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COLLECTION · Series · 1985

Jem

Using a holographic computer she inherited from her father, Jerrica Benton turns herself and her pals into pop-music group Jem and the Holograms.

Source: TMDB
* 7.4 (53)AnimationFamilyFantasyScience FictionUnited States
Creators
Christy Marx
Countries
United States
Studios
Syndication · Sunbow Productions · Hasbro · Marvel Productions
Runtime
7–22 min/ep
Age rating
TV-Y7
Release
06/10/1985
Score
7.4 / 10 (53)
Where to watch
With ads
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
15 episodes · 1985

These first 15 episodes were part of the Super Sunday segments and were 7 mins long. The DVD release compiles them into 5 episodes 21 mins long The Beginning (1-3), Disaster (2-6), Kimbers Rebellion (6-9), Frame Up (9-11) and Battle of the Bands (12-15). https://totallyjem.com/jemsunbowepisodes.html

The Beginning
Episode 1. The Beginning
1985-10-06 · 22 min

Music executive Jerrica Benton discovers a computer that transforms her into a rock star named Jem to save her father's charitable foundation from his old partner Eric. Featured songs: "Outta My Way" – The Misfits, "Only the Beginning" –…

The Challenge
Episode 2. The Challenge
1985-10-13 · 22 min

When Starlight House is burnt down, Jerrica and the Holograms go to Howard Sands, who offered the mansion in the battle of the bands contest. Jem and the Holograms put on a concert for him and explain what happened. He agrees to let the…

Fire!
Episode 3. Fire!
1985-10-20 · 22 min

Jem and the Holograms are in Paris to film their first music video when Kimber grows jealous of the attention Jem receives there and questions her place in the band. Featured songs: "Twilight in Paris", "Gettin' Down to Business", "I Got…

Nowhere To Go
Episode 4. Nowhere To Go
1985-10-27

Ashley's odd behavior is finally brought to Jerrica's attention. She doesn't have time to deal with her though since she's just signed a contract for Jem and the Holograms to headline a show at a Las Vegas casino. The Misfits are not…

The Mansion
Episode 5. The Mansion
1985-11-03

No synopsis

The Yacht
Episode 6. The Yacht
1985-11-10

No synopsis

The Video Clip
Episode 7. The Video Clip
1985-11-17

No synopsis

Defections
Episode 8. Defections
1985-11-24

No synopsis

Zapped
Episode 9. Zapped
1985-12-01

No synopsis

The Sparks Fly
Episode 10. The Sparks Fly
1985-12-08

No synopsis

The Robbery
Episode 11. The Robbery
1985-12-15

No synopsis

The Detective
Episode 12. The Detective
1985-12-22

No synopsis

Synergy
Episode 13. Synergy
1985-12-29

No synopsis

Prisoners
Episode 14. Prisoners
1986-01-05

No synopsis

The Big Contest
Episode 15. The Big Contest
1986-01-12

No synopsis

Season 2
Season 2
21 episodes · 1986
Starbright (1): Falling Star
Episode 1. Starbright (1): Falling Star
1986-07-05

Jem stars in Howard Sands' new movie, part of the prize she and the Holograms won in the Battle of the Bands. But Pizzazz convinces her father to buy the movie studio making the film and give ownership to Eric who quickly seizes control…

Starbright (2): Colliding Stars
Episode 2. Starbright (2): Colliding Stars
1986-07-12

Horrified at the news of Ba Nee's impending blindness, Jerrica learns from her doctor that there is an experimental laser surgical procedure that could save Ba Nee's vision. However, the cost of the surgery is a staggering $250,000.…

Starbright (3): Rising Star
Episode 3. Starbright (3): Rising Star
1986-07-19

During a dangerous motorcycle scene for the movie, Kimber is caught in the middle of a series of explosions set off by Roxy and Clash, and is almost killed. Infuriated, Jem and the Holograms quit the production permanently, along with…

The World Hunger Shindig
Episode 4. The World Hunger Shindig
1986-07-26

Jem and the Holograms are invited to perform at a concert benefitting the victims of world hunger. When The Misfits learn of the concert, they try to horn in. Sally Brand, the woman behind the World Hunger Shindig tells them they can…

