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Written by Christy Marx
Synopsis:
Jem/Jerrica and the Holograms, Raya, The Misfits, Jetta, Synergy, Rio, Eric, Lin-Z, Starlight Girls (Ashley, Ba Nee, Krissie, Deidre, Anne, Marianne, Joellen, Nancy, Delaree), Anthony, Craig, actress Liz Stratton, Barry music store owner, Raya's father Miguel, Raya's brothers (Enrique, Aurelio, Roberto), Raya's mother Rosa.
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When Miguel tells Raya about the talent search, and that anyone can try, the hair behind and
below his right ear is skin colored.
Trivia:
Hasbro wanted to add new dolls to the doll line, and told Christy what they looked like
and what instrument they were going to play.
Christy was told Raya was going to be a hispanic doll, and Jetta would play a saxophone.
When Hasbro first told Christy about the new character Raya, she started looking up "Raya"
to see if it meant anything in Spanish, she didn't find much that made sense. So Christy
came up with the idea of Raya just being a nickname that her father gave her. The last
name Alonso was the name of a hispanic person Christy knew who owned a big kite factory.
Shana plays both guitar and drums, but until this episodes she hadn't played guitar in ages
according to herself. Kimber plays drums aswell, but Aja or Jerrica don't.
Shana doesn't take part of any of the songs in this episode.
Christy was very much into designing clothes as a child. So it was only natural for
Christy to come up with that for Shana.
Liz Stratton was not directly based on any person, but Christy had said to the animation
artist to think of Joan Collins.
This episode about a talent search was of course long before talent shows like American
Idol.
The Starlight Girls help Jem and the Holograms with promotion.
The Misfits went looking at clubs for a fourth member only to top Jem and the Holograms and
their talent search. Stormer liked the idea of a fourth Misfit, because it means a new instrument, a
fuller sound, more complex music, Roxy didn't.
Jetta was first meant to play bass guitar before it was changed to a saxophone.
Jetta was part of the band Tinkerbillies before she joined the Misfits. "Tinkerbilly" is derogatory
slang for a pseudo-rock'n'roller someone pretending to be something he's not.
The first song Jetta played with the Misfits was before she was actually a member,
"I Like Your Style".
When the Misfits first meet Jetta, she doesn't have a work permit which means she can't
legally work in the USA. But Harvey Gabor's lawyers took care of that.
Christy wanted to make Jetta black, and took this up on a meeting with Sunbow who didn't
think it would be a good idea to have a black character as a bad guy, but she could be
British or Australian. Christy couldn't help laughing at them about it, but decided to go
for British.
It was important for Christy to have a real British actor play the part of Jetta, and
not an american making a bad accent. Sunbow decided to do auditions and send the
recordings of the finalists to Christy, for her to pick the voice actress she wanted.
Sunbow sent Christy a tape of four different women who had read for the part of Jetta, and
the three first were americans doing bad british accents, but the fourth was British
actress Louise Dorsey (a relative to the famous composer Engelbert Humperdinck). Christy
told Sunbow she wanted Louise, and so she got the part.
Craig came back to the USA from Europe just in time for the Talent Search, to visit his sister
Stormer.
Christy's notes to the animation artists for animating the character Craig
Phillips was "muscular, devastatingly handsome, and since Craig is actually Stormer's
brother you may wish to draw him with subtle facial resemblances, same hair and eye
color".
When Liz Stratton says orange is her unlucky color, it's an injoke by Christy who was
married to Peter Ledger at the time who was working on an animated movie called "the
Chipmunks", painting backgrounds, and one of the producers decided that she didn't like
the color orange, so he could no longer use orange when he painted backgrounds.
In the music video "Believe in Yourself" by Jem and the Holograms, we get to see Raya playing drums
as a little child, she had the same haircolor even then.
When Raya discovers Jem's real identity she actually recognizes who Jerrica is, which probably means
Jerrica is kinda famous too.
Raya always wanted sisters, she has three brothers.
With all the orphans on the show, Christy liked the idea of throwing an entire
functional family into the mix, Raya's family.
