THE GHOST AND MOLLY McGEE

 WARNING: This is about a recently-cancelled series. Some spoilers may follow.

THE GHOST AND MOLLY McGEE
(Disney Channel, Disney+, October 1, 2021-January 13, 2024)
 
Disney Television Animation

 

MAIN CAST:
Ashly Burch – Molly McGee
Dana Snyder – Scratch
Jordan Klepper – Pete McGee
Sumalee Montano – Sharon McGee, Nin Suksai
Michaela Dietz – Darryl McGee
Lara Jill Miller – Libby Stein-Torres

  

This is the story about a young girl and her best friend. …Who happens to be a ghost.

Molly and Scratch.

The Ghost and Molly McGee was created by Bill Motz and Bob Roth. It centered on the titular Molly McGee (Ashly Burch), an extremely optimistic 13-year-old Thai-American who moved with her family to the town of Brighton; a downtrodden town whose chief export were turnips, since it was founded by turnip farmers. She was pleasantly surprised to discover their new house came with a live-in best friend: a grumpy lazy ghost named Scratch (Dana Snyder), whose only desire was to spend his afterlife relaxing and pigging out in solitude. Scratch was initially less-enthusiastic about his new roommates and attempted to scare them out; both for his own peace and to remove the curse he accidentally placed on Molly that bound them together until she moved out. Reluctantly, Scratch warmed up to Molly and found himself reciprocating her friendship and becoming a welcomed part of her family.

The McGees: Darryl, Molly, Pete and Sharon.

Molly’s family was comprised of Pete McGee (Jordan Klepper), her Irish father who worked as a civil engineer and City Council member. He often meant well, but could be a little dimwitted and accident prone. Sharon McGee (Sumalee Montano) was her Thai mother who once abandoned her dreams of becoming an artist. She made a living by doing odd jobs found through an app called Gig Pig (a play on Task Rabbit), and could be very competitive—especially with board games. Darryl McGee (Michaela Dietz) was her mischievous younger brother who was always running some kind of scheme and claimed to many connections that allowed him to get whatever he needed. He had a pet tarantula named Heidi Hairylegs (of which Molly was afraid). Occasionally they would facetime with or be visited by Sharon’s headstrong mother, Nin (also Montano), who was very wise but a poor communicator—especially where Sharon was concerned. Her culture made her very familiar with the concept of living with a ghost and therefore nonplussed by their new family member. Scratch became very enamored by the kind of food Nin could cook, since she was once a restauranteur, and they developed a very strong bond (Scratch would call Nin his “favorite McGee”).

A slumber party with Libby and Andrea.

Molly was on a mission to “enhappify” the world, making Brighton the perfect place for her as it was deemed one of the most miserable areas in the country. This often put her into contact (or at odds) with many of Brighton’s citizenry. At Brighton Middle School, she met her human best friend Libby Stein-Torres (Lara Jill Miller), a book and turtle-loving introvert with a deeply-hidden inner confidence that often had bad luck, clumsy tendencies, a strong conspiracy theorist streak that had her digging into all of the town’s dirty secrets; Andrea Davenport (pronounced AHN-dree-uh if you want to stay off her bad side, voiced by Jules Medcraft), the most popular and richest girl at school whose absentee parents owned the profitable Davenport’s department store (the name came from Davenport, Iowa where producer Britta Reitman grew up); Sheela (Aparna Nancherla), once a contender for Molly’s best friend who had an abrasive but ultimately good-natured personality; and Kat (Eden Riegel), Molly’s helpful and kind pink-haired friend. The Brighton Hills Retirement Home where the McGees often volunteered saw Molly befriend one of its residents, Patty (Jenifer Lewis), who led a long and interesting life and was in love with one-time bad boy Bobby Daniels (Danny Trejo).

Molly with Mayor Brunson and Patty.

