Characters / Strawberry Shortcake (1980s)

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Voiced by: Russi Taylor (1980-1985)

The main heroine of the series, Strawberry Shortcake resides in Strawberryland, where tends to the Berry Patches and has fun with her friends.

• Alliterative Name: Strawberry Shortcake.
• Always Someone Better: In every generation, she’s considered a superior baker to the Purple Pieman, both in baking talent, and for her kind nature compared to Pieman’s scheming ways.
• Beware the Nice Ones: She's aware of how much the Purple Pieman hates her "berry talk", and she is willing to exploit it to thwart his schemes.
• Birthday Episode: The berry first special, “The World of Strawberry Shortcake” was this for Strawberry, with her friends planning a surprise party for her sixth birthday.
• Borrowed Catchphrase: In "Pets on Parade" after she beats the Pieman, she does the song and little dance he does.
• Cheerful Child: She generally has an upbeat attitude and positive outlook on things.
• Country Mouse: Strawberry lives in Strawberryland, a small country town.
• Depending on the Artist: Strawberry's hair tends to either be depicted with a yarn-like texture matching her ragdoll (such as the greeting cards and supplementary artwork) or as a straight bob (such as the animated specials).
• Girly Girl: She’s feminine, caring and loves to bake.
• Kindhearted Cat Lover: Strawberry's usual pet is Custard the cat.
• Magnetic Hero: It's Strawberry's world, and we're all just living in it. She manages to make a ton of friends in every generation.
• Meaningful Appearance: With a name like "Strawberry Shortcake", all of her hats are Strawberry-themed in some way, shape or form.
• Nice Girl: She is a sweet girl with a 'berry' big heart.
• Red Is Heroic: Wears a red dress and is the star of the show and the main protagonist.
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Huckleberry Pie's savvy guy to Strawberry's energetic girl for every generation.
• Strawberry Shorthand: Extraordinarily sweet, adorable, and kind, Strawberry is the Trope Namer for a reason.
• Supreme Chef: She is a girl with a love for baking in every generation.
• Sweet Baker: She's a talented baker, and very nice.
• Turn the Other Cheek: She always tries to see the best in people, even if they continue to antagonize her.
• Verbal Tic: Berry Talk, substituting "berry" for "very". She even has a couple songs all about speaking in Berry Talk.
• Youthful Freckles: She’s a six year old with freckles.

Voiced by: Julie McWhirter Dees (1980-1981); Jeannie Elias (1983)

A lazy fisherman who lives down the road from Strawberry.

• Blue Is Heroic: He’s a friendly and kind boy, and always wears blue in his outfits.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Disappears after the fourth special.
• Expy: Huck is based on Huckleberry Finn, being a lazy country boy who enjoys fishing.
• Heroes Love Dogs: He has a pet dog named Pupcake.
• Lazy Bum: He’s a very lazy fisherman who spends his days lying around the nearby lake. In the first special, Mr. Sun has to nag Huck in order to get him to actually do something for Strawberry’s birthday.
• Nice Guy: He is a very nice kid, even if he’s a bit blunt with his words.
• The One Guy: Originally not meant to be this in the 1980s as another character, Plum Puddin', was male but eventually retconned to female.

• Demoted to Extra: She never really had any prominence after the first special.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: Unlike her future incarnations, who have an incredibly close bond to Strawberry through being one of her relatives or a best friend, this Apple has no real strong connection to Strawberry aside from being one of her friends, and is much closer to Raspberry Tart considering they live together.
• Hidden Depths: Despite not being able to talk, and her only form of communication being random scribbles on paper, she's pretty well-spoken if Blueberry's translations are to go by.
• The Speechless: She never speaks, being a baby, but can communicate in scribbles.

