The Legend of the Crystal Cupcake is the 25th episode of Season 2 of Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City. It premiered on 11th February, 2023.
Summary[]
Strawberry Shortcake and friends get trapped in an ancient booby trap right when she's having a baking meltdown. Little does she know that her pro baking skills are the only thing that can save them.
Plot[]
The Peculiar Purple Pieman announces his store in the Berryworks and the audience is shown a long line in the Berryworks queuing to enter his new store. He mocks Strawberry Shortcake's lack of customers by suggesting his line to visit the Extraordinary Berry if they don't want to wait, to which nobody arrives to her truck. Next scene shows Strawberry giving all of her friends her remaining boxes of pastries but they're all too full. Orange Blossom appreciates the leftovers but she's full. Strawberry ponders over why people are obsessed with Pieman's frozen pies and thinks that she's not good enough as a baker. Lime Chiffon quotes J. Quincy Cupcake's journal that says that every baker needs to believe in themselves.
Strawberry notices that Lime has been reading J. Quincy's journal and Lime notes that he was such and kook and overprotective of his secret recipes that he would booby trap them to keep them hidden. Lemon Meringue believes that it's false and says that if it is true, she would already have found it, only to accidentally activate one causing a counter to be swapped with a bunch of baking supplies and trapping the girls in the clubhouse.
A jukebox plays audio of J. Quincy telling them that they need to pass a cupcake test with only three chances to get out or they'll be trapped forever. Understandably, all of the girls panic over this. Blueberry Muffin frantically asks Strawberry if she has a solution but she doesn't know. Orange manages to get everyone to stop panicking and asks Lime if J. Quincy was a business man, she does not respond. Orange decides to put a bowl on the weighing scale and pour some flour until the bowl goes down, but she loses an attempt. All of the girls panic again and Lemon gets an idea. She asks Lime if J. Quincy was an inventor but she still doesn't respond. She decides to invent something using the many items on the shelves and accidentally activates the weighing scale, losing another attempt.
Blueberry has a solution to the situation by letting Strawberry do it for them since J. Quincy is a baker. But Strawberry is still unsure about it as she still thinks she's not good enough. Blueberry reassures her by telling her that the universe gave her talent to use it. Strawberry gets motivated again to bake and starts baking using the supplies on the counter and shelves. She's about to put the cupcake on the weighing scale but adds a cherry on top of it before putting it down. The lights went out and they all thought they would be locked in, but it turns out that they have passed the test. Revealing a Crystal Cupcake on a pillar.
Blueberry is in awe that she gets to see the crystal cupcake and tells her friend about the legend that the crystal cupcake was the key to all of J. Quincy's recipes. Lemon points out the reflections of the crystal cupcake on the walls and notices that it does have his recipes. Strawberry finds a solution to counter The Purple Pieman. She announces an Apple Cupcake recipe from J. Quincy and everyone is waiting to try it out. Pieman gets upset about his sudden loss of customers and a delivery guy asks him if he's in the line, he angrily storms into his store instead of answering the delivery person.
Cast[]
- Strawberry Shortcake - Ana Sani
- Orange Blossom - Bahia Watson
- Lemon Meringue - Andrea Libman
- Lime Chiffon - Margarita Valderrama
- Blueberry Muffin - Diana Kaarina
- J. Quincy Cupcake, The Peculiar Purple Pieman - Ian Hanlin
Trivia[]
- The delivery guy at the end of the episode was not credited despite having a speaking line.
- Oddly enough, Lemon Tort is credited instead despite not appearing on this episode and Sweet and Sour.
- This is the first time where we get to hear J. Quincy's voice, but in audio form.
- 3 Peach Trifles can be seen in the background of both lines. This is due to budget reasons.
- Lime Tart could also be seen at the front of the line waiting for the Apple Cupcake recipe.
Errors[]
- TBA
Video[]
Gallery[]
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