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Recap / Molly Of Denali S 1 E 21 Mollyball Visit Qyah

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Air date: October 8, 2019 (PBS); January 11, 2020 (CBC)note 


"Mollyball": The kids create a new game called Mollyball.

"Mollyball" contains the following tropes:

  • Call-Back: The outhouses the kids built for their race in "Winter Champions" are featured in this episode. Their appearance also demonstrates that the episodes were broadcast Out of Order, with "Winter Champions/Hus-keys" and "Mollyball/Visit Qyah" being straight up swapped.
  • Calvinball: The kids make up their own ball game and name it after Molly. The rules are simple: Make them up as you go, and never end the game; hand it off instead to someone else.
  • