Ham-Ham Clubhouse

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Background information

First appearance

Tottoko Hamutaro Anime Dechu! (1999)

Alternate names

地下ハウス (Japanese)

Overview

Location

Under the Pet House (Anime Dechu)
Under an unspecified tree in the Oak Tree Park, Mitsuhashi, Japan (2000 anime)

Location Information

Managed by

Boss

No. of rooms

The Ham-Ham Clubhouse (地下ハウス) is the hangout location for the Ham-Hams prior to Lapis and Lazuli. Afterwards, they spend most of their time in Sweet Paradise until Here I Am, Clubhouse! where they return, but still visit Sweet Paradise.

In the 2000 anime, it is connected to a series of tunnels, with the exit being underneath a tree within the Oak Tree Park. In Tottoko Hamutaro: Anime Dechu!, a hole underneath the Pet House is indicated to lead straight to it.

The Ham-Ham Clubhouse has a motto written in the Latin language. It is unknown what the motto is, and was only mentioned once.

History[]

Prior to the events of the series, the Ham-Ham Clubhouse was originally Boss's house, and was portrayed as being messy. In The Ham-Ham Clubhouse, when, under the suggestion of the other Ham-Hams, Boss cleaned it up and converted it into the Ham-Ham Clubhouse, in an attempt to become the most famous hamster in town.

After this episode and until I'm Parting, Clubhouse!, the Clubhouse was the place that the Ham-Hams often met up with each other and other characters. However, the Clubhouse is locked up and concealed at the end of I'm Parting, Clubhouse! due to Boss leaving. Boss returns at the end of Here I Am, Clubhouse!, with the Clubhouse being open again from then on.

Overview[]

In the 2000 anime, Boss and Snoozer are generally the only inhabitants of it. Snoozer leaves the Clubhouse for the first time in The Snoozer Mystery! and then moves to Sweet Paradise near the end of I'm Parting, Clubhouse!. The Ham-Hams only discover him there in Lapis and Lazuli, though. He returns to the Clubhouse at the end of Here I Am, Clubhouse!.

However, in Ham-Hams Unite!, all the Ham-Hams, including Jingle, inhabit the Ham-Ham Clubhouse, each with their own separate rooms. While not confirmed, this may have been based on an early concept for the series in between Anime Dechu! and the 2000 anime, due to the presence of Boss and Stan.

In the series, the Clubhouse consists of several floors. The ground floor has a round table (a kitchen table according to Boss in The Ham-Ham Clubhouse) with chairs where the Ham-Hams usually discuss. This table also usually has a teapot and teacups, suggesting that the Ham-Hams regularly drink tea. There is a large comfy chair where Boss normally sits. There is also a TV which is never used in the series itself, but was used in DVD Dos and Donts, such as a scene where Hamtaro pulls Boss away from the TV because he was sitting too close to it.

There is a ladder leading up to a cove where Snoozer usually sleeps on a mound of hay. It has a small slide (a set of stairs in Anime Dechu!) leading to the ground floor. On the ground floor there are stairs leading upwards to a stage, where there is a zipline to ride in. It also holds Maxwell's study, bookshelves and the Ham-Ham Times 'printing press' that never got used after Maxwell's Big Scoop!.

There is also a large blue door that leads to Boss' bedroom. The appearance of said bedroom varies between episodes. In earlier episodes, there is a green carpet, a bed on the carpet, a table in front of a sofa, drawers, a lamp, and an open entrance to a set of stairs. No characters are shown going up these stairs, so it is unknown where it would lead. Later episodes change Boss' bedroom drastically, even down to its door, which is now a saloon door rather than a full door like in previous episodes. This newer version looks more in-line with the main Clubhouse, has a different set of upwards stairs, a hammock replacing the bed, a set of climbing rocks, a barrel usually containing brooms, and is missing the sofa.

The main entrance/exit of the Clubhouse is also on the ground floor, with a clothes hanger right next to it. Said clothes hanger was only used once, in Snoozer Disappears!, to hang an apron.

Residents[]

Trivia[]

The English dubs of The Ham-Ham Clubhouse and Come Out, Bijou! indicate that the Clubhouse is really meant for a 'club';
- In the former, Hamtaro explicitly suggests having a club, and a Clubhouse.
- Dexter states that he created a motto for the club in Latin. It is not known what this motto is, and it is never brought up again.
- When Bijou takes her first leap onto the tree next to her window in the latter, Hamtaro states "Looks like we have a new Ham-Ham!", indicating that 'Ham-Ham' is a term for members of the club. However, 'Ham-Ham' is later used in the series as a catch-all term for any hamster (such as Omar's 'Missing Ham-Ham' poster), suggesting that there is no real name for the 'club'.
The Clubhouse is not referred to as such in the original versions. Instead, it is known as 地下ハウス, meaning 'underground house'. This indicates that the 'club' in 'Ham-Ham Clubhouse' was a concept created for the English dub, likely to explain why the main Ham-Hams are mostly the only ones seen visiting this location across the series.

Gallery[]

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