- "She sees it all. Every possibility. That’s why her mind is so vast. So powerful. That kid’s a battery. No... She’s a nuclear power plant."
- — Wilbur Cross talking about Hannah's powersrc
Hannah Foster is a character in the Hatchetfield Universe. She is the daughter of Pamela Foster and the younger sister of Lex. She features in Black Friday, The Witch in the Web and Yellow Jacket as well as being mentioned in Killer Track. She is played by Kendall Nicole and Lauren Lopez.
| Production | Played by | Song | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Friday | Kendall Nicole | What If Tomorrow Comes | ||
| Nightmare Time | Season 1 | The Witch in the Web | The Witch in the Web | |
| Season 2 | Yellow Jacket | Lauren Lopez | None | |
Black Friday[]
Hannah's first appearance in the show occurs with Ethan dragging her by the hand, after surprising Lex at work. Lex tries to give Hannah her backpack (holding the Tickle-Me-Wiggly doll she stole), but Hannah refuses, saying that her imaginary friend, Webby, told her not to. Ethan is later able to get Hannah to take the backpack after giving her his hat, which he claims has powers that will protect Hannah and keep her safe.
The next time Hannah is seen, she is at the Cineplex with Ethan. She sits away from Ethan as he purchases two tickets to the new Christmas flick "Santa Claus Is Goin' To High-School". Ethan and Hannah have a very sentimental talk about California before a group of brainwashed shoppers show up to attack. Hannah is told to run and hide while Ethan fights them off, Hannah does just that, but not before witnessing Ethan spit up blood.
When Hannah is seen again in Act 2, she is able to sense that something has happened to Lex, although it is not clear if she knows exactly what happened. A hallucination of Ethan, created by Wiggly, shows up and begins to talk to Hannah. Wiggly has Ethan uses Hannah's nickname, Banana, to create some sense of comfort. However, something is still noticeably off about Ethan. Ethan assures Hannah it's safe to come out now, Hannah is almost sure it isn't. Hannah quickly realizes it's not actually Ethan and says "Not Ethan, liar, bad double". "Ethan" then confirms that Wiggly and his cult following are coming after Hannah since she has the last Tickle-Me-Wiggly doll.
After the hallucination of Ethan disappears, Hannah pulls the Tickle-Me-Wiggly doll out of her backpack. Hannah is able to tell that Wiggly is responsible for the riots. Wiggly and Hannah proceed to have a rather creepy conversation. Wiggly, like the hallucination of Ethan, uses Hannah's nickname against her. The conversation ends with Hannah throwing Wiggly to the ground and backing away in fear.
Hannah re-collects the Tickle-Me-Wiggly doll after Tom Houston and Becky Barnes enter the scene, the two now both under Wiggly’s control. Hannah tries to explain to the adults that Wiggly is bad and trying to trick them, however, neither listen and instead try to get Hannah to give them the Wiggly doll. Hannah attempts to run away from Tom and Becky, only to be captured by Tom in the end. She is held down by Tom as Becky attempts to put Hannah to sleep using a drug that she has in her syringe. Thankfully, for Hannah, Becky ends up sticking the syringe into her own leg and proceeds to fall asleep on Hannah. Tom then takes the Tickle-Me-Wiggly doll and runs away. After Tom leaves, Gary Goldstein and the Security Guard find Becky and Hannah and bring both of them to Linda.
Linda still suspects Hannah of having the final Wiggly doll and appears very excited upon having Hannah brought to her. The backpack given to her by Lex is taken away from her by the cultists. Hannah believes that Ethan's hat is still magical and will keep her safe, Linda considers that bullshit and takes the hat away from her. Linda then searches the backpack but finds nothing. Unfortunately, for Linda, the doll had already been taken by Tom. Lex appears just before Linda could've killed Hannah, holding a Wiggly doll. Lex and Hannah proceed to hug after Tom joins the scene. Hannah stands next to Lex throughout the remainder of the scene.
Tom, Becky, Lex, and Hannah leave the mall together after Lex sets it ablaze. The group makes it outside before the mall burns to the ground. Upon joining the scene, Paul says he has no idea what time it is as he doesn't have his iPhone, to which Hannah replies by telling him to "wear a watch", something General John McNamara told Paul in The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals.
Hannah then begins to sing. The song is the final number of the show and involves the characters counting down to the end of "The Black Friday from Hell". By the end of the song, she hears a whooshing noise over her head and looks up, as the stage fades to black.
