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Two Gems deeply in love with each other. Together, they form the fusion that is Garnet.
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!!Both
* AmnesiacLover: In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'', [[spoiler:Ruby and Sapphire lose their memories after they're hit with the Rejuvenator. Still, it takes them less than a day to fall in love all over again and re-fuse into Garnet.]]
* BattleCouple: They always fight together while fused as Garnet who is the embodiment of their passionate love.
* BerserkButton: Because they spend so much time as Garnet, fusion is a ''very'' personal matter to Ruby and Sapphire. Their anger at Pearl for tricking Garnet into fusing with her causes them to unfuse as Ruby doesn't want to forgive Pearl while Sapphire thinks they should, even though [[TranquilFury she's still just as furious on the inside]].
-->'''Sapphire:''' You're choosing to take it personally.\\
'''Ruby:''' IT'S ''FUSION'', SAPPHIRE!! WHAT'S MORE PERSONAL TO US THAN ''FUSION?!?''
* CommonLawMarriage: Ruby and Sapphire shared a committed, monogamous love for [[EternalLove over five millennia]] (pretty long [[TimeDissonance even by gem standards]]), but weren't married as this is a concept foreign to gems. [[spoiler:On Steven's suggestion, they hold a wedding as a way to commemorate their relationship even when they're apart from each other.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: Both spend most of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]] doing terribly at the baseball game because they're focusing on how cute the other is rather than the job at hand. Sapphire, who can ''literally foresee where a baseball will come from'', cannot successfully hit it for most of the episode because she's busy flirting with the catcher Ruby.
* TheDividual: The Syndividual type. Although their personalities and appearances are very different, Ruby and Sapphire have spent a long, ''long'' time fused into a single being, and their first priority when separated is to find each other again. This is explored in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E21TheQuestion "The Question"]], when Garnet breaks apart due to Sapphire's shock at Rose Quartz's greatest secret. Ruby goes off to do a bit of soul searching, reasoning she'd spent so long as Garnet she didn't really know who ''she'' was. It doesn't take her long to discover she likes being Ruby, but loves being with Sapphire. [[spoiler:Her and Steven's solution is for her and Sapphire to get married, with the implication they might unfuse more often but still be together symbolically.]]
* ElementalHairColors: Granted, it applies to their entire bodies, but the redhead Ruby can produce fire and the light blue-haired Sapphire can produce ice.
* EternalLove: Ruby and Sapphire have been in a stable, loving relationship for ''5,750'' years.[[note]]And 8 months.[[/note]] And they're just as in love as the first day they met.
* FireIceDuo: Ruby (fire) and Sapphire (ice) have [[RedOniBlueOni contrasting color schemes and personalities]] [[ElementalPersonalities that match their respective elements]], and [[OppositesAttract are also lovers]].
* {{Foil}}: To each other. Ruby is hot-headed and emotional, and it's implied that she constantly hurts herself trying to get out of her cell in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak "Jail Break"]]. Sapphire is calm and collected and simply sings to calm Ruby down. They're also red and blue respectively. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]] further exemplifies this; both are angry enough with Pearl that they're suffering from PowerIncontinence, but Sapphire is already prepared to forgive Pearl for tricking them, while Ruby is literally fuming with rage over it. The reason being that Ruby gets so emotional that she's essentially stuck in the present, only thinking about how mad she is rather than any actual solutions. Sapphire, on the other hand, focuses too much on the future where the problem has already been solved and didn't notice the emotional strain that exists before the actual resolution. They even are this power-wise. Ruby has fire powers and SuperStrength whereas Sapphire has ice powers and SuperSpeed. Even their designed places in the Gem caste system are opposites, Ruby is a RedShirt, Sapphire is a BlueBlood.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Ruby and Sapphire defuse for three episodes straight to help [[spoiler:infiltrate the Zoo]].
* HeelFaceTurn: They were originally part of Blue Diamond's court and helped fighting off the then newly-born Gem Resistance, but fled after they accidentally fused into a Garnet, and officially joined the other side after they met Rose again.
* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: A DiscountLesbians example. Ruby is HotBlooded and wears martial arts-inspired clothes in contrast to Sapphire who is ladylike and dresses like a princess. Ironically, [[spoiler: during their wedding Ruby dons a dress and Sapphire a suit]].
* OfficialCouple: They're in a explicit romantic relationship [[spoiler:and later, hold a wedding ceremony to reaffirm their eternal love for each other, so they consider themselves married now]].
* OneTrueLove: Garnet is such a perfect, stable fusion because Ruby and Sapphire are an ideal couple deeply in love even after thousands of years of being together. They're so perfect for each other that their fusion happens very naturally (even by accident sometimes) as if it's their fate to be one with each other.
* OppositesAttract: Ruby and Sapphire are each other's complete opposite in personality, color, and elemental affinity. They're still completely devoted to each other and their differences make up for what the other lacks, creating the perfectly stable RomanticFusion that is Garnet.