Other characters in the human world included Principal O’Connor (Eugene Byrd), Brighton Middle School’s uptight principal that was often targeted by Darryl’s pranks; Miss Lightfoot (Julia Jones), a science teacher who was always worried she’d offend Andrea and had the annoying tendency to microwave fish in the teacher’s lounge; Mrs. Roop (Jane Lynch), a history teacher with such a passion for the subject that she’d consider flunking anyone for merely making fun of it; Mr. Pham (Andrew Phung), a drama teacher who lost his love of life and teaching to stress and fatigue; Mayor Stu Brunson (Patton Oswalt), the often inept Mayor of Brighton who came from a long line of politicians and was always looking for ways to outdo aptly-named rival town Perfektborg; Weird Larry (Trevor Devall), the eccentric pawn shop owner with a pet skunk who tended to ask for help with the most uncomfortable of favors; Irving the Illusionist (Devall), a street magician who got a thrill out of bewildering passersby with his tricks (as bad as they were); Leah Stein-Torres (Pamela Adlon), Libby’s mother who owned the Book Marks the Spot bookstore; and the Davenports Maxwell (Thomas Lennon) and Dorothea (never revealed on the show but instead via a now-deleted tweet by Roth, voiced by Jessica Keenan Wynn). Film director Greta Gerwig made a cameo appearance in “Hooray for Mollywood!” as the director Andrea hired to direct the film she hijacked from Molly and her friends.

The Chairman and the Ghost Council: Lucretia, Sir Alister, Grimbella and Bartholomew

As much as he wished it was, the afterlife wasn’t all fun and games for Scratch. He, like other ghosts, were charged with maintaining their designated haunting’s misery levels through scares in order to feed their boss: a tall, looming grim reaper-like being known as The Chairman. Failure to do so would result in banishment to the Flow of Failed Phantoms. Ensuring his will was carried out was The Ghost Council, comprised of the Barrister Ghosts Lucretia (Grey Griffin, Greg Baldwin in the pilot), Sir Alister (John DiMaggio), Grimbella (Kari Wahlgren using a British accent), and Bartholomew (Baldwin). They resided in the Ghost World, which was accessed by a ghost conjuring a swirling vortex. Scratch was often put into a position where he had to choose preventing his banishment by doing his required scares or preserving his budding friendship with Molly as she actively caused Brighton’s misery numbers to fall.

Scratch flanked by Geoff and Jeff with Abraham Lincoln, Grimbella, Barthrolomew and some other ghosts.

Other ghostly characters included Geoff (originally named Kevin, voiced by Eric Edelstein), a goofy and dimwitted spook that considered Scratch his best friend and who had been in a 100-year relationship with a buff ghost also named Jeff (albeit with a different spelling, voiced by Vincent Rodriguez III); Ghost Bouncer (DiMaggio), the bouncer of the Haughty Haunts Club responsible for keeping the riffraff out; Abraham Lincoln (Kelsey Grammer), the 16^th President of the United States; Ezekiel “Tug” Tugbottom (Chris Diamantopoulos), once believed to have been the great hero of Brighton until it was revealed he had just stolen the credit from his sister, Sally (Kerri Kenney-Silver); Franklin Roosevelt (DiMaggio), the 32^nd President of the United States; Jinx (Liza Koshy), a joy hunter dispatched by the Ghost Council to eliminate Molly; and Sobgoblins (Griffin), tiny ghosts that feed on misery and sadness and make it hard for those feelings to disappear.

Early concept art of Molly facing off against the Ghost Council on Scartch's behalf surrounded by the Flow of Failed Phantoms.

The series was first conceived back in 2007, then known as The Curse of Piper McGee. It would have focused Piper McGee going to Transylvania on a family vacation where she would be cursed by a vampiric ghoul called the Count for accidentally disturbing him. The series would have played out the same way: with the gloomy Count bound to the eternal sunshine of Molly and being forced to partake in her adventures. Motz and Roth pitched it to Nickelodeon, but they passed on it. After being signed to an overall deal with Disney, they pitched the series again; this time titled The Curse of Molly McGee, which received a much better reception. The series was greenlit by Disney Channel in July of 2019 to be produced by Disney Television Animation under the title it would eventually air; which was felt better reflected the relationship between Molly and Scratch. Molly was originally conceived as being half-Black, but ultimately became half-Thai; making her the second Disney Thai-American protagonist after Anne Boonchuy in Amphibia. The setting was also relocated to a town inspired by Motz’s childhood home in the Quad Cities region of Illinois and Iowa after it suffered an economic downturn when International Harvester’s Farmall Works Plant in Rock Island closed in 1985.

