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Lemon Meringue is one of the original and earliest Strawberry Shortcake characters, and has been a major character in most generations since her debut. Lemon Meringue has always been a prim and proper fashionista, who gives the best advice on how to present yourself. Despite her name, however, Lemon is not really sour; in fact, she's a real sweetheart. She's current with all the latest trends, even having a salon in Berry Bitty City in the 2009 series, where she frequently does hair and manicures with those who visit her. Her unseen home in the 2003 series is also said to be a hair salon, though we never see it. She loves to spend time and chat with her berry gal pals, so when she can work on them she is at her happiest. In the 1980's series, she had a pet frog named Frappe. This pet was changed in the 2003 series to a skunk named Sourball. In the 2009 series, she has a puppy named Henna. She debuted with Raspberry and they are very close friends in all generations until G5. She is now an energetic, tomboyish mechanic and food truck worker, and business partner with Lime Chiffon.

Appearance

1980

Lemon has a blonde perm. She wears daisy hair clips on both sides. She wears a whipped cream or cupcake-looking pastel yellow hat with a green band underneath it. a long-sleeved yellow dress with a white collar and yellow polka dots. She wears green and white striped stockings. Her shoes are yellow with ribbons.

Lemon Meringue w Envelope and Basket

2003

Lemon has light blue eyes. She has long wavy platinum blonde hair. Her hair is worn in bubble ponytails with light orange flowers in it. She wears almost entirely yellow ensembles, but accents with spring green. She wears a yellow crop tank top, yellow capri pants, and yellow flats with small light green ribbons. Her hat is a yellow cloche hat (which was a very popular women's hat style from the 1920s) with a spring green ribbon and a daisy on the bow.

2009

Lemon in Berry Bitty Adventures looks very similar to the previous animated series. Lemon has fair skin and bright blue eyes. She has long, waist-length blonde hair with her bangs mostly swept to the left. She dons braids on both sides of her head, held by two green ribbons. A lemon slice hairclip goes on the left side of her head. Her lips appear pastel tea-rose. Her hair is very similar to her 2003 hair, except it is yellow instead of white and has green ribbons instead of light orange flowers.

Lemon wears a yellow sweater with elbow-length sleeves held up by white ruffled cuffs, alongside a green ribbon belt. On each side of the pocket is a lemon slice design, while her skirt is a pastel blue pleat with a lemon design on the right. She also wears yellow flats with three small markings on her feet to resemble a slice of lemon. Her leggings are yellow and white.

2021

Lemon is a teenage girl with fair skin, short wavy light yellow hair and ash blue eyes. She wears orange inventor goggles, a white and light green raglan shirt, orangish-yellow overalls with the legs rolled up above the knees and a «corresponding citrus» badge on the chest pocket, white half-length socks, light yellow boots with dark brown soles and gray-green tied laces.

Personality

"Lemon Meringue just might grow up to be Strawberryland’s most acclaimed fashion model someday! She’s a real genius at looking good, and all the Strawberryland friends know that for a glamorous makeover or a brand new do, the place to go is Lemon’s beauty shop on Lemon Lane. She’s a lighthearted, sweeter-than-lemonade girl with a zesty attitude and a heart of platinum!" - From the official 2003 series website

Despite her sour name, Lemon is very sweet. When she was first introduced in the 2002 series she comes off as sweet and innocent, but a bit of a diva. She is kind and caring to her friends and she always tries to work as hard as she can to make others happy with her stylish techniques. She always has fun when doing anything related to styling. She likes to chat and knows a bit of gossip, but she does never usually trifle with anything that could hurt the feelings of someone else. She's very into celebrities. She is also portrayed as a bit of a dumb blonde in the 2003 series, especially in the Sweet Dreams movie. In that movie, she doesn't like getting dirty, and her wish is to be a fairy princess who grants wishes and happiness to all. She lets Raspberry boss her around but they are truly friends and want to stick together, Raspberry tries to protect Lemon.

