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Hamsters
Original air date: 12/13/2002
The hamsters that power Sector V's weapons go on vacation because of Numbuh 3 telling them to. Meanwhile, the Delightful Children from Down the Lane looks for villains to attack Sector V, so they send an old lady named Gramma Stuffum, who’s fixated on fattening kids, to Sector V's powerless HQ.
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- Balloon Belly: All but 1 of the KND get severely fat and stuffed when Grandma Stuffum's food swarms and forces themselves into their mouths. Numbuh 2 also gains a bit of weight after denting Stuffum's army.
- Battle Strip: As Numbuh 2 appears ready to battle Gramma Stuffum's army, he is seen shirtless with a bandoleer of condiments and a red bandana tied around his cooking pot helmet in a similar manner to Rambo's outfit.
- Big Eater: Numbuh 2 is the only one who can stomach Gramma Stuffum's awful food, becoming something similar to a One-Man Army against them.
- The Cavalry: The hamsters return from their vacation during the battle, devouring all of Gramma Stuffum's dessert and the rest of her forces when Numbuh 2 can't eat anymore.
- Chekhov's Gun: Numbuh 2's "rubber band food flinger". It’s the only useless weapon seen in the first fight, but since it doesn’t use power, it’s able to fling Gramma Stuffum away later.
- Early-Bird Cameo: The Toiletnator first appears here for a brief gag.
- Lame Pun Reaction: Numbuh 5 isn't impressed with Numbuh 2's one-liners. This becomes a Running Gag later on.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Numbuh 2 is the only one who can stomach the bad food and manages to make a massive dent in Gramma Stuffum's army. However, even he can't eat forever, and when he’s swarmed by the army he quickly becomes full and unable to eat anymore.
- Tempting Fate: After Numbuh 3 sends the hamsters away and the Treehouse is without power, Numbuh 5 asks, "What's the worst that could happen?"Numbuh 1: What could happen? (Gramma Stuffum crashes in through the wall, to which he pauses to look up at her before pointing) That could happen!
- Zerg Rush: How the food army first deals with the first 4 operatives (which causes them to grow extremely fat in just a short amount of time) and then Numbuh 2. His huge appetite allows him to eat a lot of their forces, but when the food gangs up on him he quickly becomes too full to eat anymore. This quickly swings the other way when the hamsters arrive.
