Since this show is from one of the co-creators of Phineas and Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law, Hamster & Gretel can have moments that will send a chill down your spine.
Season 1
La Ballad of La Cebolla- When you think about it, the way the Onion Amplifier supposedly works is quite freaky: it drains the life force of any superhero that's inserted in the amplifier. Not helping is the visual in the infomercial for it, showing a figure gradually turning into what resembles some kind of onion root. If La Cebolla won, Gretel would've been left a vegetable.
The Nightmarionette
- The Nightmarionette is a man who carries a staff that has the ability to read minds and create holograms of whatever someone is deeply afraid of, and even learning to conquer your fears won't truly work as he can just go deeper into your consciousness and bring out whatever else you're afraid of. He's even able to bring Hamster and Gretel to their knees simply by bringing to life their own worst fears. There's also the fact that he has zero qualms about tormenting a little girl and almost driving her to tears by effectively using her own mind against her. Despite being just as silly in personality as the other villains, the Nightmarionette proves himself to be the scariest and most formidable villain in Hamster and Gretel's rogues gallery.
The Earworm
- A hypnotized Hamster and Gretel singing the (normally upbeat) Taco Crunchies jingle in a near-robotic monotone is a tad... disturbing.When you just got out of bed and you already got the munchies
Taco Crunchies, Taco Crunchies, Taaaa-co Crunchies! - The scene transition of Hamster and Gretel staring blankly, with their swirly hypnotized eyes, and their heads moving slowly is pretty creepy to watch. The distorted music that plays during it does not help.
For Whom the Belle Trolls
- Belle is a social media influencer who manages to make most of the city hate Hamster and Gretel all because she wants attention.
- The chase between Bailey and FistPuncher is extremely tense and terrifying, especially when you recognize that Bailey, while being incredibly brave, is still just a normal, powerless kid going against a teen who has the same power set as her favorite heroes with none of their morals (such as being totally willing to punch said normal, powerless kid for simply stopping him from destroying ice pops). It's a good thing The Destructress in her civilian identity came in the nick of time to save Bailey from getting seriously hurt... at best.
- The Ice Queen’s plan involves turning her customers into frozen statues by freezing them alive with her ice cream, including Kevin who is still conscious.
Professor Exclamation Strikes Back
- When Kevin goes on his date, Hiromi turns out to be a robot who widens her mouth and captures Kevin with tentacles.
- There's also the fact that at the end of the two-part special, that all the villains so far have been nothing more than practice for stronger villains coming Next Season. The fact that some of the first villains' powers range from weak (such at talking to onions) to as Strong as Hamster and Gretel (FistPuncher and the Destructress) means that whatever threats the aliens said are coming, and considered the villains they've set up as little wimpy villains as a warm up for what's to come. It's also scary they chose a hamster and a grade-schooler to take on this evil.
