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** In “Dreamy Dessert” and “Lucky Berry”, Orange Blossom and Strawberry Shortcake respectively hold up a comic book that bears a similar cover to Action Comics #1.

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** [[ShowWithinAShow Tangerine Smash]]-related episodes have several to Marvel and DC:
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In “Dreamy Dessert” and “Lucky Berry”, Orange Blossom and Strawberry Shortcake respectively hold up a comic book that bears a similar cover to Action Comics #1.


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*** In “Crushing The Cosplay”, Strawberry mentions the creator of Tangerine Smash is [[Creator/JackKirby Jack Kirberry]]
*** Orange and Strawberry (dressed as Tangerine Smash and Guava Girl respectively) climb up the side of a building in a similar manner as Batman and Robin in the [[Series/Batman1966 Adam West Batman series]].
*** Strawberry namedrops a CrisisCrossover called [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths ''Crisis on Infinite Crisps]].
*** At the end of the episode, Orange swings around similar to Spider-Man’s webslinging.

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The franchise got another reboot in 2009, with Strawberry living in Berry Bitty City, and no villains in sight until Sour Grapes returned in 2016. This franchise has spawned a 2010 TV series, ''Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'', three movies, an iPhone game that is [[NoExportForYou only available in the US]], and a 2018 web series on Platform/YouTube. The 2009 series is on Creator/TheHub in the United States and Boomerang in some non-U.S. markets and is released on DVD. Creator/IDWPublishing also made a comic book miniseries based on this show.

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The franchise got another reboot in 2009, with Strawberry living in Berry Bitty City, and no villains in sight until Sour Grapes returned in 2016. This franchise has spawned a 2010 TV series, ''Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'', three movies, an iPhone game that is [[NoExportForYou only available in the US]], and a 2018 web series on Platform/YouTube.Platform/YouTube, which adapts several stories from the IDW comics. The 2009 series is on Creator/TheHub in the United States and Boomerang in some non-U.S. markets and is released on DVD. Creator/IDWPublishing also made a comic book miniseries based on this show.



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* AdaptationalJerkass: Raisin Cane in her original appearances genuinely wanted to be friends with Strawberry and the others, and was only stopped by her loyalty to her aunt Sour Grapes. In the IDW comics, however, Raisin is much more of a self-centered jerk and willingly helps Steve Piemanne in his schemes. She is nicer in the 2018 webseries, however.
* AdaptationalNameChange: In the IDW comics, The Peculiar Purple Pieman is instead Steve Piemanne.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** Steve Piemanne is a far cry from evil compared to his previous peculiar purple incarnations, though he does still stoop to cheating in contests just to get an upper hand.
** Sour Grapes isn't outright villainous, but is still pretty standoffish and mean until she begins warming up to the others.
* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Marmalade, Orange Blossom's pet, was originally a butterfly. Here, she's a dachshund.



* CallBack: Tom Tom in the third season, whose color scheme strongly resembles the original Pupcake, who was Huckleberry Pie's dog from the 1980s version.



** Cinnapup and Bosley Bookworm disappear from the series in Season 4. Bosley does return in the IDW comics, however.
** In the 2018 webseries, everyone except Strawberry, Orange, Sour and Sweet Grapes, Raisin Cane, and Purple Piemanne are nowhere to be seen.



* DemotedToExtra: All the puppies in Season 4, only appearing in a few episodes, just a few ''seconds'', or completely disappearing altogether.



* GirlinessUpgrade: Every single girl who returns from the 2003 series as part of the initial Berry Circle BUT Lemon Meringue. She retains her personality from the 2003 series.

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* GirlinessUpgrade: Every single girl who returns from the 2003 series as part of the initial Berry Circle BUT Lemon Meringue. She Meringue, as she retains her personality from the 2003 series.



* MinimalistCast: Early on there were only five main cast members.

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** The 2018 webseries follows suit, with only six characters ''total''.
* MythologyGag: Tom Tom in the third season, whose color scheme strongly resembles the original Pupcake, who was Huckleberry Pie's dog from the 1980s version.



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** Adult humans, including the parents of the Berry Besties, are recurring characters, when previous series featured none with the exception of villains like Purple Pieman or Licorice Whip.

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** Adult humans, including the parents Parents of the Berry Besties, are recurring characters, Strawberry Shortcake characters also regularly appear, when previous series featured none with incarnations either never mentioned parents at all or had characters be related in a different way (ex: Sour Grapes being the exception aunt of villains like Purple Pieman or Licorice Whip.Raisin Cane)
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* EnemyMine: In "Johnnycake Cobbler's Sensational Sweetening Spritz", Raspberry and Strawberry team up to investigate Johnnycake's Spritz and expose him as a scammer.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** In "Snow-Aisis", Purple Pieman utilizes a drone system to deliver his purple pies to customers after heavy snowfall. At the end of the episode, Lemon notes that Pieman didn't winterproof his drones, and as a result the batteries freeze from the extreme cold and they all break down.
** In "Figgy Pudding", Figgy's pet dog, Creampuff is used to test the Berryworks vendors' food, who rejects all of them save for Strawberry's. While Figgy is surprised, and notes that Bread did meet one of her standards, it still isn't enough to justify her keeping him employed there, as the rest of the Berryworks neglected to meet her expectations.
** In "Camping vs Glamping", Raspberry, Lime, Bread, and Sour get into an argument with Orange, Lemon, Huckleberry, and Blueberry over if traditional camping or RV camping is better, and decide to have a competition to decide. Near the end, when it appears the "Glampers" won, the RV runs out of power, as they kept it running the entire day without pause.

