IJustWantToBeFree: All she wants is to not be used by anyone.
* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Body parts, clones, wings for spaceflight, chains, there don't seem to be any limits to what she can do with her power.
* TheInformant: Peridot specifically refers to Lapis as an informant in "Cry for Help."
* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: She doesn't know what the Crystal Gems see in Earth [[spoiler:because she was imprisoned in a mirror and trapped in one small area for millennia, and the fact that she's a civilian of the Gem Homeworld probably skewed her perceptions further. It takes a flight with Steven to realize that there is more to the Earth than she thought.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Steven and Peridot, the former being 14 years old and the latter having not existed until after the war on Earth, which Lapis was alive for.
* InterrogatedForNothing: [[spoiler:Lapis was trapped in the mirror because the Homeworld mistook her for a Crystal Gem and wanted to interrogate her for enemy information. Lapis, however, didn't know anything about the Crystal Gems and couldn't tell Homeworld she wasn't one of them.]]
* IronicFear: Though she's not outright afraid of it, Lapis isn't exactly fond of water anymore thanks to [[spoiler:having been trapped at the bottom of the ocean for several months]].
* IronicName:
** Real lapis lazuli stones dissolve in water.
** In various cultures the stone is associated with inner peace, spiritual love, and protection from evil. Lapis has a very turbulent and damaged emotional state, has trouble letting go of her hatred for pretty much every Gem not named Steven, and her retreat to Homeworld ends up drawing Peridot and Jasper to Earth; even her attempt to hold part of that force away ends in Jasper taking control and going on the rampage as Malachite until Alexandrite stops them.
* {{Irony}}: Being trapped in the mirror was a FateWorseThanDeath for Lapis, but "Monster Reunion" reveals that it saved her from getting Corrupted.
* IrrationalHatred: It turns out that the reason Lapis hates the Crystal Gems is because [[spoiler:she was confused with one of them and Gems from Homeworld trapped her in the mirror and left her on Earth after the war.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: Arguably her worst trait has shown to be her self-orientation. While one can hardly blame her given all the crap she's had to go through ever since getting accidentally caught up in the war and trapped in a mirror for 5,000 years, in the present a now freed Lapis has shown to be fairly self-preservative to the point of being mainly concerned with her own feelings on things rather than the feelings of others around her, including what friends she has.
* {{Jerkass}}: It's slightly more subtle compared to Jasper and Peridot, but when something terrible isn't happening to her, she gives off a cold demeanor and tends to be mean and bitter to just about everyone (except Steven), and while she does show some remorse for her past actions, she does very little to make up for it and doesn't apologize for any of the damage she's caused, has a selfish mindset and overall doesn't really seem to care much about anything or anybody, except Steven.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However, while she is a proud owner of a deep, bubbling pit of rage directed against other Gems, at one point stealing the oceans ''across the entire planet'' in order to get what she wanted, she's still willing to choke her anger down for [[NiceGuy Steven's]] sake and has begun to learn some measure of forgiveness towards her former enemies. Even post-HeelFaceTurn, she can be a bit tactless toward people, though she's slowly getting better.
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[[folder: K to O]]
* KarmaHoudini: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Lapis has certainly been through a lot and those undeserved traumas she faced garner her a lot of sympathy, however, after being freed she not only steals the ocean (which would have caused the Earth and all life on it a lot of damage), attempted to drown Connie and Steven and broke Greg's leg, tricked and trapped Jasper into a Fusion against her will and tortured her for months, and after all of that, she continues to act cold and bitter towards everyone around her, and nobody's called her out on any of her actions (barring Connie calling her out for being childish).
* KickTheDog:
** She tries to drown Steven and Connie. This is especially cruel on Lapis' part since the former freed her and vocally stated he didn't want to fight her.
** After Peridot finally gives Lapis a sincere gift, her recorder, Lapis calls it garbage, breaks it, and tells her to get lost.
