Techrat

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## Characteristics

### Born

♑ January 9th, 1991 (IDW)
Age 24. (IDW)

## Personal Status

### Debut

**Cartoon:*** *The Music Awards, Part One*

**IDW:**

* *Viral!, Part One*

## Portrayals

### Cartoon

Charlie Adler[*citation needed*]

***Techrat***, real name unknown, is one of Eric Raymond's henchmen he employs to try and take down Jem and The Holograms and their manager Jerrica Benton or otherwise benefit The Misfits. He's a genius with technology, and uses that in his ploys.

## History

### IDW Continuity

Techrat was first appeared when Eric Raymond was hired as The Misfits' manager, when he was approached by Eric with a job offer. At first, Techrat was uninterested, noting that Eric's jobs are often 'boring', but changed his mind when Eric told him he wanted Techrat to hack The Holograms (*Viral!, Part One*).

Later, it is revealed he was struggling with hacking The Holograms. While he was unaware of Synergy's existence, he likened the nature of the Hologram's computer system to an A.I. due to it rewriting itself faster than he can hack. He informed Eric that the job would be easier if he were on site (*Viral!, Part Two*).

Techrat joined The Misfits in crashing. He argued with Pizzazz over their costumes, expressing annoyance at his cumbersome shower cubicle costume. He later ditched the costume to sneak into the Holograms' studio but was soon forced to flee when Synergy triggered an alarm, accidentally knocking Jetta into the pool as he escaped. Later, he explained to Eric that the Holograms' computer is an A.I. with technology so advanced that it's beyond his capabilities, but he was able to determine that there was something wrong with it (*Viral!, Part Three*).

While The Misfits are touring with The Holograms, Eric sent Techrat a recording of The Holograms' latest song *Facade*, which seemed to be incredibly infectious. Techrat met up with the tour to explain that the song utilized saccular acoustic sensitivity, hitting certain wavelengths that make the listeners susceptible to suggestion and making them seem "zombie-like" (*Dark Jem Part, Five*). Later, Techrat worked backstage with Jerrica to use a signal jammer to deactivate Silica (*Dark Jem Part, Six*)

## Creation and Development

### Cartoon Continuity

In her original concept, Christy Marx designed Techrat with Boy George in mind, who is the androgynous lead singer of the band Culture Club. Inspired by the New Romantic movement, Marx wanted Techrat to be completely androgynous, and for the viewer to be unable to determine if he was male or female. Marx's design was rejected by Hasbro, because they weren't willing to deal with a concept so controversial.

### IDW Continuity

Techrat was redesigned by Emma Vieceli, unlike the previous characters who were solely designed by artists and co-creator Sophie Campbell.

He is less engaged with simply creating gadgets, and is instead a hacker investigating The Holograms' A.I., Synergy, because Synergy is more advanced than any known current technology. Through his investigation, he is the first person, outside of the Benton family, to be aware that The Holograms are utilizing an A.I. This is a huge departure from the cartoon canon - in the cartoon, the only people who know about Synergy are Raya Alonso (*The Talent Search, Part One*) and the President of the United States (*The Presidential Dilemma*).

## Appeared in

**Cartoon:**
* *The Music Awards, Part One*
**IDW:**
* *Viral!, Part One*

* *Viral!, Part Two*

* *Viral!, Part Three*

* *Dark Jem, Part Five*

* *Dark Jem, Part Six*

* *Infinite, Part One*

* *Infinite, Part Two*

* *Infinite, Part Three*

* *Infinite, Part Five*

* *Infinite, Part Six*

## References

1. ↑ **Tumblr:** IDW Jem Character Birthdays
2. ↑ **IDW Publishing:** Techrat's Character Bio
3. ↑ **Truly Outrageous JEM Mailing List:** *Christy Marx, Truly Outrageous JEM Mailing List v.1 #12, July 2, 1996*
4. ↑ **Instagram:** *Christy Marx at Starbright: A Truly Outrageous Celebration of Jem and The Holograms*
5. ↑ **Tumblr:** Emma on designing Eric Raymond & Craig Phillips

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