A Change Of Heart - Episode Guide

#5205-64 A Change Of Heart
Written by Christy Marx

Synopsis:
Minx has a change of heart after being saved from drowning by Rio, and is determind that from this day on she will make up for all the hard times she has ever been giving Jerrica, Rio, Jem and the Holograms and the Starlight Girls. But even then Minx manages to cause some trouble.

Characters:
Jem/Jerrica and the Holograms, The Misfits, The Stingers, Rio, Eric, Lin-Z, Clash, Mrs. Bailey, Starlight Girls (Ashley, Ba Nee, Krissie, Deirdre, Terri, Marianne, Joellen, Nancy), Limp Lizards, Lena Learner, 5th Avenue Boys (Jay, Joe, Tom), Cindy Tucker.

Focus on:
Minx, Rio, Jerrica.

Locations & vehicles:
Electronic Trade Show, beach, Stingers' hangout, Starlight Music, Starlight Mansion, House of Glamour, concert stage.

Songs:
"Outta My Way" The Misfits
"Are You Feeling Alright?" The Stingers
"Too Much" Jem and the Holograms

Part of songs:
"Outta My Way" by The Misfits/The Stingers.

Instrumentals:
"The Real Me" by Jem and the Holograms, "Top Of The Charts" by the Misfits, "Perfect Match" by the Stingers, "It Could Be You" by Jem and the Holograms, "Stinger's Theme" by the Stingers, "Destiny" by the Stingers, "Take It Or Leave It" by the Stingers, "Outta My Way" by the Misfits.

Genres:
Drama, Humor, Message, Action.

Original airdate:
18 February 1988.

Releases:
Released on DVD.

International:
Italy: Aired on TV. The episode title was "Il Troppo Stroppia" (Too much is too much).
France: Aired on TV. Released on DVD. The episode title was "Un probléme de coeur" (A Heart Problem).
UK: Aired on TV.

Trivia:
At this time 4MB of memory for a synthesizer was considered alot.

This is the third time Jem disguises as Pizzazz, previous times were in the episodes "In Search Of The Stolen Album" and "The Jem Jam Part 1".

Riot thinks Minx is strong, arrogant and confident.

Minx thinks she can get any man. Rio is the only man Minx hasn't been able to hook.

Minx has been building synthesizers since she was 14 years old, she is better than Rio at synthesizers.

Minx has a car with the license plate that says "IWILBGD" as in "I will be good" maybe. It also says California which yet again confirms that these groups live in Los Angeles California.

Riot's grandfather was a welsh coalminer.

Apparently the kitchen of Starlight Mansion is on the first floor.

The code used to turn off the burglar alarm at Starlight Mansion is 1534 and on is 6717.

The song "Outta My Way" by The Misfits is re-used. Previously appeared in the episode "The Beginning".

[Thanks to Caleb for finding Roxy in this episode]