History WesternAnimation / StrawberryShortcake

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Strawberry Shortcake started life as a greeting card character in the early [[TheEighties 1980s]], but soon spawned a line of popular dolls and other merchandise, accompanied by six TV specials released annualy from 1980 to 1985. In these specials she and her friends lived in Strawberryland, raising berries and taking care of the occasional villainy concocted by The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak.

The 2003 series is currently being offered on demand on some U.S. cable and satellite services through Kabillion, as part of a feature called "Girls Rule!"

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: The Berry Princess in the 80's, the [[FableRemake Fable Remakes]] in the 2003 series, and Princess Berrykin in the 2009 version.

* FableRemake: Cinderella, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, The Wizard of Oz.

* WholePlotReference: ''Around the Berry Big World'' is ''Around the World in 80 Days''.

** Subverted with Season 4 of the 2003/2007 series. Season 4 was not brought in by Kewlopolis and the DVD release of the 2003/2007 series became erratic shortly after the rights transferred from Playmates and DiC to Hasbro and Moonscoop, which had many fans worrying that the releases will grind to a halt before all episodes could be pushed out on DVD. However, one thing that did '''not''' happen was the 2003/2007 releases grinding to a halt, and in March 2012, almost 5 years later, the last unreleased pair of episodes went out on DVD. AndTheFandomRejoiced.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal - The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak

* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife - Pink cats, blue/green dogs, blue mice, purple and white lambs, and the list goes on and on.
* AntiHero - Raspberry Tart/Torte in the '80s and 2003 series, though more pronounced in the latter, and Peppermint Fizz in the 2003 series.
* AntiVillain - The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak in the first '80s television special, Raisin Cane in the 1986 comic book, and every antagonist in the 2003 series. In regards to the latter, Sour Grapes is a prime example of this trope, though this is subverted for her on some rare occasions.
* ArtEvolution - And how! The characters have undergone four major design revisions since the franchise was launched in the early 80s. Seven if you count the little-seen hybrids and evolutions that popped up between the revisions.
* [[DaddysLittleVillain Auntie's Little Villain]]: Raisin Cane
* BeautyEqualsGoodness - Subverted in the '80s series and in the early seasons of the 2003 series, but started appearing as of episodes created after the 2007 redesign, and played straight in the 2009 series.
* [[TheBechdelTest Bechdel Test]] - All versions pass with flying colors.
* BraggingThemeTune - 2003 and 2009.

* CharacterDepth - All over the place depending on the individual characters and the different versions, but not without an impressive array of deep characters (especially when one considers its genre).

** 2009: Three of them(!) - The three TV episodes that make up ''The Glimmerberry Ball Movie''.
* ContinuityReboot - Once in 2003 and again in 2009.
* CoolHorse - [[PunnyName Maple Stirrup]] in the 1980s version, Honey Pie Pony (and the other "Strawberryland Fillies") in the 2003 version.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow - Often. There are plenty of exceptions, such as (most of) the villains and (most) side characters. Averted by many of the 2003 protagonists. Strawberry herself is a subversion: Strawberry wears red and pink clothes while her eyes are brown in the '80s and 2003, and green in 2009. Still, there are [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many cases]] of CurtainsMatchTheWindow in all versions.

* DeadpanSnarker - Custard in 2003, Peppermint in 2003, Raspberry and Grapes in the '80s and 2003.
* DisneyAcidSequence - The "Berry Talk" song in ''The World of Strawberry Shortcake''. Also, much of the songs in the 2003/2007 continuity (which is produced by DiC - pretty says it all).
* EdibleThemeNaming - The Ur example.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses - The Berry Princess in the 80's, the [[FableRemake Fable Remakes]] in the 2003 series, and Princess Berrykin in the 2009 version.

* FeatherBoaConstrictor - Sour Grapes wears her pet snake like this.

* GenkiGirl - Though she is grown, Sour Grapes is certainly (in)famous for being this.
* [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Getting "Booze" Past the Radar]] - The second 1980s special is a literal example of this trope, as it somehow manages to get away with an alcohol reference in its theme song ("What a day/Hip Hooray/She's got a special letter and she's on her way/Bouncy as a bubble of '''champagne'''..."). The 2003 version is more straight example, in which there is a character named "Watermelon Kiss". A "watermelon kiss" is also an alcoholic drink.
** Mint Tulip from the '80s. Her name was partially a pun on mint julep, another alcoholic drink.
* GreeneyedRedhead - While Strawberry had black eyes in her previous versions, the 2009 and later versions show her having green eyes.