Jinx and the Sobgoblins.

Following a first-look during a panel at 2020’s New York Comic Con, The Ghost and Molly McGee debuted almost a year later on Disney Channel on October 1, 2021; with the first 5 episodes being added to Disney+ on October 6^th and further episodes being added to the service in batches after or preceding their televised airings. The series was written by Motz and Roth with Charley Feldman, Sammie Crowley, Katie Greenway, Paul Chang, Peter Limm, Maiya Williams, Madison Bateman, Cynthia Furey, Peri Segel, Jase Ricci, Ricky Roxburgh, Mia Resella, Brandon Hoàng, Sam Cherington, Gloria Shen, Jenava Mie and Mariam Girgis. Justin Rodrigues was the lead character designer, working with Karl Cruz, Claire Nero, Elsa Chang, Ham Firouzan, Harley Huang, Baptiste Rogron, Kali Cruz, and Phillip Light. Some members of the crew were very active on social media and often posted behind the scenes information about the episodes they worked on after they aired. The series’ theme was written by Motz, Roth, Allie Feder and Mike Kramer and performed by Burch and Snyder. Along with the score by Kramer, each episode contained a 1-minute humorous song number tied into the plot written by Rob Cantor. Those songs were performed by the characters involved. 

Molly on her mission to enhappify the world.

The first season largely followed Molly and Scratch as the former explored and sought to make positive changes in Brighton where she could, while the latter dealt with his growing affection for Molly and place within the McGee family that put him at odds with his job and the threat of banishment by the Chairman. Ahead of its premier, the series was renewed for a 2^nd season which saw a bit of a shift in the status quo. The Chairman ended up being destroyed, with Scratch appointed to reluctantly take his place. The naturally lazy Scratch decided to abolish the old Chairman’s rules and only donned the cloak to bark out an order or use its special powers when it served his purposes—which often ended up backfiring spectacularly. A mystery began unfolding as Molly took an interest in uncovering Scratch’s forgotten past. A discontinued strawberry soda unlocked a flash of his adventurous best friend, Adia Williams (Kimberly Brooks), who had moved away when they were children and gave him that soda to always remember her by.

The Ghost Chaser Chens: Ollie, Ruben, Esther and June.

The McGees also gained new neighbors in the Chens, who seemed to be a perfect match for the McGees. Unfortunately, there was one problem: they were ghost hunters. Patriarch Ruben (Leonard Wu) was scared by a ghost as a kid, and dedicated his life to studying and eradicating the supernatural when he wasn’t brewing his own root beer. He was joined by his wife, Esther (Stephanie Sheh), and his children Juniper (Sue Ann Pien, who was autistic like her character), an inventor responsible for much of their gear, and Oliver (Alan Lee), their research specialist. They documented their exploits and posted them online as The Ghost Chaser Chens. It also didn’t help matters that Ollie was Molly’s ideal boyfriend while she was best friends with a ghost.

Molly as a wraith with her soulless body.

Disney had commissioned the writing of 10 scripts for season 3 in anticipation of the series continuing to be a success; bolstered by the response the first batch of season 1 episodes received on Disney+. Season 3 would have seen Ollie become the Chairman after Scratch gave up the cloak and struggling to balance between the worlds. As a result, he was beginning to forget about his life due to all his time spent in wraith form; a ghost-like form a living person could assume to travel to the Ghost World while their body continued performing basic tasks and functions sans personality. Other stories would have seen Libby struggling with writer’s block; Ruben Chen becoming a full-time brewmaster after backing from Dorothea Davenport; Andrea would have had a relationship with her crush, Alina Webster (although this did make it into the Chibi Tiny Tales short “Scratch, Molly’s Third Wheel”); a Purim holiday special; a revolt against the recorder; and Molly attempting to rekindle Mr. Pham’s love of teaching.

