History Trivia / Jem

** The Jem bible says Clash and Video were born on the same day however the show says Video is two years older than her cousin.

* BackFromTheDead:
** Since Integrity bought the rights to Jem's merchandising in an attempt for a revival in 2012, they've released almost all of the unreleased dolls that had prototypes produced in the 80's, including the Stingers, Astral, Regine, the rumored "Hollywood Jem", and Rock n' romance Jem, the latter of which were an exclusive available only at SDCC. there's also plans for other fan favorite characters like Lind-Z and Tech rat.
** A [[Film/JemAndTheHolograms live action movie]] was released in 2015. Unfortunately, because of AdaptationDecay (among many other things), it bombed at the box office. Moreover, it was pulled from (first-run) theaters after only two weeks.
** There's a [[ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms 2015 comic book]] based on the series.

** Christy Marx even said there were plans for a Jem movie with a pair of sound-controlling psychic twins named the Mongrels, as well as an evil counterpart to Synergy named Entropy. This got scrapped after the failure of Sunbow's ''WesternAnimation/{{Transformers| The Movie}}'' film.

** "Loves Not Easy" was a scrapped from the episode "Island Of Deception". It was supposed to appear after Stormer said love wasn't easy for her.
** Jem Jam Part 1" originally had a scene showing how Clash got into Starlight Music.

** There's a 2015 comic book based on the series.

* NamesTheSame: The "[[Music/TheMisfits Misfits]]" is the name of a real life rock band (albeit punk rock, completely different from the show, plus they're an all-male group) formerly led by Glenn Danzig (that spot belongs to Jerry Only now). One of the Misfits' (show) songs [[Music/GunsNRoses "Welcome to the Jungle"]], is also an example (and this was about a year before ''Appetite For Destruction'' was released).

* NonSingingVoice: Jem[=/=]Jerrica had a speaking voice provided by Samantha Newark, who is a singer, but the singing voice is provided by Britta Philips.

*** The other two Stingers were also dubbed for singing. When speaking, Minx was Kath Soucie and Rapture was Ellen Gerstell. For singing, both of them were usually dubbed by Diva Grey, but for Rapture's two solo lines in the song "Destiny", she was dubbed by Vicki Sue Robinson, the disco singer of "Turn the Beat Around" fame!
** When Kimber and Stormer sang a duet, they were dubbed over by Florence Warner and Lani Grover respectively, though Cathianne Blore and Susan Blu perform their speaking lines. Interestingly enough, their singing voices don't match their speaking voices at all.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Discovery Family removed the series reruns from its channel after the LiveActionAdaptation bombed.
* SheAlsoDid: In "The Bands Break Up", Kimber's singing voice was done by Florence Warner, who many TV viewers may know as the voice of the "Hello (insert city and /or state here)" campaign done by various local TV stations throughout much of the 1980s[[note]]Moreover, she recorded over a hundred different versions for each station that used it. There was even a version used by a station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and even a version for a network in Melbourne, Australia.[[/note]]

** Susan Blu provides the voice for both Lindsey and Stormer.

** An unused episode concept was Pizzazz being reunited with her MissingMom however it was cut due to the series ending.

** Jem was originally named "M" however Hasbro could not copyright a letter. They then decided to name her "Misty" however they opted for "Jem" in the end, because they wanted something that sounded similar to "M". Jerrica's original name was "Morgan".

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Britta Phillips from the indie band Luna is Jem's singing voice. Also the voice of Bloberta Puppington in ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel''.
** Creator/KathSoucie is Minx.

* WriterRevolt: Christy Marx originally envisioned the Misfits as a trio of self-absorbed sociopaths that Eric found and forged into a band, which could fall apart at any moment due to Pizzazz, Roxy, and Stormer being willing to betray each other at a moment's notice if it would advance their respective careers. Similarly, to appease moral guardians, their songs would be "anti-moral" as far as promoting the worst aspects of human nature. The other writers rejected this outright and we got the kinder, gentler, [[VitriolicBestBuds vitriolic]] TrueCompanions Misfits everyone loved.