Witch in the Web[]
The story opens with Hannah singing the song Webby sang to her in an attempt to remember it so she doesn't forget Webby. However, her song is interrupted by her mother Pamela bursting in and confiscating her ukulele. Hannah is then left to wait for her nightmares to come.
The next morning, as Pamela watches the news Hannah is sent outside with a can of beer to play with. She takes a sip of the beer but is disgusted by it. Hannah then talks to a tree but is interrupted by her social worker Duke arriving to check on her. Duke takes Hannah inside where he reprimands Pamela for giving Hannah a beer before making her return her ukulele. However, upon seeing the ukulele Hannah is scared as it's black whereas hers is white. She tells the adults that it's only black in her dreams, in Nightmare Time.
Hannah is later visited by Miss Holloway, on the recommendation of Duke who asks Hannah some questions about Nightmare Time. Hannah reveals that Nightmare Time started when Webby went away which startles Miss Holloway. Hannah tells her that the witch that's in her mind wants to get rid of Webby. In a conversation between Duke and Miss Holloway that Lex and Ethan got caught selling her mothers painkillers resulting in both of them going to jail and that this is likely when Hannah's nightmares started.
Miss Holloway then promises to help Hannah get the witch out of her mind. She reveals she is the owner of the Black Book much to Hannah's distress however Miss Holloway calms her and the two use the book to allow Miss Holloway to access Hannah's Nightmare Time. The two walk through the forest of tree people, who all warn Hannah not to continue. Despite this the two continue on deeper into the wood, where Miss Holloway notices that the attire of the tree people begins to get older as they get deeper. As the witches hut comes into sight the tree people spring to violent life and scream which scares Hannah and she slips out of Miss Holloway's grasp. Hannah falls and finds herself in an ancient courthouse. She is trapped in the memory of the witches final days. Hannah is found guilty of crimes of witchcraft and is almost hung but is rescued by Miss Holloway who pulls her into her own mind.
Miss Holloway's Nightmare Time is revealed to be the Starlight Theater, in it is a 3-girl creature made of three girls welded together. The two begin to walk towards the glowing door that will give them access back to Hannah's mind. As they walk voices, including that of Evil Ethan, call out to Hannah but she tries to ignore them. However, when the voice of Wiggly calls out to her Hannah is scared and finds herself alone on the stage where a skeleton is pinned to a strange symbol by a black blade. Hannah accidentally brings the skeleton back to life revealing it was the corpse of Wilbur Cross. Wilbur attempts to kill Hannah but she manages to get away as she disappears and reappears holding Miss Holloway's hand. While Wilbur and Miss Holloway fight Hannah manages to escape back into her own mind.
Hannah wakes up to find herself in her room looking brighter and cleaner than it ever has. Her sister pokes her head around the door revealing that she was let go from prison and that they took Pamela instead. She opens her backpack and pulls out all sorts of toys and games for Hannah, even a puppy. However, Hannah is confused asking if Lex gave her something else that she used to remember a friend. This angers Lex who says that she has something else for Hannah instead and pulls out the five dolls of the Lords in Black. It is only then that Hannah realizes that Lex isn't her sister and is instead Willabella Muckwab, the Witch in the Web and that she isn't in her room at all but is in the witches hut. The witch begins to threaten Hannah but she finds her ukulele on the mantelpiece and realizes that in Nightmare Time the ukulele is her power as it represents things like her love for her sister and her connection to Webby, who she can almost remember. Hannah uses the ukulele to break down the walls of the witches hut. It is then that Webby appears finally able to contact Hannah again. Webby destroys the remnants of Willabella's soul and tells Hannah to wake up.
Hannah wakes up in her room where she finds Duke and Miss Holloway looking down at her. She excitedly tells them that she found Webby and ended Nightmare Time. Miss Holloway goes to leave but not before promising Hannah that she'd help Lex and Ethan get out of jail. The story ends with Duke and Hannah stood on her trailers steps watching Miss Holloway drive away through the Witchwood.