* RedOniBlueOni: Ruby is the Red Oni to Sapphire is the Blue Oni. Ruby's passion and concern helps Sapphire to stay in the present instead of peering into the future when the matters have been resolved and thus grow distant and complacent. In return, Sapphire happens to be one of the few people that can keep Ruby cool and collected when the two aren't in conflict with each other.
* RescueRomance: Ruby saved Sapphire from being poofed by Rose Quartz, accidentally causing them to fuse into Garnet for the first time. Afterwards, Blue Diamond wanted to have Ruby shattered for said fusion, but Sapphire wouldn't allow that and ran away with Ruby to save her from her punishment. As they wandered on Earth together, they soon fell in love and decided to stay fused forever. [[spoiler:After they are reset in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'' and lose all their memories, an attempt by Steven, Peridot, Lapis, and Bismuth to recreate this scenario ends with the two of them swapping roles, with Sapphire being the one to save Ruby from almost being shattered and the two once again fusing into Garnet as a result.]]
* SickeninglySweethearts: When they're not a single being or fighting, they can't stop flirting and making kissy faces at each other. Witness when they're making up in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]] and Steven covers his eyes so as not to witness the incredible sappiness. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]], they're flirting so heavily that they can't focus on the game at all.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Ruby and Sapphire never had eyes for anyone but each other.
* TwirlOfLove: Ruby and Sapphire love each other and being fused so much that they don't even ''need'' to do an elaborate dance, they just twirl and the fusion happens naturally.
* UptownGirl: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] reveals that Sapphire was an aristocratic BlueBlood, while Ruby was a common low level soldier. Both fell in love while Ruby was working as Sapphire's bodyguard.
* WalkingSpoiler: Their existence reveals Garnet is a fusion, though after Season 1, it's a LateArrivalSpoiler.
!!Ruby
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CharlyneYi\\\
''"I am an eternal flame, baby!"''
A small, red Gem that is always Fused with Sapphire. Described by the creators as "someone who cares a lot", she often lets her anger and frustration get the best of her, and so is complemented well by her more reserved partner Sapphire.
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* AfroAsskicker: She was built to be a foot soldier, and her hair looks like a square 'fro.
* {{Angrish}}: Frequently and with gusto.
* BadLiar: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]] confirms that about the only person in the history of fiction she's a better liar than is ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. She does get away with it, but mostly because the people she's lying to are bungling morons who quite literally cannot count past six.
* BodyguardCrush: Originally, she was one of three Rubies assigned to the "rare aristocratic Gem, Sapphire". She never expected said Sapphire would become her girlfriend for the next millennia.
* BoyishShortHair: Her short hair contrasts with Sapphire's LongHairIsFeminine.
* BrokenTears: She breaks down in tears when [[spoiler:Sapphire denounces their relationship as being based on one of Rose's lies and leaves]].
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E11KeepingItTogether "Keeping It Together"]] had Garnet's red-colored eye openly crying at the sight of the fusion experiment monster and during the ensuing dialogue between Ruby and Sapphire, Ruby's outrage seems to stem from being unable to save her former allies from this fate. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], when it seems like [[UnstoppableRage nothing will calm Ruby down]], she stops ''dead in her tracks'' when Steven asks if her and Sapphire arguing is his fault.
* BurningWithAnger: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], her anger over the events of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E14CryForHelp "Cry for Help"]] get her so mad that she causes an entire pool to evaporate with her heat powers while standing in it.
* ButchLesbian: A {{Discount Lesbian|s}} with a masculine design, albeit a cute and diminutive one.
* CharacterTics: Whenever Ruby feels agitated, panicked, and/or angry, she places both of her hands on the side of her head.
* ComicalAngryFace: Makes several of them in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]] while furious over Pearl's betrayal, complete with bugged-out eyes and clenched teeth while she's shaking a diner table.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror:
** Downplayed heavily, but still implied in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]], in which she states that she doesn't care if she dies, due to there already being a ton of other Rubies. Though this belief may have changed over time.
** It's implied that she has a bit of this mentality left over in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak "Jail Break"]], where she openly considers her own well-being as unimportant compared to Sapphire's.
* DumbMuscle: Ruby thinks of herself as this, since that's what Rubies are made to be. But while it's true that she has her fair share of dumb moments, such as ComicallyMissingThePoint of making {{Suspiciously Specific Denial}}s because she's just a BadLiar, she's by far the most levelheaded, intelligent and rational Ruby we see on the show. Even early on when she just viewed herself as [[ExpendableClone one Ruby among many]] she was clearly the [[OnlySaneWoman Only Sane Gem]] among Sapphire's bodyguards. Her problem is not so much that she's stupid, she's just very impulsive and bad at thinking ahead.
* DuplicateDivergence: Ruby started out so utterly identical to other Rubies that when she fused with them, she barely noticed because she still had exactly the same mind and personality -- like herself "but bigger". After meeting Sapphire, she chooses to stay fused with her as Garnet to be part of a unique being instead of just another Ruby.
* ElementalPersonalities: She's the classic hot-head with fire powers.