* HarmlessVillain - The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak.
* HartmanHips - Sour Grapes.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor : Pie Man and Grapes.

* TheIngenue - Strawberry Shortcake.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes - Only the first two specials from the 80's have been released on DVD, with no plans to release the rest.

* KindheartedCatLover - Strawberry's usual pet is Custard the cat.

** 2003/2007: Tons of them - Four titles (including one GBA Video cartridge and one Europe-exclusive title) for the GameBoyAdvance, two titles for the NintendoDS, and a title for the {{Playstation2}}, which was ported over to the PC and then not released outside Europe. And then there's the Plug-and-play dance mat. Also, three PC titles (including said Europe-only port of the PS2 Sweet Dreams Game).

* {{Lilliputians}} - The 1980s and 2009 Strawberry and friends are tiny people living in a berry patch.
** Implied in the former, played straight in the latter.
* LiteralMinded - The Peculiar Purple Pieman, and with the exception of the three examples listed below, it's usually subtle. It's also not consistent, so while it is used for humor and/or drama of plot when it does occur, his literal mindedness was realistically written.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
** Appears to be averted in the "Berry Bitty Adventures" incarnation (at least for the moment); there are only six characters, including Strawberry, and they are all characters that have existed since the 1980s version.
* MacGuffin - Too many to list.
* MeaningfulName - Everybody, and a lot of characters also have multiple meanings to their names.
* {{Meganekko}} - The 1980s Plum Puddin' as a female, and the 2003 Plum Puddin'.
* MerchandiseDriven - Yes--all this is to sell scented dolls!

** The 2003 series: A somewhat convoluted version - ''Ice Cream Island Riding Camp'' for the GameBoyAdvance and the PC port of ''The Sweet Dreams Game'' for the PS2 got an Europe-only release. Also, PS2 version of the Sweet Dreams Game never got an NTSC/J release in Asia despite the show's popularity in the region.

* TheOneGuy - Huckleberry Pie, most of the time. (The first two 1980s specials had another male character in Plum Puddin', but he didn't have a corresponding doll. The character was reintroduced as a female in 1984, and finally got represented as a toy this way.)
** Combined with ViewerGenderConfusion, Almond Tea.
* PimpedOutDress - Much of TheMerch during the 2000's series.

* {{Premiseville}} - Strawberryland and Berry Bitty City.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent - Sour Grapes' pet is a snake named Dregs; the turtle exception applies to the good guys.

* SailorEarth - Food themed names, eh? That's limitless.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork - As mentioned above, CBS/Kewlopolis dropped the show after Season 3 and did not air season 4 following the master license switches and courtroom battles between Moonscoop, Cookie Jar and DiC.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism - It's idealist.
* SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish - Both T.N. Honey from the first series and Mr. Longface Caterpillar from the 2009 series fit this trope. The twins Lem and Ada seem to avert it, though, as they are no more intelligent or stupid than the other characters.

* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick - Custard to Strawberry Shortcake in the 2003 incarnation.
* SomethingPerson - Pie Man/Pieman. (Official material has his name written both ways, so the way it is written out does not matter.)
* [[SourGrapesTropes Sour Grapes]] - Obviously, for the obvious and for the other villains.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS - When Raspberry "Tart" was reintroduced in the 2003 incarnation, her name was changed to Raspberry "Torte" (also used in the 2009 version). There are various fan theories on the reason for this change, with the most likely being the unfortunate connotations the term "tart" has garnered.
** AGC and Hasbro has released a 30th Anniversary doll set, with Raspberry's last name restored to ''Tart'' in that version. Given that it's targeted at adults who're nostalgic tho...
* SpellMyNameWithAThe - Subverted with The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak. While he is a villain who speaks of himself using his full name (and following up with his song and dance), he couldn't care less that everyone else calls him by shorter versions of his name.
* SpinoffBabies - The "Berry Baby" [[http://www.strawberryshortcakelane.com/berrybabies.html merchandise]] in the 1980s version, and the "Strawberry Shortcake Baby" line of the 2003 version.
* [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows Spraying The Scent On Strawberries]]- In ''Strawberry Shortcake Meets The Berrykins'', The Berry Princess and her Berrykins are in charge of giving the berries of Strawberryland their scent.
** In ''Spring For Strawberry Shortcake'', Old Man Winter and the young girl Spring are responsible for bringing their respective seasons to Strawberryland.
** "When The Berry Fairy Came to Stay" reveals that the Berry Fairies are responsible for giving the Strawberryland berries their size and color.

