Writer:	Russi Taylor
Director:	Phil Roman
Star:	Hannah Koslosky (Honey Pie Pony (Season 2)),  Sarah Koslosky (Custard the Cat),  Nils Haaland (voice of Pupcake (Season 2)),  Katie Labosky (voice of Apple Dumplin (Season 2)),  Daniel Canfield (Huckleberry Pie (Season 2)),  DeJare Barfield (voice of Orange Blossom (Season 2)),  Rachel Ware (voice of Angel Cake (Season 2)),  Samantha Triba (voice of Ginger Snap (Season 2)),  Sarah Heinke (voice of Strawberry Shortcake (Season 2))

On DVD packaging and other merchandise, a different character model is used for Apple Dumplin'. Her outfit is slightly more detailed, but most notably, her hair is yellow rather than reddish-orange and she has a somewhat different hairstyle. Additionally, Strawberry is seen in merchandise in an outfit with small red, green, pink and white stripes, whereas on the program, her outfit contains only large red and white stripes. (edit) In this episode, Strawberry Shortcake states that she is throwing a party for Apple Dumplin's first birthday. Apple Dumplin' seems to be rather advanced for a girl of only one-year-old. While many her age would still be in a crib, Apple Dumplin' walks and talks on her own. She seems rather aware of the world around her, as well as much of what is said to her, can mimic the speech of others and speak many words and phrases on her own. (edit) This is a 45 minute episode. The broadcast version is edited to 22 minutes. (edit) Featured songs: "The Cookie Song", "Friendship Grows", "A Berry Happy Birthday", and "Strawberry Girl In A Strawberry World". (edit) The shot that pans across the singers' voices during the second line of "Berry Happy Birthday" was used in one of the earliest contemporary Strawberry Shortcake toy commercials. (edit)

Strawberry Shortcake: Pupcake, stop that.
Huckleberry Pie: Well trained, I see.
Strawberry Shortcake: Dogs just wanna have fun. And fun he will have. (edit) Strawberry Shortcake: Strawberry girl in a strawberry world
Life here is a treat
Strawberry girl in a strawberry world
Forever, it’s upbeat

Where the berries grow so tall
Where the air is clean for all
Where big berry raindrops fall
Strawberryland is neat

Jump and clap and turn around
Make a big strawberry sound
Jump and clap and turn around
Make a big strawberry sound

Strawberry girl in a strawberry world
What a place to sing
Strawberry girl in a strawberry world
Ring-a-ling-a-ding

Where the music sounds so sweet
Where your toes tap to the beat
Where each day’s a great big treat
Strawberryland is neat

Jump and clap and turn around
Make a big strawberry sound
Jump and clap and turn around
Make a big strawberry sound

Strawberry girl in a strawberry world
What fun to explore
Strawberry girl in a strawberry world
With magic lands next door

Lands where giant fruit trees grow
Lands with hills of cookie dough
Lands where chocolate rivers flow
Fun and then some more

Jump and clap and turn around
Make a big strawberry sound
Jump and clap and turn around
Make a big strawberry sound (edit) Strawberry Shortcake, Custard, Ginger Snap, Orange Blossom, Angel Cake, Honey Pie, & Huckleberry Pie: A berry happy birthday to you
A berry happy birthday to you
Smile a smile from ear to ear
Wish a wish to last all year
A berry happy birthday to you

SS: We’ve got juice, and we’ve got fruit
And the birthday girl who’s berry cute
A berry happy birthday to you

All: A berry happy birthday to you
(A berry happy birthday)
A berry happy birthday to you
(A berry happy birthday)
Smile a smile from ear to ear
Wish a wish to last all year
A berry happy birthday to you

HuP: Have some cookies, have some cake
Party hats are fun to make
A berry happy birthday to you

GS, OB, & AC: What’s the party thing that’s best
A merry group of friends for guests
A berry happy birthday to you

All: What a super duper day
Have some cake
And now, let’s play

A berry happy birthday to you
(Happy birthday)
A berry happy birthday to you
(Happy birthday)
Smile a smile from ear to ear
Wish a wish to last all year
A berry happy birthday to you
(Happy birthday)

A berry happy birthday
A berry happy birthday
To you (edit) Orange Blossom: Find a patch of dirt with room
Plant a seed and watch it bloom
Give it water, give it sun
Growing plants is so much fun

Strawberry Shortcake: Like that seedling in the ground
Nourish all the friends you’ve found
Give them laughter, show you care
Let them know you’re always there

Both: Friendship grows like a flower
Friendship grows like a flower
Friendship grows by the hour
Way up high like a tower
Like a flower, friendship grows

OB: Treat the good earth with respect
Find a tree you can protect
Till the soil and plant the seed
Hoe and sow and pull each weed

SS: Treat each new friend with respect
Love them always and protect
Every friend’s a friend to keep
Plant your friendships very deep

Both: Friendship grows like a flower
Friendship grows like a flower
Friendship grows by the hour
Way up high like a tower
Like a flower, friendship grows
Like a flower, friendship grows (edit) Strawberry Shortcake: Ooh, I smell a cookie baking
Tell me, what kind are we making
Looky, looky, what a cookie
Cookie, cookie, oh

Ginger Snap: Sugar cookies, peanut butter
Chocolate chip, here comes "anutter"
Looky, looky, what a cookie
Cookie, cookie, oh

SS and GS: Cookie, looky, yummy-yumptious
Deli-ticious, tummy-tumptious
Flavorific, scrummy-scrumptious
Cookie, cookie, oh

Apple Dumplin’: I see cookie, mixy, bakey
Ooey, cookie, bixy, makey
Looky, looky, gimme cookie
Cookie, cookie, oh

All: Cookie, looky, yummy-yumptious
Deliticious, tummy-tumptious
Flavorific, scrummy-scrumptious
Cookie, cookie, oh

Strawberry Shortcake: Shortening, flour
Eggs, vanilla
Sugar frosting for a filler
Looky, looky
What a cookie
Cookie, cookie, oh

All: Cookie, looky, yummy-yumptious
Deliticious, tummy-tumptious
Flavorific, scrummy-scrumptious
Cookie, cookie, oh
Cookie, looky, yummy-yumptious
Deliticious, tummy-tumptious
Flavorific, scrummy-scrumptious
Cookie, cookie, oh (edit)

You can see Pupcake sing “A Berry Happy Birthday” along with everyone else. Unless he’s lip-syncing - a certain possibility indeed - such shouldn’t be happening since the dog can’t speak a human language. (edit) In the first viewing of Apple Dumplin’s birthday cake, the apple is topped with icing. Come the next shot, the icing disappears and remains missing for the time’s remainder. (edit) Orange Blossom pours some purple-colored juice into a bowl for Pupcake, orange juice into cups for Strawberry Shortcake and Apple Dumplin’, and more purple juice into another bowl for Custard…all from the same pitcher. (edit) When introduced, Ginger Snap is loading up a wagon with pastries other than cookies. Whether she made them herself or received them from elsewhere, such doesn’t happen again until further notice. (edit) Seeing as how the artists’ drawing skills still have a long way to go, most characters’ pupils tend to blur off and on with their irises (except Honey Pie). Such continues for the next three episodes even for guest stars. On the other hand, Custard’s pupils are missing for the most part but are better established in the next episode. (edit)

Strawberry Shortcake: "I don’t think we’re in Cakewalk anymore."
A play on Dorothy Gail’s line “I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore” from The Wizard Of Oz. (edit)