Sour Grapes is a character from Strawberry Shortcake who was first introduced in the 1980s Series. The character initially appeared as the Purple Pieman's old partner-in-crime. During the 2006 update, she was introduced as Purple Pieman's sister. Now in 2009, she is a whole new person; Sour Grapes (Young Girl) is a nicer girl who just moved to Berry Bitty City with her sister Sweet Grapes.
Personality[]
- 1980's
- Sour Grapes is significantly smarter than the Pieman and has mentioned that she has made many successes in robberies and other feats while he has had none. She is also very greedy, not hesitant at all to sell Fig Boot in "Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name". She is capable of emitting a loud noise that annoys the Pieman greatly.
- 2006
- Sour Grapes was reintroduced as the Purple Pieman's sister. In a number of ways, her personality stayed as it had been before. As in the '80s, she chided the Pieman for his ridiculousness. Unlike her '80s form, however, Sour Grapes had a greater sense of morality this time around. Also changed was her position in the crimes; whereas before she had suggested schemes herself and often talked the Purple Pieman into them, this time she was the follower and it can be argued that she followed out of affectionate familial devotion. Despite her shortcomings witnessed in the episode "Queen For a Day" and despite her initial reactions to the children, she was repeatedly shown to be quite maternal and intelligent. When excited, her personality often changed from that of a bitter adult to a playful young girl. Though irritable, to emotionally reach her for the better was not at all a hard task. An allergy to strawberries, a susceptibility to headaches and hints to poor physical health in general further added to her depth of character.
- 2009
Appearance[]
- 1980's
- Sour Grapes has Caucasian skin and dark purple hair. She wears very dark purple lipstick (light pink in "Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins") and earrings that look like bunches of grapes. She has a beauty mark. She wears a pink evening gown, with a short lavender cape. She wears light green gloves and high-heels. She is often seen with her pet snake wrapped around her arms like a boa. This appearance was kept in the 2003 series without the snake.
- 2009
Sour Grapes is a pale skinned girl with ombre lavender and lime eyes. She has natural purple hair in a choppy bob, with lime green highlights. She has a black headband with a grape on it, her dress is green and purple striped with black sleeves. She has white and and black striped leggings, black combat boots, and layered necklaces. Sometimes, she wears black athletic shorts like when camping. She has a very punk and edgy style, and is the third tomboy butch character in Strawberry Shortcake, the first being Peppermint Fizz and then Raspberry Torte, and being followed by the 2021 version of Orange Blossom and the mechanic from the 2021 series. She wears green eyeshadow. She is the second character in the franchise to have highlights.
2021[]
Sour has a more plain and casual look, she has a full purple medium length hairstyle with purple eyes and no head accessories on. Her skin is a bit purplish. She wears a white short sleeved t-shirt, a purple plaid skirt, pastel purple leggings, violet flats and what seems to be a lace choker. She has a minimalist and emo fashion style instead of her former punk and neon style.
Personality[]
2009[]
Sour Grapes came into Berry Bitty Adventures as a last minute thought to replace tomboy, antagonistic characters such as Peppermint Fizz and Raspberry Torte (2003). Sour Grapes is much like her namesake. She appears to be generally in a foul mood and unpleasant to be around. She is often in a grumpy mood, and has a feisty temper that can flare up any time. But she isn't that mean when you get to know her. She's a realist, not a pessimist. She has spunk and edge and does things with gusto. She likes to seem tough and brave. She's mischievous and likes to play pranks and trick people. She is competitive and energetic. She is protective of her sister, Sweet Grapes, and always tries to help her. They act like polar opposites, but they are best friends and love each other. Sour Grapes starts to seem a bit more 'sweet' in comparison to her cousin, the greedy and social media addicted Raisin Cane. Sour Grapes is often annoyed and groans at the schemes of her cousin. She is more intelligent and clever than the ditsy, head in the clouds Sweet. Sour's grumpy competitive personality makes her very similar to Angel Cake personality wise.
2018[]
In the 2018 2D animated Youtube Series, Sour Grapes seems to have matured, just like Peppermint Fizz did in her transition from 2003 to 2007. Sour is still sarcastic and has a annoyed realist view, but she is much nicer. She is 'berry' nice to Strawberry Shortcake and Orange Blossom, and has found a close friendship with them. She loves her sister and helps her and is concerned for her. She's very clever and intelligent, often coming up with ideas to help her ditsy sister. She's tough and wants to be seen as brave and cool by those around her. We see in one of the shorts she can be insecure about being different from her sister.
2021[]
In the series, she has became an antagonist and along with Bread Pudding and Raspberry Torte she passively participates in with these two's schemes to get Strawberry to leave the Berryworks. When doing the Mean Berrie's plans, she honestly seems neutral and apathetic about it, and just acts as a follower to Raspbery. She doesn't actually have a strong opinion about Strawberry being in the Berryworks, and just doesn't care. She is very expressionless, quiet and a bit cold. She's also quite judgy over clothing as the first thing she pointed out when Raspberry was mocking Strawberry was Strawberry's outfit being "matchy-matchy" in Mean Berries. So she probably likes fashion. She also likes gothic and creepy things. In "Lemon's Name In Lights" one of the few things she seems happy about is when she got to decorate the Christmas tree in a purple, gothic style with a giant skull on top.
She is mostly seen following Raspberry, but it is unknown how much she actually likes Raspberry. They don't often have friendly interactions, and Raspberry rarely looks at her. She just stands behind or to the side of Raspberry. Raspberry did give Sour a special credit card though.
Trivia[]
- 1980's
- Her pet snake is possibly a boa constrictor, which would explain why she wears it like a boa.
- She has a niece, Raisin Cane, that only made an appearance in a comic book.
- 2006
- She never had a doll as a child, paralleling Raspberry Torte's arc in the Sweet Dreams Movie.
- She was an anti villain, while Raspberry Torte and Peppermint Fizz were anti heroes.
- She is an Aries. Her birthday is April 1st.
- Her teaching abilities are referenced twice in sympathetic episodes, Dancin' in Disguise and A Princess Named Rap.