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Crêpe Suzette

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Crêpe Suzette (sometimes spelled as Crepes Suzette or Crepe Suzette), is a recurring character in the Strawberry Shortcake franchise. She is one of Strawberry's friends from Pearis, and is usually a talented fashion designer.

General Information

1980s Series

Crêpe Suzette was introduced in Strawberry Shortcake: Housewarming Surprise. She met and befriended Strawberry Shortcake when she stopped by Pearis on her around-the-world tour. Later, she and her poodle, Éclair, attended the house-warming party for Strawberry when she moved from her shortcake home into her Berry Happy Home. Crêpe joined Strawberry, her friends, and the new International friends in rescuing Lem and Ada from the clutches of the Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes.

2003 Series

Crepes Suzette returned for the 2003 series. Crepes was now a fashion designer from Pearis. She made her debut in The Friendship Club, when Strawberry Shortcake, Pupcake, and Custard visited Crepes after she received one of Strawberry's friendship letters. After an adventure rescuing Éclair from a dog catcher, she and Strawberry became friends. Crepes continued to appear for the rest of the series, alongside Strawberry's other friends from around the world.

In the toyline, Crepes had a younger sister, Cherry Cuddler, who was introduced during the Playmates Toys era. Cherry Cuddler never appeared in the cartoon.

Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City

After a fourteen year-long absence, Crepe returned in Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City, debuting in Season 2 episode Fashion Forward. Crepe Suzette is an aspiring fashion designer, who Bread Pudding and Lime Chiffon noticed during their weekly fashion brunch when they saw she was wearing a waistcoat that Lime's father designed. The two were left in awe at how she altered the design to be a shorter and sleeveless top, and immediately decided to befriend her. Crepe was happy to make their acquaintance, and even more so upon learning the two loved fashion as much as she did. Lime invited Crepe to their fashion brunch, only for Bread to tell her that it's happening in an hour. Crepe accepted the invitation and left to get ready and take more photos for design inspiration.

When she returned for the fashion brunch, Crepe immediately noticed something was off, and asked Bread and Lime if they were truly comfortable with all the trendy alterations they had made to the brunch. The two admitted it wasn't their style, only doing it to try and impress her, but Crepe tells them that she doesn't like it when berries pretend to be avant-garde to impress her, and she just wants to get to know the real them. Bread and Lime were more than happy to ditch the avant-garde brunch, and treated Crepe to a regular one, where the three have tea, chocolate croissants, and read through fashion magazines.

Crepe would continue to make further appearances, usually hanging out with Bread and Lime. In Season 3, she's also revealed to be a talented roller-skater, and is one of few berries who can pull off the Triple Tiramisu twist.

Appearance

1980s

Crêpe is a fair-skinned girl with big black/blue eyes and very bright sky blue hair worn in a curly puff, resembling either a small afro or afro-pigtails (depending on angle). She has a small amount of bangs shown underneath her big red/brown beret. Crêpe dresses in a matching green-and-white striped turtleneck and leggings, a red ruffled skirt, a white apron with a red fleur-de-lis graphic, and plain icy blue flats. Besides her colors being a lot softer/paler, Crêpe doesn't look too different in the specials.

2003

Crepes Suzette is fair-skinned and has purple eyes and straight, long pastel pink hair. She wears a red beret with a purple ribbon around it and a cherry. Her outfit consists of a white t-shirt with a purple collar with a cherry, red jeans with a purple cuff, and purple flats with red bows.

Berry in the Big City

Crepe Suzette is a black teenage girl with a dark complexion, caramel-brown eyes, and a black, curly medium bob. She wears Fluffy Chiffon's limited-edition all-season waistcoat, but altered to remove the short sleeves and coattails to turn it into a sleeveless top, with dark purple cuffed jeans, dark purple ankle-length socks, and black slip-ons shoes. If how she first appears onscreen is any indication, she's shown to be very pretty and stylish to other berries.