* StrawberryShorthand - Do we even ''have'' to explain it?
* SugarBowl - Only RainbowBrite and the CareBears are as known for this, at least in the U.S. (The U.K. theatrical release of ''The Care Bears Movie'' ran ''Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins'' as a pre-movie bonus; both were Nelvana productions.)
* SupremeChef - Strawberry Shortcake.

* TeamMom - Strawberry Shortcake. In some of the 2003 episodes, Honey Pie Pony.
** Starting with her first heel face turn in the episode ''Dancin' In Disguise'', Sour Grapes [[CharacterDevelopment when not in the role of villain]] essentially replaced Honey Pie Pony regarding this position with the main cast.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong

* TitleThemeTune - 2003 and 2009 version.
* TrueMeaningOfChristmas
** In the 2003 continuity: The ''Berry Merry Christmas'' special - Strawberry finds that the gifts are all ruined by water damage. Her friends then gather around cheer her up and they sing a song enforcing the meaning of Christmas and such, then [[MindScrew Santa comes around and drop off good, undamaged versions of the gifts she bought without any of them noticing]].
** In the 2009 continuity: ''The Glimmerberry Ball'' movie - After her friends have a falling-out, Strawberry has to remind them that the Glimmerberry Gathering celebrates the community, friends helping friends.
* TurnTheOtherCheek - Strawberry, especially in the 2003 series.

* VerbalTic - Berry Talk. Especially strong in the 1980's version, but shows up to some degree in all three versions.

* [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy White Haired Pretty Man]] - He may be a miserable old crumb, but he plays this trope pretty darn straight (adding to the humor).

* [[ArentYouForgettingSomeone Aren't You Forgetting Someone?]]: In ''Housewarming Surprise'':

* BigApplesauce - Big Apple City, the eponymous place in the second special, ''Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City'', is a transparent N.Y.C. analogue, complete with [[strike:Greenwich]] Spinach Village. Moreover, on the album ''Strawberry Shortcake Live'', she sings a cover version of "New York, New York". (As David Letterman joked years later in a "Dave's Record Collection" segment, "I think this is the real reason the city can't sleep.")
* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase - "Strawberry Shortcake and [[NoNameGiven the Baby Without a Name]]."
* ClearMyName - Strawberry is framed for taking a bribe in ''Pets on Parade''.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - Blueberry Muffin, especially in the first special.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment - Strawberry occasionally threatens the Peculiar Purple Pieman with "berry talk", which he can't stand (this was how she cleared her name in ''Pets on Parade''). In fact, in ''Housewarming Surprise'', Strawberry teaches his pet birds a song full of berry talk, knowing it would annoy him enough to make him return a bunch of recipes he stole from her.
* DisneyDeath - The Berry Princess in ''Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins''.
* TheFaceOfTheSun - Mr. Sun, who serves as the {{Narrator}} and interacts with Strawberry and the others. This is especially pronounced in the first special ''The World of Strawberry Shortcake'', in which he provides a DeusExMachina "magic wish" when the kids need to rescue Apple Dumplin' from the Pieman's palace. It's worth noting that in the first three specials he was voiced by the ''scriptwriter'', Romeo Muller (best known for his work with RankinBassProductions).
* AFriendInNeed - The new friends Strawberry meets in ''Big Apple City'' bend over backwards during the bake-off to counteract everything the Pieman does to sabotage her: T.N. Honey fixes her oven (which he had turned into a refrigerator), everyone makes a lightning-fast run to the supermarket to get the proper ingredients for her shortcake (he had replaced milk with chalk water, etc.), and finally they call the hypnotized judge out for announcing the Pieman had won when he hadn't tasted either of the finished products (especially notable as Strawberry was perfectly willing to accept defeat).
* ForgottenBirthday - Strawberry's birthday undergoes the surprise party treatment in the first special, though (unusually for this trope) it isn't the focus of the whole story, but an opportunity for the Pieman to hatch his plot.
* HairOfGold - The Berry Princess. (Note that while blonde characters appear in every version of ''Strawberry Shortcake'', this is the only character who symbolizes this trope.)
* HalfIdenticalTwins - Lem and Ada.
* HelloNurse - The Berry Princess has this effect on The Peculiar Purple Pieman.
* [[IfIWereARichMan If I Were A Rich Chick]] - Sour Grapes, especially in ''Baby Without a Name''.
* LethalChef - The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak. This is a big plot point in ''Big Apple City'', in which he and Strawberry are pitted against each other in a Bake-Off -- since he knows he can't ''honestly'' win, he comes up with plan after plan to keep things from getting to that point.

