Talk:Jem (TV series)/Archive 1

Archive 1

Starlight house

"Jerrica's other main concern is Starlight House, a foster home for orphan girls run by the Holograms"

The Starlight House is not actually a home for orphans. The Starlight House is a home for "foster" girls. Even the House's founder, Jacqui Benton (Jerrica and Kimber's mom), says that she started the House because she knew what it felt like to be a foster girl without a real home of her own. The word "orphan" is different from "foster". Limabean 16:42, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Syndication

Jem did NOT air on the USA Network originally. It was originally syndicated. I know, I was there. Now don't ask me to source this because I know it was syndicated originally (It first aired as part of Super Sunday...which was syndicated). To NeilEvans, that revert was uncalled for. It did air in syndication, and aired on USA in RERUNS. Now I'm going to change it back, and I ask that it be left that way. It DID air in syndication. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brittany Ka (talk • contribs) 11:41, 8 October 2006

Sorry but I don't understand syndication. That seems to be an American thing. The network should be the original network which the series aired. If there is a network called Syndication then that's fine. Surely if it aired in syndication it must have been on a network thus the network it aired on should be given.--NeilEvans 15:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

In the U.S., when a show is syndicated, that means it doesn't air on any network, it instead airs on a local terrestrial TV station independent of any network programming. In the U.S., this show originally aired in national "first-run" syndication, which means that the show was first seen on these various local stations. It was syndicated by Claster Television, who didn't sell it to any network. Instead, they put it up for distribution to various local terrestrial TV stations who agreed to show it when the show was originally in production, and again, it was on a national basis (and not just a couple or so local stations). If you want to learn more, you can go to the wiki article about TV syndication. Meanwhile, the bottom line is that the USA Network aired reruns of the show; when it first came out, it was syndicated.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Brittany Ka (talk • contribs) 11:57, 8 October 2006

Ok thanks for the clear up over that. I always thought that a Network was the same as a tv channel over here in the UK. I'll leave it as syndication then, sorry for the earlier edit.--NeilEvans 16:11, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Okay, somebody changed the "original channel" line to "USA Network" again. I'm not going to say this again. This show (which originated from the U.S.) was originally seen in U.S., first-run, national SYNDICATION. Now, whoever doing this had better leave it alone. It's the truth. USA only aired RERUNS of the show. I mean it. Don't force me to request protection on this article. It's getting annoying, and it will stop one way or the other. You all have been warned. Brittany Ka 23:56, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Rivalry between Barbie

During the 80's Jem dolls were outselling Barbie, so Mattel made 'Barbie and the Rockers' (Barbie and the Rock Stars in Europe) and she eventually outselled Jem. I think this should be mentioned in the Jem article. -- Maoo 18:23, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, Barbie is/was like that especally when another doll comes along, and tries to steal her thunder, like Jem or even Bratz, which little girls buy (or at least their parents do) and play with. I have a book of old ads from the 1970s and one of them is ad for Barbie from 1970 or 1971 and it says "Barbie is #1 fashion doll in the world and there is no #2"--Hailey 21:35, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Ironically, there was an episode of Married with Children about a Barbie doll, but the doll used in the episode was actually a Jem! doll, Roxy if I remember correctly--Hailey 20:33, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

According to Universal Appeal Jem it's a Barbie dressed in a Rock N' Curl Jem outfit. http://www.angelfire.com/la/Holograms/appearances.html— Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.160.4.99 (talk • contribs • WHOIS) 12:02, 15 August 2007

Critical acclaim

Anyone got a link supporting the claim that this show was "acclaimed" for its complexity?

IRT the critical acclaim issue, nobody has addressed this to date and a {{Fact}} tag seemed a little silly so I've simply weakend the strength of the claim. If you want to re-add this, that's fine, but please back it up with examples of critical acclaim. -- mako ^{(talk•contribs)} 19:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

The show did receive some critical acclaim, as it received two nominations for Young Artist's award (1987 for Samantha Newark's voice work, and in 1989 for best animated series). And a number of critical reviews have commented on the complexity of the show. (See here and here for two such examples). -- DanielSong39 02:28, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I'm removing it. No sources.--70.146.150.238 (talk) 02:54, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Character List

• Do you think the character list should be made into it's own article called "Jem Characters" or something, there were many characters on the show, maybe it could be like the Characters in Metalocalypse article (which is another cartoon about the adventures of a rock band) where we list the main bands with each the members and their allies and than we list minor and one-time characters or like List of Doug characters, what do you guys think?--Hailey 20:05, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

• Song like a plan, Hailey. Not matter what you do, I'm for it!--Dr. Thinker

76.211.2.126

• Yeah, somebody could, it could be called List of Jem characters or something.

• While a whole separate article might not be necessary, it seems that there is no mention of The Stingers, the third band thrown into the mix in the last season. They were in 9 or so episodes, yet I see no mention of Riot, Minx, or Rapture, or that they were close to the prototype doll stage as well.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.160.4.99 (talk • contribs • WHOIS) 11:48, 15 August 2011

foster girl

wtf is a foster girl? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.79.9.66 (talk • contribs • WHOIS) 10:52, 24 March 2007

This article Foster care will fill you in.--NeilEvans 15:38, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

About Jem on air

Jem no longer airs on Boomerang in Australia, it was taken off about 4 to 6 weeks ago, which was a shame. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.183.228.191 (talk) 06:19, 23 April 2007 (UTC).

Flash N' Sizzle dolls

It should be noted that there was absolutley no production of "Flash N' Sizzle" band-mate dolls, with the Jem/Jerrica doll being the only exception. The dolls labled as "Flash N' Sizzle" should be changed to "2nd Edition" Dolls. These dolls had almost identical face moulds as the 1st editions, and the main difference being in the packaging, the colour of the intrument the doll was included with, the rooting of the hair, and the fashion included with the doll.

The "Flash N Sizzle" Jem/Jerrica doll was technically the 2nd edition Jem doll. It had a different face mould than the 1st edition doll, had flashing red LED earings with translucent pink star caps placed over them (hence the name "Flash N' Sizzle"), and had a different packaging and outfits included with it. The earrings included with the 1st and 2nd edition Hologram band-mate dolls did not flash, and were generic opaque plastic, thus it would have been non-sensical to have dubbed them with the moniker "Flash N' Sizzle."

(Update) I wrote this at a time when the second edition band-mate dolls (The Holograms) were labeled as Flash N' Sizzle, instead of 2nd edition.
--Cwinnipeg 07:36, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I beg to differ, but there is a "Flash N, Sizzle" Jem doll, In fact there were 4 versions of Jem dolls released during the production run. 1)1st edition Jem/Jerrica (which came in regular and star-capped versions) who is not quite smiling, has mid-back pink/blond hair, and flashing earrings. 2)Glitter N' Gold Jem/Jerrica, who is smiling very wide (the face molds were changed), has mid-back pink/blond hair with gold tinsel in it, and flashing earrings. 3)Rock N' Curl Jem (no Jerrica outfit) again smiling very wide, has very long pink/blond hair (no tinsel) made of thinner modacrylic, and removable pink hoop earrings, no flashing ones this time. 4)Flash N'Sizzle Jem/Jerrica (who was called Rock N' Flash outside the US), also smiling very wide, has mid-back pink/blond hair, and flashing earrings. I can make a chart if needed. Source: http://www.pranceatron.com/jem/intro.htm All Jem dolls copyright Hasbro — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.160.4.99 (talk • contribs • WHOIS) 11:34, 15 August 2007

The songs

• Where Hologram or Misfit songs are heard in the animated series, who played and sang them in the real world? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 19:22, 5 July 2008 (UTC)