History Main / GemTissue

* ''Franchise/TheDCU'': The All-American Boy was part of a black-ops project by the US to create a team capable of stopping Superman. He started as a normal human soldier, but was modified with Doomsday's DNA and Kryptonite, creating [[http://www.comicbookreligion.com/img/a/l/All_American_Boy.jpg a monster with spikes of the radioactive mineral growing in place of Doomsday's bone plates.]]

--> "The carbuncle, the gem in a unicorn’s skull at the base of her horn, was the source of her power."

** In''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun'', the Forsaken are {{Mutants}} who have been altered by exposure to Tiberium to the point they have Tiberium crystals growing out of their skin.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': It is entirely unclear just what "Andro's" true body is actually made of, but it looks like clear faceted crystal and explodes when struck by lightning.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Several examples exist such as [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIFamilies Carbink and Diancie]], though the [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVFamilies Lake Trio]] are probably the most famous since their gems were integrate the their [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl games story]]. Others such as [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVFamilies Dialga and Palkia]] likely also apply based off of appearance.

* ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': Contact with a PowerCrystal changes Commander Rourke's flesh to the same glowing blue crystal. This doesn't seem to have interfered with his bodily functions, as he showed no signs of ill health [[spoiler:until Milo hoists him up to the blimp propellers, shattering Rourke to a million pieces.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Those gems are actually her body, and the body [[HardLight is a projection of the gems]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Believe it or not, those gems are actually her body.]]

* When they are young babies, female ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollz}}'' get a drop of amber placed in their bellybuttons. When it solidifies into a unique gem, the girl will eventually be able to use magic.

* When they are young babies, female ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollz}}'' get a drop of amber placed in their bellybuttons. When it solidifies, the girl will eventually be able to use magic.

** [[HalfHumanHybrid Steven]] has his mother's Rose Quartz's [[spoiler:(actually Pink Diamond)]] gem where his belly button would be.

** [[HalfHumanHybrid Steven]] has his mother's rose quartz [[spoiler:(actually pink diamond)]] gem where his belly button would be.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' featured the Crystalline Entity, a massive snowflake-like creature that absorbed organic matter, converting it into energy in order to grow. Although the entity was shattered in its debut episiode, it (or another) would later appear in the ''Literature/StarTrekTitan'' novels and ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline''.

** Steven has a rose quartz gem where his belly button would be.

* ''Franchise/CommandAndConquer''

** In the ''Kane's Wrath'' expansion to ''CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars,'' Scrin Ravagers have a cluster of tiberium crystals growing out of their backs.

* ''Franchise/TheDCU'': The All-American Boy was part of a black-ops project by the US to create a team capable of stopping Superman. He started as a normal human soldier, but was modified with Doomsday's DNA and Kryptonite, creating [[http://static6.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/3/36257/1022838-ddk.jpg a monster with spikes of the radioactive mineral growing in place of Doomsday's bone plates.]]

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun'': Mutants are humans who have been altered by exposure to Tiberium to the point they have Tiberium crystals growing out of their skin.

* ''VideoGame/{{RuneScape}}'': Seren the elf goddess is literally a living crystal.
** Several golems are made out of gemstone such as the [[http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Player-owned_port/Captains_and_Crew Jade Golem]].

** The Gem and Gem Monsters may also apply depending on one's point of view. Technically, their bodies are less "made of gems" and more HardLight constructs ''around'' a central core that ''is'' a gem. As a result, the gemstone embedded in some part of each Gem's anatomy is in a sense their "actual" body.

* And so are bones!