Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City explained

Genre:	Adventure Comedy Musical Animation Slice of Life Family
Creator:	Michael Vogel
Developer:	Michael Vogel
Director:	Matt Ferguson
Starring:	Ana Sani Andrea Libman Bahia Watson Diana Kaarina Margarita Valderrama Tabitha St. Germain Vincent Tong
Theme Music Composer:	Ashleigh Ball
Composer:	Daniel Ingram Trevor Hoffmann
Open Theme:	"She's Strawberry Shortcake" by Ashleigh Ball
End Theme:	"She's Strawberry Shortcake" by Ashleigh Ball (instrumental)
Country:	Canada United States
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	3
Num Episodes:	60 (120 segments)
Executive Producer:	Michael Vogel Stephanie Betts Anne Loi Josh Scherba Denise Tanchanco Amir Nasrabadi Steven DeNure Ken Faier Asaph Fipke Kirsten Newlands Mike Young Jennifer Korba-Gill
Producer:	Denise Tanchanco Marianne Lorraine Sambilay Jennifer Korba-Gill
Editor:	Mat Garneau Mike Hillmer
Runtime:	4-8 minutes
Company:	WildBrain Studios
Network:	YouTube
Last Aired:	present

Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City is an animated children's web series based on the Strawberry Shortcake franchise, produced by WildBrain Studios and aired on YouTube on September 18, 2021.^{[1] [2]} The series follows an aspiring baker Strawberry who arrives in Big Apple City to get her big break and has adventures with new friends.

Synopsis

Strawberry travels to Big Apple City, where all the biggest names in baking go to get their break. Along with her cute cat, Custard, she teams up with her new friends – Orange Blossom, Lime Chiffon, Lemon Meringue, and Blueberry Muffin – as well as their lovable pets. Together, the entrepreneurial girls run their fabulous food trucks and enjoy daily adventures filled with laughter and singing as they strive to bake the world a better place.

Characters

Main

• Strawberry Shortcake (voiced by Ana Sani) is the main protagonist of the series who is an optimistic, kind, energetic and friendly girl who wants to become the best baker in the Berryworks factory and Big Apple City. She is mostly friendly with everyone and is good friends with Orange Blossom, Lemon Meringue, Lime Chiffon, Blueberry Muffin and everyone else. Her only enemies throughout the show in its first season are Bread Pudding, Raspberry Tart and Sour Grapes, who despise her and are the ones who tried to have Strawberry get kicked out of the Berryworks because she's not a talented baker just like her family. As of season two, the three of them are currently good friends with Strawberry too and are also reformed of their cruel actions that happened towards Strawberry throughout season one. Strawberry is also the leader of her and her friends' team, the Berry Besties and her new enemies throughout the show are the Purple Pieman (who's also the uncle of Sour Grapes) and Crabapple Jam (who's the new and current owner of the Berryworks factory) and her two associates who are also twins, Cheese Strudel and Cherry Streusel. She's the niece of her Aunt Praline and she also runs the baking food truck in the Berryworks, which is given to her as a gift by her aunt and also has a pet cat named Custard.
• Orange Blossom (voiced by Bahia Watson) is Strawberry's athletic best friend who is energetic, kind, loves sports, and is a tomboy and she always helps Strawberry everytime whenever she needs help in her food truck or everything else that she needed for her baking business in the Berryworks too. She runs a smoothie stand in the Berryworks.
• Lemon Meringue (voiced by Andrea Libman, reprising her role from Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures) is one of Strawberry's best friends who's a know-it-all and is also a tomboy like her friend Orange. She is also the best friend/partner of Lime Chiffon and she always helps Strawberry everytime whenever she needs help in her food truck or everything else that she needed for her baking business in the Berryworks too. She runs a lemonade-limeade truck with her best friend/partner, Lime Chiffon in the Berryworks and is also a professional mechanic who helps fix her friend, Strawberry's oven in her food truck whenever it catches a fire or accidentally explodes. She also fixes everything else in the Berryworks.
• Lime Chiffon (voiced by Margaritta Valderrama) is another one of Strawberry's best friends who is sweet and kind and the best friend/partner of Lemon Meringue and she always helps Strawberry everytime whenever she needs help in her food truck or everything else that she needed for her baking business in the Berryworks too. She has two dads and she also runs a lemonade-limeade truck with her best friend/partner, Lemon Meringue in the Berryworks. She is also good friends with Bread Pudding.
• Blueberry Muffin (voiced by Diana Kaarina) is another one of Strawberry's best friends who is spirited, calm and kind, and she always helps Strawberry everytime whenever she needs help in her food truck or everything else that she needed for her baking business in the Berryworks too. She has a spiritual mom and a younger brother and she also runs the ice cream shop in the Berryworks. She also has a sibling rivalry with her younger brother at times as he always tries to annoy her and her friends, but she loves him nonetheless.
• Bread Pudding (voiced by Chirag Naik) is the one of the main antagonists in the first season of the series, and later one of the main cast members. He is a serious and also arrogant, selfish, rude and very strict and disciplined boy who works as the coordinator/overseer of the Berryworks and is good friends with Raspberry Tart and Sour Grapes as they also work for him and is the one who wants and tries to have Strawberry to be kicked out of the Berryworks because she's not a talented baker just like her family. He always tries his best to be better than Strawberry at everything along with the help and assistance of his two friends, Raspberry and Sour, who helps him in his schemes too, but always fails and as Strawberry always tells them that she's unbeatable. At the end of season one and as of season two, he, alongside his two friends, Raspberry and Sour become good friends with Strawberry, and also becomes good friend with Lime Chiffon at the end of season one and as of season two. As of season three, he still works at the Berryworks as the factory's main coordinator/overseer and is joined by two other coordinators/overseers who are twins and are also very strict just like him, Cheese Strudel and Cherry Streusel and he also works for the current and new owner of the Berryworks, Crabapple Jam too. He's also the son of the Berryworks' original owner, Figgy Pudding.
• Raspberry Tart (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain)
• Sour Grapes (voiced by Meg Roe)
• Huckleberry Pie (voiced by Vincent Tong) is a friend of Strawberry’s who she meets in the Funnelcake subway station. He started off as a street musician, but moved to the Berryworks to perform there after befriending Strawberry. Huckleberry is fairly dense, but has a laid-back and street-savvy personality.