!!Comics
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Possibly intentional. The series is brimming with early-to-mid 2010s stuff.
* PromotedFangirl: In 2011 Campbell posted several ''Jem'' redesigns on her Deviantart. Come 2015 and she's the main artist of the comics.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A few years before release Sophie Campbell posted some (then fan) redesigns for the characters online. There are noticeable differences between the early designs and final ones.

!Cartoon & Toys

!Comics

** Minx was originally called "Jazz", Riot was "Chaos", and Rapture was "Fantasy". Pizzazz's name was originally spelled "Pizazz", Stormer was "Roxy", and Roxy was "Rue". Kimber's name was originally "Aja" while Aja's was "Jade". Ashley's original name was "Heather".

** Jetta was originally black however Hasbro didn't like the idea.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This show went in and out of print during the 80s, 90s, and even 00s. A brief release in the early 00s got up to two and a half seasons on DVD before Rhino lost the rights and they were swallowed up by Sony, leaving the entire third series out of print. However, in 2011, the series began airing on The Hub and a new complete series DVD release finally got a release date in October of that year.

** Jetta was originally going to be African-American.

** A [[Film/JemAndTheHolograms live action movie]] was released in 2015. Unfortunately for fans, it bombed in the box offices.

** There's a live action movie in production slated for release in 2015.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A few years before release Sophie Campbell posted some (then fan) redesigns for the characters online. There are noticeable differences between the early designs and final ones.

!Film
* BoxOfficeBomb: On its opening weekend, it only made back $1.2 million of its $5 million budget, just over 1/5th.
* NoBudget: The movie was made on a budget of $5,000,000:
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Sony hack revealed that Sony was interested in co-producing the film with Hasbro, but later dropped out in favor of the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' movie (which they eventually bailed out of, too).
** Mr. Chu wanted to do a faithful adaptation of the cartoon, but no one would buy it.

** Mr. Chu wanted to do a faithful adaptation of the movie, but no one would buy it.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Sony hack revealed that Sony was interested in co-producing the film with Hasbro, but later dropped out in favor of the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' movie (which they eventually bailed out of, too).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Sony hack revealed that Sony was interested in co-producing the film with Hasbro, but later dropped out in favor of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' movie (which they eventually bailed out of, too).

* NoBudget: The movie was made on a budget of $5,000,000:

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A few years before release Sophie Campbell posted her redesigns for the characters online. There are noticeable differences between the early designs and final ones.

** Minx was originally called "Jazz", Riot was "Chaos", and Rapture was "Fantasy". Pizzazz's name was originally spelled "Pizazz", Stormer was "Roxy", and Roxy was "Rue". Kimber's name was originally "Aja" while Aja's was "Jade".

** Minx was originally called "Jazz", Riot was "Chaos", and Rapture was "Fantasy". Pizzazz's name was originally spelled "Pizazz", Stormer was "Roxy, and Roxy was "Rue".

** There's a new comic book based on the series.

** There's a new comic book based on the series on the way.

* NoBudget: The LiveActionAdaptation was made on $5,000,000.

* WriterRevolt: Christy Marx originally envisioned the Misfits as a trio of self-absorbed sociopaths that Eric found and forged into a band, which could fall apart at any moment due to Pizzazz, Roxy, and Stormer being willing to betray each other at a moment's notice if it would advance their respective careers. Similarly, to appease moral guardians, their songs would be "anti-moral" as far as promoting the worst aspects of human nature. The other writers rejected this outright and we got the kinder, gentler, [[VitriolicBestBuds vitriolic]] TrueCompanions Misfits everyone loved.

** There's a live action movie in production slated for release in 2016.

* IAmNotSpock: Britta Phillips, who provided the singing voice of Jem, isn't quite as sentimental to the series as other former voice actors. During bonus feature interviews she rather neutrally discusses how Jem was a silly job she did for a short time in her teens, [[OldShame but wasn't much more than that for her]].

** Lyn-Z shares her name with the bassist for the band Mindless Self Indulgence.