The Care Berry Switch is an upcoming animated special featuring the characters of Strawberry Shortcake in a crossover with its longtime sister franchise, Care Bears. The special was announced on October 16th, 2024, and will be produced in collaboration with WildBrain Studios and Cloudco Entertainment, the current owners of the respective franchises.
Synopsis[]
Beloved characters Strawberry Shortcake and Cheer Bear have never met, but in The Care Berry Switch, when they each wish upon the same star for a new adventure, they open a magical portal that allows them to switch places and explore one another’s worlds. As “fish out of water,” with Strawberry in Care-A-Lot and Cheer Bear with The Berries in Strawberryland, tons of humor, magic, fun and new friendships ensue. But trouble looms as the iconic Strawberry foe, Purple Pie Man, and the Care Bears’ long-time nemesis, No Heart, conspire to cause chaos, compelling the Care Bears and The Berries to team up to save the worlds they love and preserve the wonderful new friendships they’ve made.[1]
Plot[]
TBA
Cast[]
- TBA as Strawberry Shortcake
- TBA as Cheer Bear
- TBA as The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak
- TBA as No Heart
Trivia[]
- This special is the first animated special featuring the 1980s generation of Strawberry Shortcake in nearly 40 years, after Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins in 1985.
- This is the first genuine crossover special involving the Strawberry Shortcake franchise. Previous "crossovers" were simply ad bumpers on the Hub network, where the Berry Bitty Adventures incarnation of Strawberry Shortcake would occasionally be seen interacting with other characters from concurrently-running Hasbro television series, such as Transformers: Prime, Littlest Pet Shop, or My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.