She is usually very happy, but she does bother over her place in Berry Bitty City for some reason. She often shows concern about being refused and can be sensitive or self-conscious. She gets embarrassed easily and will hold up in her Salon until she can remove any disasters she may have brought upon herself. She is the kind of girl to easily cry or get upset if offended, and because of how serious she takes her work, she can get neatly angry if someone offends her; though she will try to be open-minded to hear others out.

The 2009 Lemon can also be a bit ditzy in some ways. She is highly determined when it comes to doing things though, giving her a somewhat stubborn and competitive streak. She is rather feminine but is always up for some fun, whether it be going on an exploration or playing sports. She sometimes has odd and quirky ideas. She is rather giggly, which plays more into the dumb blonde trope given to her in the 2003 version

2021

Lemon has a very different personality compared to her previous incarnations, as she is now very tomboyish and is a mechanic. She has been described by Strawberry as a girl of few words and is very stoic. Lemon does have a ton of enthusiasm about inventing and loves to show off her machines to her friends, and tries to help them out whenever she can by building new inventions, though they tend to explode without warning, which everyberry has gotten used to.

She hates the color pink, but this is rarely brought up.

Lemon has been shown to have social anxiety throughout the series. In Lemon's Name in Lights she has a fear of public speaking. "Will You Be My Lemontine" establishes that Lemon dislikes acts of affection, as it makes her feel awkward and she cannot properly express her feelings, and prefers avoiding it altogether. She also doesn't like it when other berries touch or hug her, as she will rarely join in group hugs with her friends. In "All About Lemon", Lemon is terrified at the idea of having to talk about herself or her inventions, especially to a stranger.

Pets

In the 1980s, she had a frog named Frappe. In the 2002 series, her pet was changed to a yellow skunk named Sourball. In 2009, she adopted a dog named Henna, who previously belonged to Blueberry Muffin. Frappe has returned in the 2021 series, but appears more toad-like and not as cute as his 1980s incarnation.

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Relationships

Lemon Meringue debuted with Raspberry Torte in The Sweet Dreams movie and they are best friends. They used to live somewhere else until they moved to Strawberryland. They are often seen sitting together, or walking together and holding hands. Raspberry often makes decisions and speaks for Lemon in the 2003 series. Angel Cake almost made the two of them leave by being very mean and saying they were new so they weren't completely invested in the town and didn't deserve to eat from their community Strawberry Garden.

Lemon is friends with Banana Candy.

Lemon Meringue thinks Lime Light is very cool and becomes friends with her.

Once more, Raspberry and Lemon have paired together again in the 2009 series. Being a hairdresser while Raspberry is a Fashion Designer and Lemon is a hair stylist, their work is intertwined, hairstyling is just as important as a pretty new dress; so they often work together whether they planned it or not. They are close friends in this generation too. They used to have opposites-attract type friendships but now they are like-minded fashion-obsessed girls, and their daily jobs and preferred activities go hand in hand.

In 2021, Lemon runs a stand with Lime Chiffon. They are the only girls that share their food truck. They seem to be pretty close friends, always hanging out together. Lemon also really likes Orange, because of their shared enthusiasm over Lemon's inventions.

Trivia

  • She is a rare occasion of a character technically having more than one theme, the first being Lemon Meringue and the second theme being Daisies making her both a fruit and flower-themed character.
  • In the 1980s specials she is noted as a popular model, though can't afford a proper mirror.
  • In 2009 it was said she likes watercolor.
  • She is arguably the character that has changed the least from the 80s to 2018 and the character that changed the most in the 2021 series.
  • She can play the bass guitar.
  • She has been depicted as both left-handed and ambidextrous. it is unknown if this is intentional or if animators not keeping her dominant hand consistent throughout the series.
  • In the 1980s episode Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City, she says she has a brother but her brother is never seen and is never mentioned afterwards. She also says she has an aunt and mother.
  • Lemon Meringue is the first character in Strawberry Shortcake to have a prior voice actor reprise their role for the succeeding series, as Andrea Libman voiced her in Berry Bitty Adventures, and returned for Berry in the Big City.
    • This also means Andrea Libman holds the current record for the longest period of voicing a Strawberry Shortcake character, at nearly 15 years.

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