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Hamster & Gretel
Genre
Created byDan Povenmire
Voices of
Theme music composerDan Povenmire
Opening theme"Hamster & Gretel Theme Song"
ComposerDanny Jacob
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producerDan Povenmire
ProducerBrandi Young
Running time22 minutes (two 11-minute segments)
Production companyDisney Television Animation
Original release
NetworkDisney Channel
ReleaseAugust 12, 2022 (2022-08-12) –
present
Related

Hamster & Gretel is an American animated television series created by Dan Povenmire[1] that premiered on Disney Channel on August 12, 2022.[2][3]

Plot

A 16-year-old boy named Kevin must work with his sister Gretel when she and her pet hamster are given superpowers by aliens and become a superhero duo dedicated to protecting their city.

Characters

Main

  • Gretel Grant-Gomez (voiced by Meli Povenmire)[4] - Kevin's excitable younger sister who gains superpowers and becomes a superheroine. While she means well, Gretel has a tendency to make problems worse by using brute force.
  • Kevin Grant-Gomez (voiced by Michael Cimino)[4] - A 16-year-old boy and Gretel's older brother who tries to support Hamster and Gretel in being superheroes.
  • Hamster (voiced by Beck Bennett)[4] - Kevin and Gretel's stoic pet hamster who gets superpowers as well as the ability to speak, but generally only does so in moments of comic relief.
  • Winifred "Fred" Grant (voiced by Joey King)[4] - Kevin and Gretel's deadpan, sarcastic, cynical, and tech-savvy cousin, who acts as the team's tech support.
  • Dave Grant-Gomez (voiced by Matt Jones)[4] - Kevin and Gretel's bumbling, unlucky father who manages an apartment complex. He is modeled after series creator Dan Povenmire.[5]
  • Carolina Grant-Gomez (voiced by Carolina Ravassa)[4] - Kevin and Gretel's eccentric yet wise mother, who works as a nurse.

Recurring

  • Bailey Carter[6] (voiced by Priah Ferguson)[7] - Gretel's best friend and also a fan of the superhero Gretel, who is unaware that they are one and the same.
  • Veronica Hill (voiced by Liza Koshy)[7] - A news reporter.
  • Anthony (voiced by Akintoye)[7] - Kevin's confident buddy.
  • Hiromi Tanaka[8] (voiced by Hiromi Dames) - An employee of a comic book store and Kevin's crush.[9]
  • Naya (voiced by Abby Espiritu) – The head cheerleader at Kevin and Fred's high school. A running gag involves her commenting on other characters' cartoonish disguises.
  • Unseen aliens (voiced by Dan Povenmire and Joanna Hausmann) - The unseen entities that give superpowers to random strangers, such as Hamster and Gretel, FistPuncher and the Destructress, and La Cebolla.

Villains

  • Lauren/The Destructress and Lyle/FistPuncher (voiced by Alyson Stoner and Brock Powell respectively)[7] - Fraternal twins who become a duo of supervillains, with powers similar to Hamster and Gretel.
  • Professor Exclamation (voiced by Phil LaMarr) - A supervillain themed after punctuation.
  • Luchador (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) – A wrestler-themed supervillain who loves ropa vieja.
  • Rodney Thunderpants (voiced by James Adomian) – A cowboy-themed supervillain who has electrokinesis and a deep hatred of cellphones.
  • Van Dyke (voiced by Casey Hamilton) – A sentient Van Dyke beard who can possess people by climbing onto their faces.
  • La Cebolla (voiced by Karina La Voz) - A former telenovela star-turned-villainess, with the ability to communicate with onions and onion-related plants.
  • CopyCat (voiced by Eric Bauza) - A comic book geek with a huge trust fund and a degree in engineering who invents a super suit based on the comic book character "Man Cat."
  • Neighslayer (voiced by Thomas Sanders) - A former track star who was mutated into a half-horse half-man mutant after an experiment gone awry.
  • Dr. Eelgood (voiced by Keith Ferguson) – A mad scientist who has sworn revenge on the local aquarium, and has genetically engineered a near-indestructible eel. He was one of Dave's tenants, although he was kicked out when his experiments were exposed.
  • Xterminator (voiced by John DiMaggio) – A supervillain whose human body was accidentally merged with his rat-catching device, who now has a vendetta against rodents.
  • Amplifier (voiced by Khary Payton) – A supervillain with a ray gun that can dramatically increase the size of whatever it shoots.
  • The Nightmarionette (voiced by Michael-Leon Wooley) – A villain who can create life-like projections of people's greatest fears.
  • Bob Infantiburg (voiced by Brock Powell) – A former mayoral candidate who accidentally turned himself into a kaiju-sized baby.

