History Characters / StevenUniversePearl

* WalkOnWater: Pearl can walk on water as seen in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E4TogetherBreakfast "Together Breakfast"]]; an ability [[ArcherArchetype Opal]] and [[MakingASplash Lapis Lazuli]] share with her.

* TheXenophile: [[spoiler:By the time of "Future" she has completely flipped her [[NobleBigot initial attitude]] toward humans and has developed a genuine interest in human culture. Granted, she still has some strange mannerisms such as [[CloudCuckooLander randomly offering toilet paper]] as a greeting and singing along to commercial jingles on the radio, but thankfully her new human friends appear to find these traits endearing]].

* TheFinickyOne: In earlier episodes, Pearl's NeatFreak tendencies, poor response to attempts at humour and tendency to nitpick made this her defining trait. As the show went on and more of her character and motivation was revealed (in addition to her relationship with Amethyst improving), these traits became more downplayed.

* LikeASonToMe: Pearl seems to see Steven as the son she and Rose could never have, and even blurts out, "That's not my baby!" when confronted with a jealous Pizza Steve posing as Steven in the Uncle Grandpa crossover episode.

* TeamMom: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E32FusionCuisine "Fusion Cuisine"]], Steven pegs her as the most mom-like of the three when trying to decide which of them to bring to dinner as his mother. The only reason he doesn't just take her is because she finds eating disgusting. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E4SayUncle "Say Uncle"]], she even refers to Steven as her "baby".

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Deedee Magno-Hall (English), Creator/SachikoKojima (Japanese)

* LovingAShadow: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Despite her deep and lingering obsessive love for Rose Quartz, there are multiple hints that her adoration prevented her from seeing certain [[JustForPun facets]] of their relationship and of Rose herself. Aside from the secrets Rose kept, the DramaticIrony section of her profile here notes how there was much about Rose's philosophy that Pearl didn't understand. [[spoiler:With the reveal that she knew that she used to be Pink Diamond and Pearl used to be her servant, it is unknown if Pearl truly loved her as who she really was or her current identity more, though she begins to acknowledge Rose/Pink's flaws and grow out of this unhealthy obsession.]]

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She's a LipstickLesbian who's more or less the TeamMom, [[NeatFreak hates getting messy]], and is a [[DanceBattler skilled dancer]]... as well as swordfighter (though a LadyOfWar at that), engineer, and veteran of a thousand-year war. And her most-worn piece of formalwear is a tuxedo.

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She's a LipstickLesbian... as well as a swordfighter (though a LadyOfWar at that), engineer, and veteran of a thousand year war. And her most-worn piece of formalwear is a tuxedo.

* LightIsGood

* TheSmartGal: She's the Gems' main strategist.

* TookALevelInKindness: She acted outright malicious to Greg in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E12WeNeedToTalk "We Need to Talk"]], telling him that he's just a phase to Rose, and rubbing it in that he will never be able to fuse with her like she can. In the present, while she seems to lack faith in Greg at times, the two are on relatively good terms and are capable of working together amicably, particularly when it comes to fixing or building things. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E8MrGreg "Mr. Greg"]] has them both at becoming better friends to one another.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Deedee Magno-Hall (English), Sachiko Kojima (Japanese)

** Pearl's weapon is [[BladeOnAStick a stick with a point at the end]]. Pearl ''herself'' is [[NoodlePeople a stick]] with a point at the end. Her face is also the same oval shape as her gemstone.

* BladeOnAStick: Her weapon, summoned from the gem in her forehead. Bismuth upgrades it to a trident.

* AnimalMotif: Pearl has several bird-like traits, though not blatantly obvious. Her very pointed, beakish nose is the most noticeable, along with her hair which somewhat resembles the crest of a blue jay or cardinal. Her pearl gem on her forehead looks like an egg, and Steven even tried incubating it like one when Pearl was recovering. Pearl's whole body is long and reedy like a crane's, and her ballet dancing could evoke a connection to ''Theatre/SwanLake''. Amethyst refers to her nagging as "squawking". She can rotate her head 360 degrees like an owl. Last but not least, her protectiveness of Steven makes it easy to call Pearl a "mother hen".

* StealthPun: Her being Steven's primary mother figure may reference the material called nacre, or in other words, mother of pearl.

-->'''Pearl''': I'm just a Pearl. I'm useless on my own. ''(begins to weep)'' I need someone to tell me what to do.