Berry Bounty Banquet is a two part episode of the first season of Berry in the Big City. The first part premiered on November 13th, 2021 and the second part premiered a week later on November 20th, 2021.
Summary[]
Part 1[]
Strawberry Shortcake and Aunt Praline prepare the perfect banquet for all their friends and family – but just as they arrive, disaster strikes.
Part 2[]
Strawberry Shortcake’s friends and their families work together to save the banquet.
Plot[]
Part 1[]
Aunt Praline watches the Berry Bounty turkey roast in the oven as she checks it off her list. She asks Strawberry Shortcake if she's sure that her mom is okay with her not going back home for the holiday as she begins working on the other dishes. Strawberry confirms it, and that she told her mom she was excited to celebrate her first Berry Bounty Banquet in Big Apple City, as she tosses and twirls around her lucky spoon, looking forward to a small, delicious celebration. Strawberry hears her phone go off and checks it, only to be met by a barrage of notifications. She reads through them in shock, then looks around the place and asks her aunt if there's any extra space in the apartment for the banquet and Praline asks how much space she's talking about. Strawberry tells Praline that she invited her friends... and also their entire families. Praline is surprised by what Strawberry said and asks her to confirm what she just told her. Strawberry thinks back to earlier as a flashback occurs.
The flashback shows her inviting each of the Berry Besties to the banquet, telling them that "Mi familia es tu familia" and that she wants everyberry there, accidentally giving the impression to her friends that she's also inviting their families. The flashback ends, as Strawberry nervously answers "...maybe?"
Cutaway: Strawberry facepalms.
Strawberry begins panicking about the lack of space, lack of time, and there not being enough food, declaring that it's impossible to fix everything up in time. Praline, who had not been panicking, asks Strawberry if she just said "impossible", as she puts on a serious look. Strawberry responds with a yes and reiterates that she doesn't think they can do it. Strawberry begins texting her friends that she made a mistake, worried that she just wasted everyberry's time, but Praline stops her and takes away her phone. She tells Strawberry that doing the impossible is what the women in their family are all about.
Praline sings the song "Get Back Up", telling Strawberry that no matter how tough or stressful a situation is, she can still rise up to the challenge and get through it. Praline brings Strawberry around Big Apple City as they get more supplies for the banquet (along with some singing and dancing). After their last-minute shopping run, Praline and Strawberry return back to the apartment to set up for the Banquet, as they prepare the table, food, and clean the apartment.
Strawberry is amazed at how they manages to complete the Banquet setup in a short period of time. Aunt Praline compliments themselves, calling both herself and Strawberry amazing, fabulous, and shockingly efficient. Strawberry adds "lucky", as she twirls around her lucky spoon, but accidentally sends it flying as it ricochets around the apartment, hitting the chandelier, a salad bowl, the kitchen lights, the kitchen wall, and one of the chairs before lodging itself into the ceiling, leaving a crack. One of the table glasses nearly topples over, but balances itself back in place. Strawberry and Praline are relieved, until they notice the ceiling cracks start to expand, causing the chandelier to dislodge from the ceiling. After a few brief seconds, it crashes onto the table, destroying the setup as food and cutlery fly everywhere. Strawberry and Praline are splattered with food as well, as they hear a knock on the door. Strawberry cleans herself off and opens the door, seeing her friends and their families have arrived. She slams the door shut and looks back at the now-destroyed apartment, as the spoon falls back down to the floor. Strawberry begins panicking again.
Part 2[]
Strawberry Shortcake and Aunt Praline stare at their destroyed apartment, still in shock of what happened. The Berry Bounty turkey falls from the roof. Orange Blossom, from the other side of the door, asks Strawberry if she's gonna let them all in.
Cutaway: Strawberry recaps Part 1, explaining it's the Berry Bounty Banquet, she accidentally invited her Berry Besties' entire families, she and Aunt Praline managed to make it work but then her lucky spoon caused a chain reaction that destroyed the apartment and now everything is ruined, and her friends and their families are still waiting outside. She then admonishes the spoon for not being lucky, calling it bad.
