| “ | Well, I think there's only one thing to do. We have to find your dad. | ” |
"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.[2]
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
Songs[]
Running gags[]
Image scene transitions[]
(used to transition back to the Grant-Gomez residence without electricity)
(used to transition to the abandoned doll factory)
Memorable quotes[]
Kevin: (sighs) Look at us, sitting here with our cellphones and cheese curls. We should all be like Arthur, fighting snakes with a spatula and an egg. Hamster: Oh, please. You wouldn't last a second without your phone. (Hamster's phone vibrates; he answers it) Hamster: What up, girl? No way, that's fire! Send me pics. (Hamster hangs up.) Hamster: Wrong number. |
Gretel: Hey, Nordle. Still haven't heard from your dad, huh? Nordle: No. Father is gone and these eggs benedict are terrible! (to Tobor) Did you even taste this hollandaise sauce?! (splatters the eggs benedict at Tobor) Tobor: I have no taste buds. Nordle: Father had taste buds! |
Nordle: Well, this is the room that Father got flung out of. (shudders) Gretel: Is it hard for you to be in here? Nordle: No, I'm just remembering how awful Tobor's eggs benedict were. Tobor: I'm, like, right here. |
Tobor: You shouldn't go in there on an empty stomach. Have a little― Nordle: Tobor, you're not my father! My father is in there! Come on, Gretel! Tobor: Don't make me turn this car around! Nordle: We're not in a car! |
Gretel: Ooh, it's some kind of riddle. Nordle: Of course! It's from Father! He always said if he disappeared, he'd use riddles to test me! Gretel: A lot to unpack there. |
Transcript[]
Click here to read the full transcript of "Finding Professor Ex".
Gallery[]
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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[]
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