Are heroes meant to be someone a viewer can relate to or the kind of person one can never be? With this show and Three Stooges, I assume both in conjunction are the case. Angel Cake's busy making a cake when Apple Dumplin', accompanied by Apple Ducklin', inquires if the older human girl wants to play. Even though she doesn't, the toddler acknowledges and moves on. Opinion changes when the other older kids show up. Physical play is excellent, but the unofficial proprietor of Cakewalk feels unsure starting with the "Fun For Fun's Sake" sequence. Such frustrated excuses concerning her failure: I know the feeling from back in elementary school. Conflict is no strange concept amongst the core group.
Frustration leads to denial and hypocrisy when Strawberry Shortcake comes calling that evening. Can practice improve performance? Vanilla Icing doesn't seem to think so according to her shaking head. The next day confirms the notion when Angel Cake plops all over again following a few seconds of glory. Strawberry Shortcake talks about whistling when feeling stressed out in order to relax, but the artist requires mechanical means since she can't do it alone. However, the frustration becomes too much and sends Angel Cake home. Did I mention it also ruins play since she owns the only ball the children know? Oh, yeah, Ginger Snap? A quarter hour IS fifteen minutes. "Where is she, huh? Where is that Angel Cake? In another quarter hour, she'll be fifteen minutes late, and SHE has the ball." LOL.
Angel Cake's so upset that she tosses her ball back outside. Strike one. Strawberry Shortcake visits again and returns it. Angel Cake tosses it again and in the process ruins both her previous cake (what's she doing leaving it outside like that anyway?) and the ball. Two for the price of one; she can't take the strain, so she retreats back inside. Oh look, Orange Blossom ALSO has a ball. All visitors leave Angel Cake to cool down, but the upcoming joyful cries don't help much. Pillows can't block it out, so she departs and leaves a pillow for Vanilla Icing to lay on. Aw, the poor lamb, caught up in her owner's distress.
Three far locations, and the annoying sounds won't leave. That is, until a toss sends the ball flying pinball-style and into a river of orange juice. Angel Cake - making a clover necklace - is relieved. Here come Apple Dumplin' and Apple Ducklin' again, convincing her to loosen up like they planned from the start. And it works. Apple Ducklin' quacks at something. "Uh oh," Apple Dumplin' points out. Where's the uh oh? Flowing past their sight on the river: Orange Blossom's ball, which stops at a tree root. But Angel Cake fishes it out.
Meanwhile, the others can't think of anything else to play that requires no ball; they got "balls on the brains". Wait, here's the delivering trio with the lost ball in hand. Leave it to the youngest to save the day as in many old tales. Plus, Huckleberry Pie invites her along via piggyback. Those kids are wonderful.moreless
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Angel Cake feels that she has to be good at everything. Unfortunately, she's not as good at sports as she is at baking, which makes her really upset. Strawberry Shortcake and Apple Dumplin' try to teach her that being as good as the other kids is not the point of the game. What matters most is that Angel Cake has fun with her friends.moreless
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Sarah Heinke
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Samantha Triba
Ginger Snap
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Rachel Ware
Angel Cake
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ADD TRIVIA- When Angel Cake's ball hits her cake, some of it plops onto the ground. Shortly after, however, the dollop disappears for the rest of the scene. Edit
- Angel Cake is wearing a different apron from what we saw in her story from Get Well Adventure. Said story undoubtedly occurred prior, so it's safe to assume she either has the purple apron put away somewhere or just abandoned it altogether for a new one. Edit
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ADD NOTES- The following exchange between Apple Dumplin' and Angel Cake occurs twice: Apple Dumplin': Angel Cake wanna play? Angel Cake: (first time around) No, thank you. I'm very busy. I have to make this positively perfect. (second time around) No. I'm awful busy, Apple Dumplin'. See, I'm working on a clover chain, and I want to make it just perfect. Apple Dumplin': Okey dokey. You make perfect, we have fun. Edit
- Featured songs: "Fun For Fun's Sake" and "Be A Good Sport". Edit
- Second appearance of Vanilla Icing. Edit
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ADD QUOTES- Apple Dumplin': Playing always fun. Angel Cake not always fun. Edit
- Ginger Snap: (watching ball float down river) Well, that's that. It's gone. Kaput. Farewell. All she wrote. So long. Goodbye. Strawberry Shortcake: I'm very sorry, Orange Blossom. Edit
- Strawberry Shortcake: Are you all right, Angel Cake? Angel Cake: No, I am not! Look --- Pupcake's doing better than me. (sighs) Strawberry Shortcake: But that's what's great about games, remember? Having fun. Angel Cake: This isn't fun! This is horrible! Edit
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ADD ALLUSIONS- The episode title is a play on the movie Angels In The Outfield. Edit
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