SHEILA "JETTA" BURNS came to the United States as sax player for
a band called the Tinkerbillys. However, she quickly allowed herself to be recruited by the Misfits, dazzled by Pizzazz's
wealth and a chance to join a popular American rock band. In addition to her skills as a saxophone player, she's also an accomplished
pickpocket, lifting Eric's wallet with ease. She takes to the Misfits/Holograms feud right away, hiring street thugs to trash
the Alonso family's nursery, in an effort to force Raya to go to Eric Raymond and reveal Jem's secret identity. However, she
is found out when Raya recognises the orchid in her hair as having come from her father's nursery. Jetta quickly susses out
the Misfit pecking order, and she and Roxy take an immediate dislike to one another as they vie for the top spot at Pizzazz's
right hand (Talent Search). However, although Roxy is hostile towards Jetta and protests a four-way split, the band jells
as a team.
Jetta follows Pizzazz's lead when it comes to picking on Stormer (The
Bands Break Up). However by the time Roxy leaves the band, Jetta is just as worried as Stormer and the two team up to follow
Roxy despite Pizzazz's assurances that Roxy has nowhere else to go and will return to the Misfits (Roxy Rumbles). When Pizzazz
becomes obsessed with Riot, Jetta, Roxy, and Stormer are disgusted by her behaviour, allowing Rapture to make a fool of her,
and mooning over Riot like a lovesick girl. They confront her and walk out on her, despite the fact that Pizzazz is the Misfits
(The Stingers Hit Town).
Jetta lies constantly. To the press, to her friends, any time
she mentions where she came from or what connections she has, chances are, she's trying to palm herself off as better than
she is. Particularly when to comes to taking advantage of naive Americans who see all English accents--even working-class
London ones--as "posh." Whether it's her close personal relationship with the Royal Family, or her own parents lands and fortunes,
Jetta has a habit of engaging in hyperbole to try and make herself seem important in the other Misfits eyes, particularly
Pizzazz'. While Stormer buys it hook, line, and sinker, and Roxy thinks Jetta is nothing but a fraud, Pizzazz seems amused
and willing to be convinced. However, during a trip to England during which the entire Burns family are used as pawns in an
attempt by Mason Hawthorne's uncle to kill his nephew and inherit his estate, Jetta is caught out in her lies regarding her
background (Britrock).
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