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* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Gretel's attempt to punch the rock of Exclamation's suit, only for the debris to block it.

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* [[spoiler:* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Gretel's attempt to punch the rock of Exclamation's suit, only for the debris to block it.]]


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* BreakoutCharacter: Kevin became a fan favorite among fans more than the titular duo, as he is described as the relatable focus of the show.
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* TheHermit: Chose to stay in the bayou after the incident that merged her with a tree and her cooking supplies. She decides to return to society after Kevin and Gretel tell her she's become an icon in her former town and have been cashing in on her infamy without her.
* SupremeChef: Her homemade waffles are ''delicious''.

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Once known as Julie Jennings, she is a paleontologist with the ability to reanimate dinosaur skeletons thanks to the aliens.

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Once Also known as Julie Jennings, she is a paleontologist with the ability to reanimate dinosaur skeletons thanks to the aliens.


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* GorgeousGorgon: The reason for her [[{{Portmanteau}} [=MedusaSaurus=]]] nickname is because, much like {{Medusa}}'s snake hair, Julie gained PrehensileHair made of dinosaur bones.
* HumanPopsicle: While not ''frozen'' per se, she got stuck in a tar pit for thirty years until the aliens bestowing her with superpowers allowed her to free herself.
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* AntiVillain: The sole reason she went on a rampage, and targeted museum director Melvin Horsegobble in particular, is because he used to be her intern and pushed her into a tar pit by accident years ago, only to then take all the credit for her findings. Gretel and Bailey [[BrokenPedestal find themselves siding with Jennings]] when the truth is revealed, and she even wins in the end, with the museum being handed to her and Horsegobble being demoted to coffeeboy in the cafeteria.
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* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:In "President Fred", he engages in a physical fight with Fred while impersonating her, punches her in the face and even flips her over.]]
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* InstantCostumeChange: Hamster and Gretel can freely magically change back and forth between their superhero suits and normal appearances whenever they want.

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* InstantCostumeChange: Hamster and Gretel can freely magically change back and forth between their superhero suits and normal appearances whenever they want.
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* Crippling Overspecialization: Each of his mind controlling ear-worms needs to be tailor maid to a specific target by matching the harmonic frequencies of the individual's DNA so he can't control more than a few people with one song.

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* Crippling Overspecialization: CripplingOverspecialization: Each of his mind controlling ear-worms needs to be tailor maid to a specific target by matching the harmonic frequencies of the individual's DNA so he can't control more than a few people with one song.
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* Crippling Overspecialization: Each of his mind controlling ear-worms needs to be tailor maid to a specific target by matching the harmonic frequencies of the individual's DNA so he can't control more than a few people with one song.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: Pretends to be a friendly shopkeeper... until someone gets in his way.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: Pretends to be a friendly shopkeeper... until someone gets in his way. He is very honestly happy to show off his impossible bottles though.


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* WTHCostumingDepartment: A lot of people InUniverse think his mask is poorly designed.
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* AdvanceNoticeCrime: He announces his crimes on the city's timekeeping devices in advance and provides a time for when he'll do the crime. However, he's always late, showing up just when the titular heroes let their guard down.
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* SelfDuplication: True to her name, she has the power to make copies of herself.

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* SelfDuplication: True to her name, she has the power to make copies of herself. Her expositing and the synchronicity of the clones imply that she retains a single consciousness across a great many bodies.
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* BoringButPractical: Being TheSmartGuy, he may not have powers, but his critical thinking is crucial for planning due to Gretel always the LeeroyJenkins to prevent her from being defeated by her foes, and while his driving skills are normal, he uses it to drive the alien's spaceship due to its controls being the same as his mom's minivan. [[spoiler: Slightly Averted in driving, as he can perform drifts and cornerings while being chased by a huge mech.

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* BoringButPractical: Being TheSmartGuy, he may not have powers, but his critical thinking is crucial for planning due to Gretel always the LeeroyJenkins to prevent her from being defeated by her foes, and while his driving skills are normal, he uses it to drive the alien's spaceship due to its controls being the same as his mom's minivan. [[spoiler: Slightly Averted in driving, as he can perform drifts and cornerings while being chased by a huge mech.]]



* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: A normal teenager who is not recognized by society, yet can think in dire situations, both strategically and tactically to help his sister, displays agility, evasion, and skills in parkour, builds machines with just instructions, and is skilled in live streaming & pool player. [[spoiler: Kevin, the normal teenager without superpowers, defeated Pr. Exclamation, despite the help of his allies, he dealt the blow, on the power rock of his mech.]]

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: A normal teenager who is not recognized by society, yet can think in dire situations, both strategically and tactically to help his sister, displays agility, evasion, and skills in parkour, builds machines with just instructions, and is skilled in live streaming & pool player. [[spoiler: Kevin, the the normal teenager without superpowers, defeated Pr. Exclamation, despite the help of his allies, he dealt the blow, on the power rock of his mech.]]

