History WesternAnimation / StrawberryShortcake

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** Let The Good Times Roll is about the Berry Besties helping Strawberry learn to rollerskate, while also giving AnAesop that it's okay to face difficulty in life, you just need to go at your own pace and remember to still have fun.

* AnAesop: Life lessons are very common throughout the series.

** The girls seldomly (if not often) wear the Glimmerberry Ball gowns from the movie about the titular ball (or "Manners Meltdown"). Some episodes in which the girls are wearing the said gowns are: "Practice Makes Perfect" (Plum only), "Berryella and Prince Charming" (Lemon and Blueberry only), and "All Dogs Allowed."

** The girls seldomly (if not often) wear the Glimmerberry Ball gowns from the movie about the titular ball (or "Manners Meltdown").

** The girls seldomly (if not often) wear the Glimmerberry Ball gowns from the movie about the titular ball (or "Manners Meltdown".)

** The girls seldomly (if not often), wear the Glimmerberry Ball gowns from the movie about the titular ball (or "Manners Meltdown".)

** 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".

** Downplayed with Lemon, who hates the color pink but doesn't bring it up much. Lime does have a much bigger fear of public speaking.
** Huckleberry has Samhainophobia, and can barely function during Fright-Fall. In "The Beast of Berry Bog", it gets to the point where simply wearing a "costume" (literally just fake eyebrows) causes him to fear he'll suffer a DeathOfPersonality.
** Blueberry has Dontineraiphobia, aka the fear of the Sweet Tooth Fairy.
** Lime Chiffon is scared of pigeons.

* BrokenAesop: Probably several episodes, but two particularly blatant examples quickly come to mind:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ8UFfjRlVQ&list=PLVEAWWu0Cawv3LjGe6Hb4XNCIBuGUifM8&index=4 Win Some, Lose Some]]: Yes, Strawberry, CheatersNeverProsper. Especially if your definition of "cheating" doesn't include [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality deliberately withholding a competitor until the final event.]] A final event which she and the others '''have to be reminded of after the fact!'''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fnXJLuGcZo&list=PLVEAWWu0Cawt_QLxUud7xxhI3EhfTtFCg&index=8 The Good Mayor]]: It really goes without saying that [[JerkassHasAPoint a pest infestation which could cause a mass plague is NOT AT ALL the time to start asking nicely.]] For extra points, the bugs are still very much alive at the end, and yet everyone still celebrates their so-called "victory".

** 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.

** Downplayed with Lemon, who hates the color pink but doesn't bring it up much.

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* BlatantLies: Lime Chiffon believes that Blueberry Muffin is doing this in "A Berryworks Mystery".
--> '''Lime Chiffon:''' "Blueberry Muffin is quite creative with her "facts". She makes them up."

%%* SuddenlyShouting: ''Coming Soon''

* GoodAngelBadAngel: ''Coming Soon''

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Blueberry Muffin's little brother is the only thing that can break her serene facade. His first line ever in "Berry Bounty Banquet" makes her ''lose it'', shocking all her friends.

* AdaptationalGenderIdentity:
** Plum Pudding becomes male for the first time since his original 1980s incarnation.
** Raisin Cane is non-binary, when all their previous versions were girls.

* ExtendedThemeTune: The theme song on the Netflix version of the show only features the first verse. [[https://youtu.be/OUbTn_C6m5I?si=TXm4ibmEIDK6mzbg The full theme song is available on YouTube.]]

In 2021, another Strawberry Shortcake series [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkKOH58BJYI was announced]], titled ''Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City", to come to [=YouTube=] in September of 2021 using 2D animation. The series would be set in Big Apple City, with Strawberry moving to the city to pursue a baking career and meet new friends. Unlike the previous generations, it largely drops the more fantastical elements in favor of a "realistic" modern day setting, and each episode consists of 4-minute shorts rather than a full-length runtime. On November of 2021, it was announced the series would also be aired on Netflix, and Paramount Plus on January 31st. In September of 2023, it was announced that the series would receive four 3D animated Netflix specials, with the first released on October 2nd, and another on November 1st. The official YouTube Channel would also begin posting original Shorts featuring the characters on January 15, 2024.

In 2021, another Strawberry Shortcake series [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkKOH58BJYI was announced]], titled ''Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City", to come to [=YouTube=] in September of 2021 using 2D animation. The series would be set in Big Apple City, with Strawberry moving to the city to pursue a baking career and meet new friends. Unlike the previous generations, it largely drops the more fantastical elements in favor of a "realistic" modern day setting, and each episode consists of 4-minute shorts rather than a full-length runtime. On November of 2021, it was announced the series would also be aired on Netflix. In September of 2023, it was announced that the series would be recieving 3D animated Netflix specials, with the first released on October 2nd, and another on November 1st.

** 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.

* 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.

*** In "Foam Alone", Lemon Zest calls her newest invention the "embiggening ray".

** Crabapple Jam puts on a "sweet grandma" act to the public, but is secretely just as corrupt as the Purple Pieman.

*** Strawberry namedrops a CrisisCrossover called [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths ''Crisis on Infinite Crisps]].