Not necessarily an idea for a hypothetical gen 6, but after all these years, I'm surprised they have haven't made a witchy character named Pumpkin Spice
i have a strawberry shortcake OC i made last year named Pumpkin Pie, with a pet bat named Pumpkin Spice. Pumpkin Pie is a clown like character who loves pranks and scaring their friends as well as performing as a clown. I made a design for them in the 80s G1 style and the 2003 G3 style
Muriel Fahrion (pioneer of the most well known version of strawberry shortcake) actually sells merchandise of a character named pumpkin spice that is a pumpkin pie character and has a pet squirrel named something similar to nutmeg!
I had one of the old 2000s Happy Meal toys, and the orange one still vaguely smelled like orange more than a decade later. Couldn't say the same for the blueberry one tho.
A friend had to dig up her yard about 10 years ago to put in a pool. A full sized Strawberry Shortcake was in the soil. The hair and clothing had rotted off but she squeezed it, and smelled the breath plain as day.
I always found it a little sad that they straightened out Orange Blossom and Strawberry Shortcake’s hair after the 2000s. Those were the only dolls I had as a kid with “naturally” curly hair that looked more like mine.
There were a few of the dolls in the 1980s that had curly hair. Raspberry Tart, for example. I think that Lemon Meringue and Orange Blossom did as well. There were quite a few of the old-school dolls that had curly or wavy hair. Strawberry back then had straight hair.
Considering how popular cottage core/return-to-earth stuff is right now, I'd take the Gen6 series back to it's roots of whimsy and nature themed aesthetics. The only other toy line that really has that aesthetic is Calico Critters but they're not what I would call fashion dolls.
I’d LOVE big Barbie-esque dolls with Sylvanian Families’ style and accessories ☹️ Strawberry Shortcake and that cozy, family-focused kind of doll line would be AMAZING! I’d love if this hypothetical line could also focus on not only cottagecore fashion, but actual cottage playsets and doll houses ☹️ I think a little kitchen playset with homemade little breads would be incredibly cute!
I think rainbow high esque dolls but with cottagecore fashions would be wildly successful. They could dip into different fashion styles but keep the fruit motifs and it could work too.
Absolutely!! I’d kill for big fashion dolls with OG Strawberry’s fashion sense! Big, poofy outfits and curly hair with sweet little fruit and dessert-themed accessories ☹️ Maybe with a line of scented stuffed toys of the characters as well! I don’t know if I’d like my doll displays to smell, but scented soft toys feel cozier!
I’m surprised we haven’t had a straight up magical girl strawberry shortcake yet! She has all the pieces for it! Colour coordinated girls, a mascot animal for each one, an extra fruit theming, two eeeevil villains… all it needs is magic powers!
I think something similar to the style of Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters but with dolls would work SO well for Strawberry Shortcake. I think the cozy, cottagecore vibes would be super cute to see with these characters
I would love to see a video about dolls related to Strawberry Shortcake like your Monster High “rip-off” video. Like cherry merry muffin, peppermint rose, lil miss, and rose petal place. I just think it would make such a great video since I don’t see a lot of people talking about those dolls!!
I agree! I had a Watermelon Sweet Scents doll from the 90s that makes me so nostalgic, but that line was definitely drawing heavily from Strawberry Shortcake.
huh, i've never heard of any of these. but makes sense that strawberry shortcake would have at least a few imitators/knockoffs given how long the franchise has been around.
I'd love to see a video about Holly Hobbie, if that was something you were planning to do in the future. My grandmother loved that brand - she even made her own quilts for it by transferring coloring pages onto fabric and embroidering them.
Yes! Please do Holly Hobbie! I had bed sheets and doll of her when I was a kid. I found one on EBay many years ago to give to my daughter for Christmas and she’s 17 now and still has it to this day. I also have decorative plates and a vintage ashtray of her.
Holly Hobbie is such an interesting brand and I feel like every time I learn something new about it! I owned a 2000s doll and also a little plushie of her dog! I also loved playing the online games! I remember getting her for Christmas at my Grandma’s house and I would have never guessed that the little magnet she had of the back of a raggedy looking doll with a big bonnet was the predecessor of the tall, and fashionable (at the time) doll that I was holding in my hands! At least not until this video!
It's interesting how in my country (Argentina) the Holly Hobbie dolls weren't as popular as the Sarah Kay illustrations (which were HUGE), being both so similar on design.
Great video! If I was in charge of a Gen 6, I'd bring back the fantasy elements and lean HEAVY into the cottagecore aesthetic for the character designs. I'd would probably include more male characters, for added diversity. I hope you cover Lady LovelyLocks at some point, she's one I'd love to see a reboot for.
I liked your point about 2003 Strawberry Shortcake being more tomboy like and not being overly girly. I grew up with that generation and I really believe that left an imprint on me and how I dress myself. As a kid most fashion dolls weren't appealing for my personality, but I was really into Strawberry Shortcake for just how simple her outfits were. I even dressed up as her for Halloween when I was 5. I like your analysis on this series and this has been my favorite video I've seen covering Strawberry Shortcake. Keep up the great videos!
I always think your voice is perfect for saying doll names outloud :D Like, "butter cookie, cherry cuddler" sounds really right when you say it lmao, i can't explain it great video as always!! i think only the 2009 (gen 4) version was popular where i live, so i only learned of her original look once i got way older, 2003 version is actually incredibly charming and is my favourite
Honestly, doubling down on the Strawberry being more tomboyish in terms of her fashion sense and creating a direct contrast in Orange Blossom would be fun. While everyone is into gardening and cooking, i also think having everyone be more into a certsin aspect of it would also work, especial if you wanted a more relaxed cozy show
i've always adored the Strawberry Shortcake cartoons ever since I was little. And so, growing up with the 2003 and onward versions of it's whimsical world with it's fairies and mermaids, I'm actually surprised that there was never a "magical girl" generation like Ojomajo Doremi or Star Darlings. It would honestly make a lot of sense and bring some more fun to the table. Also, at some point I really wanna cosplay as like either her or Orange Blossom, not just because Orange Blossom is black, but also just because of the aesthetic. :3
I think the Strawberry Shortcake crew feel more like Smurfs; their proximity to a fantastical world are what make them "magic" (not talking about the newest generation, which tones down the extraordinary elements a lot). I don't think that they're even exactly human - instead of being born the normal way they probably sprout out of flower blossoms or something cutesy like that
Agreed, a magical girl generation would be perfect! Not to be too much of a weeb, but I genuinely think a Japanese media company could make an excellent reboot of Strawberry Shortcake, whether it’s adapted for the Japanese market specifically or not. There’s so much potential in these characters and their aesthetics. She already has a history of being heavily localized with the older doll lines. Even if it doesn’t get translated back out into English for us, these characters could thrive in an adaptation like the new Japanese Tom & Jerry cartoon (or I guess technically anime?)
Back to Gen1, he isn't just the Purple Pieman, he's the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak (ya-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta--ta-ta-ta-ta). It's one of the few things that's stuck in my head for the last 40ish years since that first cartoon. I was a little kid when it came out, and I remember having the dolls and watching the show, and wanting a Pieman doll, because I didn't have enough bad guys in my toy collection for my good guys to fight. Skeletor and his minions are the ones I remember most vividly, and I think that I had a Lurky, and I had a few evil Go-Bots, but Strawberry and Rainbow Brite and the Care Bears needed more villains to rescue He-Man from! I see Strawberry, and I have nostalgia for her, but she doesn't stick in my head as well as the Care Bears or MLP do.
I had a dream once where the strawberry shortcake characters all went on a season of The Great British Bake-Off, and honestly I think that would be a really cute idea for a movie or mini series. They could age the characters up while still really playing into the fruit theming. I think it would be super cozy 🍓
here is brazil she was HUGE. but a nice detail is so much of her merch was stationary related. i uniquely remember how MASSIVE her coloring books were, my absolute favorites growing up and a lot of my friends too.
i'm glad you had such glowing praise for g3...the more boyish strawberry had always been my favorite i remember when i was a kid and g4 i was announced i was like whys she look so different:(
You know I never was attached super strongly to the Strawberry Shortcake brand, but I have a STRONG memory of first seeing the Berry Bitty Adventures version at McDonald’s, and being absolutely furious about what they did. And I must’ve been only 10.
There’s no way I’m not getting that toy because it’s a waste of money and that toy has a swear word or inappropriate toy that I won’t get and the toy just sucked
hear me out but making the next generation victorian and lolita inspired i feel would be such a nice direction for the line. bring back the desert inspired characters as well as the fruit themes, focusing more on the characters and world building. something that aided the gen 3 version was how colorful and candy themed the world was, chocolate rivers and lollipop trees. each character can have their own themed cottage that corresponds to their fruit or desert. maybe even taking the series in a “magical girl” direction similar to my little pony friendship is magic where it’s largely a slice of life but with magical elements. really focusing on the characters and their friendships with one another
if i made strawberry shortcake it would be rather 2003-esque with similar designs but maybe aged up a little? like middle school age, and it would definitely be very much the same cozy fantasy vibe, a little tomboy strawberry shortcake and her little pink cat. I think personally a tomboy character who wears pink/likes pink would be good for kids, especially as someone who is very masculine but collects dolls and likes "girly" media. anyways. orange blossom and strawberry shortcake would be gfs by the end of the series
I was born in 1980, so G1 will always be my favorite! I still have my childhood dolls and they still smell yummy! I recently gave them a spa day and they are all nice and refreshed (although we did sadly lose a limb or two... oops.)
I'm gonna be honest I wish they would double down on the fantastical elements of Strawberry Shortcake and make them little witches and make their pets familiars. I feel like that's such an easy direction to go in and I'm shocked they've never tried it.
Personally, I feel like there's such a massive dearth in children's imagination after pads and smartphones became common, and too much media activly choose to reinforce it rather than challenge kids with different fairytale settings.
@@blondbraid7986 like kids still go outside. I see it all the time. I live in apartments and now that the snow is melting the kids are starting to play out gathering together. I go to places and see kids at art museums, hands on children science museums, the park, the skatepark, nature parks, on playgrounds, roller skating, on sports teams. They just also have screen time like we have had through video games, TV, laptops& computers. Don't worry the future still looks bright just a little different I even heard people debating how much math they should teach because the excuse was always you won't always have a calculator but now we do (which does sound scary) I was one of the last generations I think that learned cursive writing in school, so it's interesting thinking of the concept of math being taught extremely different because we have calculators with us all the time, while at the same time school advance the math for the current generation.
Well it's not children's faul,they are also easily impressionable, why people act like childrens short attention spans are personality traits or genetic...🤔🙁 sorry if it seems I am all attacking you,just saying.
I owned the playset shown at 31:20 and can I just say THANK YOU for unlocking this memory from me. Definitely not the best designed doll, but let me tell you, she smelled amazing. I remember sitting there smelling her hair more than playing with her as a kid lol
I would do a fusion of Gen 1 and 2 PLUS a line of cuddly rag dolls for bed decor and night time cuddles. The idea of cuddling a soft yarn haired strawberry shortcake with a cute dress and soft body sounds like childhood dreams
Here in argentina we got a new collection in 2023 by Planeta De Agostini under the name "Frutillitas: doll classic collection". They are magazines with a piece of doll that you have collect them all. They have the original american 80's design tho, not the argentine ones.
My introduction to Strawberry Shortcake was the 2003 run, but I always held a really soft spot for the 80s designs and dolls. I loved the proportions, and I adored how plush and poofy their outfits and hair were! You did mention Holly Hobbie alongside Strawberry Shortcake's origins, but I feel like it's worth pointing out how Holly Hobby also had her own reboot circa 2007, in a style that felt like a mix of the end of G3 & G4 Strawberry. 2 80s girls franchises that started off with a lot of pioneer nostalgia elements who then got more modernized in the 2000s where their protags would wear jeans, and both something I could see making a big splash nowadays if they leaned back more into their pioneer roots to touch on the Cottagecore audience.
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I would like to imagine some executives after deciding the direction is "alright! Strawberry in the urban big city where we minimize the whimsical elements!" were kicking themselves upon seeing how MASSIVE the cottagecore aesthetic took off in 2020 and how the first generation really fell into that aesthetic (and Gen 3 to some extent but that's me and my nostalgia). I think I'm with most folks here with a hypothetical Generation 6 being back to the roots of the cozy vibes of the first generation, but also keeping with the diversity from the newest incarnation. A best of both worlds situation.
I grew up with G1 (I still have a bed coverlet with her on it), my son with the bitty adventures, and my daughter with the latest. You make me want to check out your childhood version!
I am not a doll collector is any significant sense. Your videos have been so instrumental and informative to me. I'd shake your hand if ever we met. I really appreciate the care taken to your content. I love the lens you have in viewing what each doll line contributes. Very cool stuff!!! I have Integrity Jem, and now TLS RB and SS. Would love your thoughts on them. Amazing channel, boss!
i were in charge of gen 6: - first of all i'm bringing back ginger snap in all her audhd glory. - i'd bring back plum pudding too! glasses and all! - next, i'm switching the animation style to, like, non-flash 2d animation - i'd make the overall aesthetic more whimsical and cottagecore-esque - also i would capitalize on the amount of people begging for a strawberry shortcake vhs/dvd-scented perfume and sell it through a trustworthy, high quality yet affordable perfume company - keep up with the diversity of gen5.. maybe make strawberry and orange blossom gfs
I'll be honest here: I want a spinoff about the peculiar pie man. He is just my favorite. Some silly Sponge Bob type thing where his plans are constantly floored to the ground by a group of fruit themed primary school kids. The peculiar pie man: A strawberry?... Strawberry ShortCake: *Puts on her hat.* Te peculiar pie man: STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE?! Thats the show.
Gen 3 was the one I grew up with! I used to have very short hair when I was a kid due to medical reasons, and was also a bit tomboyish, so the short-haired, outdoorsy rendition of Strawberry has a special place in my heart and I identified with her a lot. I will say, I love the Gen 4 designs, especially Orange Blossom. They made her hair so pretty!
27:33 they were my strawberry shortcake and while I loved them as a kid they definitely have a lot of faults, especially when it comes as a orange blossom.
