Fred Grant

**Winifred "Fred" Grant** (sometimes spelled **Winnifred Grant**) is a supporting character in *Hamster & Gretel*. Fred is the paternal cousin of Gretel and Kevin, and often hangs out with Kevin as a friend. She is the first person to learn Hamster and Gretel's secret identities as superheroes (besides Kevin), and the only person Kevin could entrust this information with due to having a "disdain for human society." (Hamster and Gretel’s secret identities are revealed to other people throughout the series, but never deliberately like Fred)

Fred serves as backup member of the team; she typically doesn't personally join Hamster, Gretel and Kevin on the crimefighting, but does notify them when a supervillain shows up, and keeps communications with Kevin in case something is needed.

She seems to be a similar age as Kevin, as she attends high school just like him, and is shown to be in some of the same classes as him.

## Appearance

Fred is about the same height as Kevin. She has a pale skin complexion, dark brown hair that covers one of her eyes, and pink lips. She often wears a reddish brown coat with a ruddy stripe, over a purple vest and a white t-shirt. Additionally, she wears black, tight-fitting pants and red and white sneakers. One notable part of her outfit is her pink-tinted glasses.

*Click here to view a full list of outfits and designs for **Fred Grant** throughout the series.*

## Personality

Fred is normally sarcastic with a dry sense of humor, often speaking in a deadpan voice while keeping a stoic frown on her face. Even from a young age, she's shown to have a disdain towards things as well as other people. Despite this, she has a good companionship with her two cousins, Gretel and Kevin, being there to help on their missions using her skills in technology.

Fred doesn't like being in the spotlight and prefers to be left alone. This is evidenced in "Saturday Homecoming Fever," which reveals she has become one of the most popular students at Eastside High School since the events of "Cheer Cheer Bang Bang" (in which she went undercover as a cheerleader to expose the crimes of Coach Haggerty), as Fred resents the attention she's getting from her fellow students.

Fred is an avid fan of *Yuko Cheerleading Warrior Attack 7*, an action-focused magical girl anime series that satirizes cheerleader culture. She's also uncharacteristically wild about professional wrestling, being a huge fan of Professional League of Wrestling. Fred also gets uncharacteristically giddy about impossible bottles, although she doesn't advertise this much.

## Skills and abilities

Fred is stated to be quite tech-savvy. In spite of her cynical and nerdy appearance, she is also quite athletic due to being a state gymnast a couple years prior to the events of the series: being able to perform many gymnastic moves, do a split, and stay physically impossibly long in the air while doing many somersaults. She is also possessed combat skills and proficiency in wrestling during her scuffle with The Imposter in "President Fred."

## List of appearances

### Season 1

* "Empower Failure" (First appearance)
* "Oakey Dokey"
* "Superhero Sibling Rivalry"
* "Close Shave"
* "Cheer Cheer Bang Bang"
* "Neigh, It Ain't So!"
* "Saturday Homecoming Fever"
* "Dr. Eelgood"
* "The Opposite of Smart"
* "I'm Bored"
* "Cutie and the Beast"
* "The Nightmarionette"
* "Abuelita's World"
* "U.F. UH-OH!" (Appears in Part II)
* "Grounded"
* "Sleepover with the Enemy"
* "Friday Night Fright"
* "The Earworm"
* "The Bantam of the Elementary School Light Opera"
* "For Whom the Belle Trolls"
* "An Arthouse Divided"
* "The Litigator vs. The Luchador"
* "The Bottle Episode"
* "When Life Gives You Lemons"
* "Self-HEELP!"
* "My Invisible Friend"
* "Churro's Day Out"
* "Crimson Haste Makes Waste"
* "The Break-Stuff Club"
* "Over the Hill" (Appears in flashback(s))
* "La Sombrerona"
* "Nano a Nano"
* "No Sprain, No Gain"
* "Finding Professor Ex"
* "The Great Pillow War"
* "Shush Hour"
* "I Was a Teenage Mad Scientist"
* "Too Many Crooks" (Mentioned)
* "President Fred"
* "Flake It Till You Make It"
* "Game Changer"
* "Exclamation Strikes Back"

## Trivia

* Fred wearing pink-tinted glasses may be an intentionally ironic part of her character design. The idiom "wearing rose-tinted glasses" means that one has a cheerful or optimistic attitude towards things, while Fred is actually cynical and stoic towards anything.
* Despite wearing glasses, she is able to see without them on, which is notably seen when she became a cheerleader for a while.
* Fred is the first person outside of the trio to know about Hamster and Gretel’s powers.

## References

1. ↑ https://screenrant.com/hamster-gretel-disney-cast-excusive/
2. ↑ https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2022/06/14/annecy-2022-dan-povenmire-hamster-gretel-disney-channel-recap/
3. ↑ Image of Dave's grandfather, lost in the war (from "Math Punch")
4. ↑ "This Dream is Dumb" card in "Self-HEELP!"