Meet Huckleberry Pie is the 13th episode of the first season of Berry in the Big City. It premiered on November 27th, 2021.
Summary[]
Strawberry Shortcake gets separated from Lime Chiffon while riding the Funnel System for the first time – luckily a new friend helps her find her way!
Plot[]
Lime Chiffon shows Strawberry Shortcake the Funnelcake system, Strawberry asks if the map is a picture of spaghetti, cutting to show the Funnelcake system's rather messy and confusing layout. Lime assures Strawberry that everyberry needs to know how to get around the city with the Funnel system, and says that she'll be teaching her about it, telling Strawberry to do exactly what she does and memorize everything she says, Limes goes to a crowd and Strawberry gets lost. At the train, Lime tells Strawberry that their first destination is Rhubarb Station and to take the Pineapple Express, before realizing she wasn't talking to Strawberry at all, but a buff look-a-like instead. She runs to the train window and calls Strawberry's name, but the train departs before they can get back to each other. Strawberry panics, screaming Lime's name, and begins worrying about what to do and calling herself a lost berry.
She hears singing and looks around to see a boy and his ferret singing about a lost berry, before he finishes his song he says hello to Strawberry. She introduces herself to him and asks if he and his pet "rat" can help her. He corrects her, saying that it's a ferret named Red Hot, and introduces himself as Huckleberry Pie, he tells her that they play in the funnel system for their fans. Strawberry looks around the empty Funnelcake system, a tumbleweed rolling by to emphasize how empty it is, he says that they can take a break. Strawberry thanks him and tells him that she doesn't know how the Funnelcake system works, to which Huckleberry tells her that it's easy to figure out and she needs to do it. She tells him that she doesn't know what she's doing and asks what will happen if she messes up.
He begins singing the song "Try a Little Something New", about trying something new and that when you do it won't be as scary as you thought it would and that you'll be fine. Strawberry and Huck goes around all the different systems while Lime tries to find her and unaware the three keep ending up going to the same stations. Lime also asks people if they have seen her friend with a poster but realizes the poster has a weird picture of her. Strawberry eventually calms down and continues going around the funnel system more confidently. A montage of many people, Lime, Strawberry & Huck going around the trains.
By the end of the song, Strawberry has figured out the Funnelcake system, saying that she loves it, and compliments Huck for his musical talents. He tells her that music is his passion and Strawberry says it's baking for her, Huck gets amazed and says that eating is his second passion. Lime, dizzily stepping out of the train, rushes over to hug Strawberry dramatically after finding her and asks if that "rat" hurt her. Strawberry corrects her by saying that it's a ferret. She says that she's fine and introduces Huckleberry to Lime. She offers Huck to go to the Berryworks with her and says that everyberry would love his music. He declines the offer and says that he can't disappoint his fans in the funnel system, the screen zooms out to an empty station with just Huck, Lime and Strawberry. Strawberry gets a cupcake from her hat and gives it to him as a thank-you and leaves with Lime. Once both are gone, Huck and Red Hot aggressively eats the cupcake, both having second thoughts and deciding to come to the Berryworks with Lime and Strawberry. He asks if there were more cupcakes in the Berryworks and the girls laugh.
Cast[]
- Ana Sani as Strawberry Shortcake
- Vincent Tong as Huckleberry Pie, Bodybuilder Berry (uncredited role)
- Margarita Valderrama as Lime Chiffon
Non-Voiced Appearance[]
- Peanut Butter Crisp
- Spicy Crust
- Mrs. Crumbcake
- Peach Trifle
- Bobby Bananabee
- Grandma Buttermilk Beignet
- Berry Mary
- Hippy Berry
- Salesberry
- Customer Berry
- Old Man
- The Peculiar Purple Pieman (advertisement)
- Crabapple Jam (advertisement)
- Kiki KeyLime (advertisement)
Songs[]
- Try Something New
- Lost Little Berry
Trivia[]
- Like the title says, this episode introduces Huckleberry Pie.
- Huck also gets a new pet in Red Hot the dancing ferret.
- This is the only episode to introduce a main cast member that is also a song episode.
- The buff Strawberry look-a-like that first appeared from the Berryworks commercial short becomes a new running gag in this series.
- It was initially unknown who voiced the lookalike, until Season 3 episode Donuts and Drawbridges confirmed Vincent Tong was his actor, and officially called him "Bodybuilder Berry".
- This is Lime's first somewhat prominent episode in Berry In The Big City.
- If one looks closely at the crowds of berries running back and forth in the beginning of the episode, one can see a berry wearing a hijab, making this episode the first to feature hijabi characters in the series/franchise.
References[]
- The Funnelcake System is based on the New York City subway system, which is often joked about by non-Yorkers as being confusing and hard to understand.
Errors[]
- After Huckleberry messily eats the cupcake, there is a visible smear of frosting around his mouth, but when the scene cuts to him running up to Strawberry and Lime, the mess is completely gone, though it is possible he simply wiped it off.
- When the crowd runs past Lime and Strawberry and separates the two, the Hippy Berry's mustache is blonde rather than grey.
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Gallery[]
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