Hamster & Gretel is an American animated superhero comedy television series created by Phineas and Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law co-creator Dan Povenmire that first aired on Disney Channel on August 12, 2022. In January 2023, the series was renewed for a second season that debuted on September 14, 2024. The series' name is a pun on the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel".
Plot 9-year-old Gretel and her pet hamster are given superpowers by aliens and become a superhero duo dedicated to protecting their city with the help of Gretel's older brother Kevin.
Characters Main Gretel Grant-Gomez (voiced by Meli Povenmire) is a 9-year-old girl and 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) is a 16-year-old boy and Gretel's older brother who tries to support Hamster and Gretel in being superheroes. Despite lacking superpowers of his own, he is the brains of the group, due to his quick-thinking skills and ability to solve problems in dire moments. Hamster (voiced by Beck Bennett) is Gretel's stoic pet golden hamster who gets superpowers along with Gretel. He also gets the ability to speak, but generally does so in moments of comic relief. Winifred "Fred" Grant (voiced by Joey King) is Kevin and Gretel's deadpan, sarcastic, cynical and tech-savvy cousin (and Kevin's best friend) and Stacy's daughter and only child, who acts as the team's tech support. She also has gymnastic abilities, which were first shown in "Cheer Cheer Bang Bang". Dave Grant (voiced by Matt Jones) is Kevin and Gretel's father who works as a building manager at an apartment complex. He is physically modeled after series creator Dan Povenmire. Carolina Grant-Gomez (voiced by Carolina Ravassa) is Kevin and Gretel's eccentric, yet wise, Venezuelan-born mother who works as a nurse.
Recurring Churro (vocal effects provided by Dee Bradley Baker) is the Grant-Gomez family's dimwitted pet dog, whose mischief sometimes gets in the way of his owners. Carmen "Abuelita" Gomez (voiced by Jenny Lorenzo) is Carolina's strict mother and the maternal grandmother of Kevin and Gretel. She usually forces the kids to focus on chores whenever she babysits them and is one of the few family members to know Gretel's secret. Bailey Carter (voiced by Priah Ferguson) is Gretel's best friend who is also a major fan of the superhero Gretel. She was initially unaware that they were one and the same until "My Invisible Friend". Roman Carter (voiced by Michael-Leon Wooley) is Bailey's father who works as a video game producer. Michelle Carter (voiced by Debra Wilson) is Bailey's mother who works as a therapist. Nordle Ampersand (voiced by Pamela Adlon) is a nerdy and wealthy boy in Gretel's class who is the son of Professor Exclamation, but has no interest in villainy. He is friends with Gretel and Bailey and as of "Tobor or Not Tobor", has become aware of Gretel's superhero identity. Tobor (voiced by Alex Estrada) is Nordle's semi-competent robot companion who waits on his hand and foot, but secretly wishes to earn his respect. His name spelled backwards is "robot". Veronica Hill (voiced by Liza Koshy) is a blunt, snarky news reporter who often weaves her personal issues into the current stories. Anthony (voiced by Akintoye) is Kevin's confident friend. Hiromi Tanaka (voiced by Hiromi Dames) is a girl who works at a comic bookstore and is also Kevin's crush. Murray Meyer (voiced by Brett Dalton) is the mayor of the city. Naya (voiced by Abby Espiritu) is the head cheerleader at Kevin and Fred's high school. A running gag involves her commenting on other characters' cartoonish disguises. Principal Funderberk (voiced by Keith Ferguson) is the principal of Kevin and Fred's high school. Clyde (voiced by Dan Povenmire) and Andrew (voiced by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh) are a pair of elderly men who are always playing chess throughout the city. They often witness the collateral damage from Hamster and Gretel's heroics, automatically assuming that they were staged as a distraction to sway the game. Mrs. Maybank (voiced by Lauren Tom) is the Grant-Gomez family's elderly neighbor with whom they share a complex. Her home is often affected by Hamster and Gretel's heroics, but her poor eyesight and forgetfulness prevent her from being too bothered by it. In "Who's Afraid of Mordros the Annihilator?", it is revealed that her first name is Lulu and that she once owned the chinchilla Nutmeg before he was transported into space and transformed into Mordros the Annihilator. Unseen aliens (voiced by Dan Povenmire and Joanna Hausmann) are unseen entities who empower others and create supervillains to prepare Hamster and Gretel to battle Mordros the Annihilator. In "Who's Afraid of Mordros the Annihilator?", it is revealed that the two's home planet was previously destroyed by Mordros and that they appear as living shadows because their true forms would destroy anyone who looks at them. Stacy Grant (voiced by Joanna Hausmann) is Fred's single mother and Kevin and Gretel's paternal aunt. General Huxley (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) is a general at the Tri-State Space Agency. Vicky Huxley (voiced by Cree Summer) is an astronaut commander at the Tri-State Space Agency and daughter of General Huxley who operated on Space Station Alpha Seneca. Main Computer (voiced by Bob Bowen) is a computer system on the Space Station Alpha Seneca.
