The World of Strawberry Shortcake

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Welcome to strawberry season! To celebrate, learn about the history of the Strawberry Shortcake character.

Strawberry Shortcake originated as a greeting card character in the 1970s published by American Greetings. Her popularity grew from the original cards and she was turned into a doll by Kenner before her first story was released in 1980.

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strawberry shortcake timeline

 

Throughout the 1980s there were 6 Strawberry Shortcake TV Specials released. The first 2 specials were later released on DVD and can be found in our collection.

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original strawberry shortcake

The World of Strawberry Shortcake 1980

Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City 1981

Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade 1982

Strawberry Shortcake: Housewarming Surprise 1983

Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name 1984

Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins 1985

 

Strawberry Shortcake became a TV series for the first time in 2003 and had 22 episodes within 4 seasons that lasted through 2008 and included several movies.   

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Strawberry Shortcake (2003-2008 TV series)

 

The next iteration of her character in a show was 2010-2015 in Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures. There were another 4 seasons, but this time there were 65 total episodes.

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Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures (2010-2015 TV series)

 

The current version of Strawberry Shortcake began in 2021 in Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City. There have been 3 seasons so far, and they have been released on YouTube and Netflix

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Strawberry Shortcake Berry in the Big City (2021- present)

Click on any of the above covers to access the linked lists of each show accessible within out collection.

Check out Strawberry Shortcake's books:

We love you, Strawberry Shortcake!

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Sierra Harimann

Since Strawberry always does such sweet things for her friends, the girls decide to celebrate Strawberry by throwing her a party and giving her special gifts. But the only thing Orange Blossom can think to give Strawberry is a great big hug. Will that be good enough?

The butterfly ride

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Amy Ackelsberg

Strawberry Shortcake and her friends decide to shake things up by going on a butterfly ride. All the girls have a fruitastic time, but Orange has so much fun that she decides she doesn't want to come home. Can Strawberry convince her friend to fly back to Berry Bitty City?

A berry lucky St. Patrick's Day

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Mickie Matheis

Strawberry Shortcake and her friends are having the berry best time preparing for the annual St. Patrick's Day parade and festival. Everyone except Lemon Meringue, that is! Everything Lemon does seems to go wrong. When Strawberry sees how upset her friend is, she comes up with a fruitastic plan to turn Lemon's day around. Can Strawberry help her friend, or will Lemon have the unluckiest St. Patrick's Day ever?

Puppy love!

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Amy Ackelsberg

When Huckleberry's Pie's van breaks down as he is on the way to Berry Big City to find homes for a bunch of adorable puppies, Strawberry Shortcake and her friends offer to dog sit while he repairs his pet-mobile.

Descriptions adapted from the publisher.
By Sofia on March 13, 2025