* ExpendableClone: Initially considered herself to be essentially this, as seen in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]].
-->'''Sapphire:''' They were gonna break you!\\
'''Ruby:''' Who cares? There's ''tons'' of me!
** It's implied that she may still think of herself this way to a certain extent. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak "Jail Break"]], she responds with a "Who cares?!" when Sapphire asks if she's hurt. [[spoiler:Another example is in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E12GemHeist "Gem Heist"]], where she rants angrily about why she hates Blue Diamond: she hates fusion and love and tried to punish Sapphire. Notably, Ruby never brings up that Blue Diamond tried to kill ''her''.]]
* {{Expy}}: Design-wise, of [[WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes K.O.]] during his series' conceptualization, per WordOfGod, on [[https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/894737129095475200 the Cartoon Network Twitter]]. [[invoked]]
* FatalFlaw: Ruby is so emotional that she can get caught up in her own feelings when there is a problem and be unwilling or unable to move past her feelings to work on a solution.
* FieryRedhead: Ruby is the "fury" according to "Stronger Than You", and her hair has a reddish tint.
* FireIsMasculine: Ruby is one of the more masculine gems in the series; she has BoyishShortHair, a sporty outfit, and an aggressive temper. She also has the ability to heat up the room and set things on fire, [[PsychoactivePowers especially when she's angry. Contrast this with her more stoic and feminine partner, Sapphire, who has ice powers.]]
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Much like Pearl, our Ruby was born and bred to be just another expendable, inconsequential member of her class. Most of her early interactions with Sapphire in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] reflect this -- she's genuinely confused that Sapphire cares about her as a person, because there are tons more like her. While this is also evident to an extent with Sapphire, for Ruby especially becoming Garnet reflected becoming more than what she was expected to be -- and in the current day, she seems much better adjusted than Pearl was despite starting with the same issues.
* HeroicBuild: Her stocky design makes her look quite muscular (especially if you compare her side by side with Sapphire).
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: She puts Sapphire in much higher regard than herself and often lets herself be blamed for things. Sapphire is not happy when she does this, though.
** From [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak "Jail Break"]]:
--->'''Ruby:''' Are you okay? Did they hurt you?\\
'''Sapphire:''' No. Did they hurt you?\\
'''Ruby:''' Who cares?!\\
'''Sapphire:''' I do!
** From [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]]:
--->'''Ruby:''' Sapphire... No, no no no no no no no! This is all my fault! I-I didn't want to look for a solution, I-I just wanted to be mad! Y-You're right! You're always right! I was being stupid!\\
'''Sapphire:''' I don't think you're stupid!
* HiddenDepths: If [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FsELnENMrE this bumper]] is considered canon, Ruby is enthusiastic about abstract painting.
* HotBlooded: She feels all her emotions intensely. When she gets mad, she gets ''furious'', and when she's upset, she's ''horrified''.
* ImmortalImmaturity: She's six thousand years old and is still prone to throwing violent tantrums when she gets really mad. As of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]], she seems to be working on it, as she handles the reveal that [[spoiler:Rose Quartz was Pink Diamond all along]] in a much calmer fashion than Sapphire.%%End of an Era
* ImmuneToFate: Apparently she's so spontaneous that Sapphire can't reliably predict her actions with future vision.
* ImprobableHairstyle: Like Garnet, Ruby has a ''square'' afro.
* InkSuitActor: Rebecca Sugar incorporated a lot of [[http://stevencrewniverse.tumblr.com/post/124211063877 Charlyne Yi's physical antics into Ruby's mannerisms]].
* InstantExpert: While calling herself dumb, she actually learned to play guitar very quickly -- in less than ten minutes!
* IronicName: While most of the Ruby gemstone mythos fits her very well, there's one big exception: Real life rubies are associated with nobility, and are actually more valuable than diamonds, while Homeworld has rubies (including Crystal Gem Ruby) as an expendable RedShirtArmy caste.
* IWillFindYou: Ruby has a single desire when they're separated: find Sapphire. After they get married, Ruby and Sapphire are more comfortable spending time apart.
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Really likes cowboys, to the point of deciding to dress and act as one during the events of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E21TheQuestion "The Question"]].
* LargeHam: Ruby has a tendency to over-exaggerate with her face and gesticulations, particularly when aggravated.
* LeeroyJenkins: She just runs through the ship screaming Sapphire's name, with no apparent concern that she might instead run into Jasper or Peridot.
* MartialArtsHeadband: She's a fighter who wears a red (later gold) headband which [[IdenticalTwinIDTag visually distinguishes her from any other Ruby]].
* MeaningfulName: In gemstone mythos, rubies encourage closeness and commitment and it deepens a couple's relationship, reflecting how Ruby's whole world revolves around Sapphire. They also sharpen the mind, bringing a heightened awareness and excellent concentration, showing her focus on one thing at the time to the point of one-track mindness and how she amplifies Sapphire's precognition as Garnet. They are used for protection (often against the paranormal and psychic/psychological attacks), which goes with Ruby's job as a bodyguard. Rubies are also associated with fire and the sun, and she has fire powers.