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* EurekaMoment:
** As a RunningGag, whenever a berry expresses a problem, Strawberry will immediately get an idea on how to solve it, indicated by her having a wide grin on her face and squealing.
** Blueberry Muffin occasionally has "smell-spiration", where she smells something and is instantly inspired with a new ice cream flavor, such as "Camambert Campfire Crunch" upon smelling marshmallows and cheese on a fire, or her "Boiled Cabbage and Marshmallow" cone in "Parking Problems".
** In "Ghosts of Cupcakes Past", Strawberry has trouble coming up with a new dish for Fright Fall. After being scared by Raspberry Tart, Bread Pudding, and Sour Grapes pretending to be a ghost, and discovering the ruse thanks to unintentional help by Blueberry Muffin, Strawberry comes up with a cupcake that contains raspberry, grape, and bread pudding filling.
** In "Be Your Berry Best", after Lime Chiffon takes Strawberry to Bloomingberries to get an outfit for a fancy restauraunt called Garscone's, but her overly enthusiastic attitude and the fast paced CostumeTestMontage ends up overwhelming Strawberry and discourages her from it altogether. Upon sadly taking a bite of a jelly donut, Lime Chiffon immediately realizes Strawberry doesn't need to be all fancy, what matters is she wears something true to herself, comparing it to how the filling of a jelly donut is desired more than the outer design.
** In "Who Stole the Pies?", after being unable to find whoever ate Strawberry's pies, Lime gives the last piece of her donut to Huck, who messily devours it. Upon seeing that and remembering the earlier mess from the eaten pies, she immediately pieces together that Huckleberry was the culprit.
** In "Everyberry Needs Someberry Sometimes", a sick Strawberry asks the Berry Besties to bake the cupcakes for Sweetie Pie Preschool's annual bake sale while she rests, but her friends end up getting sidetracked and cause a mess. Strawberry's initially freaked out as they didn't bake all the cupcakes in time, she then gets the idea to do a "build your own cupcake" stand instead, citing the fact her friends did their own things as the inspiration.
** In "Huck's New Job", when Huck is about to leave the Berryworks after Bread kicked him out due to not owning.a cart, he plays one last song thanking his friends for their help, as they love his music regardless of if he has a cart or not. Strawberry then realizes that they could just get Huck his own cart so he could stay at the Berryworks.
** In "Dreamy Dessert", Strawberry has a dream where she creates a new cupcake recipe but wakes up before she can hear the last ingredient. Lemon tries to help with an invention that reads her mind, but it just electrocutes Strawberry. Throughout the episode, Strawberry keeps getting an electric shock, but then notices that she's only shocked whenever she says the word "jam", and realizes that jam is the last ingredient for the recipe.
** In "Scaryoke", when berries flock to Purple Pieman's pieshop rather than the Berryworks' Fright Fall party, Huck remembers Strawberry telling him to focus on fun rather than frights, turning the party into a karaoke night which attracts everyberry back to the Berryworks.
** In "Save The Pumpkins", upon Blueberry asking if they have to carve the pumpkins, Strawberry immediately comes up with a solution, having everyone decorate the pumpkins with paint and props rather than carving them.
** In "Traffic Jam", Blueberry and Huck get stuck in traffic on their way to a food truck festival, which ends up preventing them from attending. Blueberry then notices Honeydew Sorbet in an adjacent car staring at her ice cream cart, giving her the idea to instead sell her ice cream to the other drivers.
** In "[=LemonLime=] Back in Time", after Lime Tart and Lemon Tort quit the Berryworks and leave, Orange notes that Lemon Meringue and Lime Chiffon need a better business plan. Upon picking up a stray lime and Lemon Tort's leftover license plate, Blueberry gets the idea to have Meringue and Chiffon partner together.
** In "Music in Our Hearts", Huck is discouraged from auditioning for Poachella after a broken guitar string and noting previous incidents preventing him from doing so. While coming up with a way to make him feel better, Strawberry notices the melodic sounds the other girls are making and immediately gets the idea to [[EverythingIsAnInstrument use things laying around the Berryworks as instruments instead]], and perform alongside Huck in the Poachella auditions.



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** Strawberry’s food truck is called the “Extraordinary Berry”, referencing a line from the 2003 theme song: “She's so buh-buh-berry extraordi-di-dinary”.

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*** Lime Chiffon is dressed as a ballerina in "Scaryoke", referencing her original incarnation who was also a ballerina.
*** In "Any Way You Slice It", Lime Chiffon walks past a mannequin wearing her original 1980s outfit.
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*** During the "Bad Day Blues" musical number, Strawberry and Praline watch the 2003 series on TV.
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Strawberry’s food truck is called the “Extraordinary Berry”, referencing a line from the 2003 theme song: “She's so buh-buh-berry extraordi-di-dinary”.



** During the "Bad Day Blues" musical number, Strawberry and Praline watch the 2003 series on TV.
** In "Any Way You Slice It", Lime Chiffon walks past a mannequin wearing her original 1980s outfit.


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* StoryArc:
** Season 1 has a season-long arc focusing on Strawberry and Raspberry's rivalry.
*** The first six episodes form one, showing Strawberry getting used to city life and acclimating to the Berryworks.
** Season 2 has an arc centered around the music festival Poachella, consisting of "Music in Our Hearts", "Parking Problems", and "Find Your Voice".
** Season 3 has two arcs. The first is one about the Berry Besties going camping in "Camping vs Glamping", "Lord of The S'Mores", and "Turn Things Around". The second is focused on Strawberry, Orange, and Blueberry as they prepare for a rollerskating competition, so far consisting of "The Super Spicy Pizza", "Roller Skate Rivalry", and "Go With The Flow".


