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"The Great American Telenovela" is the second segment of the first episode of the second season of Hamster & Gretel, and the sixtieth episode overall. It is paired with "Hakuna Ma Kevin" and premiered on Disney Channel on September 14, 2024.[1]
Carolina is invited to play a nurse at popular American telenovela Fresas de Amor. At the studio, however, the show is being sabotaged, and the producer gets sent ransom letters to cancel the show, so Kevin and Gretel take it upon themselves to find out who's responsible.
Plot[]
During her shift at the hospital, Carolina laments that she has been doing paperwork all day when she is greeted by director Randy Esperanza with an opportunity to portray a nurse on the telenovela, Fresas de Amor, which she accepts. However, during the filming of the episode, an unknown figure sabotages Carolina's scene, leading Kevin, Hamster, and Gretel to investigate. They first suspect actress Irasema, who reveals that she convinced the writers to put her character in a coma, allowing her to pursue a role in a Taco Crunchies commercial. They next suspect writer Jaime, who has been attempting to end the show through outlandish storylines, only to instead attempt to write his own book after failing to dissuade viewers' interest in the show.
Eventually, the culprit is revealed to be a disguised La Cebolla who is exacting revenge on the series for removing her. A battle ensues, with Hamster and Gretel being overpowered by La Cebolla's onions. Hamster and Gretel convene with Kevin regarding how they can defeat her, with Hamster resolving to pretend to be La Cebolla's long-lost son, much like in a telenovela. The heroes then defeat La Cebolla, but before she is taken to jail, the producer offers her a role in the series as the mannequin in the hospital bed of Carolina's scene, which she accepts.
Cast and characters[]
- Meli Povenmire as Gretel Grant-Gomez
- Michael Cimino as Kevin Grant-Gomez
- Beck Bennett as Hamster
- Carolina Ravassa as Carolina Grant-Gomez
- Karina La Voz as La Cebolla
- Raúl Esparza as Randy Esperanza
- Emma Ramos as Irasema Lloyda
- Chris Estrada as Jaime
Songs[]
Running gags[]
Image scene transitions[]
(used to transition to Carolina and her two kids walking to the studio)
(used to transition to Jaime at the copy machine)
Memorable quotes[]
Gretel: What's with the creepy mannequin? Jaime: It's simple. Esmeralda was turned into a mannequin by an evil potion, and is getting an operation to become human again. Kevin: Ah yes, a tale as old as time. |
Transcript[]
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Gallery[]
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Background information[]
Trivia[]
- This episode reveals that Carolina wanted to be an actress, but when she attended college, she can only choose one college major and she chose to be a nurse.
Allusions[]
- Great American Novel - The title of this episode might be an allusion to this term, often used for canonical novels that embodies the essence of the United States.
- The title of this episode may also allude to The Great American Bash or The Great American Baking Show.
- Doctor Who - Jaime's framed picture of the time travel episode seems to involve a chapel tower-esque cabin traveling through a time stream, parodying the TARDIS, the type of time machine used in this popular British sci-fi series, which is outwardly commonly depicted as a police box (a similarly sized cabin).
- Milo Murphy's Law - Said picture features a purple and green surrounding resembling outer space, with clocks floating about. This is a nearly identical depiction of the Time Stream from Dan Povenmire's previous show, which also resembles a green and purple version of outer space with clocks floating about (albeit with black concentring circles that form a tunnel).
References[]
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