* MorphicResonance: When fused with Sapphire into Garnet, Garnet gains her skin tone (mostly in her first form, less so with the second), general outfit design, meaty legs, afro, and eye shape from Ruby. Interestingly, where Garnet's afro has its indent is around the same place where Ruby's headband is, making their hair frame their face in the same square fashion. She is also apparently the source of Garnet's gauntlets, as she materializes one herself (which does not have a star on it).
* MrViceGuy: Despite her hot temper, she's usually caring, brave, selfless, and loving.
* NoIndoorVoice: If angry. Oddly quiet otherwise.
* NonSequitur: [[spoiler:When trying to distract Holly Blue Agate]] she screams "EXPLOSION!!" [[spoiler:before explaining that her ship might explode.]]
* OnlySaneWoman: Compared to the other Ruby Guards she was assigned with in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] (and indeed, most of the other Rubies seen so far), she's noticeably more levelheaded and intelligent.
** In a subversion of their usual dynamic, she also ends up being this to Sapphire during the events of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E21TheQuestion "The Question"]]. [[spoiler: She very quickly digests the new information and concludes that there wasn't any possible way for them to realize what was going on behind their backs and lets it blow over so that she can move on with her life. Sappire on the other hand completely snaps at hearing the information, denounces their relationship in a fit of short-sighted rage and only realizes the gravity of what she had said after it was too late.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite her small size, Ruby has shown several feats of surprising strength, such as smashing a table hard enough to send it across the room. Since Rubies are the foot soldiers of the Gem empire, it would make sense that she would be stronger than she looks.
* PlayingWithFire: She can emit extreme heat, and does so [[PowerIncontinence unconsciously]] when emotional -- enough to leave burning footprint and boil a whole swimming pool full of water in a few hours.
-->'''Ruby:''' I am an ETERNAL FLAME, BABY!
* PowerFist: Like Garnet, her weapon armors up her fist. The design is slightly different, though. Whereas Garnet's fists are essentially one large block, Ruby's wrist armor is larger, her hand doesn't increase in size, and the back lacks a star and spikes, making it more like a boxing glove rather than a gauntlet. Interestingly, she summons it on her right hand, which doesn't have a gem.
* PowerIncontinence: Ruby is naturally HotBlooded, and intense emotions such as excitement or rage can cause her fire powers to flare up by accident.
** In "Keystone Motel", her anger over fighting with Sapphire causes her to burn the hotel carpet under her feet and boil away all the water in the pool.
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FsELnENMrE this Cartoon Network bumper]], she makes a beautiful painting for Sapphire, but gets so excited to show it to her that she flares up and chars the painting to a crisp. Apparently, this has happened many times before, as seen by an entire wall being covered in burned paintings. (Sapphire loves them and hangs them up anyway.)
* RedIsHeroic: Her main color scheme is red and she's one-half of the fusion for [[MadeOfGood Garnet]].
* RedShirt: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] reveals her place in the Gem caste system as an expendable low level soldier. Not only that, but she is literally wearing a red shirt.
* TheRunaway: She runs away after [[spoiler:Sapphire yells at her over Rose turning out to be Pink Diamond to the point of calling their whole relationship a lie]]. According to Steven, however, she means this literally.
* SayMyName: "SAPPHIIIRE!"
* ScrewDestiny: In contrast to Sapphire's [[TheFatalist Fatalist]] attitude in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]], Ruby can't bring herself to accept a future where Sapphire gets poofed. By leaping in front of her and forming Garnet for the first time, she's able to derail Sapphire's prediction and leave her amazed in the process.
* ShesAManInJapan: In some foreign dubs, Ruby is referred to as male due to restrictions on showing same-sex relationships in TV shows.
* ShoutOut: Visually, her design is based on K.O., the protagonist of Ian Jones-Quartey's other series, ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes''.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Ruby's outfit has no sleeves.
* SmarterThanYouLook: She calls herself stupid when she is actually impulsive/emotional, probably because Rubies are ''expected'' to be DumbMuscle on Homeworld. Most are, but our individualized Ruby was the only Gem who thought Amethyst was using her powers too much during the baseball game. Even from what little we see of her pre-Crystal Gem life, our Ruby was clearly the most levelheaded and intelligent of the squadron of Rubies she was deployed with. When Amethyst comments that Rubies are dumb, Garnet notes that ''not all of them'' are.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Though unintentionally, by saving Sapphire, she prevented Pearl and Rose from being captured which would result in the Rebellion's collapse and would allow the Homeworld Gems to have their way with Earth.
* SpringtimeForHitler: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]], she infiltrates the team of Homeworld Rubies and tries to sabotage their chances of winning the baseball game from within by playing horribly. She does all right for the most part, but at one point she accidentally hits a home run when she is distracted by Sapphire waving at her.
* StraightMan: As opposed to her preceding appearances, she was this to her fellow Rubies during [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]].
