Tearjerker Punch... *sniff*
Being created by one of the co-creators of Phineas and Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law, even Hamster & Gretel tends to have a bit of sorrow.General
- While the scene transitions are fun to see, some of them may be sad:
- One shows Gretel and Hamster looking very sad, with the former tearing up, as seen in the image above. ("Oakey Dokey")
- One of the transitions in "The Bantam of the Elementary School Light Show" is similar to the one from Oakey Dokey, but it only shows Gretel's sad face on a star, and she gained more tears.
Season 1
Oakey Dokey- Gretel's Meteor Punch managed to prevent most of the meteor from causing damage to a Totally Tools building... however, a chunk broke off and instead destroyed the titular Oakey, a large tree cherished by Gretel and Bailey. Gretel was utterly heartbroken at this devastating mishap, and, if it weren't for her and Hamster using their superpowers (and glue) to repair the tree, she would've learned the hard way that her actions have consequences.
The Nightmarionette
- As silly of a fear for toaster-headed scorpions sounds, you'd have to feel sorry for Gretel being constantly terrified (by an adult, no less) throughout the episode. Even as she overcomes her fear using immersion therapy, the Nightmarionette tackles this by reaching deeper into her conscious and using her fear for blender-headed lobsters against her. The pressure is so much for Gretel that she ends up crying in fear, which reminds the viewers that she's still a child.
U.F. UH-OH!
- We already knew from the start that Kevin felt particularly screwed over when the aliens passed over him when giving Hamster and Gretel superpowers, but this desire of wanting superpowers from those aliens as well is rarely acknowledged prior to this episode, and the way it's presented here would make you pity Kevin some more:
- Kevin and Gretel decide to watch a musical based on her and Hamster, Champster & Gretta, which tends to have some details hilariously inaccurate. Unfortunately for Kevin, one of those inaccuracies is Gretta not having (or needing) a brother. Cue a music number about Gretta being an only child, which does nothing but serve as a kick in the gut for Kevin, making him feel like a nobody who makes no impact on the world despite always being there to help Hamster and Gretel out. Making it worse is that there was a set-up for Gretta having a brother before the song, only for Gretta to reveal that she sees Champster as "the brother she never had", as if they were purposefully trying to disappoint Kevin.
- Fate wasn't done yanking Kevin's chain yet: Later, one Wacko Wally promises Kevin and Gretel to take them to Area 51 and meet aliens there that can bestow them with powers unimaginable. Kevin sees this as his chance to meet the aliens from before and try to convince them to give him superpowers too... except, Wacko meant Area 50-1, and them meeting aliens refers to the Wally family gift shop.
- It gets worse once Gretel gets abducted by the UFO.
For Whom the Belle Trolls
- Throughout the entire episode, Hamster and Gretel are being bullied by an Attention Whore who spreads lies and misinformation for no other reason than pure clout. They, Kevin, Fred and Bailey desperately try everything in their power to disprove these claims to no avail. Somehow, Belle was able to sway the whole city, making viewers feel sad for Hamster and Gretel's predicament, while simultaneously feel utter hatred for this bitch.
- Belle has already proven herself to be a Hate Sink Bitch in Sheep's Clothing at this point in the episode, but when she gives Hamster and Gretel no chance to rebut any of her lies during the talk show, shows footage of haters spewing vitriol towards Hamster and Gretel, and uses her single piece of unedited footage of Gretel refusing arrest as her trump card, it becomes too much for Hamster and Gretel, so they just... give up and accept defeat, slowly walking outside to get themselves arrested for crimes they didn't commit by the awaiting police force. You can tell by her voice how dejected and tired she sounds.
- The entire Talk Show scene was pretty painful to watch when Gretel tried to clear her name but unfortunately, Belle gave her no chance to be proved innocent. Luckily, Bailey was able turn things around after that and Gretel was respected again.
My Invisible Friend
- This and the following episode particularly has Gretel's secret superhero side test her friendship with Bailey, as she suddenly has to leave to fight the Rat Burglar, only to be dumped in Invisibility Ink right when she promised Bailey to show up at the spelling bee finals. Since the ink lasted until the spelling bee is over, Gretel obviously failed to (officially) show up, and since she's prohibited from revealing her superhero side, she can't explain herself to Bailey either.
- This leads to the ending of the episode, in which a rightfully upset Bailey demands an explanation while Gretel is struggling what to say, up until some stage scaffolding is about to drop on Bailey, causing Gretel to instinctively transform and save Bailey.
The Bitter Sitter
- The current predicament between Gretel and Bailey is quite saddening for either girl. You get why Bailey is upset because she just found out her best friend had been hiding this big secret from her this whole time, as well as the fact that Gretel has frequently left Bailey and was unable to show up at the spelling bee finals from the previous episode; Bailey feels like the trust between the the two besties has been tampered (as evidenced that Gretel still tried to pass off The Reveal as a dream). At the same time, you feel sorry for Gretel, who wanted to tell Bailey so much about her secret superhero self, but was told by Kevin to keep it a secret in order to protect Bailey.
- If you look closely as Bailey leaves in the first scene, Gretel starts tearing up.
- Veronica Hill’s hope of getting promoted to lead serious correspondent getting shattered when Harry Philtrum took the position and she decides to quit.
- It's a brief one, but Gretel and Kevin's falling out can be seen as this. In Gretel's case, she's mad at her brother for ditching her and Hamster's big moment (being given the key to the city for their heroic deeds) just to be with Hiromi. In Kevin's case, he's upset that his sister's not happy that after a whole season, he finally scored a date with the girl he likes, despite being supportive of his crush and encouraging him to ask her out. Thankfully, they made up afterwards.
- Kevin gets hit hard with this at the end. Yes, he and Gretel made amends. But after getting kidnapped and having to help stop Professor Exclamation, Destructress, and FistPuncher, he was forced to miss his long-waited date with Hiromi and arrived back at the restaurant just as she was leaving. Even though she reciprocates his feelings, Hiromi gently, but sadly, tells him that any possibility of a romantic relationship is never going to work out because of his "hectic schedule". To make the day even worse, the aliens flat-out tell Kevin that he was never meant to be given superpowers in the first place. And then they douse him with alien wiper fluid. Even in the season finale, the poor guy can't catch a break for more than a few seconds.
- During this time, Gretel can be seen giving a horrified and saddened look towards her beloved big brother. In a way, she felt like this was HER fault that Kevin is having such a crappy day. For starters, it's possible that his chances of becoming an Official Couple with Hiromi are gone for good after using the same excuse he used back in the first episode, which is helping Gretel. Then, he was basically told that, unlike his sister, he's not special enough to be granted his own powers.
- Heck, even Hamster couldn't help but feel bad for Kevin for getting hit with such bad luck.Hamster: Man, this is REALLY not your day, Kevin.