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* The80s: "[=LemonLime=] Back In Time" shows that the Berryworks had an 80s theme before Strawberry began working there.

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** Strawberry’s food truck is called the “Extraordinary Berry”, referencing a line from the 2003 theme song: “She's so buh-buh-berry extraordi-di-dinary”.



** The Cakenator is this, baking recipes perfectly to the letter, but her perfectionism is also her FatalFlaw, as she doesn't understand that she'll need to make alterations based on customer needs, such as adding berries that Huckleberry Pie didn't want on his pie, not adding the touch of cinnamon that Honeydew Sorbet wanted on her fritter, and not putting on extra sugar that another customer wanted on her own food. Basically the Cake-inator is perfect at following recipes, but Strawberry's customers are loyal to her because of the personal touches she puts on the treats they buy from her.

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** The Cakenator 6 is this, baking recipes perfectly to the letter, but her perfectionism is also her FatalFlaw, as she doesn't understand that she'll need to make alterations based on customer needs, such as adding berries that Huckleberry Pie didn't want on his pie, not adding the touch of cinnamon that Honeydew Sorbet wanted on her fritter, and not putting on extra sugar that another customer wanted on her own food. Basically the Cake-inator is perfect at following recipes, but Strawberry's customers are loyal to her because of the personal touches she puts on the treats they buy from her.



* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: Pupcake, who is Strawberry's pet in most incarnations (and started as Huckleberry Pie's), is now Orange's pet.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In "Purple Protege", it is revealed that Sour Grapes is the Purple Pieman's niece in this incarnation.
* RobotMe: Although she has a puppet mouth and grey skin, the Cake-inator resembles Strawberry Shortcake.

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Pupcake, who is Strawberry's pet in most incarnations (and started as Huckleberry Pie's), is now Orange's pet.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: ** In "Purple Protege", it is revealed that Sour Grapes is the Purple Pieman's niece in this incarnation.
incarnation, instead of his sister like the 2003 series.
* RobotMe: Although she has The Cakenator, a puppet mouth and grey skin, the Cake-inator resembles robot built by Lemon Meringue, was designed to resemble Strawberry Shortcake.



** [[MadeOfExplodium Things that shouldn't explode randomly exploding anyway]], e.g. a bowl of batter that the Cake-inator 2 stirred (before exploding itself), a cupcake that Strawberry put a candle on, and a macaron that Strawberry baked.
** At the end of "The Cakenator", the Cakenator 4's legless torso can be seen flying in the background and shows up again in later episodes.

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** [[MadeOfExplodium Things that shouldn't explode randomly exploding anyway]], e.g. a bowl of batter that the Cake-inator Cakenator 2 stirred (before exploding itself), a cupcake that Strawberry put a candle on, and a macaron that Strawberry baked.
** At the end of "The Cakenator", the Cakenator 4's legless torso can be seen flying in the background and shows up again in later episodes. In Season 3, the gag has been retired, and the Cakenator begins to make regular appearances.


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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Raisin Cane has no connection to Sour Grapes whatsoever, when in previous incarnations they were her niece (1980s) or cousin (2018).
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** Strawberry and Raspberry in “Sky High Pie”, when Cheese Strudel and Cherry Streusel spread rumors between them in an attempt to ruin their friendship.

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* {{Crossover}}: Has had two with the Girl’s Tales podcast, with two exclusive stories taking place in the setting of Freshwater, where Strawberry and some of her friends team up with the local residents to solve a problem.



* LoopholeAbuse:
** The “Peculiar Purple Partner” TwoParter is chock full of this:
*** After convincing Strawberry to partner with his business, Purple Pieman cites a dress code rule in the contract to fire her for having a stain on her sleeve, and because she signed over the Extraordinary Berry as part of the contract, she’s left without a truck and can’t work at the Berryworks anymore.
*** Bread Pudding counts a wagon with an oven as a cart, allowing Strawberry to stay at the Berryworks.
*** Pieman attempts to invoke this when Bread tells him that vendor disputes have to be settled with management, telling him that Strawberry doesn’t count as a vendor without a cart, until he notices the oven wagon and reluctantly relents.
*** When Purple Pieman is subjected to an EngineeredPublicConfession and chased out of the Berryworks, Bread Pudding terminates his contract and cites a rule that anything left behind by a fired vendor is seized by the Berryworks, which allows him to give the Extraordinary Berry back to Strawberry.
** In “Berry Competitive”, Lemon and Orange compete in an inventing competition, where their invention has to help a baker in some way. The two build a jetpack, and reason that it can help bakers deliver their goods quicker. Plum Pudding, the event host, accepts it and declares the two winners.
** In “Crabapple Jam”, when Crabapple becomes owner of the Berryworks and bans the Berry Besties from selling their products, they all decide to combine their goods into a single treat as it technically doesn’t count under Crabapple’s regulations.
** In “Strawberry’s Shortcake”, when Crabapple asks the Berryworks vendors to make a sweet using their namesake, Strawberry is initially unable to because she can’t make strawberry shortcakes. Eventually, she decides on a “strawberry short cake”, which is a small strawberry cake.



* MysteryEpisode: “Who Stole The Pies?”, “A Berryworks Mystery”, and the “Beast of Berry Bog” special.