* SuperStrength: She angrily punches the wall of her cell so hard the vibration knocks Steven over.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Quite unexpectedly, even though she's hot-tempered and masculine, she's the one who wears a dress [[spoiler:at her wedding to Sapphire]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Hurt Sapphire and Ruby will end you.
* VisualPun: Her status in Homeworld society as a RedShirt.
* VocalDissonance: She is tomboyish and has a masculine appearance, but has a very high-pitched voice.
* WackyMarriageProposal: [[spoiler:Proposes to Sapphire with one right out of a Western in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E21TheQuestion "The Question"]].]]
* WalkDontSwim: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], Ruby paces along the bottom of the pool until it completely evaporates.
!!Sapphire
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EricaLuttrell\\\
''"I can see the path of fate as it stretches toward the horizon."''
A small blue Gem that is always fused with Ruby. Possessing ice powers and Future Vision, she can often be very withdrawn and emotionally distant, and so is complemented well by her more open partner Ruby.
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* AffectionateNickname: Laughy Sapphy. Given by Ruby of course. This may have a double meaning, if "sapphy" can be considered slang for "sapphic", another word for lesbian, derived from the poetess Creator/{{Sappho}}.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: When viewed from the bottom, the layers of her dress resemble a geode.
* BlessedWithSuck: Sapphire possesses Future Vision, but can only see one course instead of alternatives (like Garnet). Also, her ability to see the future has also made her fatalistic.
* BlindSeer: Sapphire has the ability to look into the future and her eye is completely covered. In a blink-and-you'll-miss moment in her first appearance, you can see her come to a stop ''exactly'' where Ruby would be able to see her a second before she appears. In her later appearance she uses it more blatantly. However, her Future Vision originally wasn't as advanced as Garnet's; while Garnet can see multiple outcomes, Sapphire only saw one outcome for the rebel attack in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]]. This appears to be a consistent flaw with Sapphire's version of future vision as in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E12GemHeist "Gem Heist"]], when asked if the plan will work her answer is a definitive no before quickly stating that they'll change fate. However, Sapphire has moved closer to Garnet's own mindset, acknowledging that even though she can not see other possibilities independently fate is not as set as she originally believed.
* BlueBlood: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] reveals her place in the Gem caste system as a rare high level aristocrat, as well as an advisor for Blue Diamond. Bonus points for being literally blue, albeit not having any blood due to Gem biology.
* BlueIsCalm: Sapphire is a blue-colored Gem who provides Garnet with her calmer side, [[RedOniBlueOni as opposed to]] [[RedIsViolent Sapphire's hot-headed fusion (and romantic) partner Ruby]]. When she gets into an argument with Ruby, Ruby has frequent angry outbursts, but Sapphire [[BlueMeansCold literally]] freezes up and isolates herself, avoiding conflict until she apologizes to Ruby.
* BlueIsHeroic: Her main color scheme is blue and she's one-half of the fusion for [[MadeOfGood Garnet]].
* BlueMeansCold: Sapphire is a Gem with a blue color scheme who can freeze things, but [[EmotionalPowers only when she's very emotional]].
* BlueMeansSmartOne: Sapphire is the blue Gem of the RedOniBlueOni duo that [[FusionDance fuses]] into Garnet. She's intelligent and wise, having the power of precognition. Her thoughtful and logical behavior is a direct contrast to the red Ruby's emotional and irrational approach to things. When she isn't fused with Ruby, Sapphire is usually coming up with a plan for the team.
* CharacterDevelopment: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]] shows her more open to the various future possibilities, rather than deciding that one thing will absolutely happen. She also shows more interest in the present than in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], though part of this might just be that the latter episode was an emotional low point for her. The most dramatic development is in her backstory; prior to meeting Ruby in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]], she had her entire life mapped out via future vision, which Ruby's interference convinced her to willfully deviate from. [[spoiler:While she's upset and running away from Ruby after learning the truth about Pink Diamond and tells Ruby she never knows what's going on, she makes sure to tell Ruby that she's angry about Rose's lie, and it has nothing to do with Ruby. This is in stark contrast to her bottling up her emotions in "Keystone Motel" and making Ruby think she didn't care.]]
* CharacterTics: Her bangs tends to be removed from in front of her eye when she's distressed.
* TheComicallySerious: Definitely has her moments of this, in part due to being more stoic than Garnet.
-->'''Steven:''' Sapphire, the toilet's frozen.\\
'''Sapphire:''' Such is fate.\\
'''Steven:''' Am I fated to pee on the grass too? ''[runs outside]''\\
'''Sapphire:''' Yes.
* CreepyMonotone: Doesn't show any emotion or variance in her voice when she speaks... except when being consoled by Ruby, or flirting with Ruby, or saying hi to Steven...
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Light blue hair and eye.
* {{Cyclops}}: She has one large eye underneath her bangs.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Was a member of Blue Diamond's entourage before the war. Sapphires are "rare aristocratic Homeworld Gems", and she was addressed as "Your Grand Clarity" by Holly Blue Agate in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E12GemHeist "Gem Heist"]].
