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{{quote|''"Showtime, Synergy!"''|'''Jerrica 'Jem' Benton'''}}
'''Jem''' was a 1980s [[Sixty-Five-Episode Cartoon|65 episode]]<ref> eventually{{context|reason=Is it or isn't it?}}</ref> [[Sixty-Five-Episode Cartoon|cartoon]] about the adventures of a rock star, Jem, and her band, the Holograms. Jem (not to be confused with the real pop star of the same name), the [[Rose-Haired Girl|pink-haired]], outrageous but kind-hearted rock star, was in reality Jerrica Benton, a young career woman. Jerrica is in charge of Starlight Music, a music label, the Starlight Foundation, a charitable organization, and Starlight House, a home for orphaned and foster girls that the foundation provides funding for, all founded by her deceased parents.
Jerrica learns that shortly before her father's death, he created a computer system called "Synergy," which has the power to create [[Hologram|Holograms]] and other illusions. Jerrica uses Synergy and a pair of [[Applied Phlebotinum|hologram projecting earrings]] to turn into Jem. The only other people who know Jerrica and Jem are the same person are the members of her band, the Holograms, which consists of her younger sister, Kimber (keyboards), and their two adopted sisters Aja (lead guitar) and Shana (originally drums, then bass guitar). Later, the band gains a new member, Raya, who took over for Shana on drums.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't ever call Pizzazz by her real name, Phyllis.
* [[Big Bad]]: Eric Raymond.
* [[Big Damn Kiss]]: Happens in the opening credits!
* [[Black Shirt]]: Clash, the obsessive Misfits groupie that dreams of becoming a Misfit herself. Since she can't sing or perform, the Misfits just keep her around to cause havoc.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: After Jetta's lies about being British royalty are found out, she makes up ANOTHER lie about being the twin sister of a British lord and they were separated at birth. Pizzazz promptly tells her to shut up.
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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Stormer of the Misfits is an aversion (or at least she averts the "Jerk" part), because she was never really a jerk in the first place, unlike her bandmates. Roxy, however, plays it straight.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk]]: '''Eric Raymond'''.
* [[Just Eat Gilligan]]: 99% of Jerrica's problems would be over if she'd just do the ''sensible'' thing and press charges against the Misfits for theft, vandalism, and recklessly endangering the lives of the Holograms and the Starlight Girls. The show addressed this a grand total of once, in which Eric implied that lawyers can do ''anything'' if you're rich. Nonetheless, this would only work for so long and isn't really going to be much good at, say, [http://www.agonybooth.com/tv/Jem/One_Jem_Too_Many.aspx getting you off for] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140312201308/http://www.agonybooth.com/tv/Jem/One_Jem_Too_Many.aspx?Page=2 the attempted murder of your rivals.] Pizzazz's father is also wealthy, but the show also established early on that he pretty much cut her off for being out of control.
** [[Turn the Other Cheek]]
** And on the flipside, the Misfits (who are just as popular and successful as Jem and the Holograms) would probably be better off if they would just ignore Jem and stop trying to upstage their rivals. Multiple episodes show them as being insanely popular, respected as musicians, and widely regarded in the industry as just as good as Jem and the Holograms, even beating them for a major industry award. Feuding with Jem just leads to more frustration and humiliation.
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* [[Loves My Alter Ego]]: Rare male examples:
** Rio dates Jerrica and waffles with affection for Jem because he doesn't know they're the same person.
*** Or as [https://web.archive.org/web/20140312201308/http://www.agonybooth.com/tv/Jem/One_Jem_Too_Many.aspx?Page=2 the Agony Booth] puts it, Rio "says goodbye to his girlfriend, already planning to cheat on her with his second girlfriend, who by the way is his girlfriend. I'm sorry, I'll never get over that."
** Riot from the third season likes Jem and not Jerrica and has no idea why Jem keeps blowing him off.
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: All the more complicated because two of the members are the same person.
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