* LongHairIsFeminine - In the special where they first meet the berry princess, she rewards the main characters with longer hair.
* LoveTriangle - The BettyAndVeronica version, except that the guy is a villain. Sour Grapes is exceptionally jealous of the Purple Pieman's affections for the Berry Princess.
* MakeAWish - The climax of ''The World of Strawberry Shortcake'' hinges on TheFaceOfTheSun granting her a "magic wish" as her birthday present.
* NameOfCain - [[PunnyName Raisin]] [[DaddysLittleVillain Cane]], niece of Sour Grapes.
* NoNameGiven - Twice.

* ProductPromotionParade - At least four times -- and this isn't counting new ''outfits'' for the characters!

* ShinyMidnightBlack - Sour Grapes, whose hair was black with purple streaks and undertones.
* SmellySkunk - The poor little skunk in ''Pets on Parade'' who's just arrived in Strawberryland doesn't have any friends, and it's implied that it's because of belief in this trope. But he isn't depicted as actually smelling bad, and at the end of the story he is adopted without hesitation by Strawberry's new friend Angel Cake.
* StockBritishPhrases - Used liberally by T.N. Honey and Lem and Ada.

* ToylessToylineCharacter: The original male Plum Puddin', T.N. Honey (''Big Apple City'') and some of the Berrykins.

* TwinBanter - Lem and Ada to a small extent.

* AdultChild - Sour Grapes. Well, she [[DarkAndTroubledPast never had a doll when she was a child]].
** Of note is that she can just as easily act like the adult she is.
* ArtShift - You'd think they'd keep Pupcake's eyepatch location, The characters' hair color, and other noticeable (and less-noticable) details consistent between the merchandise, books and TV series...
* TheAloner - Coco Calypso and Banana Candy.
* AnnoyingPatient - Honey Pie Pony in ''Get Well Adventure''.
* BeachEpisode - Beach DVD, rather: ''The Seaberry Beach Party'' is two episodes and a bonus video.
* BecomingTheMask - Sour Grapes in ''Dancin' in Disguise'' starts going through the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor before finally settling on a HeelFaceTurn because of this.
* BeleagueredAssistant - Cola Chameleon to Peppermint Fizz, Sour Grapes to the Purple Pieman and Raven to Licorice Whip. Custard tends to feel she is in this position for Strawberry Shortcake, and she is right about that at times.
* BigBrotherInstinct - Sour Grapes [[BigBrotherWorship wishes]] that the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak followed this trope for her. He does, to a small extent, but clearly not as much as she would like for him to.
* ButtMonkey - Custard whenever Pupcake tackles her.
* BrainyBrunette - Blueberry Muffin and Ginger Snap.
* BrotherSisterTeam - An unconventional version. These are the two central villains who [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption always fail in disgrace]].
* CainAndAbel - Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes, particularly highlighted in ''Dancin' in Disguise'' also known as ''Let's Dance''.
** Sour Grapes (specifically, Sour Grapes as the Wicked Witch of the West) gets a temporary switch to Cain in the ''Berry Brick Road'' episodes. Plum Puddin' (as Glinda the Good Witch) is her Abel.

