Flake It Till You Make It

### Synopsis:

Hamster and Gretel encounter a flaky villain who has the power to turn to flakes.

## Production Information

### Storyboards by:

Villamor M. Cruz
Derek Lee Thompson

## Broadcast Information

### Running time:

11 minutes

**"Flake It Till You Make It"** is the first segment of the twenty-ninth episode of the first season of *Hamster & Gretel*, and the fifty-sixth episode overall. It is paired with "Game Changer" and premiered on Disney Channel on December 2, 2023.

Hamster and Gretel go up against The Flake, a villain who is always late for appointments, can turn himself into a cloud of tiny croissant particles, and takes advantage of that to change the times on all timepieces in town.

## Plot

Gretel returns home to a disappointed Dave, having forgotten about plans they had for breakfast that morning. As they discuss costumes for a father-daughter dance, Kevin and Fred inform her that The Flake, a man who has the ability to turn into flakes thanks to merging with a croissant, is going to tamper with Big Jen, the town's beloved clock tower. However, the villain arrives two hours late, causing Gretel to miss out on shopping for costumes with Dave.

Kevin, Fred, Hamster, and Gretel decide to stake out, only for The Flake to continually arrive late and deface every timepiece in town while simultaneously forcing Gretel to miss out on plans with Dave. Puzzled about how to defeat him, Gretel resolves to use his continual tardiness to her advantage. This then leads to the four ambushing The Flake at a bakery, with Gretel using milk to turn him into a soggy mess. Afterwards, Gretel is able to make time to attend the father-daughter dance.

## Cast and characters

* Meli Povenmire as Gretel Grant-Gomez
* Michael Cimino as Kevin Grant-Gomez
* Beck Bennett as Hamster
* Joey King as Fred Grant
* Liza Koshy as Veronica Hill
* Matt Jones as Dave Grant
* Brett Dalton as Mayor Meyer
* Kyle Mooney as The Flake

### Additional voices

* Brock Powell as Sea Monster Daughter
* Debra Wilson as Panicking Female Bystander
* Dee Bradley Baker as Tire Salesman
* Isaac Robinson-Smith as Late Businessman
* Keith Ferguson as Wrong Time Guy
* Kyle Mooney as Panicking Male Bystander
* Liza Koshy as Bride
* Phil LaMarr as Sea Monster Dad
* Robbie Wyckoff
* Jarret Reddick as Danny from Love Händel (uncredited)

## Songs

* Big Jen
* The Flake
* We're Staking Out

## Running gags

### Image scene transitions

Hamster knitting
(used to transition to the town's sundial)

## Transcript

*Click here to read the full transcript of **"Flake It Till You Make It"**.*

## Background information

### Trivia

* The title of this episode is a reference to the aphorism "fake it till you make it", which suggests that if a person imitates confidence, competence and optimism, they can realize these qualities and achieve what they seek in real life.
* This is the second episode where Dave appears without Carolina. ("Dr. Eelgood")
* This is Dave's final appearance in Season 1.

### Allusions

* **Big Ben** - Big Jen is a parody of this famous London landmark.
* ***Phineas and Ferb*** - Love Händel performs all of the Big Jen jingles and appears in the final scene.
	+ As of this episode, the band appeared in every show created by Dan Povenmire.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/pressrelease/december-2023-programming-highlights/
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/disneytvanews/status/1720282094398558690