Cherry Jam is a recurring character in the Strawberry Shortcake franchise. She is a friendly and famous musician.
General Information[]
Berry Bitty Adventures[]
Cherry Jam made her first introduction in Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures, in the episode "Starlight, Star Bright". She is a close friend of Strawberry Shortcake. She is a famous pop star but desires a simple lifestyle away from celebrity life. Cherry is described as a kind girl who comes from the big city, trying to find a place to accept herself for her true self and not just the idol she's become. Cherry Jam came to Berry Bitty City to sing at the grand opening of the Market, but she didn't expect to fall in love with the place and find her true desires all on the same day! Soon, she decides to make her stay in Berry Bitty City permanently, and work as a music teacher.
Cherry has a faint Southern accent. She owns two different guitars, one for casual playing and another for performances. She can also play the piano.
Berry in the Big City[]
Cherry returns to the franchise in Season 2 of Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City. Cherry was the lyricist and guitarist of the band Sherry Bobbleberry and the Berry Fairies, performing alongside bassist Peppermint Fizz, drummer Raisin Cane, and lead singer Sherry Bobbleberry. Before their big performance at Poachella, Sherry Bobbleberry had a falling out with her bandmates over her lack of contribution, leading to her quitting. Raisin Cane suggested that Cherry take over as lead singer, since she already writes the songs, but Cherry refuses out of fear that she won't be good enough to replace Sherry Bobbleberry. After being encouraged by Strawberry Shortcake, Raisin, and Peppermint, Cherry ends up embracing her new role as lead singer. After the performance at Poachella, the band rebrands as The Cherry Jam Band, becoming a bigger musical sensation than before.
The band would return in Season 3, occasionally reuniting with the Berry Besties to perform a song together. In Jam Session, when everyberry gets stuck in the Funnelcake system due to the train breaking down, Cherry is inspired by Strawberry trying to cheer up everyberry, and plays a jaunty tune on her violin to encourage everyberry to dance and sing together to make the best of their situation. In Bake The World A Better Place, the Cherry Jam Band was invited to perform at the grand re-opening of the Crabappleworks. They accepted under the belief they would get to hang out with the Berry Besties, but after learning they were fired, the band immediately changed their plans and performed at the Berry Besties' new food truck lot instead, attracting all the Crabappleworks customers there.
Personality[]
Berry Bitty Adventures[]
Cherry Jam is a talented young girl filled to the brim with passion and joy for life. She is appreciative of everything life has given to her, but in all honesty, she does not actually like the extra-special attention she is given due to her stardom. Nor is she the snobby diva everyone assumed her to be at first, proving to actually be a super-sweet and friendly girl, although a little quiet sometimes if she cannot show her true self or express it properly.
Cherry Jam came to Berry Bitty City in hopes of finding a place that would accept her for her true self and find a true-blue friend. Which she found with Strawberry Shortcake, and then eventually the other Berry girls. She loves them all and like Strawberry, usually tries to be honest with them. She seems to be pretty wise and calm most of the time, but sometimes can't help but find herself growing as excited as the others when involved in their random adventures or fun events. Cherry adores the simplest of things in life such as just relaxing on a chair with a magazine or eating some cookies with the other girls because of her previous busy life as a pop star.
Berry in the Big City[]
In her first appearance, Cherry is rather shy and soft-spoken, and avoids being involved in the argument between her bandmates. When Sherry Bobbleberry quits and Raisin Cane suggests that Cherry sings instead, she refuses because she lacks confidence in her singing, afraid she'll mess up and everyberry will hate her. However, thanks to the encouragement from Strawberry Shortcake, Raisin Cane, and Peppermint Fizz, Cherry decides to step into the spotlight, which gives her a newfound sense of confidence she didn't have before. In her future appearances, Cherry is much more sure of herself and confident, no longer shy and timid. Unlike her previous incarnation, she shows no issues with celebrity life.
Cherry Jam is very nice, especially compared to Sherry Bobbleberry. During Cherry's first song, she invites Strawberry and the Berry Besties onstage to sing alongside the band, likely to thank them for helping her embrace her new role. She remains kind to them in their future interactions. She also doesn't mistreat her friends like Sherry did, and is grateful to them for supporting her.
Appearance[]
Berry Bitty Adventures[]
Cherry Jam is a famous pop star. She has many costume changes and unique attire for her concerts and performances but has two primary designs. Cherry Jam has violet-blue eyes and very pale skin. She has a slight Southern country accent she has long dark blue hair sometimes appearing more purple It is waist-length and flips out at the ends. Her bangs are brushed all to one side above her eyes. Her lipstick is light pink like every girl. In her hair, she wears a magenta headband with a pink cherry blossom on the right and a cherry that dangles from it. Cherry's primary outfit colors consist of magenta, dark purple, light pink, and sometimes black.
Her typical outfit consists of a dress with the top being magenta and the bottom being light pink, separated by a purple band with a cherry blossom and a cherry on the side and a segment between the layers on the dress being magenta with purple spots. She wears purple and neon pink striped leggings and magenta flats with a small bead part on the outer corner and light pink soles.
