An Arthouse Divided

**"An Arthouse Divided"** is the second segment of the fifteenth episode of the first season of *Hamster & Gretel*, and the twenty-ninth episode overall. It is paired with "For Whom the Belle Trolls" and premiered on Disney Channel on February 11, 2023. On February 8, 2023, this episode was released early on Disney+.

Hamster, Gretel, Kevin, Bailey, and Hiromi get to see an early screening of a new *Larry the Magic Boy* movie, but a disgruntled film artist plans to intercept it with his own short film.

## Plot

Kevin has been given a ticket to see an early screening of a new *Larry the Magic Boy* movie courtesy of Fred, who works at the movie theater as a ticket taker. However, his plans to see the movie with Hiromi are foiled at Carolina's insistence to bring Gretel and Bailey along. While there, Kevin wonders if Hiromi shares his romantic feelings towards her. Meanwhile, villain Arthouse plots to trap everyone in the theater and force them to watch his foreign film.

Kevin and Gretel leave the theater to purchase concessions, where Kevin laments to Fred that he is foolish for thinking he was on a date with Hiromi. They then find everyone trapped in the theater and suffering through Arthouse's movie (with the exception of Hamster, who enjoys it). Kevin and Gretel confront Arthouse in the projector room, who promptly creates holographic duplicates of himself and ambushes them. Gretel quickly figures out which is the real Arthouse, only to be trapped along with Kevin in film with Arthouse setting his projector to self-destruct mode. The duo are able to escape when Gretel's heat vision melts the butter spilled all over Kevin's shirt due to an earlier mishap with popcorn. The battle moves into the screening room, where Arthouse threatens to destroy the theater's only copy of the *Larry the Magic Boy* movie, but Kevin and Hiromi manage to save it while Gretel saves the theater from exploding and Hamster takes Arthouse to the police, but not before complimenting his work.

## Cast and characters

* Meli Povenmire as Gretel Grant-Gomez
* Michael Cimino as Kevin Grant-Gomez
* Beck Bennett as Hamster
* Joey King as Fred Grant
* Priah Ferguson as Bailey Carter
* Hiromi Dames as Hiromi Tanaka
* Carolina Ravassa as Carolina Grant-Gomez
* Diedrich Bader as Arthouse
* Dee Bradley Baker as Churro (Non-speaking appearance)

### Additional voices

* Beck Bennett as Male Actor
* Brock Powell as Janitor
* Diedrich Bader as Snack Vendor, Projector Voice
* Hiromi Dames as Female Actor, Female Watcher
* Isaac Robinson-Smith as Complaining Watcher
* Michael Cimino as Derek
* Phil LaMarr as Fearful Watcher, Trapped Watcher

## Transcript

*Click here to read the full transcript of **"An Arthouse Divided"**.*

## Background information

### Allusions

* **A House Divided** - The title of this episode is a pun on either of the following with this title:
	+ The 1913 short film by Alice Guy-Blaché.
	+ The 1931 film by William Wyler.
	+ the 1935 novel by Pearl S. Buck, serving as the third and final entry in *The House of Earth* trilogy.
* ***Harry Potter*** - *Larry the Magic Boy and the Spoon that is Also Magic* is an entry in the *Larry the Magic Boy* series, which may be inspired by the *Harry Potter* franchise. It being a movie rather than a book may be a nod to how the *Harry Potter* novels were adapted as feature-length films.
* ***Milo Murphy's Law*** - In the hall close by the theater's projection room, a movie poster for a *Dr. Zone* movie is seen hanging, depicting Dr. Hankry Zone himself.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/shows/hamster-gretel/episodes/for-whom-the-bell-trolls-an-arthouse-divided/
2. ↑ https://cabletvt.powerrangermail.net/index.php/topic,6985.0.html?PHPSESSID=9e5d848764ad573838c3577125bbd4d7