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** The Stingers end up being this, as they're introduced at the end of the Dark Jem arc, then are phased out of the comic as quickly as they arrived. It almost feels like, if the comic hadn't been cancelled, they'd have replaced the Misfits as the antagonists.
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** In Issue 16, some girls are seen watching the super concert that freed everyone from the heavy metal virus, with a general feeling of disdain... except the fourth member of their group, who is clearly enraptured by the concert. Two issues later, ''Enter'' '''''The Stingers''''''.
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* OntologicalInertia: During the entire Dark Jem arc, all the people affected by the corrupted music gain a punk makeover that doesn't just vanish when they're broken out of the trance. It takes until the following story arc before they have time to return to normal.
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* AdaptationalFriendship: Roxy and Jetta hate each other in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} cartoon]]. In the comics they disliked each other originally but bonded over a mutual interest in boxing, and became best friends and roommates.
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* SickbedSmuggling: After Pizzazz's car accident, the rest of The Misfits manage to smuggle in while visiting her in the hospital her beloved Siamese cat, Madmartigan, to her joy.
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** In issue #2 Kimber admits to having a new crush, which is nothing new for her according to the other Holograms. This is like the cartoon where she'd have a new crush almost every episode. The only difference is due to AdaptationalSexuality she's ''girl'' crazy instead of ''guy'' crazy.
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* OhCrap: Pizzazz and the Misfits, minus [[TokenGoodTeammate Stormer]] have an EPIC one in Issue 23 when [[spoiler: they fill a cake with fireworks to sabotage the party that Jem and the Holograms are performing at. The moment occurs when the explosion is much larger than expected and Pizzazz realizes that Roxy used [[UpToEleven a hundred]] fireworks rather than the asked for 'handful'.]] To say that the party was wrecked would be an understatement.
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* AdaptationalMundanity: The comic downplays the more wackier aspects of the characters and series. For example, in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' cartoon, The Misfits routinely did things that should end up with them in jail or with various restraining orders, however [[KarmaHoudini they rarely got their just desserts]]. In the comic their JerkAss natures are on a more realistic level where they don't crash parties and disrupt the peace on an episodic basis. The characters hair colors are also implied to be dyed rather than [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair natural]]. The comics tone down the more cartoony aspects of the cartoon and give the characters more realistic depth.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Just like the cartoon, though at least it's implied their hair is dyed this time around. Flashbacks imply Aja's and Shana's hair is natural (unless they dyed them even as kids).
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A 2015 ContinuityReboot of the 1980s cartoon ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' from Creator/IDWPublishing.
Jerrica Benton is a young singer living with her three sisters--Kimber, Aja, and Shana. They're in a band named "The Holograms" however Jerrica has issues with PerformanceAnxiety. This is getting in the way of them entering the "Misfits VS!" band competition. One day during a storm, Jerrica meets Synergy, a holographic supercomputer her recently deceased father built, who accidentally booted up thanks to a lightning strike. Synergy tells Jerrica that her father had a birthday present for her that he couldn't give to her. The present is a pair of star-shaped earrings with holographic projectors built in. Jerrica decides the best way to deal with her anxiety issues is to create an alter ego: Jem. Alongside Jem And The Holograms is another band, The Misfits. They're hosting a band competition where the winner wins a contract. The Misfits don't get along with The Holograms -- with the exception of Stormer, who ends up dating Kimber, and even she isn't above spats with her sisters -- and the [[TheRival rivalry]] between the two bands is a major plot point.
The comic is not related to [[Film/JemAndTheHolograms the film]] that was released in the same year. They're based on the same property but were developed individually.
Much like the ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW My Little Pony]]'' titles, it won't be part of IDW's ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'' event, which is a MegaCrossover between most of Hasbro's IDW titles, but IDW's staff ''do'' consider it to be part of the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse- so there will be references ([[ComicBook/ActionMan Ian Noble]] has a Misfits poster in his room), but they won't be part of the action. It was also recently announced that the Misfits will be getting their own spinoff title as well.