Yellow Jacket[]
The story opens with Hannah being bullied and mocked by Brad Callahan while in shop class at Hatchetfield High. After being told off my Tom Houston, Brad stops teasing her and Tom comes and speaks to the girl, praising her woodwork and telling Hannah about how her sister was also good at shop class. Hannah then goes to begin to cut her project on the band saw . While she's sawing, Hannah is hit by a vision of the Boy with the Bloody Nose being taken by Pokey at the Hatchetfield Roller-rama. Due to being caught in the vision, Hannah is unable to notice that her hand is getting dangerously close to the saw blade and accidentally saws her finger off. She is rushed to St. Damien's Hospital where her finger is then reattached to her body.
Later that day, Ethan Green tries to cheer Hannah up by telling her a story about how his friend Vinnie trapped Ethan's thumb in a car cutting it off and how he repaired it with car glue. Hannah tells him that she thinks his story and subsequent pulling thumb off trick is dumb and the boy leaves her alone. Hannah then calls on Webby and says she wants to talk to her. Webby attempts to distract Hannah by creating a fake slumber party scenario but Hannah becomes annoyed and forces Webby to talk to her. Hannah blames Webby for sending her a vision but Webby tells her that she didn't send it. Hannah becomes annoyed and tells Webby she wishes she didn't have to be here and the eldritch woman disappears.
A few weeks later, it's Hannah's birthday. She and Ethan go to Pizza Pete's to celebrate. In the prize cabinet at the restaurant's arcade, Hannah spots and iPad and realises that if she wins it she can sell it for money to help Lex pay off her medical bills. Hannah goes onto a machine and is able to win the game every time using her powers. After she's got enough tickets, Hannah and Ethan attempt to redeem them at the prize desk but the manager is sceptical and takes the two into the office of Pizza Pete's owner Eddie Chiplucky. Eddie tells Ethan about how Hannah has a gift and how she can use it to win money.
Eddie takes Hannah and Ethan to the Hatchetfield Roller-rama where they witness a fight between Spitfire and Stopwatch. Hannah realises that Stopwatch is able to stop time by holding his breath and tells this to Spitfire telepathically and allows the girl to win the match. Eddie tells Ethan that Hannah could also fight in one of the matches at the roller rink and win cash prizes. Ethan refuses and the two go home despite Hannah's protests. When they get home, the two discover Lex with a pitiful balloon and cupcake, Lex apologises for missing Hannah's birthday and then has to go to bed. Upon seeing this, Ethan and Hannah decide that she is going to fight at the roller-rama.
A few days later, Hannah is sat in the locker room at the roller-rama when she meets Stopwatch. The two talk and Hannah learns the boys name is Daniel. Daniel eventually leaves but not before telling Hannah it was nice to meet her, much to her delight. Hannah is then brought a yellow biker jacket by Eddie who gives her, her fighter name: Yellow Jacket. The man then gives Hannah some special blue milk that increases her powers. The girl drinks it and enters the fighting arena.
In the arena, Hannah is matched up against Spitfire. She's able to create a shield with her mind the protects her from Spitfire's fireball. She then accidentally reaches into Spitefire's mind and prevents her from creating a fire. Spitfire yells at the girl to give her her powers back and Hannah attempts to but in doing so accidentally begins to read the spectator's minds. Hannah then accidentally reads the mind of a spectator watching from a private box, Otho. Otho speaks to her and Hannah is about to respond but is distracted by being grabbed by Spitfire who tries to drag her off the edge of the platform. Hannah realises she's about to lose and with a blast of mental energy forces the girl off the platform. Hannah then returns to the locker room where she's congratulated by the other kids, including Spitfire who reveals her name is Sophia. The kids then go and skate on the roller rink and for the first time Hannah is truly happy.
Using Hannah's winnings, she and Ethan buy themselves a penthouse apartment, a load of toys and pizza. Lex subsequently joins them and the two lie, saying they got the money from stocks. Later that night, Lex tucks Hannah into her new bed and the two girls talk about how happy they are. A few days later, the penthouse is visited by Eddie who tells Hannah he has another match lined up. Hannah and Ethan got the Roller-rama to scope out the competition and watch horrified as Sophia fights Otho and subsequently becomes another member of his hive, Hannah tries to stop him but is unable. Later, Ethan is approached by Charles who Ethan millions of dollars to let Hannah fight Otho. Ethan refuses but is mind controlled by Hannah and agrees to let her do it for one hundred million.
