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Coolest Cartoon Rockers: No. 8

Jem & the Holograms
When They Rocked: 1985-88

Record store owner by day, pink-haired pop diva by night, Jem and her Holograms meant more to '80s pre-teen girls than most of their flesh-and-blood MTV counterparts. With her glamorous style and truly outrageous pop tunes, only 2-D riot grrrls the Misfits came close to stealing Jem's thunder.
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mrsupermodelat 7-22-2007

I LIVED FOR JEM WHEN I WAS YOUNGER THE BEST EVER MY CHILDHOOD WOULDNT HAVE BEEN COMPLETE WITHOUT JEM

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Starcat500at 7-22-2007

Jem will always be #1 to me ;)

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Filmgoddess31at 7-22-2007

One of the great things about my childhood was Jem! She was truly outrageous!

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SAUDIat 7-22-2007

I LOVE JEM JUST LOVE HER

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missladyat 7-24-2007

omg i soooooo loved jem when i was lil
i still have the dolls
plz bring out the dvds i wanna see um again
and is it me or does the voice sound like martika from kids incorporated
and who sang toy soilders
anyway she rocks

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honeydipat 7-24-2007

Bring back the Jem DVD's!!!

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Scavengerat 7-25-2007

Ahem...Jem was a recording company owner...not a record store owner.

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gerardoat 8-02-2007

ehy aki.....!

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caramelo1220at 8-07-2007

I loved Jem

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FearlessFreepat 8-21-2007

I recall that her theme song went:

Jen is outrageous!

Truly outrageous!

Truly, truly, truly outrageous!

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andeeat 11-13-2007

Hey- Transformers got a movie, how about one for us Jem Freaks?

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dale morganat 12-15-2007

my sister loved jem back in the day but i became a fan after seeing her on robot chicken(the wheels on the bus goes quack quack quack)

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Lisaat 1-19-2008

Man, I used to watch this as a kid, loved it!! The Misfits though, those girls rocked.

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Anamariaat 1-29-2008

Jem Rocks!!!!!!
I'm 32 years old and I still watch Jem time to time( I have the DVD set ) My son thinks I'm carzy They should make a movie

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Jamesat 4-21-2008

The Misfits? I wonder if Glen Danzig had anything to say about that!

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Ninja Lurkat 7-22-2008

God, nooooooo. ;.;

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