History Headscratchers / Jem

* There's 12 Starlight girls, but only one person who is actually on staff at Starlight Mansion, which is Mrs. Bailey. With Jem/Jerrica constantly on tour, doing benefit concerts, being on TV, running Starlight Music, etc. how is Mrs. Baker keeping an eye on all 12 of those girls?

* There's 12 Starlight girls, but only one person who is actually on staff at Starlight Mansion, which is Mrs. Baker. With Jem/Jerrica constantly on tour, doing benefit concerts, being on TV, running Starlight Music, etc. how is Mrs. Baker keeping an eye on all 12 of those girls?

*** There's another reason, too. Jerrica knows Rio all too well. As she stated in one episode, "[Rio] is very proud". She was afraid that Rio might assume the worst, thinking that Jerrica was deliberately trying to deceive/fool him. Indeed in the episode "Glitter and Gold", Jerrica's fears were more or less confirmed when he yelled at Kimber. It also serves to establish just how Jerrica fears he might react if he ever found out ('''Rio''': "I hate deception, and I dispise liars!"). So, that's another reason. Should she have told him right away? Maybe, but things happened, and she never really got the chance.

*** Maybe she was afraid revealing the truth might hurt the band (and thus the income for the company and girls). Remember becoming a famous rockstar was unexpected, as she initally just wanted to one up Eric and get her company back and the deals became more and more lucractive until winning that battle of the bands, gave her a mansion, film deal and sealed the deal as becoming a big star, at which point she was too far along to reveal everything without causing possible problems.

* Speaking of Starlight Music, did Jerrica ever sign any other artists to the label?

** Jetta is nasty to all of the Misfits, save Pizzazz. I do wonder what's up with the animosity between Jetta and Roxy, though.

* There's 12 Starlight girls, but only one person who is actually on staff, which is Mrs. Baker. With Jem/Jerrica constantly on tour, doing benefit concerts, being on TV, etc., how is she keeping an eye on all 12 of those girls?

** Rio's known for having a temper and his reaction to Kimber's dating actually got him in hot water with Jerrica anyway, so it's not like the show isn't on some level acknowledging the hypocrisy.

** It's a wonderful little thing called a double standard.

** My though is that it's a conflict of interest to be both the primary owner and member of the biggest band of your company. While the place was ''called'' Misfit's Music, A Misfit wasn't directly running the show. Not to mention at one point Jerrica, more out of jealousy of herself but still, tried to quietly discard her double identity and be just herself full time. Needless to say [[{{Understatement}} It didn't work out]].
*** I woudn't say a conflict of interest is such a big deal,just look at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Records Apple Records]] as an example, it was founded by the Beatles for the purpose of distributing the Beatles' works, starlight music being managed by the lead singer of the holograms wouldn't be any different.
** There is also the fact that it would look like she was promoting herself or that she would look desperate if Jerrica was a singer for her own company.
*** Some episodes implied Jerrica could only sing when she was Jem, considering she would transform into her for practicing. At least once, however, Jerrica was shown singing, so it is a bit debatable.

*** I woudn't say a conflict of interest is such a big deal,just look at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Records Apple Records]] as an example, it was founded by the Beatles for the purpose of distributing the Beatles' works.

** Just the two suck-ass movies.
** Update! The whole series of Daria is on DVD now. Ads were all over TV Tropes. And The Peasants Rejoiced.

** But that was just to establish herself and get her company off the ground - it's not like he could have sued her for taking a stage name. Of course I can imagine other legal trouble she might have, for starters, having to fake passports and such for Jem. But hten it seems like just admitting a stage name would have been easier and the secret of the show could have still been the technology of Synergy.