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* DreadfulMusician: Clash, one of the reasons Pizzazz won't actually let her in The Misfits. She is found out as Jem's impersonator in "One Jem Too Many" when she tries to sing "I Believe In Happy Endings" and is terrible at it. The Limp Lizards are, as well, demonstrated in their song [[GlassShatteringSound "Broken Glass"]]. This only seems to extend to their lead vocalist, however, as they seem to have a following, and are quite competent when backing up Kimber and Stormer on instruments.


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* GlassShatteringSound: [[DreadfulMusician The Limp Lizards']] only known song is titled "Broken Glass", complete with the sound of glass shattering.
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* DuetBonding: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iinCliptuFY I'm Okay]]" has Kimber and Stormer singing together and becoming friends.
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** Jem and the Holograms record a song called "There's A Melody Playing", which not only is a SillyLoveSong in and of itself, but actually describes the trope a bit. The Misfits steal the master tape and rerecord the music track with their own vocals and lyrics into "There Ain't Nobody Better", which [[IAmGreatSong is about Pizzazz boasting about how awesome she is]].


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* WreathedInFlames: Jem has Synergy project a hologram of fire around the Rockin' Roadster in order to scare away a gang of goons accosting them in the episode "In Search of the Stolen Album".
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Britta Phillips from the indie band Luna is Jem's singing voice.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: Britta Phillips from the indie band Luna is Jem's singing voice. Also the voice of Bloberta Puppington in MoralOrel.
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* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: Jerrica/Rio/Jem.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Pizzazz and the rest of the Misfits ride into Eric's office and launch into "Outta My Way", you know that she will do just about anything to get what she wants.


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* TitleOnlyChorus: "Only The Beginning", the very first Jem and the Holograms song.
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* AlohaHawaii: The episode "Hot Time in Hawaii", where for some reason Jem and the Holograms and The Misfits are in some sort of rock band decathlon.


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* SpringCoil: Zipper brings in special shoes and poles with these on them so The Misfits can cheat in the pole vault and high jump events.
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* NamesTheSame: The "[[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).

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* NamesTheSame: The "[[TheMisfits "[[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).

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* ThereAreNoTherapists: adverted as counseling is provided at the runaway shelter Danse volunteers at, but played straight at Starlight House where the Starlight Girls (ESPECIALLY Ba Nee) do not receive any counseling at all.


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*** Averted again when Danse talks to Jerrica about funding for the runaway shelter she volunteers at, explaining that there are counselors there that the kids can talk to about their problems.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: adverted as counseling is provided at the runaway shelter Danse volunteers at, but played straight at Starlight House where the Starlight Girls (ESPECIALLY Ba Nee) do not receive any counseling at all.

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* EightiesHair: Pretty much everyone. Most of the main characters have hair larger than their own heads. Notably the Misfits, Jem, and most of the Holograms.



* EightiesHair: Pretty much everyone. Most of the main characters have hair larger than their own heads. Notably the Misfits, Jem, and most of the Holograms.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Eric Raymond usually comes up with nefarious schemes that puts Jem and the Holograms' lives in danger. But in ''The Princess and the Singer'', when he finds out the plot to assassinate Princess Adriana (with Jem and the Holograms being collateral damage) he ''rushes to the scene'' to try and stop it.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Eric Raymond usually comes up with nefarious schemes that puts Jem and the Holograms' lives in danger. But in ''The Princess and the Singer'', when he finds out the plot to assassinate Princess Adriana (with Jem and the Holograms being collateral damage) he ''rushes and the Misfits ''rush to the scene'' to try and stop it.
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* DesertedIsland: The titular island in the episode "Island of Deception".


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* {{Robinsonade}}: "Island of Deception" has Jem and the Holograms and The Misfits work together to survive, punctuated by The Misfits' catchy number [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-6xNCH-6VI "It Takes Alot"]].
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* TearJerker: In-universe example in "Broadway Magic": Broadway producer Bob Merrit and Stormer are brought to tears by Jem and the Holograms' performance of "Can't Get My Love Together". Even Pizzazz and Roxy are somewhat subdued.
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* FrickinLaserBeams:
** Pizzazz gets hold of a laser gun from Techrat. This terrifies Eric Raymond, and rightly so, as because of her shooting at the billboard on top of Starlight Music it smashes into Jerrica's office.
** Synergy isn't capable of HardLight, but interference from one of Techrat's devices show that her special effects lasers are actually quite dangerous at full power.
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* CrossingTheBurntBridge: In the ''Starbright'' episodes, Jem and the Holograms have ultimately had too much of Eric's abuse while working on they movie, so they quit. Then they learn that Ba Nee, one of the foster girls at Starlight House needs an expensive surgery[[note]]To be exact, the surgery cost $25,000.[[/note]] to avoid becoming blind, so they have no choice but to come back. Eric even got Jerrica to agree to becoming his assistant as a condition to let Jem and the Holograms back.