Adventure in China
Episode 5. Adventure in China
1986-08-23

The Holograms are invited to perform a special concert in China. The Misfits tag along and take notice of Jem's reluctance to part with her JemStar earrings while going through customs. They steal the earrings, leading Jerrica and the…

Last Resorts
Episode 6. Last Resorts
1986-08-30

Jem and The Holograms take a much needed vacation to a Colorado ski resort owned by Rick Franklin, an old friend of Howard Sands. Mr. Franklin tells the Holograms that his resort is being threatened by another resort owned by Eric…

In Stitches
Episode 7. In Stitches
1986-09-06

Several girl groups from all over the world are invited to take part in a rock fashion contest headed by Italian music promoter, Tony Cassini. Shana is a bit nervous about the competition and The Misfits try to rattle her by chipping away…

The Music Awards (1)
Episode 8. The Music Awards (1)
1986-09-13

The Holograms and The Misfits become so focused on beating each other at the upcoming annual Music Awards that they neglect their duties to the Starlight Girls. Deidre, one of the girls is so hurt by this she runs away. Ba Nee, not…

The Music Awards (2)
Episode 9. The Music Awards (2)
1986-09-20

As Jerrica and the others continue their search for the girls, The Misfits stage a publicity stunt to garner more attention toward their appearance at the Music Awards. Deidre, Krissy, Ba Nee and their new friend, Danny run afoul of a…

The Rock Fashion Book
Episode 10. The Rock Fashion Book
1986-09-27

The Misfits try to ruin the Holograms's new rock fashion book. When their initial attempts fail, Pizzazz persuades her father to buy the rights to the book, putting the Misfits in charge of the project.

Broadway Magic
Episode 11. Broadway Magic
1986-10-04

Eric incites greed and scandal by offering a $100,000 reward for anyone who can reveal Jem's real identity, while both groups are in New York City auditioning for the lead roles in a Broadway producer's new show.

In Search of the Stolen Album
Episode 12. In Search of the Stolen Album
1986-10-11

As Jem and the Holograms prepare to release their debut album, Eric hires Zipper to steal it, so The Misfits can use the material for themselves. Pizzazz sends the Holograms anonymous letters with clues that will supposedly lead them to…

Hot Time in Hawaii
Episode 13. Hot Time in Hawaii
1986-10-18

The Misfits and The Holograms compete in the "Battle of the Music Stars", a Battle of the Network Stars type event in Honolulu. Kimber is kidnapped, and the Holograms have to find her in time to compete.

The Princess and the Singer
Episode 14. The Princess and the Singer
1986-11-01

Loosely based on the Mark Twain story The Prince and the Pauper, while touring the small European country of Morvania, Kimber meets Princess Adriana, the teenage heir to the throne who happens to look exactly like her. When Adriana…

Island of Deception
Episode 15. Island of Deception
1986-11-08

Jem and The Holograms are invited to perform at a concert in St. Thomas and travel aboard a luxury ocean liner to get there. Eric and the Misfits, who are convinced there's a publicity stunt going on, tag along to cash in on it. Later…

Old Meets New
Episode 16. Old Meets New
1986-11-15

When Jem & The Holograms perform a song called 'Rock and Roll is Forever,' they infuriate an old singer named Bobby Bailey. However, Bobby turns out to be a man with a big heart but also a big problem. His flat is scheduled for demolition…

Intrigue at the Indy 500
Episode 17. Intrigue at the Indy 500
1987-02-01

Starlight Music sponsors Indy 500 driver Martino Granzetti. When a crash lands Martino (and Rio) in the hospital, Jem & the Holograms manage to rebuild the car and Jem decides to race the car for the tournament. However, things turn nasty…

The Jem Jam (1)
Episode 18. The Jem Jam (1)
1987-02-08

The Misfits plot to ruin The Jem Jam, a benefit concert Jem is planning, by tricking Luna Dark (a Cyndi Lauper-esque singer) into coming with them, while Krissy must deal with Lena Lerner's (a Tina Turner-like pop star) spoiled brat son,…

