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Mmmm, strawberries! With their bright red bodies, charming star-shaped leaves, and tart, juicy taste, it's not hard to see why they're so well-liked the world over. They go great with chocolate. They make a good flavoring for ice cream, milk, or yogurt. They make delicious jams and syrups, perfect for toast, pancakes, or crepes. They're just plain good all by themselves. It's not surprising, then, that strawberries have also become one of the more popular symbolic fruit. Not quite as much as apples, but they've earned their own place. They generally show up in order to imply one of two things:

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  • Strawberry Shorthand
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  • Mmmm, strawberries! With their bright red bodies, charming star-shaped leaves, and tart, juicy taste, it's not hard to see why they're so well-liked the world over. They go great with chocolate. They make a good flavoring for ice cream, milk, or yogurt. They make delicious jams and syrups, perfect for toast, pancakes, or crepes. They're just plain good all by themselves. It's not surprising, then, that strawberries have also become one of the more popular symbolic fruit. Not quite as much as apples, but they've earned their own place. They generally show up in order to imply one of two things:
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  • Mmmm, strawberries! With their bright red bodies, charming star-shaped leaves, and tart, juicy taste, it's not hard to see why they're so well-liked the world over. They go great with chocolate. They make a good flavoring for ice cream, milk, or yogurt. They make delicious jams and syrups, perfect for toast, pancakes, or crepes. They're just plain good all by themselves. It's not surprising, then, that strawberries have also become one of the more popular symbolic fruit. Not quite as much as apples, but they've earned their own place. They generally show up in order to imply one of two things: 1. * Extreme cuteness. Innocence or sweetness may be thrown in on the side. Somewhere along the line, it was decided that strawberries were "the cute fruit," and they wear the designation with pride. See the Trope Namer, Strawberry Shortcake, for a particularly good example. 2. * Love, especially passion. Perhaps it's because they're shaped kind of like hearts. In Western examples, strawberries as symbols of love and/or passion tends to come with a side-order of Erotic Eating -- especially if the strawberry involved is covered in chocolate. (See also describing someone as "Tasting like strawberries.") In Eastern productions, strawberries can mean more innocent love -- and even occasionally Girls Love. In Japan, "Strawberry" is a popular word for utterly random anime titles, though you can bet that series with "Strawberry" in the title will be an adorable shojou series... or at the very least, quirky. As it happens, the Japanese word for "Strawberry" is similar to (as in sounds exactly the same as) the popular name "Ichigo," though there are lots of different ways of spelling it. As such, expect puns. Examples of Strawberry Shorthand include:
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