Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade

Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade is an American animated television special from 1982, made by Romeo Muller, Robert L. Rosen and Fred Wolf, and the third featuring the American Greetings character, Strawberry Shortcake.

Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade
Written by	Romeo Muller
Directed by	Fred Wolf Kohsei Ohtani[1]
Starring	Romeo Muller Russi Taylor Robert Ridgely
Theme music composer	Mark Volman Howard Kaylan Performed by: Flo & Eddie Lyrics: Romeo Muller
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Romeo Muller Fred Wolf Tomoh Fukumoto
Editor	Rich Harrison[1]
Running time	23 minutes
Production companies	Muller/Rosen[1] Murakami-Wolf-Swenson[1][2] Toei Animation[1][2] Those Characters from Cleveland (uncredited)[1][2]
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	April 9, 1982 (1982-04-09)[2][3][4]

Synopsis

Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade tells of Strawberryland's Second Annual Grand Old Petable Pet Show and Pet Parade. Strawberry and her cat, Custard, are its judges. The Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes try to enter their pets and frame her for cheating.

Cast

Name	Character	Source
Russi Taylor	Strawberry Shortcake	[2]
Robert Ridgely	Peculiar Purple Pieman
Joan Gerber[nb 1]	Soufflé the Skunk
Julie McWhirter	Angel Cake / Custard
Romeo Muller	Mr. Sun / Narrator

Release

Pets on Parade premiered on April 9, 1982 in 100 U.S. cities.^[4] It aired on WCBS in New York City^[3] and on KTLA in Los Angeles.^[2] It was the last Strawberry Shortcake special Muller/Rosen produced.

Reception

In the 1996 edition of Ballantine Books' Video Movie Guide, Mick Martin and Marsha Porter gave the special two and a half stars out of four.^[5]

See also

• List of 1980s Strawberry Shortcake television specials

Notes

1. Credited as Joanie Gerber.