Personality

1980s

Crêpe Suzette is Strawberry's friend from France. however, is known for being the best cook of all of Strawberry's friends, which really says a lot considering its only been said that Strawberry is the best cook in Strawberryland. Though it is unknown if this means they are at the same level or if one is better then the other. Crêpe does not talk very much. She loves her pet poodle.

2003

“ "Crepes is Pearis's hottest up and coming fashion designer. Crepes is all about fads and what is the berry berry trendiest. Though she is always looking at ways to improve the looks and style of everything that comes into her view. She also is very kind and thoughtful and quick to help out a friend in need. She speaks fluent English, though with a French accent and her English is accented with an occasional French name that she translates for her friends." „
~ -From the official 2003 website

Crepes Suzette is sweet and fashionable French girl who mostly speaks English, but with a thick French accent behind it. She is a fashion designer in Paris who is extremely creative and skilled, she can sew quickly. Though, being a designer she can be a bit of a perfectionist and vain. She is an amazing dressmaker, she is a child prodigy to make things that amazing from such a young age, so she must have a high IQ. She is very kind and friendly to Strawberry Shortcake. She is very protective over her poodle Eclair and worries about her often. She thinks pessimistic quickly and cries often. Strawberry says Crepes is very fashionable.

Berry in the Big City

Crepe Suzette is an aspiring fashion designer who knows a lot about the fashion industry, given that she owns the waistcoat Fluffy Chiffon designed, and was able to alter it to her own preferences. It’s part of why she befriended Bread Pudding and Lime Chiffon so quickly, as they also love fashion and admire how stylish she is.

She shows herself to be very nice and friendly to new berries, like when she first met Bread Pudding and Lime Chiffon. Her impressive sense of style leads to other berries trying to impress her by acting avant-garde, but she’s fully aware of this and dislikes it, preferring to get to know berries by how they truly are.

Pet

Crêpe Suzette's pet in the 1980s and 2003 series is a poodle named Éclair. She does not appear in Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City.

Trivia

General

  • Crêpe Suzette is the most frequently-appearing International Friend in the franchise, appearing in three separate generations (1980s, 2003, Berry in the Big City). She is followed by Almond Tea, who appears in two (1980s and 2003).
  • She always speaks English with a heavy French accent.
  • Along with being a skilled fashion designer, she is also a good chef.
  • Crêpes suzettes are crêpes made with an orange-based sauce. However, none of her incarnations ever feature orange in their theming.

1980s

  • Her outfit is meant to evoke the stereotypical portrayal of French people, who are often depicted wearing a striped shirt and beret.
  • She is the only incarnation who isn't stated to be a fashion designer.
  • She is the only incarnation to retain the accented "ê" in her name like the real-life spelling of her namesake. Future incarnations would drop it entirely.

2003

  • She has a little sister Apple Dumpling's age named Cherry Cuddler, who likes ballet. She only appears in the toyline, however, and the cartoon makes no mention of Crepes having siblings.
  • The reason why she was given a cherry theme despite her namesake not being cherry-based was simply because the designers found the color palette more interesting.[1]

Berry in the Big City

  • She is the first incarnation of the character to be black..
  • She is the only International Friend to appear in the series.
  • She is the only incarnation to merely be friends with Strawberry through a mutual acquaintance (Lime Chiffon and Bread Pudding) rather than a direct relationship.
  • Unlike her previous incarnations, Crepe does not wear a beret.
  • She is the only incarnation to not have Éclair the poodle as her pet.
  • Rather than living in Pearis, she is a citizen of Big Apple City. However, given she's still depicted as French, it's possible she used to live in Pearis.
  • In "The Berryworks Baking Show with Strawberry Shortcake", it's mentioned that Crepe made the dress Strawberry was supposed to wear for the show.
  • As shown in "The Great Roller Rink Rivalry", Crepe is an extremely talented roller-skater.
  • In "The Big Apple City All-Skate Competition", it's shown Crepe is friends with Apple Byte, as the two were competing together.

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  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090829091054/http://geocities.com/strawberryconvention//2005NewCharacters.html
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