Villains Jack Ampersand / Professor Exclamation (voiced by Phil LaMarr) is a punctuation-themed supervillain who has short arms due to losing his elbows in a freak accident and now wants to make the world bend to him. Lauren/The Destructress and Lyle/FistPuncher (voiced by Alyson Stoner and Brock Powell respectively) are fraternal twins who had an encounter with the same aliens as Hamster and Gretel, granting them similar powers. Unlike the latter, they were told to use their powers for evil, becoming supervillains as a result. Starting with "The Bitter Sitter", Lauren has a second job as a babysitter in order to have a non-evil hustle. However, Lauren later turned over a new leaf in the episode "Evil Upheaval" while Lyle maintains his evil ways. Lyle has attempted twice to get Lauren back on the side of evil. El Luchador (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is a wrestler-themed supervillain who loves ropa vieja. Rodney Thunderpants (voiced by James Adomian) is a cowboy who has electrokinesis and a deep hatred of cellphones. Van Dyke (voiced by Casey Hamilton) is a sentient Van Dyke beard who can possess people by attaching himself to their faces. After getting shredded by a lawnmower, he later puts himself back together as a moustache. Coach Haggerty (voiced by Betsy Sodaro) is a cheerleading coach that hypnotizes people to commit crimes for her using her whistle. La Cebolla (voiced by Karina La Voz) is a former telenovela star-turned-villainess who encountered the unseen aliens, granting her the ability to communicate with onions and onion-related plants. CopyCat (voiced by Eric Bauza) is 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) is a former track star who was mutated into a half-horse half-man mutant after an experiment gone awry. This left him with horse hooves in place of his human arms and legs. Dr. Eelgood (voiced by Keith Ferguson) is a mad scientist who has sworn revenge on the local aquarium and has genetically engineered a nearly indestructible eel. He was one of Dave's tenants, although he was evicted when his experiments were exposed. Ideal Eel is an eel-like monster created by Dr. Eelgood. It was destroyed when Gretel froze it solid and Hamster accidentally dropped it. Bouncy Castle (voiced by Richie Moriarty) is a bouncy castle that was accidentally given life by the aliens who were trying to empower two nearby children. It sought revenge for all the times that people jumped in it. The Bouncy Castle was deflated by Hamster and Gretel. X-Terminator (voiced by John DiMaggio) is a supervillain who has a vendetta against rodents of all kinds after his human body was accidentally merged with his rat-catching device. The Amplifier (voiced by Khary Payton) is a supervillain with a ray gun that can dramatically increase the size of whatever it shoots. The Nightmarionette (voiced by Michael-Leon Wooley) is a villain who can create life-like projections of people's greatest fears. Bob Infantiburg / Big Baby (voiced by Brock Powell) is a former mayoral candidate and Veronica Hill's ex-boyfriend who accidentally turned himself into a kaiju-sized baby. Sloppy Joe Monster (vocal effects provided by Dee Bradley Baker) is a sloppy joe monster created from a leftover sloppy joe by the aliens. Its body was destroyed by Gretel and its brain was eaten by Churro. Tina (voiced by Camryn Grimes) is a new student in Gretel and Bailey's class who turns out to be a spy from the country of Bolgylvania. The Earworm (voiced by Adam Rose) is a songwriting supervillain whose evil jingle hypnotizes Hamster and Gretel. Christine DuPoulet / The East Side Bantam (voiced by Cree Summer) is the former chicken-like school mascot that tries to sabotage every school play after being replaced by the East Side Plumber mascot. She was said to have disappeared during the stage production of The Vikings of Venzance, but in reality, she fled due to severe stage fright and hid under the stage while dressed as the East Side Bantam. After being thwarted by Gretel, who also suffered from stage fright, Christine becomes the new mascot of "Frank's Discounted Discount Costumes". Record Scratch (voiced by Camryn Grimes) is a villain who can take over the world with her DJ skills. It was later revealed that she was just a disguise by the Imposter. Clovis Jerome Wojtowski / The Imposter (voiced by Diedrich Bader) is a villain who wears multiple disguises. Ernie (voiced by Brock Powell) is a villainous baker that attacks people with his "divorce cakes" after people refused to buy them. Belle (voiced by Karalynn Dunton) is a social media influencer who starts a smear campaign against Hamster and Gretel to increase her number of followers. Arthouse (voiced by Diedrich Bader) is a disgruntled film artist who produces mundane "short" films. Tchotchke Jones (voiced by Richard Kind) is a tchotchke shop owner, who shrinks historical landmarks and puts them in bottles. Micromanager (voiced by John Hodgman) is the owner of Small Burger and a former employee of Tall Burger who got fired after he accidentally shrunk himself with a device meant to shrink onions and now wants to literally destroy his competition. Charlie / Father Goose (voiced by Isaac Robinson-Smith) is a man with goose wings on his rear end who wants to bring about the next step of human evolution by turning the populace into geese. Helen / Rat Burglar (voiced by Rachel Dratch) is a villain dressed as a rat, who uses "Invisible Ink" on herself to secretly help her son Xavier cheat in contests without getting caught. Crimson Haste (voiced by Sarah Sherman) is a villainess with supersonic speed, who runs a rapid local delivery service by stealing the goods unnoticed. Bob Stanley Cashwell / Unknownzy (voiced by Isaac Robinson-Smith) is a masked villain who invested in, and later vandalized, Hiromi's mural. Stan / Pendulum Pete (voiced by Diedrich Bader) is a villain with grandfather clock pendulums for arms, who has a deep loathing for digital clocks. Inga the Ice Queen (voiced by Danielle Threet) is a Swiss cryokinetic villainess who owns an ice cream parlor and traps cool people in ice to force them to be her friends.