History Recap / StevenUniverseS2E23BackToTheBarn

* PyrrhicVictory: Peridot ultimately defeats Pearl when their robots fight and declares herself the superior Gem. But, the whole victory and contest is rendered pointless when the rest of the Gems all congratulate Pearl for her effort, while ignoring Peridot's win and telling her off for her treatment of Pearl. Peridot is forced to accept that on Earth Pearl is her equal and not "just a Pearl" and agrees to work with her on the drill.

-->'''Peridot:''' Rotate.

-->'''Peridot:''' [gleefully] A Peridot with a Pearl. What would they say back on Homeworld?

-->'''Pearl:''' Mine's taller. I win.

* Speed - Winner: THE TREE THEY BOTH CRASHED INTO

-->'''Pearl:''' That's right! I ''am'' a Pearl! *Hits Peridot square in the face, much to Amethyst's sheer delight* [[ShutUpHannibal What you're saying may be true, but it doesn't matter!]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner I'm still gonna kick your butt!]]

-->'''Peridot:''' But I won! Wh-what about the rules?\\

-->'''Peridot:''' You know, those round appendages on your machine could be... useful for something.\\

-->'''Steven:''' Looks like we're well on our way to stopping the cluster!\\
'''Puppet!Steven:''' You think you can stop me? (Starts to "attack" Steven)\\

* AliensNeverInventedTheWheel: Given that Pearl has to explain what a wheel is to Peridot, either Homeworld technological development skipped over the wheel entirely, or it became obsolete there before Peridot was made.

Steven steps in and suggests that they go back to the barn where [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E28SpaceRace they tried to build a spaceship for Pearl]]. Once there, Peridot attempts to dismiss Pearl, and is nonplussed when this Pearl does not behave as she expects an obedient Pearl from Homeworld to behave. The confusion becomes hostility when Pearl insists that she is as capable as Peridot of building things. Peridot scoffs, laughs, and dismisses the very idea. Peridots are made for this sort of thing. Pearls aren't. She's a Pearl! Pearls serve; she must belong to someone. Peridot even has the nerve to grab Pearl's uniform and touch her ribbon, indicating that she's "fancy" so she must belong to someone important. When Pearl angrily insists she belongs to no one, Peridot makes matters worse by saying Pearl can belong to her for now. She goes on to explain that Pearl is just one of hundreds of Pearls like the ones back on Homeworld and just because she looks different doesn't make her any different. She's as common as they are.

Steven steps in and suggests that they go back to the barn where they tried to build a spaceship for Pearl. Once there, Peridot attempts to dismiss Pearl, and is nonplussed when this Pearl does not behave as she expects an obedient Pearl from Homeworld to behave. The confusion becomes hostility when Pearl insists that she is as capable as Peridot of building things. Peridot scoffs, laughs, and dismisses the very idea. Peridots are made for this sort of thing. Pearls aren't. She's a Pearl! Pearls serve; she must belong to someone. Peridot even has the nerve to grab Pearl's uniform and touch her ribbon, indicating that she's "fancy" so she must belong to someone important. When Pearl angrily insists she belongs to no one, Peridot makes matters worse by saying Pearl can belong to her for now. She goes on to explain that Pearl is just one of hundreds of Pearls like the ones back on Homeworld and just because she looks different doesn't make her any different. She's as common as they are.

JustForFun/TheOneWith the giant robots.

* NotSoDifferent: Despite Peridot believing herself to be superior to Pearl, it's obvious they share similar insecurities: they are both of a low social station in Homeworld life, are both quite intelligent despite that, and both tend to put on a smug haughty attitude to hide it all.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Pearl's mech demonstrates the ability to fire a laser... [[SufficientlyAdvancedBambooTechnology from the traffic cone glued to the nose.]]

* MacGyvering: Pearl and Peridot decide to engage in a competition to determine who is the better engineer and thus fit to lead the drill project. Steven challenges them to build robots, and both manage to make custom MiniMecha from the contents of the barn in ''under a minute''.

* DarkHorseVictory: After Pearl and Peridot crash into a tree, Steven gives a point to the tree.

* WatchOutForThatTree: Happens to both Pearl and Peridot during their race. The tree gets the point for it. Hilariously, when the scoreboard is later shown, the tree has ''several more points''.

* YouAreACreditToYourRace: By the end, Peridot compliments Pearl on being such a knowledgeable technician...in terms of how remarkable such a thing is for a Pearl anyway. To be fair, that ''is'' character development for Peridot...

* ForceAndFinesse: The individual challenges Pearl and Peridot's robots win follow this pattern. Pearl's mech tended to excel at feats of precision and grace (dancing and painting) while Peridot's excelled at feats of strength (crushing and jumping), [[ZigZagggedTrope though they were comparable in speed, firepower, and throwing distance.]]

** The Gems have brought Peridot to the barn from "Space Race" so they can create a drill to burrow down to the Cluster with the parts there.