Janyse Jaud
All the ponies can’t wait for the Winter Wishes festival where the Wishing Star grants each pony one special wish. But when the Wishing Star disappears they go on a journey to find it. But will they make it back in time for the festival? Join Pinkie Pie and all her pony friends on their journey as they discover that friendship can make wishes come true.
The new Strawberry Shortcake is a comedy/educational CG series of 22-minute episodes for girls ages 3-6. The series focuses on the quirky community of Berry Bitty City, a miniature town tucked into a strawberry patch. It is home to Strawberry Shortcake and her five girlfriends, all nine years old and two inches tall. The series teaches social/emotional lessons and Emotional Intelligence lessons on community life that will benefit our young audience. The series is also fruit forward Strawberrys earlier series has evolved from a world plentiful with cake and candy to one that now emphasizes fruit, vegetables and healthy eating. Colorful, whimsical fruit motifs are used in visuals and naming conventions.
Fifteen-year-old Headly and her mother, Rene, have more than a mother/daughter relationship. They are best friends, going to movies, shopping, and sharing adventures over the past five years since Headly’s father died. Headly has just experienced her first romantic crush and wants her mother to do the same. So she and her friend, Willis, devise a scheme to select and introduce eligible men to Rene, so that her mother can find someone to love. After a few glitches they connect Rene with Andrew and his four-year-old son, and sparks fly between them. Our story ends with new beginnings for both mother and daughter, with Andrew and Rene falling in love, and Headly getting her first meaningful kiss from, of all unlikely people, Willis – who goes through his own transformation from nerdy to very cool guy.
Strawberry Shortcake and her favorite gal pals learn that it’s okay to ask for help sometimes, and also to say “no.” And the girls form a new band and may or may not go on tour.