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* CrossingTheBurntBridge: In the ''Starbright'' episodes, Jem and the Holograms have ultimately had too much of Eric's abuse while working on they movie, so they quit. Then they learn that Ba Nee, one of the foster girls at Starlight House needs an expensive surgery[[note]]To be exact, the experimental laser surgery cost $25,000.[[/note]] procedure costing $250,000 to avoid becoming blind, so they have no choice but to come back. Eric even got Jerrica to agree to becoming his assistant as a condition to let Jem and the Holograms back.
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* TroubledProduction: In-universe, this is what the three-parter "Starbright" is all about. Pizzazz gets her father to buy the studio making the Jem movie, and her unreasonable demands make their movie a flop, while Jem's own becomes a success.

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* UnclePennybags: Jerrica is one of these. She actually gives the proceeds from Jem's lucrative career to the Starlight Foundation, hence she doesn't have much money to her own name. Howard Sands is a minor character with the same bent.

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* UnclePennybags: Jerrica is one of these. She actually gives the proceeds from Jem's lucrative career to the Starlight Foundation, hence she doesn't have much money to her own name. Howard Sands is a minor character with the same bent. The same goes for the Countess Danielle [=DuVoisin=], who would often help out Jem and the Holograms with the use of things like her private yacht and villa.

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* IncrediblyLongNote: Britta Phillips (the singing voice of Jem) pulls of an awesome long high B-flat at the end of "Music is Magic".

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* IncrediblyLongNote: Britta Phillips (the singing voice of Jem) pulls of off an awesome long high B-flat at the end of "Music is Magic".


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* TravellingSalesmanMontage: The Misfits, wanting to start their own fashion book in "The Rock Fashion Book", take their photos to several publishers, who all reject their photos for being too amateur. At one point one of them actually throws their briefcase of pictures out the door.

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* RhymingWithItself: "Come On In, The Water's Fine" rhymes happen with happen again.

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* RhymingWithItself: "Come On In, The Water's Fine" rhymes happen "happen" with happen again.itself, and then again with "common" in the second verse.
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* RhymingWithItself: "Come On In, The Water's Fine" rhymes happen with happen again.
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* IncrediblyLongNote: Jem/Britta Phillips (her singing voice) pulls of an awesome long high A at the end of "Music is Magic".

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* IncrediblyLongNote: Jem/Britta Britta Phillips (her (the singing voice) voice of Jem) pulls of an awesome long high A B-flat at the end of "Music is Magic".
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* TheFoil: Kimber and Stormer, Clash and Video, Rapture and Astral.

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* TheFoil: {{Foil}}: Kimber and Stormer, Clash and Video, Rapture and Astral.
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* IncrediblyLongNote: Jem/Britta Phillips (her singing voice) pulls of an awesome long high A at the end of "Music is Magic".
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* IAmGreatSong: The Misfits have quite a few, like "Universal Appeal" and "There Ain't Nobody Better". Jem and the Holograms have a VerbThis one with "Beat This".

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* IAmGreatSong: The Misfits have quite a few, like "Universal Appeal" Appeal", "I Am A Giant", and "There Ain't Nobody Better". Jem and the Holograms have a VerbThis one with "Beat This".
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* CoolBike: The Misfits, in the very first episode, ride into Eric Raymond's office on ''guitar-shaped motorcycles'', and then segue into "Outta My Way".
* CoolCar: The Rockin' Roadster.
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* HymnToMusic: "Music is Magic" and "When it's only Me and the Music".
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* GreenEyedMonster: Pizzazz, so much. Her jealousy drives her to enact countless plots to sabotage Jem. Interestingly, Jerrica is jealous of Jem, despite them ''being the same person'', because of Rio's feelings for Jem. And, of course, the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LptOaJpvrc4 "Jealousy"]] itself.
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* IWantSong: "Gimme Gimme Gimme" captures Pizzazz's hunger for fame quite well.
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* IAmGreatSong: The Misfits have quite a few, like "Universal Appeal" and "There Ain't Nobody Better". Jem and the Holograms have a VerbThis one with "Beat This".
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* MoneySong: Quite a few of them from the Misfits, including "Takin' It All" and "Congratulations". Jem and the Holograms have one with "Glitter N' Gold".

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