I was born in ‘82, so I grew up with Gen 1…and until today, didn’t even realize there WERE further iterations! The mid-2000s age-up seems a little…weird, though. I think it lumps them in with all the other teenage, non-Barbie fashion dolls, & loses all the cozy charm. And that line about how Gen 4 SB now spending her time chatting on her cell phone instead of brushing her cat, it just makes me a little sad. I liked SBSC, but my favorite 80s girl was definitely Rainbow Brite, so I don’t remember having a ton of SBSC merch. I did watch the tv specials though!
Yes, thank you for bringing up the lack of Orange Blossom and Ginger Snap dolls made by Playmates! I noticed this myself a few months ago and am glad to not be alone in this knowledge. The DVD box art does not have this problem, so my suspicions lies on Playmates alone.
Greeting card were slaying with 80s franchises. Care bears, Rainbow Brite, Strawberry shortcake, Holly Hobbie, truly iconic. I love strawberry shortcake and I mostly grew up with 2009 era but I was on the cusp of 2000s and 2010s eras of toys, so I vaguely remember watching the old series and I SWEAR I had the winterberry twist gingersnap lmao. Despite my eternal love for the 2009 era, I really wish they kept the curls. Being a mixed girl with tight curls seeing so many characters with tight curls was so cool to see. I was at first exited to see what moose toys would do with the license, but after remembering what they did with my poor girl betty spaghetti, I have zero hope.
I grew up with the first generation and I still go back time to time to watch even though I'm 45 years old. My heart still is with that generation though I haven't watched any of the other generations as of yet. I grew up watching her and Rainbow Bright, the original Scooby Doo and the New Scooby Doo Movies that all came out back in the 70s, Thundercats and of course Disney was thrown in there as well.
I agree with you about all your critiques about generation 4 (esp orange blossom), and as a cusp millennial who grew up with the gen 3 strawberry shortcake I too have a great fondness for that series. Something you did not mention however is Gen 4 actually has a comic series, and I have a particular soft spot for it. The designs are too samey still and the stories themselves are not extraordinary, but I remember the art was very charming and surprisingly good quality. It had a similar cozy vibe that the original show had. That was the closest gen 4 got to me feeling like original gen 3 honestly : , )
The 2000s version was the best for me ! So magical and pure ! I have one of a doll when I was little. I'm pretty disenchanted with the new version now :/ cause I think they're not so good compared to the 2000s version. I will never forget the 2003s cartoon. It has forever a place in my heart.❤❤❤
For the next generation idea: I'd LOVE a magical girl reboot. Maybe there could be not only unique scents for the dolls, but some sort of transformation feature, to represent them using magic to change forms in a cartoon?? Like, color change hair that could go from dull red hair to vibrant strawberry pink hair, two outfits (one civilian, one magical girl) maybe separately sold transformation compacts that double as a Polly pocket-esque mini dollhouse? For the show, the pie man could be redesigned as an actually threatening villain for the Strawberry gang to go up against? Maybe he wants to "steal people's happiness by robbing them of the flavor in their lives," (buhdumbum) every episode the Strawberry team finds a citizen getting their happiness literally stolen from them, it could be turned into a monster for them to fight, purify and return back to the citizen (like f.e, the person "flavor of life", the thing that made them happy was fashion designing, or baking, or acting, and when their happiness is removed it becomes corrupted and turned into the monster of the week. The fashion designers monster looks like an evil seamstress, the baker has fire powers reminiscent of an oven, the actor has a spotlight they can shine in people's faces to blind them before they attack, etc) I'm thinking the girls would have Kira Kira Precure type weapons, like colorful whisks, candy cane wands, compacts shaped like cake? There's so much here, American Greetings pls make this reboot happen I NEED it-
I was thinking about this recently too! A magical girl adaption of strawberry shortcake would be such a good idea. The 2003 desinges remind me so much of magical girl civilian outfits and tbh it would work so well. It's kinda funny given that there's already a strawberry shortcake themed magical girl (cure whip from kira kira precure alamode) lmao
i was born in 2003 so my strawberry shortcake stuff was always in the 2003-2009 range, i definitely remember the 2009 era but there is just something special about the 2003 era it is SO special and to me, proof that the first isnt always the best because nostalgia be damned the 2003 era is peak strawberry shortcake
as someone who grew up w the 2000s tv show, the fact that theyre not doing revival lines of the g3 dolls is insane to me. like... the people who have nostalgia for that era also have incomes now!!!
Life was so different when these were 1st popular. I'm turning 50 this year, and the sheer amount of EVERYTHING that young people have access to is overwhelming. It makes me sad that kids now can't embody the feeling of getting a new toy, when there just weren't that many out. Just watching these videos of doll collectors is wild to me, it's more toys than our toy store had! 😂❤
I actually really like the original (like first card design) the best. I think she looks so cute with the mix daisies and strawberries and the orange looks so nice!
New dolls are coming in 2024! i love SBSC!!! and the new dolls look like her first incarnation, but articulated: The New dolls are by Loyal Subject, i THINK.
I love Berry in the Big City, it's such a fun show with great characters. I really don't mind the difference from the earlier gens, it does its own thing and does it well, and the writers seem to have a great degree of creative freedom which definitely helps in writing good episodes. A less-competent studio would probably try too hard to recreate the success of Gen 3, or just shove nostalgia at the audiance for easy likes. There is still nostalgia fanservice in the show, but it's subtle, the kinda thing where a fan would notice it and appreciate it, but someone new to the series wouldn't feel like they're missing something. Also props to Wildbrain for putting the entire G3 (and I think G4?) show on their RUclips channel. I'd still really love for them to release full season boxsets but at least for now, the older shows are easily accessible for free. The two specials that came out recently were GREAT, I'm definitely gonna be re-watching the Christmas one on Christmas Day XD They handled the CGI really well, making it feel just like the rest of the show and not a jarring transition. EDIT: Also, off-topic, love those Powerpuff Girls Z dolls you've got in the background :O
Bandi made good dolls. I love those dolls, and for Hasbros, they are more focused on my little pony as their star child. Littlest petshop was also given the same treatment
I really appreciate this video as someone who drew up with 2003 Strawberry! I can't really say I was upset by her 2009 shift -- I always thought she grew up and was in Middle School so her fashion got more girly -- so I was really happy just to have anything of her around that time. Nice video!
im so happy you made this video!! here in Argentina a newspaper is selling a reproduction of the og version of Strawberry Shortcake and i want one so baad, they are sented an all
FINALLY TALKING About MY GAL Strawberry fun fact one lucky kid had a live action version of Strawberry for a birthday party forever jelly of that kid omg
Strawberry Shortcake 03/06 was such a huge part of my childhood. I know the theme song by heart. I had character headcanons and theories. The DVD cases smelled like strawberries and were pink.
I liked the 80's Strawberry Shortcake dolls because that was what i bought my daughters when they were little. This was very interesting 🥰Thank you for doing this ❤❤🍓🍓
I think leaning into a cottagecore vibe with fairies and cozy little cottages would be the best way to reboot it. Little Bear vibes about a cozy little village with a surrounding forest they go forage in. Simple problems and a focus on friendship and baking.
