Pink's abilities may have developed after she joined the rebellion so the diamonds didn't realize they were what a diamond could even do.

I can understand why yellow and blue diamond wouldn't come to the conclusion that Steven's gem is a pink diamond remember they both show signs of still being affected by the grief of what they think is pink shattering. Combined with the idea that they couldn't see their precious little sister rebelling against homeworld then they would most likely deny it. Blue diamond is openly affected by grief and hatred for Rose that can cloud her vision so she doesn't look close enough to realize the differences between Stevens gem compared to a normal rose quartz. Then there's yellow diamond she was going with the form of grief where she would try to push it down try to force herself to move past it she might realize the difference when she gets a closer look but she's more likely to deny it because she doesn't want to get her hopes up only to have her heart shatter even more

I know this was posted a long time ago but tbh the stark difference in colour palettes for our main characters is so they stand out from the side characters our peridot pearl amethyst all have extremely unique designs compared to others of their kind and our ruby and sapphire are always fused. All our main gang would probably be a lot more similar to others of their kind in a realistic scenario but it’s a cartoon so they get to be bright shades of their gems colour.

Enid granhpa Is dr jeklyn and Mr hyde

"Shine bright like a diamond"😂

Also, it makes sense people think she's White diamonds Pearl because her outfit has the assorted colours, which is common with a prism.

In the movie we see that even after rejuvenated; All gems keep their *gem* in the same place it always is. It's very possible that White had a pearl but didn't really need it. So when taking away the Pink Pearl, White just gave her the Pearl she had but never used.

what i'm wondering is if rose quartz actually fused with the other gems other than pearl. rainbow quartz 2.0 is the only of the steven-gem jusions that has a "2.0" in their name as rose and pearl have fused. tho i may just not have the info.

I think that maybe the reaosn yellow and blue diamon didnt recognize it was because A. The idea of a gem changing there gem form let alone a diamon was something that didn't exist or seem possible and B. They never seen the top of pinks diamond, on from the side like this -> 💎 and not this -> 🔴

1:43 i forgot how i should be hearing “KINDERGARTENer”

How often do gems see diamonds in person.

the existence of off color gems like Padparadscha could explain why THIS rose quartz had such unique abilities that no other had

Im surprised nobody's mentioned that Pearl's song in the movie is called "system/BOOT,PearlFinal(3),info" Take note of fhe 3, when one would presume this is only her first time booting up on factory settings since her creation.

This reminds me of an old story I had where Noah Kaiba, after the Virtual World, awoke from a coma (this is going by dub where he was vegetative but not dead) as a young adult and assumes a new identity to avoid crossing paths with Seto again. The only differences are obviously the age, the fact that his hair got darker as he got older, him having a slightly different haircut, and him acting older and more mature due to character development (also actively trying to avoid acting like his old self out of shame AND to sell the bit). Neither Seto nor Mokuba recognize him until he outright tells them.

I've never watched this show and i dont know the lore but i enjoyed watching this

I still don’t exactly understand why pearl has a rainbow design.. why wouldn’t she just be a pink pearl? is it because she’s a gift from all of them and was made from all of their essence combined for more compatibility? I used to think because since she was rainbow, she was originally white’s because i liked the theory that white diamond was originally a rainbow diamond, losing her color by giving it to the gems around her

Last thing to note, diamonds cant poof, as shown from yellow trying to destabilize blue's form, so she couldnt poof, meaning no one could see the hidden part of her gem, making it easier, and during the war, pearl also protected her from other kinds of damage that could cause a poof.

Regarding recognizing a gem like you recognize a face, assuming this works through visual recognition the same way humans do with faces, it's very possible that just seeing it at an angle that you wouldn't normally see it could make it harder to recognize. If someone took a picture of the bottom of your close family member's chin angled from their chest (and with different hair, the closest human equivalent to taking a different form), you might not recognize who that is, especially if it were a context where you don't expect to see it. Like, maybe if your sibling sent you that picture, you have a good chance of guessing your mother's face from a strange angle. But if I sent it to you, you'd have no reason to even consider the possibility that that is your mom because why would it be? (no momma joke intended) In the same way, no one would even consider the possibility that that gem is Pink Diamond from a strange angle when there's no reason to consider the possibility that Steven's gem is Pink Diamond. And it makes it even harder to predict when it specifically resembles the front view of a different race of gems at that angle (carrying on the parallel, it's like if the lighting on the chin photo makes it look like she's a different ethnicity, further reducing the chance you recognize that it's her)

this is also really late but in the aspect of pink holding her shapeshift into rose, i believe after pearl poofed her pearl states that pink reforms as rose

how? the show was written by incompetents, that's how

I just wondered how Amythest didn't question why Smoky Quartz had 3 arms, or how Pearl or Amythest didn't at least think of why Rose Quartz and Pearl didn't fuse into another Opal

I think it is highly probable that both pearls belonged to pink. The pearl with cracks in her face being Earth's Pearl predecessor.

