List of Super Punches in Hamster & Gretel

One of Gretel's signature attacks in Hamster & Gretel is a Super Punch, typically used as the finishing blow, that she initially announces with a name using the phrasal template "[noun] PUNCH", with the noun typically being Gretel's target; due to the interchangeable name thanks to its nature of being a phrasal template, this attack did not have an official collective name prior to "Exclamation Strikes Back", and has also been referred to as Gretel's punch or Gretel's attack. The phrase typically being materialized in colorful letters as Gretel shouts the attack's name, and these letters are sometimes being interacted by the characters in Hamster & Gretel before they dematerialize; making this a form of breaking the fourth wall. It's a common occurrence in Hamster & Gretel and is thus regarded as one of the show's running gags.

Sometimes, other characters will use the phrasal template of "[noun] PUNCH" instead of Gretel (these typically come without the phrase materialization). Phrase materialization can also occur on other attacks by Gretel that don't involve punching (e.g. "Eel Tackle" or "Super Slap"), and sometimes, the onomatopoeia of an impact sound could materialize as well. Gretel is also shown to materialize phrases into colorful letters that aren't supposed to be attacks at all (e.g. "Math" or "Best Friend Bailey's Birthday").

The big, colorful letters that appear whenever a phrase is uttered may be inspired by comic books: various comic book series tend to have certain phrases appear as large, bold, colored text — as opposed to leaving it as regular in a speech bubble — to convey someone shouting it loudly. Onomatopoeia in comic books are conveyed in similar ways.

This article lists every single attack of Gretel in Hamster & Gretel so far that makes use of this phrasal template, the colorful letters, or both, as well as other characters alluding to it or references to this kind of punch.

