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Main article: Rose Quartz
We Are The Crystal Gems (152)

Rose Quartz was the identity assumed by Pink Diamond to further her cause to liberate the Earth from Homeworld Gems and live freely.

Pre-Series

Real Story

Before the colonization of Earth, Pink Diamond was a member of the Great Diamond Authority alongside White, Yellow, and Blue Diamond. Often overlooked by her fellow Diamonds, Pink desired to colonize her own planet and lead her own armies on the basis that she was just as important and as capable as them. She frequently played in her Garden with Spinel, who had been created to be her "best friend". She originally had a Pink Pearl, however, White Diamond took her away after Pink threw a tantrum that damaged Pink Pearl's eye. Eventually, Pink was given license to colonize the planet Earth and was even given another Pearl to make her feel happier. She then left Spinel behind in her Garden.

When Earth's colonization began, Pink Diamond was largely bored and unsatisfied with the process. To make her feel happier, Pearl brought Pink Diamond, disguised as a Quartz, to the Kindergarten to meet the newly formed Gems. Pink soon fell in love with the planet as well as its inhabitants and, in order to preserve the planet, she created an alter-ego for herself named “Rose Quartz” by flipping her gemstone upward and shape-shifting into a Gem that resembled an ordinary Quartz soldier.

As Rose Quartz, Pink Diamond incited the other Gems into openly rebelling against Homeworld, in an effort to ward off Homeworld and save the Earth from being destroyed. Pink Diamond would often switch between being herself and Rose during the events of the rebellion, fighting Homeworld on some occasions, while playing along as a leader on others. At first, she attempted to give excuses to her fellow Diamonds, trying to persuade them that it wasn't worth it to try to push the Earth's colonization to completion, giving reasons such as the difficulty in dealing with the native inhabitants and the increasing fervor of the rebellion (which she was secretly the mastermind of). However, the Diamonds urged her to continue with the colonization effort, not giving any credence to her complaints.

Pink Diamond (as Rose) and her Pearl became the founding members of the “Crystal Gems” (the name of Rose's rebel group), Pearl being the only one to know the truth behind Rose's identity. At the beginning of the Rebellion, Rose and Pearl made themselves known by launching a direct attack on Blue Diamond's court at the Cloud Arena, and gained Garnet as an ally, due to Rose's acceptance of cross-Gem fusions. In addition, Rose met and gained the support of Bismuth by being understanding of her desires to be free of constructing buildings. Rose and the Crystal Gems eventually amassed a large enough army to hold their own against Homeworld's forces.

As the Crystal Gems' blacksmith, Bismuth would outfit her fellow soldiers with weapons. Rose specifically requested a sword which could destroy a Gem's physical form, but never shatter their gemstone (she requested this for a plan she had in mind). Bismuth went through with it and created Rose's Sword. Down the line, Bismuth also created another weapon: The Breaking Point, which was designed with shattering Gems in mind. Rose disagreed with Bismuth, believing that shattering Gems was the wrong thing to do. The two argued over it, and eventually fought, resulting in Rose destroying Bismuth's physical form and bubbling her; Rose then lied to the other Crystal Gems, telling them that Bismuth had been “lost at the Battle of the Ziggurat”.

At a certain point during the war, Pink Diamond was completely done with being a Diamond and wished to leave her life behind in order to live as Rose Quartz on Earth with the other Crystal Gems when they won the war. Pink schemed up a plan with Pearl in which she would appear to have been shattered by Rose Quartz, leader of the Crystal Gems.

In order to do this, Pink crushed dirt with her hands and turned them into pink shards, similar in appearance to her own gemstone, which she then swallowed. Pink would then walk out of her palanquin after which Pearl, having shapeshifted into Rose's form, would attack Pink with Rose's sword; this would cause Pink to poof and the shards she had swallowed to fall on the ground, making it appear as though “Rose” had “shattered” Pink Diamond. From that point on, Pink was free to reform into Rose and live the rest of her life as Rose Quartz, since to everyone else, Pink Diamond was dead.

