Strawberry Shortcake: Difference between revisions

* [[An Aesop]]

* [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife]] - Pink cats, blue/green dogs, blue mice, purple and white lambs, and the list goes on and on.

* [[Art Evolution]] - 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.

* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]] - 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.

* [[Disney Acid Sequence]] - The "Berry Talk" song in ''The World of Strawberry Shortcake''. Also, much of the songs in the 2003/2007 continuity (which is produced by [[Di C]] - pretty says it all).

* [[Edible Theme Naming]] - The Ur example.

* [[Feather Boa Constrictor]] - Sour Grapes wears her pet snake like this.

* [[Festival Episode]]

* [[Genki Girl]] - Though she is grown, Sour Grapes is certainly (in)famous for being this.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|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.

* [[Meaningful Name]] - 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'.

* [[No Antagonist]]: Much of the 2003 episodes (many viewers just don't see Peppermint Fizz as an antagonist) except ''The Festival of Fillies'', up until the reintroduction of the Pie-Man and Sour Grapes. Played straight again with the 2009 CGI series.

* [[No Export for You]]:

* [[The One Guy]] - 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 [[Viewer Gender Confusion]], Almond Tea.

* [[Plucky Girl]]

* [[The Power of Friendship]]

* [[Redheaded Hero|Red Headed Heroine]]

* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]] - Sour Grapes' pet is a snake named Dregs; the turtle exception applies to the good guys.

* [[Rousseau Was Right]]

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

* [[Sour Grapes Tropes|Sour Grapes]] - Obviously, for the obvious and for the other villains.

* [[Species Surname]]

** 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...

* [[Spinoff Babies]] - The "Berry Baby" [http://www.strawberryshortcakelane.com/berrybabies.html merchandise] in the 1980s version, and the "Strawberry Shortcake Baby" line of the 2003 version.

* [[Painting the Frost On Windows|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.

** When the Pie Man mentions himself, he always says it as dramatically as possible, then follows with a quick song and dance. According to the movie he even includes this ''in his signature''.

** Begging your pardon, but Angel Cake's unfailing politeness provides her with her own tic in 1982's ''Pets on Parade'', thank you. She constantly incorporates the phrases "begging your pardon", "please", "ma'am", and/or "thank you" into her speeches, thank you please.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]

* [[You Meddling Kids]]

* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]] - 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.

* [[Disney Death]] - The Berry Princess in ''Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins''.

* [[A Friend in Need]] - 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).

* [[Forgotten Birthday]] - 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.

* [[Hair of Gold]] - The Berry Princess. (Note that while blonde characters appear in every version of ''Strawberry Shortcake'', this is the only character who symbolizes this trope.)

* [[Hello Nurse]] - The Berry Princess has this effect on The Peculiar Purple Pieman.

* [[If I Were a Rich Man|If I Were A Rich Chick]] - Sour Grapes, especially in ''Baby Without a Name''.

* [[Love Triangle]] - The [[Betty and Veronica]] version, except that the guy is a villain. Sour Grapes is exceptionally jealous of the Purple Pieman's affections for the Berry Princess.

* [[Make a Wish]] - The climax of ''The World of Strawberry Shortcake'' hinges on [[The Face of the Sun]] granting her a "magic wish" as her birthday present.

* [[No Name Given]] - Twice.

** The skunk in ''Pets on Parade'' -- he ''thinks'' his name is Yowee A. Skunk based on what people say when they see him. When he is adopted by Angel Cake at the end, she gives him the name "Souffle" instead.

* [[Butt Monkey]] - Custard whenever Pupcake tackles her.

* [[Brainy Brunette]] - Blueberry Muffin and Ginger Snap.

* [[Cain and Abel]] - 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.

* [[Minion With an F In Evil]]: In one episode, Strawberry Shortcake and her friends are putting on a play of Cinderella. Strawberry as Cinderella cries when the evil step-relatives say she can't go to the ball. Blueberry Muffin (the stepmother) and Ginger Snap and Orange Blossom (the stepsisters) feel bad and say she can go after all until Angel Cake (the fairy godmother) gets the story back on track.

* [[Motor Mouth]] - Ginger Snap.

* [[Non Lethal Bottomless Pits]]: In the Sweet Dreams Game for the [[PS 2]], accidentally falling into a cliff or river will result in Strawberry saying "Oh, no!" while the screen goes through a wipe. The game then resumes with the player character standing just right next to the point the fall happened.

* [[Not a Morning Person]]: 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.

* [[Our Fairies Are Different]] - The Berry Fairies

* [[Put On a Bus]] - Honey Pie Pony moved to Ice Cream Island in the 2007 redesign, right after being demoted to extra for a set of episodes.

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] - The close friendship between Raspberry Torte and Lemon Meringue.

* [[Visionary Villain]] - The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak. This being targeted to a certain age group, he is still a [[Harmless Villain]] and suffers the consequences thereof.

** For that matter, all of the characters pets disappeared, with the exception of Custard and Pupcake after the 2007 redesign.

* [[Wicked Witch]] - Well, you can't have Wizard of Oz episodes without one.

** Naturally making way for [[Good Witch Versus Bad Witch]] in these episodes.

* [[Fantasy Helmet Enforcement]] - ''Pupcake'' is wearing a helmet while riding in Strawberry's scooter.

* [[Glass Shattering Sound]] - Katiebug and Sadiebug manage to break Lemon Meringue's mirror with their singing.

* [[The Hyena]] - Plum Pudding

* [[Friend or Idol Decision]]

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]] - Cherry Jam's southern drawl seems to come and go.

* [[Pet Baby Wild Animal]] - Tad from "Fish Out of Water."

* [[Princesses Rule]] - Princess Berrykin, ruler of the Berrykins.

* [[Road Sign Reversal]] - 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.

* [[Sky Surfing]] - The girls ride the tops of daisies to fly in the air.

* [[The Smart Guy]] - Blueberry Muffin