Vanishing Violets is the third episode of Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures.
Synopsis[]
After her violets go missing before the upcoming flower contest, Lemon Meringue begins to make assumptions that someone stole them!
Summary[]
Strawberry serves Mr. Longface his tea and apple slices before leaving to check up on her flowers. She finds the others and greets Berrykin Bloom, who recommends that she waters them, then remarks that Lemon's violets stand a very good chance at winning the contest. Lemon isn't very sure, although she would like to. Then she imagines herself winning before Blueberry and Strawberry check on her. Noticing the time, Lemon wishes her violets well before leaving.
"Someone stole my flowers!"
The following morning, the Berry girls come by to see that one of Lemon's violets is missing. The girls comfort Lemon, as the frustrated latter quickly assumes that a thief stole them. Strawberry reassures Lemon that they will figure out what happened. When Berrykin Bloom arrives, Lemon becomes suspicious since he is the only one at the garden. As the rest of the girls say hello, Berrykin Bloom notices Lemon's mood, leading him to ask if she is okay. Lemon explains that some of her violets are missing as the other girls show up. Berrykin Bloom's odd response further causes her to suspect him. In hopes of calming Lemon down, Strawberry offers to have breakfast with her at the Cafe, to which Lemon agrees.
At the Cafe, Strawberry asks Lemon if she really thinks that Berrykin Bloom would steal her violets. Lemon quickly answers "of course not" before telling her that since her garden is next to Berrykin Bloom's and he wins every year with his roses. Strawberry forthrightly tells Lemon that they know him a long time and warns her about making rash decisions -especially with no proof. Lemon realizes she has a point and agrees.
Lemon returns to the garden to find more of her violets are missing. Losing it, Lemon yells that they're stolen. Berrykin Bloom didn't see anything though, despite being there this whole time. Strawberry quickly points out to Lemon that this isn't a crime, to make sure she doesn't jump to conclusions. Berrykin Bloom decides to take off and the girls begin to prepare the gazebo for the upcoming contest. It isn't long before they discuss the situation. Seeing Lemon's point, Plum wonders if it's possible that Berrykin Bloom did do it and Lemon chimes in saying that Berrykin Bloom says she's his biggest competition. Strawberry believes that Berrykin Bloom was complimenting her while Raspberry says he's nice that way. Orange asks Lemon why would Berrykin Bloom do this, the latter argues that he wins the competition every year and he wants to win again before Pupcake runs by and takes their banner. Although they find it funny, they manage to corner him to get it back. As Strawberry picks Pupcake up, she and Lemon sit down to chat once more. Strawberry tells Lemon that despite her understanding how much Lemon worked hard with her violets, she reminds her again, not to make up her mind so quickly without evidence.
The following day, the girls show up to find that some of their own flowers are missing now, but Berrykin Bloom's roses haven't been touched. Seeing how disappointed the girls are, Berrykin Bloom apologizes for their loss, and by now everyone is starting to question his innocence, except Strawberry. They are joined by Princess Berrykin, who wanted to speak to the girls about something until she hears Berrykin Bloom say that his roses are being stolen too. Lemon feels awful when she realizes how rude she's been behaving as of late. He wouldn't take his own flowers. Princess Berrykin feels bad for Berrykin Bloom, and she goes on to remind everyone that the festival is in two days. Strawberry declares that the group will get to the bottom of this.
At the garden, the girls research for clues in order to determine what could be going on. Blueberry notices there are no tracks and Orange believes the thief could be really big, or there are multiple thieves. Plum believes someone could've flown to take them. Strawberry believes anything's possible. As the girls continue their research, Strawberry is alarmed to find Lemon interrogating some nearby insects. She reminds her that since these insects sleep at night, there is no way they could've done this. Lemon agrees that she is right, and apologizes. However Lemon's temper still gets the better of her when she spots Mr. Longface eating a salad that looks like her violets. She verbally lashes out at him, much to Strawberry's disapointment. He is startled but quickly clears up the confusion by pointing out the flower he ate was his own. As Mr. Longface explains, Lemon stops her hissy fit. Furthermore, Mr. Longface tells his violets aren't festival quality like the ones they were growing. After the clarification, Strawberry glares at Lemon in disgust for what she just did. Embarrassed, Lemon apologizes to Mr. Longface.