I think I'm in the same generation as you, late 20s, but the Strawberry shortcake I waws most familiar with was the one from the 1980s, solely because I owned the book "Strawberry Shortcake and the winter that would not end". It is a very heavily fantasy story with all the kids, who apparently live alone with no adults, meeting talking animals while searching for a magical crystal that will cause spring to come. I really loved that book, but I didn't have/know about the dolls. Curse you for making me think of New Ideas to put on my New Ideas shelf, but I think I would go heavily fantasy with the reboot. I'm thinking like a cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs talking animals+food, maybe have a She-ra esque setup where Strawberry + friends havent explored their fantasy world due to some danger and now they have to go on adventures to help save it. I'd want the food theme to be like, relevant to the plot, so maybe you could do something like they can make magical sweets that give them superpowers. Maybe they go to a magical academy where they all learn to make magical sweets, like alchemy but with baking. Actually I think thats a great idea, they should just do a magical baking academy. You mention in the 2000s people were upset about the "sugar" theme but fuck that I'm doing reverse reverse on that idea: I think each character should have a signature recipe that comes in a little recipe book. Lean into the idea of teaching kids Life Skills like cooking simple meals. The dolls come with comically small whisks and bowls and fake desserts and the commercials all show kids having SS making a dish and then them making the dish and having the doll pretend to eat. (I think parents would hate this idea but i would have loved it as a kid, my parents baked bread and cakes with me
Berry bitty adventures was my shit, noone else had heard of strawberry shortcake at school and I'd never seen previous generations so i hoarded the show to myself, felt like something I'd found and looked after
I just got into college and things are so unfamiliar so I just want to say thanks for posting, your videos give me that sense of familiarity that I'm looking for.
best of luck in college! put yourself out there, explore your interests, make new friends (and of course work hard in class lol) and you’ll have a great time :)
i have a very strong core memory of borrowing one of the 2003 specials from my local blockbuster and my mom putting it on during what was supposed to be my nap time, but i stayed up to watch the whole thing. it makes me happy to remember and it's insane that that was literally twenty years ago 😭
just wanna say that my genuine reaction when i saw this in my sub box was "YES! a darling dollz edition strawberry shortcake video!!!!!" your vids are always my fav :D so at least to the point about some people not liking multiple creators doing similar videos...cmon guys it's two (short)cakes!!!
DIC Strawberry Shortcake was such a big part of my childhood, I had DVDs and I watched them almost obsessively (my favourite episode is still the Cinderella one) I remember when the Berry Bitty Adventures came out (because that was my first intro to gen 4), I was so mad. I hated the designs and the amount of bright colours hurt my eyes (also, CGI Huckleberry Pie STILL haunts my nightmares) I'm actually trying to redesign Strawberry Shortcake characters, and I definitely want to lean more into the fruity dessert theme with their clothes, and make it seem more chill because shows that seem... really high energy (like Rise of the TMNT) tend to greatly overwhelm me with how much is going on, to the point I usually can't watch a full episode in one sitting, much less a few at a time
As a 2006 baby, I spent my childhood reading Strawberry Shortcake comics in Sparkle Magazine and having a crush on the lemon girl. Yeah, it's not the favored era of the character, but that was my childhood!
I grew up with the g1 SSC and still have some of my collection. When g3 came around, I was in my 20’s and so pumped for the nostalgia that I bought some items from that collection too. They are both the cutest imo.
I'm excited to see the retro-style dolls and minis that I've heard The Loyal Subjects are releasing soon! Hopefully they will be affordable and I can collect the whole set!
From Brazil, here! I played with the strawberry shortcake dolls (here she’s called moranguinho - little strawberry) of my cousins from the 80s and also with the new generation dolls. I had a complete stationary kit for school. This brings me memories, love your videos ❤️
I adored Strawberry Shortcake as a kid. My grandmother even went through the trouble of getting a custom made crocheted Strawberry Shortcake doll for me, as well as a character that Im pretty sure isnt actually real. I still have them to this day, though I haven't checked on them for around a decade. Even now whenever I smell strawberry scent from other dolls like Lotso it brings me back to hugging my Strawberry Shortcake doll as a kid
I had a strawberry shortcake backpack in kindergarten, and I still have a strawberry shortcake comforter I used in elementary school. This video brought back so many memories
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Not necessarily an idea for a hypothetical gen 6, but after all these years, I'm surprised they have haven't made a witchy character named Pumpkin Spice
Not witchy but they have both the og designer and the new generation made a character with that name
She exists now, but unfortunately not a witch character
pumpkin spice is in the 2021 reboot but she’s an influencer
i have a strawberry shortcake OC i made last year named Pumpkin Pie, with a pet bat named Pumpkin Spice. Pumpkin Pie is a clown like character who loves pranks and scaring their friends as well as performing as a clown. I made a design for them in the 80s G1 style and the 2003 G3 style
Muriel Fahrion (pioneer of the most well known version of strawberry shortcake) actually sells merchandise of a character named pumpkin spice that is a pumpkin pie character and has a pet squirrel named something similar to nutmeg!
I am always surprised the original dolls still smell, like wow were those chemicals strong
I had one of the old 2000s Happy Meal toys, and the orange one still vaguely smelled like orange more than a decade later. Couldn't say the same for the blueberry one tho.
A friend had to dig up her yard about 10 years ago to put in a pool. A full sized Strawberry Shortcake was in the soil. The hair and clothing had rotted off but she squeezed it, and smelled the breath plain as day.
Chemicals? I’m pretty sure it was magic /s
And them vhs and dvd cases😭🫶🏻
When nukes destroy the entire world, it’ll be cockroaches and the scent of strawberries left behind
I always found it a little sad that they straightened out Orange Blossom and Strawberry Shortcake’s hair after the 2000s. Those were the only dolls I had as a kid with “naturally” curly hair that looked more like mine.
There were a few of the dolls in the 1980s that had curly hair. Raspberry Tart, for example. I think that Lemon Meringue and Orange Blossom did as well. There were quite a few of the old-school dolls that had curly or wavy hair.
Strawberry back then had straight hair.
The new show dose give there curly hair back
Considering how popular cottage core/return-to-earth stuff is right now, I'd take the Gen6 series back to it's roots of whimsy and nature themed aesthetics. The only other toy line that really has that aesthetic is Calico Critters but they're not what I would call fashion dolls.
Just because it is not modern or runway fashion I think if a doll has mix and match clothes it can be called a fashion doll!
I’d LOVE big Barbie-esque dolls with Sylvanian Families’ style and accessories ☹️ Strawberry Shortcake and that cozy, family-focused kind of doll line would be AMAZING!
I’d love if this hypothetical line could also focus on not only cottagecore fashion, but actual cottage playsets and doll houses ☹️
I think a little kitchen playset with homemade little breads would be incredibly cute!
Her italian name is Fragolina Dolcecuore which means Little Strawberry Sweet Heart and it still makes me chuckle
I think rainbow high esque dolls but with cottagecore fashions would be wildly successful. They could dip into different fashion styles but keep the fruit motifs and it could work too.
There's a few dolls with this type of look that they made delilah, Victoria, to name a few, and people love them, so u might be right
yes!! i would love to see more cottagecore on the shelves
I think they should release fashion packs already
Absolutely!! I’d kill for big fashion dolls with OG Strawberry’s fashion sense!