The main series [[http://www.cbr.com/idw-publishing-jem-and-the-holograms-ending-in-april-will-return/ ended]] with issue 26, and had four special issues (two "annuals", one holiday special, and one Valentine's Day special). The Misfits solo series ended with issue 5. They were followed by a six-issue series called ''Jem and the Holograms: Infinite'', in which the Holograms and Misfits traveled to an alternate universe. Following all these were a series of short-story collections, known collectively as "Dimensions". The fourth, published in February 2018, is planned to be the last issue and no new continuation of the story has been announced. In late 2018, the shared Hasbro Comic Universe was discontinued and many of its comics were cancelled or rebooted.
In January 2019, IDW released their ''20/20'' event, which saw many of their popular comics given one-shots set 20 years in the future or past. ''Jem and the Holograms 20/20'' saw the now middle aged main cast attempting to put on a reunion concert. It's unknown whether or not this was meant to serve as the epilogue to the series or was set in an alternate future like the other ''20/20'' one-shots.
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!!''Jem and the Holograms'' contains examples of:
* AbandonedCatchphrase: Kimber doesn't say "Outrageous" like she did in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' cartoon-- possibly because it's now more associated with ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'s appearances in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.
* AdaptationalDiversity: The reboot comics are this compared to [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} the 1980s cartoon]]. The original cartoon had [[OnlyOneFemaleMold body type limitations]] largely due to it being a MerchandiseDriven cartoon for a doll line, but the comic doesn't have this restriction so characters have a [[CastOfSnowflakes wide range of body types]]. Various characters are also given {{Race Lift}}s and there are more explicitly queer characters than in the source (for example, Stormer and Kimber do away with their RomanticTwoGirlFriendship and become a straight-up couple).
* AdaptationalJerkass:
** The Misfits are still the antagonists and still not nice girls (except Stormer), but it's slyly demonstrated that each of the band stands solely on their own. Pizzazz's temper is even worse, and feels she literally cannot trust anyone in her life. Roxy and Jetta aren't down each other's throats anymore, but they'd just as easily laugh if one was the butt of a joke. Pizzazz, Roxy, and Jetta still gang up on Stormer, but Stormer is actually more likely to snark back at them, insult them and even scream at them, unafraid to stand up to even Pizzazz. Clash in [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} the cartoon]] also wouldn't have tried to [[spoiler:seriously injure, or outright murder, Jem]] like that.
** At the same time though, this in [[AdaptationalNiceGuy inverted]] as their softer sides and HiddenDepths are more present. Jetta went from the TokenEvilTeammate to being calm and relatively nice (especially towards Roxy, who she's best friend with in the comics but is enemies with in the cartoon). A lot more emphasis goes into giving Pizzazz's HiddenDepths focus. She has a lot more moments of sincerity, happiness, and vulnerability. In one issue she actually listens to Stormer's wants to do a ballad and ends the issue on a middle ground. She'll allow a ballad on the next album, not the current one. In the cartoon scene that was inspired by Pizzazz outright just ''shredded'' the lyrics because she doesn't like "soft" songs.
* AdaptationalMundanity: The comic downplays the more wackier aspects of the characters and series. For example, in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' cartoon, The Misfits routinely did things that should end up with them in jail or with various restraining orders, however [[KarmaHoudini they rarely got their just desserts]]. In the comic their JerkAss natures are on a more realistic level where they don't crash parties and disrupt the peace on an episodic basis. The characters hair colors are also implied to be dyed rather than [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair natural]]. The comics tone down the more cartoony aspects of the cartoon and give the characters more realistic depth.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Kimber and Stormer are now lesbians and dating each other. Aja is said to be bisexual.
* AdaptedOut: Danse, Astral and Eric Raymond's henchman Zipper never appear in this continuity.
* AnachronismStew: A number of elements suggest it's the 21st century (laptops, internet, smart phones, Twitter, bathing suit weather in January), but everyone's still wearing the same gaudy day-glo fashions and have the same big neon hair they did at the height of the 1980's. Then again, it wouldn't be ''Jem'' without all that. It helps that [[ValuesResonance such fashion]] along with vinyl records are gaining popularity again.
