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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Scratch, upon noticing that the Ghost Council and the Chairman has summoned him, attempts to act chummy with them while also being visibly rude. Later episodes would show that he very much fears them and he typically assumes that they caught that he did something wrong whenever summoned and pleads with mercy.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Scratch, upon noticing that the Ghost Council and the Chairman has summoned him, attempts to act chummy with them while also being visibly rude. Later episodes would show that he very much fears them and he typically assumes that they caught that he did him doing something wrong whenever summoned and pleads with mercy.
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** Even farther out is Scratch's fondness for cherry soda. [[Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS2E5ASodaToRemember This will be very important later.]]
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** Even farther out is Scratch's fondness for cherry strawberry soda. [[Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS2E5ASodaToRemember This will be very important later.]]
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* ThreatBackfire: Scratch curses Molly with a lifetime of torment unless she leaves the house, but instead of being scared, she's overjoyed to have a best friend who is now stuck with her.
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* ChekhovsGun: A longterm example, but a throwaway line establishes Scratch's distaste for carob. This will come up again in [[Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS1E25InnocentUntilProvenGhostly "Innocent Until Proven Ghostly"]].
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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
** A longterm example, but a throwaway line establishes Scratch's distaste for carob. This will come up again in [[Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS1E25InnocentUntilProvenGhostly "Innocent Until ProvenGhostly"]].Ghostly"]].
** Even farther out is Scratch's fondness for cherry soda. [[Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS2E5ASodaToRemember This will be very important later.]]
** A longterm example, but a throwaway line establishes Scratch's distaste for carob. This will come up again in [[Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS1E25InnocentUntilProvenGhostly "Innocent Until Proven
** Even farther out is Scratch's fondness for cherry soda. [[Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS2E5ASodaToRemember This will be very important later.]]
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'''Original air date:''' 10/1/2021
'''Production code:''' 101a
'''Production code:''' 101a
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Optimistic Molly [=McGee=] and her family move to Brighton, where Molly discovers their new home is inhabited by a grumpy ghost named Scratch, who accidentally curses himself to be permanently bond to her.
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Optimistic Molly [=McGee=] and her family move to Brighton, where Molly discovers their new home is inhabited by a grumpy ghost named Scratch, who accidentally curses himself to be permanently bond bound to her.
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* ChekhovsGun: A longterm example, but a throwaway line establishes Scratch's distates for Carob. This will come up again in [[Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS1E25InnocentUntilProvenGhostly "Innocent Until Proven Ghostly"]].
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* ChekhovsGun: A longterm example, but a throwaway line establishes Scratch's distates distaste for Carob. carob. This will come up again in [[Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS1E25InnocentUntilProvenGhostly "Innocent Until Proven Ghostly"]].Ghostly"]].
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Scratch tries to curse Molly by saying that no matter what, he'll always be there haunting her. As he later finds out, that just means that instead of Molly being stuck with him, he's stuck with her.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Scratch tries to curse Molly by saying that no matter what, he'll always be there haunting her. As he later finds out, that just means that instead of Molly being stuck with him, he's stuck with her.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Scratch, upon noticing that the ghost council and the chairman has summoned him, attempts to act chummy with them while also being visibly rude. Later episodes would show that he very much fears them and he typically assumes that they caught that he did something wrong whenever summoned and pleads with mercy.
** Also, here, when he is summoned by the ghost council, he is summoned with the trash can he is eating food from and does not notice that he has been summoned. This is not something that happens in later episodes, as when they summon him, he always notices that they are summoning him and always feels himself being pulled into ghost portals whenever it happens.
** Also, here, when he is summoned by the ghost council, he is summoned with the trash can he is eating food from and does not notice that he has been summoned. This is not something that happens in later episodes, as when they summon him, he always notices that they are summoning him and always feels himself being pulled into ghost portals whenever it happens.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Scratch, upon noticing that the ghost council Ghost Council and the chairman Chairman has summoned him, attempts to act chummy with them while also being visibly rude. Later episodes would show that he very much fears them and he typically assumes that they caught that he did something wrong whenever summoned and pleads with mercy.
** Also, here, when he is summoned by theghost council, Ghost Council, he is summoned with the trash can he is eating food from and does not notice that he has been summoned. This is not something that happens in later episodes, as when they summon him, he always notices that they are summoning him and always feels himself being pulled into ghost portals whenever it happens.
** Also, here, when he is summoned by the
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Scratch, upon noticing that the ghost council and the chairman has summoned him, attempts to act chummy with them while also being visibly rude. Later episodes would show that he very much fears them and he typically assumes that they caught that he did something wrong whenever summoned and pleads with mercy.