Production

Development

In October 2020, it was reported that Phineas & Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law co-creator Dan Povenmire was developing a new animated series with a 20-episode order for Disney Channel, titled Hamster & Gretel, with Disney Television Animation producing.[1] Povenmire first pitched the show as an animatic in 2019, with him providing all the voices. The character of Hamster originated from a drawing he did on his sketchboard during development on the Disney+ film Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020). It was later refined whilst Povenmire was on a vacation with his family in Aruba.[10][5] The series marks Povenmire's first project as showrunner without Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, due to the latter developing projects of his own after creating his own studio. However, Marsh will still have a recurring voice role as various characters on the series.[11] In September 2021, Joanna Hausmann joined the series as its head writer, co-producer, and story editor.[12] Povenmire approached her after listening to Haunsman talking about her experiences as a Venezuelan, as he felt she could bring authenticity to the series' Venezuelan representation.[5] In June 2022, it was announced that ten additional episodes had been ordered, bringing the total episode number to 30.[13]

Writing

Writing for Hamster & Gretel began by October 2020. It was done remotely due to Disney TVA's closure during the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] The series was based on Povenmire's dynamic with his much younger sister, which he felt had never been portrayed on TV before;[1] director Amber T. Hollinger described the relationship between Kevin and Gretel as the series' main focus,[15] with the Kevin's arc centering on his role as an older brother after Gretel receives her powers.[11] Povenmire also drew inspiration from his family for the characters Kevin and Gretel.[16] The series features Venezuelan lead characters; this was inspired by both Hausmann and Povenmire's wife being Venezuelan.[17] The series also incorporated several Venezuelan easter eggs.[16]

The series is set in the same universe as Phineas and Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law, with characters from both shows making cameos throughout Hamster and Gretel. However, Povenmire noted there were no plans for a formal crossover in the series, unlike Milo Murphy's Law.[5]

Animation

Snipple Animation and Synergy Animation both provide animation services for the series; work on the first episodes finished by May 2022.[18][19] Episodes are produced simultaneously at different stages, with some in pre-production and others in post-production.[14] The series will feature action sequences that have more cinematic quality than Phineas and Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law.[15][19]

Music

Hamster & Gretel (Original Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
Hamster & Gretel - Cast
ReleasedAugust 12, 2022
Recorded2020–2022
GenreSoundtrack
Length15:25
LabelWalt Disney
ProducerDanny Jacob

Similar to his previous work, Povenmire wrote songs for the series. The soundtrack was released the day of the series' premiere.[14]

No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Hamster & Gretel Theme Song"Dan PovenmireDan Povenmire0:56
2."Strawberry Festival"Povenmire, Sophia JamesPovenmire1:29
3."My Best Friend Bailey's Party"Povenmire, Florence MilazzoGretel1:28
4."I Got Beef"Akintoye, PovenmireAkintoye1:06
5."Tiny White Tux"Povenmire, Sophia JamesSophia James1:17
6."How You Feel About Me"Berit Dybing, PovenmireKevin1:09
7."I'm the Bomb"PovenmireAlex Povenmire1:24
8."La Cebolla"PovenmireLa Cebolla1:30
9."Just Another Friday Night"PovenmireJames0:43
10."Overload the Grid"Povenmire, Danny JacobKevin & the Duck Boyz1:01
11."Dance Battle"Povenmire & Martin OlsonRobbie Wyckoff1:14
12."Get Ready for a Rumble"PovenmirePovenmire1:00
13."I Can Be Bad"Povenmire, Michael CiminoKevin1:00

Episodes

No.Title [20][21][22]Directed byWritten and storyboarded byOriginal air date [20][21][22]Prod.
code [20][22]		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Empower Failure"
"Oakey Dokey"		Dan Povenmire & Amber Tornquist Hollinger
Dan Povenmire & Tricia Garcia		Dan Povenmire
Written by : Dan Povenmire
Storyboard by : Dan Povenmire & Rufino Roy Camacho II		August 12, 2022 (2022-08-12)1010.23[23]

