"Pop Goes the Garden" is an episode of Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures.
Summary[]
Blueberry orders flower seeds, but is given corn seeds by mistake. She attempts to figure out what to do with it while finding it hard to believe that anyone could have made such an oversight. Meanwhile, Strawberry attempts to discover what went wrong with a new recipe.
Episode Review[]
Blueberry admires her recently planted daisies and waters them as Strawberry comes by. She wanted to pick up "The Mighty Muffin Cook Book, Big Recipes for Bitty Bakers", a book she ordered.
Returning home, Strawberry decides to make some corn muffins using a recipe in the book. She measures everything out, but after mixing it together and getting it into the oven, it begins to shake and rumble until it abruptly sends the batter flying everywhere. The girls rush to Strawberry's aid and stay by the Cafe to lend her a hand in cleaning. She isn't sure where the mistake was, because she followed the recipe exactly. Blueberry brushes it off as an oversight she probably made, but Strawberry is skeptical. She decides to try it again, this time double-checking everything.
Later, Blueberry decides to pay her daisies a visit when she overhears the panic coming from the Cafe and rushes over to find Strawberry and the others hiding. For some reason her oven hasn't been working. This time she only made one muffin though, so the clean-up doesn't take very long. Plum attempts to ease the mood by making a joke, suggesting Strawberry call the new recipe "Muffin surprise" or "Muffin explosion". While the problem is minor, Strawberry knows this time for sure that she did everything right. She wonders if the book could be wrong, but Blueberry refutes this, saying that she had to have done something wrong. Strawberry decides to give it one more try. If she has to, she'll just modify the recipe. Blueberry accepts this decision.
Some time passes and she takes off to check her daisies again, with the others deciding to join her. However, the daisies look strange. Unsure of why, they visit Berrykin Bloom for help identifying the plant. He informs the girls that what she planted wasn't daisies, but corn seeds. Blueberry is stunned, and she insists that she ordered daisies.
Strawberry attempts to tell her that the delivery people might have made a mistake, and mentions that she called the cookbook author to bring up the problems she was having. She asked if there was too much baking soda being used, and the author realized that during the publishing phase, he accidentally wrote the recipe down wrong. The quantity of baking soda should have been one tablespoon- not one cup. He was so happy to have this oversight discovered that he intends on reissuing the book, and he's going to send her an autographed copy. She's tried the revised recipe and this time the muffins came out perfectly. Even if Blueberry did everything right, there can still be mistakes that are out of her control.
Strawberry decides to return to the Cafe to do some more baking, but Blueberry remains doubtful. She attempts to call the company to speak with them about her order but she struggles understanding the man on the phone. He is convinced that she ordered corn and checks the order form, but Blueberry is worn out trying to keep up with him. She fails to get him to understand what is wrong and observes the large growing corn from where she is. She's surprised and the man overhears her, causing him to realize that some of their experimental corn seeds accidentally got packed into a daisy seed pack- she just happened to get that incorrect pack. To make it up to her, he offers to send her a years worth of daisy seeds, which Blueberry happily accepts before ending the call.
But now they're left trying to figure out what to do with the corn wreaking havoc on the city. It's become so big that problems are beginning to occur. Thankfully, nobody got hurt.
The following morning, Strawberry holds a meeting so that they can discuss what to do with the corn. Everyone attempts to come with an idea; Orange mentions they should just pop it, and Raspberry shyly suggests that they have a popcorn party. Everyone likes this idea until Blueberry reminds everyone that it's too big, and because the company was trying to figure out how to take the "bang out of the pop". Raspberry thinks about her idea a little more, suggesting that they dig up the corn remnants to make sure no more will grow back. Then they can figure out their next move.
Everyone agrees and they gather rope to try pulling the corn out of the ground. But when they realize they didn't think about where to put it they are forced to stop, unaware of the corn rolling down the hill and straight for a nearby cave entrance until it's too late. Strawberry and Blueberry attempt to stop it and are pulled inside with it.
Inside the girls take notice of the warm steam surrounding them. Blueberry informs Strawberry that there must be an underground hot spring nearby and they attempt to call for help. They get no response and eventually stop, having been worn out. They decide to take a break and try to come up with an idea on how to pass the time, but with them being hungry and lonely, they lament being unprepared for this type of situation.
By now, Blueberry is beginning to feel sad, so Strawberry suggests improvising with what they got to try to help themselves. They try to use the corn as a ladder, but the steam made it slippery. Blueberry points out that they could eat the corn, but she isn't too sure it's okay raw. They remember the steam and pluck off a piece of the corn to put near the source of the steam. After a moment it pops.
As the group continue looking for the girls, Raspberry comes up with an idea that they try to start looking in places that wouldn't make any sense. They have already checked the most obvious places, so maybe they ended up somewhere they wouldn't be normally.
The girls eat their snack when Blueberry gets an idea. They have plenty of corn kernels left, and if they pop them all it might make a big enough stack that they can climb out of the hole they fell through. The duo quickly get to work stacking up the kernel and watch as the corn starts popping. They climb to the top of the pile and manage to reach surface as the girls spot them nearby. With everyone reunited, they work together to resume removing the corn from Berry Bitty City, happily singing along the way. They decide to hold a party to celebrate their success.
Quotes[]
- Blueberry: It must've been something I did to the daisy seeds. Too much water, or too little water. Or too much sun or something.
- Berrykin Bloom: Oh my. You did everything right. Best crop of corn I've seen. Bet you'd be a natural with squash.
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- Orange: When somebody in Berry Bitty City needs help, we all help!
Lessons[]
As a scholarly type who learns from reading, Blueberry is unable to come to terms that official resources like a company or book could ever be flawed. Nobody is perfect though, and she eventually realizes that even they can make mistakes. Instead of trying to deny it, she should have been trying to improve the problem or directly contact the source and ask them.
Trivia[]
- While Blueberry is on the phone, a magazine with Strawberry on the front can be seen nearby.
- Kadiebug and Sadiebug are seen at the end of the episode. This is their first appearance until their introduction in "Strawberry's House Pest".
Goofs[]
- With what kernels of corn were left, the girls had a bigger pile of popcorn than what one cob could have provided.
External links[]
- Pop Goes the Garden at the Internet Movie Database