What is Strawberry Shortcake?
'''Strawberry Shortcake''' is a [[doll]] and pop culture character. Before she was a doll and animated character, she was a drawing on greeting cards. The doll has red hair and smells like [[Strawberry|strawberries.]] Kenner products created the first Strawberry Shortcake doll in 1979. At that time she resembled a typical rag doll, complete with freckles, a mop of red yarn hair, and a strawberry printed bonnet and a dress with [[apron]], but the unique selling point was that, she smelt of strawberries. The Strawberry Shortcake line of characters each had their own fruit or dessert-themed name with clothing to match, and they each had a dessert or fruit-named pet. Like the Strawberry Shortcake doll, all the other characters’ dolls had hair scented to match their dessert theme.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-19|title=- Strawberry Shortcake Dolls|url=https://strawberryshortcakedolls.com/|access-date=2021-11-29|language=en-US}}</ref> There was Apple Dumpling, the baby and Raspberry Tart who, in the television programs, was capable of the odd cutting remark. This is what Apple Dumpling looked like back in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ooh-ooh that smell: 30 years of Strawberry Shortcake|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/11/08/strawberry.shortcake.anniversary/index.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=www.cnn.com|language=en}}</ref> She first appeared on cards by [[American Greetings]], and there soon were a series of dolls (each that smell like a different fruit and had a pet) and several TV specials produced by [[DIC]] and [[Nelvana]]. The characters in the collection from the 1980s were: *[[Strawberry]] Shortcake (with [[Custard]] the [[cat]]) *[[Huckleberry]] Pie (with Pupcake the [[dog]]) *[[Apple]] Dumplin' (with Teatime [[Turtle]]) *[[Blueberry]] Muffin (with [[Cheesecake]] [[mouse]]) *[[Raspberry]] Tart (with [[Rhubarb]] [[monkey]]) *[[Orange (fruit)|Orange]] [[Blossom]] (with [[Marmalade]] the [[butterfly]]) *[[Lemon]] Meringue (with Frappe the [[frog]]) *[[Apricot]] (with Hopsalot the [[rabbit|bunny]]) *[[