Voiced by: Joan Gerber (1980); Susan Roman (1983-1984); Susan Snooks (1985)

• Blue Is Heroic: Her signature color is blue.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Especially in the first special.
• The Ditz: She’s fairly forgetful and silly.
• Forgetful Jones: In the first special, she often loses track of the conversation to the point of forgetting things she just said.
• Translator Buddy: She's the only one who can read Apple Dumplin's scribbled notes in the 80s series. Well, her and the Pieman, apparently.
• True Blue Femininity: She is feminine and always wears blue.

Voiced by: Pamela Anderson^*Not to be confused with Pamela Anderson (1980); Unknown (1984)

True to her name, this character has a bit of a mean streak, but eventually becomes nicer as the 1980s series progresses.

• Anti-Hero: She's got a sharp tongue, which gets her admonished a few times.
• Deadpan Snarker: She can be a little mean and snarky sometimes but learns to be nicer at the end.
• Know-Nothing Know-It-All: In the first special, upon being informed about Strawberry's sixth birthday, she claims that it's actually her seventh, seemingly just to be a contrarian.
• Rose-Haired Sweetie: Despite her snarky nature, she eventually grew into a nicer person as the series progressed.

Voiced by: Unknown (1980-1981); Laurie Waller-Benson (1984-1985)

• Alliterative Name: Plum Puddin'.
• Bespectacled Cutie: He/She wears glasses, and is definitely cute as buttons.
• Blue Means Smart One: Has blue hair and is smart.
• Catchphrase: "According to my calculations..."
• Child Prodigy: Is consistently one of the smartest characters in the series, and the franchise as a whole.
• Gender Flip: When the character first came out, he was originally a boy. He was later Retconned to a girl and has stayed as one until Berry in the Big City, where he went back to being a boy.
• Put on a Bus: He disappeared from the series for two years, eventually returning in "Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name", with her absence explained as her being on vacation.
• Riddle for the Ages: At least In-Universe, why Plum was suddenly a girl is never addressed.
• The Smart Guy: Plum is a smart and intelligent boy (later girl after the Gender Flip).
• Toyless Toyline Character: Unlike his friends who all got toys from the start, Plum didn't since the toys of Huckleberry Pie didn't sell well. Subverted when Plum was reintroduced as a girl in 1984.

Voiced by: Diana McCannon (1981); Cree Summer (1984); Laurie Waller-Benson (1985)

• Eccentric Artist: A bit in her debut. She paints a picture of the seashore at a park, because when she went to the seashore she didn't have her paints. She says she'll paint the park when she's in the mountains.
• Iconic Sequel Character: She debuted in the second TV special for the original series, and has gone on to become a mainstay of the franchise.
• Nice Girl: In every generation. She is shy but 'berry' sweet.
• Token Black Friend: She’s the only black character in the series and Strawberry’s best friend.

Voiced by: Unknown (1981); Melleny Melody (1984)

• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Her hat looks like a dollop of meringue.
• Disappeared Dad: In her debut, Lemon Meringue brings up her brother, mother, and Aunt Edna, but makes no mention of a father.
• Girly Girl: She’s generally one of the more feminine characters
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: While a bit full of herself, she is still berry nice.
• Informed Ability: She claims to be a famous model, but doesn’t seem to be well-known. It’s implied she’s not even a model at all, and her claims of being such are due to her ego.
• Narcissist: Her first appearance has her praising her appearance in a glass-less mirror. She then goes to the other side of the mirror and pretends to be the reflection just to praise herself more.
• Polka Dot Positivity: She's a kind girl who is willing to work herself to the bone to make others happy, even if she can be a bit shallow and egotistical at times. She wears a yellow dress covered in polka dots.
• Yellow Is Cheerful: Lemon's signature color is yellow, and she generally has a very haughty and upbeat demeanor

Voiced by: Julie McWhirter Dees

A British scientist who appears in the Big Apple City special. Her way with machines becomes essential when the Peculiar Purple Pieman messes with Strawberry Shortcake's oven.

• Aerith and Bob: She's the only character in the franchise who uses initials as their first name.
• Child Prodigy: Roughly six years old, and a talented inventor and mechanic.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: One of the few characters from the original 80s series that did not return in later incarnations. She also disappears from the specials altogether, despite moving to Strawberryland with everyone else.
• One-Shot Character: Only appeared in her debut special.
• Only Known by Initials: What does "T.N." stand for? Who knows!
• Punny Name: Her name is a play on "tea and honey".
• Smart People Speak the Queen's English: She's a British scientist.
• Smart People Wear Glasses: With yellow frames. The frames become white in the cartoon.
• Stock British Phrases: Most, if not all, of her lines include stereotypical British phrases and British-sounding words.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: For Plum Puddin' as an intelligent glasses-wearing scientist, who was Demoted to Extra in the same special she debuted in.
• Toyless Toyline Character: There were no toys based on her in the original toyline.

Voiced by: Joan Gerber (1981)

"Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City"

• "Friends" Rent Control: She seemingly lives by herself at Spinach Village, with no mention of how on earth she's able to afford her apartment.
• Only One Name: Unlike most of Strawberry's friends, Apricot doesn't have a last name. Averted with the official website's profile for Apricot, which gives her the last name "Jam" for unknown reasons.
• Verbal Tic: In Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City, Apricot can only speak within a limited vocabulary-consisting entirely of high-school level words. Possibly explained by having T.N. Honey as her closest neighbor.

Voiced by: Melleny Melody (1983-1985)

• Breakout Character: Lime didn't even speak in her debut, and didn't really get all that much focus in her subsequent appearances, but she became so popular among fans that she's since been upgraded to being one of Strawberry's closest friends.
• Dance Enthusiast: Lime Chiffon loves dancing, to the point where her outfit looks like that of a ballerina and she wears a tutu.
• The Ditz: Lime can be airheaded at times and often has to have her name called and be pulled away in specific situations.
• Straight to the Pointe: In keeping with her ballerina motif.
• Tutu Fancy: She wears a green tutu.

Voiced by: Julie McWhirter Dees (1982)

A girl known for being very polite. She makes her debut in Pets on Parade in the 1980s specials, where she's new to Strawberryland and the only kid who doesn't have a pet when Strawberry Shortcake meets her. She ends up adopting a skunk she names Souffle.

• Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Wears lilac-colored clothing in a lot of her outfits.
• Meaningful Name: Her name is literally "Angel", and she's of the nicest characters in the franchise.
• Nice Girl: Angel Cake is one at heart, to the point of being overly polite at all times.
• Straight to the Pointe: Dances this way at the end of the "Housewarming Surprise" special.
• Sweet Tooth: She has a weakness for sweets. In fact, in Pets on Parade she claims to be on a diet... it's just that when her mind is preoccupied with something else calories don't affect her (she says), so she can still have sweets then. Given that she’s seen eating a sweet in pretty much every scene she’s in, her mind seems pretty occupied.
• Verbal Tic: 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.

• Cuddle Bug: It's in her name.
• Out of Focus: She never got to do anything major, only having a few brief cameos in "Pets on Parade", "Housewarming Party" and "The Baby Without A Name".
• Punny Name: "Cherry Cobbler"

A toddler-assumed to be around the same age as Apple Dumplin' and Apricot-who only appears as a brief cameo in "Pets on Parade".

• Flat Character: Like Cherry Cuddler, Butter Cookie has basically nothing in terms of personality, but even less so since while Cherry has her “hugging everyone” gimmick, Butter doesn’t have a unique trait that makes her stand out.
• Out of Focus: Like Cherry Cuddler, Butter has little to nothing about her aside from cameos in the specials.

Voiced by: Susan Roman (1983)

• Early-Installment Weirdness: There's no mention of her being a fashion designer, something that would define her future incarnations.
• Gratuitous French: Occasionally peppers French sayings into her speech.
• Maurice Chevalier Accent: Tends to speak with an exaggerated French accent.
• Onion Johnny: She wears a green-and-white striped shirt and a brown beret.
• Supreme Chef: In the 1980s version, she's said she's even better at cooking than Strawberry.