One of the original ideas Christy had for this episode was for one of Raya's brothers to
get involved with gangs and stealing the Rockin' Roadster from Jem. But that idea was cut
out because they had too much material already.
Raya has blue eyes, while the rest of her family has brown eyes.
One of the other contestants of the Talent Search, the female one who says she played
with bands like Static Moss, the Big Apes and the Nasties, was for some reason described
in detail by Christy in her script as a "tough girl, tough looking, nasty voice, young
woman wearing black leather and red lace, with black hair and a small red arrowpierced
heart painted on her cheek", and the animator went with it.
The song "I've Got My Eye On You" by Jem and the Holograms is re-used. Previously appeared in the
episode "Kimber's Rebellion".
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Written by Christy Marx
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Jem/Jerrica and the Holograms, Raya, The Misfits, Rio, Eric, Anthony, Craig, Liz Stratton actress and producer, Raya's father Miguel, Raya's mother Rosa, three brothers of Raya (Enrique, Aurelio, Roberto), Snakes gang.
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Craig didn't know his sister's nickname "Stormer".
Craig doesn't care about money.
Aja hoped very much that Craig would win the Talent Search.
Craig thinks Stormer is too good for the Misfits. But she thinks she'd be nothing without
the Misfits.
Shana doesn't take part of the song "Beat This" by Jem and the Holograms.
Christy originally had a scene for the end of the episode that involved a big scene with a
cook out with mexican food including Raya and Craig.
The song "Show Me The Way" by Jem and the Holograms is re-used. Previously appeared in the episode
"Starbright Part 2: Colliding Stars".
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Written by Mary Skrenes
Synopsis:
Jem/Jerrica and the Holograms, The Misfits, Synergy, Sean, Harriet, Starlight Girls (Ashley), Connie Long reporter at channel 82, Terry Stone reporter at channel 82, Pit Slurman publisher of Cool Trash Magazine, Will Houston reporter.
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Kimber keeps a diary. Here she sometimes writes down thoughts that turn into songs.
Jetta suggests that Roxy reads what Kimber says about her in Kimber's diary, but Roxy says
she wouldn't waste her time. In a later episode "Roxy Rumbles" we find out the reason for this, Roxy
can't read. On the other hand, later in this episode she has been able to pick out certain
pages of Kimber's diary with "dirt".
According to Kimber's diary, Roxy isn't dumb, but ignorant. Pizzazz is a rich spoiled brat.
Shana can be ridiculously insecure about her talent. Kimber thinks Aja is cold and sometimes wonders
if she has any feelings at all. Sometimes Kimber wishes Jem was her sister instead of Jerrica.
Sean thinks Kimber is a child in spirit but her work is quite mature.
Sean has nothing but the highest regards for Kimber, he respects her as a person and an artist.
He doesn't think Pizzazz is a real woman and wouldn't sing a song that she wrote.
There's an issue of the magazine Cool Trash that says "Jemstar chilled! Exclusive! Kimber loves
Sean! 'I could care less' he says!".
We get to hear Sean's band play a little music, but no singing.
Kimber gets her own new identity when she asks Synergy to change her into someone hard and mean,
someone who can never be hurt.
Synergy reveals that Emmett Benton told her many things about Kimber, he hoped she'd be strong,
she was a born charmer, from the beginning she enchanted everyone even butterflies, she was
sensitive and suffered when she saw pain, but the knocks and scrapes of childhood did
not stop her, she was creative, she was drawn to music and writing, she was often frustrated
but kept at it. When she was eleven she had her first big test, she had written a song for the
school talent show, but some unruly boys made fun of her as she began her sensitive ballad,
she had been proud of her song, but now she was humiliated, backstage her father gave her a
peptalk, she went back out there and the audience loved her, at that moment her father knew
she could survive in the music business, he was very proud. What he said according to Kimber
was "be true to yourself, believe in your song, and give the whole audience a chance".
Kimber can write a song in only one day, as also seen in "Father's Day".
The song "She Makes An Impression" by Jem and the Holograms is re-used. Previously appeared in the
episode "The Music Awards Part 1".
