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#5205-54
Britrock
Written by Christy Marx

Synopsis:
Stormer's brother, Craig, is playing drums in a club in London. Pizzazz decides the Misfits should go to England for Jetta to prove she really does know the royalties and has a title herself. Jetta secretly calls her parents to help her set everything up to convince the Misfits that they're aristocrats. Jem and the Holograms are playing at a benefit at the opening of a new club i London this weekend, where Aja unexpectedly meets Craig.

Characters:
Jem and the Holograms, The Misfits, Craig, Flo mother of Jetta, Bertie father of Jetta, Cindy Tucker, sir Hugh Ridley, Jack, Lord Trevor, Stoke, Fenton, Mason Hawthorne earl of Wissex, Alan, James.

Focus on:
Jetta, Craig, Aja.

Locations & vehicles:
Gabor mansion, Jetta's parents home in Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire in England, Rock HARD cafe in LA, horse racing track in wissex Downs in England, Gatwick airport in England, limousine, Hawthorne manor in Wissex in England, Sir Hugh Ridley's car, London in England, Unicorn Club in London, firetrucks, stage in the street in London, Big Ben in London.

First appearance of:
Cindy Tucker.

Songs:
"I'm Gonna Hunt You Down" The Misfits
"Only Between Me And You" Jem and the Holograms

Genres:
Humor, Action, Drama, Romance, Message.

Original airdate:
7 January 1988.

Releases:
Released on DVD.

International:
Italy: Aired on TV. The episode title was "La Famiglia Di Jetta" (Jetta's family).
France: Aired on TV. Released on DVD. The episode title was "Les imposteurs" (Impostors).
UK: Aired on TV. Released on VHS.

Trivia:
Jetta lies about that the Royals of England love a good game of darts, and that she played darts with the queen mum once. She claims that the royals are good friends of her family.

We see on a calendar that it is the 12th, but not what month it is.

Jetta is called by her real name Sheila by her parents.

Jetta has apparently been in so much trouble while growing up that her parents fear the worst whenever she calls them.

Jetta's parents like to bet on horses.

Outside the Rock Hard Cafe there's a newspaper, the Los Angeles Times. Another sign Jem and the Holograms obviously live in Los Angeles.

The Misfits are pretty good at horseriding.

Maison is 21 years old.

Stormer seems to be afraid of Jem and the Holograms without the other Misfits around. Even though she made friends with them in the episode "The Bands Break Up".

Craig intentionally kept Stormer a secret from Aja.

Craig calls Aja "gorgeous".

Maison's pet fox understands English.

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