# Jewelry of the Comic, Television, Movie and Book Gods **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 5, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600 "2026-10-05T17:48:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/81 "2026-10-07T14:19:20Z")
The Moonstone from Wilkie Collins’ novel of the same name; supposedly stolen from an idol (possibly the first appearance of that trope in fiction) The Stone from the Eye of the Idol in the 1924 and 1940 versions of _The Thief of Bagdad_. In each case, it acts like a far-seeing crystal ball. (In the original story it’s a magic telescope!) That magic ring from Bram Stoker’s _Jewel of Seven Stars_ The Dracula ring created th movie _House of Frankenstein_ (1944), later worn by Bela Lugosi (who didn’t play Dracula in that film) and was eventually given to Forrest J. Ackerman, who showed pictures of it in _Famous Monsters of Filmland_. He was wearing it when I shook hands with him at the 1989 50th anniversary World Science Fiction Convention. It sold at auction in 2009 for $46,000. I don’t know who has it now. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/82 "2026-10-07T14:39:24Z")
We’ve been discussing Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold in another thread. The central item of the plot is a pearl necklace. Which has contact poison on it and is an attempted murder weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/83 "2026-10-07T18:40:16Z")
Speaking of Little Orphan Annie, she had a broken locket. Supposedly her real parents had the other half. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/84 "2026-10-07T21:21:09Z")
And from the same series, and the same wearer, there’s a miniature globe of the planet Barrayar, hanging by countergrav from a pendant and spinning and displaying changing weather patterns. A couple of other characters have earrings made from a pair of such globes (from two different planets that they have ties to). On Beta Colony, another world in the same setting, different styles of earrings are used to signal a wide variety of orientation and relationship status. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/85 "2026-10-07T21:35:14Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > All of the members of the Legion of Superheroes had (will have?) supertechnological rings that granted them the ability to fly (unless they already had that ability). Before the rings, they had belts. Very plain-looking (sort of like a watchband, with vertical segments). From what I see online it was 1965 when the changeover to rings happened. Upthread there’s a short debate on whether or not belts count as jewelry. At least the Superheroes were not using the belts to hold up their pants! ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/86 "2026-10-07T21:38:02Z")
The Time Lord known as The Master was reincarnated after having been cremated, thanks to the signet ring he was wearing (covered in Gallifreyan script), and a ritual performed by the Disciples of Saxon. [![](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/tardis/images/b/b4/The_Master%27s_ring.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170617151954) ](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/tardis/images/b/b4/The_Master%27s_ring.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170617151954) Almost certainly based on Dracula’s reconstitution in various Hammer movies. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/87 "2026-10-07T21:50:06Z")
Do pocket watches count as jewelry? Because both the Doctor and the Master used ornate watches to hide their alien nature and store their temporarily erased memories. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/88 "2026-10-07T21:55:10Z")
I would say pocket watches count. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/89 "2026-10-07T22:19:21Z")
Did anyone mention Marine Boy and his ring? There was a whistle in it that he used to call his dolphin pal, Splasher. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/90 "2026-10-07T22:26:32Z")
How about a time-turner? > **[Time-Turner | Official Harry Potter Encyclopedia](https://www.harrypotter.com/fact-file/objects/time-turner)** > > Fact File ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/91 "2026-10-08T00:26:31Z")
The Mockingjay pin from _Hunger Games_. [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Eg9+SezhL._AC_SY300_SX300_QL70_FMwebp_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Eg9+SezhL._AC_SY300_SX300_QL70_FMwebp_.jpg) Any fan of Elena Ferrante’s books will know the importance of certain bracelets in her books, particularly _The Lying Life of Adults_. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/92 "2026-10-08T02:28:14Z")
Agatha Heterodyne has a plain gold ring that, if struck sharply on a hard surface, snaps open to form a lock-picking tool. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/93 "2026-10-08T03:48:56Z")
James Bond’s glass breaking ring. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kUXWJo0d1fA/maxresdefault.jpg "James Bond - 2002 Die Another Day - Sonic Ring") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUXWJo0d1fA) Do all his watches count as jewelry? Pocket watches do, but what about wristwatches? ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/94 "2026-10-08T09:02:49Z")
Looking back through, it’s mostly rings, with neckwear and bracelets making a good showing; a handful of earrings, and the odd torc, crown, pocket watch, brooch/pin etc. Thinking of other adornments: Sansa’s bejewelled hairnet in Game of Thrones Vincent’s drug-dealer’s wife’s tongue piercing in Pulp Fiction …? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/95 "2026-10-08T16:44:32Z")
The Amber novels have the Jewel of Judgement, a red orb on a necklace that among other things can call lightning, be used to inscribe a new Pattern, and seems to be the stolen Eye of the Serpent of Chaos. Elizabeth Moon’s Paladin’s Legacy novels has a plot-relevant collection of ancient magical royal jewels, including a crown. In Patricia Wrede’s Lyra, the Crown of Lyra is a powerful magical artifact. In Andre Norton’s _The Zero Stone,_ the Stone of the title is a Forerunner artifact mounted on a ring. In Trek’s _Elaan of Troyius_ the woman of the title had a necklace that turned out to be made of dilithium. In Trek’s _Catspaw_ the shapechanging alien Slyvia wears the same necklace both as a woman and a cat, a visual indicator they are the same. In Trek’s _I, Mudd_ the androids all wear necklaces with ID numbers, up to 500. In the novel _The World is Round,_ there’s a ring made of metallic hydrogen. Its plot relevance being that it demonstrates somebody _can_ make stable metallic hydrogen; the effort to discover where and how kicks off the plot. In the [1980 Flash Gordon film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Gordon_(film)) Ming the Merciless has a ring with vague powers. > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Agatha Heterodyne has a plain gold ring that, if struck sharply on a hard surface, snaps open to form a lock-picking tool. Also a highly plot-relevant locket necklace. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/96 "2026-10-08T17:05:18Z")
Signe Pike’s _Lost Queen_ series has a gold ring with a green stone which is pivotal in the series. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/97 "2026-10-08T20:24:41Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > In Trek’s _Catspaw_ …there was a pendant, clear, and on a chain, that contained a silver Enterprise. And I believe that Gary Seven’s dear little kitty, Isis, also wore a gemmed collar. Sweet little Isis! How I’d love to have her sit in my lap. And purr. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/98 "2026-10-08T21:26:32Z")
I hope I didn’t miss someone posting: Captain Planet! **Spouse Weasel** and I like to clink our rings together and say, “With our powers combined…” ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/99 "2026-10-08T21:34:33Z")
Underdog had a ring, but its main purpose was hold an energy pill. Brian ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600/100 "2026-10-08T21:36:56Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Underdog had a ring, but its main purpose was hold an energy pill. “The secret compartment of my ring I fill, With an Underdog Super Energy Pill.” _Underdog_ was my favorite cartoon when I was a little kid, and I can still hear Wally Cox’s voice saying those lines. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewelry-of-the-comic-television-movie-and-book-gods/1033600.md?page=6)