While waiting for her fight in the locker room, Hannah is visited by Webby who begs the girl not to fight Otho but Hannah ignores her using the mind milk to push the eldritch woman from her mind. Hannah then goes to fight Otho. She attempts to strike him but the boy uses Spitfire as a shield, forcing Hannah to pull her punches. Hannah is then almost taken by Otho but the boy is stopped by Lex who teleports herself to the roller rink and blows him up. Hannah and Lex are then cornered by Charles' men as the man wants to take them as his own personal fighters. However, they're eventually allows to leave after Ethan holds the man at gunpoint.
Later that night, Lex wakes her sister and the two girls pack and leave the apartment and the town of Hatchetfield as they're likely going to be hunted by Charles and his men. While they drive away Hannah asks her sister if she saw Webby and she confirms she did. Hannah tells Lex how Webby told her all the pieces are connected and that something like what's happening there is happening everywhere.
Personality and Traits[]
Having been plagued by her powers and the eldritch forces that come along with them her entire life, Hannah comes across as a quiet and serious person. Her powers can cause Hannah to not be the best in social situations with those who she is not familiar with. This ultimately causes her to have few friends and can also lead other kids to bully her. As a result of this, Hannah is fiercely loyal and cares deeply for those whom she's close with, especially her sister and Ethan, and wants to help them as much as she can. As she's grown older, Hannah has become more confident in herself and her powers and is less willing to waiver on her decisions. However, as she continued to get older, Hannah was forced to grapple with the hard realities she found herself in and as a result became more pessimistic. Despite this, in times when Hannah is truly happy and feels safe, she appears as a typical fun loving and high spirited teenager.
Skills[]
- The Gift- Hannah has The Gift. This gives her a wide range of abilities:
- Eldritch Connection- Hannah has a connection to the elder goddess, a queen in white, Webby. The two regularly communicate and Webby helps Hannah sort through her visions and use her powers.
- Dimensional Vision- Hannah has the ability to see into other timelines and into the Black and White.
- Mind Control- Hannah has the ability to control the minds of others and make them do what she wants.
- Psychic Perception- Hannah has the ability to read the minds of others.
- Mental Manipulation- Hannah has the ability to prevent others from using their powers.
- Shield Construction- Hannah is able to construct a shield of psychic energy to protect herself from attacks.
- Psychic Waves- Hannah can creates waves of psychic energy to propel back her enemies.
- Resurrection- Hannah has the ability to bring people back from the dead while in Nightmare Time.
- Ukulele- Hannah is able to play the ukulele.
Relationships[]
Hannah and Lex during What If Tomorrow Comes
Lex Foster[]
Lex Foster is Hannah's elder sister. Lex is Hannah's main parental figure in life and she looks after and cares for her. Lex is very protective of her sister and only wants the best for her. Hannah is the single most important person in Lex's life and she is willing to do anything for her no matter what the impact is on her own life. Everything Lex does is for her sister, including how she works tirelessly at Toy Zone to make enough money to support Hannah.
In Black Friday, Lex is shown to deeply care for her sister with Hannah being her final thought before she almost dies. She is also willing to risk her life to try and save her sister from the Wiggly cult.
Lex was willing to take a longer prison sentence in The Witch in the Web so that Hannah wouldn't be left completely alone if their mother Pamela also went to prison.
Lex is Hannah's primary caregiver in Yellow Jacket. She works tirelessly to care for Hannah and is even willing to leave Ethan and her whole life in Hatchetfield to keep Hannah safe.
Ethan and Hannah in Black Friday
Ethan Green[]
Ethan Green is an elderly brother figure to Hannah. Ethan loves Hannah and sees her like she's his own sister. He feels extremely protective of the girl and is even willing to die for her. He's very good with Hannah, being able to coax her to do things even when Webby tells her not to.
In Black Friday, Ethan manages to coax Hannah to take the backpack by giving her his magic hat, giving up his own magical protection to protect her. He looks after Hannah while Lex works at Toy Zone and even dies protecting her from the Wiggly cult. Ethan is later used by Wiggly to try and convince Hannah to give Linda the doll but she refuses.
In Yellow Jacket, Ethan tries to cheer up Hannah after she hurts her finger but she doesn't laugh at his jokes. Later, Ethan acts as Hannah's guardian while she fights at the Hatchetfield Roller-rama. He still tries to protect Hannah, initially refusing to let her fight at all and then later refusing to let her fight Otho before he's possessed by the girl. At the end of the story, Hannah and Lex leave Ethan when they leave Hatchetfield.