* DidntSeeThatComing: Sapphire can correctly predict most things with her future vision, but it seems she can be caught off-guard by outcomes she never considered possible, such as Pearl fixing the communication hub as an excuse to keep fusing with Garnet, (though that may be due to Garnet herself missing it, as her powers work slightly different due to Ruby's influence) or [[spoiler:Rose Quartz actually having been Pink Diamond since she trusted Rose enough to not look into her future and question her]].
* DissonantSerenity: She almost always appears to be completely calm and stoic.
-->'''Sapphire:''' ''[completely monotonous]'' Can't you see I'm completely ''engulfed'' with rage?
* ElementalPersonalities: She has a very calm and withdrawn personality, as is befitting someone with ice-powers.
* EmotionlessGirl: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Sapphire normally has a calm exterior, but also is seen laughing when being SickeninglySweethearts with Ruby, embarrassed when called by her [[AffectionateNickname pet name]], and crying when she realizes how she's been unintentionally insensitive to Ruby's feelings and by extension upsetting Steven. By the time of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]], she's just as flirty and distracted as Ruby is.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While she is fine with lying when there's a good reason for it, such as during the baseball game with the Rubies, she hates it when someone deceives her about an important issue because it messes with her Future Vision and is a breach of trust. Pearl's deception about the tower, which wasted the Crystal Gems' time and used Garnet for a power high, causes her to freeze up a room in anger, and [[spoiler:she runs off in tears after learning that Rose lied to them about being Pink Diamond]].
* FatalFlaw:
** She has Future Vision that allows her to see threats and paths to the future and when such events have been resolved, which makes her neglect the equally important ''present'', or occasionally have a panic attack.
** There's also the fact that her Future Vision isn't omniscient. She can't predict the future of something or someone unless she's specifically focused on it. [[spoiler:She never realized Rose and Pink Diamond were one and the same because she never considered the possibility, and therefore never looked into possible futures that would have revealed the truth.]] Such a massive oversight devastated her when she found out.
** Addtionanlly, her Future Vison is lacking in comparison to Garnet as Sapphire alone has a passive personality. Because of this, Sapphire's Future Vison, while clearer, largely focuses on the most likely path, and can be disrupted by those with impuslive personalities such as Ruby. Because of this she can be easily blindsided by someone doing something illogical and impulsive. (In comparison, Garnet can see dozens of futures, even some that are comically improbable, allowing her to be prepared for any situation, at the cost of general clairty)
* TheFatalist:
** Compared to Garnet, who insists that the future is not written and that her future sight is just a way of seeing possibilities that ''might'' happen, Sapphire seems to think that everything is inevitable. The fact that Ruby is able to [[ScrewDestiny derail her predictions]] in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] leaves her stunned, but apparently does little to change her way of thinking, as she still seems to think this way over 5,000 years later in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], though part of that might have just been her trying to get Ruby to hurry up and make up with Pearl. She does seem to have moved closer to accepting possibilities by [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]], though, since she rolls with Steven's baseball-game ploy when it beats her predicted odds and ends up being the final option. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E12GemHeist "Gem Heist"]], she bluntly states that the plan she's made will fail but then says they can change the future, albeit with a very crooked smile.
** Per [[http://thegeekiary.com/steven-universe-press-panel-at-san-diego-comic-con-2016/36304 a 2016 interview]], Sapphire generally only sees one future possibility, because she herself is so passive. Ruby's more impulsive nature changes the certainties into a selection of possibilities, making Garnet's version less certain but more expansive.
* {{Flight}}: She at least possesses the ability to hover short distances.
* GamerChick: Only a single eye was actively following the action when Garnet got addicted to a rhythm game. That said, Sapphire is a cyclops.
* GiantPoofySleeves: Her dress has large, round sleeves to complete her very feminine image.
* GoodCostumeSwitch: She had a blue diamond on the front of her dress when she still served Blue Diamond. It became a normal stripe when we first see her.
* GoodWithNumbers: Her prescient powers are implied to involve AwesomenessByAnalysis, and Sapphire writes out some extensive statistical formulae in "Together Forever".
* HeroicBSOD: She's very upset on learning [[spoiler:Rose lied to them and was Pink Diamond the whole time, running off in tears despite Ruby calling for her. She has another one after finding out Ruby has run away because of her lashing out at her]].
* HiddenDepths: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E4MindfulEducation "Mindful Education"]], personal issues are represented as butterflies; Ruby seems to only have one, Sapphire has a swarm big enough to ''drown'' her. This is most likely because as the BlindSeer of the Crystal Gems, she is constantly seeing every possible pathway of fate at once, constantly trying to decide what actions taken will and won't result in disaster.
* HighClassGloves: A white pair, giving her an old-fashioned feminine look.
* AnIcePerson: She emits extreme cold when emotionally distressed, typically manifesting in ice forming around her feet. Properly focused, she can freeze entire rooms solid in a matter of minutes, or use sudden cold snaps to empower her physical blows.