* EditedForSyndication - The first four specials are available in, aside from the 45-minute unedited version licensed to local home video producers, either 22-minute edits (in which the special loses half their songs and story content) or split into 2-parter episodes (in which a big glaring "To Be Continued" appears at the end of the first part) from the syndication office. Additionally, the DVD releases of subsequent episodes includes an additional prologue, bridge, epilogue and an additional music video that adds scenes to join two episodes together.
* FableRemake (Cinderella, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, The Wizard of Oz)
* FourGirlEnsemble - Ever noticed how many episodes star four of the girls? Who the four girls are varies, but Strawberry Shortcake herself is always amongst the group.
* GadgeteerGenius - Ginger Snap.
* GenreSavvy - Sour Grapes.
** So, really, you have to wonder all the more about her mixed alignment switches.
* GreenAesop - A line in the song "Friendship Grows" reminds us to "treat the good Earth with respect".
* HaveAGayOldTime - Hello Berry Merry Christmas!
* HeelFaceTurn - Licorice Whip's assistant, Raven, in ''The Festival Of The Fillies''. Licorice Whip himself goes through one in the European-release-only GameBoyAdvance game ''Ice Cream Island Riding Camp'' which seals his transformation. Margalo... Ok, lets just say, that most villains in the series except Pie Man and Sour Grapes. [[spoiler: Those two turned in the final episode of Season 4, ''Lights... Camera...'', assuming Playhouse Disney Asia's line-up is canon, thus wrapping up the 2003/2007 series on a high note.]]
* IneffectualLoner - Peppermint Fizz. Then there's Banana Candy[[hottip:*: this incarnation's version of Banana Twirl from the previous franchise]], although in actual fact she dislikes being one and only does it to keep Strawberry and company stuck in her town so she's not alone. Then Raspberry Torte nearly turned into one in the episode "Mind Your Manners".
** Coco Calypso also counts.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan - Strawberry and Ginger Snap have to shrink in order to get to the Berry Fairy Fields.

* KnightTemplarParent - Professor Grapes is this for Rapunzel in ''A Princess Named Rap''.

* MindScrew - Angel Cake was always dramatic. However, puberty hit her... a little too viciously.

* MotorMouth - Ginger Snap.
* TheNameIsBondJamesBond - Banana Candy introduces herself this way in ''Strawberry's Big Journey''.
* NonHumanSidekick - Custard.

* NotAMorningPerson: Stated yet debatable. In ''Queen For A Day'':

** However, not long before said episode, Grapes was awake by early morning. Most likely, she jolted her brother awake with her shrieking. She was also awake early in the mornings (and late into nights and mornings) for what could have been as long as a month's time in a later episode, ''Down On The Farm''. Justified by the explanation that she may sleep in on her days off, which are... probably frequent, in a bad way, all things considered. (You would be sourly depressed, too, if you were too genre savvy for your lot in life and consequently not allowed to use your talents. Makes sense that she would sleep away her days when possible.)
** Also, Custard. She's just not a morning cat.
* NotSoDifferent - Raspberry Torte, the young jaded tomboy, and Sour Grapes, a bitter and feminine woman, touched on this in ''The Sweet Dreams Movie''. Both are pessimists by nature, both are quite loyal to one person (Lemon Meringue and Purple Pieman, respectively), and both had the same abandoned dream. The younger established her role as AntiHero and the elder as AntiVillain, roles they continued afterward.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent - The Berry Fairies
* PutOnABus - Honey Pie Pony moved to Ice Cream Island in the 2007 redesign, right after being demoted to extra for a set of episodes.
* [[RememberTheNewGuy Remember The New Girl]] - Peppermint Fizz makes her first appearance in "Peppermint's Pet Peeve" (from the "Best Pets Yet" DVD) without any formal introduction, and treats her as though she had always been one of Strawberry's friends.
* RevengeBeforeReason - Purple Pieman never had dreams. For this, and for his literal thinking causing him to actually try to literally snatch Strawberry Shortcake's dream away from her, he storms the Land of Dreams, deceives its inhabitants, basically boots out the Sandman, takes over the dream factory, holds the main Dream Builder hostage ''in a cage dangling over a black hole'' to blackmail the other dream factory workers, announces that dreams will no longer be shipped out, and ''then'' mentions that he never dreamed. After all of this, he continues ruining everything for the Land of Dreams, but he sure finished up a lot of revenge before explaining himself.
* RichBitch - Sea Beast and Lime Light. Margalo borders this. [[spoiler:All reform.]]
* RoundedCharacter - Mainly Sour Grapes. She gets the most screen time for it, although other characters lean into this trope. Come 2007, Angel Cake is sort of a [[MindScrew mind screwy]] subversion of this.
* RunningGag - Custard getting continually pounced and surprisingly uninjured by Pupcake throughout the 2003 series and in the movie.
* SliceOfLife - The first three seasons and a few episodes of Season 4 that does not star the Pie-Man and Sour Grapes, which caught the attention of the ''Education Programming Connoisseur'' PeripheryDemographic.
* ShortRunInPeru - Season 4 aired in Europe two months before it aired in Asia. For the fate of the show in the US, see ''KeepCirculatingTheTapes'' and ''ScrewedByTheNetwork''.
* TheOtherDarrin - Huckleberry Pie and Custard's voice actors were replaced after the first season. The former because the voice actor had passed away in an accident, the latter for the more conventional reason of being no longer interested in playing the part.
* TenMinuteRetirement - Strawberry in ''The Sweet Dreams Movie''.
* ThereAreNoAdults - While the occasional adult shows up (usually as a villain), none of the main characters have parents.
* {{Tomboy}} - While there is a fair helping of tomboys, [[TheLadette Raspberry Torte]] is the biggest example. You wouldn't know it to see the 2009 remake.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl - The close friendship between Raspberry Torte and Lemon Meringue.
* VisionaryVillain - The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak. This being targeted to a certain age group, he is still a [[HarmlessVillain Harmless Villain]] and suffers the consequences thereof.
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened To The Snake?]] - Dregs, who was always with Sour Grapes in the '80s, appears in only one episode here never to be seen again. While Honey Pie Pony moved to Ice Cream Island, the disappearance of Dregs is never explained. Fans theorize that he abandoned Grapes out of fear.
** For that matter, all of the characters pets disappeared, with the exception of Custard and Pupcake after the 2007 redesign.
* WholePlotReference - ''Around the Berry Big World'' is ''Around the World in 80 Days''.
* WickedWitch - Well, you can't have Wizard of Oz episodes without one.
** Naturally making way for GoodWitchVersusBadWitch in these episodes.