Saying goodbye.

However, without the same marketing support of the first episode drop onto Disney+, the second in December didn’t perform as well. Despite the next drop improving, Disney had decided to cancel the 3^rd season by June of 2022. A glimmer of hope for a decision reversal came during the internal upheaval that would see studio head Bob Iger return to replace the embattled Bob Chapek, but that required an even higher threshold of viewership that the series just could not meet. Motz and Roth always had a clear ending in mind for the series, but now lacked the space in which to tell that story. They were surprised when their request for an additional episode to wrap everything up was granted. Before the official word of the cancellation came down, social media posts by Motz on Instagram with the cast wrap party and on Twitter gave all indication that this was the ultimately the series’ fate.

The mysteriously cancelled book.

A book adapting “First Day Frights” had appeared on online retail sites for pre-orders, but ended up cancelled for unspecified reasons by Disney Books. Disney slapped a promotional image on t-shirts, totes and pillows for sale in the Disney Channel Fan Shop on Amazon in 2021. DisneyNOW hosted a game called Bandshell Boo-Nanza on its website, where Molly was in charge of keeping the crowds happy during a week-long talent show. Tasks included making coupons, clearing customer lines, serving ice cream, fixing faders, plugging in plugs, and cleaning up litter. Scratch could help with some of these tasks provided Molly collected enough food. Molly and Scratch were also included in the 2019 game Disney All-Star Racers until the DisneyNOW app was shut down in 2024.

Molly and Scratch amongst other Chibified Disney characters from DuckTales, Big City Greens, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Amphibia, Phineas and Ferb and The Owl House.

Along with appearing in several Chibi Tiny Tales shorts, Molly and Scratch have starred in new segments of the anthology series Chibiverse. They and other characters have also participated in the Disney Channel short segments Broken Karaoke, Theme Song Takeover, How NOT to Draw and Random Rings that aired during commercial breaks. A collection of these from other programs were presented in a half-hour special called Spring Shorts-Tacular with the Ghost and Molly McGee, with Molly and Scratch featured in new hosting segments at various intervals. Along with being on Disney+, several episodes and various clips have been uploaded to the official Disney Channel YouTube.

  

EPISODE GUIDE:

Season 1:

“The Curse / First Day Frights” (10/1/21) – Scratch unintentionally curses himself and Molly to be bound together until they move out of the house. / Scratch tries to make matters worse for Molly at school when she ends up angering popular influencer Andrea Davenport.

 

“Howlin’ Harriet / The (Un)natural” (10/2/21) – Molly goes camping with the Wilder-Scouts to pick out her human best friend, and Libby’s ghost story ends up becoming a reality. / Molly joins the school’s terrible baseball team and Scratch ends up using his powers to cheat so they can win.

 

“Getting the Band(shell) Back Together / The Greatest Concert Ever” (10/6/21 D+, 10/9/21 DC) – Volunteering at a retirement home inspires Molly to try and resurrect the town’s bandshell, long destroyed by a hurricane. / Needing a performer for the restored bandshell, Molly meticulously plans to get country superstar Kenny Star.

 

“Mama’s Gotta Hustle / Hooray for Mollywood!” (10/6/21 D+, 10/16/21 DC) – When the McGees are unable to afford to fix their van, Sharon begins taking odd jobs through the Gig Pig app. / Molly and her friends get squeezed out of their own horror movie when Andrea gets involved.

 

“Not So Honest Abe / The Best of Nin-tensions” (10/6/21 D+, 10/23/21 DC) – Scratch has Geoff pretend to be Abraham Lincoln so Molly thinks he knows him, but Geoff’s faulty information causes Molly to fail her report. / Molly and Scratch attempt to fix the rift between Sharon and her mother.

 

“Mazel Tov, Libby! / No Good Deed” (10/30/21) – Molly attempts to jazz up Libby’s Bat Mitzvah, but it ends up just giving her a panic attack. / Molly, Darryl and Scratch must spring their teachers from prison after Darryl uses the nice lesson Molly gave him to get them incarcerated.