Production

When Iconix Brand Group purchased the Strawberry Shortcake brand assets from American Greetings in February 2015,^[3] until the Canadian company WildBrain (known at the time as DHX Media) acquired the band from Iconix in May 2017,^[4] the Strawberry Shortcake series was originally revealed and developed on June 30 of the same year.^[5] Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City premiered on September 18, 2021 on YouTube.^[6]

A second season premiered on June 25, 2022.^[7]

A third season premiered on July 15, 2023 on the official Strawberry Shortcake YouTube channel.^{[8] [9]}

Storyboarding and animation

Episodes

Season 3 (2023-24)

Distribution

Broadcast

After debuting on YouTube, the series aired on the Canadian children's channel Family Jr., starting on October 17, 2021.^[10] The series was released on Netflix,^[11] on April 15, 2022 in all countries.^[12] In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on Tiny Pop on March 7, 2022.^[13]

Home media and streaming services

With several other WildBrain properties, Berry in the Big City was added to Netflix on September 21, 2022, in the United States.

NCircle Entertainment has the DVD rights for the series in Region 1. The series' first three seasons have been released in DVD box sets.

Reception

Awards and nominations

!Year!Award event!Category!Works!Result

2022	GLAAD Media Awards^[14]	Outstanding Children's Programming	Berry Bounty Banquet Part 2
2022	Licensing International Excellence Awards^[15]	Best Licensing Agency
2022	Leo Awards^[16]	Best Musical Score Animation Series	Daniel Ingram & Trevor Hoffmann (Fright Fall)
2023	GLAAD Media Awards^[17]	Outstanding Children's Programming	The Fashion Show
2024	GLAAD Media Awards^[18]	Outstanding Children's Programming	Any Way You Slice It
2024	Canadian Cinema Editors Awards^[19]	Best Editing in Animation	Orion McCaw, Rob Smith & Matthew Innanen (Strawberry Shortcake's Perfect Holiday)
2024	Leo Awards^[20]	Best Animation Program	Strawberry Shortcake's Perfect Holiday
		Best Direction in an Animation Program	Megan Russell & Jim Miller (Strawberry Shortcake's Perfect Holiday)
		Best Musical Score in an Animation Program	Daniel Ingram & Trevor Hoffmann (Strawberry Shortcake's Perfect Holiday)
		Best Voice Performance in an Animation Program	Kelli Ogmundson (Strawberry Shortcake and the Beast of Berry Bog)

