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I am a crazy, rabid squirrel! I WANT MY COOKIES!
―Hammy while pretending to be rabid.[src]

Hamilton, or more commonly known as Hammy, is the tritagonist in the film, Over the Hedge and the titular protagonist in the short, Hammy's Boomerang Adventure.

Background[]

Personality[]

Hammy is a hyperactive, sweet, red squirrel whose mouth moves as fast as his feet. He is innocent, dim-witted, very fast, friendly, curious and very childish in nature with an extremely short attention span. He often gets on the nerves of those around him, but endears himself to them at the same time, as long as he stays away from the super energy drinks anyway. Hammy can run at the speed of light when he's had caffeine and has fast reflexes. His favorite food is cookies.

Physical Appearance[]

He's a red squirrel with green/hazel eyes and two large buck teeth. He's a little taller than Verne. His fur is completely red with some white parts, but his hands and feet are a little lighter brown.

Role in the film[]

Upon first meeting RJ, Hammy became extremely fond of him, completely naive at the fact that RJ was using them. The first time RJ uses him is in the scene where Hammy pretends to be a rabid squirrel and is attacked by the girl scouts Mackenzie and Shelby. In the scene where the world stops turning due to Hammy drinking soda, he moves ahead as the others freeze. He adjusts the laser trap lengths, turns on the lasers, retrieves the chocolate chip cookie from the roof, and eats the cookie while going back to the hedge and then the world resumes turning. After Vincent the bear gets sent to the Rocky Mountains and Gladys Sharp and Dwayne LaFontant are arrested, Hammy reveals that he managed to find so many nuts that he filled the entire log with them.

Quotes[]

  • "But I like the cookie."
  • [running along the hedge, then, from far away] "IT NEVER ENDS!!!" [runs the opposite way and runs back to the group] "It never ends that way too!"
  • [looking up at Vincent, shaking in fear] "Scary clown."
  • "The weed hacker, Verne...the weed hacker!"
  • "I filled the log! I found my nuts!"
  • "I can burp ABC's!

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • A near-identical character named Samey was part of the comic strip up until late 2005, where a storyline shows a mirrored dimension where RJ, Elrod ("Like Verne is any better?"), and Hammy resided. At its conclusion, Sammy went into this dimension and did not come back ("He's checking out the floating thingies in his eyes again."), so Hammy came to the real dimension and replaced Sammy.
  • Despite being the tritagonist of Over the Hedge, he appears on the avatar on the spine of the VHS/DVD, instead of RJ.

Navigation[]

v - e - d
Over the Hedge Logo
Media
Films: Over the Hedge

Shorts: Hammy's Boomerang Adventure
Video Games: Over the HedgeHammy Goes NutsEdge of Reality

Characters
Protagonists: RJVerneHammy

Allies: StellaOzzieHeatherLouPennyBucky, Spike and QuilloTiger
Antagonists: Gladys SharpDwayne LaFontantVincentNugentMackenzie and Shelby

See also
Objects: Depelter TurboSee N SaySpuddies

Songs: HeistRockin' the Suburbs
Cast: Bruce Willis (RJ) • Allison Janney (Gladys) • Thomas Haden Church (Dwayne) • Avril Lavigne (Heather) • Eugene Levy (Lou) • Catherine O'Hara (Penny) • Brian Stepanek (Nugent) • Debi Derryberry (additional voices) • Sean Bishop (additional voices) • Keith Ferguson (additional voices)
Crew: Bonnie ArnoldAlessandro CarloniBill DamaschkeDavid SorenRupert Gregson-Williams

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