Pink, having taken on the form of Rose Quartz full-time, continued to lead the Crystal Gems against Homeworld's forces for the next few centuries, though the fighting ultimately reached a stalemate. Just as it seemed that there was no end to the war, Blue, Yellow and White Diamond, having issued a full-scale evacuation of all Homeworld's Gems from Earth, launched one final attack which resulted in the corruption of any and all Gems left on the planet; of the Crystal Gems, Rose, Garnet, and Pearl were the only survivors, Rose having protected them with her shield.

From that point on, the Crystal Gems were free to live a peaceful life on Earth. Rose and the remaining Crystal Gems lived in Beach City in the years following the war, where they contained Corrupted Gems and continued to protect humanity. Rose had developed various relationships with humans throughout her time on Earth and roamed the Desert with a pack of lions, even bringing one back to life following his death. A trip to the Kindergarten allowed the Crystal Gems to find Amethyst, a defective gem who had emerged from the Prime Kindergarten roughly 500 years after the war had ended.

During the 20th century, Rose developed a romantic relationship with a human named Greg Universe and, after becoming pregnant, gave up her physical form to give birth to their son, Steven Quartz Universe, the first and only known human/Gem hybrid.

Falsified Story

In a falsified tale told to other Gems, Rose Quartz was one of the many Gems created by Pink Diamond on Earth during Era 1. According to Garnet, Rose served her Diamond like her fellow Homeworld Gems for a time. Word spread to Pink Diamond about Rose questioning her fellow Gems on their thoughts about the organic life on Earth. Pink summons Rose at once and confronts her on what she has been saying. Rose pleads to her that they leave the Earth to spare the organic life that lives on the planet. Pink thinks for a second and laughs at the idea, calling it absurd. She sends Rose back to her post, saying she would forget her insolence if she returns to work.

Before the colony is completed, Rose relents, destroying an injector and gathering her fellow Gems around to join her to protect the life on Earth. The message begins to resonate among the colony, to Pink Diamond's dismay and she calls on Yellow and Blue Diamond to help stop things. However, Rose's new group, called the Crystal Gems, dives them all into war. At some point during this war, Pink Diamond's army proved to have an advantage. While traveling on the Korean peninsula, Rose then confronts her former superior outside her palanquin and shatters her, signaling the end of the war.

Season 1

"Laser Light Cannon"

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Rose as a shape among the blasts shot by the Laser Light Cannon.

A Homeworld tracking vessel is approaching Earth, and the Crystal Gems determine the only way to stop it is to use Rose's light cannon. Steven locates the cannon in Greg's U-Stor and delivers it to the Gems. As the Red Eye approaches, the gems struggle to activate the cannon before Steven activates it using his dad's mantra "If every porkchop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs." The light cannon shoots a beam that resembles Rose Quartz herself, destroying the Red Eye.

"Bubble Buddies"

Steven tells Connie that he is "half-magic" on his mom's side.

"Serious Steven"

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"So Many Birthdays"

Rose Quartz is pointed out by Steven in a picture frame inside of Amethyst's room, wearing colonial clothing with the Crystal Gems and other colonial humans on a boat.

"Lars and the Cool Kids"

The Crystal Gems show Steven the moss Rose grew up at Dead Man's Mouth. Pearl explains to Steven that Rose used to climb the hill every spring to tend the moss that she grew. Since Rose is gone, however, the moss "is on the move". When Amethyst points out that the moss is gross, Pearl says that Rose saw beauty in everything, even if it was gross. Later, the Cool Kids come to check out the moss. They disregard Steven's warnings and are sucked up. At the top of the hill, Steven and Lars get sucked up, but the sun comes out which causes the moss to blossom into pink flower petals, freeing everyone. Lars goes as far as to call Rose weird, and Steven yells at him for it.

"Rose's Room"

Steven wanted a place to himself and his gem activated the door to her room.

"Monster Buddies"

Steven accidentally releases a gem creature from her bubble and attempts to tame her wild, violent instincts, after failing to do so, Garnet explained that Rose once used her powers to try to heal the monsters, but was unable to do so.

"An Indirect Kiss"

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The statue of Rose used to heal Amethyst.

Amethyst cracks her gemstone, and it is revealed by Garnet that Rose had healing tears, and so the gems ventured to Rose's healing spring. It was then found to be clogged up, and Pearl alongside Garnet went to find the cause of it, while they were gone, Steven and Amethyst were attacked by overgrown brambles and thorns, which caused them to hide inside the empty spring. A matter of moments later, the spring began to work, and Steven underwater looked up to see a figure resembling Rose lending a hand to him.