 

“The Trump Twist / All Systems No” (11/6/21) – To outdo Perfektborg for next month’s issue of Midwest Monthly, the Mayor places Pete and Molly in charge of the Turnip Festival—which Scratch must ruin or face banishment. / Molly and Scratch challenge each other to only say “yes” or “no” respectively for an entire day while the McGees try to get a bee out of their house.

 

“Monumental Disaster / Talent Show” (11/13/21) – After meeting the ghost of the legendary town hero, Molly and Libby are determined to expose him as the fraud he is. / Libby accidentally signs up to be in the talent show and Molly encourages her to do it—until she learns that Libby can’t sing.

 

“Scratch the Surface / Friend-Off” (11/20/21) – Molly tries to create an alter-ego to tell Libby anything since she can’t relay her adventures with Scratch, but Libby just thinks Molly doesn’t want to be friends anymore. / Molly sets up a scavenger hunt to try and bring Libby and Scratch together, but they end up turning it into a competition to see who Molly’s best friend is.

 

“Festival of Lights / Saving Christmas” (11/27/21) – The McGees spend their first Hannukah with the Stein-Torres family as a blackout hits Brighton. / Molly takes inspiration from A Christmas Carol to try and get Mr. Davenport in the holiday spirit and save the town’s Christmas celebration.

 

“Ice Princess / Read, Set, Snow!” (2/12/22) – The spirit of a failed ice skater brings major snow storms with her as she tries to perfect her routine, and Pete reveals himself to be a former ice skater as he steps up to be her partner. / Molly desperately wants someone to play in the snow with her, but everyone just wants to try hygge.

 

“Game Night / The Don’t-Gooder” (2/19/22) – Scratch uses the McGees’ love of board games to cheat his way out of cleaning the downstairs bathroom. / Molly gets tired of being outdone in charity work by Andrea when she does practically nothing and stumbles upon a secret that could expose Andrea once and for all.

 

“Innocent Until Proven Ghostly / Twin Trouble” (2/26/22) – Scratch is accused of eating the anniversary cake Pete baked, but Molly holds a trial to prove his innocence. / The arrival of Pete’s bullying twin siblings causes the depression-feeding Sobgoblins to come to the McGee household.

 

“Goat Your Own Way / A Very Hungry Ghost” (3/5/22) – Molly tries to prove her way of training a goat for the country fair is better than the prescribed way while Scratch trains Pete to get him a fried food platter. / Nin visits to celebrate Sart Duan Sib (a feast for ghosts) which excites Scratch—until Geoff ends up inviting every ghost including the Ghost Council.

 

“Scare Tactics / The Bad Boy Bobby Daniels” (3/12/22) – While Molly nervously searches for Heidi after she gets loose in the house, Scratch and Geoff ditch their yearly scaring seminar. / Molly and Scratch attempt to reunite Patty with her long-lost love.

 

“Citizen McGee / The Internship” (6/11/22) – Molly volunteers to be “Mayor for a Day”, but ends up with the job permanently as Brunson finds it too stressful. / Molly is disappointingly assigned to be Weird Larry’s intern while Scratch gets an intern of his own.

 

“The Lucky Penny / Lock, Stock, and Peril” (6/18/22) – Disasters occur when the already-lucky Andrea ends up possessing a luck-infused penny. / When the others get trapped in the basement, Molly and Scratch go to get Weird Larry to get them out but keep getting distracted along the way and missing him.

 

“Out of House and Home / Home is Where the Haunt Is” (6/25/22) – The McGees all chip in when Pete gets himself hurt, but along the way end up evicted after forgetting to pay the mortgage. / The McGees live in their van in the woods while Scratch tries to scare away any potential buyers for the house.

 

“The Jig is Up / Molly vs. the Ghost World” (7/9/22) – The Ghost Council sends Jinx to find out why Brighton’s joy is going up, and Scratch learns the truth about why ghosts are required to do scares. / Molly becomes a wraith and heads to the Ghost World with Geoff to rescue Scratch from his trial with the Ghost Council.

