Girls and glam were all the rage back in the late 80s (yeah,
only in the late 80s) ...and Jem and the Holograms were there to
provide us with more than our fair share of all the fashions and
strange lingo of a decade since past. What little girl didn't want
to grow up to be just like the princess of rock, Jem? What little
boy didn't want to grow up to be Rio, Jerrica's boyfriend and Jem's
stage manager. Poor Rio...he's in love with both and doesn't have
the brains to figure out they're the same person. Rio also had to
compete for Jem's affections against Riot, the lead-singer of the
Stingers who managed to look twice as effeminine as me and the
entire cast of the Holograms combined.
The Jem and the Holograms music group was owned by Starlight Music,
a black sheep in the music industry due to their actual caring
about causes such as charity and housing foster children.
Constantly on top of the charts, their only real rivals were the
evil rock group, The Misfits. Pizzazz, who has pea-green hair and
army camoflauge paint on her cheeks, leads the group and will even
break the rules to get on top.
When Jerrica uses Synergy, a girl somehow connected to the star
earrings she wears, she'll turn into Jem, grrl-rockin'-kinderwhore
era-supreme pop star who's here to save the day!