"Empower Failure": High schooler Kevin Grant-Gomez is not very thrilled about having to drive his little sister, Gretel, everywhere she has to go. One day, Kevin and Gretel are visited by aliens, who bestow superpowers to the siblings to use for good. Kevin is excited about having superpowers but becomes less so when it is revealed shortly after that he was actually passed over for superpowers from the aliens in favor of Gretel's pet hamster, Hamster. As time goes by, Kevin becomes very overprotective of Gretel despite her now having superpowers, which she tends to overuse.

"Oakey Dokey": Gretel's "punch-everything-and-hope-for-the-best" method comes back to bite her when destroying a meteor leads to her accidently destroying her favorite tree.
2"Recipe for Disaster"
"Math Punch"		Tricia Garcia
Amber Tornquist Hollinger		Written by : Jim Bernstein
Storyboard by : Villamor M. Cruz & Tammy Manis
Written by : Joshua Pruett
Storyboard by : Villamor M. Cruz & Allen Del Mar Oka		August 13, 2022 (2022-08-13)1020.22[24]

"Recipe for Disaster": After accidentally burning the family dinner, Hamster and Gretel search all over town for a replacement, while Kevin suffers from embarrassment after embarrassment trying to keep his mother, Carolina, from coming home too soon.

"Math Punch": Gretel faces off against a lightning-themed cowboy supervillain while trying to get out of her math homework. Meanwhile, Kevin and Gretel's father, Dave, tries to impress Carolina on their anniversary.
3"Superhero Sibling Rivalry"
"Close Shave"		Amber Tornquist Hollinger
Tricia Garcia		Written by : Joshua Pruett
Storyboard by : Allen Del Mar Oka & Heather Gregersen
Written by : Valerie Breiman
Storyboard by : Rufino Roy Camacho II & Villamor M. Cruz		August 20, 2022 (2022-08-20)[a]1030.14[26]

"Superhero Sibling Rivalry": After getting in a fight, Kevin and Gretel go their separate ways, and Hamster and Gretel end up fighting a super-powered sibling duo on their own.

"Close Shave": Gretel becomes suspicious of her substitute teacher who she believes is evil.
4"Cheer Cheer Bang Bang"
"La Ballad of La Cebolla"		Amber Tornquist Hollinger
Tricia Garcia		Written by : Amanda Domenech
Storyboard by : Allen Del Mar Oka & Heather Gregersen
Written by : Alex Estrada
Storyboard by : Rufino Roy Camacho II		August 27, 2022 (2022-08-27)[a]1040.21[27]

"Cheer Cheer Bang Bang": Kevin's cousin, Fred, goes undercover as a cheerleader for her high school when she and Kevin catch wind of cheerleaders for their school being involved in bank robberies.

"La Ballad of La Cebolla": Kevin, Hamster, and Gretel encounter a supervillain with the power to talk to onions.
5"Comic Shop CopyCat"
"Neigh, It Ain't So!"		Amber Tornquist Hollinger
Tricia Garcia		Written by : Joshua Pruett
Storyboard by : Allen Del Mar Oka & Heather Gregersen
Written by : Amanda Domenech
Storyboard by : Tammy Manis		September 3, 2022 (2022-09-03)[a]1050.18[28]

"Comic Shop CopyCat": While Kevin tries to gather the courage to talk to his crush, Hiromi, Hamster and Gretel fight off a villain inspired by a comic book villain.

"Neigh, It Ain't So!": When Gretel's best friend, Bailey, who is unaware of Gretel's superhero persona despite their several similarities, wins a contest to spend a day with her, Gretel tries to avoid as much confrontation as possible in order to avoid suspicion, which grows more difficult when a half-man, half horse mutant villain is on the loose.
6"Saturday Homecoming Fever"
"Dr. Eelgood"		Amber Tornquist Hollinger
Tricia Garcia		Written by : Amanda Domenech
Storyboard by : Heather Gregersen, Allen Del Mar Oka & Eddie Pittman
Written by : Alex Estrada
Storyboard by : Villamor M. Cruz		September 10, 2022 (2022-09-10)1060.24[29]

"Saturday Homecoming Fever": Kevin hopes to boost his image at his school's Homecoming dance and shed his nickname of "minivan kid", but FistPuncher and The Destructress crash the festivities.