* AnimeHair: All over the place! The hair colors and ever-changing hair styles utilized by the female characters are very eye catching. Special mention go to Pizzazz, Kimber, Stormer and Blaze, as their hair seems to grow longer or shorter in a matter of hours to vary their hair styles even more.
* {{Animesque}}: The art style is mainly western but occasionally manga-esque expressions and movements pop up.
* AscendedExtra:
** Much more emphasis is put on portraying Synergy as an actual character instead of a plot device. She appears more often in humanoid form as well.
** Techrat has a bigger role than he did in the cartoon. He appears more often and is essentially Eric's right hand man.
** Craig appeared in under five episodes of the cartoon but is a recurring character in the comics. He isn't even referred to as Stormer's brother until several issues in.
* AscendedFangirl: Blaze was a fan of The Misfits, enough that she has a tattoo of their logo and during Dark Jem joins the band
* BookcasePassage: Emmett has one that can be activated by punching a code into the jukebox in his office. The first time she sees it, Kimber even asks if he was a superhero.
* ChristmasEpisode: There is a Holiday Issue where the Misfits end up having to play Secret Santa to Jem and the Holograms, and vice versa.
* DatingCatwoman: Kimber and Stormer are an OfficialCouple, but at the same time neither's planning to leave their rival bands over the relationship.
* DayInTheLimelight: Issue #10, aptly titled ''Rio Pacheo, Boy Reporter'', focuses mostly on Rio.
* DeadAlternateCounterpart: The ''Infinite'' miniseries involves Jem and the Holograms and the Misfits visiting an alternate reality where their counterparts have been killed, [[spoiler:though Kimber, Stormer and Pizzazz are later revealed to have survived the attempts on their lives.]] The trope is also inverted by having Emmett Benton still alive in this alternate universe.
* DemotedToExtra:
** Ba Nee, Ashley, and the other Starlight Girls still appear, but where in the cartoon they were orphans who lived at a foster home run by Jerrica, here they are simply kids who frequent the Starlight Community Center and receive music lessons. As such they have much smaller roles in the comic than they did in the cartoon, most often they're little more than cameos. They do get ADayInTheLimelight once in a while, though.
** Meta-wise, the series itself is this for the larger Hasbro Comic Universe.
* DramaticStutter: A traumatized variant. Jerrica has a stutter after [[spoiler:she's shocked out of her glitched Synergy trance by Rio getting angry at Jem for kissing him.]] Having a breakdown and passing out in an alleyway probably contributed to it.
* DrivenToSuicide: Powerfully subverted with [[spoiler:Pizzazz]]. In issue 14 she's at her lowest: alone, traumatized, replaced by another singer. She phones her dad, but he's as uncaring as ever. The page ends with her saying: "I can't live like this..." [[spoiler:Followed by "...I have to do something" on the flip page.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: The Stingers appear in a poster in Aja's room. They appear in person at the end of issue 16.
* EverybodysDeadDave: [[spoiler:''Infinite'' has the main characters visit an alternate universe where every Hologram and Misfit has been killed except Kimber and Stormer... and Pizzazz]].
* EvilCostumeSwitch: As a part of the "Dark Jem" arc, the band switches to a darker color palette. They borderline parody the trope in how their costumes contrast to their normal ones and how DarkerAndEdgier they are.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In issue 7, Kimber tells Synergy that she looks a little like her mother.
** The [[ValentinesDayEpisode Valentine's Issue]] while technically being out of canon it actually has some clever foreshadowing to the Dark Jem arc in the Tarot reading Kimber gets.
--> '''Fortune Teller:''' This Misfits person...She could be represented by reversed Queen Of Cups in the obstacle position. Perhaps a once kind woman who has turned against you, turned into a control freak? Perhaps she felt threatened?
* GrayRainOfDepression: It starts raining after Kimber and Jerrica have a discussion on how they don't have any more tries left to finish their video for the contest.
* GrandFinale: Issue 26 was the final issue of the run, with no subsequent attempts at relaunching the series since.
