#funny Hamster and Gretel meme

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Random pics of Hamster because I love him

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Phineas and Ferb is coming back, here’s what I’m expecting.

When I woke up to this news, I had to drop everything I was doing to comment on it. My favourite childhood cartoon, Phineas and Ferb, heading back into production for one or more seasons is something that always seemed possible. Dan and Swampy had been hinting at it…basically as soon as the show ended, now that I think about it. And they spent a lot of their second show, Milo Murphy’s Law, planting clues that they weren’t done with the characters yet. Unfortunately, I never followed Milo that religiously, so I can’t comment on if it worked or not. And their third show, Hamster and Gretel, has been an improvement but still feels a bit niche. It’s clear their team’s style hasn’t changed much since 2012, it’s dependable but not innovative. However, that’s always been the case with PnF. It wasn’t a game changer for animation, just a really, really funny and polished show, and that’s great.

But now it’s back, and I’m a little worried. There’s a few things I really want them to do, and others I don’t, and I think they’re going to do both. Season 4 was a very special and event-oriented run, and that was great for a final season…but where do you go from there? Do you make more specials for Season 5 and 6? Less? Reel it in a bit and do more standard episodes again? There were a couple standard episodes in Season 4 that ended up feeling unremarkable, so I wouldn’t want the new run to carry that feeling over. Going back to Season 1’s mix of plenty of normal episodes, plus 5 or 6 longer adventures, would be the best way to go around it, I think.

Still on the topic of Season 4, it brought a few status quo changes that I can see them bringing up for the revival. Things like Doof having been an OWCA agent, Stacy knowing about Perry’s secret identity, confirming Phineas and Isabella won’t hook up until they go to college. Some have more potential than others, but others might be ignored or upstaged by new developments. It depends on how much they want to bend to the whim of the formulas, because those’ll probably be further tested.

In terms of which characters should be given more emphasis, I really want them to use Phineas more, explore what makes him so resourceful and optimistic. The crew are well aware that he could come off as a blank slate, so if they’re coming back, I hope they’re going to put some thought into fleshing out their title character. Another character I want to see them do more with is Jeremy, if just to see if they can give him a quirk. He was always sort of the everyman compared to Candace, who soaked up 99% of the energy in their shared scenes. Giving him more time to hang out with his band members could be cool too.

As for jokes, I expect their sense of humour to say the same- character based humour, subverting expectations, comedic song numbers and a few references here or there. Just because I’m expecting the sort of humour they’re doing doesn’t mean I’m tired of it. It would be more worrying if they did jokes uncharacteristic of the show. The one thing I bet they’re going to do that I’m concerned about is include more memes. That alien flossing in Candace Against the Universe might be a harbinger of “well, they referenced that”. It’s not like they’ve never been in touch with the internet, the 10th episode was about Phineas and Ferb making viral videos after all, but I don’t want them to bring memes and modern references into it if they’re gonna feel shallow.

That’s another thing, how will time flow this go around? Will it be set in the same summer as the original 4 seasons, or a year later? Could we possibly finally see what the rest of the year looks like, with the kids in school? That in particular is unlikely, but there has to be some debate internally over whether these new episodes will be set after The Last Day of Summer. Probably not, since Candace Against the Universe was confirmed not to be, but who knows. Will the timeline float though? The show started in the 2000s, and did its best to keep the technology timeless, only adding smartphones in Season 4. But will technology and culture change for Season 5? Is there a chance they’ll go back to flip phones and bulky TVs? The first 2 episodes are 16 this year, edging into the nostalgia cycle window, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they played into that nostalgia in some way. Maybe have a joke where Candace wonders why she still has her old flip phone laying around. “It’s older than me!”

These are just the questions and concerns at the top of my head, but I’m fairly optimistic that the show will still be good. There have been shorter breaks with rockier comebacks in animated shows. All it can take is 2 years sometimes. Now try 8! If it ends up being a tier or two lower than the original run, I won’t be shocked, but I will be happy that Disney still care about these characters at all. They’re currently the best at handling new IPs too, so I’m not even worried they could be relying on this show for the sake of nostalgia. It’s always going to be a new and popular show to kids, and long may this continue.

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EVERYONE SHUT UP

He is sleeping

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“Look, a platypus”

“Stop bucking for a crossover”

Ok if they know we want a crossover WHY DONT THEY GIVE US ONE!?!?

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Kevin is the oldest (I think) so he’s the single mum of the group

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She’s such an icon

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No but what if Kevin’s minivan gets superpowers

Like he could be driving somewhere and the aliens show up and use that beam thing and say “we are going to bestow you powers UNIMAGINABLE!”

And Kevin’s like “YES! FINALLY!!”

He gets out and tries to fly, nothing happens

And then the minivan magically gets a cape and flies away

Kevin: WHAT THE FUCK ALIENS!?!!?

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Ok what drugs were they smoking with this episode?

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Zack: A pessimist sees a dark tunnel.

Milo: An optimist sees light at the end of the tunnel.

Melissa: A realist sees a freight train.

Kevin: The train driver sees three idiots standing on the tracks.

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Ok but why is thing song so good?!?

I’ve listened to it a million times and I’ve not even seen what episode it’s in…

I don’t know the context but I thought that Kevin went evil for attention but then I looked at the lyrics and:

They're not even paying attention

But I really need detention

So today I'm gonna show them all

I can be bad if I want to, baby

I can be awful and unlawful

It says DETENTION, not attention…

So I guess Kevin didn’t go evil… just trying to get detention for some reason

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This pic must be so weird out of context

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No but this is literally so relatable

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Hamster is a mood

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Hamster yells at Poseidon 2023 colorised:

(That website I watch hng on is working again!)

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Gretel: Kevin, we're hungry!

Bailey: Gretel’s brother! What's for dinner?

Hamster: We are hungry, Kevin

Kevin; frying a bottle of ketchup over the hob:

* screams *

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Best part of the new Hamster and Gretel episodes