"Secret Team"

Amethyst asks Pearl what she is doing with Rose Quartz's bubble full of Gem Shards, and Pearl says she wanted to see how they reacted to one of Rose's bubbles. Once all of the shards that escaped are found, Pearl tells Steven they need to use Rose's bubble to bubble them.

"Watermelon Steven"

Steven unintentionally grows a ton of watermelons that resemble himself. Pearl says that Rose had the power to grow sentient plant life to act as her defenders. Later on, when the watermelons are hostile, Garnet says "Rose's plants live to fight".

"Lion 3: Straight to Video"

Steven enters Lion's mane and discovers a lot of Rose's belongings inside. Steven takes a VHS tape from inside titled "For Steven" and watches it with Sadie inside of the Big Donut. The video depicts Rose and Greg at the beach and them having fun. Rose asks Greg to "tell us about yourself" and Greg proudly announces that he is Mr. Universe. The remainder of the video is Rose talking directly to Steven. She tells him that every living thing has its own experiences and complicated lives. She announces that they can't both exist and that she will become half of Steven. Rose happily tells Steven that every moment he loves being himself, that's Rose loving him. Rose is happy to announce that Steven will be something extraordinary; a human being. The video ends with Rose, revealed to be pregnant, and Greg leaning in to kiss.

"The Test"

Pearl comments how much Steven has grown, being able to use Rose's bubbles and how he summoned Rose's Shield twice. But since he lost her healing powers, the Crystal Gems want to give Steven a confidence boost. Amethyst says that Pearl can't control Steven, he shouldn't be taking advice from herself, and Rose isn't around to tell them what to do.

"On the Run"

Pearl explains to Steven that Gems tried to do something very bad to the Earth. Rose, Garnet, and herself thought what they were doing was unfair to the existing life so they rebelled and did not care if they could go back to Homeworld or not. Amethyst later tells Steven that she lived in the Kindergarten until she met Rose and the others.

"Maximum Capacity"

Greg tells Steven that he hasn't cleaned out the storage since Rose... and he didn't finish his sentence. Amethyst later arrives, shapeshifts into Purple Puma, and wrestles Steven, accidentally knocking down a picture frame of Greg and Rose. Amethyst later shapeshifts into Rose, to Greg's disapproval, because Amethyst was mad that Greg took Rose away from her. Later, the picture of Rose and Greg is seen to be in a fixed picture frame.

"Rose's Scabbard"

Lion finds the scabbard to Rose's Sword at the Strawberry Battlefield. Steven asks if Rose fought at the Strawberry Battlefield, and Pearl says yes, saying she fought alongside her. Pearl later proudly states that Rose led the Crystal Gems to victory and says how they made their stance against Homeworld. Later at the Temple, Pearl remarks how it's been ages since she has seen the scabbard. Steven asks what Rose was like, and Pearl replies "she was courageous and brilliant... and beautiful... Sometimes, you look so much like her."

Pearl then gives Steven the scabbard, saying that "nothing [but Rose's Sword] could fit so perfectly inside". When Steven asks for the sword, Pearl brings him to Rose's Secret Armory. Steven explains that he already was there and shows that he knows how to summon the weapons. Pearl asks where the sword is and shows Steven, in a hologram, Rose's Sword.

Steven says that it is inside of Lion, and Pearl becomes confused. When they return to the Temple, Steven shows her the sword, and Pearl says that Rose never had a Lion. Garnet tries to calm Pearl down by saying Rose kept secrets from everyone and this enraged Pearl. She accidentally knocks Rose's portrait and warps to the Strawberry Battlefield. Steven and Lion chase after her, and when Pearl tells Steven to get Lion away from her, he continues to follow Pearl solo.

Once Steven reaches the rock Pearl is sitting on, Pearl wonders if Rose can see Steven through his eyes. Pearl summons a hologram of Rose and has Rose say that she is going to stay and fight for the Earth. Pearl says she wants to also, but Rose declines her offer saying that she doesn't have to. Pearl and the hologram Rose hold hands and Rose disappears. Pearl explains that everything she did was for Rose, and she wonders what Rose would think of her now. Steven says that he thinks Pearl is pretty great. Later on, Steven gives Pearl the Crystal Gems' battle flag and Pearl waves it around.