i think its also worth adding that some gems, especially those on home world, might have assumed that rose was an off color because it aligned with homeworld's whole philosophy that off color gems were problem makers that needed to be dealt with. also with regard to her powers, i think on homeworld's side of things, any claims that would have reached the diamonds (who never saw the battlefield for themselves) would have been disregarded as rebel propaganda and similarly within the rebellion the vast majority of members would not have interacted with rose at length so differences in power would have went unnoticed and anything they did know about would have fit into the narrative that rose is this almost saint like figure with special abilities; whether or not these stories would have been taken entirely literally or if they were given a more folkloric quality is also possible. Many gems might have been entirely unaware of what rose quartzes could even do since they were decommissioned at some point not to mention that unless a gems purpose involved knowing the classifications of gems they might not know the details of different gem types power just in general.

i have now learned more about steven universe than i ever wanted.

5:20 well both Papa G and Jo convinced that things were off. But it only took me the second episode to truly understand what’s happening. The first episode is left on a cliffhanger where everyone is cheering Kid Cosmic’s victory and they’re all happy, except for Papa G. He seems confused, unsure, skeptical

What about the pearl system/BOOT.PearlFinal(3)

The people in the comments are so slow I swear 😭😭 pearl at first was literally just a default pearl. That’s how all default, non personalized pearls look😂

I love that finally someone says that yellow and blue were white’s pearls

I very much disagree she was whites and she got rejuvenated as in the movie the song was called pearl.boot(3) like when a file gets duplicate as she was whites(1) got reset for pink(2) and in the movie (3)

Hrm... Okay. I used to believe the Pearl Swap theory, but now I like the Pearl Replacement idea pretty nicely. It's all based on what we can infer about gem culture, but let's presume that Pearls are either 1. Created by Diamonds, directly, as their personal servants 2. Created in a Kindergarten, but assigned to individual Diamonds (and color-coded appropriately) So, what could these two things mean for this theory? Depends based on which version we go with: 1. By being directly created, the Diamonds can control aspects of their formation, leading them to have different configurations/colorings. And the Diamonds being vain, Blue Yellow and Pink each made their Pearls in their own image. They matched color and gem location because that's what the Diamond willed into creation. With Pink's replacement Pearl being made by White, herself, for Pink. White would have the power to bestow such an ability, I would think, and would be able to access more of the spectrums of light (allowing our Pearl to have multi-colored outfits, whereas most gems have monotone outfits, matching their gem colors) 2. Alternatively if they come from a Kindergarten, as per normal, it could just be that they were separated by coloration, like we do with real gems. Like, how in real life, rubies and sapphires are technically both just corundum, just reacting with different stuff. However, the fact that it's an ability specific to Pearl/Pink, and not seen in any of the other Diamonds and their gems, idk how that may have come about. . . Perhaps it was White manipulating her mind, but we can't really say for certain, in this version, because the Diamonds would have a lot less direct control over Pearl's creation.

No gem? White diamond would like to have a word with you

I'm definitely on the "They recognized her, but could not Possibly Imagine Pink would hide like that (Also she was dead) so they just brushed it off as an Amazingly Similar looking gem..." but my issue is that if they immediately recognize "Who" a gem is, they 'should' have also recognized "What" her gem was, so that would have blown her cover.

Vollyball also mentions that she’s older than pearl

she could have easily gotten a factory reset

my theory is that white never had a pearl, pink pearl used to be pink diamonds pearl and was swapped out for a ‘more sensible pearl’ because she believed pink pearl was a bad influence on pink diamond. pearl was made specifically for pink diamond, but was made to be more like white diamond so she could balance out pink’s chaotic personality. and i think the reason why white diamond kept pink pearl is simply to enact a weird punishment on her. why else would white diamond need a pearl, especially one as cutesy and fun as pink pearl, other than to puppet around a gem who stepped out of line.

Bad writing is the correct answer.

Imagine you were just some avaerage gem, and you manage to spot the difference, what exactly are you going to do with that information? You gonna run up to the authorities and accuse what to most people is just an above average rose quartz is actually Pink Diamond? That prospect gets even worse after the staged shattering. It would be like if I was walking down the street one day walked past an old woman and happened to notice it was Queen victoria in disguise, like, what do I do with that? And think about it from the POV of the gem who noticed, what is she going to think? That this highly unlikely, borderline impossible thing is happening, or that she's simply mistaken.

Nothing in this world will ever make me believe that our pearl was made for pink…. There are only 4 pearls in the whole show and each one has a gem placement corresponding to their respective diamond… if our pearl was “made” for pink, why wasn’t her gem placed on her stomach? I will always believe tiara she was originally made for white diamond but was deemed “defective” because of her colors.. same as how pink was deemed defective because of her size.