• Asians Love Tea: A token Chinese character who, as her name suggests, is themed around tea.
• Token Minority: The only Asian character in the series.
• The Voiceless: Never speaks at any point.

Voiced by: Unknown (1983)

A friend of Strawberry's from Mexicocoa with a love of arts and crafts. She first appears in the "Housewarming Surprise" special.

• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: One of the few characters from the original 80s series that did not return in later incarnations.
• Phenotype Stereotype: Her illustrations show her as a brunette with slightly darker skin than Strawberry. Her doll is a little less dark, and has red hair.
• Punny Name: On “café au lait” (a French coffee), and “olé” (the Spanish word for bravo).
• Rhyming Names: Café Olé
• You Don't Look Like You: Her illustrations look different from her toy.

Voiced by: Unknown (1983)

• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: One of the few characters from the original 80s series that did not return in later incarnations.
• Land of Tulips and Windmills: She is a girl with a green thumb.
• Parental Bonus: Her name is a play on a type of cocktail.
• Punny Name: On “mint julep” and “tulip”.

Voiced by: Jeannie Elias (Lem), Susan Roman (Ada) (1983)

Friends of Strawberry's from Pickledilly circus, near identical twins who are always seen together.

• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: They only existed in the 1980s version of the franchise and did not return in the later incarnations.
• Half-Identical Twins: Lem's the boy, Ada's the girl. Strawberry admits that she can barely tell the two apart.
• Punny Name: "Lemonada", the Spanish word for lemonade.
• Stock British Phrases: Just like T.N. Honey, the two tend to pepper their lines with stereotypical British words from time to time.
• Twin Banter: As they're constantly around each other, they tend to banter.

Voiced by: Susan Roman (1984-1985)

She is first introduced in "The Baby Without A Name"

• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Peach Blush joined the central cast in the last two 1980s specials, but has not reappeared since, though she was considered to return in Berry in the Big City.
• Friend to All Children: Enough so to be the caretaker of Baby Needs-A-Name despite being only six years old herself.
• Sixth Ranger: She joined Strawberry's central group of friends in the final two specials.
• Southern Belle: She has a southern accent, and is implied to be from the southern United States, as the region is well-known for having an abundance of magnolias.

Voiced By: Monica Parker

The final baby character in the original 1980s series, she appeared in the "Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name" special. Like her nickname indicates, she doesn't actually have a name.

• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Has never appeared after the 1980s series.
• The Nameless: Duh. In fact, her doll was specifically marketed around the gimmick of the customer getting to be the one who names her.
• Never Given a Name: She never gets an actual name in the special she appears in. In production notes and some supplementary material she is referred to as "Lullaberry", however, which is one of the default names that can be given to her doll.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: She's always called "Baby Needs-A-Name" because she doesn't have an actual name of her own.

Voiced by: Mellony Melody (1985)

• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has blonde hair and is a sweet girl.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Banana might as well be named "Jane Fondana".
• Passionate Sports Girl: She treats everything she does like an exercise.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Naturally, being one of the new toys for that year, Banana ends up getting a lot of focus compared to the preexisting cast, who barely get to so much as speak.
• Tomboy: Probably the closest the original series got to one, as she-in her own words-"treat(s) everything (she) does like an exercise".
• Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She’s an energetic athlete but keeps her hair in cute pigtails.

Voiced by: Julie McWhirter Dees (1982)

Strawberry Shortcake's pet cat.

• Animal Talk: In one scene, she speaks with Souffle the Skunk in 1982's Pets on Parade. That said, she is mainly silent around the humans.
• Non-Human Sidekick: She is a cat but still a part of the fun on Strawberry's adventures.

Huckleberry Pie's pet dog.

• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Like his owner, Pupcake is nowhere to be seen in the final two specials.
• Meaningful Name: As revealed in one of the storybooks, Pupcake was named such because the Pieman swapped Huckleberry's birthday cake with a fake that had the puppy inside. Huck was so enamored by the pup that he adopted him on the spot and named him "Pupcake".
• Punny Name: His name is a portmanteau of "puppy" and "cupcake".
• Uncatty Resemblance: Sometimes depicted with green stripes matching Huckleberry's.

Orange Blossom's pet butterfly.

• Theme Naming: Marmalades are a type of fruit preserves made from oranges, matching her owner.

Blueberry Muffin's pet mouse.

• A Mouse Named "Mozzarella": A mouse named "Cheesecake".

Voiced by: Jeannie Eilas (1983)

Lime Chiffon's pet parrot.

• Polly Wants a Microphone: Can talk, due to being a parrot.

Lemon Meringue's pet frog.

• Uncatty Resemblance: Has a polka-dotted torso that matches his owner's outfit.

Voiced by: Joan Gerber

Angel Cake's pet Skunk. He only appears in the original 1980s series.

• Smelly Skunk: Subverted, as no one comments on his smell, but he does mention that everyone runs away from him because he's a skunk.

Raspberry Tart's pet monkey.

• Silly Simian: He has a bit of a mischievous side to him.

Apple Dumplin's pet turtle.

• Alliterative Name: Tea Time Turtle.

Apricot's pet bunny.—-

• Odd Name Out: He doesn't seem to be named after a food like the other pets.

Cherry Cuddler's pet goose.

• Punny Name: A goose named Gooseberry.

Butter Cookie's pet bear.

• Punny Name: Jelly bean + Bear

Peach Blush's pet lamb.

Tea Blossom's pet panda.

• Ambiguous Gender: Has been referred to with male and female pronouns.
• Punny Name: Marzipan + Panda

Mint Tulip's pet duck.

• Punny Name: Marshmallow + Mallard

Crepes Suzette's pet poodle.

• Ship Tease: When Strawberry shows Éclair in her vacation slideshow, Pupcake immediately howls in approval.
• Theme Naming: Like crepes, éclairs are French desserts.

Cafe Ole's pet burro.

• Punny Name: Burrito is a play on both the Mexican dish, and the Spanish word for a small donkey.

• Punny Name: Sugar wafer + Woof

Voiced by: Jeri Craden (1984)

Baby Needs-A-Name's pet lizard thing.

• Big-Hearted Bigfoot: Despite him being a reptilian monster, he’s rather friendly and adorable, even being adopted by Baby Needs-A-Name.
• Punny Name: His name is based on Bigfoot, with the “f” and “b” swapped, making him Fig (as in the fruit) Boot (because of his giant footprints).
• Shout-Out: The Purple Pieman compares him to Godzilla during a musical number.

Plum Pudding's pet owl.

• Remember the New Guy?: When Plum rejoins the cast in "Baby Without a Name", Strawberry makes sure to welcome back Elderberry, and acts as if he’s always been around despite never appearing beforehand.

Voiced by: Jack Blum (Captain Cackle)(1983)

The Peculiar Purple Pieman's pet crows who act on his command, stealing berries, spying, and causing general mischief. Their leader is Captain Cackle.

• Depending on the Writer: Pieman either has only one Berry Bird or an entire flock.
• Suddenly Speaking: They go from caw-ing like regular crows to speaking in Housewarming Surprise. Justified, as Pieman specifically taught them to speak as part of his schemes to spy on Strawberry and friends.

Sour Grapes' pet snake.

• Meaningful Name: Dregs are the sludge leftovers in coffee cups after drinking, but it also means "a worthless part of society", a fitting name for a villanous animal.
• Snakes Are Sinister: He's an evil snake whose the pet of Sour Grapes.

Raisin Cane's pet worm.

• Odd Name Out: Is the only pet to not be named after a food, unless you count dirt as food for worms.
• Xtreme Kool Letterz: His name is a mispelling of the word "dirt".

A ladybug known for being incredibly observant. He communicates through a series of musical buzzes.

• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He never gets mentioned after his only appearance.
• One-Shot Character: Only appears in the first special and never again.