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* FatalFlaw: Impulsiveness, Recklessness, and Foolishness, as she always makes situations worst, creating collateral damages, by simply punching instead of following tactics, sometimes she does think in order to focus.

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* FatalFlaw: Impulsiveness, Recklessness, and Foolishness, as she always makes situations worst, creating collateral damages, by simply punching instead of following tactics, sometimes she does think in order to focus.



* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Gretel's attempt to punch the rock of Exclamation's suit, only for the debris to block it.



* BadassDriver: In Exclamation Strikes Back, Kevin's driving skills are top-notch and beyond professional, as he can perform drifts and corners so fast that he can avoid Exclamation's mech suit powered by Hamster's and Gretel's superpowers, barely escape at the cost of the van being ripped apart the roof of his mother's minivan, he even performed a rail slide near the escalator after being flown on the moveable bridge.



* BoringButPractical: Being TheSmartGuy, he may not have powers, but his critical thinking is crucial for planning due to Gretel always the LeeroyJenkins to prevent her from being defeated by her foes, and while his driving skills are normal, he uses it to drive the alien's spaceship due to its controls being the same as his mom's minivan.

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* BoringButPractical: Being TheSmartGuy, he may not have powers, but his critical thinking is crucial for planning due to Gretel always the LeeroyJenkins to prevent her from being defeated by her foes, and while his driving skills are normal, he uses it to drive the alien's spaceship due to its controls being the same as his mom's minivan. [[spoiler: Slightly Averted in driving, as he can perform drifts and cornerings while being chased by a huge mech.



* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: A normal teenager who is not recognized by society, yet can think in dire situations, both strategically and tactically to help his sister, displays agility, evasion, and skills in parkour, builds machines with just instructions, and is skilled in live streaming & pool player.

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: A normal teenager who is not recognized by society, yet can think in dire situations, both strategically and tactically to help his sister, displays agility, evasion, and skills in parkour, builds machines with just instructions, and is skilled in live streaming & pool player. [[spoiler: Kevin, the normal teenager without superpowers, defeated Pr. Exclamation, despite the help of his allies, he dealt the blow, on the power rock of his mech.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk and JerkAss: [[spoiler: They openly rejected Kevin as he will never supposed to have powers, to the point mocking him after his bad day with Hiromi, even Gretel's expression displays sorrow, what's terrible by the alien's mistreatment to him.]]

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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk and JerkAss: [[spoiler: They openly rejected tell Kevin as that he will was never supposed to have powers, to the point of mocking him after his bad day with Hiromi, even Gretel's expression displays sorrow, what's terrible by given the alien's aliens' mistreatment to of him.]]

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* AnimalThemedSuperBeing: They are a rat-themed ClassyCatBurglar, complete with a rat mask, claws and a tail.

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* AnimalThemedSuperBeing: They are a rat-themed ClassyCatBurglar, complete with a rat mask, claws claws, and a tail.

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* AnimateInanimateObject: The "party pooper" is in fact a sentient bouncy castle, that doesn't even know ''how'' it got alive in the first place. Turns out that two weeks prior, the superpower-granting aliens were in the process of bestowing a pair of kids with superpowers as the male alien spilled some orange juice, causing them to bestow a nearby bouncy castle with superpowers instead.

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* AnimateInanimateObject: The "party pooper" is in fact a sentient bouncy castle, that doesn't even know ''how'' it got alive in the first place. Turns out that two weeks prior, the superpower-granting aliens were in the process of bestowing a pair of kids with superpowers as the male alien spilled some orange juice, causing them to bestow a nearby bouncy castle with superpowers instead.
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* JerkWithTheHeartOfJerk and Jerkass: [[spoiler: They openly rejected Kevin as he will never supposed to have powers, to the point mocking him after his bad day with Hiromi, even Gretel's expression displays sorrow, what's terrible by the alien's mistreatment to him.]]

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* JerkWithTheHeartOfJerk *JerkWithAHeartOfJerk and Jerkass: JerkAss: [[spoiler: They openly rejected Kevin as he will never supposed to have powers, to the point mocking him after his bad day with Hiromi, even Gretel's expression displays sorrow, what's terrible by the alien's mistreatment to him.]]

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* EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity: They're the ones that gave Hamster and Gretel their powers, dictating they use them for good. Mysteriously, they also gave powers to two other people, and implore they specifically use them for evil, and are responsible for various other villains like La Cebolla getting superpowers as well. [[spoiler:At the end of "Exclamation Strikes Back" they reveal that they were creating supervillains to prepare Hamster and Gretel for a greater threat.]]
* SuperEmpowering: The aliens can bestow anyone – and any''thing'' – with superpowers, then tell them to use those powers for good or evil.

