"The Berry Best Choice" is an episode of Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures.
Summary[]
Strawberry learns about leadership and making important decisions as the Berryfest Princess.
Episode Review[]
Everyone is in search for the recently sprouted Wanderberry when Strawberry reminds them that they only have until tomorrow to get it ready. Blueberry points out that since Strawberry is the leader, she has to decide where they look. Strawberry assigns everyone various locations to check for the berry and everyone splits up. Lemon mentions that it will probably be somewhere sunny, while Orange thinks it would be near water. Strawberry decides to follow her heart and heads off with Custard and Pupcake. Pupcake sniffs out something and locates the special fruit- but it's so high up that they are unsure if its within reach. Berrykin Bloom comes by and observes it, complimenting the berry before mentioning that it would make sense for Strawberry to find it, as the princess this year.
Strawberry is impressed by how heavy the Wanderberry is as they work together to get it to the ground. Berrykin Bloom observes it and explains that with this one being plucked a brand new one just sprouted elsewhere. Together everyone pulls the heavy fruit on the cart when Strawberry stops, believing she heard whistling. But nobody else happened to hear it, so she chooses to ignore it.
As they go through a big flower patch down a long hill, the cart suddenly breaks. With no other choice, everyone uses their hands to pull the cart, and they arrive home very late. They drop the Wanderberry off at the gazebo, too tired to go any further. Strawberry is concerned for everyone and suggests that they rest for now, and the picnic will be held there anyway, so there's no sense on taking it anywhere else.
The next morning Strawberry leaves her house and hears whistling again. It sounds sad and she's worried, but before she can go find the source she gets approached by a panicked Orange and Plum. A disaster has struck. The trio run back to the gazebo to discover the Wanderberry is missing. It was stolen by some rabbits that took everything they set up. Strawberry remains positive as she reminds them that a new Wanderberry has sprouted since yesterday.
Everyone heads out to look for the new berry, but Strawberry is distracted because she heard it once more. But seeing as her friends need her and they have a lot of things to do today, she decides to brush to brush it off once more.
Later, the girls are making sandwiches at the Cafe as Lemon announces the flowers are done. Orange points out that the Berrykin band is ready to go too, and Strawberry remarks that everything is going fine. As long as they work together nothing can stop them- until some Berrykins come along to reveal that they checked everywhere and were unable to find a replacement Wanderberry. Plum worriedly brings up how close the picnic is and the girls start to become stressed. Strawberry is concerned and they ask her what they should do about it, causing her to momentarily freak out and head outside for some air. The others wonder if she is okay as Pupcake and Custard follow after her.
The whistling is heard again and it alerts Pupcake. Strawberry decides to put all of the stress she felt behind her to focus on finding the source of it. Berrykin Bloom joins her to assure that she's doing the right thing, and that she should follow her heart in times of doubt. Before she takes off, he offers to let the other girls know that she needs more time alone.
Strawberry reaches a strawberry patch and follows the pathway with her pets behind her, but she notices the whistling has stopped and she spots the second Wanderberry; thanks to Custard. It's smaller than the previous one but it'll still work. She is then joined by Raspberry and Lemon, who wanted to let her know that everyone got worried about her, so they came to find her. They suggest heading back for now, but Strawberry still wishes to find out what was whistling. She then happens to spot a bright pink bird with its leg tangled in a vine.
With some help from Lemon and Raspberry they manage to free it but Strawberry realizes the poor bird is weakened from hunger. After a moment of hesitation she hands over the colorful fruit, much to the initial protests of her friends. Strawberry isn't completely convinced that she made the right decision, but Berrykin Bloom expresses that how it felt to her was the only thing that mattered. The berry is very nutritious, and the bird is able to fly freely into the sky, and it begins to whistle with joy. But there's barely any of the Wanderberry left for the picnic. Seeing how much better the bird is makes Lemon and Raspberry agree that Strawberry made the right decision.
When they return, luck smiles upon them and a third Wanderberry suddenly appears, right outside of the Cafe. Everyone is delighted with this and quickly they resume preparing for their picnic.
Everyone awaits dessert during the picnic, and Berrykin Bloom recommends that they should thank their host for such a wonderful party. Strawberry goes quiet, hearing the whistle once more and they look to discover the bird is singing to them. Strawberry recalls that it was singing this song when she first heard it, but Berrykin Bloom believes its a little different. This time, the song is for her out of gratitude. Strawberry passes out the colorful spheres of Wanderberry fruit as a montage plays, ending with the girls admiring the sunset.
Lessons[]
As a leader, Strawberry learns that sometimes the best decisions mean helping out others and sacrificing ones own needs, as demonstrated when she handed over the Wanderberry to save the starving bird despite knowing it was essential for the party. She felt good for having helped the bird and did it out of the kindness of her own heart.
Quotes[]
- Strawberry: I want to make everyone happy, but they all want different things.
- Berrykin Bloom: Just listen to your heart, Strawberry Shortcake. You have a very good one, you know.
Trivia[]
- In this episode, the berry girls were referred to by their full-names, rather than just the first part.
- The Berryfest Spring Festival story arc, that began with "Berry Best BerryFest Princess" comes to conclusion in this episode.
- Of note, this is the only story arc in Season 1 which consists of more than one episode. All the other episodes in this season stand alone.
Goofs[]
- Raspberry's headband is missing when the girls lay down together.
External links[]
- The Berry Best Choice at the Internet Movie Database