"Open Book"

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"Story for Steven"

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Rose offering to help Greg get up.

In a flashback, Rose was the only attendee at Greg's concert, she marveled at his antics, and when he went to get a shirt for her in a bigger size, she disappeared. Greg went to look for her after his encounter with Amethyst and Pearl shushed Amethyst when she tried to mention her name. Garnet appeared moments after in an attempt to throw him back to the other side of the fence when Rose appeared from her room and stopped them. Greg handed her a shirt to which she happily accepted, and was about to play a song when he said he had to part because he would be late for his next concert. Coming back shortly after, he ran inside the temple and pounded rapidly on her door saying he could play for her now. He begins to play the song when she emerges from her room telling him to go away. He apologizes, and she replies that his life is short and that he has dreams and he should not give up on them. Greg then states that she's everything he wants.

"The Return"

Steven deflects the Gem Warship's blast with his shield, causing Jasper to recognize the logo as Rose Quartz's. Jasper, thinking Steven is Rose, asks Steven why he looks like that. She tells Steven and tells that she fought in the first war and respected Rose's tactics. Jasper picks up Steven and says that he failed, his base is taken, and his armies are ruined.

"Jail Break"

Jasper tells Peridot that Rose Quartz, thinking Steven is Rose, takes priority.

Season 2

"Joy Ride"

Steven talks to the Cool Kids about the recent events of "The Return" and "Jail Break". He says that the Homeworld Gems took him hostage because they think he's Rose. Steven also explains that he thinks the Crystal Gems blame him for Rose not being around anymore.

"Sworn to the Sword"

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Rose and Pearl during The Rebellion.

During "Do It for Her", Pearl projects a scene supposedly during the war. It shows Rose fighting a gem somewhat the same mass as her. Pearl got in the way of Rose and the warrior and got herself poofed in the process. It is revealed by Garnet that Pearl sacrificed herself for Rose on the battlefield constantly, igniting conflicts between the two.

"Keeping It Together"

Sapphire (as Garnet) explains to Ruby that Rose couldn't have known about the forced Gem fusion experiments.

"We Need to Talk"

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Rose and Greg singing together.

In a flashback, Greg and Rose sing "What Can I Do (For You)". Rose leaves shortly after singing, having errands to run. Returning later, Greg approaches Rose dancing to an unknown tune ending with Greg dipping Rose and capturing her in a kiss. Greg then states "We didn't fuse." after their little dance was over and Rose replies dumbfounded that humans can't fuse. The two of them share a heartfelt talk with Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl spying on them behind one of the rocks resembling a hand.

"Chille Tid"

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Rose in Pearl's dream.

Pearl dreams about surfing on a slice of pizza with Rose. Pearl tells Rose to forget about Greg and they should travel around the galaxy together. Rose turns around, revealing Greg's face which causes Pearl to wake up in disgust and shock.

"Historical Friction"

Jamie acts as Pearl in his play and claims to be "the messenger of the brilliant Rose Quartz".

"Friend Ship"

Garnet and Pearl are both trapped in a room that is closing in on itself. Garnet tells Pearl that she needs to be strong, and she controls her own destiny, not Rose or Steven.

"Nightmare Hospital"

Steven gives Connie Rose's Sword, which is taken away by Connie's mother. When Connie's mother takes the sword to the hospital she works at, Steven and Connie sneak in to retrieve it. Once they get it, Connie gets caught by her mother. The Cluster Gems arise and attack. After a lot of persuasions, Connie gets the sword to stop the Cluster Gems. When Connie and her mother are hugging, Steven looks down at Rose's Sword and hugs it.

"When It Rains"

Steven explains to Peridot that he was made from his mother and father. Peridot doesn't understand, and Steven tells her that his mom is a Gem. Steven later says that he calls it "The Ballad of Rose and Greg".

"The Answer"

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Rose and Pearl entering the Cloud Arena.