Season 1

Episode	Name	Target	Notes
"Empower Failure"	Wall Punch!	Wall in drainage system	Used to create a shortcut to save a kitten in a well. This causes the entire well to fill up with water, and has had lingering effects on the next episode.
	Robot Punch!	Professor Exclamation's army of robots
	Bad Guy Punch!	Professor Exclamation
"Oakey Dokey"	Water Tower Punch!	Wallie's Water water tower	Due to the lack of water to douse a fire at Captain Kernal A-maize-ing Maize popcorn factory, Gretel punches this nearby watertower instead. The roof flies off and hits a meteor
	Meteor Punch!	A meteor	The punch causes the meteor to split in two, with the second half destroying Oakey.
"Recipe for Disaster"	Crash!	El Luchador	Rather than a punch, Gretel throws El Luchador into a wall while making contact with Kevin; the impact causes letters to materialize.
"Math Punch"	Math!	N/A	Appears with other mathematical equations as Gretel does her math to determine how fast she must fly to catch up to a runaway train. The colorful letters and the other equations then fall upon a guy reading a newspaper.
"Close Shave"	Half Beard and Mustache Punch!	Van Dyke	Used to punch Van Dyke off of Hamster.
"Cheer Cheer Bang Bang"	Super Slap!	Fred Grant	When attempting to high-five Fred, Gretel accidentally gives her one of these instead. When Gretel says as such, the letters then appear, causing her to admit to not knowing where they're coming from.
	Super Slap!	N/A	The letters reappear when Fred implies that Kevin deserves a Super Slap for making her part of the school paper crew as a fib to Hiromi. Gretel claims to have left the letters by mistake.
"La Ballad of La Cebolla"	Onion Punch!	La Cebolla
"Saturday Homecoming Fever"	Disco Punch!	FistPuncher	Performed while Gretel is disguised as a disco ball.
"Dr. Eelgood"	Kraken Punch!	Kraken	Performed by Bailey in a VR game; as such, no letters appear.
	Eel Tackle!	The Ideal Eel
"Birthday Besties"	Best Friend Bailey's Birthday!	N/A	Appears while Gretel excitedly sings a song about Bailey's birthday. Kevin fans the words away before their parents can see them.
"Cutie and the Beast"	Otter Punch!	Giant Otter	Doesn't go through with the attack when she realizes the otter is too cute.
"The Nightmarionette"	Puppet Punch!	The Nightmarionette	Ultimately fails to deliver the punch as the Nightmarionette uses his staff to project her greatest fear.
"U.F. UH-OH! Part II"	Alien Door Punch!	Unbreakable door inside U.F.O.	While called by Gretel as per usual, the punch is actually performed by Hamster, who delivers a multitude of punches to the door until it breaks off its hinges.
"Grounded"	Sloppy Joe Punch!	Sloppy Joe Monster	Due to the Sloppy Joe Monster's mushy and sludgy nature, Gretel's punch is unable to cause any damage on impact, and in fact goes right through it.
	Solid Joe Punch!		Performed after Gretel solidifies the Sloppy Joe Monster with her heat vision.
"Friday Night Fright"	Animatronic Plumber Punch!	E.V.I.L. S.C.H.E.M.E. Plumber Animatronic
"The Earworm"	N/A (punching was not necessary)	N/A	Gretel would have delivered a punch to The Earworm, but since his worm tail pantleg hinders his movement during his escape, all that had to be done was for Hamster to stand on the tail, causing Earworm to trip and fall over.
"Hamnesia"	DJ Punch!	Record Scratch	No colorful letters were shown in this case, even though Gretel was performing the punch and called the attack.
"Micromanager"	Giant Robot Guy Punch!	Micromanager in the Macromanager	Due to an intense workout session that caused Hamster and Gretel to grow too tired earlier in the episode, the punch had no effect on the Macromanager mech.
"My Invisible Friend"	Rat Burglar Punch!	Rat Burglar
"Let's Sea What You've Got"	Giant Frosted Spiked Japanese Sea Urchin Punch!	Giant frosted spiked Japanese sea urchins	After calling the attack, Bailey touches one of the letters. The urchins were too spiky for Gretel to punch, leaving the attack ineffective.
"The Break-Stuff Club"	Unknownzy Punch!	Unknownzy
"Over the Hill"	Mustache Punch!	Van Dyke	Gretel attempts to punch Van Dyke off of Harrison Philtrum after realizing his scheme.
"The Ice Queen Cometh"	Clock Freak Punch!	Pendulum Pete
"Nano a Nano"	Nano Punch!	Simon	Wasn't able to go through with the attack, realizing that Simon may feel small on the inside.
"No Sprain, No Gain"	Itsy Bitsy Punch!	Itsy Bitsy	Gretel failed to land a hit as Itsy Bitsy swiftly evaded her attack.
	Itsy Bitsy Punch!
"The Great Pillow War"	The Great Pillow War	Kevin	Gretel uses a pillow to smack Kevin with.
	Super Sack Smack	FistPuncher and The Destructress	Along with Hamster, Gretel uses a giant sack full of pillows to ward FistPuncher off, before realizing that he and The Destructress already made up and accidentally hitting her as well.
"Shush Hour"	Super Loud Librarian Punch!	Librarian
"Too Many Crooks"	Quadruplet Punch!	One of the four Mary Mitosis clones	The Mary Mitosis Gretel ends up hitting splits in two because of the punch's heat, revealing the true nature of the quadruple Maries.
"President Fred"	Fake Fred Punch!	The Imposter (disguised as Fred)
"Flake It Till You Make It"	Late Guy Punch!	The Flake	Fails due to The Flake turning into flakes.
"Exclamation Strikes Back - Part I"	Box Punch!	Professor Exclamation's box trap	Since Gretel's superpowers are drained from her, she was unable to break the box; hence no colorful letters appear either, which she acknowledges.
"Exclamation Strikes Back - Part II"	Power Sapping Rock Punch!	The power-sapping rock within Exclamation's power suit	Fails due to a falling signboard getting in the way of her punch; a crucial failure because Gretel had temporarily regained enough superpowers for only one punch (which explains the remaining absence of colorful letters).

