The series features siblings the perky Gretel Grant-Gomez and overprotective older brother, Kevin, and Gretel's pet hamster named Hamster. On their birthdays after Kevin gets his driver's license, the siblings are visited by space aliens whose UFO bestows them superpowers. However, Kevin's powers accidentally go into Hamster instead, and they form the duo of "Hamster & Gretel". Now Kevin must figure out how to work with both Gretel and Hamster to protect their city from mysterious dangers.[1]
This is the first Disney Channel series where Alyson Stoner voices the villain.
The APM track "The Lineman" is heard in the official series trailer.
The behaviors of the three main characters are similar to Phineas, Ferb, and Candace:
Gretel is similar to Phineas, given that she's always optimistic, and is uniquely designed from the rest of the cast.
Hamster is similar to Ferb, given both don't talk as often as the protagonist and only speaking for comic relief, and both are constantly sporting neutral facial expressions.
Kevin is similar to Candace, given that he's the older sibling who's often complaining. He also bears a similar resemblance to Jeremy Johnson, and his clothes almost match the Mr. Slushy Dawg uniform worn by Jeremy.
The opening and closing credits use the font Cooper Black, which was introduced in Milo Murphy's Law.
The end credits sequence are the same exact structure as Milo Murphy's Law, using pale-focused freeze-frames of specific moments from each of the featured episodes.
This is the second Disney Channel animated series that originally premiered on a Friday, but would later premiere future episodes on Saturdays. (The first was The Ghost and Molly McGee.)
This, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, and Hailey’s On It!, are the last DTVA animated shows to feature serialized elements and story arcs, due to the announcement on October 2021 that Disney Television Animation would move story-driven shows away from Disney Channel (future story driven shows will be on Disney+ instead) and move onto more episodic-musical shows.
This is overall the 8th series by DTVA to be serialized/story-driven.
However, Big City Greens is partially serialized time-to-time given its story arcs, and Season 3B becomes serialized when the Greens move back to the country.
Gretel Grant-Gomez • Kevin Grant-Gomez • Hamster • Fred Grant • Carolina Grant-Gomez • Dave Grant-Gomez • Bailey Carter • Hiromi Tanaka • Veronica Hill • Anthony • Churro • Naya • Nordle • The Destructress and FistPuncher • Van Dyke • La Cebolla • Neighslayer
Season One:Empower Failure/Oakey Dokey" • "Recipe for Disaster/Math Punch" • "Superhero Sibling Rivalry/Close Shave" • "Cheer Cheer Bang Bang/La Ballad of La Cebolla" • "Comic Shop Copycat/Neigh, It Ain't So!" • "Saturday Homecoming Fever/Dr. Eelgood" • "The Opposite of Smart/Birthday Besties" • "I'm Bored/Cutie and the Beast" • "The Nightmarionette/Abuelita's World" • "U.F. UH-OH!" • "Grounded/Sleepover with the Enemy" • "Friday Night Fright/The Earworm" • "A Mammoth Problem/The Bantam of the Elementary School Light Opera" • "Hamnesia/Romancing the Scone" • "For Whom the Belle Trolls/An Arthouse Divided" • "The Litigator vs. The Luchador/Strawberry Fest Forever" • "The Bottle Episode/Micromanager" • "When Life Gives You Lemons/Self-HEELP!" • "My Invisible Friend/The Bitter Sitter" • "Let's Sea What You've Got"/"Churro's Day Out" • "Crimson Haste Makes Waste"/"The Break-Stuff Club" • "Over the Hill"/"The Ice Queen Cometh" • "La Sombrerona"/"Two Girls, A Guy, and the Council of Düm" • "Nano a Nano"/"The Unnatural History of Dr. MedusaSaurus Ph.D." • "No Sprain, No Gain"/"Finding Professor Ex" • "Bayou Barb"/"The Great Pillow War" • "Shush Hour"/"I Was a Teenage Mad Scientist" • "Too Many Crooks"/"President Fred" • "Flake It Til You Make It"/"Game Changer" • "Exclamation Strikes Back"
Songs
Theme song • Almost Almost There • Overload the Grid • Ropa Vieja • Race Against Time • How Much Can You Lift? • Fighting Facial Hair • We Take What We Want • Yuko Cheerleading Warrior Attack Seven • Don't Steal From the Banks • La Cebolla • Pinky Promise • Neighslayer Rap Battle • Dance Battle • Gonna Clean Up the Beach • I Want Your Attention • My Best Friend Bailey's Birthday • Stomps • Get Ready for a Rumble • England But with Dragons • Too Cute to Clobber • Immersion Therapy • Abuelita's Rules • Tiny White Tux • Leave It at That • She's an Only Child • The Power to Annoy • I Got Beef • Third Wheel • Just Another Friday Night • Taco Crunchies • It's a Big Big World • Earworm Jingle • Frank's Discounted Discount Costumes • A Hamster and His Boy • Tearing You Down • How You Feel About Me • Professional League of Wrestling Jingle • Dave • Strawberry Festival • Also He's a Genie • I Think We'll Break For Lunch • We're Working Out • The Lemon's Getting Bigger • Positivity Equals Positiveness • Father Goose Jingles • Don't Do It • You Can't See Me • People Pops • I'm the Bomb • Let's See What You've Got • Fix That Faucet • Out On The Town Together • Mustanchup • I'm in a Hurry • I Can Be Bad • Beef Buggy • Van Dyke • Fighting Facial Hair Again • Ice Queen • Hora Loca • The Council of Düm • To the Bathroom • Simon Says • Bone to Pick • Kevin's Got a Plan • Creepy Doll House • The Ballad of Bayou Barb • Trouble in the Bayou • The Great Pillow War • Give Me Your Voice • Juggling Jack • Mary, Mary • If You Wanna Be President • Big Jen • We're Staking Out • Boglyvanian Force
Locations
Tri-State Area • Grant-Gomez House • Eastside Elementary School • Eastside High School