In a flashback, Rose and Pearl arrive at the Cloud Arena to stop Blue Diamond's plans of colonizing the Earth. Three Rubies fuse and Rose easily takes them down, poofing two of them in the process. When Ruby and Sapphire accidentally fuse, the crowd gets angry, and Rose and Pearl escape. Later on, Rose and Pearl meet Garnet again, and Rose explains to her that it's okay if she's fused and that it matters how they feel.

"It Could've Been Great"

Peridot tells the Crystal Gems that they should never have stopped the colonization process, which angers them. Pearl tells her that "Rose Quartz believed all life was precious and worth protecting". Peridot argues that if Rose never formed the Crystal Gems, the Cluster would never have been made and that rebelling only delayed the inevitable.

Season 3

"Steven Floats"

Steven is trying to picture happy things to make his descent lighter, and he thinks of Rose. He stops and says that he has complicated feelings about her.

"Mr. Greg"

Pearl comments Rose would have loved the Pepe's Burgers Jingle. Rose is later mentioned again when the painting of her is pointed out while Greg and Pearl hesitate to get along, before the two, along with Steven, go on a vacation to Empire City at Le Hotel (after Greg had received a check from Marty). Later on, Pearl starts to sing about how she couldn't move on from her love for Rose after Rose's choice of Greg and her departure before Steven gets the two attempt to reconcile and to be on better terms with each other.

"Alone at Sea"

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"Greg the Babysitter"

Greg tells Steven another story of how he ended up working at the Car Wash. In flashbacks, it is shown that Greg would often wait near the warp pad for Rose and the Crystal Gems to return from their missions. However, despite the loving relationship he has with Rose, Greg finds himself broke and barely making any money from his musical career.

He ends up crashing at Vidalia's home and is roped into babysitting baby Sour Cream for her as she had to work and her babysitter canceled. Greg ends up taking Sour Cream to the beach, and Rose soon joins them. Rose is shown to be fascinated by baby Sour Cream and tells Greg it took her a while to realize that he and Sour Cream were both human and reveals she is envious of humans' ability to grow up.

Greg briefly leaves Sour Cream with Rose telling her to watch him. However, when he returns to the beach he finds Rose and Sour Cream missing. He runs around the boardwalk searching for them and eventually finds Rose, though Sour Cream is not with her. Rose reveals that she did watch Sour Cream however she misunderstood and literally watched him climb all the way to the top of the Ferris Wheel, oblivious to the danger that Sour Cream was getting himself in.

Greg climbs after him but gets stuck on top of one of the Ferris wheels cars and calls Rose to help them down. Rose tries to use the Ferris wheel controls to get them down but ends up breaking the control level and in anger smashes the controls, causing the Ferris wheel to spin out of control. Using her enhanced strength to stop the Ferris wheel from spinning and rips off one of the cars, using it to catch both Greg and Sour Cream.

Greg tells Rose that she shouldn't let Sour Cream do anything he wants. Rose then asks why it is okay for Greg to do everything he wants and he's fine, Greg replies that he isn't a baby and doesn't need someone to help him. He then notices that he does need someone (Rose) to help him and states that he's a "baby", which helps him to realize how immature he is. As a result, Greg resolves to be a more mature person and after seeing a help wanted sign at the car wash, he gets a job there in order to be more make some money to live on. Thus, Rose is partially responsible for Greg ending up working at the car wash.

"Gem Hunt"

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"Crack the Whip"

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"Steven vs. Amethyst"

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"Bismuth"

Bismuth reveals that Rose changed her life and that she was also created on Earth. Rose told Bismuth that she could live however she wanted to instead of always taking Homeworld's orders. Later on in the basement of the Forge, Bismuth tells Steven that she offered Rose the Breaking Point, which would be used to shatter Gems, but Rose rejected the offer since it would make the Crystal Gems just as bad as Homeworld. Bismuth attacked Rose, and Rose ended up poofing Bismuth, bubbled her and placed her inside Lion and lied to the other Crystal Gems about her whereabouts.

"Earthlings"

TBA

"Back to the Moon"

"Eyeball", a Homeworld Ruby, reveals and confirms that "Rose Quartz" shattered Pink Diamond.

"Bubbled"

TBA

Season 4

"Kindergarten Kid"

Garnet states that having Corrupted Gems being cared for in the stasis of a bubble where they can't hurt anyone is what Rose wanted.