* TakeAThirdOption:
** In “Lemon’s Name in Lights”, Lemon Meringue is asked to decorate the Winterswirl tree, but whoever does so has to give a speech during the tree lighting. Lemon doesn’t like public speaking, so Strawberry decides that the speech rule should be abolished, allowing Lemon to decorate the tree while also avoiding giving a speech.
** In “Save The Pumpkins”, Blueberry refuses to let the girls carve pumpkins, as she thinks the pumpkins don’t want to be carved. Strawberry and friends do want to carve the pumpkins, but don’t want to hurt Blueberry’s feelings. Eventually they agree to simply decorate the pumpkins without carving them.
** In “Any Way You Slice It”, Lime Chiffon is asked by her dads to attend an event with them, Lime Pops to a historical exhibit on rock candy, and Fluffy Chiffon to Cocoa Lachelle’s dress showcase. Lime can’t attend both events, but doesn’t want to let either of her dads down. In the end, she decides to bring both to an exhibit on the history of fashion in Big Apple City, allowing all three to attend an event they all enjoy.



* ThoseTwoGuys: Huckleberry Pie and Bread Pudding are this, as they're the only boys in the main cast.

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* MentalWorld: The Spiritual Swirliverse is an inner mindscape that every baker has, though we only see Strawberry’s.



* SanitySlippage: Dispite her upbeat and perky aditude, Strawberry Shortcake can ''very'' easily lose her cool when stressed out, to the point of craziness.

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* SanitySlippage: Dispite Despite her upbeat and perky aditude, additude, Strawberry Shortcake can ''very'' easily lose her cool when stressed out, to the point of craziness.craziness.
* SequelEpisode: “The Swirliverse Strikes Back!” serves as one for “Strawberry Bake Fail”, with Strawberry revisiting her Spiritual Swirliverse for guidance and having to fend off a mold infestation.



* VerbalWeakness[=/=]WeaksauceWeakness: The Cakenator explodes when Strawberry explains that their baked goods don't need to be perfect, as long as they're made with love (aka the "Strawberry Shortcake touch"), unable to comprehend the idea.



** The Purple Pieman a highly successful businessman, with Purple Pieshops located everywhere throughout the city. But he's also a corrupt and sneaky individual, going out of his way to antagonize Strawberry Shortcake and sabotaging her business. After the end of Season 2, this becomes downplayed, as his EngineeredPublicConfession leads to him gaining a ZeroPercentApprovalRating and having to resort to cheap tactics to gain customers.

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** The Purple Pieman is a highly successful businessman, with Purple Pieshops located everywhere throughout the city. But he's also a corrupt and sneaky individual, going out of his way to antagonize Strawberry Shortcake and sabotaging her business. After the end of Season 2, this becomes downplayed, as his EngineeredPublicConfession leads to him gaining a ZeroPercentApprovalRating and having to resort to cheap tactics to gain customers.

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* BreakingOldTrends: ''Berry in the Big City'' features several firsts for the franchise.
** It’s the first series to take place in a modern day setting, rather than a fantasy land.
** Adult humans, including the parents of the Berry Besties, are recurring characters, when previous series featured none with the exception of villains like Purple Pieman or Licorice Whip.
** It’s the first series to feature LGBT characters at all, such as Lime Chiffon’s dads, the transgender Banoffee, and a nonbinary Raisin Cane.
*** By extension, this also marks the first time a previously existing Strawberry Shortcake character is LGBT.
** With the inclusion of Bread Pudding, ''Berry in the Big City'' is the first series to have more than one boy in the main cast, as previous series only had Huckleberry Pie.



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* AccidentalMurder: The [[RobotMe Cakenator]] dies upon [[WeaksauceWeakness being reasoned with]] that her perfectionist ideal is unnecessary and that she (like everyone else) just needs to put love into what she makes, which is how Strawberry Shortcake got as far as she did with her business. MadeOfExplodium ensues.
--> '''Strawberry Shortcake:''' "Our treats don't have to be perfect, Cakenator! They just need to be made with love! That's the Strawberry Shortcake touch!"
--> '''Cakenator:''' "Strawberry Shortcake touch does not compute!" ''(glitches out as she dies, then blows up)''
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The franchise got another reboot in 2009, with Strawberry living in Berry Bitty City, and no villains in sight until Sour Grapes returned in 2016. This franchise has spawned a 2010 TV series, ''Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'', three movies, an iPhone game that is [[NoExportForYou only available in the US]], and a 2018 web series on Website/YouTube. The 2009 series is on Creator/TheHub in the United States and Boomerang in some non-U.S. markets and is released on DVD. Creator/IDWPublishing also made a comic book miniseries based on this show.

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The franchise got another reboot in 2009, with Strawberry living in Berry Bitty City, and no villains in sight until Sour Grapes returned in 2016. This franchise has spawned a 2010 TV series, ''Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'', three movies, an iPhone game that is [[NoExportForYou only available in the US]], and a 2018 web series on Website/YouTube.Platform/YouTube. The 2009 series is on Creator/TheHub in the United States and Boomerang in some non-U.S. markets and is released on DVD. Creator/IDWPublishing also made a comic book miniseries based on this show.



* TimeTravel: In the Website/YouTube series ''Beyond the Box'', Orange has a laboratory to summon 1980s dolls with a time machine.

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** [=TikTaco=] = Website/TikTok Platform/TikTok + "Taco"



** Huckleberry Pie falls into this a lot. The Website/YouTube-exclusive short "Meet the Berries!!" reveals he doesn't understand what money is when he attempts to pay Strawberry with pocket trash, since he assumed it counted as currency solely due to someone tossing it into his money bowl back when he was still a StreetMusician.