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Written by Buzz Dixon
Synopsis:
Jem/Jerrica and the Holograms, The Misfits, Rio, Eric, Clash, Danse, Techrat, Starlight Girls (Terri, Marianne, Joellen, Nancy), Flint Westwood, Brute Lee martial arts star, Hector Ramirez reporter.
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Jerrica sings a song by herself, "Imagine Me", not as Jem and not with the other Holograms.
Rio likes the Red Rock Restaurant, which is not a cheap place, because anyone who is anybody
eats there according to Clash.
There is a magazine called "Gala", which has the headline "Jem announces a gala benefit concert".
Kimber likes to take nice hot tub baths.
Starlight Music gave permission to lower the prices of their albums so more fans could afford them.
We get to hear Samantha Newark sing.
The song "Congratulations" by Jem and the Holograms is re-used. Previously appeared in the episode
"Starbright Part 2: Colliding Stars".
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Written by Marv Wolfman and Cheri Wilkerson
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Jem/Jerrica and the Holograms, Misfits, Eric, Lin-Z, Starlight Girls (Ashley, Ba Nee), Limp Lizards, owner of the club The Scene, promoter Dave Danielson promoter at Camp Dance Music, Eric's recording engineer at Flash Recording Studios, Joe Lin-Z' cameraman, Johnny Deacon, Luna Dark.
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Everyone else in the Holograms is older than Kimber.
The Holograms and the Misfits are two of the biggest bands in town.
We get to hear a new lead singing voice, which is the same for both Kimber and Stormer though.
For the first time ever, Stormer makes songs that are meaningful and sensitive.
Stormer has never in her life experienced sincere friendship before she became friends with
Kimber. Kimber and Stormer promise each other to be friends forever.
Eric owns Camp Dance Music.
Kimber owns half of Starlight Music.
Kimber knows nothing about business.
Starlight Music packaged and promoted Kimber and Stormer's album, which was called "Back to Back".
It went double platinum.
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Written by Beth Bornstein
Synopsis:
Jem/Jerrica and the Holograms, The Misfits, Synergy, Prescott A. Wentworth III, fake Jerrica and the Holograms, fake Rio, fake Video, fake Jem's mother, fake Starlight Girls (Ashley, Ba Nee, Krissie, Terri).
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The Misfits think Rio knows Jem's real identity, but that the Holograms don't.
Once again we get to hear Samantha Newark's singing.
Jerrica is the Holograms' manager.
It's funny that the Misfits didn't use Master of disguise Clash as one of the actors. She wasn't
even in the episode.
In the episode "One Jem Too Many", it's the other way around, only Jem is inpersonated by
another.
All the songs in this episode was used in another episode also, although the song "Nightmare" first
appeared in this episode.
The song "Who Is She Anyway" by the Misfits is re-used. Previously appeared in the episode
"Broadway Magic".
The song "I Believe In Happy Endings" by Jem and the Holograms is re-used. Previously appeared in the
episode "Culture Clash".
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Written by Roger Slifer
Synopsis:
Jem/Jerrica and the Holograms, The Misfits, Video, Clash, Harvey, Mrs. Bailey, Emmett, Buzz Montgomery, Video's father John Montgomery, Video's mother, Christy, Doc Martin, Hugh Carrington at American Aviation.
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There's an attic in Starlight Mansion.
Emmett Benton seems to have been a good baseball player, in a box marked "dad" on the attic,
there's a baseballtrophy.
Did they really have any material left, like photos from Starlight House?
In the music video of "Something Is Missing", Kimber and Emmett are shown at a house with a
pool in the backyard. The animators might have taken for granted that Kimber grew up in
Starlight Mansion.
According to old clips, Emmett played a lot with kites with Jerrica and Kimber.
Kimber took her father's death very hard. He was very dear to her, as can be seen also in the
episode "Scandal".
Kimber started playing guitar when she was a little girl.
In the music video "Something Is Missing", The Holograms are performing without Raya, Jem is
the only one with a mike, and Kimber plays guitar.
The music video of "Something Is Missing In My Life" by Jem and the Holograms, was
storyboarded by Victoria Jenson, who has later worked as a co-director on Shrek. The
music video of "Let's Blow This Town" by the Misfits was storyboarded by Will Meugniot.