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* EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity: They're the ones that gave Hamster and Gretel their powers, dictating they use them for good. Mysteriously, they also gave powers to two other people, and implore they specifically use them for evil, and are responsible for various other villains like La Cebolla getting superpowers as well. [[spoiler:At [[spoiler: At the end of "Exclamation Strikes Back" they reveal that they were creating supervillains to prepare Hamster and Gretel for a greater threat.]]
*JerkWithTheHeartOfJerk and Jerkass: [[spoiler: They openly rejected Kevin as he will never supposed to have powers, to the point mocking him after his bad day with Hiromi, even Gretel's expression displays sorrow, what's terrible by the alien's mistreatment to him.]]
* SuperEmpowering: The aliens can bestow anyone – and any''thing'' "anything'' – with superpowers, then tell them to use those powers for good or evil.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler: Knowing from the alien's true motives and openly saying Kevin will not get any power deeply made Gretel terribly sorry, at first she is somehow accidentally dissed Kevin, but in the last episode, his date with Hiromi didn't go well and the aliens mocking Kevin, Gretel is ashamed that her brother's life becomes a bad day.]]
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* EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity: They're the ones that gave Hamster and Gretel their powers, dictating they use them for good. Mysteriously, they also gave powers to two other people, and implore they specifically use them for evil, and are responsible for various other villains like La Cebolla getting superpowers as well.

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* EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity: They're the ones that gave Hamster and Gretel their powers, dictating they use them for good. Mysteriously, they also gave powers to two other people, and implore they specifically use them for evil, and are responsible for various other villains like La Cebolla getting superpowers as well. [[spoiler:At the end of "Exclamation Strikes Back" they reveal that they were creating supervillains to prepare Hamster and Gretel for a greater threat.]]
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* FaceHeelTurn: Her HeelFaceTurn mentioned below didn't last long, as she was punished for her failure with the mission, and when offered a new mission, she accepted.
* HeelFaceTurn: After Gretel hears her out and reunites her with her best friend Grobla, Tina decides to abort the mission and return home.

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* FaceHeelTurn: Her HeelFaceTurn mentioned below didn't last long, as she was punished for her failure FriendlyEnemies: When she, Gerbil and Grobla return in Game Changer, they have this dynamic with the mission, Hamster, Gretel and when offered a new mission, she accepted.
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* HeelFaceTurn: HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: After Gretel hears her out and reunites her with her best friend Grobla, Tina decides to abort the mission and return home.home. Her HeelFaceTurn didn't last long though, as she was punished for her failure with the mission, and when offered a new mission, she accepted.

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* SecretKeeper: Until "Abuelita's World" and "My Invisible Friend", she was the only one other than Kevin who knew of Hamster and Gretel's superhero identities and that they're one and the same; Kevin knew she would never tell anyone because she has a "disdain for human society."

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* SecretKeeper: Until "Abuelita's World" and "My Invisible Friend", she was the only one other than Kevin who knew of Hamster and Gretel's superhero identities and that they're one and the same; Kevin knew she would never tell anyone because she has a "disdain for human society."


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* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Fred uses a wrestling suplex on the Imposter, ironically, she is a wrestling fan.

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: A normal teenager who is not recognized by society, yet is able to think in dire situations, both strategically and tactically to help his sister, displays agility, evasion, and skills in parkour, builds machines with just instructions, and is skilled in live streaming & pool player.

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: A normal teenager who is not recognized by society, yet is able to can think in dire situations, both strategically and tactically to help his sister, displays agility, evasion, and skills in parkour, builds machines with just instructions, and is skilled in live streaming & pool player.



* HandicappedBadass: Able to defeat Itsy Bitsy while being injured with sprained legs, while with the Librarian when he loses his voice.
* IgnoredExpert: His main role in supplying Hamster and Gretel with the knowledge to solve problems is always overlooked because Gretel resorts to punching or ignores him altogether, and Hamster just doesn't respect him, subverted since he acknowledges it in Shush Hour, however, he still follows Kevin's tactics in order to beat the villain of the week.

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* HandicappedBadass: Able to defeat stand toe-to-toe with Itsy Bitsy while being injured with a sprained legs, leg, while with the Librarian when he loses his voice.
* IgnoredExpert: His main role in supplying Hamster and Gretel with the knowledge to solve problems is always overlooked because Gretel resorts to punching or ignores him altogether, and Hamster just doesn't respect him, subverted Subverted since he acknowledges it in Shush Hour, however, he still follows Kevin's tactics in order to beat the villain of the week.



* LeParkour: He displayed skills in free running in "Math Punch", "Xterminator", and "UF-Uh Oh".

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* LeParkour: He displayed skills in free running in "Math Punch", "Xterminator", and "UF-Uh Oh".Oh", he even displays acrobatics and scooter tricks.

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