Finding Professor Ex

**"Finding Professor Ex"** is the second segment of the twenty-fifth episode of the first season of *Hamster & Gretel*, and the forty-ninth episode overall. It is paired with "No Sprain, No Gain" and premiered on Disney Channel on October 21, 2023.

Gretel and Nordle go on a quest to find Professor Exclamation (who had still gone missing after Gretel's last encounter with him), leading them to an abandoned doll factory.

## Plot

Feeling guilty about sending Professor Exclamation to the Arctic as a last resort to avoid having her memory erased, Gretel decides to pay Nordle a visit. She finds him saddened about only having Tobor to care for him and decides to help him find his father. They achieve this by locating his hat in the room he disappeared from, which then leads to a series of riddles that leads them through an abandoned dollhouse.

However, while solving the final riddle, Nordle's date of birth, Tobor warns him that the answer is incorrect as Exclamation was never able to remember it. As a result, a mechanical likeness of Exclamation activates a laser defense system and attacks them. Tobor is severely damaged when he protects Nordle, prompting the latter to mourn over the former when he realizes he has someone to care for him after all. Tobor then reveals that he repaired himself and carries a relieved Nordle out of a hole they fell through where they reunite with Gretel, who managed to destroy the lasers during their absence. The three happily walk away together.

Meanwhile, Kevin, Hamster, and Fred decide to see who can go the longest without using electronics. The three develop intriguing hobbies during this time, with Kevin taking up science, Fred writing a novel, and Hamster foraying into meditating. However, they are easily swayed back into the technological world when Carolina returns home and decides to watch a telenovela.

## Cast and characters

* Meli Povenmire as Gretel Grant-Gomez
* Michael Cimino as Kevin Grant-Gomez
* Beck Bennett as Hamster
* Joey King as Fred Grant
* Carolina Ravassa as Carolina Grant-Gomez
* Pamela Adlon as Nordle Exclamation
* Alex Estrada as Tobor
* Lauren Tom as Martina
* Phil LaMarr as Professor Exclamation

### Additional voices

* Carolina Ravassa as Computer Voice, Telenovela Announcer
* Joanna Hausmann as Will They Survive Announcer

## Running gags

### Image scene transitions

Candace and Stacy, shown on Hamster's phone
(used to transition to Nordle and Tobor at their dining table)Professor Exclamation's hat
(used to transition back to the Grant-Gomez residence without electricity)Three punctuation-themed hats, one of which being Professor Exclamation's
(used to transition to the abandoned doll factory)

## Transcript

*Click here to read the full transcript of **"Finding Professor Ex"**.*

## Background information

### Trivia

* The Wilhelm Scream can be heard at the beginning of this episode.
* This is Nordle's final appearance in Season 1.

### Allusions

* ***Phineas and Ferb*** - During a transition sequence, a picture of Candace Flynn and Stacy Hirano appear on Hamster's phone.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/pressrelease/october-2023-programming-highlights/
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/disneybeat101/status/1700201279534829781