The second episode, “Oakey Dokey”, sees the duo dealing with an asteroid hurdling towards Earth after accidentally sending a water tower head to space. Meanwhile, Kevin learns to accept his new role and Gretel’s responsibility as a superhero. When a villain named Professor Exclamation plots to unleash his robot army on City Hall, Hamster and Gretel step up to save the day. Unfortunately, Kevin is left as the only person without any powers, resulting in him taking on the role of their guide. You know, because every superhero needs an origin story. Starting with its first episode, “Empower Failure” is an origin story of how Kevin’s (Michael Cimino) little sister Gretel (Meli Povenmire) and their pet hamster Hamster (Beck Bennett) gained powers from aliens. So now we have his third cartoon that seeks to appease the genre fans and capture the same amount of charm and fun as Phineas and Ferb. He also gave us Milo Murphy’s Law, which I thought was fine, but didn’t do much to capture my attention like Povenmire’s cartoon gem. Povenmire made himself a household name for the House of Mouse when he gave us one of the best recent shows of the past decade, Phineas and Ferb. Enter Hamster & Gretel, Povenmire’s latest project for the Disney Channel that answers the question, “What if the fate of the world lies in the hands of a little girl and her pet hamster?”. So it’s no surprise that Dan Povenmire wanted to take on the superhero world himself. With Marvel and DC still pursuing their cinematic glories and specific shows like Harley Quinn and The Boys delivering successful mature takes on the concept, we can assume the genre won’t disappear anytime soon. Superheroes are still and will continue to be the rage nowadays. Hamster and Gretel are tasked to defend Earth from an incoming asteroid. Hamster and Gretel get superpowers from aliens while Kevin grapples.
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