"Buddy's Book"

Rose is seen in The Desert with a pack of seven lions, where they discover Buddy Buddwick falling into unconsciousness there. When Buddy wakes up, he notices the lions surrounding him and pleads not to be eaten. She assures him they all mean no harm. Rose asks why he would venture into the desert, and he hands Rose his journal with his entries. He questions how he cannot find the Sand Castle. Rose notices this and points to the Sand Castle, which resembles a temple in the distance. Buddwick is excited to record it but realizes Rose saw it first and how it doesn't count to him being an exceptional explorer. He wants himself to be eaten by one of the lions, but Rose lets Buddwick know that while these places have been explored before, Buddwick has recorded them so intimately that it makes these explored areas look new and special again. Rose asks if Buddwick wants to become an author, which he has become afterward ever since eventually creating the Buddwick Public Library in Beach City.

"Mindful Education"

Stevonnie witnesses the white butterflies manifest into Rose, indicating that Steven is still disillusioned towards her.

"Last One Out of Beach City"

Steven brings up how Mystery Girl looked like Rose. Amethyst believes that's the reason Pearl was acting so nervous around her, but Pearl denies those accusations because she is done thinking about the past.

"Gem Harvest"

Greg tells Andy that Rose is no longer alive, to which he expresses his sorrow. Andy later expresses disapproval upon learning that the two technically never married, therefore making his "nephew" Steven born out of wedlock.

"Three Gems and a Baby"

Fourteen years ago, the Gems bring over gifts for Steven, who Amethyst calls "little Rose". Garnet explains to her that Steven is not Rose. Greg tells the Gems to call him Steven because it's the name he and Rose liked the most. After a few minutes, Steven's Gem begins glowing, causing Garnet to believe it's Rose. Amethyst believes that Rose is trying to shapeshift back into her old self, but Pearl rebuts by stating Rose can't shapeshift because she is trapped inside of a baby. Pearl gets close to Steven's Gem and asks if Rose is in there, telling her to glow twice for yes. Garnet believes that Rose isn't shapeshifted and that she isn't trapped, but could be trying to unfuse. The Gems kidnap Steven in Greg's van, and Amethyst wonders why Rose is still a baby. She tells "Rose" that she has to change back and demonstrates how to shapeshift back. Garnet once again believes that Steven is a fusion. Later, Pearl believes that Rose can't change back because she has a baby around her. She then talks to Steven's Gem, saying that she can let Rose out so they can be together again. She grabs Steven's gemstone and then stops herself because a human baby is what Rose wanted.

"Steven's Dream"

Steven asks Greg if Rose ever told him about Pink Diamond. Greg replies that there were many things that Rose didn't like to talk about and that he never pressed her for any details. Greg goes on to say that he and Rose talked about many important things, and both made mistakes when they were younger. Rose believed she needed to confess everything to Greg, but he told her "the past is the past. All that matters to me is who you are now". Greg says that Rose was an incredible, loving being. The next day, Steven shows Pearl the drawing of Pink Diamond's Palanquin and says that he knows Rose shattered her, so what else is there to know. Garnet tells him that Rose never wanted him seeing that place, causing Steven to erupt. "Rose wanted- what about what I want? I'm sick of everyone lying to me! Rose is my mom, out of anyone, don't I deserve to know the truth?!" Steven later enlists Greg's help to find the Palanquin by telling him "I know you didn't want to get involved with Mom's past, but I wanna know the truth. Doesn't that matter at all."

"The Zoo"

Steven tells the Zoomans that Greg and Rose spent time to get to know each other before they got into a relationship; they didn't have someone choose for them to be together.

"That Will Be All"

Yellow Diamond expresses her belief that since Rose Quartz shattered Pink Diamond, every other Rose Quartz in existence (which are all currently bubbled) should be shattered as well.

"Storm in the Room"

Using his room, Steven creates Rose Quartz to be able to talk to her and spend time with her. He soon realizes that what he is seeing is not truly Rose Quartz, and he begins to get aggressive and yell at her, telling her of how much trouble and danger she’s put him in.