Big, poofy outfits and curly hair with sweet little fruit and dessert-themed accessories ☹️
Maybe with a line of scented stuffed toys of the characters as well! I don’t know if I’d like my doll displays to smell, but scented soft toys feel cozier!
That would be adorable!!
2003 Strawberry Shortcake was a HUGE part of my childhood. I got so excited seeing this in my feed.
I remember 2003 Strawberry Shortcake too! I miss it so much
Orange Blossom was my favorite she was so Fluttershy-ish
Yes! I agree with you
The 2003 ver was my favorite version and the first one that I seen as a kid
Saaaaame
I’m surprised we haven’t had a straight up magical girl strawberry shortcake yet! She has all the pieces for it! Colour coordinated girls, a mascot animal for each one, an extra fruit theming, two eeeevil villains… all it needs is magic powers!
The 2003 desinges genuinely feel like civilian outfits lmao. I've always thought that a magical girl strawberry reboot would be really amazing
Yes, like Japan do your stuff
@Crazygamergal, I would love to play strawberry shortcake for mall shows birthday parties or a live action movie!
I think something similar to the style of Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters but with dolls would work SO well for Strawberry Shortcake. I think the cozy, cottagecore vibes would be super cute to see with these characters
I would love to see a video about dolls related to Strawberry Shortcake like your Monster High “rip-off” video. Like cherry merry muffin, peppermint rose, lil miss, and rose petal place. I just think it would make such a great video since I don’t see a lot of people talking about those dolls!!
I agree! I had a Watermelon Sweet Scents doll from the 90s that makes me so nostalgic, but that line was definitely drawing heavily from Strawberry Shortcake.
Monster high is overrated as hell
huh, i've never heard of any of these. but makes sense that strawberry shortcake would have at least a few imitators/knockoffs given how long the franchise has been around.
@@centersolace I didn’t grew up with that franchise
sweet treats is my favorite sbsc “rip off” I like their packaging especially
I'd love to see a video about Holly Hobbie, if that was something you were planning to do in the future. My grandmother loved that brand - she even made her own quilts for it by transferring coloring pages onto fabric and embroidering them.
Yes! Please do Holly Hobbie! I had bed sheets and doll of her when I was a kid. I found one on EBay many years ago to give to my daughter for Christmas and she’s 17 now and still has it to this day. I also have decorative plates and a vintage ashtray of her.
That's Awesome! I bet her quilts were really nice 🍓🍓
Holly Hobbie is such an interesting brand and I feel like every time I learn something new about it! I owned a 2000s doll and also a little plushie of her dog! I also loved playing the online games! I remember getting her for Christmas at my Grandma’s house and I would have never guessed that the little magnet she had of the back of a raggedy looking doll with a big bonnet was the predecessor of the tall, and fashionable (at the time) doll that I was holding in my hands! At least not until this video!
It's interesting how in my country (Argentina) the Holly Hobbie dolls weren't as popular as the Sarah Kay illustrations (which were HUGE), being both so similar on design.
those late 2000s holly hobby flash games were my SHIT when i was little!
Great video! If I was in charge of a Gen 6, I'd bring back the fantasy elements and lean HEAVY into the cottagecore aesthetic for the character designs. I'd would probably include more male characters, for added diversity.
I hope you cover Lady LovelyLocks at some point, she's one I'd love to see a reboot for.
Cottagecore fashion BOY dolls?? I would bawl my eyes out in the toy section, actually, I’m the target demographic of that niche
I liked your point about 2003 Strawberry Shortcake being more tomboy like and not being overly girly. I grew up with that generation and I really believe that left an imprint on me and how I dress myself. As a kid most fashion dolls weren't appealing for my personality, but I was really into Strawberry Shortcake for just how simple her outfits were. I even dressed up as her for Halloween when I was 5. I like your analysis on this series and this has been my favorite video I've seen covering Strawberry Shortcake. Keep up the great videos!
I never thought of her being tomboyish till he said it either. I loved Strawberry Shortcake and fashion dolls when I was little
I always think your voice is perfect for saying doll names outloud :D Like, "butter cookie, cherry cuddler" sounds really right when you say it lmao, i can't explain it
great video as always!! i think only the 2009 (gen 4) version was popular where i live, so i only learned of her original look once i got way older, 2003 version is actually incredibly charming and is my favourite
I like the 2003 version as well.
Fun fact: Muriel is going to be the marshal of the Tulsa Christmas parade!
Honestly, doubling down on the Strawberry being more tomboyish in terms of her fashion sense and creating a direct contrast in Orange Blossom would be fun.
While everyone is into gardening and cooking, i also think having everyone be more into a certsin aspect of it would also work, especial if you wanted a more relaxed cozy show
i've always adored the Strawberry Shortcake cartoons ever since I was little. And so, growing up with the 2003 and onward versions of it's whimsical world with it's fairies and mermaids, I'm actually surprised that there was never a "magical girl" generation like Ojomajo Doremi or Star Darlings. It would honestly make a lot of sense and bring some more fun to the table.
Also, at some point I really wanna cosplay as like either her or Orange Blossom, not just because Orange Blossom is black, but also just because of the aesthetic. :3
I think the Strawberry Shortcake crew feel more like Smurfs; their proximity to a fantastical world are what make them "magic" (not talking about the newest generation, which tones down the extraordinary elements a lot). I don't think that they're even exactly human - instead of being born the normal way they probably sprout out of flower blossoms or something cutesy like that
@@shadowboxplayers420 that actually makes more sense, HEY CREATORS, ARE YA LISTENING?! THIS IS AN AMAZING IDEA!!!
Agreed, a magical girl generation would be perfect! Not to be too much of a weeb, but I genuinely think a Japanese media company could make an excellent reboot of Strawberry Shortcake, whether it’s adapted for the Japanese market specifically or not. There’s so much potential in these characters and their aesthetics.
She already has a history of being heavily localized with the older doll lines. Even if it doesn’t get translated back out into English for us, these characters could thrive in an adaptation like the new Japanese Tom & Jerry cartoon (or I guess technically anime?)
Same
YES! I was briefly obsessed with Strawberry Shortcake as a child, and barely ever hear about her anymore!
Back to Gen1, he isn't just the Purple Pieman, he's the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak (ya-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta--ta-ta-ta-ta). It's one of the few things that's stuck in my head for the last 40ish years since that first cartoon. I was a little kid when it came out, and I remember having the dolls and watching the show, and wanting a Pieman doll, because I didn't have enough bad guys in my toy collection for my good guys to fight. Skeletor and his minions are the ones I remember most vividly, and I think that I had a Lurky, and I had a few evil Go-Bots, but Strawberry and Rainbow Brite and the Care Bears needed more villains to rescue He-Man from! I see Strawberry, and I have nostalgia for her, but she doesn't stick in my head as well as the Care Bears or MLP do.
