Foam Alone is the ninth episode in airing order of the second season of Berry In The Big City. It premiered on August 13th, 2022.
Summary[]
Pandemonium breaks out when the Peculiar Purple Pieman’s careless littering causes a domino effect of crazy events!
Plot[]
Strawberry Shortcake sees chaos breaking out at the Berryworks, as her friends run away from a strawberry foam flood. The Peculiar Purple Pieman shouts that the foam's alive as a wave of foam begins to approach Strawberry.
Cutaway: Strawberry explains that she was literally gone for five minutes. She tries to recount what happened earlier, stating that the day started off simply enough.
The episode rewinds to the beginning, as Strawberry pours egg whites into a mixer bowl attached to a bicycle-like contraption. She asks Orange Blossom if she's sure it'll work, and Orange assures her, telling Strawberry that her father uses the "momentum mixer" every Berry Bounty Banquet to make his chunky gravy, so she is confident that it should work for Strawberry Shortcake's strawberry foam. Strawberry is excited, and tells Orange she needs a big batch for Honeydew Sorbet's birthday, but then remembers that she needs to pick up some strawberries. She promises Orange she will be back from her trip in five minutes. Orange tells Strawberry to leave it to her, as she'll get perfect foam while Orange gets a good workout. Orange pops her headphones on and tells Strawberry to tap on her shoulder when she gets back, since she'll be "in the zone" as she begins pedaling.
Moments after she steps away, Strawberry Shortcake sees a banana peel fall from above. She looks up and sees The Peculiar Purple Pieman walking away on the upper floor, so Strawberry Shortcake gets his attention and tells him he missed the trash can. The Purple Pieman acts innocent as if it was an accident, and Strawberry begrudgingly decides to throw it away herself. The Pieman "thanks" her, and then proceeds to take out another banana, throwing that banana's peel onto the floor too.
As the banana peel falls onto the courtyard, Sour Grapes strolls by. Suddenly, Blueberry Muffin pops out of the cupcake topiary, startling Sour, and asks her if she's interested in Blueberry's new Poppin' Papaya cone. "papaya ice cream and a whole lot of firework flakes". She hands it to Sour for free, which confuses her, and Blueberry tells her that The Universe said Sour should have it. Sour Grapes takes a bite, belching out a stream of stars whilst Blueberry Muffin leans back in excitement. Blueberry dives back into the topiary, and Sour decides to keep eating the ice cream.
At the LemonLime Time Cart, Lemon Meringue shows off her newest Lemon-Vention, The Embiggening Ray, to Lime Chiffon. She ponders how many more drinks they'll be able to get from a single embiggened fruit, but Lime is unsure, worried that the Ray will explode. Lemon decides there's only one way to find out and fires the Ray, which causes a lemon to grow several times in size. Lime is quite amazed at the results and asks if she can try. Lemon accepts and hands Lime the Embiggening Ray, but tells her not to set it to "shrink," which is still in beta testing. Lemon then goes to grab some tools as Lime excitedly holds the Ray in her hands.
Up on the upper floor, The Peculiar Purple Pieman is about to toss another banana peel, when he's suddenly interrupted by Sour Grapes belching from the Poppin' Papaya. He asks his niece where she got the cone from, and Sour admits to her uncle that she got the cone from Blueberry for free. Outraged, The Purple Pieman takes the cone and reminds her that they don't support local businesses, even if it's free. The Pieman then proceeds to drop the cone that his niece got into Orange's momentum mixer, causing the foam inside to bubble up.
Lime begins to take aim with The Embiggening Ray at a lime, counting down from five. Lemon arrives with her toolbox, but slips on the banana peel The Pieman dropped earlier. She slides out of control towards Lime and crashes into her, causing Lime to accidentally fire the Ray at the unstable strawberry foam, causing it to grow out of control. Lemon yells for everyberry to run.
Orange Blossom continues pedaling as she listens to her workout music, completely unaware of the chaos around her as everyberry tries to escape the foam flood. Up near the Purple Pieshop, The Purple Pieman prepares another banana but is swept away by a wave of foam. Sour expresses flat astonishment. Strawberry arrives at the Berryworks and sees another banana peel which angers her, but she's quickly distracted by the chaos breaking out at the Berryworks, as her friends run away from the strawberry foam flood. The Peculiar Purple Pieman shouts that the foam's alive as a wave of foam begins to approach Strawberry.
Cutaway: Strawberry, slightly annoyed, reiterates the "five minutes" statement from earlier.
Lemon Meringue jumps in front of Strawberry Shortcake with her Embiggening Ray, now set to "shrink", as she prepares to deal with the foam flood. Unfortunately for Lemon, Blueberry Muffin and Lime Chiffon collide into her, causing her to misfire the ray elsewhere. The foam flood completely envelops the Berryworks, covering everything in strawberry foam. Sour Grapes gives a very delayed warning. Strawberry, annoyed, wads over to Orange Blossom, tapping on her shoulder. Orange takes off her headphones and looks around, shocked at the mess. Strawberry asks Orange if anything happened while she was "in the zone", and Orange claims she was just whisking the foam. Blueberry Muffin pops out of the foam and brings up the Firework Flakes, Lime Chiffon pops out of the foam and brings up the Embiggening Ray, and Lemon Meringue jumps in to point at the banana peel near Strawberry's feet. Strawberry Shortcake immediately realizes what happened, and asks where The Purple Pieman is.
She suddenly hears a peculiar pint-size voice from the peel and lifts it, revealing The Purple Pieman underneath, having gotten hit by the shrink ray. He denies having anything to do with this as he tosses away another banana peel. Lemon Meringue is excited that the Embiggening Ray's "shrink" feature works. The Pieman demands for him to be returned to his normal Pieman stature, and Lemon reluctantly agrees as she prepares the Ray. Strawberry then stops her, telling Lemon that they should probably clean the Berryworks first. The Berry Besties catch on and laugh, leaving The Purple Pieman where he is. The Purple Pieman is angered, and swears that there will be a reckoning once he's no longer sprinkle sized. He then slips on his banana peel, falling into the strawberry foam.
Cast[]
- Ana Sani as Strawberry Shortcake
- Bahia Watson as Orange Blossom
- Andrea Libman as Lemon Meringue
- Margarita Valderrama as Lime Chiffon
- Diana Kaarina as Blueberry Muffin
- Meg Roe as Sour Grapes
- Ian Hanlin as The Peculiar Purple Pieman
Non-Voiced Appearance[]
- Orange Crisp (mentioned)
- Honeydew Sorbet (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Purple Pieman mentions that he hates supporting local businesses, which he has demonstrated throughout the season by trying to sabotage Strawberry Shortcake.
- Strawberry mentions that Honeydew Sorbet's birthday occurs around the time of the episode. It doesn't count as a birthday episode, however, since her birthday is not the central focus.
References[]
- The official title, "Foam Alone", is a play on the Christmas comedy film Home Alone, though the plot of the episode doesn't correlate to the film at all, and is merely just a pun.
- Lemon Meringue's shrinking ray is called the Embiggening Ray. The word "embiggen" was popularized by The Simpsons, though the word was first recorded around a century prior in Notes and Queries.
- Firework Flakes are equivalent to Pop Rocks, as both are candy known for the crackling noise made upon consumption. The different name is due to the latter name being trademarked.
Errors[]
- When the foam flood begins, the LemonLime Time Cart is not obscured in shadow like everything else.
Video[]
Gallery[]
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