 

Season 2:

“The New (Para)Normal” (4/1/23) – Scratch reluctantly becomes the new Chariman while the McGees make friends with their new neighbors, the Chens—who happen to be ghost hunters.

 

“Book Marks the Sprite / Dobule, Double, Darryl & Trouble” (4/2/23 D+, 4/8/23 DC) – Molly keeps Ollie busy while Libby and Scratch deal with a story sprite that’s consuming all the stories in the book store. / Darryl becomes a wraith to have fun while his body does all the work, and comes to think everyone prefers his well-behaving body to his true self.

 

“Faint of Art / A Soda to Remember” (4/2/23 D+, 4/15/23 DC) – Sharon becomes intended by the blank canvas when she sets out to do some painting in the basement. / Molly and Libby attempt to obtain a discontinued brand of strawberry soda to help Scratch retrieve memories of his past life.

 

“A Period Piece / It’s Always Sunny in Sunnyland” (4/2/23 D+, 4/22/23 DC) – Molly becomes jealous of the new bond Andrea and Libby form after Libby gets her first period. / Molly creates a theme park experience in their home when their vacation plans get cancelled, but quickly grows tired of planning things out as the week goes on.

 

“I Wanna Dance with Some-Ollie / Davenport’s on Demand” (4/2/23 D+, 4/29/23 DC) – When Molly confesses that she has a crush on Ollie, an upset Scratch ends up finding himself in one of the Chens’ traps. / Andrea’s new app for her store is such a hit that it ends up threatening all the small businesses in the town.

 

“A Doll to Die For / The (After)life of the Party” (5/6/23) – Scratch traps a troublemaker named Lord Doom in a baby doll and Molly attempts to teach him how to be nice. / Scratch plans to ditch Geoff’s party to go to the one being held by the much cooler Jeff.

 

“Frightmares on Main Street” (5/13/23) – When Scratch enlists the aid of other ghosts to turn Molly’s charity haunted house into a success, it attracts the attention of the Ghost Chaser Chens.

 

“The Unhaunting of Brighton Video / 100% Molly McGee” (5/20/23) – Molly, Libby, Scratch and Ollie attempt to get a ghost out of the old video store so that it can become a new community center. / A visit from relatives leaves Molly feeling inadequately connected to her culture and hunkers down to make herself more Thai.

 

“All Shark No Bite / Nin-dependence” (6/28/23 D+, 7/8/23 DC) – Attempting to prove ghost sharks aren’t real, Scratch ends up summoning one that prowls the McGee household. / The McGees become overprotective and smothering of Nin after she hurts herself.

 

“Like Father Like Libby / Dance Dad Revolution” (6/28/23 D+, 7/15/23 DC) – Libby gets a chance to see her dad and is excited about all the things they could do together only to learn he’ll be extending his book-writing tour. / Molly helps Pete get his messages across with viral dance videos, but internet fame goes to his head and he begins to forget his original intent.

 

“Jinx! / Let’s Play Turnipball!” (7/22/23) – Jinx curses Scratch with bad luck until he gets her to say his name three times. / Ollie becomes the star player of the Turnipball team by pure luck, however his misinterpretation of the rules benches him and allows Perfektborg to pull ahead.

 

“The Ghost IS Molly McGee / All in the Mind” (7/29/23) – Molly and Scratch decide to switch bodies to fix Molly’s problem with the school play and Scratch’s problem with the Ghost Council. / Molly and Scratch head into Scratch’s mind to find out the cause of the bubbles developing on his body.

 

“Carbon Zero Heroes / Davenport’s in Demise” (8/5/23) – Molly and Ollie dedicate themselves to a carbon-neutral lifestyle while Libby drags Scratch into her bunker to prepare for the climate apocalypse. / When a new mega-store outside of town drives Davenport’s out of business, Molly must help Andrea rebrand herself online and stop losing followers.

 

“Web of Lies / Kenny’s Falling Star” (8/12/23) – Molly and Scratch believe they accidentally killed Darryl’s spider and are wracked with guilt when they hide the evidence. / Kenny Star is hiding out in Brighton after being branded a sell-out, and Molly tries to help him rediscover his country roots.