"Rocknaldo"

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"Lion 4: Alternate Ending"

Rose’s tape for Steven is seen again, only this time being made for Nora, what Steven’s name would be if he were a girl.

"The Good Lars"

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"I Am My Mom"

Steven claims to be Rose Quartz, in order to save Connie, Onion, Jamie, and Sadie from being captured by Aquamarine and Topaz.

Season 5

"Stuck Together"

She is mentioned a few times, mostly by Steven and Aquamarine.

"The Trial"

Zircon spends the episode defending Rose Quartz in their trial, poking holes and finding flaws in her story.

"Off Colors"

Steven told Lars that the Diamonds have been after Rose for 6,000 years.

"Lars' Head"

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"Dewey Wins"

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"Your Mother and Mine"

Garnet tells the Off Colors about the "real" story of Rose Quartz.

"Can't Go Back"

She is mentioned by Blue Diamond.

"A Single Pale Rose"

It was revealed when Steven entered Pearl's gem in order to retrieve her phone that Rose Quartz was, in fact, Pink Diamond, who with Pearl's help staged her shattering so that the two can finally be free together, with Pink Diamond continuing her new life as Rose Quartz and with the Crystal Gem rebellion.

"Now We're Only Falling Apart"

As Ruby and Sapphire split up, the painting of Rose is seen in the background.

"What's Your Problem"

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"The Question"

Ruby told Greg that Steven found out about his mother, since he fell in love with Rose and she fell in love with Mr. Universe, but she didn't tell him that she used to be Pink Diamond and Greg never tell her that he was Gregory DeMayo.

"Made of Honor"

After being released from her bubble by Steven, Bismuth sees the corrupted Biggs Jasper and asks why Rose Quartz could not stop Pink Diamond, after which she is told by Steven that "they are the same person".

"Reunited"

At the start of For Just One Day Let's Only Think About (Love), Steven states that his mother Pink Diamond lived in hiding by the name of Rose and chose her form.

"Legs From Here to Homeworld"

Centipeetle, after revealing to be a corrupted Nephrite, relieved that the Diamonds are on Earth, believing that Rose Quartz must have been "destroyed".

"Change Your Mind"

During Steven's dreams of the past of his mother's memories that Pink Diamond being locked in the Gem Prison Tower for the Kyanite Colony, the dream fades to black void and purple floor as the Diamonds used the same power on Steven switches forms from himself, to Rose, and Pink Diamond and repeated forms.

Steven Universe: The Movie

Rose is shown within the book that White Diamond uses to tell the audience about the history of the show, telling of her true identity as Pink Diamond. Then during the song "Happily Ever After" she is seen again, with Pearl telling of how much she cared for her and their history together. She is once more alluded to when Amethyst shapeshifts into her to try to get Pearl to regain her memories.

Steven Universe Future

"Rose Buds"

Steven looks for a place to hang the classic Rose Quartz painting, and Rose Quartz is mentioned many times, with a particular Rose Quartz having a nearly identical appearance to her. This boils over when Steven accidentally shows the other Rose Quartzes the tape she made for Steven, forcing him to come clean about his discomfort and anxiety.

"Bluebird"

A framed photo of Rose Quartz can be seen in the beginning.

"Snow Day"

The same photo is seen again in the background.

"Prickly Pair"

As Steven leaves his room early in the morning, her photo can be seen resting on his nightstand.

"In Dreams"

The same framed picture of her and Greg can be seen when Steven and Peridot are watching Camp Pining Hearts.

"Together Forever"

She's seen in the photo as Steven is talking with Connie on his phone.

"Growing Pains"

Her photos are seen again, and as Steven thinks back to his psychological traumatic events from his childhood, he remembers his confrontation the fake Rose he made in Rose's Room from "Storm in the Room".

"Everything's Fine"

As Steven begins to slowly lose his touch with reality, her photo can be seen multiple times, and is even indirectly mentioned during Steven's emotional and mental breakdown before his transformation.

"The Future"

Now relaxed and free, Steven and Connie plan things on his bed with her photo remaining, marking her last appearance.


ve Character histories
Gems Rose Quartz • PearlAmethystGarnet • Peridot • Lapis Lazuli • Jasper
Humans Greg Universe • Connie Maheswaran • Lars Barriga • Sadie Miller
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