The Jem Jam (2)
Episode 19. The Jem Jam (2)
1987-02-15

Jem saves Luna Dark from Pizzazz's guard dogs, and the Misfits plot to ruin the Jem Jam, with help from Techrat. Meanwhile, Ba Nee goes to great lengths to prove that Randy is her father. Also, Krissy finds out that there's more to…

Culture Clash
Episode 20. Culture Clash
1987-02-22

An eccentric artist, Fitzgerald Beck, is the art director for Jem and the Holograms' new video. Beck's art dealer is using his sculptures to smuggle stolen diamonds. The Misfits find this out and set up the sculptures to explode onstage…

Glitter and Gold
Episode 21. Glitter and Gold
1987-03-15

Jem hasn't been heard from in some time and Jerrica doesn't seem to care. The Misfits waste no time capitalizing on her absence, especially when Owen Beech, the owner of Diskovery Records promotes a contest, awarding a Gold Album award…

Season 3
Season 3
39 episodes · 1987
The Talent Search (1)
Episode 1. The Talent Search (1)
1987-09-21

Problems affect Jem & The Holograms when Shana leaves to pursue a fashion career. The Holograms decide to host a Talent Search to find a new drummer. News of this spreads like fire which also catches the attention of The Misfits. The…

The Talent Search (2)
Episode 2. The Talent Search (2)
1987-09-22

The Misfits discover that the other semi-finalist Craig is Stormer's brother. Eric then decides to use Craig to find out Jem's real identity. When he decides to stand up to Eric, Jetta swipes money from Eric's wallet which she uses to…

Scandal
Episode 3. Scandal
1987-09-23

The Holograms, the Misfits, and Shawn Harrison (the British teen idol Kimber met in The World Hunger Shindig, and has asked her to write a song for him to perform) are all in Venice Beach. The Holograms are supposed to go on Harriet…

One Jem Too Many
Episode 4. One Jem Too Many
1987-09-24

Jerrica, stressed-out from dealing with tax forms and problems with the Starlight record company and home for girls, gets into trouble with a nasty tempered Jem impersonator, who turns out to be Clash disguised in one of The Misfits'…

The Bands Break Up
Episode 5. The Bands Break Up
1987-09-28

Upset with the way their bands treat them, Kimber and Stormer quit and join forces. They are extremely popular and try to release an album, but they soon realize Eric Raymond is using them to get back his half of Starlight Music.

The Fan
Episode 6. The Fan
1987-09-29

Jem is kidnapped by a rich fan with help of The Misfits and taken to a copy of Starlight Mansion with actors playing her friends in an attempt to find out her real identity.

Fathers' Day
Episode 7. Fathers' Day
1987-10-01

It's Fathers' Day! Kimber has a bad time, trying to remembering her late father, but learns to cope after having a talk with Pizzazz's father as he has his own problems with his daughter. Also, The Holograms and Misfits visit Clash and…

Treasure Hunt
Episode 8. Treasure Hunt
1987-10-05

The Starlight Girls compete with Misfits-in-Training in a treasure hunt for literacy. In the end, they learn that knowledge is the greatest prize of all.

Aztec Enchantment
Episode 9. Aztec Enchantment
1987-10-07

The Misfits join up with Clash, who was just given a video camera by her father, and hit Mexico to ruin Jem and the Holograms' new music video directed by Video at the ruins of an ancient Aztec temple. Also the Holograms befriend a poor…

Music Is Magic
Episode 10. Music Is Magic
1987-10-14

Jem & the Holograms are set to appear on a Music & Magic TV Special. However, matters are made worse when they discover that their rivals The Misfits are also guests on the show but the real trouble starts when they all keep disappearing…

The Jazz Player
Episode 11. The Jazz Player
1987-10-15

Jem tries to reunite the Tapps Tucket Quartet, an old jazz group. Meanwhile, Eric Raymond is trying to put out a compilation album of jazz songs. Eric and the Misfits do everything in their power to stop the Tapps Tucket Quartet from…

Danse Time
Episode 12. Danse Time
1987-10-19

The Holograms want to submit a video with the theme of friendship for a competition. But in the process, Danse is injured. Will she heal in time for them to make the perfect video?