** Lapis and Peridot perform a dual one in "The New Crystal Gems" by telling Connie (who has various self esteem issues) that she will probably let Steven down after he asked her to defend Beach City.
** As sympathetic as her plight is, it doesn't justify her taking away the barn that she made a home with Peridot and Pumpkin, showing how willing she is to abandon her few friends for her own needs.
* KnightOfCerebus: The first confirmed sentient Gem enemy to appear on the show and changes the ''entire'' tone of the monster fights from then on. Steven even lampshades this later on, pointing out that he only ever sees her when something terrible is happening.
* LackOfEmpathy: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Lapis ''is'' capable of showing ''some'' remorse, as seen in "Alone At Sea". However, in most other episodes, it's been shown that she does not consider anyone else's feelings other than her own, as she immediately (but temporarily) turns on Steven in her debut episode upon finding out that he's with the Crystal Gems and doesn't seem to understand why he would side with them and not go with her. She also does not seem to get how much she has affected people with her power and fury, as she mainly focused on how ''she'' felt about the ordeals. [[spoiler: This is fully shown in "Raising The Barn" where she is frantic for her and Peridot to leave Earth after finding out the Diamonds are possibly coming to wage a war, and she is irritated and baffled at Peridot's insistence to stay and protect the Earth, and didn't take the latter's feeling into consideration about leaving the planet she considers her new home, even yelling at her when she shows her hesitance.]]
-->'''Lapis:''' ''(raises her voice)'' There's no need to get so ''emotional!''
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fg-WCjpgJk Mirror Gem]], a slow, somber piece that is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaSTcCUFBRo incorporated]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDDezMCkTuE into]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX8UD4ku0rE several songs]].
* LethalHarmlessPowers: From the perspective of Homeworld. Careful examination of the Gem colony plans for Earth reveals exactly zero oceans remaining. Under "normal" circumstances Lapis's hydrokinesis would render her nearly powerless in a Gem colony, or at the very least able to control a substance for which Gems had very little practical use or desire. But on a planet with 2/3rds of its surface covered by water, she becomes a virtual demigoddess.
* LifesavingMisfortune: Being trapped in a mirror for millennia was more than just unfortunate, but this saved Lapis from being Corrupted, which there is no known cure for.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. [[spoiler:"Alone at Sea" reveals, to her horror, that Jasper sees her as this due to the PowerHigh from their fusion and her rough treatment of Jasper. However, this form of emotional stability turns out to be toxic for both Lapis and Jasper.]]
* LogicalWeakness: Is apparently unable create/summon any water save her wings, and thus is much less powerful away from large sources of water.
* LossOfIdentity: If her ThatWomanIsDead moment in "Chille Tid" is any indication, Malachite was starting to overcome her, just like what happened with Sugilite. Lapis seems to ''want'' this to happen because she has so little to live for besides holding Malachite down to protect Steven. She eventually returns as her old self, barring the emotional issues she got from it.
* MagicalBarefooter: She's a Gem with very powerful water-manipulating powers and she never wears any footwear.
* MagicMirror: Her gem was used to power one. Or rather, she ''was'' one. She also can have a similar effect with her water powers.
* MagicSkirt: In full effect. She's a character who can fly, and no matter what angle she's shown at, her skirt protects her modesty. [[http://i.imgur.com/8UfIZad.png An ambiguous shot]] in "Gem Harvest" might show her wearing bike shorts under it, or might just be a shadow.
* MakingASplash: She can form water arms to use in combat, generate water clones, and ''use the entire ocean to form a space elevator,'' and that's just what she can do with a broken gem, which also happens to be shaped like a teardrop. WordOfGod is that this power [[https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/620354802040463360 is her gem weapon]].
* MamaBear: Towards Steven. Lapis punches Jasper over the horizon when the latter threatens him.
* MartyrWithoutACause: To cope with the TraumaCongaLine and hopelessness of never being free, Lapis trapped Jasper in Malachite, as the closest thing she could have to freedom was to imprison herself and act as the jailer. She does get better, though.
