The 80s cartoon fever dream where neon hair battles corporate greed—with fully boppable jams.
With the help of her father's greatest creation, a holographic computer named Synergy, Jerrica Benton and her sisters team up to create the band Jem and the Holograms. Together, they will go head-to-head with their rivals, the Misfits and their greedy road manager Eric Raymond, in a battle of the bands for control of Mr. Benton's music company, Starlight Music.
Score
Banger after banger—'Truly Outrageous' still slaps unironically.
Production
Peak 80s aesthetic: shoulder pads, leopard print, holographic everything.
Writing
The Misfits are deliciously petty villains with actual bops.
Director
Jay Bacal
Samantha Newark
Jerrica Benton / 'Jem' (voice)
Britta Phillips
Jerrica Benton / 'Jem' (singing voice)
Cathianne Blore
Kimber Benton / Aja Leith / Ashley (voice)
Cindy McGee
Shana Elmsford (voice)
Patricia Alice Albrecht
Phyllis 'Pizzazz' Gabor (voice)
Ellen Bernfeld
Phyllis 'Pizzazz' Gabor (singing voice)
Samantha Paris
Roxanne 'Roxy' Pelligrini (voice)
Susan Blu
Mary 'Stormer' Phillips / Lindsey 'Lin-Z' Pierce (voice)
Charlie Adler
Eric Raymond / Zipper (voice)
Michael Sheehan
Rio Pacheco (voice)
Marlene Aragon
Synergy / Countess Danielle DeVoison (voice)
Neil Ross
Howard Sands / Dirk Hayes / Malone (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This feature-length pilot was designed to sell dolls, but accidentally pioneered the 'animated girl group' template before Spice Girls existed.
Britta Phillips became the singing voice of Jem at 15 after her demo was literally pulled from a record exec's trash—truly outrageous indeed.
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