* AllCgiCartoon - ''StrawberryShortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures''
* AmbiguouslyBrown - One of the complaints against the new version of Orange Blossom.

* CelebrityIsOverrated - Cherry Jam feels this way.
* DecidedByOneVote - The results of the Berryfest Princess election.
* TheDitz - Lemon Meringue
* FantasyHelmetEnforcement - ''Pupcake'' is wearing a helmet while riding in Strawberry's scooter.

* GlassShatteringSound - Katiebug and Sadiebug manage to break Lemon Meringue's mirror with their singing.
* HairRaisingHare, mildly - in "Sky's the Limit!", the girls are at one point threatened by a herd of stampeding bunnies.
* TheHyena - Plum Pudding
* IdiotBall - When Strawberry meets Cherry Jam for the first time, she apparently doesn't recognize her. The problem is that Cherry was wearing the same outfit as in the "music video" seen earlier in the episode. Strawberry even remarks she smells something that smells like cherries. One would think Strawberry would have recognized her "favorite singer" immediately...
* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName - In "The Berry Best You Can Bee," Sadiebug claims "Nice" is her middle name, but Katiebug interjects that it's really "Ladybird."

* OohMeAccentsSlipping - Cherry Jam's southern drawl seems to come and go.
* PetBabyWildAnimal - Tad from "Fish Out of Water."
* PimpedOutDress - In the episode "On Ice", one of the girls was making dresses for a spring FashionShow. When there was a cold snap, she made the dresses [[PrettyInMink fur-trimmed]].
* PrincessesRule - Princess Berrykin, ruler of the Berrykins.
* RoadSignReversal - A non-racing version occurs in one episode of ''Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures''. While trying to deliver a package, Strawberry encounters a sign that tells her the way to go, only for a breeze to flip the markers, knocking off the one she needs.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness - Mr. Longface Caterpillar, usually translated into [[LaymansTerms regular speech]] [[TranslatorBuddy by Blueberry Muffin]].
* SkySurfing - The girls ride the tops of daisies to fly in the air.
* TheSmartGuy - Blueberry Muffin
* SweetAndSourGrapes - In "Berryfest Princess," [[spoiler:Strawberry is rewarded for feeding the wanderberry that she was expected to bring back for the feast to a sick bird by finding a new one growing right outside her own house.]]
* WasntThatFun - In the movie "Sky's the Limit!", the girls survive a crazy ride down a hill on a leaf, whereupon Blueberry Muffin is the first to admit how much fun it was.
* WeSellEverything - In "A Berry Grand Opening," the Berrykins ask for something "sparkling" and "orange," and Orange Blossom pulls out everything from a glittery vase to a tablecloth to Orange Brand laundry detergent (to get your clothes sparkly clean).
* YouMeanXmas - First Frost.

