The Music Awards (Part 2)

The Music Awards (Part 2)
Season	1
Episode no.	14
Production code	5205-14
Written by	Christy Marx
Originalair date	September 20, 1986
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The Music Awards, Part 2 is the fourteenth episode of the first season, and the 14th episode overall, of the Jem animated series.

Synopsis

The Music Awards are fast approaching and Eric and The Misfits are still campaigning for the award. Jerrica and The Holograms no longer care at this point - they just want Deirdre, Krissie and Ba Nee to come home. Hopefully, the Haven House Benefit will bring them back before a social worker closes Starlight House. But the runaways are busy trying to help a new friend who's mixed up with some criminals. Eventually, they meet up with Danse who reunites them with The Holograms.

Plot

Just as all seems hopeless for Krissie, her bag gets caught onto the structure and stops her fall. Next to her, her new friend Danny saves her by helping her down. The Starlight Girls introduce themselves officially, and tell Danny that they are runaways. As the concert ends, Deirdre suggests that Danny accompanies them, but he gets caught by Mick, the thug who he stole the ticket from in the previous episode. The girls offer their own money, but Danny refuses it, and Mick says that he'll have to earn it, and that if any of the kids try to escape, he'll set the police on them. He lets Danny, Dierdre, Krissie and Ba Nee stay one night in his bus, with his thuggish friend, Ramón. In the back of the bus, Danny asks why they ran away, and the girls realize the mistake they made by leaving such a good home. The next day, The Holograms arrive back to the Starlight Mansion only to discover a social worker named Jack Sobieski is looking for Jerrica. He explains that he received a tip that three of her girls ran away, but Ashley covers for them by saying that the girls are handing out flyers for the benefit concert. Jack then tells them they can have until the benefit for them to return, but if not, he's shutting the place down.

As Jerrica and the others continue their search for the three girls, The Misfits stage a publicity stunt to garner more attention toward their appearance at the Music Awards. Techrat attaches hang-gliders to each of their backs for them to dive into the city, and gives Pizzazz a laser gun. Roxy seems to be worried about their safety, but continues with the stunt anyway. "You Oughta See The View From Here" plays as they drop promotional flyers from the sky, causing chaos to the drivers and pedestrians below. Meanwhile, The Holograms notice the commotion from Starlight Music. Roxy and Stormer land, but Pizzazz decides to test the laser gun by drawing a mustache onto the Jem and The Holograms billboard above Starlight Music. She then aims it at the leg of the billboard, but the force of the laser beam causes one to detach and it swings into Jerrica's office window. As payback, she projects a hologram of a giant eagle, scaring Pizzazz out of her wits. She falls into a nearby pond. Just as Eric Raymond and Stormer help Pizzazz out of the water, Techrat mourns over the destruction of his laser gun, only to make an infuriated Pizzazz threaten to wreck him instead.

Meanwhile, Deirdre, Krissie and Ba Nee are forced to leave Danny, who is held hostage by Mick and Ramón, who force him to steal from an electronics store for them. The three Starlight Girls watch Danny go into the store and quickly exit it with a stolen radio. Krissie tells him not to do it, and they all gain courage to try and stop the thugs. Two policemen, named Jones and Rodriguez, notice Mick and Ramón getting the kids into trouble. The officers rush to chase them both down different alleys as "Runnin' Like The Wind" plays. They all reach a dead end and attempt to climb up a pile of boxes lying there to get over a barbwire fence, but the boxes tumble down and officer Jones is knocked out cold. The kids manage to escape and run back to Starlight House as quickly as they can to get Jerrica's help. Techrat is in his Rat Hole with Eric, showing him that the jammer is newly upgraded in order to sabotage the benefit concert.