I had a dream once where the strawberry shortcake characters all went on a season of The Great British Bake-Off, and honestly I think that would be a really cute idea for a movie or mini series. They could age the characters up while still really playing into the fruit theming. I think it would be super cozy 🍓
here is brazil she was HUGE. but a nice detail is so much of her merch was stationary related. i uniquely remember how MASSIVE her coloring books were, my absolute favorites growing up and a lot of my friends too.
omg yes!! I'm Brazilian too and I grew up watching the 3rd generation cartoons but all my stationary was from gen4
Sameee
i'm glad you had such glowing praise for g3...the more boyish strawberry had always been my favorite i remember when i was a kid and g4 i was announced i was like whys she look so different:(
You know I never was attached super strongly to the Strawberry Shortcake brand, but I have a STRONG memory of first seeing the Berry Bitty Adventures version at McDonald’s, and being absolutely furious about what they did. And I must’ve been only 10.
There’s no way I’m not getting that toy because it’s a waste of money and that toy has a swear word or inappropriate toy that I won’t get and the toy just sucked
@@Noahmediacorner Wait, what?
@@mariajimenafigueroa233 They look creepy AF
hear me out but making the next generation victorian and lolita inspired i feel would be such a nice direction for the line. bring back the desert inspired characters as well as the fruit themes, focusing more on the characters and world building. something that aided the gen 3 version was how colorful and candy themed the world was, chocolate rivers and lollipop trees. each character can have their own themed cottage that corresponds to their fruit or desert. maybe even taking the series in a “magical girl” direction similar to my little pony friendship is magic where it’s largely a slice of life but with magical elements. really focusing on the characters and their friendships with one another
Oooo...now you need to do Rainbow Bright!!! That's my girl!!
They already have!
she did back in june!! one of my favorites they did
Dang...I must have missed it! 🙈🤷♀️
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if i made strawberry shortcake it would be rather 2003-esque with similar designs but maybe aged up a little? like middle school age, and it would definitely be very much the same cozy fantasy vibe, a little tomboy strawberry shortcake and her little pink cat. I think personally a tomboy character who wears pink/likes pink would be good for kids, especially as someone who is very masculine but collects dolls and likes "girly" media. anyways. orange blossom and strawberry shortcake would be gfs by the end of the series
31:20 this was literally iconic 😭
I have to Agree with U EVEN MORE. :) =)
I was born in 1980, so G1 will always be my favorite! I still have my childhood dolls and they still smell yummy! I recently gave them a spa day and they are all nice and refreshed (although we did sadly lose a limb or two... oops.)
My sister and I had two dolls from generation one- Lemon Meringue and Raspberry Tart. I never got Strawberry Shortcake though. Wish I had.
I had no idea that Strawberry Shortcake was such an influence in Mexico and South America, even coming out of the mid-1980s.
6:45 Barbi Sargent sounds like that practical joke where somebody took a voice chip from a talking Barbie doll and put it inside a GI joe.
I'm gonna be honest I wish they would double down on the fantastical elements of Strawberry Shortcake and make them little witches and make their pets familiars. I feel like that's such an easy direction to go in and I'm shocked they've never tried it.
I'd love to see a version where they're portrayed more like pixies or smurfs!
Oooh that would be so cute!!! I’ve seen some artists interpretation of that on instagram but I would literally die for dolls
Personally, I feel like there's such a massive dearth in children's imagination after pads and smartphones became common, and too much media activly choose to reinforce it rather than challenge kids with different fairytale settings.
@@blondbraid7986 like kids still go outside. I see it all the time. I live in apartments and now that the snow is melting the kids are starting to play out gathering together. I go to places and see kids at art museums, hands on children science museums, the park, the skatepark, nature parks, on playgrounds, roller skating, on sports teams. They just also have screen time like we have had through video games, TV, laptops& computers. Don't worry the future still looks bright just a little different I even heard people debating how much math they should teach because the excuse was always you won't always have a calculator but now we do (which does sound scary) I was one of the last generations I think that learned cursive writing in school, so it's interesting thinking of the concept of math being taught extremely different because we have calculators with us all the time, while at the same time school advance the math for the current generation.
Well it's not children's faul,they are also easily impressionable, why people act like childrens short attention spans are personality traits or genetic...🤔🙁 sorry if it seems I am all attacking you,just saying.
I owned the playset shown at 31:20 and can I just say THANK YOU for unlocking this memory from me. Definitely not the best designed doll, but let me tell you, she smelled amazing. I remember sitting there smelling her hair more than playing with her as a kid lol
I would do a fusion of Gen 1 and 2 PLUS a line of cuddly rag dolls for bed decor and night time cuddles. The idea of cuddling a soft yarn haired strawberry shortcake with a cute dress and soft body sounds like childhood dreams
Here in argentina we got a new collection in 2023 by Planeta De Agostini under the name "Frutillitas: doll classic collection". They are magazines with a piece of doll that you have collect them all. They have the original american 80's design tho, not the argentine ones.
My introduction to Strawberry Shortcake was the 2003 run, but I always held a really soft spot for the 80s designs and dolls. I loved the proportions, and I adored how plush and poofy their outfits and hair were! You did mention Holly Hobbie alongside Strawberry Shortcake's origins, but I feel like it's worth pointing out how Holly Hobby also had her own reboot circa 2007, in a style that felt like a mix of the end of G3 & G4 Strawberry. 2 80s girls franchises that started off with a lot of pioneer nostalgia elements who then got more modernized in the 2000s where their protags would wear jeans, and both something I could see making a big splash nowadays if they leaned back more into their pioneer roots to touch on the Cottagecore audience.
I know you probably won’t see this, but I just wanted to say that I’ve been having a rough go of it lately and your videos have been a godsend. Everything about them - the subject matter, your delivery, your sense of humor - is intensely comforting. A ray of light in what has been a very dark time for me. Much love ❤
i have the same shirt ur wearing, it’s really cute 🥰🍓
4:50 omg your polly pocket bag is adorable- 🥹🩷
I would like to imagine some executives after deciding the direction is "alright! Strawberry in the urban big city where we minimize the whimsical elements!" were kicking themselves upon seeing how MASSIVE the cottagecore aesthetic took off in 2020 and how the first generation really fell into that aesthetic (and Gen 3 to some extent but that's me and my nostalgia). I think I'm with most folks here with a hypothetical Generation 6 being back to the roots of the cozy vibes of the first generation, but also keeping with the diversity from the newest incarnation. A best of both worlds situation.
I grew up with G1 (I still have a bed coverlet with her on it), my son with the bitty adventures, and my daughter with the latest. You make me want to check out your childhood version!
I am not a doll collector is any significant sense. Your videos have been so instrumental and informative to me. I'd shake your hand if ever we met. I really appreciate the care taken to your content. I love the lens you have in viewing what each doll line contributes. Very cool stuff!!!
I have Integrity Jem, and now TLS RB and SS. Would love your thoughts on them. Amazing channel, boss!
i were in charge of gen 6:
- first of all i'm bringing back ginger snap in all her audhd glory.
- i'd bring back plum pudding too! glasses and all!
- next, i'm switching the animation style to, like, non-flash 2d animation
- i'd make the overall aesthetic more whimsical and cottagecore-esque
- also i would capitalize on the amount of people begging for a strawberry shortcake vhs/dvd-scented perfume and sell it through a trustworthy, high quality yet affordable perfume company
- keep up with the diversity of gen5.. maybe make strawberry and orange blossom gfs
so cool that you released this video today!!! im getting a strawberry tattoo in a couple hours!!
That's awesome! Wishing you the best of luck.
Hope it goes well!!