Webby and Hannah in Yellow Jacket
Webby[]
Webby is Hannah's friend and eldritch guardian. Hannah has been able to see Webby for as long as she can remember[1]. Webby really cares for Hannah and wants nothing more to protect her from the eldritch forces that plague her. Webby helps Hannah sort through her visions and realise what she's seeing.
In Black Friday, Webby actively attempts to protect Hannah while Wiggly attempts to invade the world. She warns Hannah of things that may attempt to harm her.
In order to infiltrate Hannah's mind, Willabella Muckwab had to get rid of Webby. After Hannah was able to remove Willabella's stronghold in her mind, Webby killed Willabella as an act of revenge.
In Yellow Jacket, Hannah and Webby's relationship becomes somewhat strained due to Hannah getting older as well as the financial struggles she and Lex are under. Hannah ultimately ends up banishing Webby from her mind and she's unable to communicate with her anymore.
Pamela and Hannah in The Witch in the Web
Pamela Foster[]
Pamela Foster is Hannah's mother. Pamela cares very little for her daughter and sees her as more of an issue than a blessing. She is very neglectful and encourages Hannah to do things which are inappropriate for her age such a drinking. Hannah doesn't appear to care for her mother.
Pokey and Hannah in Yellow Jacket
Pokey[]
Pokey is Hannah's enemy. Like many of the other Lords in Black he likes to taunt Hannah. Hannah despises Pokey due to him taking Sophia as a part of his hive. He attempted to use Hannah to free himself from the constraints of his mortal form but was unsuccessful.
Duke and Hannah in The Witch in the Web
Duke Keane[]
Duke Keane is Hannah's social worker. He only wants the best for her. He clearly becomes irritated with her mother but continues to fight for Hannah despite this. It is only because of Duke bringing in Miss Holloway that Hannah was able to end nightmare time.
Charles[]
Charles is the owner the Hatchetfield Roller-rama. At the request of Otho, Charles managed to get Hannah into the ring with his client. However, with the help of her sister, she was able to defeat Otho. As a result of this, Charles attempted to capture Lex and Hannah but was subsequently stopped by Ethan. It is Charles and his men that force Hannah and Lex to flee Hatchetfield.
Eddie Chiplucky[]
Eddie Chiplucky is an associate of Hannah's. After discovering her power at Pizza Pete's he recruits Hannah to fight at the Hatchetfield Roller-rama. Their relationship appears friendly but also very formal.
Miss Holloway and Hannah in The Witch in the Web
Miss Holloway[]
Miss Holloway is a friend and mentor of Hannah. She helps Hannah in using her powers and helps protect her from the eldritch forces. Hannah has a lot of trust in Miss Holloway.
Willabella and Hannah in The Witch in the Web
Willabella Muckwab[]
Willabella Muckwab is Hannah's enemy and 4x great grandmother. The woman actively tormented Hannah and attempted to take control of her mind.
Sophia and Hannah in Yellow Jacket
Sophia[]
Sophia is Hannah's friend. Hannah cares a lot for Sophia and was willing to fight Otho in response to Sophia being taken as part of his hive.
Daniel and Hannah in Yellow Jacket
Daniel[]
Hannah and Daniel become friends after meeting at the Hatchetfield Roller-rama. He is the first person to ever say that it was nice to meet her.
Wiggly and Hannah in Black Friday
Wiggly[]
Wiggly is Hannah's enemy. He actively tormented and taunted her during Black Friday.
Hannah's Dad[]
Little is known about Hannah's Dad, except for the fact that he is absent and likely plays no role in her life.
Trivia[]
- Before Kendall was cast, Hannah was initially supposed to be 9 however upon casting Kendall Nicole they aged her up to 13.[2]
- Hannah's Actress, Kendall Nicole is the first ever child actor/actress in a Starkid production.
- The name Hannah means gracious and merciful in American and means favour and grace in both Hebrew and English.
- In Nightmare Time 2, Lauren takes over for Kendall as she decided to focus on school.
- Depending on the circumstances, Hannah sometimes goes to school, and is either in seventh or eighth grade.[3]
- It was revealed in the Hatchetfield Halloween Livestream that Hannah almost died during childbirth, but was saved by Lex subconsciously reaching into the Black and White and teleporting her out of her mother's womb.
- Hannah was said to appear in a potential future Nightmare Time episode named Orbweaver.