Voiced by: Bob Holt

A French snail, he works as a mailman in Strawberryland.

• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He disappears from the series from the third special onwards.
• A Pig Named "Porkchop": He's a snail, and his name is named after a French delicacy made from snails.
• Snail Mail: The personification of this trope, as Escargot is literally a snail who delivers mail. Slowly.

• One-Shot Character: Only appears in his debut special, despite moving to Strawberryland at the end.
• Token Minority: Is one of four non-white characters, being Latino.

• A Dog Named "Dog": A horse named Horseradish.

A horse from the 1980s series, who only appears for a few seconds in the “Baby Without a Name” special, taking Strawberry and friends to the Trolley Station.

• Advertised Extra: Has an entire toy dedicated to her, but she only appears for a few seconds in the actual specials.
• Punny Name: Maple Syrup + Stirrup

Voiced by: Robert Ridgely (1980-1985)

• Added Alliterative Appeal: The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak.
• Ambition Is Evil: The Pieman will gladly turn to dirty tricks to stay the greatest baker around.
• Beat the Curse Out of Him: His Kohlrabi Cookies are so bad, one bite can snap a man out of hypnosis.
• Breakout Villain: In the original series, he appeared in the first TV special and came to be the main villain of the series.
• Character Tic: In the 1980s version, he does a tap dance while going "Yah-tah-tah-tah-tah-tah-tah-tah, tah-tah-tah-tah! Cha!"
• Cheaters Never Prosper: In Big Apple City he swaps Strawberry's milk, flour, butter and strawberries with chalk water, plaster, axle grease, and bubble gum during the baking contest. Her new friends quickly hit the market and replace everything in time.
• Chronic Villainy: According to him in "Big Apple City", his "evil conscience" does not allow him to remain a good guy even if he tries to be good.
• Cordon Bleugh Chef: This is a big plot point in Big Apple City, in which he and Strawberry are pitted against each other in the Bake-Off. Since he knows he can't honestly beat Strawberry with his Kohlrabi Cookies, he comes up with plan after plan to keep things from getting to that point.
• Costume Evolution: He originally wore all purple clothing until the third special "Housewarming Surprise" where he started to wear blue with the hat either being pink or purple.
• Cut Lex Luthor a Check: He's shown proficiency with making gadgets and training birds, but still prefers doing evil schemes.
• Dastardly Whiplash: Basically a poster child for the trope, with his bombastic personality and evil mustache. he even twirls his mustache at times.
• Heel–Face Revolving Door: Actually agreed to become a good guy at the end of the first special when Strawberry and her friends extended their friendship to him after they'd defeated him, but by the time of the second his "evil conscience" causes him to return to villainy.
• Impossible Thief: As mentioned above, he manages to swap out Strawberry Shortcake's ingredients on a closed stage, with untold numbers of eyes staring directly at him, on live TV, without anyone noticing.
• Lethal Chef: In the first special, he's implied to be at least a decent chef, but in Big Apple City his cookies are so bad they make the oven sick, although that could be due to his decision to make them with Kohlrabi.
• Literal-Minded: On occasion, though it's fairly realistic in that he isn't always literal-minded. It helps that Strawberryland is weird anyway.
• Love at First Sight: Falls for the Berry Princess as soon as he sees her, which she uses to manipulate him.
• Not in Front of the Parrot!: Invoked. He went to a lot of effort to teach his Berry Birds speech, and uses them to spy on peoples' conversations. This gets used against him when Strawberry teaches them a "berry talk" song and they go right back to Porcupine Peak and start singing it 'til he can't take any more.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: While he's generally a bumbler in all incarnations, in the first special he floods Strawberryland and steals all the berries, and is only foiled by the Narrator, Mr. Sun, helping Strawberry out.
• Poke the Poodle: Given the target audience, his schemes never put Strawberry and her friends in danger of anything but inconvenience or depriving them of something they want.
• Spell My Name with a "The": Subverted. 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.
• Suckiness Is Painful: Strawberry Shortcake's "berry talk" is literally painful to him, as is Sour Grapes's yodeling. He's sincerely frightened by the prospect of being exposed to either.
• Thin Chin of Sin: His chin is thin, and we tend to see him do evil things.
• Third-Person Person: Sometimes.
• Verbal Tic: When the Pie Man mentions himself, he always says it as dramatically as possible, then follows with a quick song and dance.
• Visionary Villain: He has lofty dreams of taking over Strawberryland, but never gets to achieve them.
• Weaksauce Weakness: In the 1980s specials, berry talk, which undoes his plans in two specials in a row.
• White Hair, Black Heart: He has white hair, and is fairly evil