"Dr. Eelgood": Hamster and Gretel must fight a monstrous eel while shadowing Gretel's father, who unknowingly repairs its creator's refrigerator.
7"The Opposite of Smart"
"Birthday Besties"		Amber Tornquist Hollinger
Tricia Garcia		Written by : Valerie Breiman
Storyboard by : Heather Gregersen, Allen Del Mar Oka & Eddie Pittman
Written by : Joanna Hausmann
Storyboard by : Kyle Menke, Rufino Roy Camacho II, Su Jen Buchheim & Erik Kling		September 17, 2022 (2022-09-17)1070.21[30]

"The Opposite of Smart": The Grant-Gomez family dog, Churro, becomes an online sensation due to his dimwitted nature. Kevin lets the celebrity status go to his head, which makes Gretel jealous.

"Birthday Besties": Kevin and Gretel attend Bailey's birthday party while tracking down someone who has repeatedly trashed birthday parties in the area, but the culprit is not who they think it is.
8"I'm Bored"
"Cutie and the Beast"		Tricia GarciaWritten by : Amanda Domenech
Storyboard by : Su Jen Buchheim, Erik Kling & Tammy Manis
Written by : Jim Bernstein
Storyboard by : Su Jen Buchheim & Villamor M. Cruz		September 24, 2022 (2022-09-24)1090.24[31]

"I'm Bored": Gretel becomes swamped with chores after expressing her boredom aloud, leaving Kevin and Hamster to bond as they fight off a new villain, the Xterminator, without her.

"Cutie and the Beast": Hamster and Gretel are tasked with fighting a giant otter, but are hesitant because of its cuteness. Meanwhile, Kevin becomes increasingly jealous over not getting superpowers.
9"The Nightmarionette"
"Abuelita's World"		Amber Tornquist HollingerWritten by : Jim Bernstein
Storyboard by : Heather Gregersen, Allen Del Mar Oka & Eddie Pittman
Written by : Joanna Hausmann
Storyboard by : Heather Gregersen, Erik Kling, Allen Del Mar Oka & Eddie Pittman		October 1, 2022 (2022-10-01)108N/A

"The Nightmarionette": Hamster and Gretel must face their biggest fears in order to fight a supervillain who can materialize people's greatest fears before their eyes.

"Abuelita's World": Kevin and Gretel are being babysat by their strict grandmother while their parents are out of town, but this becomes a problem when a giant baby starts rampaging around the city.
10"U.F. UH-OH! Part I"
"U.F. UH-OH! Part II"		UnknownUnknownOctober 8, 2022 (2022-10-08)TBAN/A

Shorts

Theme Song Takeover

As part of a promotional campaign, Disney Channel began airing the Disney Theme Song Takeover wherein supporting characters from different shows performed the theme song to the series they were in.

No.TitleOriginal release date
1"Kevin Theme Song Takeover"September 17, 2022 (2022-09-17)[32]

Chibi Tiny Tales

Chibi Tiny Tales is a series of shorts that depict characters from various Disney Channel properties in chibi-style animation. In September 2022, the series began releasing shorts based around Hamster & Gretel.

No.TitleOriginal release date
1"Ice Cream Rewind"September 24, 2022 (2022-09-24)[33]
2"Museum Mayhem"October 1, 2022 (2022-10-01)[34]

Release

Hamster & Gretel premiered on Disney Channel on August 12, 2022.[1][3] The first five episodes of the series were added to Disney+ on August 17, resulting in episodes 3-5 being released ahead of their televised premieres.[25]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c This episode was first released on Disney+ on August 17, 2022.[25]

References

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  31. ^ Mitch Metcalf (September 27, 2022). "Saturday 9.24.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
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  33. ^ Ice Cream Rewind 🍦| Chibi Tiny Tales | Hamster & Gretel | Disney Channel Animation. Disney Channel. September 24, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2022 – via YouTube.
  34. ^ Museum Mayhem | Chibi Tiny Tales | Hamster & Gretel | Disney Channel Animation. Disney Channel. October 1, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022 – via YouTube.


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