* MeaningfulName: In gem mythology, lapis lazulis are associated with a great amount of things: Gods, power, spirit, vision, royalty, honor, wisdom, and truth; they also help to overcome abuse issues, traumatic experiences and depression and increase inner power which is reflected in Lapis's BrokenBird status, her homesickness, her preference in fighting with hydro-kinetic magic over a weapon and how she honors her friendship with Steven despite all. Also, the Inner Power symbolism fits nicely with the HeroicWillpower needed for her to imprison Jasper by fusing with her. They are also associated with the heavens, which fits for a character who pines for another world.
* MentalPictureProjector: Lapis can project her memories onto any reflective surface.
* MessyHair: One of the few characters whose hair changes [[DependingOnTheArtist from episode to episode]], it morphs constantly from a perfectly controlled 'space mullet' to 'disheveled tangle' and many states in between. "Beta" probably featured it at it's messiest.
* MirrorMonster: What she was assumed to be.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: [[spoiler: A victim of it. Homeworld mistook her for a Crystal Gem and imprisoned her in the mirror without even trying to confirm or deny it.]]
* MistakenIdentity: [[spoiler:Her imprisonment was the result of being mistaken for a Crystal Gem after being poofed in the crossfire of a battle, and Homeworld finding her and trying to interrogate her on information she didn't have]].
* ModestyShorts: In "Gem Harvest", she might be [[http://i.imgur.com/8UfIZad.png wearing leggings under that skirt.]]
* MsFanservice: An extremely tame example, but Lapis's outfit is basically a backless two-piece dresskini (which often billows to show off her [[ShesGotLegs shapely legs]]), and her baseball outfit is a very form-fitting short-sleeved belly-jersey and cutoffs. She's the most human-looking Gem, complete with subtle curves, making her the most attractive Gem to many, accentuating her outfits' designs, and [[SexyBack her exposed back is also given more detail than the other Gems']]. She's apparently developing a very "Tsun"-sided {{Tsundere}} personality, which doesn't help matters.
* MysteriousPast: For the longest time, the circumstances of how she was trapped in the mirror and her seeming hatred of the Crystal Gems were unknown. [[spoiler: By "Same Old World", this is rectified.]]
* MysteriousWaif: She's got the looks (small and thin, wide-eyed, occasionally disheveled) and role in the story down; her introduction is when the show takes a serious turn for the protagonist, she's super-powerful, and her background is still mostly unknown.
* {{NEET}}: Was this when she was living in the barn before she became TheGardener above; while Peridot would at least go on missions with the other Crystal Gems, Lapis preferred to lounge around while either watching Camp Pining Hearts, sleeping, or reading. [[spoiler: She returns to this lifestyle when she leaves the Earth and takes the entire barn with her.]]
* NeutralNoLonger: Wanted nothing to do with the conflict between the Homeworld and the Crystal Gems [[spoiler: as she was a civilian five thousand years ago]], and even though she attacked the Crystal Gems after being freed, she ultimately only wanted to go home. However, Homeworld's mistreatment of her and her friendship with Steven ultimately caused her to turn on the Homeworld and side with Steven [[spoiler: and eventually Earth (though at best being an AloofAlly to the Crystal Gems)]].
* NeverBeHurtAgain: [[spoiler: Flees Earth in "Raise This Barn" rather than risk being caught up in another war, even leaving Peridot and Pumpkin behind]].
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Of the Crystal Temps, she is the "Mean" to Connie's "Nice" and Peridot's "In Between". Unlike the other two, she is the most cold to others and slow to open up (the sole exception being Steven), and upon meeting Connie again, Lapis is ''slightly'' more meaner to her than Peridot.
* NighInvulnerability: Not personally, but her water clones are pretty much impossible to stop, being able to simply reform or even duplicate when damaged. Since Lapis has pretty much all of Earth's seawater at her command, it's not like they're going to run out.