Voiced by: Joan Gerber (1982); Jeri Craden (1983-1985)

• Chaste Toons: She has a young niece in the comics, Raisin Cane.
• Didn't Think This Through: In Meets the Berrykins she plans to make the most irresistible perfume in the world—by combining literally every single scent from roses to garbage.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: This Sour Grapes is completely evil, when her future incarnations would be better known as sympathetic villains with a kind side who eventually redeem themselves.
• Evil Diva: Complete with High-Class Gloves and the purple outfit.
• Feather Boa Constrictor: Sour Grapes wears her pet snake like this.
• Genki Girl: Though she is a grown woman, she has a tendency to get overly excited
• Literal-Minded: Much less so than the Pieman, though she falls into it at times.
• Make Some Noise: One of her powers was to cackle and make a horrendous noise that could stagger people.
• Makeup Is Evil: In the sixth TV special, her obsession with making the perfect perfume causes a huge, rotten-smelling cloud to form and threaten Strawberryland and the Berrykins, and she tries to capture and shake the scent out of the Berrykins to get it right.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: While her plans are always foiled, she's generally more dangerous than the Pieman, and more willing to threaten people to get what she wants. She also boasts of having successfully committed crimes when he hasn't.
• The Starscream: In the comics she plotted to take over the Pieman's castle while he was away searching for a dragon's treasure.
• Thin Chin of Sin: Just like the Peculiar Purple Pieman himself does, she has a thin chin and does bad things.
• Would Hurt a Child: Plans to shake all the scent out of the babylike Berrykins for her perfume.

• Anti-Villain: Unlike her aunt and the Pieman, she's torn between wanting to help them out in their evil plans and wanting to befriend Strawberry Shortcake.
• Canon Foreigner: Was exclusive to the 1980s comic series.
• Daddy's Little Villain: She's Sour Grapes' evil niece, though she does genuinely want to be friends with Shortcake and friends, her loyalties remain with Pieman and her aunt.
• Put on a Bus: Disappears for a few issues in the comics due to Sour Grapes sending her to Sourpuss Finishing School, hoping that her time there will teach her to be more evil. Given her actions upon her return, it definitely worked.
• Raisins Are Revolting: Her raisin theming plays into her unpleasant personality, though it is downplayed since she did have her moments of kindness.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: In the final issue of the comics, Raisin is noticeably more of a jerk to Strawberry and has no positive interactions with her at all, which is in stark contrast to their previous Friendly Enemy dynamic. Justified, as she had been sent to a school that literally teaches her to be more evil.

Voiced by: Romeo Muller (1980-1982); Chris Wiggins (1983-1985)