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** Huckleberry Pie falls into this a lot. The Website/YouTube-exclusive Platform/YouTube-exclusive short "Meet the Berries!!" reveals he doesn't understand what money is when he attempts to pay Strawberry with pocket trash, since he assumed it counted as currency solely due to someone tossing it into his money bowl back when he was still a StreetMusician.
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* SlumberParty: "Slumber Party", "Slumber Party at Lemon's", and "The Battle of Blueberry's Slumber Party" have the girls gather for a sleepover, though Raspberry doesn't participate in Lemon's.

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* SlumberParty: "Slumber Party", "Slumber Party at Lemon's", and "The Battle of Blueberry's Slumber Party" Party", and “Orange’s Slumber Party” have the girls gather for a sleepover, though Raspberry doesn't participate in Lemon's.Lemon's and Orange’s.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In early episodes, berries would use "O.M.Gumdrops" as an expression of surprise. Later episodes would drop this, instead using "Oh my guava".

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* RiddleForTheAges: [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Where the heck did the male Plum Puddin' go anyway?]] [[RememberTheNewGuy Where did his]] [[GenderFlip replacement]] [[RememberTheNewGuy come from?]]

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* RiddleForTheAges: [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Where the heck did the male {{Retcon}}: In Plum Puddin' go anyway?]] [[RememberTheNewGuy Where did his]] [[GenderFlip replacement]] [[RememberTheNewGuy come from?]]Puddin’s first appearance he was a male. He then disappeared until 1984, which reestablished Plum as a girl character.



*** Raspberry Tart: Her and Strawberry come from different backgrounds, the former from a rich city life and the latter from the simple countryside, but the two share many similarities. Both are incredibly skilled bakers looking to make it big in the world, and eventually the two realize this, leading to them becoming friends rather than rivals. Even their outfits and trucks mirror each other in design.
*** Purple Pieman and Strawberry both want to become successful bakers in Big Apple City, and will do whatever it takes. However, Pieman stoops to underhanded tactics and sabotage to stay on top, while Strawberry wants to find success with honest work and compassion.
*** Crabapple Jam and Strawberry both come from the a similar background, being simple country berries who moved to Big Apple City to pursue a career. Crabapple’s become extremely successful, but is extremely corrupt and selfish, while Strawberry has a much more down-to-earth business, and is very nice and helpful.

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*** ** Raspberry Tart: Her and Strawberry come from different backgrounds, the former from a rich city life and the latter from the simple countryside, but the two share many similarities. Both are incredibly skilled bakers looking to make it big in the world, and eventually the two realize this, leading to them becoming friends rather than rivals. Even their outfits and trucks mirror each other in design.
*** ** Purple Pieman and Strawberry both want to become successful bakers in Big Apple City, and will do whatever it takes. However, Pieman stoops to underhanded tactics and sabotage to stay on top, while Strawberry wants to find success with honest work and compassion.
*** ** Crabapple Jam and Strawberry both come from the a similar background, being simple country berries who moved to Big Apple City to pursue a career. Crabapple’s become extremely successful, but is extremely corrupt and selfish, while Strawberry has a much more down-to-earth business, and is very nice and helpful.


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** Huckleberry Pie introduces Caramela Eclair as a friend/acquaintance in “Fruitleg Alley”, which remains the extent of their onscreen interaction.

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** {{Foil}}: The main antagonists of the series all compare/contrast with Strawberry in some way.

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* MusicalisInterruptus: A RunningGag in the series.
** The first episode, Strawberry begins to sing “No Ordinary Berry” before she’s stopped by Aunt Praline, who tells her to save the song for later.
** In “New Year’s Wish”, Raspberry sings a reprise of “No Ordinary Berry”, but stops once she realizes Strawberry was watching her.
** “Sweet and Sour”, Sour Grapes was singing a song about her feeling distant and closed off from everyberry, but immediately stops and pretends she wasn’t doing anything upon Strawberry interrupting her.
* MusicalWorldHypotheses: The series is generally an AlternateUniverse or Diegetic flavor. Spontaneous singing and dancing isn’t treated as unusual, and even background extras can join in on occasion, while sometimes a song happens as a performance such as with Huckleberry Pie or the Berry Fairies. Some of the songs do include visuals that clearly aren’t meant to actually be happening, which implies some part of it is All In Their Head.
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* ConnectedAllAlong: Purple Pieman is revealed to have a prior connection to two other villains in the series.
** “Strawberry Shortcake’s Perfect Holiday” reveals him and Johnnycake Cobbler are brothers.
** “Kiki [=KeyLime’s=] Favorite Things” reveals he used to be the young and idealistic apprentice of Crabapple Jam, before she corrupted him with her selfish ideals into the ruthless businessman we know today.


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** {{Foil}}: The main antagonists of the series all compare/contrast with Strawberry in some way.
*** Raspberry Tart: Her and Strawberry come from different backgrounds, the former from a rich city life and the latter from the simple countryside, but the two share many similarities. Both are incredibly skilled bakers looking to make it big in the world, and eventually the two realize this, leading to them becoming friends rather than rivals. Even their outfits and trucks mirror each other in design.
*** Purple Pieman and Strawberry both want to become successful bakers in Big Apple City, and will do whatever it takes. However, Pieman stoops to underhanded tactics and sabotage to stay on top, while Strawberry wants to find success with honest work and compassion.
*** Crabapple Jam and Strawberry both come from the a similar background, being simple country berries who moved to Big Apple City to pursue a career. Crabapple’s become extremely successful, but is extremely corrupt and selfish, while Strawberry has a much more down-to-earth business, and is very nice and helpful.


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* TheHerosIdol: Strawberry has/had three in baking icons Kiki [=KeyLime=], The Peculiar Purple Pieman, and Crabapple Jam. Kiki ends up being the only one of her idols to not antagonize her in any way, while the other two become the main antagonists of the series.