Orange continues knocking on the door and waiting for Strawberry to respond, Custard points at the door and Strawberry reluctantly agrees to go. She peeks open the door and nervously greets everyberry, as she nervously laughs and asks them what's up. Orange reminds her that they're all here for the banquet and asks if everything's alright. Strawberry hears drilling and construction noises from behind her, telling her friends to hold that thought and shuts the door. The construction noises faintly continue, as Orange's sister, Cherry Crisp, asks Orange if her friend is okay. Orange tells her that she doesn't... really know...
Aunt Praline throws a bunch of bowls and utensils on the table, aggressively telling Strawberry that they can do this, she just needs two minutes and duct tape, as she jumps onto the table and yells.
Cutaway: After a brief moment of contemplation, Strawberry admits Aunt Praline has lost it.
The families continue to wait outside, unsure of what to do. Fluffy Chiffon, one of Lime Chiffon's dads, introduces himself to Blueberry Muffin and asks about her ice cream cart, as he heard she makes many interesting flavors there. But before Blueberry could respond, her brother, Everything Bagel, interrupts, saying that her ice cream flavors are weird and make no sense as he plays on his phone. Blueberry immediately loses her temper, complaining to her mother, Everything Muffin, that her brother is being mean again and tells her to shut him up.
Cutaway: Orange, in disbelief, asks if she just saw Blueberry get mad.
Lemon Meringue's father, Lemon Drop, laughs and says that there's always a positive way to express feelings, like he always tells his "little Lemon Zest".
Cutaway: Lime expresses shock at Lemon's father openly talking about feelings.
Cutaway: Lemon cringes at her embarrassing nickname, pulling her goggles over her eyes. After a brief pause, Lemon defensively questions the viewer if they've never been embarrassed by their parents before.
Orange nervously looks around, before rushing to Strawberry's door and begging her to let them all in, as the situation outside has quickly gotten weird. Strawberry tells her that it's getting even weirder inside the apartment, as Praline asks for a blowtorch and dives back under the table. Strawberry facepalms, rushing out of the apartment and quickly shutting the door, nervously laughing and asking the families what's up again. Orange tells Strawberry to spill the truth, but Strawberry gets nervous upon hearing the word "spill", quickly denying that anything was spilt, which makes Orange raise an eyebrow. Strawberry buckles under the pressure, quickly explaining that her spoon destroyed the apartment, ruined the food, the stress probably broke her Aunt and cries that it's all her fault that the banquet is ruined as she falls to the floor.
After a brief pause, everyberry (except Lemon Meringue and Everything Bagel) begins laughing. Strawberry looks up, confused, and asks why they're all laughing. Everything Muffin reassures Strawberry that holidays never go the way they're expected. Fluffy Chiffon tells her that he has so many stories, asking his husband, Dr. Lime Pops, if he remembered when Lime Chiffon wanted to stay up but ended up falling asleep in her mashed potatoes, the two dads laughing at the memory of seeing her wake up with a potato mustache on her face as Lime Chiffon cringes in embarrassment. Orange's dad, Orange Crisp, says that a situation like this is a good character builder and that they could take away a lesson from all this, but his wife, Cherry Blossom, interrupts and tells him to save the lessons for later, and that she's hungry. She tells Strawberry to show the families what they can do to help as everyberry enters the apartment. Strawberry looks around and decides to follow them as well.
Everyberry begins pitching in to fix the apartment. Orange Blossom flips a chair back up, Everything Bagel and Orange Crisp take the chandelier off the table while Lemon Meringue and Drop pick up the bowls, Custard eats the stray food on the floor, Fluffy Chiffon gives Aunt Praline some tea to help her calm down and takes away her phone, Cherry Blossom hears the doorbell ring and grabs the pizzas she ordered, paying the delivery guy, then going back and tipping him. Blueberry Muffin puts down the silverware while Lime arranges it to look neat. Strawberry pulls out a tray of rolls from her oven and places it with the rest of the food.
