Sleepover with the Enemy

**"Sleepover with the Enemy"** is the second segment of the eleventh episode of the first season of *Hamster & Gretel*, and the twenty-first episode overall. It is paired with "Grounded" and will premiere on Disney Channel on November 12, 2022.

Gretel and Bailey are preparing for their special friend anniversary-celebratory sleepover, when a new foreign student named Tina appears between the two of them. Tina and Bailey become fast friends, as Gretel is left neglected. However, it turns out that Tina has ulterior motives regarding her interest in Bailey.

## Plot

During preparations for a sleepover in celebration of the anniversary of their friendship, Gretel and Bailey encounter new student Tina. Bailey extends her hand to Tina after she explains that she is "all alone now" after moving away from her hometown, fueling Gretel's jealousy. Meanwhile, Kevin camps out in the mall in anticipation of recieving a limited-edition copy of the new video game, *Ocean But With Monsters,* which Fred finds odd.

Throughout the day, Gretel continually feels left out as Bailey and Tina spend more time together, culminating in Bailey inviting Tina to join her sleepover. Gretel decides to go home in retaliation. However, when she asks Fred to drive her home, she instead takes her to Bailey's house and tells her to talk things out with her. As Gretel approaches the front door, Tina, who is revealed to be spy from Bolgylvania, has Bailey and Roman play a virtual reality video game in order to distract them while she executes her grand plan to compensate for her country's lackluster video game making skills and to use Bailey to replace her former best friend. Gretel notifies Kevin, only for his cell phone battery to die before he has a chance to assist Gretel. After an intense battle, Gretel realizes that she must instead be nice to Tina; she then learns that Tina misses her best friend Grobla, who is in a Bolgylvanian space program. Gretel reunites Tina and Grobla, after which she reconciles with Bailey and the two resume their sleepover. When Kevin finally arrives, he sees that Gretel and Bailey are save and sound and is given a copy of *Ocean But with Monsters* by Roman.

## Cast and characters

* Meli Povenmire as Gretel Grant-Gomez
* Beck Bennett as Hamster
* Priah Ferguson as Bailey Carter
* Camryn Grimes as Tina
* Michael Cimino as Kevin Grant-Gomez
* Joey King as Fred Grant
* Michael-Leon Wooley as Roman Carter
* Lauren Tom as Ms. Jamanpour

### Additional voices

* Beck Bennett as Bolgylvanian Player
* Brock Powell as Sailor Cosplayer, Driving Instructor
* Camryn Grimes as Gerbil
* Eric Bauza as Video Game Store Employee
* Lauren Tom as Martha
* Michael-Leon Wooley as Alien
* Raffael Ponce-Valencia as Bolgylvanian Mover
* Tiana Camacho as Grobla

## Running gags

### Image scene transitions

An annoyed Gretel, with a model skeleton
(used to transition to Kevin and Fred at Games & Stuff)Romantic teenagers cosplaying as a sailor and squid monster
(used to transition to Gretel, Bailey and Tina at the Dream Mall's food court)Kevin, with a battery-depleted cellphone
(used to transition back to the road where Gretel and Tina are fighting)

## Transcript

*Click here to read the full transcript of **"Sleepover with the Enemy"**.*

## Background information

### Trivia

* Tina's voice actress, Camryn Grimes also hinted that she playing her on Twitter on November 10, 2022.
* It is revealed that Gretel is indestructible, which she wagered to Kevin in "Empower Failure".

### Allusions

* ***Sleeping with the Enemy*** - The title of the episode is a reference to this 1991 psychological thriller film.
* ***Spider-Man*** - Tina's battlesuit sports tentacles reminiscent of those of Doctor Octopus.

### Errors

* Nearly the entire second half of the episode takes place during nighttime, including the ending, after Hamster and Gretel reconcile with Tina and Gerbil, bring Bailey and Roman back to their home, and when Kevin arrives there too. However, when Kevin receives a copy of *The Ocean But With Monsters* video game from Roman, and the shot changes back to outside the Carter residence, it is suddenly daytime.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/shows/hamster-gretel/episodes/grounded-sleepover-with-the-enemy/
2. ↑ https://soapsinfo.com/yr-star-camryn-grimes-voices-character-in-hamster-gretel
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://mobile.twitter.com/camryngrimes/status/1590859283675381761