Later in the day, Jem and The Holograms are getting ready for the Haven House benefit held at Stouffer Stadium. Rio is helping Jem with the setup and soundcheck, and the Starlight Girls worry that Deirdre and the others can't make it on time. Just as they speak of this, Mr. Sobieski arrives and Jerrica asks him to come back that night as the girls will be there. He agrees, but reminds them of the consequences if they fail to show up. Rio comforts Jerrica. On their part, the group of kids are having lunch at Best Hamburgers and Danny promises to pay them back, even if he is in trouble. An employee at the restaurant, Tony, overhears their conversation and gives Danny a card with a number to call for runaways. Krissie takes Danny to find a phone.

After a conversation with the helpline, the runaway group arrive at Haven House. They knock on the door, but when no one answers. They start to lose hope, but luckily manage to catch up with Danse, who was just about to leave in her car. Deirdre runs in front to grab her attention, and Danse asks if they're runaways. She offers them to come to the benefit, as no one else is currently in the house, and that way they can speak to a counselor. The Starlight Girls are ecstatic to be on their way to see their friends, Jem and The Holograms. While Danse drives them to the concert, The Holograms are preparing to go on stage. The runaways burst in and reunite with the band, apologizing for leaving without warning.

In the meantime, the music awards are in full swing, and The Misfits arrive wearing glamorous fashions, making the crowd go wild. A reporter asks Pizzazz if she thinks they'll win the "Best New Group" award, and she gloats about having no competition. They sit at a table and Eric makes a snide comment that any minute now, Jem's benefit will be ruined. Back at the benefit, Techrat tries to disrupt the concert with a jamming device, and Jem runs offstage as the interference stops Synergy's holograms. Danny catches Techrat in the act, forcing him to flee in a panic and the jammer is pulled from his grasp, which causes the wires to break. The destruction of the gadget allows the power to come back on. The girl band go back onstage to perform "Friend Or Stranger". Meanwhile, the Misfits win the "Best New Group" award and Pizzazz plans to gloat to Jem about it. They drive to the concert, only to find the audience cheering the performance. Pizzazz, silenced and shocked by the overwhelming sense of goodwill (the one thing she hates the most) the concert has created, doesn't notice her award accidentally slipping out of her hand to the floor, where it smashes into pieces.

Songs featured

• "You Oughta See The View From Here" - The Misfits
• "Runnin' Like The Wind" - Jem and The Holograms
• "Friend Or Stranger" - Jem and The Holograms

Quotes

Pizzazz: (accepting the music award) I'd like to thank the Awards people for having the good taste to give us this award which we so definitely deserve.

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Techrat (to Pizzazz): Look what you've done! My beautiful laser. You wrecked it.

Pizzazz: (holding her fist up to Techrat) One more word and I'll wreck you!

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Danny: I'm a guy. I can look after myself.

Krissie: But everybody needs help. Even a boy. You can't keep on running forever.

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Danny: You must be three of the dumbest girls I ever met.

Krissie: Yeah, you can say that again.

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Eric Raymond: Where's Pizzazz?

Techrat: Oh, she's testing my new laser gun for me.

Eric Raymond: You let Pizzazz loose with a laser gun?!

Techrat: (nervously stuttering) It was her idea.

Gallery

Trivia

• The bus where Mick and Ramón live, says "Marx Girls School" on the side, as in the series writer, Christy Marx.
• It's revealed that Roxy is afraid of heights.
• 'Runaway' is labeled as "ranaway" in multiple posters, and 'switchboard' is misspelled as "swichboard".
• Christy's favorite line is when Eric Raymond says, "You let Pizzazz loose with a laser gun?!" to Techrat.
• Christy wanted to make another episode with the character Danny, that would explore why he was kicked out by his father. It was going to be a story about an alcoholic father. She had written an entire detailed outline about an episode that would deal with kids who have alcoholic parents and how they deal with it, but she couldn't get it approved.
• Christy was careful not to make a false happy ending about the serious issue of runaways.
• Christy had actually spoken with a person who gave her permission to use the number to their 800 toll-free help number at the end of this episode, for the national runaway switchboard where runaway kids could call in and talk to someone and get help getting off the streets. They got hundreds of calls from kids, who were helped to return to their families.