Roxy Rumbles
Episode 13. Roxy Rumbles
1987-10-20

Roxy wins the lottery and goes home to Philadelphia to show off her new lavish lifestyle to her old friends. Meanwhile, Jem and the Holograms are in Philadelphia on a tour to promote literacy. What no one knows is Roxy is illiterate.…

Alone Again
Episode 14. Alone Again
1987-10-23

Laura Holloway, a new Starlight Girl with a talent for music, falls victim to Bobby Braddock, a drug dealer at her school. Ashley plays an important role again, this time helping to confront Laura and eventually help the police catch Bobby.

KJEM
Episode 15. KJEM
1987-10-29

A group of college students (including a high school friend of Kimber's) ask Jem to help a struggling radio station that they intern at, that a larger rival station wants to buy out and get rid of.

Trick or Techrat
Episode 16. Trick or Techrat
1987-10-30

The Holograms plan to save an old opera house from being torn down. As they restore it for a special Halloween concert, the Holograms encounter spooks and ghosts.

The Presidential Dilemma
Episode 17. The Presidential Dilemma
1987-11-02

A marauding thief is taking all of the American national treasures. Meanwhile, Synergy is apprehended by the government. It is up to Jerrica to save her and stop the marauder.

Rock 'n' Roll Express
Episode 18. Rock 'n' Roll Express
1987-11-03

Double trouble on the trains--a thief and the Misfits--affect Jem on a cross-country train trip.

Mardi Gras
Episode 19. Mardi Gras
1987-11-04

The Holograms are invited to wear the pirate Jean Lafitte's jewels for the Mardi Gras celebration. But could Lafitte's ghost be after them?

The Middle of Nowhere
Episode 20. The Middle of Nowhere
1987-11-05

Jem and the Holograms visit Ba Nee's pen pal in Alaska. It is up to them to stop the Misfits and Eric Raymond from ruining Alaska and destroying a natural seal habitat.

Renaissance Woman
Episode 21. Renaissance Woman
1987-11-16

The Holgrams and their friends attend a Renaissance fair at a castle in England. The false lord-to-be who owns castle and a Robin Hood-like outlaw trying to oust him both fall in love with Danse.

Journey to Shangri-La
Episode 22. Journey to Shangri-La
1987-11-24

The Holograms hear the story of Shangri-La, a magical city that no one can find and contains magical music. They decide to go in search of the city in order to learn the music and add it to their act. Naturally, the Misfits follow them…

Journey Through Time
Episode 23. Journey Through Time
1988-01-06

Jem and The Holograms are transported through time by one of Techrat's devices so the Misfits can headline the World History of Music Concert. Along the way, Jem and The Holograms meet Wolfgang Motzart, The Ben Tiller Orchestra, and…

Britrock
Episode 24. Britrock
1988-01-07

The Misfits go to England to meet Jetta's supposedly aristocratic family. Jetta's lower-class parents strike up a deal with a Lord of England which ends badly. Meanwhile, the Holograms come to play a show in London and meet an old friend.

Out of the Past
Episode 25. Out of the Past
1988-01-08

While cleaning out the attic, Jerrica and the Holograms find Emmett Benton's journal. Jerrica begins to read it out loud - as she does, we see flashback of the Benton family when Jerrica was 11, Kimber was 8 or 9, and both their parents…

Hollywood Jem (1): For Your Consideration
Episode 26. Hollywood Jem (1): For Your Consideration
1988-01-11

No synopsis

Hollywood Jem (2): and the Winner Is...
Episode 27. Hollywood Jem (2): and the Winner Is...
1988-01-12

No synopsis

The Stingers Hit Town (1)
Episode 28. The Stingers Hit Town (1)
1988-02-02

Eric is fed up with the Misfits' antics and vows to control them once and for all. He sells everything he owns and buys Misfits Music from Harvey Gabor, telling the Misfits to shape up or be replaced. Meanwhile, Jerrica wants to find…

The Stingers Hit Town (2)
Episode 29. The Stingers Hit Town (2)
1988-02-03

Jem is very confused and insists they go home, but Riot wants to see her again and she can't say no to him. She returns to Starlight Mansion to find the Holograms (particularly Aja) concerned about her behavior around Riot. Rio is…

Video Wars
Episode 30. Video Wars
1988-02-04

Clash pretends to be a film student and gets Jem and the Holograms to let her film a documentary about them so she can convince Pizzaz she's good enough to be a Misfit.

