History WesternAnimation / AmethystPrincessOfGemworld

* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler: Prince Topaz becomes a skeleton thanks to Dark Opal's magic.]]

* KnightlySwordAndShield: Amethyst, a heroic princess, is equipped with a sword and a shield. They're converted into energy and stored in the pads on her hips when not in use.

* PurpleIsPowerful: Amethyst, who's decked out in the color. [[spoiler:She begins [[SupernaturalIsPurple glowing purple and her hair changes to the color]] when unleashing her full power in the final short.]]

* GamerChick: Amy creates and programs her own video games, and extends some of that knowledge to Gemworld under the hopes it runs on

* {{Animesque}}: The series was animated by {{Creator/David Production}}, who are best known for their work on ''{{Manga/Jojos Bizarre Adventure}}''.

* BigBad: Dark Opal, of course.

* DefeatByModesty: [[spoiler: Damaging Dark Opal's pin causes all his clothes to fall off leaving him in GoofyPrintUnderwear, he opts to retreat after this.]]

* TheEeyore: [[spoiler: Skeleton Topaz]]

* GamerChick: Amy creates and programs her own video games.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the original 1980s comics, Amethyst is a blonde. Here, while Amy herself is still blond, she now has a separate Princess Amethyst persona that has strawberry blonde hair bordering on red.

* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Amy's hair grows longer when she transforms into Amethyst, also [[PowerDyesYourHair changing color]] from regular blonde to strawberry blonde. [[spoiler:When she taps into her full power, her hair gets even longer and turns purple.]]

Like its fellow ''DC Nation'' shorts, all the episodes are available on the official DC Comics [=YouTube=] channel, with the ''Amethyst'' shorts consisting of seven episodes: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZTMv_zBNzQ Level 1: Your Quest Begins]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVUBZ_ALc8 Level 2: Village of the Frogs]]", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwYRTkKTHXU Level 3: Random Encounter]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5JEVHcCSxA Level 4: The Turquoise Cave]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsrTo6Xfbm0 Level 5: Battle in the Stormy Peaks]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNFNRfPvnm4 Level 6: The Final Battle]]", and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sl1DUl4YXI Level 7: Time to go Home]]."

* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest:
-->'''Prince Topaz:''' [[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaI "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this."]]

** After defeating [[spoiler:Prince Topaz]], he tells her that "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.]]"

* WingedUnicorn: The Pegacorn.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: One of the first promos for the shorts showed several clips from the later episodes, including [[spoiler: Prince Topaz changing back from a skeleton, Amethyst and Pegacorn flying back to the Village of the Frogs with a baby frog in tow, and Amethyst in the final sword fight with Dark Opal]].

Like its fellow ''DC Nation'' shorts, all the episodes are available on the official DC Comics [=YouTube=] channel, with the ''Amethyst'' shorts consisting of seven episodes: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZTMv_zBNzQ Level 1: Your Quest Begins]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVUBZ_ALc8 Level 2: Village of the Frogs]]", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwYRTkKTHXU Level 3: Random Encounter]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5JEVHcCSxA Level 4: The Turquoise Cave]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsrTo6Xfbm0 Level 5: Battle in the Stormy Peaks]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNFNRfPvnm4 Level 6: The Final Battle]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sl1DUl4YXI Level 7: Time to go Home]]"

Based on the Creator/DCComics [[ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld comic book series]] of the same name, ''Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld'' is a 2013 animated series of one-minute shorts created by [[Webcomic/HarpyGee Brianne Drouhard]] that ran on Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''WesternAnimation/DCNation'' action programming block as one of several interstitials between programming.

The shorts follow Amy Winston, a teenage girl who spends her time learning how to make video games. After the final level of her most recent creation crashes again, a frustrated Amy puts her controller aside... only for one of the characters to start calling out to her. Amy immediately finds herself whisked away to Gemworld, a dimension that as a direct match for the video game world she created, and is told that she is Princess Amethyst: one of the rulers of the land and the hero destined to save it from the tyrannical Dark Opal and his forces. While not completely onboard with suddenly becoming a magical girl in a video game, Amy realizes that accomplishing this quest is the only way back to Earth, and sets off on her journey.

All seven shorts have been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZTMv_zBNzQ uploaded to]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVUBZ_ALc8 YouTube]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwYRTkKTHXU and]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5JEVHcCSxA can]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsrTo6Xfbm0 be]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNFNRfPvnm4 watched]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sl1DUl4YXI here]].

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the comics, Amethyst is blonde, but is a stawberry blonde here.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Prince Topaz is upgraded from the reluctant hero from the original comics to openly defying Dark Opal's tyranny in the very first episode.

* ChekhovsGunman: In the first episode, [[spoiler:Prince Topaz]] appears briefly as a character in Amy's game. She later meets him in person in Level 4, "The Turquoise Cave".
* ClassicalAntiHero: Amy/Amethyst struggles with low self-esteem. She doesn't believe she has what it takes to be a hero, and even when she does do something heroic or receives praise, she responds with HeroicSelfDeprecation.