Mulberry is the name of the town where Clash and Video grew up, and where their parents
still live. Except, no word about Clash's mother. That's because nothing was ever established about
Clash's mother, according to Christy Marx it was because Clash was a pretty minor character.
Roger Slifer had wanted Clash's father's house to have been a little more "wild" than
being purple, to reflect the taste of Clash and her family.
Clash had told her father that she was part of the Misfits.
Clash's father calls her Clash and not by her real name. He lives in a big house. He adores
her. She is his only daughter.
Video's mother calls her Vivian. Video's parents live almost next to Clash's father, only one house
inbetween.
Looking at the old tapes in Video's parent's house, they say Video was two years old when Clash
came home from the hospital, but according to the Jem bible they were born at the exact same time.
Video got her first camera from her parents on her 10th birthday. She had the same hairstyle
even then. That was the day Clash got her first musical instrument, the cymbals (bigger ones than
she's got in Starbright).
Video sees her father as an inspiration for her career, as he always made home movies.
Video's father has taken alot of abuse from his brother Buzz.
In this episode Roger Slifer wanted to show how Video and Clash never got along even
from the beginning, and showing where Video's influence came from for wanting to
videotape.
For once, the Misfits appear first in a place, before Jem and the Holograms, and without
knowing they were going to arrive, and for a reason of their own.
Kimber used to love to be at Christy's stables when Emmett was alive.
Kimber's favorite horse was called Lucky, it's white with a horse shoe symbol on it's forehead.
When Harvey mentions "Doc Martin", it's an injoke by Roger Slifer who is referring to
the color inks people used when making comic books.
Pizzazz's father reveals to Jerrica and the Holograms that he has raised Pizzazz on his own
and spoiled her, and that she has been uncontrollable since her mother walked out on them.
It was years ago and ever since that Pizzazz has seemed to resent the world.
Old clips show that Pizzazz had the same lime colored hair even has a child.
Roger Slifer really likes the song "Always There In My Heart" by Jem and the Holograms.
It was storyboarded by Victoria Jenson.
The song "Something Is Missing In My Life" by Jem and the Holograms is re-used. Previously appeared
in the episode "Adventure In China".
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Written by Richard Merwin
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Jem/Jerrica and the Holograms, The Misfits, Eric, Techrat, Andrew, Milkey, Miyan guide, Li San, old lady, gate keeper, High Lama.
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Jem and the Holograms are looking for something new musicwise.
Kimber likes the american band the Monkeys.
Jem isn't scared of the yeti.
The old lady who is the leader of the village, sees that there is something wrong with
Jem, she calls Jem false. Jem deliberately reveals her secret identity to her, only so she
can save Pizzazz and Roxy.
Jem and the Holograms learn to play the music of Shangri-La.
The song "You Oughta See The View From Here" by the Misfits is
re-used. Previously appeared in the episode "The Music Awards Part 2".
At the end of the episode the song "Shangri-La" by Jem and the Holograms is repeated.
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Written by Misty Stewart-Taggart
Synopsis:
Jem and the Holograms, the Misfits, Rio, Eric, Lin-Z, Video, Clash, Miguel, Rosa, Luis Geraldo guide in Mexico, Ramon Chavez, Dr. Balthazar archeologist, Paco.
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The only award Video hasn't won according to Rio, is the International Rock Video Festival
award.
Video is aware about charity.
Clash's father Buzz bought her a camera better than the one Video has.
The last time Clash tried to film the Misfits it was a disaster.
Clash disguised herself as Video's maid to find out her secret location for filming Jem and
the Holograms new video.
Mexico is where Raya's family comes from, but she has never been there before this episode.
Raya feels at home at the Aztec ruins.
In the music video of "Aztec Enchantment", there seems to be something going on between Raya
and Luiz.
The Misfits wore high heels to the jungle.
The hologram of the ghost of the aztecs must have been seen by Rio, Video, Luiz and
Dr. Baltazar, no mention on what they thought it was.