* InhumanEyeConcealers: Her bangs usually hide that she's a {{Cyclops}}.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She constantly sees the imminent future, unconsciously forgetting that the problems that she sees resolved still exist in the present, and might require her personal action to ''be'' solved in the first place.
-->"I keep looking into the future, when all of this has already been solved, as if it doesn't matter how you feel in the present. ''[[JerkassRealization No wonder you think I don't care!]]''"
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Moves so fast Steven's feet don't even touch the ground when he's pulled along, despite wearing a big poofy dress.
* LipstickLesbian: A {{Discount Lesbian|s}} with a feminine design.
* LogicalWeakness:
** To see something with Future Vision, she has to be actively looking for it. [[spoiler:She never knew that Rose Quartz was actually Pink Diamond because she trusted Rose implicitly and never looked into her personal future. She has a massive HeroicBSOD when she eventually does find out because she sees what Rose did as a betrayal of that trust.]]
** Her Future Vision also becomes less reliable when predicting the actions of someone who tends to act without thinking or do things spontaneously, like Ruby. She can still predict their actions to some extent, but she'll get confused if she sees them doing something that doesn't make sense, even if it is techincally accurate.
--->'''Steven:''' Do you see her [Ruby] coming back in your future vision?\\
'''Sapphire:''' Oh! Maybe! But... she's so wonderful... ''[sniffles]'' ...and spontaneous...I have no idea why she would– ''why would she be a cowboy?!''
* LongHairIsFeminine: Her long hair contrasts with Ruby's BoyishShortHair.
* MeaningfulName:
** In gemstone mythos, sapphires help to calm and focus the mind and increase the power of the ThirdEye; Sapphire pretty much balances Ruby's impulsiveness and she's the BlindSeer of the duo.
** Sapphires are also love stones, specifically attachment and fidelity and amplifies healing through the voice, explaining why Sapphire sings to calm Ruby from a distance.
** Throughout history, sapphire has symbolized truth, sincerity, and loyalty. Sapphire is always straightforward and honest with her predictions of the future, and she has remained in a monogamous, loving relationship with Ruby for thousands of years.
** Ruby's nickname "Laughy Sapphy", with "sapphy" possibly being a slang form of "sapphic", may be indicative of their sapphic, i.e. lesbian relationship, derived from Creator/{{Sappho}}, the Greek poetess from Lesbos who wrote about love between women.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: The reason she joined the Crystal Gems is because the Homeworld Gems turned on her for fusing with Ruby by accident, and because Blue Diamond was willing to kill Ruby even though she saved Sapphire's life.
* MorphicResonance: When fused with Ruby to make Garnet, Garnet gains her lip shape, tendency to leave her eyes covered (bangs on Sapphire, CoolShades on Garnet), a small part of her first form's skin tone (which is noticeably darker than Ruby's bright red), a larger part of her second form's skintone, her slender arms, gloves (reduced to one finger on each hand rather than a full glove), and her GiantPoofySleeves from Sapphire.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:She becomes remorseful after [[JerkassRealization remembering that she denounced her relationship with Ruby]] during her fit of rage upon discovering Rose was Pink Diamond, and when she discovers Ruby has run away as a result, she [[TearsOfRemorse breaks down]].]]
* NervesOfSteel: Even while in prison and separated from Ruby, Sapphire was calm in her cell. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E11KeepingItTogether "Keeping It Together"]], despite her side of their fusion's face looking more fearful, she seems to be trying to comfort both herself and Ruby, rationalizing that neither them nor Rose Quartz could've known about Homeworld's fusion experiments.
* NiceGirl: Even before she defected, Sapphire was nothing but nice and considerate.
* NiceToTheWaiter: 5,000 years ago, she was shown to be polite and courteous to her Ruby guards, who were considered common soldiers and ranked far below her, an aristocrat, in Homeworld's HiveCasteSystem. She even ran away from Homeworld to save the Ruby who had saved her life a few seconds ago, because said Ruby was about to be sentenced to death for accidentally fusing with her while pushing her out of the way of Pearl's blade.
* TheNoseless: One would think her hair is covering a nose, but when it's pulled up you can see she doesn't have one.
* NotSoStoic:
** Despite her cool exterior, Sapphire finally breaks down when she realizes how she and Ruby have upset Steven and that she was ignoring Ruby's feelings, outright bursting into tears and having to be consoled by Ruby. She really only acts emotionless when she is actively suppressing her anger, otherwise, she can be just as dorky as Ruby.
** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]], [[spoiler:[[BrokenPedestal she's so]] ''[[BrokenPedestal livid]]'' [[BrokenPedestal about learning that Rose used to be Pink Diamond, and thus lied to them all those millennia]], that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she defused and warped away in a rage... without Ruby]]]].
