For Whom the Belle Trolls

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

A social media influencer named Belle is spreading lies and misinformation about Hamster and Gretel, using edited footage and presenting them as miscreants. With the world turned against them, Hamster and Gretel try their hardest to save their reputation.

## Plot

After Hamster and Gretel save the city from a disgruntled baker bent on delivering "divorce cakes," they are confronted with two young girls who accuse them of hating toddlers and being bullies. They soon learn that social media influencer Belle is spreading misinformation about them and editing videos of their heroic deeds to paint them in a negative light. Kevin helps the heroes clear their names while Bailey and Fred attempt to prove Belle's wrongdoings to the police. However, the latter results in the police calling for Hamster and Gretel's arrest for being criminals while allowing a bank robber they attempted to turn in to run rampant.

Many bouts of slander later, Hamster and Gretel appear on a talk show with Belle, where the heroes continue their efforts to prove their innocence. Unfortunately, Belle's continual pressure wears them down, eventually escalating to video footage of the attempted arrest. Gretel reluctantly admits to resisting arrest and is told to turn herself and Hamster in. However, Bailey, having gathered a group of Hamster and Gretel fans who never lost faith in them, manages to prove the heroes' innocence by showing the unedited footage of Belle's videos thanks to Fred's hacking skills. Belle is then arrested by the police and Gretel showers Bailey with gratitude for believing in her.

## 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
* Liza Koshy as Veronica Hill
* Karalynn Dunton as Belle
* Brock Powell as Ernie

### Additional voices

* Brock Powell as Police Officer, Police Chief, Angry Chanter
* Carolina Ravassa as Female Hater 2
* Cree Summer as Kind Old Lady, Bow Toddler
* Romi Dames as Dress Toddler, Female Hater 1, Hillbilly, Hater Old Lady
* Isaac Robinson-Smith as Bank Robber, Male Hater

## Running gags

### Image scene transitions

A lightbulb
(used to transition to Hamster and Gretel recording a video reporting on Belle's fraud)Hamster and Gretel, concerned
(used to transition back to Bailey and Fred in the latter's room)

## Transcript

*Click here to read the full transcript of **"For Whom the Belle Trolls"**.*

## Background information

### Trivia

* One of the Hamster and Gretel fans Bailey had drummed up from the Hamster and Gretel fanclub appears to be a brown-skinned, ruddy-haired recolor of Brigette Murphy from *Milo Murphy's Law*.
* The bank robber that Gretel caught and was later dismissed by the police appears to look identical to the bank robber that Van Dyke possessed in the past. Strangely enough, this one still has a beard and mustache, whereas previously it was established that it's actually Van Dyke attaching himself to the bank robber, so it's unknown if Van Dyke was possessing him again or not.

### Allusions

* ***For Whom the Bell Tolls*** - The episode title is a pun on this 1940 novel by Ernest Hemingway.
	+ ***Devotions upon Emergent Occasions*** - The title of the book *For Whom the Bell Tolls* refers to one of John Donne's meditations and prayers, published in this 1924 book, in which the phrase was used to reference funeral tolling.

### Errors

* The Disney General Entertainment Content press website has erroneously referred to this episode as **"For Whom the Bell Trolls"**, rather than "For Whom the Belle Trolls".
* In the scene where Bailey stands up from the couch and states they need to inform the police about Belle's false videos, Gretel's hairband is mistakenly colored blue.

## 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