** Also, here, when he is summoned by the ghost council, he is summoned with the trash can he is eating food from and does not notice that he has been summoned. This is not something that happens in later episodes, as when they summon him, he always notices that they are summoning him and always feels himself being pulled into ghost portals whenever it happens.
** Also, here, when he is summoned by the ghost council, he is summoned with the trash can he is eating food from and does not notice that he has been summoned. This is not something that happens in later episodes, as when they summon him, he always notices that they are summoning him and always feels himself being pulled into ghost portals whenever it happens.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: When Molly puts pins on a map of all the places her family moved, when she puts a pin in Brighton, it doesn't zoom out to reveal what state it is in. Going by the water tower it's a place that is mostly known for growing turnips and was a settled area by 1872.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: When Molly puts pins on a map of all the places her family moved, when she puts a pin in Brighton, it doesn't zoom out to reveal what state it is in. Going by the water tower it's a place that is mostly known for growing turnips and was a settled area by 1872.1872, but that doesn't narrow it down in the slightest.
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* TheScottishTrope: Scratch's curse has a SpeakOfTheDevil aspect where he would appear whenever Molly said his name. To Molly, this means she has an "on call bestie".
-->'''Scratch:''' Oh, no! [[FromBadToWorse This curse just got worse!]]
-->'''Scratch:''' Oh, no! [[FromBadToWorse This curse just got worse!]]
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Molly and the [=McGees=] move into their forever home, only to discover that it’s already occupied by a grumpy ghost.
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Optimistic Molly [=McGee=] and the [=McGees=] her family move into to Brighton, where Molly discovers their forever home, only to discover that it’s already occupied new home is inhabited by a grumpy ghost.ghost named Scratch, who accidentally curses himself to be permanently bond to her.
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* ChekhovsGun: A longterm example, but a throwaway line establishes Scratch's distates for Carob. This will come up again in [[Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS1E25InnocentUntilProvenGhostly "Innocent Until Proven Ghostly"]].
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** The episode ends on a high note, with Scratch settling into the little haunted house Molly put out as a home for him and the two starting to bond... then it cuts to the Ghost World, where the Chairman notices Brighton's "misery meter" move a tick towards the ''positive'' side and growls disapprovingly. Which THEN cuts right to the cheerful except of the theme song.
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** The episode ends on a high note, with Scratch settling into the little haunted house Molly put out as a home for him and the two starting to bond... then it cuts to the Ghost World, where the Chairman notices Brighton's "misery meter" move a tick towards the ''positive'' side and growls disapprovingly. Which THEN cuts right to the cheerful except excerpt of the theme song.
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** The episode ends on a high note, with Scratch settling into the little haunted house Molly put out as a home for him and the two starting to bond... then it cuts to the Ghost World, where the Chairman notices Brighton's "misery meter" move a tick towards the ''positive'' side and growls disapprovingly.
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** The episode ends on a high note, with Scratch settling into the little haunted house Molly put out as a home for him and the two starting to bond... then it cuts to the Ghost World, where the Chairman notices Brighton's "misery meter" move a tick towards the ''positive'' side and growls disapprovingly. Which THEN cuts right to the cheerful except of the theme song.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Scratch's plan to get the [=McGees=] to leave the house would've worked... if the brave and obsessively optimistic Molly hadn't interfered and convinced them to stay.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The beginning of a frightful friendship.]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The beginning of a frightful friendship.]]
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* DumpsterDive: When the Ghost Council [[InconvinientSummons summon Scratch]], he's in the middle of eating garbage from a dumpster.
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* DumpsterDive: When the Ghost Council [[InconvinientSummons [[InconvenientSummons summon Scratch]], he's in the middle of eating garbage from a dumpster.
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* DumpsterDive: When the Ghost Council summon Scratch, he's in the middle of eating garbage from a dumpster.
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* DumpsterDive: When the Ghost Council [[InconvinientSummons summon Scratch, Scratch]], he's in the middle of eating garbage from a dumpster.
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* ExorcistHead: While inside a plush bunny, there is a moment where Scratch turns his head all the way around.
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* ExorcistHead: While inside of a plush bunny, there is a moment where Scratch turns his head all the way around.
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-->'''Scratch:''' I didn't curse Molly [=McGee=]… she cursed ''me!''
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-->'''Scratch:''' I didn't curse Molly [=McGee=]… [=McGee=]... she cursed ''me!''
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* ExorcistHead: While inside a plush bunny, there is a moment where Scratch turns his head all the way around.