20:14 the blend of the 80s and 2000s strawberry shortcake is uncanny here 😅😅😅
I'll be honest here: I want a spinoff about the peculiar pie man. He is just my favorite. Some silly Sponge Bob type thing where his plans are constantly floored to the ground by a group of fruit themed primary school kids.
The peculiar pie man: A strawberry?...
Strawberry ShortCake: *Puts on her hat.*
Te peculiar pie man: STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE?!
Thats the show.
I think my Strawberry Shortcake obsession as a child is why I became obsessed with lolita fashion as a teen.
It's about the frills and layers ✌🏻
Gen 3 was the one I grew up with! I used to have very short hair when I was a kid due to medical reasons, and was also a bit tomboyish, so the short-haired, outdoorsy rendition of Strawberry has a special place in my heart and I identified with her a lot. I will say, I love the Gen 4 designs, especially Orange Blossom. They made her hair so pretty!
27:33 they were my strawberry shortcake and while I loved them as a kid they definitely have a lot of faults, especially when it comes as a orange blossom.
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The most Iconic Version yet. "W" Animated Series.
I was born in ‘82, so I grew up with Gen 1…and until today, didn’t even realize there WERE further iterations! The mid-2000s age-up seems a little…weird, though. I think it lumps them in with all the other teenage, non-Barbie fashion dolls, & loses all the cozy charm. And that line about how Gen 4 SB now spending her time chatting on her cell phone instead of brushing her cat, it just makes me a little sad.
I liked SBSC, but my favorite 80s girl was definitely Rainbow Brite, so I don’t remember having a ton of SBSC merch. I did watch the tv specials though!
I'm 21 years old and EVERY Christmas I STILL watch the 2003 "Berry Merry Christmas" movie. 😂
Yes, thank you for bringing up the lack of Orange Blossom and Ginger Snap dolls made by Playmates! I noticed this myself a few months ago and am glad to not be alone in this knowledge. The DVD box art does not have this problem, so my suspicions lies on Playmates alone.
Greeting card were slaying with 80s franchises. Care bears, Rainbow Brite, Strawberry shortcake, Holly Hobbie, truly iconic. I love strawberry shortcake and I mostly grew up with 2009 era but I was on the cusp of 2000s and 2010s eras of toys, so I vaguely remember watching the old series and I SWEAR I had the winterberry twist gingersnap lmao. Despite my eternal love for the 2009 era, I really wish they kept the curls. Being a mixed girl with tight curls seeing so many characters with tight curls was so cool to see. I was at first exited to see what moose toys would do with the license, but after remembering what they did with my poor girl betty spaghetti, I have zero hope.
I grew up with the first generation and I still go back time to time to watch even though I'm 45 years old. My heart still is with that generation though I haven't watched any of the other generations as of yet. I grew up watching her and Rainbow Bright, the original Scooby Doo and the New Scooby Doo Movies that all came out back in the 70s, Thundercats and of course Disney was thrown in there as well.
I agree with you about all your critiques about generation 4 (esp orange blossom), and as a cusp millennial who grew up with the gen 3 strawberry shortcake I too have a great fondness for that series. Something you did not mention however is Gen 4 actually has a comic series, and I have a particular soft spot for it. The designs are too samey still and the stories themselves are not extraordinary, but I remember the art was very charming and surprisingly good quality. It had a similar cozy vibe that the original show had. That was the closest gen 4 got to me feeling like original gen 3 honestly : , )
The prototypes for the Gen 1 reboot dolls were shown at Toy Fair this year! I saw some clips floating around on tik tok they look cute!
The 2000s version was the best for me ! So magical and pure ! I have one of a doll when I was little. I'm pretty disenchanted with the new version now :/ cause I think they're not so good compared to the 2000s version. I will never forget the 2003s cartoon. It has forever a place in my heart.❤❤❤
I found my strawberry shortcake vhs collection not too long ago, and the cases still smelled like strawberries 🤩
I’m makes me want to eat a fruit of strawberries and goes wild
For the next generation idea: I'd LOVE a magical girl reboot. Maybe there could be not only unique scents for the dolls, but some sort of transformation feature, to represent them using magic to change forms in a cartoon??
Like, color change hair that could go from dull red hair to vibrant strawberry pink hair, two outfits (one civilian, one magical girl) maybe separately sold transformation compacts that double as a Polly pocket-esque mini dollhouse?
For the show, the pie man could be redesigned as an actually threatening villain for the Strawberry gang to go up against? Maybe he wants to "steal people's happiness by robbing them of the flavor in their lives," (buhdumbum) every episode the Strawberry team finds a citizen getting their happiness literally stolen from them, it could be turned into a monster for them to fight, purify and return back to the citizen (like f.e, the person "flavor of life", the thing that made them happy was fashion designing, or baking, or acting, and when their happiness is removed it becomes corrupted and turned into the monster of the week. The fashion designers monster looks like an evil seamstress, the baker has fire powers reminiscent of an oven, the actor has a spotlight they can shine in people's faces to blind them before they attack, etc)
I'm thinking the girls would have Kira Kira Precure type weapons, like colorful whisks, candy cane wands, compacts shaped like cake? There's so much here, American Greetings pls make this reboot happen I NEED it-
I was thinking about this recently too! A magical girl adaption of strawberry shortcake would be such a good idea. The 2003 desinges remind me so much of magical girl civilian outfits and tbh it would work so well. It's kinda funny given that there's already a strawberry shortcake themed magical girl (cure whip from kira kira precure alamode) lmao
i was born in 2003 so my strawberry shortcake stuff was always in the 2003-2009 range, i definitely remember the 2009 era but there is just something special about the 2003 era it is SO special and to me, proof that the first isnt always the best because nostalgia be damned the 2003 era is peak strawberry shortcake
I just wanted say that your channel and your videos are very chill. I tend to watch your content before bed and it helps me get some sleep. Thank you.
as someone who grew up w the 2000s tv show, the fact that theyre not doing revival lines of the g3 dolls is insane to me. like... the people who have nostalgia for that era also have incomes now!!!
Life was so different when these were 1st popular. I'm turning 50 this year, and the sheer amount of EVERYTHING that young people have access to is overwhelming. It makes me sad that kids now can't embody the feeling of getting a new toy, when there just weren't that many out. Just watching these videos of doll collectors is wild to me, it's more toys than our toy store had! 😂❤
Indeed.
Love this jacket on you! Dressing to match the topic is something you do so well.
I actually really like the original (like first card design) the best. I think she looks so cute with the mix daisies and strawberries and the orange looks so nice!
Agreed.
New dolls are coming in 2024! i love SBSC!!! and the new dolls look like her first incarnation, but articulated: The New dolls are by Loyal Subject, i THINK.
I love Berry in the Big City, it's such a fun show with great characters. I really don't mind the difference from the earlier gens, it does its own thing and does it well, and the writers seem to have a great degree of creative freedom which definitely helps in writing good episodes.
A less-competent studio would probably try too hard to recreate the success of Gen 3, or just shove nostalgia at the audiance for easy likes. There is still nostalgia fanservice in the show, but it's subtle, the kinda thing where a fan would notice it and appreciate it, but someone new to the series wouldn't feel like they're missing something. Also props to Wildbrain for putting the entire G3 (and I think G4?) show on their RUclips channel. I'd still really love for them to release full season boxsets but at least for now, the older shows are easily accessible for free.
