La Sombrerona

### Synopsis:

When a mysterious woman steals peoples' happiness at an amusement park, Hamster and Gretel try to stop her.

## Production Information

### Story by:

Joanna Hausmann
Jim Bernstein

### Storyboards by:

Su Jen Buchheim
Rufino Roy Camacho II
Dota Sata

## Broadcast Information

### Airdate:

July 15, 2023 (Disney Channel)
September 16, 2023 (Disney XD)

### Running time:

11 minutes

**"La Sombrerona"** is the first segment of the twenty-third episode of the first season of *Hamster & Gretel*, and the forty-fourth episode overall. It is paired with "Two Girls, A Guy and the Council of Düm" and premiered on Disney Channel on July 15, 2023.

A mysterious villain, known by folk tales as La Sombrerona, is forcibly taking away people's happiness at the city's carnival, which Hamster and Gretel try to put a stop to with Fred and Abuelita.

## Plot

While under strict orders to finish her homework, Gretel learns that a villain named La Somberona is terrorizing a carnival by stripping people of their happiness. Abuelita, who is babysitting Gretel, initially refuses to allow her to fight her but changes her mind when La Sombrerona attacks a shuffleboard game. Meanwhile, Kevin fiercely competes against a child at a carnival game in order to win a stuffed bear for Hiromi.

When La Sombrerona hits Hamster and Gretel, Fred and Abuelita counter the effects by throwing a massive dance party. However, this only results in creating more targets for her. The heroes then discover that La Sombrerona's powers come from the five hats she obtained after the death of her five husbands. They destroy the hats to find an electromagnetic tower permanently attached to her head, which is then destroyed when Kevin, having spent all of his money and sold his two watches, runs into her in a last-ditch effort to win the stuffed bear.

## 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
* Hiromi Dames as Hiromi Tanaka
* Jenny Lorenzo as Abuelita Gomez
* Joanna Hausmann as La Sombrerona

### Additional voices

* Danielle Perez as Water Shooter Carny
* Debra Wilson as Crying Bystander
* Dee Bradley Baker as Carnival Boy, Strongman Game Carny
* Romi Dames as Mocking Teen
* Isaac Robinson-Smith as Old Man

## Transcript

*Click here to read the full transcript of **"La Sombrerona"**.*

## Background information

### Allusions

* ***El Sombrerón*** - The title of this episode, and its eponymous villain, appear to be based on this Guatemalan legend and Mexican boogeyman.
* ***Phineas and Ferb*** - La Sombrerona's husbands getting eaten by tigers outside their natural habitat is similar to Baljeet's ancestors being attacked by tigers outside their natural habitat, from the episode "Tour de Ferb".
	+ Both "La Sombrerona" and "Tour de Ferb" had their stories made in part by Jim Bernstein, strengthening the allusion.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/shows/hamster-gretel/episodes/la-sombrerona-two-girls-a-guy-and-the-council-of-dum/
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/disneybeat101/status/1666843203960549377