* OmniscientMoralityLicense: Sapphire [[DownplayedTrope has yet to do anything heinously amoral]], but she does have a rather cold, utilitarian, and even condescending attitude she justifies as being because her Future Vision means she always knows what's going to happen. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], she admits to and apologizes to Ruby for ignoring how she felt in the present.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]] has her [[spoiler:actually angry and in tears due to [[TheReveal recent revelations]]. (See NotSoStoic above.) Yes, the calm-as-a-cucumber, TranquilFury Sapphire is showing genuine anger. This is especially jarring considering how calm she was after the whole "Pearl-lying-to-form-Sardonyx" event in Season 2.]]
* ParachutePetticoat: Uses this to land gently after jumping off the Cloud Arena and falling thousands of feet through the air with Ruby.
* PersonalityPowers: Due to her ability to see the future, she often is very detached, and frustrates those around her due to knowing what's going to happen and acting like she's better than they because of it. This last element is also displayed by her ability to float; she thinks she's above others.
* PowerIncontinence: When Sapphire [[DeerInTheHeadlights freezes up]], [[BowelBreakingBricks she involuntarily]] [[VisualPun freezes herself to the floor]].
* ThePowerOfLove: Ruby's love helped Sapphire learn that the most likely future isn't always the future that will happen, and that she needs to understand and empathize with people in the present instead of living in the future where everything is solved.
* PrescienceIsPredictable: Constant use of her Future Vision has rendered her fatalistic and complacent about outcomes. It leaves her with having a cold, patient and dissociated personality. She does seem to be dialing it back more recently, though.
* {{Pride}}: Hinted at in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], which might be where Garnet gets it. Ends up being part of the reason [[spoiler: she explodes when she finds out that Rose and Pink are the same person: not only did Rose lie her and Ruby into a relationship (or so she assumed at the time), but Rose also made a fool of her, a mistake she took very personally as she considers herself the one person on the team who's supposed to know better.]]
-->'''Ruby:''' YOU'RE NOT AS ABOVE THIS AS YOU THINK YOU ARE!\\
'''Sapphire:''' Yes. I am.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Apparently, the reason why her visions always came true before [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] was that she was so passive she went along with everything that happened, assuming it was set in stone.
* StepfordSmiler: Heavily implied in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E4MindfulEducation "Mindful Education"]], considering that, as opposed to Ruby's single mental-baggage butterfly, she has an entire swarm. Which would make sense as she is constantly exposed to the most likely futures at any given time, including ones where everything and everyone she cares about are destroyed.
* TheStoic: Sapphire doesn't really emote much: her voice is quiet and monotone even when she's livid, and her calm and collected demeanor only adds to it.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Sapphire is usually cold and distant with others, a trait that is sometimes reflected in Garnet. However, it's very clear that Sapphire is very compassionate, fair and level-headed on top of having a lot of patience.
* SuperSpeed: She grabs Steven and then speeds through the corridors of the ship in seconds to find Ruby. Seen again when escaping Blue Diamond's court with Ruby in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]].
* TranquilFury: She doesn't show emotion. When she says that she's furious at Pearl after [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E14CryForHelp "Cry For Help"]], you have to take her word for it (though the PowerIncontinence is a big clue that she's telling the truth). [[spoiler:It makes her lividity at TheReveal that Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond were the same person all the more jarring.]]
* TrueBlueFemininity: She has blue hair, blue skin, and a blue dress. She's also the feminine half of her and Ruby's MasculineFeminineGayCouple.
* VisualPun:
** Her status in Homeworld society as a BlueBlood.
** Sapphire's hair is a light blue color, almost white, and poofy like a cloud. In her early appearances, she is constantly thinking about the future and is not very grounded in reality, due to her future vision -- in other words, she has her head in the clouds.
* WasItAllALie: Ruby and Sapphire held Rose in high esteem for letting them exist as a fusion, and for liberating the Earth from the Diamond Authority. [[spoiler:Sapphire as a result is quite upset when she and the other Crystal Gems learn that Pink Diamond and Rose Quartz were the same person, because it appears that everything Rose said was just a big lie and that many Gems died as some kind of cruel game for her. Turns out the lie was Pink/Rose's only option; she tried to do everything as Pink but was stopped by Blue and Yellow. Originally other Gems weren't part of the plan at all, but then she met Garnet and was following her lead instead; realizing this lets Sapphire forgive Rose/Pink.]]
* WeatherManipulation: It's implied in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]] that Sapphire's out-of-control ice powers are causing the snowy weather at Rose's fountain. When she starts calming down, it starts warming up.
* WhenSheSmiles: Ruby is about the only person who can get Sapphire to smile, and Ruby herself goes nuts for it.
* WinterRoyalLady: Sapphire has ice powers and was created as a member of the Homeworld aristocracy. She also fits the personality of one, being a calm and composed ProperLady.
* YouCantFightFate: She saw herself getting poofed by the Crystal Gems, and accepted it as fate. Ruby jumping in and fusing with her surprised her, as she never imagined her destiny could be changed.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: She could no longer return to Blue Diamond's court or Homeworld after fleeing with Ruby and saving her from execution. But it was okay, because they had each other.
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