S2E13: “Roxy Rumbles”

Synopsis: “A live appearance by The Misfits as hosts of KRTV’s “Video Madness” accidentally reveals that Roxy is illiterate. After a fight, Roxy leaves The Misfits and she later finds a lottery ticket, winning $1 million dollars. She goes back to her hometown of Philadelphia where Jem and The Holograms are having their ‘Rock Out Illiteracy’ tour.”

Summary: Episode 39 (S2E13) is written by Jina Bacarr.

We open with the Misfits making a live appearance on KRTV’s Video Madness. After attempting to read from the teleprompter on live TV, Roxy stumbles and announces the wrong band. The Misfits get into an argument on live TV and they end up leaving the studio in disgrace, thinking they’ll never be invited back.

Meanwhile, Jem and the Holograms show up to make a public service announcement about their new “Rock Out Illiteracy Tour.”

Pizzazz: I guess They most be so desperate they’ll use any old trash that wanders in.

At Misfits Music, Pizzazz pesters Eric Raymond to cough up some money for payday.

Eric: Less the cost of 3,422 sequins for your last costume.

Eric hands Roxy’s share of their latest concert profits, but when he tells her to read the statement, Pizzazz and Jetta make fun of her for holding it upside down and being unable to read. In a fit of rage, Roxy quits the band and takes off.

Roxy music video: “I’m Gonna Change.”

While strolling down the street in isolation, Roxy gets lucky and encounters a winning lottery ticket of one million dollars. Roxy promises to take the money and use it to change her life, forever.

Elsewhere, Pizzazz, Jetta, and Stormer bicker at a recording studio about Roxy’s tardiness, thinking that her threat to leave the Misfits was an empty one. Jetta appears to be pleased that Roxy isn’t come back, and just then Roxy walks in to tell the Misfits she’s leaving for good.

Roxy: Forget it, Pizzazz, you won’t have Roxanne Pelligrini to kick around anymore!

When Roxy storms out of the studio, as the door closes, we see some money has fallen out of her bag. The Misfits question where she got all of it, so they decide to follow her.

With her new found fortune, Roxy decides to undergo a complete makeover at The House of Glamour. Pizzazz, Jetta, and Stormer follow closely behind.

Misfits music video: “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!”

Roxy leaves The House of Glamour in her new wardrobe and sports car. She decides to head home to Philadelphia to prove to her friends and family that she has achieved success, after all, they said she would never amount to anything.

Arriving in the neighbourhood where she grew up in Philadelphia, Roxy is surprised to bump into Jem and the Holograms, as they promote their Rock Out Illiteracy tour. We see Jem being interviewed by Betty Vick for the Philadelphia Spotlight, as she explains that the premise for the tour is to promote the importance of reading and that it’s never too late to learn.

At the event, we see Ba Nee talking to some thugs from the Red Aces gang about learning how to read.

Ba nee: But you’re helpless if you can’t read.

Link: Oh, yeah? How you figure that, kid?

Ba Nee: You can’t get a job if you can’t read fill out the form. Or read signs, or a newspaper, a recipe, or even the phone book.

Roxy bumps into her old friend, Link, from the Red Aces. At first he doesn’t recognize her, but after a moment, he realizes who she is. Roxy takes the opportunity to show off her success and wealth as she claims the Misfits have made her rich. She asks Link what he’s been up to since they both dropped out of high school.

Link: You know, not much. Hanging out, trying to get work. You know.

Roxy hands Link and the gang some cash, in exchange for making life miserable for Jem and the Holograms.

Link: Yeah, they never done nothing to us. They’re even giving us a free…