About Jem and the Holograms

Jem is an American animated television series that ran from 1985 to 1988 - The show is about a singer named Jem, her band the Holograms and their adventures - The show was originally designed to appeal to both girls and boys, with a mix of action/adventure,drama, music, and fashion.

Personages:

Jem (Lead Vocals) - Jem is the leader of the Holograms and the most popular singer of her day. She is the alter-ego of Jerrica Benton, owner of Starlight Music. Using the power of Synergy, an incredibly powerful holographic/audio synthesizer, Jerrica can become Jem by touching her star-shaped earrings and saying "It's showtime Synergy". Voiced by Samantha Newark and Britta Phillps.

Kimber Benton (Keyboards, Synthesizers and Backup Vocals) - Jerrica Benton's younger sister. Kimber is the primary songwriter of the Holograms. Impulsive and headstrong, Kimber is often featured as a romantic character on the show, falling for guys at the drop of a hat.

Aja Leith (Lead Guitarist and Backup Vocals) - Aja is a Chinese-American foster girl who grew up with the other Holograms in the Starlight house. A natural fixer and sports fan, Aja is cool and level headed. She is the girlfriend of Craig Phillips, the brother of the Misfit's keytarist, Stormer. Aja almost always is the driver of the Rockin' Roadster.

Shana Elmsford (Synth Drums, Bass Guitarist and Backup Vocals) - Shana grew up with Kimber, Jerrica and Aja in the Starlight House and despite her shy demeanor, became good friends with the other girls. She designs many of the Hologram's costumes and even left the band for a short time to pursue a career in fashion. When circumstances forced her to return to the band, she switched to playing the guitar with Raya taking over on drums.

Carmen 'Raya' Alonso (Synth Drums) - Raya is the talented drummer of the Holograms. Quiet and unassuming, Raya won the position of drummer for the Holograms during a worldwide talent search, beating close competitor Craig Phillips in a drum duel. Voiced by Linda Dangcil.

Spoiler / Story :

The central "secret" of the series is that Jem is in fact the alter ego of Jerrica Benton, owner/manager of Starlight Music, who adopts this persona with the help of Synergy, a holographic computer designed to be the ultimate, audio, visual, entertainment synthesizer built by her father, who left it to her upon his death.

The other Holograms are Kimber Benton, Jerrica's younger sister, keyboardist and main songwriter for the band; Aja Leith, guitarist; and Shana Elmsford, who plays the synth drums. Aja and Shana are also childhood friends and adopted foster sisters of Jerrica and Kimber. Shana briefly left the group in a two-part episode called Talent Search, where a new character, Carmen "Raya" Alonso, is introduced as her replacement. When Shana returns, Raya Alonso remains the Holograms' drummer while Shana takes up the guitar.

Only the Holograms are aware of Jem's secret identity, although Jerrica revealed it to one person, The United States President in a season 3 episode, "The Presidential Affair." Episodes of the series frequently revolved around Jerrica's efforts to keep her two identities separate. This often caused conflict with her boyfriend, Rio, who is attracted to both Jerrica and Jem while not realizing that they are actually the same person.

The Holograms' rival band are the Misfits: petulant rich girl Pizzazz (Phyllis Gabor) and her cohorts: no-nonsense and streetwise Roxy (Roxanne Pelligrini) and kind-hearted and sensitive keytar player Stormer (Mary Phillips), who are later joined by the sardonic and manipulative British saxophone player, Jetta (Sheila Thompson).

The final season of the show introduced a new set of antagonists, a new band called the Stingers, consisting of: Riot (Rory Llewelyn), Rapture (Phoebe Ashe) and Minx (Ingrid Krueger). Riot also added romantic drama to the show, as he was obsessed with Jem. Pizzazz, in turn, was obsessed with Riot and Minx pursued Rio.

Other characters important enough to have related dolls were filmmaker Video (Vivien Montgomery), her cousin and obsessive Misfits fan Clash (Constance Montgomery), choreographer Danse (Giselle Dvorjak) and three of the most prominent Starlight Girls: Ashley, Ba Nee and Krissie. Hasbro's Rama Llama toy seems to have been loosely associated with Jem though was never used as anything more than a mail in offer and may never have featured in later Jem projects.

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