* NightmareFace: While begging and screaming at Steven to release her from the mirror, she starts producing a horrific combination of the faces of Beach City's residents and the Crystal Gems she recorded over the course of the day. It symbolizes her maddened panic, rage, and desperation to be free and, paired with the "Let Me Out" music sequence that plays during that part, [[NightmareFuel is creepy as can be imagined]].
* NotSoAboveItAll: Keep in mind that, before being released from the mirror, she "got a lot of mileage" out of helping Steven make ''fart jokes'' at Mayor Dewey. That's also what gives her away when he tries to introduce her to the Crystal Gems. Her circumstances afterwards just aren't exactly conducive to her sense of humor. [[spoiler:Later, it's shown she is usually like this when she's not under stress and when she is with someone that makes her feel comfortable, To the point she makes fart jokes with Steven again.]]
** In "Hit the Diamond", she [[spoiler:participated in a baseball game with the Crystal Gems as part of a plan to protect Peridot. Bear in mind that she's only participating because of her friendship with Steven and still hates the other Crystal Gems (especially Peridot), not to mention that she fully and freely comments on how dumb the plan is. At first she only puts the barest minimum effort into the game, but as the game goes on she actually starts having fun.]]
** In "Beta", she's seen watching and snarking at "Camp Pining Hearts", making junk art, and playing music with her barnmate Peridot.
* NoEndorHolocaust: There are no stated damage to reefs or weather patterns to Lapis' pulling of the entire ocean into her tower.
* NotSoDifferent: Both Jasper and Lapis turn out to have enjoyed some aspect of Malachite, the general PowerHigh and {{Flight}} capability for Jasper and using Jasper as a living stress ball for Lapis, but Lapis has come to realize how unhealthy it was while Jasper is completely obsessed with regaining it.
* OddFriendship: With Peridot, after they got along more after becoming Roommates (well, Barnmates technically).
* OddNameOut: In "Hit the Diamond" when the Gems briefly took on human disguises, everyone's names are regular human names that sound close to the Gem they're based on, while Lapis is named [[CallBack "Bob"]].
* OneHitKO: Consistently and hilariously dishes this out to pretty much every foe that she deigns to confront. Her victims have included the Ruby Squad's Roving Eye (a house-sized space ship capable of intergalactic travel), and Jasper (a perfectly formed super soldier).
* OneWomanArmy: She can fight off all the Crystal Gems, on her own, with her water constructs, and she has won every single one of her onscreen match-ups. The only times she 'lost' was when she was fused as Malachite (and that required a 4-Gem fusion and a literal army to take her down), and when she got blindsided by [[spoiler: Bismuth]]. This is kind of explained in "That Will Be All", as Yellow Diamond notes that Lapises are meant for terraforming. This would require a ''lot'' of elemental skill and power.
* OverlyLongGag: She seems fond of these. In "Mirror Gem", she does fart noises continuously for hours straight, in "Alone at Sea" she repeatedly sounds the ship's horn and laughs until Steven can barely hear, and her "meepmorp" has a looping clip of Percy saying "I just feel trapped."
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[[folder: P to T]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: After all that Jasper had done to her, it's hard to drum up much sympathy for her fate. [[spoiler: Of course, even Lapis realized that that kind of attitude wasn't healthy.]]
* PerpetualFrowner: When not around [[MoralityPet Steven]], Lapis is stuck with a bitter deadpan face.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Possesses enough hydrokinetic power to shape an ocean into a giant tower, and was a match for all three Crystal Gems plus Steven, Connie, Lion and Greg attacking her at the same time. This is when her gem was ''damaged''.
* PetTheDog:
** While she doesn't see anything special about the Earth, [[FriendToAllLivingThings she still keeps the aquatic animals safe inside her water tower]].
-->'''Connie:''' It's like a giant aquarium!