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* EveryoneMeetsEveryone: Inevitable given that this is the pilot.
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-->'''Scratch:''' I didn't curse Molly [=McGee=]… she cursed ''me!''
* IHaveThisFriend: Scratch asks the Ghost Council how a ghost could go about reversing a curse they have cast, "just asking for a friend." The Council see right through this, as they note that he has no friends.
* IHaveThisFriend: Scratch asks the Ghost Council how a ghost could go about reversing a curse they have cast, "just asking for a friend." The Council see right through this, as they note that he has no friends.
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* MoodWhiplash: Scratch bestows his curse on Molly, causing everything to levitate as she looks increasingly petrified... then she suddenly smiles, comments "Fantastic performance!", and Scratch is confused as everything drops to the floor.
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* MoodWhiplash: MoodWhiplash:
** Scratch bestows his curse on Molly, causing everything to levitate as she looks increasingly petrified... then she suddenly smiles, comments "Fantastic performance!", and Scratch is confused as everything drops to thefloor.floor.
** The episode ends on a high note, with Scratch settling into the little haunted house Molly put out as a home for him and the two starting to bond... then it cuts to the Ghost World, where the Chairman notices Brighton's "misery meter" move a tick towards the ''positive'' side and growls disapprovingly.
** Scratch bestows his curse on Molly, causing everything to levitate as she looks increasingly petrified... then she suddenly smiles, comments "Fantastic performance!", and Scratch is confused as everything drops to the
** The episode ends on a high note, with Scratch settling into the little haunted house Molly put out as a home for him and the two starting to bond... then it cuts to the Ghost World, where the Chairman notices Brighton's "misery meter" move a tick towards the ''positive'' side and growls disapprovingly.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Scratch curses Molly so that as long as she lives in his house he will never leave her alone...except for Molly this is actually more of a blessing, with Scratch being the one left miserable.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Scratch curses Molly so that as long as she lives in his house he will never leave her alone...except for Molly this is actually more of a blessing, with Scratch being the one left miserable.miserable instead.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: When Molly puts pins on a map of all the places her family moved, when she puts a pin in Brighton, it doesn't zoom out to reveal what state it is in. Going by the water tower it a place that mostly known for growing turnips and was a settled and established area by 1872.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: When Molly puts pins on a map of all the places her family moved, when she puts a pin in Brighton, it doesn't zoom out to reveal what state it is in. Going by the water tower it it's a place that is mostly known for growing turnips and was a settled and established area by 1872.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: When Molly puts pins on a map of all the places her family moved, when she puts a pin in Brighton, it doesn't zoom out to reveal what state it is in.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: When Molly puts pins on a map of all the places her family moved, when she puts a pin in Brighton, it doesn't zoom out to reveal what state it is in.
in. Going by the water tower it a place that mostly known for growing turnips and was a settled and established area by 1872.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: When Molly puts pins on a map of all the places her family moved, when she puts a pin in Brighton, it doesn't zoom out to reveal what state it is in.
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* EveryoneMeetsEveryone: Inevitable given that this is the pilot.
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* ShownTheirWork: A water tower says that Brighton was founded on February 29, 1872. 1872 ''was'', in fact, a leap year.
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* MoodWhiplash: Scratch bestows his curse on Molly, causing everything to levitate as she looks increasingly petrified... then she suddenly smiles, comments "Fantastic performance!", and Scratch is confused as everything drops to the floor.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Scratch curses Molly so that as long as she lives in his house he will never leave her alone...except for Molly this is actually more of a blessing, with Scratch being the one left miserable.
* MoodWhiplash: Scratch bestows his curse on Molly, causing everything to levitate as she looks increasingly petrified... then she suddenly smiles, comments "Fantastic performance!", and Scratch is confused as everything drops to the
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Molly and the McGees move into their forever home, only to discover that it’s already occupied by a grumpy ghost.
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Molly and the McGees [=McGees=] move into their forever home, only to discover that it’s already occupied by a grumpy ghost.
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Molly and the McGees move into their forever home, only to discover that it’s already occupied by a grumpy ghost.
!! Tropes:
* MoodWhiplash: Scratch bestows his curse on Molly, causing everything to levitate as she looks increasingly petrified... then she suddenly smiles, comments "Fantastic performance!", and Scratch is confused as everything drops to the floor.
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* MoodWhiplash: Scratch bestows his curse on Molly, causing everything to levitate as she looks increasingly petrified... then she suddenly smiles, comments "Fantastic performance!", and Scratch is confused as everything drops to the floor.