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** “Flan-tastic!”[[note]]”Fantastic”[[/note]]
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** Strawberry lists off several of Lemon's inventions in "All About Lemon", and notes that all of them exploded.


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* ContinuityNod: After "Will You Be My Lemontine?", when Lemon Meringue expressed a dislike of hugs and physical contact, future episodes where the Berry Besties do a group hug will have Lemon stand off to the side, rather than join in.
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* DecompositeCharacter: Pupcake and Tom Tom. Tom Tom is Huckleberry Pie's dog in this series, with a similar color scheme to the original Pupcake, but Pupcake himself is Strawberry Shortcake's dog, similar to the 2003 series.


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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Tom Tom is one to Pupcake, as Huckleberry Pie's pet dog, even sharing the color scheme of the original Pupcake.

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* AdaptationalMundanity: The Berry Fairies, rather than being actual faries, are instead a popular music band themed around fairies.



* AdaptedOut:
** Magic is largely nonexistent in the series, due to taking place in a more "grounded" setting, with much of the wackier elements coming from sci-fi technology or the quirks of the main cast. However, in "Strawberry Shortcake's Perfect Holiday", magic is revealed to actually exist, its just that most people don't have it with the exception of Cinnamon Swirl.
** All the Berry Fairies but Sherry Bobbleberry are removed, replaced with Cherry Jam, Peppermint Fizz, and Raisin Cane.
** In "The Cricket", Aunt Praline refers to Strawberry as her only niece, meaning Apple Dumpling (who likewise is AdaptedOut), doesn't exist as a sister/cousin to Strawberry.
* AdvancedTech2000: Lemon Meringue usually does this with her inventions, though if the number is relatively small, then that indicates it's the current version after the previous have exploded (ex: The Cakenator 6).



* AdvancedTech2000: Lemon Meringue usually does this with her inventions, though if it's a number in the single digits, then that idicates it's the current version after the previous have exploded (ex: The Cakenator 6).



** In "Berry Competitive", Orange suggests to Lemon that they should build a jetpack. Lemon later ends up building the jetpack to win the inventing competition.

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** In "Berry Competitive", Orange suggests one of Orange's suggestions to Lemon that they should build for her next invention is a jetpack. At the end of the episode, Lemon later ends and Orange end up building the jetpack to win the inventing competition.



** How Lemon Meringue manages to get through to Sour Grapes in "Sweet and Sour", being able to relate to Sour due to them both being emotionally closed-off to others.



** Aunt Praline and Fluffy Chiffon in "Berry Bounty Bust" over whether their families should eat Praline's home-cooked dishes or Fluffy's catered food.



** [[ShowWithinAShow Tangerine Smash]] is one to ComicBook/Superman. She's a superhero with flight, super strength, and a mild-mannered reporter SecretIdentity.

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** [[ShowWithinAShow Tangerine Smash]] is one to ComicBook/Superman.Superman. She's a superhero with flight, super strength, and a mild-mannered reporter SecretIdentity.



* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang:
** The Berry Besties, with the exception of Strawberry and Blueberry, rarely interact with Huckleberry outside of group activities.
** Even after their integration into the Berry Besties, the Mean Berries generally only interact with the rest in a group.
*** Raspberry's mostly shown hanging out with Strawberry, Orange, Bread Pudding, and Sour Grapes.
*** Bread Pudding spends most of his time with Lime Chiffon, Huckleberry, and Strawberry.
*** Sour Grapes barely spends time with anyone outside of group stuff, due to her being OutOfFocus.
** In "Strawberry Shortcake's Perfect Holiday", the Peculiar Purple Pieman and Johnnycake Cobbler are revealed to be brothers, yet this is their first time interacting onscreen. It's implied in the special that this is because Pieman cannot stand Johnnycake's penchant for dramatics and showmanship, as it risks exposing their schemes to the public.



** Raspberry Tart plans on impersonating the dead J. Quincy Cupcake with her fellow Mean Berries to scare Strawberry Shortcake when she finds out about the latter's phasmophobia. Things fall apart when Blueberry Muffin gives "J. Quincy" a hot cupcake. "J. Quincy" burns his hand, which unintentionally exposes the TotemPoleTrench that the Mean Berries set up for their prank when he falls apart.

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** Raspberry Tart plans Tart's plan on impersonating the dead J. Quincy Cupcake with her fellow Mean Berries to scare Strawberry Shortcake when she finds out about the latter's phasmophobia. Things fall apart when Blueberry Muffin gives "J. Quincy" a hot cupcake. "J. Quincy" burns his hand, which unintentionally exposes the TotemPoleTrench that the Mean Berries set up for their prank when he falls apart.



** Granola Crunch is this to a lesser extent, doing all the upkeep for her garden by herself as she's worried other berries will mess it up, but it takes little convincing from Strawberry to allow others to help, and by the end of the episode she's pretty much dropped this trait.



*** Pineapple Clafoutis is an {{Expy}} of Comic Book Guy, including a Ralph Bakshi-inspired voice and quoting CBG's catchphrase.
---->'''Pineapple Clafoutis:''' Worst. Superberry. Ever!



* TotemPoleTrench: Raspberry Tart occasionally pulls this with two other berries. She first does it in "Ghosts of Cupcakes Past" with Bread Pudding and Sour Grapes, pretending to be the ghost of Berryworks founder J. Quincy Cupcake in an attempt to scare Strawberry. She does it again in "The Super Spicy Pizza" with Orange Blossom and Lemon Meringue, pretending to be Strawberry's uncle Beef Wellington to try and get a pizza vendor to give Strawberry a non-spicy pizza slice, and in "Trick AND TREAT!" once again pretending to be J. Quincy to scare Cheese Strudel and Cherry Strussel.