** In "Barn Mates", she rescues Peridot from a Roaming Eye, then asks her if she's okay.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Only about a head taller than Steven, with a slim, delicate build much like Pearl's, but in terms of pure power, she outperforms virtually the entire established cast. Admittedly this power is mostly in her formidable hydrokinetic abilities, and we haven't seen Lapis fight directly, but given SuperStrength is part and parcel for Gems, she's probably not nearly as vulnerable as she looks. She kept the weight of the entire ocean pressing down on top of herself and Jasper, just to keep Jasper from taking control of or breaking the fusion. While her condition deteriorated rapidly, the fact that she was even capable of this--and was maintaining it for so long--is impressive, [[spoiler: something that Jasper herself (once she takes control of Malachite) notes [[WorthyOpponent with some respect]]]] and is the reason why Jasper wants to refuse with her. Lapis is also capable of carrying Steven on her back ''and'' Greg in her arms at the same time while flying in "Alone At Sea". [[spoiler: This is the reason why Jasper wants to fuse with her again so badly as stated.]]
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Her gem was used to operate a mirror.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Once the crack in her gem is healed, she sprouts a pair of liquid wings she can use to fly.
* PowersDoTheFighting: In contrast with the Crystal Gems' more hands-on and up-close weapon based style, Lapis stays stationary or makes motions while attacking with her water, often from a great distance. Justified due to her GlassCannon status.
* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:Her worry about Navy in "Room for Ruby" turns out to be correct]].
* ProphetEyes: She had these in her first appearance due to her gem being damaged. Her pupils reappear once her gem is fixed. Her eyes revert to this when she is using her MentalPictureProjector powers.
* QuoteMine: In the mirror, she acts as a recording device and communicates by taking and arranging parts of whatever she records. Although she is capable of creating original, silhouetted ''images''.
* RedemptionEqualsAffliction: Her decision to fight Jasper to protect Steven ended up as SealedEvilInADuel.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Peridot's Red Oni once they begin living together. She's a lot calmer and subdued in personality compared to Peridot's highly energetic and excitable personality. Peridot is also more open to new experiences and people (once she TookALevelInKindness) while Lapis is more closed to new experiences and people.
* ReflectiveEyes: When her gem is broken, her eyes are mirror-like, reflecting back what's in front of her.
* {{Sadist}}: In "Alone At Sea", Lapis admits to enjoying taking out all her frustrations and anger on Jasper while holding her down. She then admits that this was bad.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: In "Raising the Barn", [[spoiler: she abandons the Earth as soon as she finds out that the Diamonds know about Steven and might come back to Earth]].
* SealedEvilInADuel: She performs a HeroicSacrifice to keep Jasper from hurting Steven after fusing with her into Malachite and dragging them underwater.
* SealedGoodInACan: She was sealed in a mirror, relegated to a recording device for Gem history. By the time Steven gets his hands on it, though, she is able to assert herself and convince him to free her.
* SecretlySelfish: Her HeroicSacrifice of forcing a fusion with Jasper turns out to be mainly for her own wants. Although she does care deeply for Steven, and claims in "Chille Tid" that she's doing it all for him (even saying the same ArcWords as Pearl), she is also very lost, desperate for something to live for and desires control, and clearly did it on impulse for revenge as well. [[spoiler:In "Alone at Sea", she more or less implies that she didn't imprison Jasper for Steven's sake at all. She admits with horror that she actually wanted someone to take her anger out on. Though this time, she does get to save Steven from Jasper for real, who was threatening to shatter him.]]
* SentientPhlebotinum: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] pretty harshly. Her [[BrokenBird emotional state]] is what you'd expect from someone [[AndIMustScream who's been trapped in a handheld object that only interacts with people when they want something]].
-->'''Steven:''' What's it like being a mirror?\\
'''Lapis [[QuoteMine (in Steven's voice)]]:''' YOU WORK!
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Her dress has an open back so her gem (which is on her back) is visible.
* ShapingYourAttacks: The primary application of her [[MakingASplash water powers]]. She can make anything from chains to decoys to GiantHandsOfDoom.
* ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler:As a civilian caught up in a Rebellion battle, imprisoned under the assumption she was another Crystal Gem, and interrogated for ages before being left behind and uncaringly stepped on (which cracked her gem), the war did a number on her psyche]]. Regular interaction with Steven and Peridot is helping, by the looks of it.
* SixthRanger: [[spoiler:Once Malachite is defused. While she doesn't outright join the Crystal Gems, they're at least on good terms, and she doesn't have any qualms about being a part of the Crystal Temps.]]
* {{Sleepyhead}}: "Room For Ruby" reveals that she love sleeping (even though [[TheNeedless she doesn't need to]]). And apparently, she snores (much to her embarrassment).
* SourOutsideSadInside: She is extremely bitter, apathetic and is always stuck with a very deadpan face. Being trapped in a mirror for thousands of years (among other things) does that to you.
* SquishyWizard: Her water constructs allowed her to fight the Crystal Gems and co. single-handedly, and she could build a tower made of solid water that reached low orbit, but Jasper managed to easily grab and restrain her. [[spoiler: She was poofed with a single punch from behind during the Rebellion battle she got caught in, though in fairness, that was [[BoisterousBruiser Bismuth]] punching her [[HeartDrive gem]].]]
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: See ThereIsNoPlaceLikeHome below.
* StoryBreakerPower: When she was first introduced, she was able to manipulate the ''entire ocean'', while her Gem was cracked, with the implication it took a lot of willpower to keep her form consistent. With this in mind, this trope is probably why she rarely shows up in adventures or large-scale conflicts [[spoiler:and why she was written out by "Raising the Barn"]], especially since she doesn't have to worry as much about her gem.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Lapis is generally an indifferent DeadpanSnarker at best, and outwardly hostile at worst, to everyone but [[MoralityPet Steven]], to whom she's very warm and welcoming.
* SurroundedByIdiots: If her facial expressions are anything to go by, she has this attitude when it comes to wacky hijinks.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Invoked in "The New Crystal Gems". In an attempt to protect Beach City while the Crystal Gems are away, she, Peridot, Pumpkin, and Connie decide to mimic them. In this team, Lapis becomes the "new" Amethyst and mimics Amethyst's MessyHair.
* {{Terraform}}: According to Yellow Diamond this is what Lapis Lazulis are made to do.
* ThatWomanIsDead:
** [[WhamLine "I'm not Lapis anymore. We're Malachite now."]] [[spoiler: And "Alone at Sea" reveals that being split wasn't all she needed to recover from this.]]
** "The New Crystal Gems" has a much, ''much'' more humorous example, after Lapis decides that she's going to be Garnet: "There is no Amethyst, only Garnet!"
* ThereIsAnother: Her first appearance disproves [[RedHerring what had previously been implied]] about Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl being the [[LastOfTheirKind last remaining Gems]], and soon afterwards her desire to go "home" makes it clear that there's somewhere out in space where there's many more.
* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: Her primary goal in her debut, one that she'll go to any length to accomplish. This makes her transmission in The Message all the more heartbreaking. She did manage to get home, but found that the Homeworld she left was ''very'' different compared to the Homeworld she returned to, and she doesn't feel like she fits in there anymore.
* ThousandYardStare: [[http://i.gyazo.com/c7483ed0199b7393c90a7f2872b36d60.png Her transmission]] in "The Message".