• Alien Non-Interference Clause: Somewhat implied in the first special, where he sits back and lets events unfold until he can't stand the Purple Pieman's nefarious actions anymore and rats him out to Strawberry. In later specials he helps out much more readily.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: Due to his role as the narrator, Mr. Sun talks to the audience frequently.
• Deus ex Machina: Occasionally interferes with the plot to tell the characters something or assist with whatever they need him to at the most crucial moment.
• Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Receiving end. Despite his powerful nature, this guy nearly gets suffocated by the pungent cloud that Sour Grapes emits from the Pie Tin Palace in her attempts to create perfume.
• Make a Wish: In the first special when Strawberry Shortcake and her friends want to get their berries back from the Pieman, Mr. Sun asks her to do this and animates a forest of trees to threaten the Pieman at her request. Technically, he is a star...
• Narrator: He narrates the specials and introduces the characters.
• Nice Guy: Friend to all the good folks in Strawberryland, and willing to intervene as best as he can against the Pieman and Sour Grapes.
• The Omnipresent: He's, you know, the sun, so not much can escape his gaze.
• When Trees Attack: His aide in the first special has him sic a bunch of trees on the Peculiar Purple Pieman, trashing the Pie Tin Palace and forcing him to give Strawberry Shortcake and her buddies the stolen berries back.

Voiced by: Susan Roman (Berry Princess); Russi Taylor (Strawberry), Susan Roman (Peach), Melleny Melody (Banana), Laurie Waller-Benson (Plum) (Berrykins)(1985)

• Badass Adorable: The Strawberry Berrykin manages to avoid capture while the bad guys kidnap his siblings. He and Strawberry Shortcake then join forces to save the other Berrykins.
• Combo Platter Powers: The Berry Princess can, at least, fly, create/infuse scents, and uh, grow hair. Because berries and other fruits have hair?
• Invasion of the Baby Snatchers: Inverted. These guys are non-human children who get kidnapped by The Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes (presumably humans).
• The Nameless: The Berry Princess is only known as the Berry Princess.
• Objectshifting: The Berrykins can transform into fruits that match their scent. Apparently, they can still move around like this, as the Strawberry Berrykin demonstrates when he harasses the Peculiar Purple Pieman. Strawberry Shortcake learns this the hard way when she sees her strawberry on the porch.
• Odd Job Gods: The Berrykins create scents from their bodies for fruits. The Berry Princess corrals them (and also creates scents).
• Painting the Frost on Windows: The Berrykins are tiny children who help the Berry Princess provide the scent for berries and other fruits.
• Parental Substitute: It's not clear where the Berrykins come from, but the Berry Princess basically serves as their den mother, at least until she (temporarily) fobbed them off on the Strawberryland kids.
• Princesses Rule: Applies to The Berry Princess, as there’s no sign of a Queen.
• Promotion to Parent: At the end of the special she just hands the Berrykins over to Strawberry Shortcake and her friends then heads up into the sky. Strawberry and her friends, one should note, are roughly six years old. Averted in the comics, where it’s shown she’s still the Berrykins' guardian.
• Rhymes on a Dime: The Berry Princess introduces the Berrykins in a rhyming poem.
• Toyless Toyline Character: The Blueberry, Raspberry, Lemon, and Lime Berrykins appear in the special, but none of them actually have a toy.
• Toyline-Exclusive Character: In the toyline, there is a Mint Berrykin meant to accompany Mint Tulip, but neither appeared in the special.
• Visible Odor: The Berrykins spray puffs of the signature scent with a color that matches their own.

Voiced by: Bob Holt

The host of the baking competition in "Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City", and the vice president/sole employee at the Little Theater off Times Pear, which leaves him incredibly stressed out with the large workload.

• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Despite deciding to move to Strawberryland at the end of the special, he's never seen in future specials.
• Instant Costume Change: Can instantly switch outfits depending on the job he's currently doing.
• Man of a Thousand Voices: He switches between different voices depending on the job he's doing.
• New Job as the Plot Demands: Throughout the special, he has to run back and forth performing every single job at the network. Deconstructed, as he's clearly an overworked wreck who really needs a day off. By the time the bake-off ends, Coco literally grovels to Strawberry to let him come with her to Strawberryland so he can finally retire.
• Passing the Torch: Played for Laughs. At the end of the special Coco decides to retire to Strawberryland, but Strawberry reminds him that the network literally cannot function without him. As such, he decides to give the network to Pieman as punishment for his evildoings so he can retire.
• Punny Name: His name is a play on "coconut" and "network".