The entire cast is totally replaced with younger and lesser known voice actors compared to the 1980s Strawberry Shortcake animated specials.
Strawberry and her friends take her to Ice Cream Island, a place where horses like Honey Pie can roam away without any issue.
When Honey Pie considers staying on Ice Cream Island for good, Strawberry must convince her that Strawberryland is her true home.
For the third season, the show transitions off to the "A World of Friends" format that the new toyline from Playmates Toys features.
Trouble then occurs when Pupcake accidentally trashed Crepe's fashion shop and all the pets run away.
She was implied to have moved to Ice Cream Island permanently in the book The Friendship Trip,[1] which featured the Year 4 characters, logically explaining why she appeared less in the series for the season.
Back in the Saddle: Strawberry Shortcake and Angel Cake are hired to work at the dude ranch with some new friends, including the clumsy-prone Plum Puddin'.
Things get a bit difficult when Strawberry and Angel Cake become very competitive, making the whole job very complicated indeed when everyone gets lost.
Sleeping Beauty: When the Brambleberry Fairy (Angel Cake) causes a problem that makes Princess Strawberry Rose (Strawberry Shortcake) fall asleep for hundreds of years, she realizes that she needs to find a way to reverse the problem.
However, Lime Light is a diva in the making and is so self-centred that she blames her own problems on others and won't accept her own responsibility.
Strawberry has whisked away to the magical world of Oz, where she must avoid the Wicked Witch (Sour Grapes) and ask the Wizard to help her get home.
A 5-minute promotional video titled "Growing Better All the Time" was released as a bonus feature with Sterling Entertainment's Care Bears: Daydreams DVD in February 2004.