The two specials that came out recently were GREAT, I'm definitely gonna be re-watching the Christmas one on Christmas Day XD They handled the CGI really well, making it feel just like the rest of the show and not a jarring transition.
EDIT: Also, off-topic, love those Powerpuff Girls Z dolls you've got in the background :O
Bandi made good dolls. I love those dolls, and for Hasbros, they are more focused on my little pony as their star child. Littlest petshop was also given the same treatment
I really appreciate this video as someone who drew up with 2003 Strawberry! I can't really say I was upset by her 2009 shift -- I always thought she grew up and was in Middle School so her fashion got more girly -- so I was really happy just to have anything of her around that time. Nice video!
The 2009 was the worst
I hadn't seen that very first strawberry girl drawing and it's so cute!
I remember the 2010 strawberry shortcake! I grew up with the series but I never had the dolls. I didn't realize how much they changed the characters!
im so happy you made this video!! here in Argentina a newspaper is selling a reproduction of the og version of Strawberry Shortcake and i want one so baad, they are sented an all
FINALLY TALKING About MY GAL Strawberry fun fact one lucky kid had a live action version of Strawberry for a birthday party forever jelly of that kid omg
As someone who had the originals in the early 80’s and loved them, thank you for this fantastic video!!!
Strawberry Shortcake 03/06 was such a huge part of my childhood. I know the theme song by heart. I had character headcanons and theories. The DVD cases smelled like strawberries and were pink.
The dolls were featured at the 2023 toy fair for what I saw on a couple RUclips videos of that event.
Strawberry Shortcake is special to me too because of my great grandmother. She was a doll collector and had all of them! I love her scent!
I liked the 80's Strawberry Shortcake dolls because that was what i bought my daughters when they were little. This was very interesting 🥰Thank you for doing this ❤❤🍓🍓
I think leaning into a cottagecore vibe with fairies and cozy little cottages would be the best way to reboot it. Little Bear vibes about a cozy little village with a surrounding forest they go forage in. Simple problems and a focus on friendship and baking.
I think I'm in the same generation as you, late 20s, but the Strawberry shortcake I waws most familiar with was the one from the 1980s, solely because I owned the book "Strawberry Shortcake and the winter that would not end". It is a very heavily fantasy story with all the kids, who apparently live alone with no adults, meeting talking animals while searching for a magical crystal that will cause spring to come. I really loved that book, but I didn't have/know about the dolls.
Curse you for making me think of New Ideas to put on my New Ideas shelf, but I think I would go heavily fantasy with the reboot. I'm thinking like a cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs talking animals+food, maybe have a She-ra esque setup where Strawberry + friends havent explored their fantasy world due to some danger and now they have to go on adventures to help save it. I'd want the food theme to be like, relevant to the plot, so maybe you could do something like they can make magical sweets that give them superpowers. Maybe they go to a magical academy where they all learn to make magical sweets, like alchemy but with baking. Actually I think thats a great idea, they should just do a magical baking academy.
You mention in the 2000s people were upset about the "sugar" theme but fuck that I'm doing reverse reverse on that idea: I think each character should have a signature recipe that comes in a little recipe book. Lean into the idea of teaching kids Life Skills like cooking simple meals. The dolls come with comically small whisks and bowls and fake desserts and the commercials all show kids having SS making a dish and then them making the dish and having the doll pretend to eat. (I think parents would hate this idea but i would have loved it as a kid, my parents baked bread and cakes with me
I love strawberry shortcake, my childhood doll was very loved and her friends. Also, I love your jacket🤩.
Berry bitty adventures was my shit, noone else had heard of strawberry shortcake at school and I'd never seen previous generations so i hoarded the show to myself, felt like something I'd found and looked after
I just got into college and things are so unfamiliar so I just want to say thanks for posting, your videos give me that sense of familiarity that I'm looking for.
best of luck in college! put yourself out there, explore your interests, make new friends (and of course work hard in class lol) and you’ll have a great time :)
I love a lot of the styles but gen 1 is my fav. She's just so cute and cottage core
The opening statement.. I love it. 😆 you got me with that title and thumbnail!
i have a very strong core memory of borrowing one of the 2003 specials from my local blockbuster and my mom putting it on during what was supposed to be my nap time, but i stayed up to watch the whole thing. it makes me happy to remember and it's insane that that was literally twenty years ago 😭
every time you mention your mom in a video, it makes me all giddy and happy because she sounds so supportive and sweet
just wanna say that my genuine reaction when i saw this in my sub box was "YES! a darling dollz edition strawberry shortcake video!!!!!" your vids are always my fav :D
so at least to the point about some people not liking multiple creators doing similar videos...cmon guys it's two (short)cakes!!!
DIC Strawberry Shortcake was such a big part of my childhood, I had DVDs and I watched them almost obsessively (my favourite episode is still the Cinderella one)
I remember when the Berry Bitty Adventures came out (because that was my first intro to gen 4), I was so mad. I hated the designs and the amount of bright colours hurt my eyes (also, CGI Huckleberry Pie STILL haunts my nightmares)
I'm actually trying to redesign Strawberry Shortcake characters, and I definitely want to lean more into the fruity dessert theme with their clothes, and make it seem more chill because shows that seem... really high energy (like Rise of the TMNT) tend to greatly overwhelm me with how much is going on, to the point I usually can't watch a full episode in one sitting, much less a few at a time
As a 2006 baby, I spent my childhood reading Strawberry Shortcake comics in Sparkle Magazine and having a crush on the lemon girl. Yeah, it's not the favored era of the character, but that was my childhood!
Voiced by Andrea Libman. :)
I grew up with the g1 SSC and still have some of my collection. When g3 came around, I was in my 20’s and so pumped for the nostalgia that I bought some items from that collection too. They are both the cutest imo.
The 2003 theme song is so nostalgic omg 😭 😭
I wish they went for cute anime route while keeping her 80s style. With a touch of magical girl vs purple pieman
WEEEEE IM SO EXCITED also I love your outfit omg
it's really sweet reading all of the family bonding stories based around this franchise down in the comments
I'm excited to see the retro-style dolls and minis that I've heard The Loyal Subjects are releasing soon! Hopefully they will be affordable and I can collect the whole set!
From Brazil, here! I played with the strawberry shortcake dolls (here she’s called moranguinho - little strawberry) of my cousins from the 80s and also with the new generation dolls. I had a complete stationary kit for school. This brings me memories, love your videos ❤️
I adored Strawberry Shortcake as a kid. My grandmother even went through the trouble of getting a custom made crocheted Strawberry Shortcake doll for me, as well as a character that Im pretty sure isnt actually real. I still have them to this day, though I haven't checked on them for around a decade.
Even now whenever I smell strawberry scent from other dolls like Lotso it brings me back to hugging my Strawberry Shortcake doll as a kid
I had a strawberry shortcake backpack in kindergarten, and I still have a strawberry shortcake comforter I used in elementary school. This video brought back so many memories
I had a Gen 2 THQ doll. I completely forgot about her but she smelled amazing and enjoyed her outfits. Thank you for the review