The only thing that confuses me is why would white diemond choose to take volleyball as her pealr? Like she's pink diamonds old pearl and her eye is messed up badly, it doesn't make any sense why white diamond would choose to have such a inperfect pearl as her own since she was super obsessed with everything being perfect

I still think 'where's white diamond's pearl?' is unresolved, the pearls aren't _just_ for feeling superior to, they're very useful assistants. I mean, she uses Volleyball that way, why wouldn't she have a pearl before?

They shouldn't be able to tell by the color. The color is from impurities in the gem, and diamond and quartz both have a wide variety of colors. They should have been able to tell by the index of refraction. Quartz has an index of refraction of 1.55 and diamond has an index of refraction of 2.42.

Pink had her own that was taken by white and our pearl is a "gift" from white but she's basic and default which white sees as bad but pink sees as a blank slate to be molded into whatever pearl wants to be herself

I think it’s because nobody was looking for those differences. Why would they? Unless there was some indication that Pink Diamond had hidden herself as a Quartz, nobody would look for the evidence. Anyone who’d point it out would be considered a conspiracy theorist (at best).

eah in retrospect the fact that rose was op was the biggest clue she wasn't wha tshe siad she was

The pearl swap theory is honestly not for discussion unless you want it as a headcannon. Pearl was never white’s and specifically made for pink. However, the creation of pearls are indeed connected to white diamond. White diamond created the reef on her 5th colony (as said by one of the makers). So it makes sense as to why pearls default design has her gem in her forehead. If she was customized, her gem would be place elsewhere and look more like pink. Our pearl’s design is the default. So she’s gonna represent white originally.

I think they did swap, maybe because pink diamond felt so bad for pink pearl when she did that to her eye so she wanted to swap. When pink diamond got her colony she and pearl didn’t get along that well, pearl looked more shy, even though they should’ve known each for a long time. In the movie the title says 3.0 if you think about it the first time was when she was created and shown to white, then she swapped and shown to pink and then to Greg which is the third time. And that she could only take an order like that from her diamond is true, but she totally forgot her past which makes pink her first diamond. Steven’s flashback also shows volleyball with pink diamond and they look like they’re getting really along and know each other. She wanted her colony which, but didn’t get on then she hurt volleyball (pink pearl), then when she has her colony we see only OG pearl so I guess after she hurt volleyball she and white switched.

i always just assumed that a diamond's shapeshifting abilities were far superior to normal gems and even translated into their gems, that's the easiest explanation not only that, we can also assume that pink diamond is in some way related to spinels who can manipulate their body beyond what most gems can, maybe pink even learned a few tricks from her own spinel

I only came to this vid after watching the episode in SU Future where pink pearl remarks that she’s older than pearl. I have a theory that this could mean one of two things: - Our Pearl was created after the original Pink Pearl. This highly supports the idea that the pearls were never swapped to begin with and that our Pearl was truly created only for Pink after the incident with Pink Pearl. - Our Pearl was rejuvenated and actually swapped with Pink Pearl. Think of it this way - when the gems rejuvenated, they had no recollection of their former selves. It’s quite possible that when a gem is rejuvenated, their age also resets. It’s quite possible that Pink Pearl knew our Pearl was rejuvenated and therefore “younger” than her even though they may actually be the same age. (I believe that Pink Pearl was never rejuvenated, hence her abilities to recall her memories of Pink. It’s quite possible that Pearl might’ve suffered the same treatment as Pink Pearl - complete mind control - if she was ever owned by white and possibly rejuvenated for absolutely no reason other than to reset her for pink). Rejuvenation could also explain the customization of pearls outfit for pink while still retaining features that specifically make her look like a white Pearl and as another comment pointed out, could explain the “3” mentioned when Pearl rejuvenated during the movie. Personally, based on the video, comments from the crewniverse, and the way the line was worded in the episode, I highly believe the first of my two theories is probably correct. (Which leaves the question of why white diamond would never have a Pearl until taking Pinks Pearl).

Gonna state the obvious, they're the Power Rangers, and still have their sense of teamwork and selflessness, but with the important detail that the Rangers were always a defensive unit, and their battles were more often than not against enemies who'd already identified as hostile and had made their intentions clear to conquer Earth, or "cleanse" it. And EVEN THEN they'd have episodes of monsters of the week showing more free will than their masters were comfortable with (more so in the Japanese version, most of the characters were turned into fake-defectors in Rangers).

Frankly just from what Sugar said, Pink Diamond's gem stopped being "Pink Diamond" because Pink Diamond herself no longer saw herself as Pink Diamond. She wanted to be a Rose Quartz and the gem responded to that wish. And when she "died" to give birth to Steven, the gem stopped being "Pink Diamond's Gem" complete and became Steven Universe. We saw that when White Diamond forcefully took the gem out of Steven. It cycled through the Pink Diamond and Rose Quartz identity but ultimately it knew it was Steven Universe. That's why Pink Steven exists. The gem itself "shape-shifted" and that's why no one could identify it. It didn't show signs of change, but it clearly DID change.