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7!Pink Diamond
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15->''"No one can ever find out we did this. I never want to look back."''
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17The youngest Diamond and the third mentioned in the series, prior to her appearance she initially was only inferred due to differences in symbols in the background of various episodes — older Gem locations have a symbol with white, blue, yellow, and pink Diamonds forming a larger diamond, newer ones have a triangular arrangement of white, blue, and yellow triangles. The third season confirms that she did exist, was the ruler of Earth when it was a Gem colony, and that Rose Quartz ''allegedly'' shattered her to liberate the Earth. The fifth season reveals what her relationship with the other Diamonds was like, and shows the true circumstances behind her supposed shattering.
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19For her tropes as her current identity, see it [[Characters/StevenUniverseRoseQuartz here.]]
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28* AccidentalHero: [[spoiler:When she gave up her physical form to give birth to Steven, all she wanted him to do was to [[TheUnchosenOne live happily]] and have a good life. However, [[MetaphoricallyTrue from a certain point of view]], she also ''finally'' established peace between Homeworld and Earth, gave the Homeworld Gems more rights to their own individuality, repaired the Diamonds' bond and caused them to undergo a HeelFaceTurn as she did, freed Pink Pearl from White Diamond's control, allowed Pearl to finally move on from her, and caused the Corrupted Gems to finally be cured. There's no doubt that she would be proud of Steven for this]].
29* AdorableEvilMinions: More like Adorable Evil ''Leaders''. Despite being a Diamond, she's depicted as cuter than the others. [[spoiler:After her HeelFaceTurn, the "Evil" part is taken out, though even before her turn it would be a stretch to call her "evil".]]
30* AllLovingHeroine: [[spoiler:Heartwarmingly enough, this is what she becomes after her HeelFaceTurn. She loved Earth and its inhabitants even though they serve no purpose to her, and even secretly rebelled against the other Diamonds to protect them. This is a trait she passes onto her other identity, Rose and her son, Steven.]]
31* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In-universe, the Diamonds and Crystal Gems have ''very'' different perspectives on Pink and her legacy. Garnet describes her as cruel, cowardly, and cold, like the other Diamonds, in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]]. [[spoiler:Garnet also claims that Rose only killed Pink as a last resort when reasoning with Pink didn't save the Earth, and when the Crystal Gems were fighting in the war.]] Her subordinates like Jasper and Eyeball see her as a UniversallyBelovedLeader and think of her as TheHighQueen. And Yellow and Blue Diamond meanwhile treated Pink like an AnnoyingYoungerSibling who couldn't grow up. Understandably, Steven is confused. [[spoiler:We later find out that she passed herself off as a Rose Quartz, and for all her faults, she genuinely ''did'' want to save the Earth and its inhabitants, though Garnet (or rather, Sapphire) [[EvilAllAlong still held on to her belief that Pink was an evil tyrant and genuinely believed Rose to be the same]] upon [[BrokenPedestal finding out since they were the same person]], [[RebuiltPedestal only for Steven and Pearl to help Sapphire realize that she was thinking backwards and changes her interpretation of Pink Diamond altogether]].]] [[spoiler:White Diamond tries to break Steven's spirit by saying that he only exists as a human vessel for Pink, and she surrounded herself with "flawed" Gems to make herself the best of the bunch and that she didn't really care about anyone. Fortunately, Steven proves her wrong by showing he is his own person.]]
32* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Despite being a Diamond and therefore, in theory, an equal to Yellow and Blue, she was, in fact, the ''lowest'' one on the Diamond status and she would perpetually find herself overshadowed and overruled by her older fellow Diamonds, who forced her to run Earth how ''they'' wanted.
33* AmbiguousSituation:
34** The events of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E2TheTrial "The Trial"]] turn her supposed demise into one. [[spoiler:The observations done by Blue Zircon, mainly that she died close to her palanquin, and the info revealed by Blue Diamond, who says she was shattered by Rose's sword, ''which can only poof gems and not shatter them'', makes it clear that Rose was scapegoated, and that a ''fellow Diamond'' is a more likely culprit, but everything else is thrown into question. Steven is also confused when Stevonnie while asleep receives a vision from Pink's point-of-view. He only can do that with ''living'' beings (although gem shards are still semi-alive).]] In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose "A Single Pale Rose"]], we get to see what happened. [[spoiler:Pink Diamond ''was'' Rose Quartz, an identity she took on because the other Diamonds wouldn't let her spare Earth. She conspired with her Pearl to have herself "shattered" as Pink Diamond and live on as Rose Quartz to break the Diamond resistance to her rebellion. She made and swallowed some fake gem shards to be a "body" left behind, and had Pearl shapeshift into Rose Quartz, poof her with Rose's Sword, and secretly swipe her gem.]]
35** Considering that [[spoiler:Pink faked her death once to shed the Pink Diamond persona forever, and then gave up her Rose Quartz form to have Steven, it's unclear if Pink Diamond was suicidal or if she really believed she was making a sacrifice for the greater good. There is the fact that Pink wanted to become Rose Quartz permanently, effectively "killing" her old identity. It's also been noted that Pink was really excited and eager about faking her death, though she claimed it was so that she and the Crystal Gems could win their freedom and save the Earth from Blue and Yellow's colonization. Steven questioned Cloud!Rose about how she just "disappeared" and left him with her problems, and Pearl doesn't understand why Rose would give up her form when all the Crystal Gems loved her.]]
36* AmbiguouslyEvil:
37** She was clearly a brat, but there's no real malice behind her actions, just childishness. A lot of her behavior also seems to stem from being treated as inferior by her maternal figure, Yellow Diamond. It is worth noting that the Rose Quartz line (which she created) is the only Gem type which has healing and defense as their Gem power while other Quartzes (like Amethyst and Jasper) are more geared towards offensive assaults. Garnet describes her as an EvilOverlord in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]], but we have yet to see first-hand proof of it.
38** [[spoiler:It's later revealed that she is Rose, and faked her death in the hopes that the other Diamonds would leave Earth alone. Though this just opens another can of worms about what her motivations actually were, or how she viewed other people. It's later revealed that she [[ObliviouslyEvil didn't realize the damage creating Gems did to the planet]] until she saw it herself.]]
39* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Downplayed and deconstructed. While she often annoyed Yellow and Blue by constantly begging them to give her her own colony, she was also the only thing that truly made them happy, with her games and silly actions lightening up their mood and making them laugh. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this ensured that they (especially Yellow) don't take her seriously, even dismissing her pleas to spare the Earth, causing her to leave them by [[FakingTheDead faking her death]] and deciding to live on Earth.]]
40* AntiGravityClothing: The white pom-poms on her feet look like they're floating and don't seem to be attached to anything.
41* AntiVillain: Even at her worst moments, Pink was not a completely bad person; the worst you could say about her was that she was an insensitive, needy SpoiledBrat. [[spoiler:She drops the "Villain" part completely after her HeelFaceTurn.]]
42* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: She was already practically a deity. Yet in the most cosmic inversion of this trope possible, she [[spoiler:became what she was enamored with — ''to be human'' and experience change over time, [[BecomeARealBoy she's half of Steven Universe]].]]
43* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance:
44** Pink Diamond was the youngest Diamond at the time of her demise; her appearance as shown in the [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] flashback and a keychain of her show that her outfit, including poofy sleeves and pants, a tutu, and Tinkerbell-like shoes, makes her look younger than the others.
45** Her small size among the Diamonds and her ballerina motif also has elements of the Pearls, who are basically tiny ballerina-like Gems and the lowest caste in the Gem hierarchy. [[spoiler:This adds some element to her assumption that her fellow Diamonds didn't love her at all.]]
46** Her Gem, unlike the other Diamonds, has a flat bottom, indicating that she was a base of support for the Diamonds [[spoiler:as well as the Crystal Gems and the family she made with Greg and Steven]], which may explain why she was depicted at the bottom of the old Diamond logo. Remove that, and you [[CynicismCatalyst shatter]] everything else. Her ship is also a pair of legs, compared to Blue and Yellow's arms and White's head and torso. Without her, the other Diamonds can't move on.
47** Her old Diamond mural depicts her leaping up, reaching for Earth and its moon. It represents her goal to have her first colony and [[spoiler:falsely]] to control it by all means possible.
48* AttentionWhore: Prior to gaining a colony of her own Pink Diamond was shown harassing Yellow and demanding her attention, throwing a tantrum when Yellow expressed annoyance with her. Blue Diamond recounts that Pink was constantly getting into antics that upset White Diamond and would often throw parties.
49* TheBabyOfTheBunch: She is evidently the youngest of the Diamonds and the smallest, and is around four-tenths Yellow and Blue's height. The first time we see her, she acts like a whiny kid demanding stuff from her fellow Diamond Yellow, and her first colony wound up being her last, [[spoiler:but by her own choice]].
50* BadassAdorable: An adorable CheerfulChild, but still a Diamond. [[spoiler:She masterminded and personally led an army of rebel gems against her family, becoming feared as the most powerful member of the rebellion, and subsequently [[FakingTheDead faked her death]], which fooled ''everyone''.]]
51* BadPowersGoodPeople: [[spoiler:"Change Your Mind" and "Volleyball" reveals that her HeelFaceTurn was her destructive powers ended up hurting her first Pearl, whom she was close friends with]].
52* BecomingTheMask: She could never stand up to her older fellow Diamonds Blue and Yellow in protecting Earth's biosphere, but as her alias [[spoiler:Rose Quartz, on the other hand... In the end, she embraced this disguise as her new identity.]]
53* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Pink demanded an army and a colony from Yellow, as a means of getting her attention. She got a colony of soldier-caste Quartz gems, but then one of them killed her to protect the colony. [[spoiler:Or so it seems. The real "be careful what you wish for" part is that she wished she could stop the colonization of Earth once she saw it for herself, allowing humans and outcast Gems to live there freely. She got what she wanted, but not without a price...]]
54* BeneathSuspicion: [[spoiler:A variant; due to Pink being a Diamond, that is a supreme ruler with a planet to colonize, Blue and Yellow never considered the possibility that Pink was sabotaging herself so that her Rose Quartz identity could save the Earth. Defense Zircon mentions that Pink's Agates, Sapphires, and Pearl should have seen Rose Quartz approaching the Palanquin to shatter Pink, especially since ''it was an army'', and only a Diamond would have the authority to dismiss the Gem soldiers. Of course, even Defense Zircon, when pointing out the holes in Pink's death, didn't consider that Pink might have committed suicide — framing Rose Quartz for the deed — or faked her death — which is what happened — and instead assumed that one of the other Diamonds staged an assassination.]]
55* BenevolentBoss: Compared to her fellow Diamonds, she was this, especially in regards to her Pearl, who's supposed to be her slave that she can boss around as much as she wants. She effectively treats her Pearl as her friend than as her servant. It's shown most prominently when [[spoiler:Pink gives Pearl a bone-crushing hug as thanks for the idea to visit the Earth in disguise, and later tells Pearl that it was good she saw what the colony would do to the organic life. Yellow makes it clear that Pearls have to make their Gems happy, but Pink found the truth more important. The way her Pebbles react to "her" return implies she was kind even to the Gems she was expected to treat like objects. As Rose she genuinely intended to give Earth to the Crystal Gems and humanity as a world to be free.]]
56* BerserkButton:
57** Don't ''ever'' underestimate her and her role as a Diamond. [[spoiler:She gets better.]]
58** After her [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn, don't ''ever'' interfere with her plans to save the Earth and its organic life.]]
59* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:While she's the TokenGoodTeammate of the Great Diamond Authority, it is shown that Pink is part of this along with Yellow, Blue, and White as a DysfunctionalFamily archetype.]]
60* BigFun: [[spoiler:She takes on this appearance when in disguise as Rose Quartz, but not as Pink Diamond herself.]]
61* BigSisterWorship: The flashback in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] has her excitedly watching Yellow Diamond work. It's likely that she had this attitude towards Blue Diamond as well. [[spoiler:However, she eventually becomes [[BrokenPedestal disillusioned with them]] and ended up secretly rebelling against them. From what we see in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]], it's easy to see why.]]
62* {{Biomanipulation}}: Pink is able to alter both organic and Gem lifeforms in various ways. She's used it to [[HealingHands heal injuries]], [[spoiler:[[CameBackStrong resurrect and empower]] recently deceased organic lifeforms, give plants and animals (a greater amount of) intelligence and mobility]], and even [[CreatingLife create new life]] from non-living minerals (without the machines or ecologically devastating effects of a Kindergarten).
63* BrattyHalfPint: Well, back when we first see her anyway, she was the Diamond equivalent of a child, and if her tantrum at Yellow in the flashback of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] is any indication, she had some serious attitude problems when it came to things not going her way. Granted, this was before she got Earth and it is not known how long ago that was. [[spoiler:When we see her again in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose "A Single Pale Rose"]], it's clear she's grown out of it. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]] ''shows'' her growing out of it.]]
64* BrattyTeenageDaughter: The flashback in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] shows her acting like this in front of Yellow by whining about wanting her own colony and chafing at having to listen to Yellow, and she certainly ''looks'' like a young teenager in appearance. It's clear, however, that she was only trying to get Yellow's attention. [[spoiler:She eventually grows out of it.]]
65* BreakTheCutie:
66** [[spoiler:She has a moment of this when Blue and Yellow refused to let her spare the Earth.]]
67** In a dream sequence in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]], she tears up as she says "I know, I'm sorry" to Blue after the latter scolds her for bringing caterpillar-like organic life to a ball.
68* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:She was initially loved by her subject Spinel, who constantly wanted to be around her and waited 6,000 years for her to come back. However, after Spinel found out that Pink abandoned her and replaced her with "other friends", [[SinsOfOurFathers she wanted revenge on Pink's son, Steven]].]]
69* CannotKeepASecret: Back when Pink Pearl/"Volleyball" was her Pearl, she apparently couldn't keep a secret to save her Gem. [[spoiler:But after becoming Rose, [[ConsummateLiar she was too good at keeping secrets]], even from her second Pearl who was her confidant]].
70* TheChainsOfCommanding: Implied; while she is a Diamond, she never felt at ease in the formal position of being higher ups to everyone else and preferred a more casual relationship. This becomes more notable in [[spoiler:her persona as Rose Quartz. Having led a rebellion and the PyrrhicVictory that followed, we see that leadership wore down on her dramatically, as well as having to be the main support for the Crystal Gems. She had friends, but she did not have an equal to really understand her until she met Greg. None of the Gems appeared to have understood this.]]
71* CharacterDevelopment: While Yellow and Blue [[spoiler:initially]] remain rather static in their roles, Pink changes noticeably as we learn more about her. She goes from a needy spoiled child who only cares about herself to developing a surprising amount of empathy for her subjects [[spoiler:and the life on Earth]].
72* CheerfulChild: For all the SpoiledBrat she presented herself as, Pink was happy to see Yellow in the latter's control room and even seemed to [[BigSisterWorship worship her.]] [[spoiler:It's clear where Steven gets it from.]]
73* CheeryPink: Her name is Pink Diamond, and the flashbacks of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]] shows just how cheerful and excitable she could be (when she wasn't angry).
74* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Rare benevolent example: she took the guise of Rose Quartz, which fooled ''everyone'' and had Pearl help her fake her death so the Diamonds would leave Earth alone. [[GoneHorriblyWrong It didn't work]], but she did have them fooled, along with ''all'' the Crystal Gems and Homeworld Gems, and nobody, not even Defense Zircon, suspected a thing.]]
75* ChildProdigy: Once allowed to have her chance to shine, she created the Rose Quartz line, magical soldier Gems unlike any other in the universe. While this may be a case of SkilledButNaive for her fellow Diamonds (if they sincerely believe one of the latter killed her) they were deemed more than worthy enough to be preserved by Blue, against Yellow's calls for their shattering. [[spoiler:She also flawlessly staged a fake rebellion against herself under Blue and Yellow's noses, culminating in faking her own shattering and managing to keep the exact truth hidden from everyone (except possibly White Diamond) for 6,000 years.]]
76* CombatMedic: The power to heal other Gems, and even organics, is hers. This power alone enabled her to simultaneously [[spoiler:fight the courts of Blue and Yellow Diamond as well as her own court as Rose Quartz.]]
77* CompensatingForSomething: She only has one small planet in her mural, so of course they made the circle that's behind her head three times the size of the circles that are behind the heads of the other Diamond murals. [[spoiler:And unlike her [[LargeAndInCharge gigantic]] fellow Diamonds, she was only tall by human standards.]]
78* CreateYourOwnHero: Literally. Pink Diamond is the creator of the entire Rose Quartz Gem type and as a result, the Crystal Gem Rose who ultimately opposed and killed her. [[spoiler:Or so the official story goes. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E2TheTrial "The Trial"]] points out there's a lot of holes in that line of logic.]] And then it turns out [[spoiler:she was actually her own "hero"]].
79* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:Spinel's antagonism was the result of Pink's own mistakes and issues. She grew to be annoyed by Spinel's playfulness and exuberant behavior, so she ordered Spinel to remain behind in the garden and promised she'll be back. However, thousands of years later, Spinel learning what happened caused her to snap.]]
80* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Pink was evidently the most lighthearted and silly of the Diamonds, regularly doing nonsensical things for the others' entertainment. She was also seen as the family screw-up, unable to conform to even the simplest of her caste's behavioral standards. The Diamonds wrote her off as a silly, immature fool who never learned her place, eventually distrusting her leadership skills to the point of stripping her of her authority in all but name, completely dismissing her as powerless in comparison to them and feeling free to manhandle and push her around as they wished in the hopes that she would conform. Pink spent the entire thousand-year war against the Rebellion a seemingly powerless PuppetQueen under the control and supervision of Yellow and Blue Diamond. [[spoiler:But in actuality, she was the mastermind of the entire Crystal Gem Rebellion, [[LivingADoubleLife fooling the other Diamonds, subjects and allies alike]] for the purpose of sparing the Earth from Gem terraformation and freeing those suffering under the Gem caste system from their subjugation.]] And despite her [[spoiler:and her son's]] cheerful and free-spirited disposition, lack of offensive powers, and the ease with which her fellow Diamonds felt they could push her around, [[spoiler:Pink Steven proves that]] Pink's defensive powers, if ever actually turned against her fellow Diamonds, would have made Pink a NoSell StoneWall even against all three other Diamonds combined. [[spoiler:This was hinted at earlier, though, as Rose was able to shield Pearl, Garnet, and herself from the Diamonds' corruption blast]].
81* CynicismCatalyst: She was this for the Diamonds literally and figuratively; her death "shattered" the old Diamond logo formation and left Yellow and Blue psychological wrecks. [[spoiler:Her alter-ego as Rose Quartz was also this for the surviving Crystal Gems, who still struggle to move on after she had Steven.]]
82* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:Her Pink Diamond clothing possesses darker shades of pink, but she is ultimately responsible for protecting humanity by faking both her death and the Gem War]].
83* DavidVsGoliath: Pink would never be able to beat any of her fellow Diamonds in a straight fight. First, she and the other Diamonds would never want to hurt each other, and besides which Yellow and Blue easily manhandle her and don't consider her brattiness worth their time. [[spoiler:She became a GuileHeroine as Rose Quartz to use war strategies to save the Earth, but eventually decided to fake her death as a last resort]].
84* DeathByIrony: Pink wanted a planet and an army of her own above all else. Lo and behold, once she gets said planet (Earth) and an army (in the form of Rose Quartz's line), a member of the army [[spoiler:supposedly]] killed her to protect the planet she used to own. [[spoiler:Except that it all was a ruse planned by Pink and Pearl to fake the former's death so she could take the identity of Rose Quartz and set themselves and the whole colony free from the authority of the other Diamonds.]]
85* DeathSeeker: Implied. [[spoiler:She seems overly happy about the idea of faking her death, even though her reasons are so that she, Pearl and the Crystal Gems can win their freedom and save the Earth. Pearl in the meantime is trying to logically reason out how much this would change the status quo, because if everyone thinks Pink is dead, then Pink would lose her status and Pearl her purpose. Pink can only see the positive side of that, while Pearl is uncomfortable and sobbing after she poofs Pink.]]
86* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: [[spoiler:Other than her other identity Rose being this for Steven, it's implied that her former court members saw her like this. Except that she was [[ExactWords never really shattered]].]]
87* DelinquentHair: Subverted. While her mural depiction shows her with what looks to be a spiky mohawk, which looks more like a smaller version of White Diamond's hair in Garnet's flashback, it's actually an in-universe example of ArtisticLicense. Pink's actual hair is very poofy.
88* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:She essentially went from being one of four unquestioned leaders of an intergalactic empire to a quartz among renegades on a planet left ruined but capable of being rebuilt — partially because she was tired of being treated like she was nothing by her own family (they actually loved her but saw her as a bratty, naïve kid), and partially because she loved Earth too much to let it be used by Homeworld. Odds are the Crystal Temple was a downgrade and she could not be happier.]]
89* {{Determinator}}: She would '''never''' leave the Earth in peace, as it was her colony. This allegedly left her rebelling subject Rose, unable to drive her off the planet, [[IDidWhatIHadToDo with no choice]]. [[spoiler:Or actually the other way around: she was willing to slander her own name, fight against her own fellow Diamonds, and even fake her own death to make the other Gems leave Earth in peace. Needless to say, once she got an idea in her head, no one else could make her back down.]]
90* DespairEventHorizon: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E17CantGoBack "Can't Go Back"]], Steven has a past vision of Blue Diamond scolding Pink for her [[spoiler:supposed]] ungratefulness and attempts to sway the others into giving up on colonizing Earth, while Yellow stands coldly with her back towards Pink. [[spoiler:After Blue and Yellow leave, Pink continues standing in her spot with her head bowed, looking the most depressed than she had ever been, not noticing her Pearl approaching her with Rose's sword, presumably to give it to her.]]
91* DiedHappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler:From what we know, Pink Diamond didn't regret giving up her physical form and life to have Steven. She said she was looking forward to him being born and to experience life. Cloud!Rose emphasizes to Steven that it wasn't a lie]].
92* DidntThinkThisThrough: One of her fatal flaws is not thinking through the consequences of her actions.
93** Her order to Spinel to wait in one spot so Spinel wouldn't follow her to Earth caused Spinel to wait for thousands of years motionless and all alone as her sanity crumbled.
94** Her plan to[[spoiler:make it seem as though Rose Quartz shattered her]] caused the Diamonds to corrupt all gemkind on Earth and to leave a Cluster there to destroy it from the inside out [[spoiler:due to their intense grief at Pink's "death".]]
95** Her command to Pearl to never discuss her plan to [[spoiler:abandon her Pink Diamond identity]] causes Pearl to be unable to tell Steven crucial information when he desperately needs it.
96* DirtyCoward: Her asking for help from the other Diamonds to handle the situation on Earth is seen as a cowardly move by Garnet. [[spoiler:Seemingly subverted with the fact that ''she'' created the situation herself and that Yellow and Blue offered UnwantedAssistance to her. However, Homeworld Gems like Eyeball ironically also refer to her other identity as a coward, and Steven does wonder if all she did was run away from her mistakes.]]
97* DoubleWeapon: Held a pair of double-ended Gem destabilizers during the one known time she decided to face off against the Crystal Gems. One of them appears among her possessions in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E25Familiar "Familiar"]].
98* DualWielding: The flashback in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E6Gemcation "Gemcation"]] depicts her holding a pair of {{double|Weapon}}-ended destabilizers while facing off against a small group of Crystal Gems, including Pearl, Garnet, and Bismuth.
99* DudeWheresMyRespect:
100** Despite being a Diamond, she was at best treated as an annoying child rather than as an equal — at least by Yellow. It gave her anger issues.
101** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E17CantGoBack "Can't Go Back"]], Blue and Yellow had effectively taken control of the colony efforts during the Rebellion. [[spoiler:This led her to believe that they didn't care for her at all, and she ended up faking her death in the hopes that they would leave Earth alone like she had tried to get them to.]] In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're All Falling Apart"]], [[spoiler:she literally got on her knees and ''begged'' her fellow Diamonds to let her spare the Earth when she realized what the Gem terraforming would do to the Earth. Yellow flat out told her to continue her work, while Blue created the Human Zoo as a way to compensate her. Pink got fed up, so she created the persona of Rose Quartz — somebody they ''couldn't'' ignore.]]
102** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E26TogetherAlone "Together Alone"]] only continues this trend. [[spoiler:In Blue and Yellow's eyes, their beloved fellow Diamonds has been presumed dead for thousands of years and they ''still'' just think of her as an annoying child. Despite Pink supposedly being one of the almighty Diamonds, they can still openly chastise her, threaten and hurt her friends, and ''toss her in a dark room'' for what they perceive as poor behavior. Note that it isn't actually Pink, but Steven/Stevonnie, who they assume to be her.]]
103** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]] has Blue outright [[spoiler:''attack'' Steven, whom she still believes to be Pink, when he pushes her too far, proving just how much she looks down on Pink. Steven later makes Blue realize that her treatment of Pink was caused her to abandon Blue and the other Diamonds. While Blue has her HeelRealization, she can never truly apologize to Pink for what she had done, since Pink is truly [[DeaderThanDead gone]].]]
104* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:She assumed that the other Diamonds wouldn't care what happens to her if she would get shattered and they would be more focused on the Earth. Long after her supposed "shattering", it's shown that despite their harsh treatment, the Diamonds did genuinely care about her, as they're both continuing to grieve over her.]]
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108* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Pink looks nothing like her mural. Her hair is spiky, when it was actually very rounded and poofy, and her outline has no indications of her outfit, despite the fact that some features (such as her poofy sleeves or leviating shoe pom poms) should be visible.
109* EarnYourHappyEnding: For what it's worth, [[spoiler:Pink ended up living and dying on her terms, with the Gems and humans she loved on Earth. She had freedom, choices, and the ability to set her own identity. Then, as Rose, she found true love with Greg, and gained maturity by learning from him. The hitch is that ''no one else''' got to enjoy that happy ending until Steven fixed everything as a teenager: the Diamonds were still mourning her faked assassination, and the Crystal Gems would follow suit when Rose Quartz died, there were still many corrupted Gems would remain unhealed, and the Homeworld Gems still had to suffer under Homeworld's ways]].
110* EasilyForgiven: Upon finding out that [[spoiler:Pink grew fond of organic life and faked her shattering to save the Earth, which caused them to grieve for ''millennia'' over nothing, Yellow, Blue, and all of Homeworld are just happy to have her back (as Steven)]], and Yellow only expresses slight frustration [[spoiler:by her betrayal]] at first. [[spoiler:This seems to be the case with White on the surface, but her tone, unwillingness (or lack of care) to listen to Steven/"Pink", and how quickly she shuffles him off to Pink's room suggest otherwise. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]], it turns out that Yellow is actually very aware that Pink "abandoned" her and Blue, but eventually [[HeelRealization realizes]] why Pink chose to leave her.]]
111* EntertaininglyWrong: Subverted. When she ordered her Pearl to [[spoiler:never reveal that Rose Quartz was once Pink Diamond, she assumed that if she were ever outed that she'd be forced to resume her old form and they would have to return to their old life. Which seems like a logical conclusion given how Blue and Yellow are a ControlFreak duo, but Pink underestimated how hated Rose Quartz would become, let alone at how much the Diamonds would be affected by her death. If she had lifted the {{Geas}} before Steven was born, Steven and Pearl could have avoided so much anguish. ''Then'' we find out that she was ProperlyParanoid; the minute Steven is outed as Pink Diamond and decides to return to Homeworld, he has to take on Pink's duties in an attempt to change White's mind and save the corrupted Gems; and the minute he does something unDiamond-like — dancing and then fusing with Connie — Yellow and Blue become a pair of AbusiveParents and he's locked away in a tower.]]
112* EtTuBrute: This is what Blue Zircon believes to be behind Pink Diamond's death in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E2TheTrial "The Trial"]] — because Pink Diamond died so near her palanquin on Earth, Blue Zircon deduces that she could've only been shattered by someone close and important enough that her, her army, court, and her Pearl to have ''all'' lowered their guards to let the assassin get close enough to strike. Considering Diamonds only act so casually around each other, Zircon concludes that the only way that Pink could've been shattered was if ''one of the Diamonds'' betrayed her. [[spoiler:However, none of them thought of the possibility that Pink herself planned her "shattering" to occur, meaning it was actually the other way around; Pink was the one who betrayed the Authority, not any of them.]]
113* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: Both Yellow Diamond and Blue Diamond are still grieving her death despite it happening millennia ago. [[spoiler:Blue Zircon theorizes in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E2TheTrial "The Trial"]] that Pink Diamond was not betrayed and killed by one of her own court, [[EtTuBrute but by another Diamond like herself]], but it turns out that the "killer" was ''Pink herself''. However, while Blue, Yellow, and White ''did'' love Pink, [[NoRespectGuy they did not respect her]], much to her dismay]].
114* EveryoneHasStandards: She, a Diamond who was beloved by all and had demands of her own colony out of a need to be treated equally, [[spoiler:became horrified at how their colonization efforts just ravaged the lands and left destruction in their wake]].
115* EvilCounterpart:
116** The only other pink-colored Gem known aside from Rose Quartz, and both had their Gems located in their navels. However, while Pink Diamond wanted to turn the Earth into another Gem colony, Rose fought to protect the planet. Later, it's revealed that [[spoiler:they're actually the same person, making this a subversion]].
117** [[spoiler:If you think about it, the Pink Diamond depicted in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]] by Garnet is the Evil Counterpart of the ''actual'' Pink Diamond.]]
118** On the other hand, her first appearance in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] paints Pink as one to ''Steven'', both being the [[TheBabyOfTheBunch youngest, most inexperienced member of their respective "families"]] and desperate to prove themselves and be taken seriously. However, while Steven is an AdorablyPrecociousChild who wants to help people, Pink is a BrattyTeenageDaughter who wanted to be an EvilOverlord. [[spoiler:At first, anyway.]]
119** She also has one of her own making in Spinel. Both were young looking pink gems who loved having fun and making people happy. They were also seen as entertainers and viewed jesters of a sort.[[spoiler:However, with Spinel, that was her purpose. Designed to be the entertaining best friend and content with her purpose. Pink Diamond meanwhile grew to see it as demeaning as she felt she was not being treated by a real Diamond with her feelings being disregarded by the other Diamonds. As such, when she left to her colony, she left Spinel behind and the time and revelations afterward cause Spinel to snap. In an odd way, Spinel could be seen as what could've happened to Pink Diamond if her frustrations overwhelmed her]].