* HalloweenEpisode: The Misfits attempt to crash Jem's party, with emphasis on "attempt".
* ImportantHaircut: Usually when Aja gets one, it's a sign she's about to dump her current lover. It turns out she's always done it subconsciously and only realizes when her sisters tease her about it. The example we're shown is an aversion, she's perfectly happy with her current boyfriend.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to all the other titles in the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Meta example: given their non-involvement with ''Revolution'', the events of the comic weren't affected by the various developments occurring in other Hasbro books at the time.
* MeetCute:
** Between Kimber and Stormer in issue #2, when Kimber shows up for a Misfits in-store album signing, where all the Misfits except Stormer bailed. Kimber's been a fan of Stormer for a while, and Stormer has been reading Kimber's blog, but this is the first time they meet in person. They almost immediately begin flirting with each other, and they have coffee together. It gets interrupted by a furious Pizzazz who doesn't want Stormer "fraternizing with the enemy," but this doesn't stop the two from eventually ending up in a relationship.
** {{Meet Cute}}s must run in both Kimber's and Stormer's families, because Aja and Craig get one in issue #5 when they literally run into each other at the Battle of the Bands festival -- Aja couldn't see where she was going because she was carrying a huge [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Sunset Shimmer]] plushie. As they pick themselves up from the ground, they have this brief conversation:
-->'''Craig:''' You okay?\\
'''Aja:''' Yes. You?\\
'''Craig:''' Well, I light be hallucinating, Are you holding a ''really'' huge stuffed horse?\\
'''Aja:''' No. This is a really huge stuffed ''unicorn.'' C'mon, dude, know your basic fantasy creatures.\\
'''Craig:''' ''(laughs)'' Can I buy you one of thise funnel cakes as large as your head?\\
'''Aja:''' Yes.
* MindControlEyes: People under [[spoiler:Silcia]]'s control gain dull, golden eyes.
* MythologyGag:
** In Issue #6, the Misfits of the comic books ride on guitar-shape motorycle like their cartoons copies did in the first episode.
** Rio kicks over a flower pot in issue 10, as he did in the original cartoon episode "Glitter and Gold".
** Jerrica and her sisters own a box of "Healthy Cereal" from the cartoon. Roxy eats "Candy Coated Zips" cereal, which is also from the cartoon.
** Raya put "Jerrica Benton is Jem" as a question just like her cartoon double.
** The variant cover for #25 shows an ImagineSpot where Rapture and Minx leave Kimber BoundAndGagged inside a volcano. Something similar happened in the episode "Hot Time in Hawaii."
** In the issue of the "Jem: The Misfits" focusing on Stormer, past Stormer is singing "Makin' Mischief" -- one of the song from cartoon version of the Misfits.
* NotHisSled: Unlike in the cartoon, Rio is not attracted to Jem. He doesn't even like her at first. [[spoiler:When Jem kisses him he shrinks away and calls her out on it]].
* OhCrap: Pizzazz and the Misfits, minus [[TokenGoodTeammate Stormer]] have an EPIC one in Issue 23 when [[spoiler: they fill a cake with fireworks to sabotage the party that Jem and the Holograms are performing at. The moment occurs when the explosion is much larger than expected and Pizzazz realizes that Roxy used [[UpToEleven a hundred]] fireworks rather than the asked for 'handful'.]] To say that the party was wrecked would be an understatement.
* OutSick: In one arc, Pizzazz is unable to sing due to injuring her larynx in a car accident. They use Blaze for a substitute.
* RealityShow: The central premise of the ''Misfits'' spin-off, the band reluctantly participates in a reality TV show in an attempt to rebuild their tattered reputation.
* {{Retool}}: After 26 issues of grounded, relatively real-world music industry drama, the ''Infinite'' limited series plays up the franchise's sci-fi aspects by featuring a dystopian parallel world where Synergy used as an instrument of control.
* RottenRockAndRoll:
** The titular band is a pop band while the rival band The Misfits is a metal band. The Misfits aren't "evil" but they're the antagonists and are less friendly than Jerrica's bandmates.