Notes and References

1. Web site: WildBrain Reveals Major Strawberry Shortcake Return. License Global. September 9, 2021. January 30, 2024. January 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240130053237/https://www.licenseglobal.com/entertainment/wildbrain-reveals-major-strawberry-shortcake-return. live.
2. Web site: Strawberry Shortcake makes a digital comeback. Sabrina Sanchez. Campaign Live. September 17, 2021. January 30, 2024. January 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240130053238/https://www.campaignlive.com/article/strawberry-shortcake-makes-digital-comeback/1727713. live.
3. Web site: Iconix Announces Definitive Agreement To Acquire Strawberry Shortcake Brand. PR Newswire. February 3, 2015. January 30, 2024. January 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240130032146/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/iconix-announces-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-strawberry-shortcake-brand-300029649.html. live.
4. Web site: DHX Media Acquires 'Peanuts' in $345 Million Purchase of Iconix. Variety. May 10, 2017. January 30, 2024. May 10, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170510150626/https://variety.com/2017/tv/global/dhx-media-acquires-peanuts-in-345-million-purchase-of-iconix-1202422001/. live.
5. Web site: DHX Media Acquires Peanuts, Strawberry Shortcake. License Global. April 6, 2018. January 30, 2024. January 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240130032146/https://www.licenseglobal.com/character/dhx-acquires-peanuts-strawberry-shortcake. live.
6. Web site: Wildbrain refreshes Strawberry Shortcake. Kidscreen. September 9, 2021. January 30, 2024. September 11, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230911054900/https://kidscreen.com/2021/09/09/wildbrain-refreshes-strawberry-shortcake/. live.
7. Web site: WILDBRAIN UNVEILS SWEET NEW STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE DEALS AS SEASON 2 OF BERRY IN THE BIG CITY GETS SET TO DROP THIS SUMMER. WildBrain. May 19, 2022. January 30, 2024. January 14, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240114055403/https://www.wildbrain.com/newsreleases/wildbrain-unveils-sweet-new-strawberry-shortcake-deals-as-season-2-of-original-series-berry-in-the-big-city-gets-set-to-drop-this-summer/. live.
8. Web site: WildBrain Sets Animated 'Teletubbies!' Series, New Content & CP for Hit Shows. Animation Magazine. September 25, 2022. January 30, 2024. February 22, 2024. https://archive.today/20240222125314/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/09/wildbrain-sets-animated-teletubbies-series-new-content-cp-for-hit-shows/. live.
9. Web site: Buyers pick Berry in the Big City as WildBrain grows Strawberry Shortcake franchise. C21 Media. May 25, 2023. January 30, 2024. January 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240130101207/https://www.c21media.net/news/buyers-pick-berry-in-the-big-city-as-wildbrain-grows-strawberry-shortcake-franchise/. live.
10. Web site: Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City . FamilyJr.ca. May 11, 2024.
11. Web site: Netflix takes a slice of Strawberry Shortcake. Elizaberth Foster. PlayBack. November 23, 2021. May 12, 2024.
12. Web site: What's Coming to Netflix in April 2022. What's on Netflix. March 5, 2022. May 11, 2024.
13. Web site: Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City Heads to the U.K. . March 2022 . May 12, 2024.
14. https://twitter.com/WildBrainStudio/status/1486033643722231821
15. Web site: Best Agency 2022.
16. Web site: 2022 LEO AWARDS, Nominees & Winners by Name.
17. Web site: The Nominees for the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards | GLAAD . 27 January 2023.
18. Web site: 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Nominees | GLAAD . 17 January 2024.
19. Web site: 14th Annual CCE Awards » Canadian Cinema Editors / Les Monteurs et Monteuses de cinéma canadien . 29 January 2024.
20. Web site: 2024 LEO AWARDS, Nominees by Program.