It isn't cheating if it's with a Hologram...

You know...sometimes I wish I was still a psych major. Not for a living I will admit but sometimes I wish I could write psych paper on subjects that interest me.

Like Jem.

Ok laugh it up..I'll wait.....

Are we done? Ok

But seriously, there are HUGE ethical flaws to this show. It's fascinating that we never picked up on this as kids. For those of you with penises who didn't watch Jem (Mostly cause you had penises and watched He-Man...oh no...Jem was SO girly compared to He-man...)

I can't explain the plot so I looked it up on Wikipedia.....here's the plot (man and people thought the plot of Mission Impossible was convoluted..)


"The central "secret" of the series is that Jem is in fact the alter ego of Jerrica Benton, owner/manager of Starlight Music, who adopts this persona with the help of Synergy, an extremely sophisticated holographic computer designed by her father and left to her after his death. (Ok problem #1...how horrible is a cartoon to make the parents DEAD...and if that didn't screw us kids up there's more)The other Holograms are Kimber Benton, Jerrica's younger sister, keyboardist and main songwriter for the band; Aja Leith, guitarist; and Shana Elmsford, who plays the synth drums. Aja and Shana are also childhood friends and adopted foster sisters of Jerrica and Kimber. Shana briefly leaves the group in a two-part episode, and a new character, Carmen "Raya" Alonso, is introduced as her replacement. When Shana returns, Raya remains the Holograms' drummer, while Shana takes up the guitar.Only the Holograms are aware of Jem's secret identity (although Jem revealed it to the President of the United States in the episode "The Presidential Affair"), and a small Chinese girl named Lin who discovered the secret in "Adventures in China." Episodes of the series frequently revolve around Jerrica's efforts to keep the two identities separate. This often causes conflict with her boyfriend, Rio, who is attracted to both Jerrica and Jem while not realizing that they are actually the same person. (problem #2....WTF?!?)Jerrica's other main concern is Starlight House, a home for foster girls run by the Holograms. The original location was Jerrica's childhood home until it was burned by a henchman of Eric Raymond. Later Jem and the Holograms won possession of the New Starlight Mansion during a battle of the bands. The Holograms' main purpose is in fact to fund the Starlight Foundation and support the Starlight Girls. The mansion, as well as a lucrative recording contract was offered by movie producer Howard Sands, who becomes one of the group's biggest supporters. Other friends of the Holograms included Countess Danielle DuVoisin, a renowned fashion designer, Anthony Julian, a music producer who is romantically involved with Shana, charity worker and choreographer Danse(Giselle Dvorak), and Craig Phillips, who entered the contest for the Holograms new drummer and is the older brother of the Misfit Stormer. He has an ongoing relationship with Aja.The Holograms' rival band are the Misfits: spoiled rich girl Pizzazz (Phyllis Gabor) and her cohorts: no-nonsense and streetwise Roxy (Roxanne Pelligrini) and kind-hearted and sensitive Stormer (Mary Phillips), who are later joined by British saxophone player and scam artist, Jetta (Sheila Burns). (This group should not to be confused with the real-life band The Misfits, led by Glenn Danzig.) Most episodes of the series involve a plot by the Misfits to sabotage and/or upstage Jem and the Holograms' latest glamorous escapade. This rivalry is encouraged and manipulated by their manager, the ruthless Eric Raymond, who was the business partner of Jerrica's father. Eric ran Starlight Music after Jerrica's father's death until Eric had a falling out with Jerrica. Eric stakes his claim on the record company against Jerrica's claim, thus starting the rivalry between the Holograms and the Misfits. Although in the final episode of the series, both groups seemed to have declared a truce between them.The final season of the show introduced a new set of antagonists, a new band called the Stingers, consisting of: Riot (Rory Llewelen), Rapture (Phoebe Ashe), and Minx (Ingrid Krueger). Riot also added romantic drama to the show, as he was obsessed with Jem. Pizzazz, in turn, was obsessed with Riot, and Rio was pursued by Minx. (So it's all one big orgy apparently) Dolls of the Stingers were planned, but not manufactured.Other characters important enough to have related dolls were filmmaker Video (Vivian Montgomery), her cousin and obsessive Misfits fan Clash (Constance Montgomery), choreographer and Danse, and three of the most prominent Starlight Girls: Ashley, Ba Nee, and Krissy." (Thank you Wikipedia!)

Ok.....there are a lot more problems with this show than I remembered but here's my one main question.....Is Rio really cheating? I mean techinically no...he's still dating the same person. As kids we didn't see this dilemma, we knew Jem and Jerrica were one and the same but I don't think we realized that Rio didn't know that.......

Ok wait wait...I have a headache......

Whew ok where was I?

See this would make a great psych paper. You couldn't argue the fact that Jem has Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality disorder...I just feel the need to use some of the fancy words I learned so as to not make my degree go to a complete waste) because she knows she's two different people and she can control when she changes. And you should be able to say that Rio is at fault because he's dating two people that he doesn't know are the same person (Man this is confusing) but on the same token Jem sort of makes him. lol When they first meet she chases after him and fawns all over him and if I'm not mistaken she makes out with him first...god this is like rape. Hey if I were Rio I'd take the bait. As kids we don't see this problem but man this is some fucked up shit right here. lol

So techincally Jerrica is getting jealous over...herself...huh? I repeat....WTF!?!

I swear this would make the greatest paper in Psych history. lol I'm starting to realize why this generation is all fucked up...we've all watched Jem.It brings a whole new meaning to Jem...Jem is adventure. Jem...Jem is excitement.




Here's where the problem started, the video for "Who is he kissing?" You try to figure it out....he's kissing the same person. (Unless he's as gay as he sounds then we got a whole new problem on our hands)



Pardon for the poor quality.