** A straighter example would be either [[spoiler:the brainwashed Jem and the Holograms while under the influence of Silica, or the new band Silica creates to spread her virus.]] Despite the individuals being decent people, they're being used to spread evil through metal.
* SharedUniverse: While they were in theory part of the then-current ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse, their interactions with it were minimal outside of the occasional ShoutOut.
* SettingUpdate: From the late 1980s to the mid 2010s.
* ShoutOut:
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' references pop up a frequently. So far Jerrica owns a plushie of Rainbow Dash, Aja has a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Sunset Shimmer]] one, and Kimber has a Rainbow Dash onesie.
** The vendor that gives Aja her Sunset Shimmer doll is wearing a shirt with the logo for [[Franchise/GIJoe Cobra]] on it.
** Kimber wonders if her father was a superhero like ''ComicBook/IronMan'' after finding out about Synergy and his secret passageway.
** Pizzazz owns a UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 4}}.
** The annual has several dreams that are {{Whole Plot Reference}}s: ''Film/TeenWolf'' (Jerrica), ''Film/MadMax'' (Aja), and ''Franchise/StarWars'' (Shana).
** Kyisha from ''ComicBook/{{Shadoweyes}}'' appears in the background of one issue.
** Issue 11 features a cameo from a woman who looks way too much like a [[AnthropomorphicPersonification humanized]] version of Fluttershy from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' to be unintentional.
** Cleo from ''ComicBook/{{Wetmoon}}'' appears in autograph signing of number 2.
** Rio wears a suit and has a hairstyle for a few issues that bear more than a passing resemble to the main character of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''.
** In the ''Misfits'' spin-off Pizzazz is seen wearing a band t-shirt for "[[WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad She Likes Cloth]]".
** [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero Cold Slither]] (a band previously established to exist in the Hasbro Comic Universe) was apparently booked for a festival.
* StealthPun: A pretty subtle one with Blaze's name. Clash was of course in the original cartoon, but in this comic we discover that she has a friend named Blaze. Clash and Blaze = Crash and burn.
* TakeThatAudience: One issue of the Misfits spin-off has a television executive wanting Stormer to lose weight as part of an arc for the RealityShow they're participating in. Stormer refuses to do so point-blank and Pizzaz refuses to participate unless they take Stormer as-is. This is after flashbacks showing Stormer has spent a lifetime getting picked on for her weight and Pizzaz telling her to ignore anyone who asks her to lose weight. It's easy to read the story as the staff hearing the complaints about Stormer's weight from readers and refusing to change it. Interestingly, she rather frustratedly blocks someone who supports her endeavors as well, which could be a TakeThat towards people who viewed Stormer's entire character through her body issues.
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: Silcia's]] music makes people become apathetic and uncaring.
* ValentinesDayEpisode: There is a Valentine's Day-themed oneshot where Kimber attempts to use a potion to make the Misfits nicer, but instead ends up making the Misfits as well as Jem and the Holograms fall in love with random people.
* WhamEpisode: Issue 9 has [[spoiler:Pizzazz getting into a bad car accident]] and [[spoiler:the viewer learning Synergy is glitched.]]
* WhamLine: Issue 9: "We don't have to do anything... Because there's something wrong with it." Techrat says this to Eric [[spoiler:about how something is wrong with Synergy.]] Issue 24 has one for the entire franchise [[spoiler: Where Jerrica transforms into Jem in front of Rio "I'm Jem."]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** In issue 25, Riot (recently dumped by Jem) comforts Jerrica over being dumped by Rio -- and suggests that the two of ''them'' date, to drive their exes nuts. The scene cuts away before Jerrica replies, and the conversation is never mentioned again.
** Blaze is conspicuously absent in the ''20/20'' oneshot in spite of every other member of the Misfits being accounted for. She did hint in the Misfits miniseries that she wanted to eventually try out a solo career, so that may be a possible explanation, but nothing is confirmed.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Just like the cartoon, though at least it's implied their hair is dyed this time around. Flashbacks imply Aja's and Shana's hair is natural (unless they dyed them even as kids).
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