Romancing the Scone

**"Romancing the Scone"** is the second segment of the fourteenth episode of the first season of *Hamster & Gretel*, and the twenty-seventh episode overall. It is paired with "Hamnesia" and premiered on Disney Channel on February 4, 2023.

When Gretel and Nordle are being paired up to work on their book reports, a scone with evil energy ends up in Nordle's backpack, causing a robot to chase them. Meanwhile, Kevin needs to take Hamster to the veterinarian.

## Plot

Gretel and Nordle are assigned to work together on a book report, much to their mutual dismay. While arguing about the characters of *Larry the Magic Boy and the Grapefruit which is Also Magic,* the aliens inadvertently give powers to a scone, which is then dropped into Nordle's backpack by accident. This leads to the two children being followed around by a robot that thinks they have evil powers. Meanwhile, Carolina asks Kevin to take Hamster to the vet, which proves to be difficult due to Hamster's strong fear of the vet. Kevin spends the episode helping Hamster overcome his fear.

Seeking refuge at Nordle's house, the two discover the scone in Nordle's backpack and analyze it with Nordle's radio spectograph, after which they find that it has powers. Gretel is then introduced to Nordle's father, Professor Exclamation, who has the robot, revealed to be named Tobor, serve Gretel in the kitchen, allowing him to attempt to persuade Nordle to consume the scone and gain evil powers. Gretel uses Tobor's hospitality to her advantage by requesting oat milk, allowing her to rush to find Nordle. She manages to convince Nordle not to eat the scone after declaring her friendship to him, leading to Nordle destroying the scone, ruining Professor Exclamation's plans.

## Cast and characters

* Meli Povenmire as Gretel Grant-Gomez
* Michael Cimino as Kevin Grant-Gomez
* Beck Bennett as Hamster
* Carolina Ravassa as Carolina Grant-Gomez
* Pamela Adlon as Nordle Exclamation
* Phil LaMarr as Professor Exclamation
* Lauren Tom as Ms. Jamanpour

### Additional voices

* Alex Estrada as Tobor
* Camryn Grimes as Receptionist
* Carolina Ravassa as Veterinarian
* Dan Povenmire as Male Alien
* Joanna Hausmann as Female Alien
* Lucas Neff as Playground Kid

## Transcript

*Click here to read the full transcript of **"Romancing the Scone"**.*

## Background information

### Trivia

* Gretel learns Professor Exclamation is Nordle's father.
* It is revealed that Professor Exclamation cannot bend his arms due to losing his elbows in an industrial accident. It's also revealed that incident made him decide to become a supervillain, as he figured that if he could not bend his arms, he would bend everyone to his will instead.

### Allusions

* ***Romancing the Stone*** - The title of this episode is a pun on the title of this 1984 movie directed by Robert Zemeckis.
* ***Harry Potter*** - *Larry the Magic Boy and the Grapefruit Which is Also Magic*, and by extension the whole *Larry the Magic Boy* book series, may be inspired by the *Harry Potter* franchise, which began as a series of novels from 1997 to 2007 written by J.K. Rowling.

### Errors

* Joey King is credited for voicing Fred in this and "Hamnesia", even though she doesn't appear.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/shows/hamster-gretel/episodes/hamnesia-romancing-the-scone/
2. ↑ https://cabletvt.powerrangermail.net/index.php/topic,6985.0.html?PHPSESSID=9e5d848764ad573838c3577125bbd4d7