 

“Welcome to NecroComic-Con / Fit to Print” (10/28/23) – Molly, Ollie and Scratch must attempt to get the ghost canister back from the Chens before they inadvertently open it and release the Failed Phantoms inside. / Molly becomes editor of the broke school paper and secures major sponsorship from Flavor Burger, only to uncover the scandal that their Turnip Burgers are actually made of Perfektborg parsnips.

 

“Smile Valley Farm / The Grand Gesture” (11/4/23) – The McGees become addicted to a new farming simulation game. / Molly’s attempts to ask Ollie to be her boyfriend are repeatedly interrupted—especially by a piece of Scratch’s ectoplasm that Darryl and June accidentally brought to life.

 

“The Many Lives of Scratch / Alaka-Sham!” (11/11/23) – Scratch’s friends throw him a “death day party” and share far-fetched stories about his death, since he can’t remember it. / Irving challenges Darryl to a magic competition when Darryl and Scratch start performing to sucker money from people.

 

“F.O.N.A.A.! / Game On” (11/15/23 D+, 11/18/23 DC) – Scratch curses Molly to be fear-free for 24 hours so she can go to the dentist, but she spends the day doing reckless things. / Principal O’Connor wants Darryl to join a team sport, but Darryl talks him into forming an e-sports team and bets him he can win on the first try.

 

“White Christmases / Perfect Day” (12/1/23) – As Molly prepares the perfect Christmas for the town seniors, Scratch stresses about finding her the perfect gift. / Molly asks Scratch to create a time loop so she can fix every mistake she makes on New Year’s Day.

 

“Jinx vs. the Human World” (1/13/24) – Jinx steals the Chairman’s cloak and uses it to conquer the Ghost World and restore misery to the Human World.

 

“The End” (1/13/24) – Molly, Geoff, Libby and Ollie discover that Scratch is actually the wraith of a very-much alive man, and Molly convinces him to take his old life back.

 

Special:

“Spring Shorts-Tacular”(5/21/22) – Molly drags Scratch into helping her show off a series of Disney shorts to mark the start of the Spring season.

 

Shorts:

Chibi Tiny-Tales:

“Scratch Haunts the Chibiverse” (10/3/21) – Scratch haunts other Disney Channel characters to raise his scare chart.

 

“Mansion Madness” (10/8/21) – Molly and Scratch make themselves unwelcome at the Haunted Mansion.

 

“Scratch’s Sugar Rush” (10/17/21) – Scratch goes candy-crazy on Halloween.

 

“The War of Décor” (4/3/22) – Molly and Scratch have a disagreement over how their room should look.

 

“Springtime for Mama Scratch” (5/1/22) – Baby animals mistake Scratch for their mothers.

 

“Scratch, Molly’s Third Wheel” (4/15/23) – Scratch looks for someplace else to sit at a concert when Molly sits next to Ollie.

 

Broken Karaoke:

“Broken Scary-oke” (12/5/21) – Scratch sings about haunting people during the holidays.

 

“I Just Wanna Eat Bread” (8/13/22) – Scratch and Molly sing an ode to bread and salad.

 

“Ways We Feel Anxious” (10/10/22) – Libby forms The Stress Girlz with Candace Flynn (Phineas and Ferb), Marcy Wu (Amphibia) and Gloria (Big City Greens) to sing about what makes them anxious.

 

Theme Song Takeover:

“Andrea Theme Song Takeover” (6/12/22) – Molly and Scratch must deal with Andrea’s theme for The Most Fab Andrea Show.

 

“Libby Theme Song Takeover” (5/3/23) – Libby belts out how she’s unable to do a much-requested theme song takeover.

 

“Darryl Theme Song Takeover” (6/24/23) – Darryl’s theme song takeover highlights his many business schemes.

 

Disney Random Rings:

“Scratch Calls the Haunted Mansion” (9/25/03) – Scratch tries to wrangle a referral from one of the other residents so he can move into the Haunted Mansion.

 

How NOT to Draw:

“Scratch Comes to Life” (2/24/24) – Scratch tries several different schemes to get his hands on the animator’s lunch.