The scene transitions to show everyberry at the table, eating and chatting together. Orange tells Strawberry she can't believe she tried to hide everything instead of telling everyberry what happened. She reiterates to Strawberry that they're family, and that they fix their problems together, Strawberry can't believe that everything worked out. Praline claims she knew it would, to which Strawberry sarcastically agrees. Her Aunt asks what she means by that, bringing up the lucky spoon, Strawberry points out that if it weren't for the spoon destroying the apartment, none of this would have happened. Her aunt simply asks Strawberry if she doesn't consider their current situation "perfect". Strawberry looks at everyberry else having fun and interacting with each other, and ends up agrees with Praline. She whispers to the lucky spoon an apology about doubting it, before going back to eating and talking with her friends. The screen fades out to the exterior of the apartment, the chatter of the Berry Besties and their families continuing as the episode ends.
Cast[]
Both Parts[]
- Ana Sani as Strawberry Shortcake, Aunt Praline
Part 2[]
- Ana Sani as Custard (archive audio)
- Bahia Watson as Orange Blossom, Cherry Blossom, Cherry Crisp
- Diana Kaarina as Blueberry Muffin, Everything Bagel, Everything Muffin
- Margarita Valderrama as Lime Chiffon, Dr. Lime Pops
- Andrea Libman as Lemon Meringue, Lemon Drop
- Omari Newton as Fluffy Chiffon, Orange Crisp
Non-Voiced Appearance[]
- Peanut Butter Crisp
- Old Man
- Deliveryboy
- Salesberry
- Customer #2
- Mrs. Crumbcake
- Mr. Mangosteen
- Strawberry Cobbler (mentioned)
Quotes[]
- "You're not lucky, Spoon! You're bad!" -- Strawberry Shortcake admonishes her Lucky Spoon for destroying Aunt Praline's home.
- "Did... Blueberry just get mad?" -- Orange Blossom's reaction when Blueberry Muffin snaps on her brother for being mean.
- "Lemon's dad talks about feelings!?" -- Lime Chiffon's reaction to hearing that Lemon Drop "talks about feelings."
- (Disgusted vociferation) "'Lemon Zest!?'" -- Lemon's reaction to being called "Lemon Zest."
- "Oh, I could tell you stories! Sweetie, remember when Lime wanted to stay up, and fell asleep in her mashed potatoes? She woke up with a potato mustache!" (Laughs with Dr. Lime Pops) -- Fluffy Chiffon tells a Berry Bounty Banquet story about when his daughter ended up with a potato mustache.
- (Groan) "Dad!" -- Lime Chiffon's reaction to the above story.
Song[]
- Get Back Up (in Part 1)
Trivia[]
- Part 2 was nominated for the 2022 GLADD Media Awards in the Outstanding Children’s Programming category.
- This makes Berry in the Big City the first Strawberry Shortcake series to be nominated for an award.
- The names of the Berry Besties' families were revealed early by showrunner Michael Vogel.[1]
- Lemon Meringue’s Dad - Lemon Drop
- Orange Blossom’s Family:
- Dad - Orange Crisp
- Mom - Cherry Blossom
- Sister - Cherry Crisp
- Lime Chiffon’s Dads:
- Tall dad - Dr. Lime Pops
- Short dad - Fluffy Chiffon
- Blueberry Muffin’s Family:
- Mom - Everything Muffin
- Brother - Everything Bagel
- All of the main characters' parents (excluding Strawberry's) are revealed in this episode, though her mother is mentioned in the beginning to Part 1, but her name isn't said at any point. Strawberry Shortcake's Summer Vacation would eventually reveal her name to be Strawberry Cobbler.
- Dr. Lime Pops has no speaking lines, though he's heard making a giggle noise provided by Margarita Valderrama. He is voiced in all subsequent speaking appearances by Andy Toth.
- This episode features the first ever confirmed LGBT characters in the Strawberry Shortcake franchise, with Lime Chiffon's dads.
- Thanksgiving in this series is called "Berry Bounty Banquet". This makes it the second holiday established in this series, after Fright Fall.
- Lime Chiffon receives her first cutaway segment where she talks to the viewer in this episode, making her the fourth non-Strawberry character to receive a cutaway, after Lemon Meringue, Aunt Praline, and Orange Blossom.
- Lime Chiffon's cutaway background is lime-green with a lime wedge pattern.
- Blueberry is the only member of the main cast to not do a cutaway segment in the episode.
Errors[]
- At the end of Part 1, Aunt Praline is seen covered in food splatter, but at the start of Part 2, she's completely clean. She might've just cleaned herself off like Strawberry did, though.
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