120* EvilMatriarch: ''All'' the Diamonds are this is some capacity, but Pink Diamond even more so, seeing as she created Rose Quartz's entire Gem Type and ''all'' Earth-born Gems, and thus the closest thing Rose, Amethyst and others had to a mother figure [[spoiler:until [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose "A Single Pale Rose"]], where it is learned that she and Rose were the same person, and she was really more of a well-meaning screw-up of a parent than an actually evil one.]]
121* EvilOverlord: She was the ruler of the Earth during its time as a Gem colony. This is the reason Rose had to kill her to save the planet according to Garnet. [[spoiler:Subverted when we learn that Pink was {{the High Queen}} for her colony, and assumed Rose Quartz's façade until ultimately faking her death with Pearl's help.]]
122-->'''Eyeball:''' The Earth was Pink Diamond's colony. Everything was going smoothly at first. Kindergartens were incubating their first soldiers. Big warm pieces of quartz, like this mound over here, were being created from its rich minerals with great success. Then, BAM! One of Pink Diamond's very own Quartz soldiers started a rebellion and took it too far.
123* ExoticEyeDesigns: Like all other Diamonds, she has diamond-shaped pupils.
124* ExtremeDoormat: PlayedWith. She certainly wouldn't let the other Diamonds push her around and even talks back at them, but she still has to do what they say because they're more powerful than her. [[spoiler:So she created Rose Quartz as an identity to actively push back against them when they wouldn't allow her to abandon her colony. On the other hand, she doesn't mind being a doormat to her subjects. Eventually, it's revealed that the last time she tried GrowingASpine, she went overboard and threw a tantrum that awakened her destructive powers and scarred Pink Pearl, resulting in her self-esteem plummeting and becoming more submissive]].
125* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:She and Rose are one and the same, and she had Pearl poof her and grab her Gem, leaving behind fake Gem shards she'd swallowed to make it seem like she'd been shattered. She'd hoped that the Diamonds would leave the Earth alone after that, but things didn't work out like she'd planned.]]
126* FatalFlaw: Pink's flaws was her determination to prove herself, her [[InnocentlyInsensitive well-meaning but ignorant attitude]], and to prove she is worthy of love and respect while believing Yellow and Blue don't care about her. [[spoiler:She gets a colony, and decides she loves it so much that she's going to save it. Going from one extreme to the other, no longer selfish she became ''selfless'', tragically underestimating how much Yellow and Blue loved her, so much that they almost destroyed the Earth in revenge. She underestimates how much the Crystal Gems and Greg love her as they are, and causes them to grieve when she sacrifices herself to give birth to Steven.]]
127* FistOfRage: After being scolded by Yellow Diamond for demanding an army and a planet, Pink forms one of these after walking towards a glass wall, before punching it with said arm, cracking it in pieces and showing a shattered reflection of Pink Diamond as well, [[spoiler:{{foreshadowing}} her eventual FakingTheDead]].
128* FiveStagesOfGrief: [[spoiler:It's made clear that she's in the Acceptance stage of not having her own colony and having to live in the shadow of her fellow Diamonds and has been for thousands of years. The flashback in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] depicts her as being in the Anger and Bargaining stages.]]
129* FlowerMotifs: She's associated with pink flowers, particularly ''Hibiscus syriacus'', the national flower of South Korea where she was supposedly shattered. A bush with pink flowers has grown around her abandoned palanquin, the palanquin itself is shaped like a flower, her zoo has flower symbols on its walls, hibiscus vines climb around the pillars in her garden, the [[https://gaywiiu.tumblr.com/post/162834589771/heres-a-higher-quality-logoless-version-of-the signing poster]] for San Diego Comic-Con 2017 represents her with a pink flower, and the [[http://efrainfarias.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SDCC-2016.png SDCC 2016 signing poster]] shows Jasper wearing a hibiscus to show her connection to Pink Diamond while Steven and Greg wear roses to show their connection to Rose Quartz. [[spoiler:Tying into how she is an alternate identity of Rose Quartz, ''Hibiscus syriacus'' is commonly called '''Rose of Sharon''' or '''Rose Mallow'''.]] In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose "A Single Pale Rose"]], [[spoiler:Pink gives Pearl a pink hibiscus, ''a single pale rose''.]]
130* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Yellow and Blue (responsible) and Pink (foolish). [[spoiler:After Pink's HeelFaceTurn, the roles are reversed.]] Later revealed to be deconstructed [[spoiler:as Blue and Yellow's condescending treatment of Pink for supposedly being ungrateful led to the Crystal Gem rebellion and her "death"]].
131* FrameUp: [[spoiler:Her last-ditch attempt to save the Earth was to ask her Pearl to shapeshift into Rose Quartz and poof her, leaving behind fake Diamond shards. In other words, Pink framed her SecretIdentity for the murder ''of herself''.]]
132* FreudianExcuse:
133** From what was seen in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]], it appears Pink's attachment to Earth as a colony was to help prove herself worthy to her "big sis" (or maternal figure) Yellow, and her [[spoiler:seeming]] lack of respect for humanity and other organic life likely came from watching Yellow previously order the extermination of organic life without caring. It's worth noting that Pink was responsible for the Rose Quartz line of Gems, whose sole representative seen has been shown to have a very supportive and motherly personality.
134** [[spoiler:As of the revelations in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose "A Single Pale Rose"]], it seems that Yellow Diamond's aloof nature and Blue ignoring/misunderstanding her wish to spare Earth helped convince her that the other Diamonds didn't care about her personally and would retreat after she faked her death, instead of taking revenge.]]
135** [[spoiler:While her early life has yet to be seen, the only person who knew her personally besides the other Diamonds was her Pearl, and she appeared to have constantly been ignored or told NotNowKiddo by the other Diamonds. Her issues with understanding the emotions of others and being InnocentlyInsensitive make more sense when you realize that her family constantly ignored her and what she thought/wanted, and the only person she could really talk to was her personal servant/slave.]]
136** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E16GregTheBabysitter "Greg the Babysitter"]], it's implied that [[spoiler:she admires humans for being able to change themselves physically and mentally because she, as a Diamond, was born into her role, and no amount of shapeshifting was going to change that. This is what largely led to her decision of having Steven, so she could see what it's like to live as a human.]]
137** It's implied that her desire to give all Gems the freedom to do what they wanted stemmed from [[spoiler:having her friendship with her first Pink Pearl fall apart because the other Diamonds forbade such relations. When they caught Pink and her Pearl goofing off like close friends, they told White Diamond, who permanently turned Pink Pearl into [[EmptyShell White Pearl]] and gave Pink a sycophantic replacement Pearl.]]
138** The reason for her ThouShaltNotKill policy, even when it was illogical, was because [[spoiler:in a fit of anger she hurt her first Pearl by accident and was horrified by what she did. Pink as herself and as Rose never forgave herself for that]].
139* FunPersonified: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E25Familiar "Familiar"]], ''Yellow'' notes that Pink always managed to make her laugh. Pearl also explained to Steven that she threw huge parties to celebrate the Diamonds' achievements, and knew how to juggle balls. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] since it meant she was expected to be like this and her fellow Diamonds did not think she had it in her to be more, which caused a large chasm between Pink and the rest of the Diamonds.
140* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:Faking her death turns out to be this in hindsight. After begging Yellow and Blue to let her stop the Earth colony, starting the Crystal Gem rebellion, and fighting an increasingly bloody war, she basically took Bismuth's rage filled suggestion that "all our problems could be solved if we just shattered a Diamond!" and staged her own death by swallowing some fake diamond shards, and then having Pearl shapeshifted to look like Rose poof her... in a place Rose could never reach without alerting Pink's entire court, with a sword that can't shatter any Gem, let alone a Diamond. As Defense Zircon points out during Steven's trial, the whole thing seems like a sloppy attempt to frame Rose Quartz.]]
141* GemstoneAssault: Subverted, as Pink showed some ability to create/modify non-living crystal pieces, but the only instance we see wasn't for a combat situation. [[spoiler:She managed to turn some dirt into fake Gem shards and swallowed them to make it look like she was shattered when Pearl poofed her.]]
142* GenkiGirl: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]], she's so thrilled that she can't wait to see how the colony of Quartzes will turn out, and later on, [[spoiler:when she decides to shapeshift and [[KingIncognito disguise herself as one of them]]]], she is so bubbling with enthusiasm at seeing the colony and Earth that her Pearl has to help keep her emotions in check.
143* GentleGiant: She's noticeably taller than the average Gem, [[spoiler:and turns out to be GoodAllAlong in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose "A Single Pale Rose"]].]]
144* TheGhost: She had only been described and portrayed in art until she appeared in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] in a flashback dream with Yellow Diamond. [[spoiler:Okay, she's actually had multiple flashbacks to herself as Rose Quartz, but her Pink Diamond identity was this for a while.]]
145* GodIsGood: [[spoiler:She's the only Diamond who was a BenevolentBoss to her people, and ultimately was willing to give up all her prestige and greatness to save Earth.]]
146* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Pink Diamond wasn't trying to crush the Crystal Gems' rebellion, she ''[[RunningBothSides started]]'' it.]]
147* GoodCostumeSwitch: When she goes from her pink ballet entourage to [[spoiler:the Rose Quartz persona in a white dress, with a steaming DeathGlare]], you know she means to fight [[spoiler:to save the Earth]].
148* GoneHorriblyRight:
149** The only part of [[spoiler:faking her death to end the war early that ended up working was that the Diamonds and their armies came to believe that Rose Quartz shattered Pink Diamond, and the only person who can tell the truth was put under a {{Geas}}. Unfortunately, the "death" of one of their own drives the Diamonds into attacking Earth directly, ending the war by annihilating nearly all the combatants. It also means that her former soldiers — Jasper and Eyeball — try to murder Steven when they mistake him for Rose. Then when Steven turns himself in and says he is his mother, the Diamonds put him on trial for murdering Pink with a helpless Pearl unable to say otherwise.]]
150** Her plan to leave Spinel behind was this as well. [[spoiler:She told Spinel to play a stand still game, and left her behind in a remote garden... and never returned. She ended up standing in place for 6,000 years, only to find out Pink was gone, causing her to snap.]]
151* GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand: A variant; all of the murals in the moonbase have the other three Diamonds surrounded by solar systems' worth of planets they've colonized, but Pink Diamond has only a single planet and its satellite: the Earth and Moon. And unlike the other Diamonds, who are shown to be holding planets, Pink's mural depicts her actively ''reaching out'' for her planet.
152* HairTriggerTemper: [[spoiler:Despite being the TokenGoodTeammate, Pink was also implied to have this prior to her CharacterDevelopment. In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E4Volleyball Volleyball]]", according to the titular character, AKA Pink Pearl, Pink Diamond was originally a RoyalBrat with [[GooGooGodlike incredibly destructive powers]] that could shatter walls and break parts of a Gem's physical form, as revealed by Volleyball herself. This side of her was deconstructed when Volleyball was taken away and placed under White's control, leading Pink to realize how horrible her temper was and decided to use her powers to heal and help other Gems.]]
153* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Presumably, after an implied HeelRealization. Later seen fully in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]].]]
154* HeelRealization:
155** [[spoiler:She'd spent the early stages of the colony on the moon base, seeing things from a distant view where she couldn't see the damage she was doing. Once she first assumed her Rose Quartz form, she came down and looked around, seeing the life she was destroying and only then realized what she was ''actually'' doing]].
156** [[spoiler:In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E4Volleyball Volleyball]]", it is implied that Pink Diamond was originally an incredibly destructive RoyalBrat whose defining moment of changing into the AllLovingHeroine she would eventually become was when she [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone permanently scarred her original pearl in one of her tantrums]]]].
157* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Non-fatal example: she was willing to give up the colony and army she had begged Blue and Yellow so long for so the Earth could be free.]]
158* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:Two stories actually; when she took the guise of Rose Quartz, she was the BigGood of the Crystal Gem Rebellion, and the {{Deuteragonist}} of the love story between herself and Greg.]]
159* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: [[spoiler:She was revealed to actually be Rose Quartz, who became half of Steven — meaning that while fans scrambled over theories of where the Diamonds could be, and, in later seasons, what happened to Pink Diamond, Pink Diamond's gem was actually the first and arguably most frequently seen gem seen in the entire series.]]
160* HeWhoMustNotBeHeard: The show goes out of the way to keep us from hearing her voice for a long time. Even in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]], where we finally see what she looks like, we only hear her words through Stevonnie, who is portraying her in a dream. [[spoiler:It'd be a dead giveaway if we heard Pink Diamond and Rose Quartz speaking in the exact same voice.]]
161* HiddenEyes: During the flashback of her in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]], she displays them briefly after being scolded by Yellow Diamond.
162* HiddenHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:As Rose Quartz, she spread stories about how Pink Diamond was a [[BadBoss cruel]] and [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] [[EvilOverlord tyrant]] out of SelfDeprecation. She also lies that Pink Diamond created a Zoo to preserve humans as trophies of her conquests, when really it was Blue who created it when Pink expressed her desire to preserve the life on Earth.]]
163* TheHighQueen: For Earth's colony. She was well respected by her subjects and tried her best to protect Earth's living beings' survival from Homeworld's destructive methods. [[spoiler:Ultimately that led to her cutting ties with Homeworld, becoming Rose Quartz, the leader of the rebellion against it, and faking her death.]]
164* HerOwnWorstEnemy: [[spoiler:The series builds up and breaks down the image of Rose Quartz and by extension the person who first created that image. Pink was a deeply flawed Gem shaped by a family that loved her but controlled her and never respected her. They would come to keep forcing her into a role she grew to disdain, to where they took her first friend away and replacing her with a more proper servant (the Crystal Gems Pearl) and more proper best friend (Spinel). While they saw it as well-meaning, it likely just reinforced the hollowness and artificiality of it all. Desperate for acknowledgement and respect, she would pursue finding her own colonies, only to realize the true horror of what happened. She founded a rebellion to help the humans, and later took in all the Gems that did not fit in with the rigid caste system of the Diamonds to try and grant them the freedom she was denied. However, Pink was hampered by [[LackOfEmpathy a severe lack of understanding]] of others as equals (though she was very aware of this and resented that she had no one as an equal). Pink's childishness made her both more open to understanding other life forms but also more selfish in how she treated others. At the same time, much of her problems were also caused by forces outside of her control and many of choices were made out of pragmatism and desperation. She was reduced to a PuppetQueen by her older fellow Diamonds who ran ''her'' colony ''their way'', reinforcing her lack of real power or choice and any attempts of communication was met with indifference or disdain, since they think she is being disrespectful. This was painfully seen as she is ''crushed'' by what looks like her failing to convince her fellow Diamonds to give Earth to the Crystal Gems. Her pain and desperation drove her to fake her death, both to try and end the war decisively and out of not wanting to be herself anymore. While the war did end, she also caused virtually all of her comrades, other fellow Gems and bystanders to be corrupted and damaged with a terrifying technique that Pink knew about (as seen when she immediately shielded an oblivious Pearl and Garnet from the blast.) but thought the Diamonds would never use. Having achieved a PyrrhicVictory, she tried to live her new life, but was unable to find the meaningful relationships she craved because she had to hide behind her façade while trying to watch over the humans and bubble the corrupted Gems. It's not until she met Greg that she could finally be happy and also began growing up. However, she left a long line of mistakes and problems, even years later as seen with Spinel, the Gem made to be her best friend, but also a reminder of her lost Pink Pearl and possibly of the disrespect her fellow Diamonds viewed her with. She would come to leave her behind when she received a colony with a promise to return, which she never did, which broke Spinel (though it's actually unknown if Pink would've returned for her if she had the reasonable chance to do so safely). Much of the series is founded on Steven acknowledging his mother's failings but still being burdened by them. While the show has strong themes of redemption and atonement; Pink's death means she does not have the opportunity to redeem herself, though ultimately she did achieve her goal of finding happiness.]]
165* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: InUniverse. In Garnet's retelling of Rose Quartz's origin story, Pink Diamond was presented as a despicable monster who didn't care about the life on Earth and openly mocked Rose Quartz for questioning her. She was also a DirtyCoward who called her fellow Diamonds for help when her back was against the wall. To stop the war, Rose was forced to shatter her. In reality, [[spoiler:Pink Diamond ''was'' Rose Quartz. Everything Rose learned about humanity were actually things Pink learned. She created the Rebellion and faked her death in an elaborate scheme to save the Earth and free herself from her duties as a Diamond. Presumably, the story Garnet told was the version Rose gave the Crystal Gems, making it an InvokedTrope.]]
166* {{Hypocrite}}: She had this tendency, though the circumstances do complicate matters.
167** [[spoiler:She wanted Pearl to be free and make her own decisions, but gave her a final order to never tell anyone that Pink faked her death and was living as Rose Quartz, as well as pressure Pearl to poof her if it came to be. While the silence was painful to Pearl, eventually it became clear that Pink's final orders was a result of her being ProperlyParanoid]].
168** [[spoiler:Pink valued human life, but she didn't realize how fragile it was and confessed to Greg that she took some time to understand how babies work, though this was more out of ignorance and she made the effort to learn]].
169** [[spoiler:Pink genuinely cared for her friends and whenever she realizes she left one of them alone in a dangerous situation, she'll personally make sure they are rescued, which makes what happened to [[EvilFormerFriend Spinel]] all the more tragic. While she did order Spinel to remain behind, it's unknown if she would've ever come back to her (since circumstances changed drastically)]].
170** Subverted with Steven's own worst fears: [[spoiler:that Rose was a murderer who was against Bismuth showing off the Breaking Point. Pink was mentioned to have more destructive powers at one point, but after accidentally harming her original Pink Pearl in a fit of rage, she vowed never to hurt anyone like that again. Seeing what Homeworld does to thriving planets to create more of Gemkind spurred her further to become an AllLovingHeroine who saw life as something to be treasured. Furthermore, her goal as leader of the Crystal Gems was to liberate Earth, and her opposing the creation of the Breaking Point is based on both this and the possibility that even she was against killing her own family, no matter how they treated her previously. Pink's "death" was also, ultimately, part of a FakingTheDead gambit she created to free herself from her extremely stifling lifestyle as a Diamond to live among organics on Earth]].
171* IJustWantToBeFree: [[spoiler:Above most others, Pink Diamond desired autonomy for her own life and for her to be who she wanted to be. It's later shown that while the Diamonds loved her, they also wanted her to remain the same, as how they preferred her. She organized balls and threw parties, but she was never allowed to do things her way and her decisions and choices were disregarded, such as how her first Pearl was taken from her, warped into White's mindless herald and replaced with a more sycophantic Pearl, the one we all know and love. This attitude led Pink to try and get her own colony, both to be seen as responsible and possibly for her own freedom. Upon discovering the beauty of life on Earth, the changing nature of humanity and how Gems could be their own thing, she created the Rose Quartz persona, all in the hopes of [[StartingANewLife creating a new world for the unaccepted Gems to be who they want to be]] [[GoingNative and living amongst the humans]]. Despite the massive costs, her plan did work. However, it's implied that she did not truly feel like this until she met Greg, likely since the leadership position and façade she had to put up wore on her.]]
172* IJustWantToBeLoved: Her other main driving motivation, but more specifically: she wanted someone to love her for who she was and out of choice rather than because of her standing or because they were ''made to.'' Someone who would express that love freely, accept her JustTheWayYouAre, and as true equals with both parties equally respecting one another. Looking at her past relationships, it becomes clear as to why:
173** Yellow and Blue went between ignoring her, lecturing her to act more like a Diamond or denying her viewpoint and decisions. While they ultimately loved her, they did not fully respect her and it was clear they looked down on her. Even [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E25Familiar "Familiar"]] showed they treated her as someone who wouldn't change. Not a healthy dynamic, and it would explain Pink's behavior toward them when it came to demands of respect and feeling inadequate.
174** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E26TogetherAlone "Together Alone"]] revealed that she ''had'' a friend in [[spoiler:Pink Pearl, her first Pearl. The two shared a casual yet close friendship that was frowned upon by the other Diamonds; when the two were caught, White Diamond permanently turned Pink Pearl into an EmptyShell that served only as her current Diamond's mouthpiece, White Pearl. She then gave Pink Diamond a new Pearl, one who was made to be a SycophanticServant… the Pearl who would become a member of the Crystal Gems.]]
175** Meanwhile, her other subordinate gems, like [[spoiler:her second Pearl, Spinel]], Jasper and Eyeball, were ''made'' to love Pink. A very large case could be seen with [[spoiler:her second Pearl, which would become the one we would all know and love. She seemed to have been as more of a servant so she wouldn't befriend Pink like what happened with her predecessor. However, they still became close because Pearl had enough autonomy to council Pink Diamond and give her advice. While Pink Diamond grew to love Pearl, they lacked the casualness of her first Pearl and Pearl's inherent nature of servant kept them from going further, something which Pearl never seem to get. A similar case could be argued with Spinel, who while very loving and fun, did not provide the depth or understanding Pink would've needed.]]
176** [[spoiler:As Rose Quartz, Pink took on many human lovers, but it's implied that they were not equal relationships (presumably because the humans looked up to her like most of Gemkind did as well as her not understanding humanity back then).]]
177** Ultimately, [[spoiler:she ended up in a loving, respectful, affectionate and long-lasting relationship with Greg because not only did he see her as equal to him (or at least that they deserved to be treated equally, given his admission of not knowing what a "magical lady" like her saw in a "dope like him), but he also demanded that she see him as equal to her. Pink didn't only meet up with someone she can love and be loved by on the same level, but also helped her grow as a person to truly love, respect and appreciate people, seeing all of them as equal and worthy of respect.]]
178* IJustWantToBeSpecial: In a particularly sad way. She constantly had to live in the shadow of her fellow Diamonds and desired to be acknowledged by them; when she finally got a colony of her own, a member of her army rebelled, something that likely ''never'' happened with the other Diamonds, and even [[spoiler:supposedly]] ''shattered'' her. To sum it up, the other Diamonds got to have numerous colonies without interference, but Pink was [[spoiler:allegedly]] ''killed'' before she could even complete ''one''. [[spoiler:She eventually let go of her wish to be like the other Diamonds, and wanted to become human so that she could grow and change, and become better than what she was.]]
179* IJustWantToHaveFriends:
180** Pink lacked any real peers or equals. Yellow and Blue had each other while White ruled over them all and was detached from them. As such, she was understandably desperate for companionship based on equality and genuine feelings, rather than social standing or because they were made to. She wanted to [[ModestRoyalty socialize with her new Gems]] from the Prime Kindergarten, but knew Blue and Yellow would never approve, considering such actions [[ErmineCapeEffect unbecoming for a Diamond]]. This forced her to assume the [[spoiler:Rose Quartz identity]] just to get out and have fun. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E26TogetherAlone "Together Alone"]], [[spoiler:her friendship with her first Pearl fell apart because Homeworld forbade such relations; White Diamond turned that Pearl into an EmptyShell and gave Pink a replacement one that would become the Crystal Gems' Pearl.]]
181** The lack of real peerage was likely what doomed [[spoiler:her friendship with Spinel. Spinel was designed to bring endless entertainment and act as Pink Diamond's best friend. However, the fact she was made to be such and especially with the implications that she was made to replace Pink Pearl, gives the indications that the sentiment felt hollow]].
182* ImmortalImmaturity: Acted like a RoyalBrat despite her implied age of centuries at the youngest. {{Justified|Trope}}, as centuries is only a short time for the Diamonds. Eventually, Pink became aware of this and [[spoiler:hated that she couldn't mature as fast as she wanted. Cue the sophisticated, motherly Rose Quartz identity, goodbye Pink Diamond.]]
183* InconsistentDub: The Latin American dub can't decide if her name is "Diamante Rosa" or "Diamante Rosado". Both are correct translations, but the inconsistency is still there.
184* InnocenceLost: She lost some of her InnocentlyInsensitive nature when she realized her colony would mean the destruction of all life living on it. Pink saw Gems were not creating life from nothing — they were taking life, [[PlanetLooters and leaving nothing behind]].
185* InnocentlyInsensitive: Justified, deconstructed, and played for drama. This trope is big flaw of Pink's; while she was compassionate and genuinely cared about others, she had difficulty [[LackOfEmpathy understanding how others felt]], and especially how they felt about her. On the other hand, there were various instances that rationalized and explained her behavior and reasoning:
186** [[spoiler:Her faking her own shattering went wrong because she thought that the other Diamonds' aloof, ToughLove treatment of her meant they didn't actually care about her. Her death caused them to release the Corruption in revenge, and drove Yellow and Blue Diamond to become the petty {{Jerkass}} and perpetually grieving wreck they are in the present day. On the other hand, Pink had been reduced to a PuppetQueen by her own fellow Diamonds and thus could not just give the Earth to the Crystal Gems, meaning diplomacy was out of the window, especially since they showed not to listen to her and she could not keep the war up forever. The fact was that the entirety of the situation was started because they ''refused'' to listen to her and take her opinions seriously.]]
187** [[spoiler:She also didn't consider how the Gems of her own court would feel about her supposed "death" — both Jasper and Eyeball devoted all their efforts to avenge their Diamond, never realizing that Pink and Rose were actually the same person, and that Steven is also technically Pink by virtue of being her "son", making their quests AllForNothing. On the other hand, it's not known if she ever ''actually'' interacted with them since she was reduced to a PuppetQueen and thus may not have even interacted with them.]]
188** As [[spoiler:Rose Quartz, while she deeply loved humans, [[CondescendingCompassion she initially saw humans as cute animals to be coddled with no sapience or feelings of their own]], until Greg pointed this out to her. On the other hand, this could be FairForItsDay, given how she still saw humans as important enough to live in peace and not be killed by the Gems. Thus, she still gave more consideration toward organic life than the rest of Gemkind.]]
189** It appears she [[spoiler:underestimated how important she was to the Crystal Gems. The Crystal Gems could not fathom why she would make a decision to have a baby that would in turn, mean Rose would be gone forever. Pearl especially had trouble understanding it]].
190** She ended up being this to her close friend [[spoiler:Spinel. She would end up growing annoyed with Spinel and abandoning her under the guise of a game with the promise she would come back, which she never did. However, Spinel's friendship with Pink Diamond was built on the premise that Spinel was ''designed'' to be such (as in a possible replacement for Pink Pearl), which framed the entire thing unpleasantly. Additionally, Pink Diamond changed rapidly during her time colonization and the situation escalated to where there was no practical or reasonable chance or plan to get Spinel back and how she would react to how PD changed.]]
191** [[spoiler:She was also the recipient of this trope while she grew up — Blue and Yellow raised her with good intentions, but never seemed to realize how badly they were affecting her by isolating her from Gems of lower castes, brushing her off as if she was second priority to their empire, and treating her as ungrateful when she asked to let Earth go shortly after begging them for a colony of her own. White presumably treated her the same way, despite being her favored "child". While it made her sympathetic, she also never realized how she emulated her permanently estranged Diamond family until she met Greg, where she finally began growing and changing. Steven lampshades this in his confrontation to Blue Diamond, when he realized that while Pink Diamond knew no other way, Steven ''did''.]]
192** [[spoiler:While she did love Pearl and Steven dearly, Pink essentially forced the former into silence with a vocal {{Geas}} instead of merely asking her to keep her old identity and actions secret, dooming her once-servant and biggest supporter to a lifetime of anguish; the latter was left growing up in his deceased mother's shadow and wondering if he was born as a way for her to run away from her own mistakes — all because Pink thought Earth was completely safe from Homeworld's shadow only for Steven to find out it actually ''wasn't''. At the same time, Pink Diamond had various reasons to be concerned and her secrecy all reveal her to be ProperlyParanoid. Furthermore, Pink Diamond has made it clear in her video that Steven was not created with any grander goal in life besides being him and living his life.]]
193* IntriguedByHumanity:
194** Her feelings on the matter were unknown, but given her Human Zoo, and the Rose Quartz line being capable of healing living things (even resurrecting them), she seemed benign at the very least. Mankind couldn't expect similar or better treatment [[PlanetLooters from Yellow and probably White or Blue]].
195** Not merely intrigued, but [[spoiler:a firm believer in HumansAreSpecial. This eventually changed into something much more benevolent to the point of throwing away her status, then [[FakingTheDead "killing herself"]] to save Earth.]]
196* {{Irony}}:
197** Blue Diamond [[LampshadeHanging notes]] to Greg the irony of someone as powerful as Pink Diamond dying on Earth whereas the "fragile" humans were able to survive living on the same planet.
198** In the same episode they bond a bit over their shared feelings of loss, [[spoiler:unaware that the people they're grieving for are really the same person]].
199** Despite being noted for her empathy, many issues for other characters stem from her lack of taking into account how those who cared about her felt about her. [[spoiler:The Diamonds, Greg and Pearl.]]
200** Yellow told off Pink for being immature and to start acting like a Diamond. [[spoiler:Pink, upon seeing the Earth, was the first Diamond to value organic life and fight for it, as well as to give her Pearl autonomy on realizing Pearl was a slave. So technically, Pink matured faster than Yellow ''and'' Blue, though [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]] reveals that Yellow and Blue ''did'' [[HiddenDepths realize the error of Homeworld's ways]] at some point.]]
201** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]], Pink complains to Pearl about how dull it was to actually run a colony, [[spoiler:yet she left purposefully left behind Spinel, a Gem whose ''whole purpose'' was to ''entertain'']].
202** Also, [[spoiler:Spinel's clingy and playful attitude towards Pink and the way Pink grew annoyed with her mirrored the way Pink ''herself'' was towards the other Diamonds, and the way ''they'' would be irritated by her behavior.]]
203** In a more tragic way. [[spoiler:despite all the effort Pink put into changing herself and attempting to do things for the betterment of gems and humans, almost all her CharacterDevelopment is gradually ignored and Pink seen in a worse view by Steven and the gems, due to feelings that her mistakes outweighed her accomplishments.]]
204* ItsAllAboutMe: Prior to her CharacterDevelopment, Pink Diamond tends to think of herself rather than others. [[spoiler:Most tellingly, tricking and leaving Spinel behind, which according to WordOfGod was due to feeling the other gem was holding her back]].
205* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In spite of frequently throwing temper tantrums, acting bratty and entitled, and not viewing lower-class Gems as complete equals, Pink Diamond was still the TokenGoodTeammate of the Diamonds and displayed BenevolentBoss and NiceToTheWaiter tendencies, as particularly seen with Spinel (at first), the Pebbles, and Pink Pearl/Volleyball. [[spoiler:Taken to a further extent after her CharacterDevelopment and HeelFaceTurn, in which she [[TookALevelInKindness grows]] into the mature, selfless, and [[AllLovingHeroine all-loving]] leader of the Crystal Gems who seeks to liberate Earth from Homeworld's tyranny. Even though Pink/Rose can be InnocentlyInsensitive, she cares deeply about her loved ones.]]
206* KarmicJackpot: [[spoiler:Realizing the error of Homeworld's ways, as well as rebelling against the other Diamonds to save Earth, have allowed her to finally be free of their abuse and live a happy life on Earth with her loyal friends. What makes it ''better'' is that she got to be the ''leader'' of the Crystal Gems, as opposed to constantly having to [[NoRespectGuy answer]] to the other Diamonds, and ended up [[EarnYourHappyEnding dying happy]].]]
207* KilledOffForReal:
208** DoubleSubverted. Back during the Rebellion, Rose was reported to have shattered Pink Diamond as it was the only thing she could do to free Earth from Pink Diamond's control. This is something Jasper and Eyeball are still very bitter about. Steven brings up the possibility that she could [[NotQuiteDead still be alive]] later in the series, but it's ultimately revealed that [[spoiler:she was actually Rose Quartz, meaning she survived her alleged death only to "die" thousands of years later by sacrificing herself to give birth to Steven.]]
209-->'''Eyeball:''' I was there. I saw with my own eye. I watched the leader of the Crystal Gems, Rose Quartz, ''shatter'' Pink Diamond!
210** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]] [[spoiler:further seals the deal. Her gem reforms into Pink Steven instead of herself when pried out of Steven's stomach, signifying that she is never coming back.]]
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213* LackOfEmpathy: One of her major flaws: she was obsessed with helping others, but rarely, if ever, understood how they felt. While she had multiple instances of this as [[spoiler:Rose Quartz, her most prominent example of all out of either identities was when she abandoned Spinel in space for millennia and presumably felt no remorse for it. Thankfully, she ''eventually'' [[CharacterDevelopment sheds this]] in favor of becoming an AllLovingHeroine]].
214* LargeAndInCharge: Downplayed; her murals give the impression she's similarly sized to the other Diamonds, but in reality, she only comes [[TheBabyOfTheBunch to around Blue or Yellow's thigh-height]].
215* LargeRunt: Though ''much'' smaller than Yellow or Blue, Pink Diamond still seems to be considerably larger than a human.
216* {{Leitmotif}}: A down-keyed and funereal variation of the Diamonds' theme... [[spoiler:except not really. It's actually in a major key to better dovetail into Rose's established theme.]]
217* LegFocus: Her mural depicts her with long and shapely legs, and before Season 3, they were the only part of it the audience got to see. It's even the form of her personal ship.
218* LikeParentLikeChild: [[spoiler:Steven inherited her compassion, heavy sense of responsibility, self-loathing, and martyrdom. Steven like Pink tries to be everything that the Crystal Gems want him to be, the way she tried to prove herself to her fellow Diamonds. It gets to the point where, like his mother, Steven [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself in the hopes of saving the people he loves]], [[DeconstructedTrope only for it to backfire terribly]]. Steven's lucky that only ''one'' person died and [[BackFromTheDead managed]] to [[CameBackStrong come back]] and he just had to deal with a few of his friends being pissed off at him when he did his sacrifice; Rose lost all of the Gems on Earth except for Pearl, Garnet, Bismuth, Amethyst and Lapis in her sacrifice. Mind that Lapis survived due to being trapped in a mirror, Bismuth was poofed and bubbled in Lion's mane, and Amethyst was deep in the Earth when the Corrupting Light hit; at the time, Rose thought that Garnet and Pearl were the only ones she had left.]]
219* LittleSisterHeroine: She's the youngest Diamond [[spoiler:who decided to take her way to save the Earth by becoming Rose Quartz]].
220* LonelyAtTheTop:
221** [[spoiler:This was one of the main reasons why she was desperate for companionship. She is a Diamond, the highest of Gemkind and thus everyone but other Diamonds are beneath her. She is the BabyOfTheBunch, meaning all the other Diamonds are her authority figures, with Blue and Yellow serving as bossy older fellow Diamonds and White as their detached matriarch. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E26TogetherAlone "Together Alone"]] implies that when Pink managed to befriend her first Pink Pearl, White Diamond turned Pink Pearl into a completely subservient EmptyShell as punishment, and gave Pink Diamond a replacement Pearl to act as a proper servant and Spinel as a replacement best friend. While she did care for Pearl, the circumstances behind their appearances likely soured the bonds from the start. In fact, given how they were ''intended'' to serve as servant/counselor and best friend, it would render the relationships as artificial from Pink Diamond's perspective, lacking the casualness she wanted and the substance she needed.]]
222** More specifically, it's that while she was surrounded by many adoring Gems, Pink Diamond did not have any '''equal peers'''. Virtually every other Gem could relate to their own kind on an even level so they were not alone. Heck, even Yellow and Blue Diamond had each other and the only other exception was White Diamond, who was feared even by the other Diamonds and quite detached from everyone. [[spoiler:She grows to resent how Gems stay static with their positions and do not change. She gets quickly annoyed by the subservience and YesMan behavior in her court. Pearl's robotic behavior made her unhappy, though Pearl [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming changing]] allowed them to have a closer relationship, due to Pink's encouragement and her own programming to serve as a counselor. Contrasted with Spinel, who while an endless source of entertainment as PD's best friend, did not have reason to change or grow like Pearl did so Pink Diamond left her to try and grow and she would change ''dramatically.'']]
223* TheLostLenore:
224** Her death still deeply influences most of Blue Diamond's actions, who spent centuries in a perpetual state of grief and depression and who still looks after the Human Zoo in her memory.
225** Seemingly subverted with Yellow Diamond, who never openly grieves and tries to convince Blue Diamond to stop, but it becomes patently clear that she's just repressing her emotions to an extremely unhealthy degree and is just as broken over losing Pink as Blue is.
226** [[spoiler:She's also one to Greg as "Rose Quartz"; despite having moved on and continuing to raise Steven, Greg still feels grief for his lost wife, something that allows him to emotionally connect with Blue Diamond while she's on Earth.]]
227** [[spoiler:She's also one to the Crystal Gems' Pearl as well. Pearl's first love was Pink Diamond, and the fact that she "replaced" her with a human created quite a bit of resentment for Greg. Pink's death made things worse, and despite Pearl loving Steven like her own son in the present day, it's implied that [[MaternalDeathBlameTheChild she also blames Steven on some level]].]]
228* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:She is Steven's mother since Pink and Rose Quartz are actually the same person.]]
229* MamaBear:
230** Seemingly subverted with [[spoiler:her Pink Diamond army. Pink faking her death traumatized the soldiers that she had created or were made for her, including Jasper, though it's likely that she just [[InnocentlyInsensitive didn't consider]] how they would feel if she died. On the other hand, given how she was reduced to a PuppetQueen in the Gem War, it's very possible she was not able to communicate with them in the first place since they were taking their orders from Blue and Yellow. There is the fact that the Famethyst Gems were shunted off to her zoo, with only each other for support, and that the real Rose Quartzes were all bubbled because of ''her'' actions and because she took Pearl's idea to impersonate one of them without thinking of the consequences, something Shy Rose seems especially troubled over. As of now, her opinion of her Homeworld army is quite obscure.]]
231** [[spoiler:Do '''not''' underestimate her love for the Crystal Gems, the Earth, its life and human beings, even if you're Blue or Yellow Diamond. There is the fact that she posed as a dangerous rebel and threatened her fellow Diamonds and their armies as Rose Quartz, knowing that if she were ever outed that the consequences would be dire.]]
232* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Even before her HeelRealization she shows signs of this, especially [[spoiler:the first time she ever took on her Rose Quartz persona, having done so to play with her newly formed Quartz soldiers without the other Diamonds finding out.]]
233* MeaningfulName:
234** Pink Diamonds symbolize love, creativity, and romance, things she would need (well, the first two at least) to both own the Zoo and maintain the humans trapped inside it. [[spoiler:And she is the only Diamond known to have romanced someone.]]
235** Pink Diamonds are also one of the more mysterious types of colored Diamonds, which is quite fitting for a character that was (and, to an extent, still is) quite a big mystery in the show's lore.
236** White Diamond's AffectionateNickname for her, Starlight, may be a reference to the Pink Star diamond, the largest vivid pink diamond in the world. This is doubly meaningful, as the diamond has also been called the Pink ''Love'' diamond.
237* MessianicArchetype: [[spoiler:One can see parallels between Pink Diamond and other divine figures who incarnate as humans. She was a member of the Diamond Authority, whose members were worshiped as near-gods by the gem race. After fighting to free Earth and its inhabitants from oppression, she incarnated in human form as Steven.]]
238* MistakenForOwnMurderer: [[spoiler:She faked her death as Pink Diamond and made Rose Quartz the hero who shattered the Diamond oppressor. This means that when Steven is tried as Rose Quartz, the Diamonds have no idea that Pink Diamond is the tiny human child.]]
239* MisterBig: She's a Diamond... less than [[LargeRunt half the size of the other Diamonds]], quite possibly dwarfed by White. [[spoiler:Albeit, she is almost twice as tall as her Pearl.]]
240* ModestRoyalty: Despite having been a RoyalBrat, [[spoiler:she is disdainful of the Gem caste system and quite informal with her subjects, especially Pearl, who is supposed to be her servant but she treats her like her closest friend. She was also implied to be best friends with her first Pearl in the past until White Diamond permanently turned her Pearl into an EmptyShell and gave Pink a replacement one. She even admits that she finds the Diamond salute to be "dumb" and doesn't mind being pushed around by her Amethysts. She eventually throws away her royalty status to start a new life on Earth as Rose Quartz.]]
241* MoodSwinger: One minute, she's having a blast looking around Yellow as she prepares to invade a planet. Barely a couple of seconds later, she's throwing a temper tantrum demanding to have a planet and army of her own. Downplayed in that Yellow manhandled her for playing with the communication console, and injured her. [[spoiler:Later episodes show she grew out of this.]]
242* MoralityPet: Like [[spoiler:her son]], she functions as this to a ''lot'' of characters.
243** [[BadBoss Yellow and Blue Diamond]] are still mourning her death despite it happening thousands of years ago and obviously loved her very much. Yellow Diamond was physically gentler when handling her in life than she would be with other Gems, while Pink had her bratty moments. [[spoiler:[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose "A Single Pale Rose"]] shows that she attempted to be this to the other Diamonds after her HeelFaceTurn, but they refused to let her give up her colony simply because she begged them for it, to the point of accusing her of being {{ungrateful|Bitch}}. And while they ''do'' care about her, they didn't show it very well, instead pushing her to take responsibility of her colony even if she won't. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]] has Blue ''finally'' realize her [[BigSisterBully abusive]] treatment of Pink was what caused her to abandon Blue and live on Earth, and she [[TheAtoner makes up for it]] by helping Steven and Connie return to Earth.]]
244** [[BloodKnight Jasper]] has UndyingLoyalty towards her and is willing to avenge her thousands of years after her [[spoiler:supposed]] demise.
245** [[AxCrazy Eyeball]] has a large amount of respect towards her and refers to her [[spoiler:faked]] death as a tragedy.
246** Despite her NobleBigot tendencies, [[spoiler:Pearl]] is extremely loyal to her Diamond and will do anything for her.
247** She is a UniversallyBelovedLeader amongst [[{{Dystopia}} Homeworld]].
248* MortonsFork: Either [[spoiler:she would have to colonize the Earth, destroying the life and humans she loved, or Blue and Yellow would take over and do the destroying. It's hard to blame Pink for taking desperate measures to save the Earth.]]
249* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
250** She truly regrets [[spoiler:her actions as ruler of the Earth, to the point that she spread rumors about herself being cold and cruel, and faked her death because Pink Diamond as an identity was worth sacrificing]].
251** [[spoiler:Turns out she's the one who damaged Pink Pearl's eye, and it's implied this was the moment she stopped her SpoiledBrat tendencies due to the resulting HeelRealization. Tellingly, no one knew about her destructive powers, implying she never used them again because of it.]]
252* {{Necromancer}}: [[spoiler:Her tears have the ability to bring dead organisms back to life. Subjects of such resurrection appear in shades of pink with white hair that links to Pink's personal pocket dimension, don't have to eat or drink and may be granted other powers, such as Lion's dimensional warping.]]
253* TheNeedsOfTheMany: [[spoiler:She values the organic life on Earth over her status as a Diamond. She was the leader of both her court and the rebellion against her, with her ultimate goal being to save the Earth from Homeworld and hand it to the Crystal Gems and humanity, and the only other person who knew the truth was her faux assassin, the Crystal Gems' Pearl. It's worth noticing that, in the course of 6000 years, despite the holes in the official story, ''nobody'' on Earth or Homeworld ever figured this out until Pearl showed Steven what happened.]]
254* NiceMeanAndInBetween:
255** Yellow (mean) is a [[HairTriggerTemper short-tempered]] BadBoss, Blue (in-between), while initially as bad as Yellow, seems to have TookALevelInKindness in recent years thanks to Pink Diamond's "death", and [[spoiler:Pink (nice) is an AllLovingHeroine and a BenevolentBoss who cherishes and wishes to protect organic life.]]
256** Of the Gems who took on the "Pink Diamond" role on Homeworld, Steven (nice) is an AllLovingHero who is kind to everyone and accepts others no matter what, [[spoiler:Pink/Rose (in-between), despite being a BenevolentBoss who seeks to protect Earth and the Crystal Gems, can be [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitive]] towards the feelings of others and has a tendency to make careless decisions, and Spinel (mean) is the AxCrazy BigBad who wants to destroy Earth as a result of being abandoned by Pink and having [[GoMadFromTheIsolation went mad as a result]].]]
257* NiceToTheWaiter: Rose Quartz claimed that Pink Diamond was wicked and dismissive towards her for suggesting to end the colony, a lowly Quartz who dared express an opinion. [[spoiler:It turns out Rose lied since she ''was'' Pink Diamond; she was very courteous and polite to her Pearl, even when Pearl's blind obedience annoyed her, and saw the Kindergarten Quartzes as potential friends. In fact, once she realized that the fusion Garnet was in danger after the rush of seeing that sort of fusion wore off, she decided to go rescue her. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E25Familiar "Familiar"]], the Pebbles take Steven taking the time to thank them as proof that he's Pink Diamond.]] Mind that she grew into this: [[spoiler:Pink Pearl recounts that Pink Diamond accidentally hurt her during a temper tantrum, and Pink was so horrified that she vowed to never hurt another Gem that way again and kept her trauma repressed]].
258* TheNicknamer: According to Blue Diamond, she had the tendency to nickname things. She was apparently the one to originally give Pyrite the nickname "Fool's Gold".
259* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
260** [[spoiler:By taking the form of a Rose Quartz and faking her assassination with Pearl using that form, Pink Diamond caused the ''entire'' caste of Rose Quartz to be bubbled for thousands of years regardless of if they were loyal to Homeworld or the rebellion]].
261** It's confirmed that [[spoiler:she accidentally hurt Pink Pearl by throwing a tantrum while the former was in the crossfire. While Pink Pearl didn't hold a grudge, Pink Diamond was horrified by what she did, and more so when White took away her "defective" Pearl the minute she found out. This led to Pink Pearl being left behind on Homeworld when Rose started her rebellion]].
262** She’s the reason [[spoiler:Spinel snapped and tried to destroy Earth after she was abandoned on a floating rock in space for 6000 years by the one person she loved]].
263* NoblewomansLaugh: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]], Garnet's retelling of Rose Quartz's origin story says Pink Diamond "laughed a wicked, empty sound" at Rose Quartz's request to spare Earth's life, and the visual shows her sticking her fingers out in front of her face. [[spoiler:Given that Rose and Pink Diamond were one and the same, this was probably made up by Rose.]]
264* NoCureForEvil: {{Downplayed|Trope}}: She seems to have been the least evil of the Diamonds, and the Rose Quartz line (which she invented), seem to have been the only Gems with the power to fix other Gems. [[spoiler:Averted when we discover Rose Quartz is actually her fake identity.]] However, it turns out all the Diamonds have ''some'' sort of healing powers.
265* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:Her [[FakingTheDead faked assassination]] was done with the best intentions, as she hoped that with her "death" the other Diamonds would cut their losses with Earth, leaving her, the Crystal Gems, and humanity alone to live their lives as they wished in freedom. Instead the Diamonds cut their losses, pulled out their forces and essentially ''[[NukeEm dropped a nuke from orbit]]'' that caused [[TheCorruption the Crystal Gems to be corrupted en masse]] save for Rose, Garnet, Pearl and the still incubating Amethyst because they ''did'' care about her. On top of that, the revelation of what she did and the subsequent exposure of her identity [[BrokenPedestal caused strife among her surviving companions]] who [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't have the context of her actions]].]]
266* NoRespectGuy: The ''Diamond Days'' arc reveal that even if her fellow Diamonds loved her, they did not respect her or treat her as an equal; the events of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E26TogetherAlone "Together Alone"]] show that even after several millennia that when push comes to shove the other Diamonds ''still'' don't value what Pink wants or her wishes. [[spoiler:Blue is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone saddened]], to say the least, when Steven points out that her treatment of Pink was what caused her to rather live on Earth in the first place.]]
267* NotNowKiddo: On the receiving end; Yellow Diamond didn't pay much attention to her even when Pink was calling for her. She literally had to beg Yellow for her own colony and army. [[spoiler:That proved to be a costly and ultimately fatal mistake.]] Later on after sneaking down to the colony to see it firsthand, [[spoiler:and realizing Earth already has life that will die if they continue, she tries to reason with Yellow and Blue into stopping, who dismiss her wishes entirely and demand she continue, with Blue making the Human Zoo instead, likely believing it to be sufficient to her wishes to "save the life on Earth".]]
268* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Subverted. [[spoiler:One price of saving the Earth was leaving all the humans in the zoo to her fellow Diamonds' collective mercy. It's unclear if Pink consciously made the choice to abandon them or if she was just unable to rescue them (given how Homeworld would immediately pull out for the Diamonds use their combined attack, it's likely the latter, especially given how Rose could only save the Gems next to her).]]
269* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Subverted. It turns out that she had faked her shattering with the help of her Pearl, which caused everyone to only ''think'' that she was shattered. However, thousands of years later, she, as Rose Quartz, gave up her physical form so Steven could be born.]]
270* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: Rose [[spoiler:or another Gem (possibly another Diamond)]] managed to shatter her. [[spoiler:Subverted in that she's actually Rose, and her shattering was faked. Although doing so ''did'' show it was possible to poof her.]]
271* ObliviouslyEvil: [[spoiler:She genuinely had no idea of the damage she was causing the Earth, as she was stuck on the Moon Base by order of the other Diamonds and never actually saw life on Earth at all until she came down and saw it first hand. ]] Not only that, there was also [[spoiler:the mental trauma she caused Spinel by telling her to wait for her.]]
272* OnlyFriend: [[spoiler:Because of the other Gem's unique role as a playmate, Pink Diamond was this for Spinel.]]
273* OnlySaneWoman: [[spoiler:She is the only one of the Diamonds who sees the error in Homeworld's ways, and creates the Rose Quartz alter ego in hopes of saving the Earth and its organic life.]] Furthermore, [[spoiler:she appears to be the only one to understand that the inherent stagnant nature of Gemkind's caste system back on Homeworld is detrimental to them in the long run.]]
274* ParentalFavoritism: [[spoiler:White Diamond seems to prefer her over Blue and Yellow, much to Yellow's frustration. Granted, this may be due more to Pink's innocence and entertainment value.]]
275* ParentsAsPeople: [[spoiler:As "Rose Quartz", she loved Steven dearly, to the point where she posthumously recorded videos of herself just to tell her son how much he's cherished. But many of Steven's issues stemmed from the incredible pressure the Crystal Gems put on him to fill her shoes, and his gradual discovery that his mother was a war criminal, a betrayer, and a liar — all because Pink assumed Earth was completely safe from Homeworld's reach, when it actually ''wasn't''. Understandably, Steven starts to resent her on some level, and even wonders if Pink had a child just to run away from her own mistakes. On the other hand, she did succeed in providing Steven with a better life than she ever had. Thanks to her, Steven was able to grow up with a loving father and supporting family that could provide him wth the encouragement, proper guidance and lessons that Pink Diamond lacked growing up. She gave everything, including her life, for him and all she wanted for him was to live his own life and be a good person. Despite her extensive mistakes and flaws, she ultimately succeeded in one of the most important aspects of parenting, which is ensuring a better future for one's child.]]
276-->'''Steven:''' STOP IT! I can't deal with ''one'' more horrible thing she did, ''okay''!?
277* ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore: [[spoiler:A case where it's between a leader and a subject instead of a parent and a child. Pink Diamond told Spinel to wait at her garden until she returned, but she never did return, leading to Spinel staying in that exact same spot for 6,000 years. Made even worse by the fact that Spinel originally assumed that the reason why Pink never returned was that ''she'' was playing their game wrong.]]
278* PennyAmongDiamonds: Sheer irony of the trope name aside, Pink Diamond, being a Diamond, is essentially part of a ruling family for Gemkind, and are revered as goddesses and matriarchs by their people (and are each shown to be PhysicalGods themselves through their sheer power). Unfortunately, Pink being the smallest and lowest of the Diamonds means she didn't even have [[InformedPoverty one single world to her name]] in the beginning. Not being allowed to have one [[{{Hypocrite}} while the other Diamonds had so many to themselves]], combined with never winning approval from [[AloofBigSister Yellow Diamond]], ''frustrated'' her.
279* PersonalityPowers:
280** [[spoiler:Pink can manifest a shield, float, heal with her tears, resurrect organic beings while giving them unique abilities, and manipulate plant matter. Besides being the most compassionate Diamond, she's also the only Diamond who cares about the well-being of Earth, to the point where she rebelled against Homeworld when the other Diamonds ignored her pleas to spare the planet. She also empowers her allies with her mere presence as her alter-ego Rose Quartz]].
281** [[spoiler:In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E4Volleyball Volleyball]]", Pink's original Pearl reveals that she originally had a set of abilities that were purely destructive in nature, including a scream so powerful it "could crack the walls". Such an ability makes perfect sense for a SpoiledBrat with [[GooGooGodlike immense power]]. It is not until she saw the damage her tantrums caused to the people around her (her first Pearl being the prime example) did she start using her powers as a healer and defender]].
282* PetTheDog:
283** Even before her [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]], Pink Diamond was shown to be [[BenevolentBoss kind]] to her [[spoiler:first]] Pearl, as she gave her free autonomy and played games with her. She was also [[NiceToTheWaiter nice]] to the Pebbles, who were created through her tears, [[spoiler:to the point where they take Steven thanking them as proof that he's Pink Diamond]].
284** Despite taking humans for her own personal Zoo, she at least did give them a pretty nice place to live, like a good pet owner. [[spoiler:That's because she ended up ''loving'' them.]]
285* PinkIsFeminine: From what's seen in the [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose "A Single Pale Rose"]] flashbacks, Pink Diamond is the second most feminine Diamond after Blue Diamond.
286* PintSizedPowerhouse: She was by far the smallest out of the Diamonds ( though she was still far larger than all non-fusion gems ) but she was still just as deadly and powerful as them. In fact, she actually had a much more versatile set of abilities than the other Diamonds.
287* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: A variant; from what we know, [[spoiler:Pink tried her hardest to convince Blue and Yellow Diamond that the organic life on Earth was valuable, willing to fight for itself, and worth saving. It didn't work, and both the onscreen and offscreen circumstances forced Pink to take more drastic measures. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]] even shows her getting on her knees and desperately begging Blue to spare the Earth, to no avail. Interestingly enough, she spread the story that ''Pink'' was the one who had to be convinced to spare the Earth and cruelly refused Rose Quartz.]]
288* PoorCommunicationKills: Pink, infatuated with Earth [[spoiler:[[HumansAreSpecial and its natives]]]], had no idea just how much the older Diamonds loved her. When Pink [[spoiler:decided to spare Earth]], she tried to [[spoiler:convince her fellow Diamonds that Earth life was worth protecting... but they refused to listen]]. She wrongly assumed [[spoiler:once news of her demise reached the other Diamonds they'd give up and leave. She was half-right, Homeworld began leaving, [[DontCelebrateJustYet but the Crystal Gems didn't understand]] what they were evacuating for. Judging [[OhCrap by her reaction]] Pink didn't either... until it was too late to do anything but shield Pearl, Garnet and herself.]]
289* PosthumousCharacter: She was reported to have been killed by Rose during the Gem War thousands of years ago, but still has a great effect to those who know her: she's the true reason why Jasper is so obsessed with fighting Rose and the reason Yellow Diamond hates Earth so much she'd rather see it destroyed outright than try to harvest it for resources again. [[spoiler:She didn't actually die then, but gave up her physical form thousands of years later as Rose Quartz for Steven to be born. And as revealed in the Season 5 Finale, Pink ceased to exist when she did that, with Steven becoming the new Pink Diamond in her place — a completely separate entity.]]
290* PowerMisidentification: [[spoiler:As Rose, she pretended she could only turn plants into sentient helpers. In fact, she can do the same even to ''non-living'' rocks.]]
291* PredecessorVillain: She was the original ruler of the Earth colony and thus the first of the Diamonds the Crystal Gems had to contend with. [[spoiler:Except she wasn't, she assumed the identity of Rose Quartz to lead the rebellion against Homeworld herself and faked her death.]]
292* PresentAbsence: She's been gone for millennia, but her effect on the story continues to be felt through the actions of those left behind after she died. [[spoiler:The mysterious circumstances surrounding her death are touched on at the beginning of Season Five, as [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E2TheTrial "The Trial"]] all but confirms that the Gem who shattered her if she was really shattered at all, was (most likely) ''not'' Rose Quartz. Eventually, the final piece of the puzzle is revealed to Steven: Rose Quartz couldn't have killed Pink Diamond because Rose Quartz ''is'' Pink Diamond. She faked her death by consuming fake gem shards and having Pearl (disguised as Rose) poof her, making Homeworld think she's been shattered. Her true "death" came from [[DeathByChildbirth having Steven]], as she couldn't exist without one or the other.]]
293* PrincessesPreferPink: She's the youngest of the Diamond "royalty" and entirely pink in color.
294* ProperlyParanoid:
295** From Blue and Yellow Diamond's point of view, she is this for worrying about Rose Quartz and the Crystal Gems, as she kept pleading and begging them for help to the point where they both had to assume authority over the Earth colony. Much to their grief, however, she eventually got ''shattered'' by Rose Quartz. [[spoiler:In reality, she ''is'' Rose Quartz and started the Rebellion ''herself''.]]
296** She told her Pearl that [[spoiler:if the Diamonds ever found out that Rose and Pink were the same, then she and Pearl would be forced to resume their old lives as puppet Gems with no freedom. When Steven reveals he has Pink Diamond's Gem and returns to Homeworld to reason with White Diamond, the Diamonds expect him to adopt Pink's abandoned duties and fulfill "her" role, while Pearl is once more relegated to being Steven's "object" rather than his parental figure. While Steven is willing to try and be the InternalReformist, it's still unnerving that Pink's fears proved valid.]] Becomes even more intense in the [[spoiler:''Diamond Days'' arc, where it just showed that Yellow, Blue and White still look down on Pink and don't take Steven seriously as a result. Steven's attempts at "fixing" what he perceived were his mother's mistakes just backfire as Steven realizes a bit more on why his mother had to do what she had to.]]
297* PuppetQueen: Steven's flashback in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E17CantGoBack "Can't Go Back"]], and later in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]], shows that Yellow and Blue were pretty much running the colony during the Rebellion. Blue even tells her that all she needs to do is smile and wave to her subjects. It {{justifie|dTrope}}s a lot of Pink Diamond's decisions and choices since it meant she likely never interacted with "her" army besides "appearing presentable" and could not do anything on ''her'' end without her fellow Diamonds finding out.
298* QueenIncognito: [[spoiler:When she was ruling Earth, she wanted to go see the Kindergarten and meet her Amethyst soldiers, but her older fellow Diamonds would not let her. So her Pearl suggested that she shapeshift to look like a Quartz soldier herself, and thus her "Rose Quartz" persona was born. She would eventually renounce her identity as Pink Diamond and become Rose permanently during the war to save the Earth from Homeworld.]]
299* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:It's revealed that, contrary to what "Rose Quartz" told Garnet, Pink was this. While initially she merely wanted to mingle with the Quartzes to play with them and escape her lonely existence, she becomes serious about realizing that the colony will destroy the organic life on Earth. Pearl, who had suggested the idea, apologized for upsetting her Diamond, but Pink thanked her because she needed to see the damage. And as soon as she could, she tried to abort the colony and keep her family from taking over Earth's destruction. The fact that they usurped her power shows they were ''less'' reasonable than Pink.]]
300* RebelliousPrincess: As she matured, she did lots of things unbecoming a Diamond, like creating an all-new Quartz gem line, [[spoiler:making requests that caused Blue to start a human zoo for her]], and so on. [[spoiler:She also masterminded the entire Crystal Gem rebellion against Homeworld, [[LivingADoubleLife fooling the other Diamonds, subjects and allies alike]]. Rescuing [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits defective and off-color Gems]], uniting them to their cause; the freedom of Earth and all who live upon it. With her [[GoodThingYouCanHeal healing powers]], she matched Homeworld's vast armies even when hopelessly outnumbered.]]
301* RedOniBlueOni:
302** The red to Blue and Yellow's blue, as a much more emotional and carefree Diamond than her family.
303** The red to her Pearl's blue, as she was constantly trying to get her [[spoiler:second]] Pearl to get out of her SycophanticServant tendencies and lighten up a little.
304* ReformedButNotTamed: A DownplayedTrope. [[spoiler:Even after her HeelFaceTurn, she retained her InnocentlyInsensitive tendencies, [[ConsummateLiar lied]] to the Crystal Gems about ''everything'', and resorted to [[WellIntentionedExtremist questionable]] methods to save Earth and all of the organic life on the planet.]]
305* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler:Neither the Diamonds or Defense Zircon never considered this possibility when pointing out the holes in the story of Pink being shattered. And despite the holes, and each knowing they aren't a murderer, Yellow and Blue never considered that Pink would destroy her old identity and hurt them so much.]]
306* TheReveal:
307** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose "A Single Pale Rose"]], [[spoiler:it turns out she never was shattered in the first place, she deliberately decided to fake her own death so that the Earth would be left alone by the Diamonds. And on top of that, she and Rose Quartz are actually the same person.]]
308** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E26TogetherAlone "Together Alone"]], [[spoiler:it's implied that one of her friends on Homeworld was her ''first'' Pink Pearl, who shed much of her [[SycophanticServant sycophantic behavior]] enough that she was able to act casually around her Diamond. But the other Diamonds found out, and as punishment for acting out of line, White Diamond permanently turned Pink Pearl into an EmptyShell and gave Pink Diamond a replacement Pearl. This incident explained why Pink Diamond felt uncomfortable with Pearl's sycophantism and tried to get her out of it.]]
309** Future builds on this, and reveals that [[spoiler:Pink Pearl (Now Volleyball) did nothing wrong in the eyes of White, and that the damage to her face isn't White's fault as fans and Crystal Gem Pearl assumed. Pink was the one who damaged her during a temper tantrum, albeit accidentally, which is why White took her]].
310* RoseHairedSweetie: She has light pink hair, and she shows the excitable and optimistic part of the trope (at first, at least). [[spoiler:And then she fully grows into the trope as Rose Quartz.]]
311* RoyalBrat: It's implied that Pink was very much this trope prior to her CharacterDevelopment. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]], we see her acting as such, namely in demanding her own colony and army like Yellow Diamond has with several planets that she's conquered. [[spoiler:However, it's heavily implied this is based on the desire to be seen as an equal by the rest of her Diamonds. All of them have their own armies and colonies while she, the BabyOfTheBunch is more a performer and party-planner, an entertaining distraction from the humdrum of it all. Unsurprisingly, being treated as inferior by her supposed equals likely led to her behavior as lashing out for respect. Unfortunately, her powers would run rampant during her tantrums and innocent Gems would get hurt, causing Pink Pearl to develop a WoundThatWouldNotHeal out of sheer ''trauma''.]] As a noble though, she was the most affable to her subjects (so much so that it was partially why her fellow Diamonds looked down on her, seeing it as unprofessional.) [[spoiler:All traces of this are eliminated when she gets her own colony; at first she is bored with remaining on the Moon Base with no interaction besides with her second Pearl before going to interact in disguise with her new Gems and then witnessing the horrible truth of their operations]].
312* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething:
313** Subverted at first, when she's basically Blue and Yellow's puppet ruler on Earth's colony. She is seen fighting the Crystal Gems directly in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E6Gemcation "Gemcation"]], but various inconsistencies make its reliability questionable, and it may have just been how Steven imagined it.
314** [[spoiler:Played straight later, when she fakes her death and assumes the identity of Rose Quartz to lead the rebellion that would set Earth free from Homeworld.]]
315* RunningBothSides: [[spoiler:She was actually Rose, the leader of the Crystal Gems, meaning she essentially committed mass treason against ''herself''. Unfortunately, she was the PuppetQueen of her own colony, meaning that what should've been a simple plan got more complicated with Blue and Yellow taking over.]]
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318* SadClown: Even if [[spoiler:her actions gave the Diamonds a lightened mood, they refused to adhere to what she wanted and continually lock her in a tower when she committed an act meant for fun. It seems like a lighter duty than colonizing a planet or producing more Gems, in actuality, it seems that Pink never wanted to return to the role once she realized she could have her freedom as Rose Quartz. Steven shares her frustration when he tries to talk to the Diamonds and they keep dismissing him.]]
319* SadisticChoice: When she got her colony, she could either [[spoiler:colonize the Earth herself, destroying all its organic life, or let her fellow Diamonds quash the rebellion that she started, destroying all organic life. She decided to TakeAThirdOption and fake her death so that the Diamonds would leave the Earth alone.]]
320* SanityStrengthening: At first, she frequently threw destructive temper tantrums, but stopped doing so after [[spoiler:accidentally breaking Pink Pearl/Volleyball's left eye]], and resorted to solely using her healing powers. Additionally, she used to act bratty and entitled, but ultimately matured following her experiences and became [[TookALevelInKindness happier and kinder]]. Even though she used to bottle up her emotions about her responsibilities as a Diamond and being abused by her fellow Diamonds, she eventually chooses to share these with [[spoiler:Pearl, and gets a ''ton'' of stress and trauma left off her shoulders when she settles on a quiet life with the Crystal Gems on Earth, though most of the Crystal Gems were still corrupted. By the end of her life, just before [[DeathByChildbirth giving birth to Steven]], she had effectively changed a ''lot'' from the greedy Diamond she was at the ''start'' of her life, becoming the AllLovingHeroine who is the kind leader of the Crystal Gems and lover of Greg Universe.]]
321* SatanIsGood: [[spoiler:She's a being of light that rebelled against an unjust "Heaven" to champion freedom, self-expression, fusion and nature, making her similar to the Luciferian interpretation of Satan as a positive figure associated with liberty, individualism, homosexuality and paganism. She also formed her own rebellion as Rose Quartz, making her a sympathetic liar.]]
322* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: {{Averted|Trope}}, much to her bitterness and resentment. Despite being a Diamond, she always had to do what the ''other'' Diamonds wanted rather than what she wanted — including how Earth, ostensibly her colony, was to be run. Beyond being a bitter reminder of the lack of respect her fellow Diamonds had for her, it also meant that her choices were very limited and had to take more drastic decisions to reach her objective. [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn Blue]] admits in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]] that Pink was right to leave Homeworld and live on Earth.]]
323* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Steven eventually concludes that [[spoiler:while she was able to fight as Rose Quartz, she ran away from Homeworld as Pink Diamond]].
324* SelfDeprecation: [[spoiler:As Rose Quartz, she spread stories of how Pink Diamond was cold and cruel. When she plans to fake her death, she looks happy to be shedding this identity for good.]] Deconstructed since later revelations frames this as part of her extensive self-loathing.
325* ShadowArchetype:
326** [[spoiler:Interestingly, she is this to Connie, being what would happen if she continued to secretly rebel against her parents if they refused to relent their ControlFreak mentality. Connie would've basically been like Pink if she believed her parents didn't love her at all and ran away from home for good when they never approve of her choices.]]
327** To [[spoiler:her son]], Steven. Steven and Pink had pretty much the same experiences growing up; they both were born with a role to play. Pink really wanted to be a Diamond but the Diamonds didn't think she was ready. Steven really wanted to be a Crystal Gem but the Crystal Gems didn't think he was ready. They both insisted until they were given an opportunity to prove themselves capable — they both failed. Pink's failure wasn't truly a failure; she simply wanted a different outcome for her colony, but that's a big failure in the Diamonds' eyes. The Diamonds didn't care about what she wanted, she fought as hard as she could but in the end they just took over her duties. Steven's failures were because he wasn't ready; however, the Crystal Gems encouraged him, even faking some challenges for him to help him gain confidence on his abilities (they didn't work as they planned; he instead realized how much he meant for the Crystal Gems). Finally, they both decide to make a stand and fight for what they loved. [[spoiler:But for Pink, that meant fighting against her family. For Steven, that meant fighting with his family. Pink had to live under a fake Rose Quartz persona because her family didn't love her as she was. The only one who encouraged her was Pearl, who also loved her more as Rose Quartz. She surrounded herself with Gems who hated Pink Diamond, her true identity. In the end, she faked her own death, became Rose Quartz permanently, and lived the rest of her life being someone she really wasn't because she hated herself. She even said to Greg it was a good thing he didn't know who she really was; she thought Greg would hate Pink too. Steven was always loved by his dad, the Crystal Gems, his girlfriend, his friends, everyone in Beach City. He even got some enemies to love him too as soon as they get to know him. They always remind him how much they love him. Even when he was insecure about himself, who he really was, his purpose.... they keep telling him he's Steven and they love him as he is. All in all, Steven will be able to do things his mom couldn't, because he's surrounded by people who love him and encourage him to do anything.]]
328*** Another example of her being this to Steven occurs in the ''Steven Universe: Future'' episode "Snow Day". Both Steven and Pink wish to mature and leave childish things behind, with Steven becoming annoyed with the Crystal Gems and Pink Diamond becoming annoyed with [[spoiler:Spinel. However, while Pink ended up outright abandoning Spinel, Steven at least explained to the Crystal Gems that they need to see him as the mature teenager he is now, still loving them regardless of them treating him like a child. Steven would've been like Pink had he stopped caring about the Crystal Gems and chose to abandon them.]]
329* ShelteredAristocrat: [[spoiler:As a Diamond she was excepted to stay on the Moon Base instead of mingling with her subjects. She first became Rose Quartz to defy this.]]
330* ShorterMeansSmarter: [[spoiler:Tiny by Diamond standards, but she managed to make a very convincing cover story for her faked death and pull off a popular rebellion against her own people. Her short size also meant that she was "closer" to the humans on Earth, making her learn the empathy for living beings that the other Diamonds lacked.]]
331* ASimplePlan: She described her plan [[spoiler:to fake her shattering with Pearl's help]] as this. [[spoiler:Technically, the plan went off without a hitch, but Pink failed to account for the potential consequences, such as her family sending the Corruption Beam to wipe out all the Gems on Earth, though her surprise reveals she didn't even know they could do that.]] Additionally, one could count the Rebellion as this, since she likely did not expect her family making her a PuppetQueen (or at least hoped they would've listened).
332* SlaveToPR: Outright defied, despite what the other Diamonds wanted. [[spoiler:Blue and Yellow wanted her to just smile and wave at the Gems who adore her. Pink resented all of this, down to the "dumb" Diamond salute, because it wasn't who she was. She then changed the narrative and told the Crystal Gems that Pink Diamond was cold and cruel, while in her Rose Quartz guise. When Steven tries to fill in for Pink Diamond's duties, he understands better why she rebelled since he's not even allowed to dance at ''his'' own ball, or set up balloons or party cannons.]]
333* SmarterThanYouLook: At first, in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]], she seems to just be a brat who is demanding her army and planet. However, she did manage to create her own gem type, the Rose Quartzes. [[spoiler:Then we learn she ''started'' a rebellion and was preparing to lose it so as to save the Earth, and not even the intellectual Blue Diamond saw through the deception.]]
334* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:She is the only Diamond we know of that actively questioned the system that put her on top, and partly rebelled to save the Earth and partly to win her freedom. This obviously caused problems for her long before she gained a colony, and got her locked up on a regular basis, but she kept at it. Pearl paved the way by suggesting that Pink visit Earth in disguise, but Pink did the rest of the work by starting the rebellion. The reason why the Earth rebellion took the Diamonds off-guard was because no one had the will to defy them and live to tell the tale before.]]
335* SpikyHair: Subverted. Her stylized mural in "Back to the Moon" depicts her with a spiky hairstyle, but the flashback of her in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] shows that she actually had soft, fluffy hair. The mural could be an attempt to make her look [[CompensatingForSomething bigger and more threatening]] to other Gems.
336* StepfordSmiler: She has a semi-amused, semi-frustrated smile when telling her Pearl that [[spoiler:Yellow and Blue wouldn't be happy if they found Pink Diamond playing with the Quartzes on Earth. The last time she had a close friendship with a Gem — her first Pearl — the other Diamonds took the first Pearl away and made her into an EmptyShell. It's unclear if our Pearl already knew that, or if Pink didn't want to scare her.]]
337* StoneWall: While a LightningBruiser by the standards of other Gems, she's this among the Diamonds. She's the smallest and implied to be the weakest, but has defensive abilities none of the other Diamonds have. [[spoiler:Whereas the other Diamonds have no defense against each others' attacks, Pink's shield was able to block the Corruption attack by ''all three'' other Diamonds at once.]]
338* StrongFamilyResemblance:
339** When she is first officially seen in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]], her character design looks not unlike that of Rose Quartz. Her hair has the same messy consistency, they have similar facial features and lips, and her gem-placement is on her navel as well. Considering that she is a RoyalBrat and the Rose Quartz line of gems was created by her, this was probably done on purpose as a form of vanity. [[spoiler:Then we discover she and the Crystal Gems' leader Rose Quartz are one and the same.]]
340** [[spoiler:The top facets of the Rose Quartz line were apparently designed to look like the hidden top facet of her own Gem, which aided her well in her disguise as one.]]
341** [[spoiler:She was where Steven got his fluffy hair from, since her hair was very voluminous]].
342* SuperScream: She screamed with destructive power [[spoiler:much like Pink Steven]]. It tended to go out of control during her tantrums, [[spoiler:which ended up permanently damaged Pink Pearl, and apparently convinced her to never use them again]].
343* SuperStrength: She could compress a clump of dirt into diamond shards with only her hands.
344* ThouShaltNotKill: [[spoiler:Pink Diamond valued all life, Gem and organic alike, greatly. She tried everything she could do in practical terms to limit people getting hurt. Unfortunately, circumstances and her choices following that led to everyone getting hurt.]]
345* TokenGoodTeammate: Implied. She was a RoyalBrat, which is already somewhat of an improvement to the other Diamonds, but also a CheerfulChild, and her attempt to colonize the Earth is mostly just an attempt to prove herself worthy of being a Diamond. See also WhiteSheep below. [[spoiler:Confirmed with the reveal that she's Rose Quartz. Of course, she had to become this ''with time''. Being raised by the other Diamonds caused her to do less than stellar things at first, like throwing destructive temper tantrums and abandoning Spinel, but she later experienced CharacterDevelopment and rebelled against the other Diamonds' ways, including saving the Earth.]]
346* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:She went from an AnnoyingYoungerSibling to Blue and Yellow Diamond that couldn't be taken seriously, to a {{Chessmaster}} who masterminded the Crystal Gem rebellion against ''herself'' so the Earth could be free, and ultimately ended up cleverly ''[[FakingTheDead faking her own death]]'' to accomplish this, which fooled ''everyone''.]]
347* TookALevelInKindness: She went from a RoyalBrat trying to get attention from Yellow to a compassionate leader [[spoiler:trying to save all the life on her planet, organic and inorganic. To the point that she refused to kill anyone.]]
348* TrappedInVillainy: [[spoiler:Her talk with Blue Diamond shows she was trying rather desperately to just "surrender" Earth to the Crystal Gems and humanity for some time, but her fellow Diamonds wouldn't permit her to do so. This is part of what made her decide to make her Rose Quartz SecretIdentity rebel against herself, as well as ultimately fake her own death.]]
349* TraumaCongaLine: ''Boy'', does she go through trauma. She was constantly underestimated by her fellow Diamonds, [[spoiler:and her first Pearl was taken from her by White. When she came to love the Earth, she begged Blue and Yellow to let her spare it, but they refused to let her do it. After she [[FakingTheDead faked her shattering]], the other Diamonds blasted the Earth, which corrupted all her friends except Pearl, Ruby, and Sapphire.]]