When performing, Cherry Jam has two main styles. One includes multiple purple/blue glitter highlights and the headband she wears in her typical outfit but sparkly, and a hot pink star below her right eye. She wears a loose, hot pink sparkle dress-tank top with purple sparkle lining the top, and an open light pink jacket with frilled lining and purple sparkle segments on the ends of the sleeve. She also wears hot pink boots with X-shaped stitching on the sides and glittery purple pantyhose/leggings. On her right wrist, she wears a hot pink and green bracelet, on her left is a chunky hot pink and purple, and green thin bracelet. She also wears a hot pink sparkly babydoll dress with purple glittery straps, a purple glittery frilly skirt, a light pink underskirt, sparkly light pink leggings, a purple belt with a cherry blossom as a buckle, hot pink Mary Janes, and purple shoe bracelets both with cherry blossoms on each.
Berry in the Big City[]
Cherry Jam has darker and tanned skin compared to her original incarnation, and is specifically Polynesian. She has dark green eyes, wavy pink hair, and a round nose. She has cherry-shaped face paint on her left cheek. Cherry wears a short black t-shirt with a pink Sakura Blossom graphic, long fingerless mesh gloves, long dark pink pants, a dark green belt with a grey buckle, light-pink heeled shoes with black soles, pink fairy wings on her back, and a black choker.
Relationships[]
Strawberry Shortcake[]
Cherry Jam always has a good friendship with Strawberry Shortcake.
In Berry Bitty Adventures, Cherry Jam befriended Strawberry after she first arrived in Berry Bitty City. The duo enjoy playing music together
In Berry in the Big City, Strawberry was the one who encouraged Cherry to sing onstage, which allowed Cherry to embrace her new role as lead singer. Her future appearances show her as being more confident in herself due to this, and she is always happy to see Strawberry whenever they meet.
Plum Pudding[]
Cherry Jam is close with Plum Pudding in Berry Bitty Adventures, due to both sharing a love of dance and music. They can often be seen hanging out together.
They do not interact in Berry in the Big City.
The Cherry Jam Band[]
In Berry in the Big City, Cherry Jam is friends with her other bandmates, Raisin Cane and Peppermint Fizz. In their episodes, they show they get along well and are in-tune with each other, even while making up a song on the spot like in Jam Session. It is unknown what Cherry Jam's relationship with Sherry Bobbleberry was like, as the two didn't get an on-screen interaction, but it appears that Sherry has a low opinion of Cherry like she does with the other bandmates.
List of Cherry Jam's Songs[]
Berry Bitty Adventures[]
- Anything is Possible
- Friends (The Real Music in You)
- Without You
- Sunshine Girls
- It's a Beautiful Lovely Wonderful Day
- Dance Puppy Dance
Berry in the Big City[]
- Find Your Voice
- Jam Session
- Bake The World A Better Place
Pet[]
Cinnapup
In Berry Bitty Adventures, Cherry Jam initially didn't have a pet until Season 3, in the episode "A Boy and his Dogs". She initially adopted a dachshund puppy named Marmalade, but the two were incompatible as Marmalade wasn't a good singing partner and Cherry couldn't focus on her music because of that. Cherry decided to give Marmalade to Orange Blossom, while she got Cinnapup the dalmatian from Lemon Meringue. Cherry and Cinnapup got along much better, as Cinnapup's noisy nature ended up being in sync with Cherry's music, and proved to be an excellent musical partner. Cinnapup would remain Cherry Jam's pet dog for the rest of the series
Cherry Jam doesn't have a pet in Berry in the Big City.
Trivia[]
General[]
- Cherry Jam’s name is a pun on the type of fruit preserve and the verb “jam”, which means to improvise with other musicians.
- All of Cherry Jam’s voice actresses are singers and musicians too, likely to reflect her own characterization as a singer.
Berry Bitty Adventures[]
- Cherry Jam smells like cherry blossoms, also known as Sakura blossoms, according to Strawberry. Sakura blossoms are a very popular symbol in East Asia.
- She and Sweet Grapes are the only new "berry kids" introduced in the series, with everyone else being a returning character from past installments.
- Cherry Jam is the only Berry girl to have socks that lack white stripes in Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures, Also her name was miscredited as “Cherry Blossom,” in the episode “A Very Merry Birthday”.
- "Dance Puppy Dance" is the only episode where Cherry Jam reacts angrily to something; in this case, she gets driven past the brink when a song that she created winds up distracting her from writing another.
- Cherry's favorite flower is a buttercup.
- She has a fortunated charm that she thinks is the only way she can sing high notes.
- Cherry was originally going to be a vet or an avid gardener in the concept art.
- She is left-handed.
- Cherry Jam's singing is provided by Victoria Duffield, which is ironic given that Shannon Chan-Kent is already a singer herself.
- She is the first main cast member in a Strawberry Shortcake series to be a celebrity. While Lemon Meringue from the 1980s specials did claim to be famous, that was only due to her narcissistic personality.
Berry in the Big City[]
- Cherry Jam is the only new character from Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures to return for Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City.
- Unlike her previous incarnation, her singing is also performed by her regular voice actor, Aloma Steele.
- According to her actress, Aloma Steele, Cherry Jam is of Polynesian descent[1]
Gallery[]
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