Ay, Ay, A.I.

"Ay, Ay, A.I." is the second segment of the thirty-third episode of the Disney Channel animated series Hamster & Gretel.
On September 18, 2024, the episode was released early on Disney+.
==Synopsis==
Gretel and Bailey face off against an A.I. crossing guard.
==Plot==
While crossing the street one day, Gretel and Bailey learn that Mertha is going to be replaced as their crossing guard, much to their dismay. They confront Mayor Meyer about this, who introduces them to ACE, an advanced automated crossing guard. Still hesitant to see their favorite crossing guard lose her job, Gretel challenges Mertha and ACE to a street crossing competition. Meanwhile, Kevin learns that he will be looking after goats as the first job of his newly-launched pet-sitting service. He initially has a difficult time keeping them in line, but upon rescuing one of the goats from falling off a cliff, he gains their respect.
The competition is held in the middle of town, with ACE winning by a landslide. However, when Meyer prepares to give Myrtle some paperwork regarding the termination of her employment, ACE prevents everyone from crossing the street, claiming that there is no room for human error. Hamster and Gretel begin to battle ACE, only to find that he can repair himself whenever they attack. Gretel contacts Kevin, who has now mastered leading the goats. He too is initially puzzled as to how ACE will be defeated, but upon seeing the goats eat the wires inside ACE's arms, he uses this to his advantage. While Hamster and Gretel defeat ACE, Mertha leads the citizens to safety, inadvertently causing her score to surpass ACE's score; Meyer then declares Mertha the winner of the competition.
==Song==
*"The GOAT Herder of Goats"
==Cast==
*Meli Povenmire as Gretel Grant-Gomez
*Michael Cimino as Kevin Grant-Gomez
*Beck Bennett as Hamster
*Priah Ferguson as Bailey Carter
*Carolina Ravassa as Carolina Grant-Gomez
*Matt Jones as Dave Grant-Gomez
*Carol Kane as Mertha
*Brett Dalton as Mayor Meyer
*Carlos Alazraqui as ACE
==Trivia==
*This episode was released on Disney+ before its television premiere.
*When Kevin holds up a baby goat on top of a rock and the other goats jump up and down and bow, it is a parody of the "Circle of Life" sequence from The Lion King.
==External links==
*Ay, Ay, A.I. on Hamster & Gretel Wiki
Category:Hamster & Gretel episodes