Synergy

For other uses, see Synergy (disambiguation).

Synergy
Full name	Synergy
Alias(es)	Phaedra Oracle
Series	Jem
Role(s)	Adviser Mentor Mother figure
Occupation	Audio/visual entertainment synthesizer
Affiliation(s)	Starlight Foundation
Personal information
Species	Artificial intelligence Holographic projection
Gender	Female
Born	Completed on July 6, 1984
Status	Operational
Hair	Blue
Eyes	Blue Purple in some artworks
Partnerships	Emmett Benton (creator) The Holograms
Abilities	Can project highly realistic holograms through a pair of earring-shaped projectors, the main one being the hologram that turns Jerrica into Jem
Appearances
Firstappearance	The Beginning (1985)
Appearances	The Beginning Disaster Kimber's Rebellion Frame Up The Battle of the Bands Starbright (Part 1) World Hunger Shindig Adventure in China In Stitches The Music Awards (Part 1) Broadway Magic In Search of the Stolen Album Intrigue at the Indy 500 The Jem Jam (Part 2) Glitter and Gold The Talent Search (Part 1) Scandal The Fan The Jazz Player The Presidential Dilemma Out of the Past Journey Through Time Hollywood Jem (Part 2) Midsummer Night's Madness
Voiced by	Marlene Aragon

“	I am Synergy. I am no more or no less.	„
	~ Synergy

Synergy is a highly sophisticated A.I. computer and hologram projector designed by Emmett Benton (Jerrica and Kimber's late father) to be the ultimate audio/visual entertainment synthesizer.

She was voiced by Marlene Aragon.

History

Synergy was the life work of Emmett Benton, which he started four months after Jacqui's death, designed to link music and three-dimensional images for the ultimate audio/visual entertainment synthesizer/computer. He used his late wife's music and likeness to program Synergy's voice and personality, but couldn't bear to make her look too much like her, so he provided Synergy with her own image and persona.

Emmett originally kept the project a secret so he could later patent the technology; however, upon completion, he decided not to obtain the patents, as her powers could be very dangerous if she fell into the wrong hands. When he was diagnosed with an unknown, terminal illness, he set up Synergy to be a friend, surrogate mother and guide to his girls, and programmed Synergy to reveal herself to Jerrica if he was unable to give her the earrings in person.

Without any funding from Starlight Music to support the Starlight House, Jerrica, Kimber and their (foster) sisters were forced to find funds on their own. When they found out about Synergy, they formed The Holograms to enter a music contest being held by Eric Raymond. Jerrica had to take the persona of Jem, as Eric had it out for her and she herself looked too ordinary for a front girl.

Synergy is kept a secret from the world by Jerrica and The Holograms. She was originally hidden in a secret room at the Starlight Drive-in but was later moved to the Starlight Mansion and kept in a secret room hidden behind a holographic wall.

Personality

Emmett Benton invented Synergy to be a surrogate mentor, friend and mother figure to Jerrica and Kimber. As revealed in Out of the Past, she was programed with the personality, appearance and voice based on the likeness of Jacqui Benton, Emmett's late wife. However, Emmett couldn't bear to make her appearance exactly like hers, so he instead provided Synergy with her own image and persona.

Synergy can generate realistic, holographic images, as much as six hundred per minute without power loss, and is light-years ahead of anything seen before, even by government technicians. She can project lifelike, holographic images and sounds through small, remote projectors in the form of star-shaped earrings. She can also come out from the computer in the form of a holographic avatar. She is very wise and always helps out The Holograms in any bad situation. While Synergy usually follows orders, she is fully capable of independent thought and actions, and has taken matters into her own hands, such as offering Jerrica advice on Rio in the form of an oracle when Jerrica declined to listen to Synergy herself. Also, in The Presidential Dilemma, Synergy appears by her own in front of Jerrica and the President, saying that "It was the best news she's had this week", and laughing with them both.

Gallery

Artworks

Synergy box artwork from the second edition Jem toyline.

Same image with a backdrop, as it appears in the actual doll box.

Animated series

Synergy was modeled after Jacqui Benton.

Meeting Synergy.jpg

Synergy as Phaedra.

Dolls

Synergy doll by Integrity Toys.

Trivia

• The word "synergy" is a synonym of binding energy.
  • Figuratively, it can mean the benefits resulting from combining different groups, people, objects or processes.
• During the 1980s, there were plans to produce a Jem animated movie. During the early concept, Christy Marx came up with a nemesis to Synergy for this film called "Entropy".
  • Entropy is defined as a measure of the disorder present in a system, the dispersal of energy, and a measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal.
• Synergy is a highly technologically advanced artificial intelligence. She can understand what others say and still have her own opinions.
• Synergy took an appearance of the "Oracle" named Phaedra to help Jerrica, since she wasn't listening to her advice as herself.
• She used to be located at the Starlight Drive-in. Now, she resides in the Starlight Mansion.
• Synergy's appearance, voice and personality are based on Jacqui Benton's.
  • Even when Synergy was created in appearance and behavior inspired by their mother, neither Jerrica nor Kimber ever seem to realize this and just treat her as a friend and an ally, even after she reveals her origins.
• Synergy is even able to project sounds along with her holograms.
• Synergy cannot project holograms underwater.
• Synergy made an appearance as an alien artificial intelligence in the 2011 Hasbro comic Unit:E. There, she served the son of Acroyear and a Biotron (both from Micronauts) in performing reconnaissance on various people around the universe, and especially on Earth, that were likely to aid them against the Micronauts' enemy, Baron Karza. She noted that she would assist Jerrica (who had not taken up the identity of Jem) in composing the "music of the spheres". She appeared here as a glowing pink hologram.

See also

• Jacqui Benton