Later that night at Orange's store, the Berry girls have decided to set up camp to try to catch the culprit. As they prepare, Lemon and Strawberry have a chat about the situation. Lemon is feeling further remorse, as she didn't mean to hurt Mr. Longface's feelings or scare him. Strawberry reassures her and tells her it is hard to not to jump to conclusions. Lemon promises she won't do it again. After they finish getting ready, they head off.
The girls prepare a makeshift camp site, but the moment they hear sound they grab the camera and attempt to get a picture of the thief; only to be so panicked that they get a bunch of unusable, poor quality photos of themselves. They laugh over them once they calm down, and Lemon notices a strange object in one picture. She points it out, but they quickly realize it's just a flower. As a precaution, Lemon decides to dig up her best flower so that she can keep it safe and enter at least one of them.
The girls decide to return home, and Lemon is so worn out that she falls asleep on the floor of her salon, keeping her best flower close when all of a sudden the ground begins to shake. Everyone meets up at the cafe to discuss the strange event. Their imaginations get the better of them, causing Strawberry to reign them back in. They decide to do further investigation. Returning to the flowers, the girls spot several holes have been dug in the ground. Blueberry observes them to realize that the flowers weren't being picked, but pulled beneath the ground. They see a flower about to be taken and try to save it by grabbing onto it, but they are nearly pulled underground by the force.
Further suspicious, they decide to head down there to check things out and return home to prepare. They return a while later and take turns climbing down a rope until everyone is beneath ground, in a large cave-like area. Lemon is nervous, but she forces herself to get over it when they remind her that it's the only way to figure out what happened to the flowers.
As the girls make their way through the dark tunnels they hear strange sounds, causing anxiety within the group until Strawberry spots a gopher up ahead. They watch as it hops up and down, trying to grab some nearby plants. She realizes that the gopher is the flower thief; but it wasn't stealing them to be mean, it just wanted food. The girls feel empathy for the hungry gopher and try to figure out what they can do to help it, leading Lemon to come up with an idea. She decides to sacrifice her flower, using its petals to lead the hungry gopher to a nearby flower field outside of Berry Bitty City.
Eventually the day of the contest arrives and Lemon offers to help Berrykin Bloom prepare his roses. She confesses that she suspected him for what happened, and apologizes for her behavior. He accepts this and explains that while he really wanted to win, it wouldn't have been fun if he was the only person in the contest. It's then Princess Berrykin proceeds to announce the winners: Berrykin Bloom is in second place, and Lemon has won first. The girls are very confused since Lemon didn't have any more flowers to enter. It turns out that Strawberry entered the violets for Lemon since she had photos of them and it was Berrykin Bloom's idea.
Quotes[]
- Plum: Pupcake's the thief? It's always the cute ones.
- Lemon: Funny.
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- (Lemon interrogates three "suspects": two butterflies and a bee)
- Lemon: Where were you on the night when this terrible tragedy occurred?!
- Red butterfly: Asleep.
- Bee: Me too.
- Lemon: Oh... asleep, huh? That seems mighty suspicious!
- Strawberry: Ah... Lemon? They always sleep at night.
- Lemon: Oh. Ah... I'm sorry.
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- Lemon: A mmm, a mmm, a mmmo...
- Plum: MONSTER?!?!?!
- Lemon: AHUH!
- Plum: Oh, why did you have to say that?
Lessons[]
Lemon learns not to jump to conclusions after she starts suspecting people without any proof. She began to feel remorseful and realizes that it accomplished nothing, other than hurt feelings.
Trivia[]
- Only Lemon and Berrykin Bloom's flowers were identified.
- This is Berrykin Bloom's first major appearance in the series.
- When the episode originally aired, there was a Transformers countdown icon present on the screen for the premier of its new episode.
- This is one of the few episodes that included an insect capable of communication outside of the show's cast.
Goofs[]
- The TV guide for the episode states that the violets disappear from Lemon's garden. But the garden didn't actually belong to Lemon, Berrykin Bloom gave the girls permission to grow their flowers in that spot.
- At the end, when Lemon thanks Strawberry for the photo submission, Plum's hair has a blue-ish hue.
External links[]
- Vanishing Violets at the Internet Movie Database