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[[File:shortcake_x3_4269.jpg|frame|From left to right: 1980, 2003, 2009]]
'''''Strawberry Shortcake''''' started life as a greeting card character in the early [[The Eighties|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.▼
▲Strawberry Shortcake started life as a greeting card character in the early [[The Eighties|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.
In 2003, she came back again, this time with a series of [[Direct to Video]] specials, all of which were subsequently split up into a TV series. [[The Movie|It also spawned two movies]], regular soundtrack releases, and games. In this incarnation, she still lived in Strawberryland, but her friends lived in their own lands, and for a while there were no villains, just life lessons to be learned.
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
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=== Tropes Found in Two or More Versions: ===
* [[Alliteration]] - The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak
* [[Alternate Continuity]] - Has had several reboots over the decades, starting with the original 1980s designs all the way to the 2021 incarnation. They do however still feature the older incarnations on their website and social media pages out of nostalgia for older fans who grew up with the previous eras.
* [[An Aesop]]
* [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife]] - Pink cats, blue/green dogs, blue mice, purple and white lambs, and the list goes on and on.
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* [[Dastardly Whiplash]]: The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - Custard in 2003, Peppermint in 2003, Raspberry and Grapes in the '80s and 2003.
* [[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 [[
* [[Edible Theme Naming]] - The Ur example.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]] - The Berry Princess in the 80's, the [[Fable Remake|Fable Remakes]] in the 2003 series, and Princess Berrykin in the 2009 version.
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* [[The Ingenue]] - Strawberry Shortcake.
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]] - Only the first two specials from the 80's have been released on DVD, with no plans to release the rest.
** 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 [[
* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]] - Strawberry's usual pet is Custard the cat.
* [[Licensed Game|Licensed Games]]: And how!
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* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Sailor Earth]] - Food themed names, eh? That's limitless.
* [[Screwed by the Network]] - 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 [[
* [[Season Fluidity]]
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] - It's idealist.
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** 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...
* [[Spell My Name with a "The"]] - 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.
* [[Spinoff Babies]] - The "Berry Baby" [https://web.archive.org/web/20131208004311/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.
** In ''Spring For Strawberry Shortcake'', Old Man Winter and the young girl Spring are responsible for bringing their respective seasons to Strawberryland.
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'''Tropes Found in the 1980s Version:'''
* [[Aren't You Forgetting Someone?]]: In ''Housewarming Surprise'':
{{quote|'''Sour Grapes:''' With the world's greatest cookbook, I'll be famous! I can see it now, "Sour Grapes on the [[Punny Name|Merv Muffin]] Show!" Then, "[[The Hollywood Squares|Hollywood Pears]]..."
'''The Peculiar Purple Pieman:''' Aren't you forgetting someone?
'''Sour Grapes:''' Of course not, Purpy. I could never forget my purple partner in crime. My warm, wonderfully wicked, nasty but charming... pet snake, Dregs. }}
* [[Big Applesauce]] - 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 <s>Greenwich</s> 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.")
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* [[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.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]] - Mr. Longface Caterpillar, usually translated into [[Layman's Terms|regular speech]] [[Translator Buddy|by Blueberry Muffin]].
* [[Five Man Band|Six Girl Band]]
**[[The Hero]] - Strawberry Shortcake
**[[The Lancer]] - Plum Pudding
**[[The Big Guy]] - Raspberry Torte
**[[The Chick]] - Orange Blossom and Lemon Meringue
* [[Sky Surfing]] - The girls ride the tops of daisies to fly in the air.
▲* [[The Smart Guy]] - Blueberry Muffin
* [[Sweet and Sour Grapes]] - 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.}}
* [[Wasn't That Fun?]] - 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.
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:The Eighties]]
[[Category:The New Tens]]
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[[Category:Strawberry Shortcake]]
[[Category:The Hub]]
[[Category:Western Animation of the 1980s]]
[[Category:Western Animation of the 2000s]]
[[Category:Western Animation of the 2010s]]
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