Jerrica Benton (IDW)

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## Characteristics

### Height

* 5'5" (as Jerrica)
* 5'11" (as Jem)

### Born

♊ June 1st, 1992
Age 23

### Instruments

* Lead vocals
* Guitar

## Family

* Emmett Benton (father) †
* Jacqui Benton (mother) †
* Kimber Benton (sister)
* Shana Elmsford (sister)
* Aja Leith (sister)

## Personal Status

### Affiliation

* The Holograms
* 5x5 Records

## Portrayals

### Cartoon

* Samantha Newark (speaking)
* Britta Phillips (singing)

### Live Action

Aubrey Peeples

***Jerrica Benton***, also known by her alter ego **Jem**, is one of the main characters of IDW Publishing's *Jem and The Holograms*. She is the manager and the front woman for her band Jem and The Holograms.

## Cartoon Continuity

Jerrica Benton was the co-owner and manager of her late father's record company, Starlight Music. She also managed the record company's charity called The Starlight Foundation, which funded Starlight House: a foster home for orphaned young girls. Jerrica and her sisters were the guardians of 12 foster girls who lived with them. Jerrica juggled her responsibilities as a business-woman with her role as Jem, the lead singer of Jem and The Holograms.

Jerrica was hardworking, dedicated, kind, helpful, good-hearted, and friendly to both fans and allies, but could also be self-righteous, single-minded and condescending at times. She often butted heads with her younger sister Kimber, but they always ultimately forgave one another. Jerrica was 12 when her mother, Jacqui Benton died in a plane crash - the two had been very close, and it impacted her greatly. She crossed paths dozens of times with the Holograms' rival band The Misfits, whose lead singer Pizzazz was fixated on bringing down Jem. Pizzazz's hatred for Jem and her sisters lead to some dangerous - often life-threatening - situations. Jerrica sometimes struggled to distinguish where Jerrica ended and Jem began, which led to her dating her longtime boyfriend with both identities at the same time. Rio and Jerrica had a turbulent and somewhat strained relationship with her longtime boyfriend Rio because of this, only exacerbated when Riot, the lead singer of The Stingers, obsessively pursued her romantically.

## Personality

Jerrica is sensible, practical, and level-headed. She is the most responsible of her sisters, often trying to intervene when they are being overly spontaneous.

Jerrica suffers with intense performance anxiety; in her case, freezing up and fleeing the situation. Out of love and loyalty for her sisters' dream of being a successful band, Jerrica kept pushing herself to perform despite her fear. Her inability to perform, however, threatened the viability of the band, until she created her alter-ego *Jem* with the help of Synergy (*Showtime, Part One*).

As Jem - who is very different to Jerrica, physically - Jerrica is able to perform with confidence. Jerrica is deeply conflicted about keeping her double-life a secret from her boyfriend, Rio. She has wanted to tell him about her secret for a long time, but is worried about the risk of revealing Synergy's advanced technology to anyone outside her family (*Ch-Ch-Changes, Part One*).

## Appeared in

* *Showtime, Part One*

* *Showtime, Part Two*

* *Showtime, Part Three*

* *Showtime, Part Four*

* *Showtime, Part Five*

* *Showtime, Part Six*

* *Outrageous Annual (2015)*

* *Holiday Special*

* *Valentine Special*

* *Viral!, Part One*

* *Viral!, Part Two*

* *Viral!, Part Three*

* *Rio Pacheco, Boy Reporter*

* *Dark Jem, Part One*

* *Dark Jem, Part Two*

* *Dark Jem, Part Three*

* *Dark Jem, Part Four*

* *Dark Jem, Part Five*

* *Dark Jem, Part Six*

* *Ch-Ch-Changes, Part One*

* *Ch-Ch-Changes, Part Two*
* *Enter The Stingers, Part One*

* *Enter The Stingers, Part Two*

* *Enter The Stingers, Part Three*

* *Enter The Stingers, Part Four*

* *Enter The Stingers, Part Five*

* *Outrageous Annual (2017)*

* *Truly Outrageous, Part One*

* *Truly Outrageous, Part Two*

* *Truly Outrageous, Part Three*

* *Infinite, Part One*

* *Infinite, Part Two*

* *Infinite, Part Three*

* *Infinite, Part Four*

* *Infinite, Part Five*

* *Infinite, Part Six*

* *Jem: Dimensions #1*

* *Jem: Dimensions #2*

* *Jem: Dimensions #3*

* *Jem: Dimensions #4*

## References

1. ↑ **Tumblr:** IDW Jem Character Birthdays

## Navigation

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