Welcome to the world of Jem, this page is about what we see in the background in the
cartoon episodes, which shows the places where the main characters work,
live or hang out, including the outside of the buildings aswell as the inside of rooms
whenever available.
These locations, buildings and vehicles were redrawn for each episode by the very
talented background designers Bob Schaffer and Dennis Venizelos.
Though it's never mentioned even once in the cartoon, Jem and the Holograms live in
Los Angeles, and that's where most of the buildings on this page are located.
Some of these places, buildings and vehicles, we get to see alot
of, and some only once.
It's not always certain what building the characters are in, or what or whose room it
is.
After a little while into the series, several rooms got a consistent and even detailed
design and were recognizable and established to be the room of a certain character.
Before that, it almost seemed like a new room was invented whenever a script called
for a certain kind of room.
The placement of the rooms within the buildings on the other hand, is a
bit more difficult to determine. This can be somewhat figured out based on the fact
that every now and then you can see that a character
goes in a certain direction or takes the stairs after entering a building, or you can
see from the outside of a building through a window where they are, which will atleast
confirm what floor it is.
Sometimes however, this is different from episode to episode, and there seems to have
been a seperate plan for the outside of a building and the inside.
I tried to catch all angles of a house and a room, and whenever something has
changed appearance alot from one episode to another, I try to include that aswell.
I sometimes might even point out some completely useless details, which somehow caught
my attention, and might reveal something interesting about a character.
As you will notice, I've done alot of cut and pasting, so that's why there are some
panorama kind of shots for example, and I've done alot of puzzling and even tried to
fill in some empty spaces. So the pictures aren't perfect. But it took some very hard
work. It's certainly the by far biggest project I've finished with this site.
I hope you'll enjoy taking a walk in the world of Jem. Click on any building to learn
more.