The Princess And The Singer - Episode Guide

#5205-19 The Princess And The Singer
Written by Christy Marx and Ellen Guon

Synopsis:
Jem and the Holograms are invited to perform for princess Adriana, who will be crowned queen of Morvania on her 18th birthday in one week. But her royal cousin doesn't approve, and is determined to put a stop to it. Eric and the Misfits are also going to Morvania, as tourists, but Eric is working on a plan. When Adriana runs away from her duties, to the market place, she runs into her exact look-alike, Kimber.

Characters:
Jem/Jerrica and the Holograms, The Misfits, Eric, princess Adriana of Morvania, Lexa, Dimitrios, Corven royal guard.

Focus on:
Kimber.

Locations & vehicles:
Morvania in Europe, airplane, Morvania's airport, limousine, Hotel Victor in Morvania, royal palace in Morvania, royal theater house in Morvania.

Songs:
"Here Comes Trouble" Jem and the Holograms
"The Queen Of Rock And Roll" The Misfits

Genres:
Adventure, Action, Mystery, Humor.

Original airdate:
1 November 1986.

Releases:
Released on VHS. Released on DVD.

International:
Italy: Aired on TV. The episode title was "La Principessa Di Norvania" (The princess of Norvania).
France: Aired on TV. Released on DVD. The episode title was "La Princesse Et La Chanteuse" (The Princess And The Singer).
Holland: Aired on TV.
Venezuela: Aired on TV. The episode title was "La Princesa Y La Cantante" (The princess and the singer).
UK: Aired on TV.
Australia: Released on VHS. Released on DVD.
New Zealand: Released on VHS.

Behind the Scenes:
There were fashions designed for a scene that was cut from this episode, where Jem and the Holograms dress out as fans.

Trivia:
This episode originally had the title "The Princess And The Rocker".

Morvania is a made up country. Apparently it's a small country and has a royal family. The country Morvania also appears in other cartoons, where it is located somewhere between Bosnia Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, and Macedonia.

Kimber has an exact lookalike in Adriana, not even her own sister can tell them apart. But their voices are slightly different. But then Jerrica can't even tell the difference between Kimber's and Stormer's voice.

This wasn't the first time Kimber had a lookalike. She had a stunt double in Starbright Part 2: "Colliding Stars", called Pam.

Adriana says she will be 18 years old in one week. Considering that Kimber is her exact lookalike, one might also take for granted that Kimber is the same age.

Kimber is not included in the music video of "Here Comes Trouble" by Jem and the Holograms.

Kimber gets kidnapped again.

Once again we get an example of what a good swimmer Kimber is, and diver, and very brave.

Jerrica turns into Jem right in front of princess Adriana, but Adriana happens to turn away at that moment and doesn't understand where Jem came from. [Information by Matthew]

Other episodes with lookalikes are "One Jem Too Many" and "The Fan".

We get to hear part of what could be a Jem song, when Jem and the Holograms rehearse with the wrong Kimber. It's a shame it wasn't made into a song, it has a nice intro.

Eric and the Misfits save Jem, Aja, Shana and Adriana's life.

Yet another example where Jem projects a hologram which is clearly visable and unrealistic to a group of people who don't know about Synergy. No one saw it came from Jem though.