Flo Burns[1] is a minor character in the Jem animated series. She is Bertie's wife and Jetta's mother. Much like the rest of his family, she has questionable morals. She is grumpy and unscrupulous, and won't hesitate on taking part on any illegal activities his husband usually gets involved in.
History[]
Flo lives with her husband, Bertie Burns, in an old apartment building in Kingston on Hull England. From the first sight at the couple, one can guess they're not the most trustworthy people. Both usually carry themselves in a grumpy and even rude manner, and it's quickly evident that they're opportunist people who are always looking for ways to go through life by doing only the minimal effort.
The first time we see the couple, is when their daughter, Sheila Burns –better known to the world as "Jetta"– calls them on the phone. She proposes them to find a way to apparent they're nobles; this with the intention of potentially scamming a lot of money from Pizzazz. The couple initially try to dismiss her, but when Jetta "threatens" them with the idea that when The Misfits discover she has been lying about her supposed noble origin, she'll be kicked from the band and be forced to come back to live with them. Terrified by this, the Burns couple ultimately agree to take part on the charade.
We next see the Burns couple at the "Wissex Downs", where Bertie is informed by his bookie about Lord Trevor, an aristocrat who has recently lost all of his money to gambling, which is exactly what they were looking for to carry on their daughter's plans. The couple approach Lord Trevor and convince him to let them use his mansion and act as if they were the owners, while he'll play the role of their butler; this with the intention of selling all possible trinkets from the mansion to Pizzazz at ten times their normal price. Due to the desperate situation he's currently in, Lord Trevor convenes, although under the condition that everything should be over the next night by eight o'clock.
After a failed attempt by Lord Trevor to assassinate his nephew, Mason Hawthorne, legitimate heir to the Wissex earldom, and who by the aforementioned hour will officially become the new Earl and inherit the mansion and all other possessions, Lord Trevor returns to his backup plan with the Burns family, although changing it to try to sell the entire property to Pizzazz instead, tricking her into believing it comes with a nobility title. This new plan goes as intended and Pizzazz is already in the middle of signing the property sales agreement, when Mason, his friends and The Holograms suddenly arrive at the mansion to stop the completion of the transaction, just as the clock is striking eight o'clock, marking Mason's entitlement as Earl of Wissex.
Seeing themselves cornered, the conspirators try to escape. While Lord Trevor and his minions try in vain to make it to the streets, Bertie, Flo and Jetta try their luck hiding in the stables (apparently, under mounts of hay), although they're soon discovered. It is unknown what happened to Bertie and Flo, but The Misfits were forced to wash the dishes during the concert celebrated that night at the mansion, so it can be assumed they received a similar punishment.