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Story by Ellen Guon and Christy Marx Teleplay by Ellen Guon
Synopsis:
Jem and the Holograms, The Misfits, Eric, Video, Techrat, Starlight Girls (Ashley, Ba Nee, Krissie, Deidre, Terri, Lela, Anne, Becky, Nancy), Richard Xanthos of the Xanthos charity foundation, Christine Xanthos' assistant, Misfits Girls (Molly, Ellen, Sandra).
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One of the Misfits girls are named Ellen, like the writer Ellen Guon, which was
an injoke.
Eric thinks Pizzazz is an abnoxious little brat.
Pizzazz says the title of a Misfits' song "Winning Is Everything".
Ba Nee can't swim very well.
Stories featured: Hiawatha, Sinbad the Sailor, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Robin Hood, The
Three Musketeers, Odysseus, The Pirate Long John Silver, Sherlock Holmes, Gulliver and the Lilliput
people, Aladdin, and King arthur.
The song "Ahead Of The Game" by the Misfits is re-used. Previously appeared in the episode
"Intrigue At The Indy 500".
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Written by Paul Dini
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Jem/Jerrica and the Holograms, The Misfits, Starlight Girls (Ashley, Ba Nee, Krissie, Deidre, Lela, Anne, Marianne, Joellen, Becky, Nancy, Delaree), Sid director, Devon Silverstone magician, Marla Martell illusionist, Frick magician, Frack magician assistent.
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Kimber attempts magic tricks under the name "The Great Kimberini".
There seems to be some real magic going on in this episode.
Marla have her own projector to make holograms.
Devon discovers Jem in the act of creating some holograms.
The song "Music Is Magic" by Jem and the Holograms is re-used. Previously appeared in the episode
"The Battle Of The Bands".
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Written by Michael Reaves
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Jem/Jerrica and the Holograms, The Misfits, Synergy, Eric, Lin-Z, Techrat, Starlight Girls (Ashley, Ba Nee, Krissie, Nancy, Delaree) Mrs. Bailey, Mark Rockwell owner of a Jazz recording label Rockwell Records, Taps Tucker, Ace O'Toole the saxophone player, Joey London drummer, Dave Wilson baseplayer and janitor, Joe Lin-Z' camera man.
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For having such talent for music, Kimber doesn't seem to be very aware of old bands like
the Taps Tucker band from the 40's.
According to Aja, if it didn't happen last week, Kimber is not interested.
But Kimber does think the music of Taps Tucker band is great when she hears it.
Taps Tucker still has his old trumpet from the time he played in the Taps Tucker band, because
as he says, he can't play any other, it gave the band that special sound.
Taps Tucker hadn't heard from the rest of the band in years.
Joey London is in debt up to his ears.
Roxy and the Misfits think Taps Tucker's music is boring old stuff.
Lin-Z had only agreed to have the Misfits back on the show as long as they wouldn't case
trouble.
According to Shana, Jazz was undergoing a big revival at the time.
Jem has a friend named Mark Rockwell who owns a Jazz recording label.
Synergy can uplink with databases in other states. She can download things and has a built in
printer.
Stormer seems to know her way around car engines, as she could quickly and easily take out the
right part in order to make sure a car doesn't start.
After sabotaging for them, Stormer atually saves Aja and Joey from being beaten up.
The song "Jack, Take A Hike" by the Misfits is re-used. Previously appeared in the episode
"Old Meets New".
Techrat considers himself an electronic genius.
The Taps Tucker band dedicates their first reunion album to Jem and the Holograms.
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Written by George Arthur Bloom
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Jem/Jerrica and the Holograms, The Misfits, Rio, Eric, Video, Danse, Joanie, Richard Xanthos, Cisco, Wes physical therapist Wes, Red, Dr. Howard, Susie, Rouge makeup artist, Haven House kids.
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Eric thinks that knowing the meaning of money is all that matters.
Danse is not only a talented dancer, but also a great iceskater.
According to Roxy, Pizzazz hates everything.
Jetta claims that the queen mum chews gumballs.
The song "People Who Care" by Jem and the Holograms is re-used. Previously appeared in the episode
"Starbright Part Three: Rising Star".
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