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* TotemPoleTrench: Raspberry Tart occasionally pulls this with two other berries.
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She first does it in "Ghosts of Cupcakes Past" with Bread Pudding and Sour Grapes, pretending to be the ghost of Berryworks founder J. Quincy Cupcake in an attempt to scare Strawberry. She does it again in
** In
"The Super Spicy Pizza" with Orange Blossom and Lemon Meringue, pretending to be Strawberry's uncle Beef Wellington to try and get a pizza vendor to give Strawberry a non-spicy pizza slice, and slice
** Her most recent attempt was
in "Trick AND TREAT!" TREAT!", once again pretending to be J. Quincy to scare Cheese Strudel and Cherry Strussel. Notably, this is the first time it's done successfully.

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*** Strawberry Shortcake and Raspberry Tart don't give themselves nicknames, but they fill the role of the Mastermind and Partner-In-Crime respectively.
*** Lime Chiffon - The Compass
*** Lemon Meringue - The Braniac
*** Orange Blossom - The Feather
*** Blueberry Muffin - The Eyes
*** Sour Grapes doesn't actively participate, but she acts as The Inside Man and secretly helps Strawberry complete the heist


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** “Camping vs Glamping” has Blueberry Muffin utter [[Film/ANewHope “I sense a disturbance in the forest”]].
*** Immediately afterward, Raspberry’s RV comes barreling into the campsite, blaring the General Lee’s iconic dixie horn from Series/TheDukesOfHazzard.
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* CaperCrew: The Berry Besties form one in “Mission Unfrostable”, when Strawberry and Raspberry overhear Purple Pieman plan on rigging his giveaway contest so no one can win it, they plan to steal the prize tokens to give them away.
** Strawberry Shortcake and Raspberry Tart don't give themselves nicknames, but they fill the role of the Mastermind and Partner-In-Crime respectively.
** Lime Chiffon - The Compass
** Lemon Meringue - The Braniac
** Orange Blossom - The Feather
** Blueberry Muffin - The Eyes
** Sour Grapes doesn't actively participate, but she acts as The Inside Man and secretly helps Strawberry complete the heist.


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* SweetheartSipping: A platonic example between Orange and Strawberry occurs in the theme song, when a scene briefly shows the two sharing a smoothie.

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* ArtShiftedSequel: The 2009 series used 3D animation for the main show, with the previous series being traditionally animated. 2021 would return to 2D but be digitally animated in a similar style to WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the "Bake-Off" 2-parter, Sour submits a pre-baked pie from The Purple Pieman's Purple Pieshop in her audition for Bite of The City. At first it appears to be a MythologyGag to Sour's previous incarnations being associated with Pieman, but Season 2 reveals that she's actually the Pieman's niece.
* FrameUp: Purple Pieman attempts this in "Case of the Missing Spoon", by having a crow steal Strawberry's lucky spoon then place it near the other berries to make it look like they took it. Ultimately defied, as Strawberry doesn't believe any of her friends stole it for one second, and knows the Pieman is the culprit. The only part that trips her up is that she couldn't figure out how he was doing it.



* Foreshadowing: In the "Bake-Off" 2-parter, Sour submits a pre-baked pie from The Purple Pieman's Purple Pieshop in her audition for Bite of The City. At first it appears to be a MythologyGag to Sour's previous incarnations being associated with Pieman, but Season 2 reveals that she's actually the Pieman's niece.
* FrameUp: Purple Pieman attempts this in "Case of the Missing Spoon", by having a crow steal Strawberry's lucky spoon then place it near the other berries to make it look like they took it. Ultimately defied, as Strawberry doesn't believe any of her friends stole it for one second, and knows the Pieman is the culprit. The only part that trips her up is that she couldn't figure out how he was doing it.
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* Foreshadowing: In the "Bake-Off" 2-parter, Sour submits a pre-baked pie from The Purple Pieman's Purple Pieshop in her audition for Bite of The City. At first it appears to be a MythologyGag to Sour's previous incarnations being associated with Pieman, but Season 2 reveals that she's actually the Pieman's niece.
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** In "Strawberry Shortcake's Perfect Holiday", Orange Blossom and Bread Pudding's subplot has the two fighting over how the Winterswirl tree should be decorated. Bread wants to do a traditional tree, while Orange wants to adorn it in Tangerine Smash collectible ornaments.


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* {{Expy}}:
** Caramel Tartufo is one to Don Vito Corleone from Film/TheGodfather, being the mafia-like head of a shady business, including having a MumblingBrando.
** Lemon Tort is one to Doc Brown from Film/BackToTheFuture1, being a mad scientist inventor with a futuristic [=DeLorean=]-like vehicle. Her first appearance alone includes several references to the film.
** Pineapple Clafoutis, an overweight and obnoxious superhero nerd is basically Comic Book Guy from WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons. He even uses the same catchphrase.
-->'''Pineapple Clafoutis:''' Worst. Superberry. Ever!
** [[ShowWithinAShow Tangerine Smash]] is one to ComicBook/Superman. She's a superhero with flight, super strength, and a mild-mannered reporter SecretIdentity.
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* CripplingOverspecialization:
** Huckleberry Pie is good at music, but he’s pretty much only good at music. When he briefly worked at the girls’ carts after he was fired from the Berryworks for not having his own, he was unable to perform even something as simple as coming up with an ice cream flavor.
** Spicy Crust the hot dog/pizza vendor only knew how to make spicy foods until “The Super Spicy Pizza”, when Strawberry and friends taught him how to make non-spicy stuff.