* ToylessToylineCharacter - T.N. Honey (''Big Apple City'') and some of the Berrykins.

* RichBitch: Sour Grapes.

Now has a [[{{Characters/StrawberryShortcake}} CharacterSheet]]. It would be berry, berry appreciated if you contribute to it.

** AGC and Hasbro has released a 30th Anniversary doll set, with Raspberry's last name restored to ''Tart'' in that version. Given that it's targeted at adults who're nolstagic tho...

* ContractualGenreBlindness: When Strawberry meets Cherry Jam for the first time, she apparently doesn't recognize her. The problem however, is that Cherry was wearing the same outfit as in the "music video" seen earlier in the episode. This makes it clear that it was only done in order to move the story along. One would think Strawberry would have recognized her immediately...

* FriendOrIdolDecision

* YouMeanXMas - First Frost.

Strawberry Shortcake started life as a greeting card character in the early [[TheEighties 1980s]], but soon spawned a line of popular dolls and other merchandise, accompanied by six TV specials. Released annualy from 1980 to 1985. In these specials she and her friends lived in a berry patch called Strawberryland, raising berries and taking care of the occasional villainy concocted by The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak.

* CanonForeigner: Ginger Snap.

* IneffectualLoner - Peppermint Fizz. Then there's Banana Candy, although in actual fact she dislikes being one and only does it to keep Strawberry and company stuck in her town so she's not alone. Then Raspberry Torte nearly turned into one in the episode "Mind Your Manners".

** Cherry Jam is Ambiguously Asian.
* CanonForeigner: Cherry Jam.

Now has a [[{{Characters/StrawberyShortcake}} CharacterSheet]]. It would be berry, berry appreciated if you contribute to it.

Now has a CharacterSheet. It would be berry, berry appreciated if you contribute to it.

Strawberry Shortcake started life as a greeting card character in the early 1980s, but soon spawned a line of popular dolls and other merchandise, accompanied by six TV specials. In these specials she and her friends lived in a berry patch called Strawberryland, raising berries and taking care of the occasional villainy concocted by The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak.

The franchise got another reboot in 2009, with Strawberry living in Berry Bitty City, and no villains in sight (at least not at this time...). This franchise has so far spawned a TV series (which is not available in some parts of Asia due to the cable providers not wanting to carry Boomerang), three movies, and a iPhone game that is [[NoExportForYou only available in the US.]]

* BigBrotherInstinct - Sour Grapes [[BigBrotherComplex wishes]] that the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak followed this trope for her. He does, to a small extent, but clearly not as much as she would like for him to.

* TheLibby - Peppermint Fizz in the first seasons, but she outgrows it. Angel Cake develops into this in the final season, and Lime Light is introduced as this. Lemon Meringue is an alpha bitch in one episode of the final season.

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[[caption-width:604:From left to right: 1980, 2003, 2009]]

* FeatherBoaConstrictor - Sour Grapes.

* BigApplesauce - The eponymous city in the second special, ''Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City'', is a transparent N.Y.C. analogue, complete with [[strike:Greenwich]] Spinach Village. Moreover, on the album ''Strawberry Shortcake Live'', she sings a cover version of "New York, New York". (As David Letterman joked years later in a "Dave's Record Collection" segment, "I think this is the real reason the city can't sleep.")

** Subverted with Season 4 of the 2003/2007 series. Season 4 was not brought in by Kewlopolis and the DVD release of the 2003/2007 series became erratic shortly after the rights transferred from Playmates and DiC to Hasbro and Moonscoop, which had many fans worrying that the releases will grind to a halt before all episodes could be pushed out on DVD. However, one thing that did '''not''' happen was the 2003/2007 releases grinding to a halt, and in 2012, 5 years later, last unreleased pair of episodes went out on DVD. AndTheFandomRejoiced.

** Subverted with Season 4 of the 2003/2007 series. Season 4 was not brought in by Kewlopolis and the DVD release of the 2003/2007 series became erratic shortly after the rights transferred from Playmates and DiC to Hasbro and Moonscoop, which had many fans worrying that the releases will grind to a halt before all episodes could be pushed out on DVD. However, one thing that did '''not''' happen was the 2003/2007 releases grinding to a halt, and now, in 2012, 5 years later, we'll finally be seeing the last unreleased pair of episodes go out on DVD. AndTheFandomRejoiced.