Beauty and the Rock Promoter
Episode 31. Beauty and the Rock Promoter
1988-02-05

Red Johnny Mac gets Jem and the Holograms to star in a rock version of ""Beauty and The Beast"". Jem becomes obessesed with the beast and her role and is so exausted that she is put on bed rest. The Misfits have to now take over for them.

Homeland, Heartland
Episode 32. Homeland, Heartland
1988-02-08

Jem and the Holograms travel to Zagreb, Yugoslavia to shoot a music video and help Danse search for her mother. They visit the Zagreb Ballet where her mother was a ballerina and find a conrolling director, Victor Krosach, whose obsession…

Midsummer Night's Madness
Episode 33. Midsummer Night's Madness
1988-02-09

Jem and the Holograms and the Stingers go to Greece to play in a music festival. Jerrica and Rio have a fight, and thanks to advice from an Oracle, she creates a new identity. When Rio falls for her new identity, she thinks it means he…

The Day the Music Died
Episode 34. The Day the Music Died
1988-02-11

After Jem disappears with Riot to Mexico all hell breaks loose when Pizzazz and the other Misfits take over Starlight Music and Starlight Foundation. The Holograms and the remaining members of The Stingers, Rapture & Minx, join the…

That Old Houdini Magic
Episode 35. That Old Houdini Magic
1988-02-15

In order to get the Stingers onto the bill of a certain concert, Rapture cons the superstitious arranger into thinking she is possessed by the spirit of famous magician Houdini.

Straight from the Heart
Episode 36. Straight from the Heart
1988-02-15

A new fashion designer, Regine Cesare comes to town and decides whether her loyalties lie with the Holograms or the Stingers.

A Change of Heart
Episode 37. A Change of Heart
1988-02-18

Minx decides to step up her pursuit of Rio by helping him design a synthesizer. While he's grateful for the help, he makes it clear he's not interested and the two separate in a huff. This changes when Minx gets caught in a dangerous…

Riot's Hope
Episode 38. Riot's Hope
1988-02-22

Riot and his father don't get along. Can they put their differences aside when Riot's mother gets sick suddenly?

A Father Should Be...
Episode 39. A Father Should Be...
1988-05-02

Ba Nee's depression over missing her father is growing steadily worse. Using Riot's army contacts, Jerrica and the others track down the three men who could potentially be her father. One man, an amnesiac sees this investigation as a…

Cast by season
Samantha Newark
Samantha Newark
Jem / Jerrica Benton (voice)
Cathianne Blore
Cathianne Blore
Kimber Benton / Aja Leith (voice)
Britta Phillips
Britta Phillips
Jem (singing voice)
Samantha Paris
Samantha Paris
Roxy (voice)
Cindy McGee
Cindy McGee
Shana Elmsford (voice)
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Michael Sheehan
Rio Pacheco (voice)
Patricia Alice Albrecht
Patricia Alice Albrecht
Pizzazz (voice)
Susan Blu
Susan Blu
Stormer (voice)
Ellen Bernfeld
Ellen Bernfeld
Pizzazz (singing voice)
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GenerationofSwine
★ 10.0 / 10
Well...I loved this, at least as a child. I honestly haven't found a copy of this to watch as an adult...so I can't tell you if it stands the test of time like G.I. Joe does...or if it fails to hold the love like Brave Starr did. But, I do remember thinking that this was MTV for kids. Or at least it was what the cool kids watched. It was part New Wave and part children's adventure cartoon. So, it sort of gets the love from two ways. And even my father described it as "The Runaways meets Kiss." which was a little before my time as a child...but everyone loves The Runaways so he couldn't have meant it in a bad way.
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