350* TroubledAbuser: [[spoiler:The "Volleyball" episode of ''Future'' reveals she was the one who caused Pink Pearl, aka Volleyball's eye and facial crack. Volleyball is very diplomatic in her description of the incident, but Pink Diamond was definitely the one who hurt her. Whether accidentally or intentionally is matter for debate. The incident was one of a series of outbursts Pink had after suffering millennia of both emotional and physical abuse from White, Yellow and Blue herself, as seen and described in "Escapism" and "Change Your Mind". This abuse pushed Pink to her breaking point, and unfortunately also led to her perpetuating the cycle of abuse onto others, which all-too-often occurs in real life cases of abuse as well.]]
351* TutuFancy: Pink's outfit has a partial skirt sticking outward, making it resemble a tutu.
352* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler:It turns out she and Rose Quartz are the same person.]]
353* TheUnfavorite: Genuinely believed herself to be this, as Blue and Yellow Diamond went between ignoring her and admonishing her for not being enough like a Diamond. She was actually viewed as the favorite by Yellow, or at least White's favorite. However, she wasn't actually ''respected'' by the rest of the Diamonds, meaning that while she may have been liked, she wasn't really treated as an equal, which would explain her behavior.
354* UngratefulBitch:
355** She was accused of this by her fellow Diamonds as shown in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E17CantGoBack "Can't Go Back"]], when they demand that she finish the colony she begged them for despite her various misgivings [[spoiler:about hollowing life out of Earth that [[HumanityIsInfectious she grew fond of]].]] This similarly leads Pink to believe they don't care about her at all, driving her to even more extreme behavior [[spoiler:to the point where she decided to fully break ties, fake her death, and permanently become Rose Quartz]]. [[{{Hypocrite}} Ironically, they're the ones to talk considering that despite everything Pink did for them, this was how they repaid her]].
356** PlayedWith regarding [[spoiler:Spinel. While she did offer her comfort, love, loyalty, and respect, as well as making sure she was happy in spite of the sadness and loneliness she often had on Homeworld, the fact of the matter was the other Diamonds ''designed'' Spinel as such for Pink Diamond, making the entire thing feel hollow. In addition, with the implications that it was after Pink Pearl was taken, it was likely more as adding salt to the wound. While Spinel was a good friend to Pink Diamond and it was messed up what the latter did, one could also note that Spinel was just following her purpose compared to the genuine and willful companionship PD had with her Pearl.]]
357* UniversallyBelovedLeader:
358** While not the most powerful or feared Diamond, [[AdorablyPrecociousChild many Era I Gems, even those serving under other Diamonds, loved her]]. [[note]]Which is incredibly ironic (especially when it comes to Jasper, who has UndyingLoyalty for her) if it turns out her apparent size is the result of a defect (the way Amethyst is "overcooked"), given Homeworld's views on defective Gems.[[/note]]Given that she was a BenevolentBoss unlike her fellow Diamonds, this is {{justified|Trope}}.
359** [[spoiler:She is this to Gemkind ''in general''. Aside from the ones who don't know her, ''every'' gem, Crystal Gem or Homeworld Gem, loves (or at least admires) at least one of her two (three if you include Steven) identities. Being an AllLovingHeroine likely helps. Even Spinel still loves her, though she was angry at Pink when she abandoned Spinel for Earth and decided to destroy Earth as revenge, but Spinel got over it eventually]].
360** The Diamonds rule using fear. Those that follow them do so because they will be shattered (killed) if they fail to fulfill the role they were created for, or even for simply going against the social order. Pink Diamond was the ''exception'' to this, as the Gems that knew and were loyal to her followed her out of love and respect rather than fear.
361* {{Unperson}}: After her shattering, Yellow Diamond took steps to hide all references to her existence out of grief and desire not to be reminded of her lest it trigger more grief. Blue Diamond hoarded everything she could, maintaining Pink Diamond's Zoo, employing her Earth-born Quartzes, and even protecting the remaining bubbled Rose Quartzes from Yellow Diamond's wrath. White Diamond [[spoiler:seems to have known all along about the fake shattering and her adoption of the Rose Quartz identity, but kept it to herself because she believed Pink Diamond was just throwing the equivalent of an extended temper tantrum and needed to get it out of her system]]. Newer Gems like Leggy aren't even aware of her existence, a fact that distresses Blue.
362* UnreliableNarrator: Based on the flashback in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] and [[spoiler:Pearl recounting how Pink Diamond begged her fellow Diamonds to let her spare the Earth, it would seem that Pink was justified in thinking that the other Diamonds didn't actually care about her. However, it would then seen by their mourning that they did care about her, which clouds matters. Ultimately, it's revealed that while the Diamonds loved her, they did ''not respect'' her, and they [[KickTheDog took away her first Pearl when they transgressed normal Diamond-Pearl bonds]]. While she may have been a Diamond, the lack of respect makes the affection and sentiment seem hollow. Her Pebbles also adored her because she was kind to them, and fun. It still hammers in that Pink wanted someone to love ''and'' respect her of their free will and to not ignore her when she had something important to say.]]
363* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
364** In "The Movie", [[spoiler:she abandoned her playmate Spinel when she got her colony on Earth, making Spinel GoMadFromTheIsolation, ultimately trying to kill all life on Earth.]]
365** In general [[spoiler:the entire series' storyline only ever occurred because Pink Diamond made huge decisions that affected all of Gemkind and both Homeworld and Earth, but [[DidntThinkThisThrough hadn't thought the consequences through]] or caused [[DidntSeeThatComing completely unpredictable results]] because of them. Spinel's circumstances, tragic as they were, were just the ''tip of the iceberg'' from the sheer amount of doom Pink Diamond unintentionally caused]].
366* VillainousLegacy: Long after her [[spoiler:supposed shattering and [[DeathByChildbirth giving up her physical form to give birth to Steven]], Pink's loved ones remember her fondly and her legacy is the focus of most episodes.]]
367* VocalDissonance: She's a woman-child with the sultry voice of [[spoiler:Susan Egan]].
368* VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler:Used this to become Rose, rotating her gemstone vertically to hide her identity.]]
369* WalkingSpoiler: Anything concrete about her that was revealed in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E22Earthlings "Earthlings"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E23BackToTheMoon "Back to the Moon"]], including the very fact that she existed, is a total {{spoiler}}. [[spoiler:Especially the revelation that she was actually Rose Quartz and always has been, and that Steven's her son.]]
370* WeakButSkilled: In comparison to the other Diamonds, who appear to completely rely on being UnskilledButStrong physically and letting their PowersDoTheFighting, she knows how to summon her gem weapon [[spoiler:like her son Steven]], and has at least some skill with weapons she can't summon [[spoiler:like her sword]], but her size, durability, and strength appear to be greatly lacking compared to theirs. Granted, this still makes her StrongAndSkilled compared to nearly every other non-fused Gem in the series.
371* WellDoneDaughterGirl: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] shows her as rather desperate to have Yellow Diamond pay attention to her and treat her as an equal, which is presumably why she wanted a colony so badly. [[spoiler:When she actually ''got'' a colony and became attached to it, she ended up growing past this and opposing them, having come to the (mistaken) conclusion that they didn't care about her.]] However, the ''Diamond Days'' arc shows that she was not really respected by her fellow Diamonds, which explains her desperation to be seen as more equal to them [[spoiler:and indeed growing beyond them]].
372* WeUsedToBeFriends: She was initially very close to Blue and Yellow, with her FunPersonified personality constantly lightening up their mood and making them laugh. Unfortunately, over time it became clear that [[spoiler:did not respect her as an equal, something that became more prevalent over time and likely motivated her to do things like have her own colonized world. Her attempts at pleading with them to give Earth to the Crystal Gems and being reduced to a PuppetQueen when diplomacy failed seems to show when she became heartbroken with them. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]], both Blue and Yellow finally realize how much their behavior has hurt Pink, which [[TearsOfRemorse drives them to tears]]]].
373* WhatTheHellHero:
374** Rose supposedly called her out for not seeing the value of the Earth when begging for Pink to stop the colony. [[spoiler:Rose lied; Pink gave ''herself'' the speech when she realized what the colony would do to the planet she loved.]]
375** [[spoiler:''Yellow Diamond'']], of all people, gives "her" one in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]] for [[spoiler:[[FakingTheDead faking her death]] and causing her and Blue to grieve for ''millennia''. Likewise, she states in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]] that Pink abandoned her and Blue, [[NeverMyFault not acknowledging that it was her treatment of Pink that caused her to do so]].]]
376* WhatYouAreInTheDark:
377** Her public persona was that of a caring, but strong ruler, something Yellow and Blue tried to enforce on her. [[spoiler:But she actually didn't want to have anything to do with Homeworld's methods, she wanted to set Earth free for earthlings and her subjects. The other Diamonds' rejection led to her leading a rebellion under the identity of Rose Quartz and faking her death.]]
378** We see this most prominently when [[spoiler:she and Pearl, while they are in disguise on Earth, witness both the damage that the Kindergarten is causing as well as the organic life. Pink Diamond as Rose realizes that she's going to destroy life on the planet if this continues. Pearl apologizes, but Rose thanks her for showing her, and she decides to make the change to save the Earth because she wants to, not because anyone is pressuring her. The least cautious route would have been to sit back and watch the damage, but Pink didn't want to be cautious.]]
379* WhiteSheep: Interestingly, Pink Diamond has been explicitly shown to have not participated in the nastiest crimes against Gem and non-Gem-kind that the Diamonds have committed. She was out of the picture before the fusion experiments started and before the Diamonds corrupted nearly every Gem on Earth. She was also never able to complete even one colony, while her fellow Diamonds are shown from their murals on the moon base to have several under each of their belts. Also, the Human Zoo; while the way it treats its human occupants is unnerving and it shows that she might've thought of them as little more than animals, it's still more than any Diamond has been shown to do to preserve the species living on the planets they conquer. [[spoiler:Confirmed with TheReveal; she was Rose, and for all her faults, she genuinely ''did'' want to free Earth for the Crystal Gems and humans. It also turns out that ''Blue'' had the Zoo made when she expressed concern about humanity not surviving the invasion.]]
380* WillfullyWeak: [[spoiler:In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E4Volleyball Volleyball]]", it is revealed that Pink Diamond had an arsenal of destructive powers that even Pearl didn't know about. It's implied she never used them again because she scarred Pink Pearl with them]].
381* WiseBeyondHerYears: Since she was only a child by Gem standards, her [[spoiler:coming to realize the error of the other Diamonds' ways and love life on Earth means she matured faster than Yellow and Blue, who are both ''much'' older than her. This is a trait she would later pass on to her son, Steven.]]
382* WithFriendsLikeThese: [[spoiler:She wasn't exactly the most considerate to either Spinel or Volleyball to put it lightly, abandoning the former because she wanted to be taken seriously and grew tired of her childish antics and most likely forgetting about her, and injuring and traumatizing the latter during her temper tantrums. At the very least, in the case with Volleyball, it seemed to trigger a kind of HeelRealization as she doesn't exhibit the same abusive behavior after Spinel and never used her destructive powers again.]]
383-->'''Spinel:''' Oh, you're so protective with your ''real'' friends, and you're so ''careless'' with your fake ones!
384* WomanChild: She was much more immature than a thousand-year-old Gem should probably be, and Yellow Diamond tried to tell her to act her age. [[spoiler:She only really grew up after she decided to fight for the Earth, but even then she retains her childish flaws]].
385* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The only reason why she tried to colonize the Earth was to prove herself worthy of being a Diamond and be acknowledged by the other Diamonds. [[spoiler:After her HeelFaceTurn, she becomes a ''Woobie, Protector of Worlds''.]]
386* TheWorfEffect:
387** She was powerful by Gem and human standards, and [[spoiler:skilled with a sword, as we saw in her Rose Quartz guise]]. But Blue and Yellow can easily pick her up, manhandle or even hurt her. Her power and status means nothing to her fellow Diamonds, and they all but acknowledge their bad treatment of her in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]].
388** Rose's sword was able to poof even ''her'', a Diamond. [[spoiler:Though the blow only landed because Pink allowed Pearl, shapeshifted into Rose, to do it.]]
389* WrongContextMagic: Notably the only Diamond whose primary abilities can fully affect non-Gems.
390* TheXenophile: A flashback in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]] hints that she always had a fascination with organic lifeforms, having apparently once released a group of alien creatures during a ball.
391* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:She [[FakingTheDead fakes her shattering]] not only so she could be free from the Diamonds' abuse, but [[AllLovingHeroine also so the Earth and its inhabitants could be free]]. This does happen... [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished at the cost of most of her friends getting corrupted]].]]
392* YouAreNotReady: She was constantly denied a colony because her fellow Diamonds knew she wouldn't be able to handle the responsibility of running one. While Pink did receive the Earth, it was only because Yellow had enough of Pink's childishness and gave it to her so she would stop complaining. [[spoiler:Turns out that they were right in a sense. Pink Diamond could not handle running a colony... but because she realized what they were doing was wrong]].
393* YouDontLookLikeYou: Pink has had several presented designs throughout the show. Her mural presents her with massive hair that spiked forward, an adult-like figure (a noticeable chest and shapely legs), and a point-cut (diamond shaped) gem. Her first real appearance in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] showed her as child-like, roughly Stevonnie's size, with uneven, fluffy hair and a brilliant-cut (the most common jewelry cut) gem. The [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E6Gemcation "Gemcation"]] flashback shows her as over twice Garnet's height, with a point-cut gem and tall, spiky hair reminiscent of White Diamond's mural. Garnet's story in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]] has her about five times larger than Rose Quartz, with forward-swept hair. Her final design as seen in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose "A Single Pale Rose"]] (and before that [[SpoiledByTheMerchandise a foam keychain]]) gives her a more even hairdo with five distinct bumps, poofy shorts and shoes with pom-poms, and shows her to be around twice Pearl's size. Of course, the flashbacks in "Gemcation" and "Your Mother and Mine" were from the point of view of someone who didn't know the details of her appearance InUniverse, and the mural was likely subject to ArtisticLicense (Blue Diamond's mural is noticeably spikier and more angular than her real look).
394* YourSizeMayVary: The flashback in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E6Gemcation "Gemcation"]] depicts her as being only slightly shorter than Yellow and Blue Diamond, but in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]] she appears only around Stevonnie's height. Her actual size is more likely to be the latter given physical evidence found on the abandoned moon base of "Jungle Moon", as well as the smaller size of the chair in the Moon Earth base compared to the Jungle Moon one, although it's possible she somehow managed to permanently grow herself to the former height. Another possibility is that she wore limb enhancers like Peridot did, and "Jungle Moon" reveals her true form. [[UnreliableNarrator It's also possible that the flashback in "Gemcation" could just be Steven's imagination.]] The flashback in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]] puts even more confusion over her height, as it shows that she's at least five times taller than Rose Quartz, yet if she's Stevonnie's height, she would have to be shorter than Rose; it could be that her height in her flashback was either Garnet or Steven's imagination. [[spoiler:Her true height is about twice that of Pearl's, still huge but rather small compared to the other Diamonds. And like large fusions, her gemstone [[StylizedForTheViewer looks whatever size is necessary to be visible]]: When poofed or in Steven's body, it's small enough to fit in a human-sized hand. When she's in her usual form it seems to double in width.]]
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