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* TheMafia: The people of Fruitleg Alley are this in all but name, with Caramel Tartufo acting as TheDon.
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** "Will You Be My Lemontine" features Strawberry racing up to Lemon Meringue in slow-motion, surrounded by heart shapes and her eyes featuring gigantic hearts for pupils. It serves to symbolize Lemon's fear of Sweetie Pie's Day and the displays of affection it entails, but Strawberry ends up being the first to bring her around to finding something to appreciate in the holding and express her feelings in a unique way. In general, Strawberry and Lemon's interactions are of a more intimate nature than those with Strawberry's other friends, due to Lemon's less-outgoing nature and preference for quieter, one-on-one interactions.

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** "Will You Be My Lemontine" features Strawberry racing up to Lemon Meringue in slow-motion, surrounded by heart shapes and her eyes featuring gigantic hearts for pupils. It serves to symbolize Lemon's fear of Sweetie Pie's Day and the displays of affection it entails, but Strawberry ends up being the first to bring her around to finding something to appreciate in the holding holiday and express her feelings in a unique way. In general, Strawberry and Lemon's interactions are of a more intimate nature than those with Strawberry's other friends, due to Lemon's less-outgoing nature and preference for quieter, one-on-one interactions.
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* ShipTease: Strawberry Shortcake with, not just one, but ''two'' characters from the intro alone. First, she shares a smoothie with Orange Blossom [[SweetheartSipping by sipping them together with two straws]]. Second, at the end of the intro, she and Huckleberry Pie are sitting close together during a picnic with their friends before their heads turn to [[HeldGaze gaze at each other]].
* ShoutOut:

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Strawberry Shortcake with, not just one, but ''two'' characters from the intro alone. First, she shares a smoothie with Orange Blossom [[SweetheartSipping by sipping them together with two straws]]. Second, at the end of the intro, she and Huckleberry Pie are sitting close together during a picnic with their friends before their heads turn to [[HeldGaze gaze at each other]].
** "Will You Be My Lemontine" features Strawberry racing up to Lemon Meringue in slow-motion, surrounded by heart shapes and her eyes featuring gigantic hearts for pupils. It serves to symbolize Lemon's fear of Sweetie Pie's Day and the displays of affection it entails, but Strawberry ends up being the first to bring her around to finding something to appreciate in the holding and express her feelings in a unique way. In general, Strawberry and Lemon's interactions are of a more intimate nature than those with Strawberry's other friends, due to Lemon's less-outgoing nature and preference for quieter, one-on-one interactions.
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The franchise got another reboot in 2009, with Strawberry living in Berry Bitty City, and no villains in sight until Sour Grapes returned in 2016. This franchise has spawned a 2010 TV series, ''Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'', three movies, an iPhone game that is [[NoExportForYou only available in the US]], and a 2018-2019 web series on Website/YouTube. The 2009 series is on Creator/TheHub in the United States and Boomerang in some non-U.S. markets and is released on DVD. Creator/IDWPublishing also made a comic book miniseries based on this show.

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The franchise got another reboot in 2009, with Strawberry living in Berry Bitty City, and no villains in sight until Sour Grapes returned in 2016. This franchise has spawned a 2010 TV series, ''Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'', three movies, an iPhone game that is [[NoExportForYou only available in the US]], and a 2018-2019 2018 web series on Website/YouTube. The 2009 series is on Creator/TheHub in the United States and Boomerang in some non-U.S. markets and is released on DVD. Creator/IDWPublishing also made a comic book miniseries based on this show.



** 2021: The episodes Berry Merry Melody and Lemon's Name in Lights.

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** 2021: The episodes Berry Merry Melody and 2021:
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Lemon's Name in Lights.Lights.
*** Berry Berry Melody
*** Mission Unfrostable
*** The Magic Is You
*** Strawberry Shortcake’s Perfect Holiday, a 45-minute 3D special.



** Inverted with the 2018 reboot making her more neutrally feminine looking.

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** Inverted with the 2018 2021 reboot making her more neutrally feminine looking.



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

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* {{Premiseville}}: Strawberryland and Strawberryland, Berry Bitty City.City in 2009, and Big Apple City in 2021



* YouDontLookLikeYou: Every new generation will drastically alter the character designs, leaving little resemblance to past incarnations, sometimes to the point of making the characters InNameOnly.



* YouDontLookLikeYou: All the returning characters have much more modern outfits, and almost everyone getting major redesigns leaving little resemblance to previous incarnations, to the point where some are InNameOnly.
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The franchise got another reboot in 2009, with Strawberry living in Berry Bitty City, and no villains in sight until Sour Grapes returned in 2016. This franchise has spawned a 2010 TV series, ''Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'', three movies, an iPhone game that is [[NoExportForYou only available in the US]], and a 2018 web series currently airing on Website/YouTube. The 2009 series is on Creator/TheHub in the United States and Boomerang in some non-U.S. markets and is released on DVD. Creator/IDWPublishing also made a comic book miniseries based on this show.

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The franchise got another reboot in 2009, with Strawberry living in Berry Bitty City, and no villains in sight until Sour Grapes returned in 2016. This franchise has spawned a 2010 TV series, ''Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'', three movies, an iPhone game that is [[NoExportForYou only available in the US]], and a 2018 2018-2019 web series currently airing on Website/YouTube. The 2009 series is on Creator/TheHub in the United States and Boomerang in some non-U.S. markets and is released on DVD. Creator/IDWPublishing also made a comic book miniseries based on this show.

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