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:"Barn Mates" shows Lapis taking absolutely zero crap from a Roaming Eye, a Homeworld tracking vessel sent after Peridot. She doesn't say a single line during the entire encounter and shows almost no real reaction except for a scowl when she finally takes action and effortlessly punts it into the ground.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: Her backstory and circumstances are tragic, and while she was never a saint to begin with, she at least had an understandable distrust towards the Crystal Gems, but after she is finally freed from the mirror and Malachite, Lapis acts very aloof, apathetic and bitter most of the time to just about everyone (the sole exception being Steven). She's also very rude to Connie at the start of "The New Crystal Gems" as she showed no remorse after the latter reminded her of her nearly drowning her in "Ocean Gem". [[spoiler: It's later implied in "Raising The Barn" that even her friend and roommate Peridot had to be careful to not say or do anything to upset her, for fear of her wrath, even their pet Pumpkin expressed fear over Lapis' anger. To make matters worse, at the end of the episode Lapis takes the entire barn (which was Peridot's home too) with her up to space to avoid getting caught up in another war with the Diamonds, even though this would mean abandoning both Steven and Peridot, the two people who looked out for her the most, she still left for her own sake.]]
* TraumaButton: When Lapis first found out about video chatting, she believed Steven was trapped in Peridot's tablet like she was in the mirror. She even attempted to smash the tablet to free him before Steven rushed in to stop her.
* TraumaCongaLine: She goes through a ''lot'', from being trapped in a magic mirror to holding back Jasper in Malachite to save Steven.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Quite literally; her entire body is varying shades of blue. She also is one of the few Gems who wears a long, flowing skirt, alongside Rose Quartz. At a glance, Ruby even mistook her for Sapphire.
** This is interesting, because historically, the gemstone lapis lazuli was one of the main reasons for this trope. Lapis lazuli makes some of the purest and longest lasting blue paint, but is ''very'' expensive--more expensive than gold. Painters began using it specifically on depictions of the Virgin Mary, leading to the association between blue and femininity.
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* UndyingLoyalty: To [[NiceGuy Steven]], who compassionately reached out to her while she was trapped, freed her from the mirror, and fixed her cracked gem. Lapis went behind the Homeworld Gems' backs to warn him about the invasion. When she was forced to help with the invasion, she specifically left out all the information she had about Steven. And when Steven's life was threatened by Jasper, Lapis dragged herself into the ocean after fusing with her. She let herself be imprisoned again to keep Steven safe from the other Gem until she is rescued.
* WalkingSpoiler: Knowing about her is quite difficult without learning about the corrupted Gems.
* WhenSheSmiles: Particularly after de-fusing with Jasper, she gets some very cute smiles and doe eyes considering all she's been through.
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: When she's scared, angry, or irritated.
* WildCard: She's not on the Crystal Gems' side or Homeworld's side, as they both denied her freedom. She is, however, on ''Steven's'' side, since he saved her and is the only one who's been consistently nice to her.
* WingPull: She only reveals that she has wings at the end of "Ocean Gem". Justified because she couldn't summon them previously while her gem was cracked.
* WingedHumanoid: Has the ability to manifest wings for herself made out of water. She lost this ability when her gem was cracked, and she immediately made a pair after Steven fixes her gem.
* WitchHunt: [[spoiler:Was the victim of one; the Homeworld believed her to be a Crystal Gem and imprisoned her without knowing or caring that they were mistaken.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She was trapped in a mirror for thousands of years (the exact number is unknown). And while her taking away Earth's ocean and attacking Steven and Connie was out of line, one can't help but feel sympathy for her desire to go home. Then, when she's ''finally'' able to go home, she's shocked to see how different her home is from her time...and is scared. She was fused at the bottom of the ocean in order to imprison Jasper; not only to protect Steven, but because she now had no home to go to, and had nothing to lose. [[spoiler:When they eventually unfused, she still felt like she had nowhere to go. Even though this was resolved, she is still dealing with the trauma that being trapped in the mirror and being fused with [[ArchEnemy Jasper]] as Malachite caused, which leads her to be reminded of her own evil actions during "Alone at Sea" where she reminds Steven that she was once his enemy.]]
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: In a way. While Homeworld is still around, and she has the power to reach it by herself, it's changed so much that she no longer recognizes it. She can't go home again because the home she remembers no longer exists. [[spoiler: After defusing from Malachite, Lapis acknowledges that she can't go home again because of how she betrayed Jasper and kept her trapped.]]
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