* DefeatEqualsFriendship: After Amethyst defeats [[spoiler: Skeleton Topaz]] in "The Turquoise Cave", he lets her take three items to [[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest help her on her quest]]. [[spoiler: It helps that he's not actually evil]].
* EccentricMentor: Citrina. She brings Amy to Gemworld, tells her she's really a princess and sends her on a quest, but doesn't take the time to explain any of it to poor, confused Amy.

* GenreSavvy: Quoth Amy; "If this were in my game, what would I do?"
* {{Hikikomori}}: Possibly Amy. She says "I used to stay in my room all the time, afraid what others would think." It's implied being sent to Gemworld might have cured her of this.
* HorsingAround: While the Pegacorn is Amethyst's LoyalAnimalCompanion, he hasn't really helped her much after catching her when she fell into Gemworld in the first episode.
** Justified. In Level 5, when Amethyst has trouble dealing with the monstrous Frog Prince, the Pegacorn is quite willing to help her, and she figures out that he [[HelpingWouldBeKillstealing let her fight her own battles before so she could gain confidence]].
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: They're called "Levels", as in a video game. There's "Level 1: Your Quest Begins", "Level 2: Village of the Frogs", "Level 3: Random Encounter", "Level 4: The Turquoise Cave", "Level 5: Battle in the Stormy Peaks.", "Level 6: The Final Battle", and "Level 7: Time to go Home".

* InstantExpert: In a sense. In Amy's first real battle, she's shown to barely be able to lift her sword and has to find an unorthodox solution. In her second she's clearly mastered it with the way she makes short work of a giant centipede. While underwater. When she fights Skeleton Topaz, she's moving like a regular Comicbook/RedSonja out there.
* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest
-->'''Prince Topaz:''' [[MemeticMutation "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this."]]
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the original comic (and especially compared to the current comic).

* MagicalGirlWarrior
* MineralMacGuffin: Citrina summons Amethyst back to Gemworld to find a missing gem. [[spoiler: In Level 5, it seems that she's found it.]]
* MythologyGag: In a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you'll-miss-it gag]] in the first episode, sitting on a shelf in Amy's room are a pair of dolls that look like Raven and Starfire from [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Teen Titans]].
** There's also a [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/000e94b436bc9e23e9b16ab7a4d8ef8c/tumblr_mh9rewQTt11rj44oro2_1280.png map of Gemworld]] on Amy's bedroom wall, which is nearly identical to the [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/298b80391ef32f8ea93b463f13b20a23/tumblr_mh9rewQTt11rj44oro3_500.jpg same map in the original comic]].

* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Amy's hair grows longer when she transforms into Amethyst. It also [[PowerDyesYourHair changes color]] from regular blonde to strawberry blonde.

* PurpleIsPowerful / SupernaturalIsPurple: Amethyst.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Amy doesn't really want to be in Gemworld, nor does she believe she is really a princess or a hero. She only accepts her quest after Citrina promises to help her return to Earth. Getting attacked by Dark Opal's spider provides further motivation.

* ShoutOut: "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.]]"

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: One of the first promos for the shorts showed several clips from episodes that haven't aired yet, including scenes of [[spoiler: Prince Topaz changing back from a skeleton, Amethyst and Pegacorn flying back to the Village of the Frogs with a baby frog in tow, and Amethyst in a sword fight with Dark Opal]].

A seven-episode fifteen minute mini-series based on the [[ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld comic book series]] of the same name that ran on the ''WesternAnimation/DCNation'' block as in-betweens of the main shows.

The shorts follow main protagonist, Amy, who in this version is a computer nerd who makes her own video games. After failing to get past the last level (much to her frustration) one of the characters within the game suddenly calls out to her calling her Amethyst. Suddenly she finds herself whisked away to Gemworld, given a major transformation and told that she is both the princess and the hero of the world that was meant to save it from the tyrannical Dark Opal and his forces. While reluctant, Amy realizes the only way back to her world is to defeat Opal and thus sets out on a quest to do so.

Was meant to be showcased when the block first premiered. But [[ScrewedByTheNetwork was delayed considerably]] until finally premiering on January 5, 2013. While the short run time means there's not much is done to explore just what the relationship is between Amy and Princess Amethyst (the entire series lasts less than ten minutes), the shorts nonetheless have been received positively with many fans trying to convince DC to make it into a full-fledged series.

All seven shorts have been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZTMv_zBNzQ uploaded to]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVUBZ_ALc8 Youtube]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwYRTkKTHXU and]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5JEVHcCSxA can]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsrTo6Xfbm0 be]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNFNRfPvnm4 watched]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sl1DUl4YXI here]].

* {{Adorkable}}: Amy/Amethyst.

* WackyWaysideTribe: "Level Three: Random Encounter", Amethyste meets talking plants that have no purpose on the plot.

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