Season 2

Episode	Name	Target	Notes
"Hakuna Ma Kevin"	Clam Dude Punch!	Clem Clam	Due to Clem's hard shell, Gretel instead hurts her hand.
"Lair Necessities"	Demo Bro Punch!	Jeffrey Demo
"Ay, Ay, A.I."	Automated Crossing Electroniguard Punch!	ACE	While she lands the punch, ACE has an auto-repair function, making them practically immune to any attack.
"I Love Luchie"	Evil Loom Punch!	Connie's loom
"The More The Meteor"	Space Rock Super Punch!	First meteoroid	The meteoroid is so strong that Gretel hurts her hand.
	Weird Meteor Punch!	Third meteoroid	Once broken, the meteoroid reveals a pearl-like object that zooms through the space station's computer systems.
"My Hammie Vice"	Warehouse Door Punch!	Abandoned warehouse door
"I Think, Therefore I Slam"	Slam-O-Nade Punch!	Slamonade Stan	Stan counterattacks this Super Punch; furthermore, his jug body is unbreakable
"A Car is Born"	Car Guy Punch!	Carl
"The New Adventures of Super Kevin"	Messy Opera Singer Punch!	The Mud Singer	Punch delivered by Kevin as Super Guy
	Skull Pulverizer Punch!	Skull Pulverizer

Other

Appears in	Name	Target	Notes
Chibi Tiny Tales "Super Pet Pals"	Chibi Punch!	Derek	Punch delivered by Hamster.
Promotional comic on Instagram for Season 2	Hamster & Gretel Season 2 Dropping on Sept 14 Disney Channel Sept 18 Disney+ Punch!	N/A	Gretel uses this to tell readers about the second season coming soon while Hamster finishes a burrito. The panel after this reveals she hits a wall with it by mistake.

Trivia

• While many of Gretel's punches are named after her target, only three of those so far actually use the target's proper name: the Rat Burglar Punch, the Unknownzy Punch, and the Itsy Bitsy Punch (likely due to one being self-evident enough already, the other not being able to be defined simply, and the third being a combination of both); most other punches describe their target in simpler terms rather than their name (e.g. Onion Punch for La Cebolla, or DJ Punch for Record Scratch).
• There have been a couple characters that were the target of two separate punches:
  • The Sloppy Joe Monster was targeted for the Sloppy Joe Punch and the Solid Joe Punch, both from "Grounded". However, it was impervious to the Sloppy Joe Punch due to its sludgy, ground beef nature, which was solidified and be able to get hurt by the time it got hit by the Solid Joe Punch.
  • Van Dyke got hit by the Half Beard and Mustache Punch in "Close Shave", and the Mustache Punch in "Over the Hill". Incidentally, he had different appearances for each punch (i.e. he lost his beard at the time he got hit with the latter Mustache Punch).
  • FistPuncher got hit by the Disco Punch in "Saturday Homecoming Fever", and the Super Sack Smack in "The Great Pillow War" (the latter being along with The Destructress).
  • The Imposter got hit by the DJ Punch in "Hamnesia" (although Gretel didn't know it was him at the time), and the Fake Fred Punch in "President Fred" (as Fred). Incidentally, The Imposter was in disguise for each punch: as Record Scratch for the DJ Punch, and as Fred for the Fake Fred Punch.
• Itsy Bitsy was the target of two separate cases of the Itsy Bitsy Punch, both from "No Sprain, No Gain", making her the only person that became the target of the same punch twice. However, Itsy gracefully dodged the attack the first time.
• The Super Slap and the Itsy Bitsy Punch are so far the only attacks referenced more than once. However, the Super Slap wasn't actually used twice, and the first time it was referenced was an accidental usage.
  • The Solid Joe Punch and the Mustache Punch may be variations of the Sloppy Joe Punch and the Half Beard and Mustache Punch respectively, especially due to the respective pair's identical targets.