The Berryville Trail is the 36th episode in the airing order of Season 3 of Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City. It premiered on March 9th, 2024.
Summary[]
It’s game night at Strawberry’s, and Raspberry Tart is less than thrilled when Strawberry unveils her very complicated game, “The Berryville Trail.”
Plot[]
The episode begins with Raspberry walking into Strawberry’s apartment building and is surprised to see her friends waiting in the lobby. She asks why they’re all outside and Orange tells her that Strawberry wants them to arrive as a group for her game night sleepover. Hearing it’s a game night Raspberry is all but pleased and expresses disinterest immediately. Lime reassures her that she’ll love it, but Raspberry denies it and tells them she’d rather do traveling, baking, or shopping. A horn blares from inside and the door opens. Strawberry welcomes the travelers in a country accent and invites them in. She tells them the obstacles that they must face, those being the Pastry Path, the Rice Pudding River, the Vanilla Valley, and the Cornbread Cottage, all while an active red velvet volcano is set to erupt. Raspberry is confused but Strawberry assures her that it’ll make sense once she explains the rules. However in a cutaway Raspberry expresses that she has no idea what’s going on.
The game starts and Lime is first to roll. The card reads that she has dug up 200 gold nuggets and proceeds to buy a wagon. Raspberry asks what wagons are for and Lemon responds saying it’s to carry stuff. Blueberry lands on a wild tile and is sent to the Snow Cone Mountains. Raspberry watches Orange cartwheel to the Rice Pudding river before Strawberry shoves a dice in her hand. She drops it unamused and Strawberry gives her a card. Strawberry tells her that the hot air balloon is meant for flying but she is unable to due to the Chaos Crow blocking her. A buzzer goes off and Strawberry warns everyone the volcano is about to explode. Every berry quickly finds high ground all while Raspberry stands frozen in confusion. Strawberry calls to her that she’s melting and in a cutaway Raspberry expresses that she’s done. Raspberry gives Strawberry the dice and defeatingly tells her that she can be skipped. Strawberry asks if she’s having fun to which Raspberry yells back that she isn’t. She expresses that it makes no sense and asks why Orange and Blueberry are playing patty cake. Strawberry tries to explain that they’re in a time loop but Raspberry interrupts and tells her that she’s bad at games. She tells Strawberry that she doesn’t understand the rules and it makes her feel silly. In response Strawberry tells her that the whole point of the game is to be silly. Raspberry vents saying that she likes things that she’s good at until a realization hits her.
Raspberry is sucked inside a galaxy type world and it is there where she understands that the game combines all her interests. The wagon is shopping, the trail is traveling, and the cards are baking. Raspberry exits her world and eagerly grabs the dice from Strawberry. Starts by buying a Jelly Bean Jumping Jacker and uses it to meet Lime at the Pistachio Plains. She trades Lime her solid pudding card for an extra wild card and uses a whisk to cross the Rice Pudding River. She trades Lemon for the Chaos Crow and moves it ten spaces to the top of Snow Cone Mountain. Here she meets Orange and Blueberry and proceeds to break the time loop by using a hammer card. In doing so she receives the two’s turns and is able to mudslide down the ravine to the Cupcake Canteen. Here she meets Mayor Shortcake and proceeds to win the game by correctly answering a question about no-bake pies. In a cutaway Raspberry admits that trying new things are fun since you can’t get better at them if you never try. The episode ends by Raspberry leading every berry to the next round and Strawberry telling her how proud she is of her.
Cast[]
- Ana Sani as Strawberry Shortcake, Custard
- Tabitha St Germain as Raspberry Tart
- Bahia Watson as Orange Blossom
- Margarita Valderrama as Lime Chiffon
- Andrea Libman as Lemon Meringue
- Diana Kaarina as Blueberry Muffin
Trivia[]
- Strawberry's game, "The Berryville Trail", is heavily based on the historical education video game, "The Oregon Trail".
- Custard's crow costume from Fright Fall appears once more in this episode.
- This is the sixth slumber party-based episode in the series, with Slumber Party, Slumber Party at Lemon's, The Battle of Blueberry's Slumber Party, Orange's Slumber Party, and Night of the Sweet Tooth Fairy preceding it.
- This episode and Night of the Sweet Tooth Fairy are the only slumber party episodes to not have "Slumber Party" in the title.
- We learn Raspberry enjoys both shopping and travel.
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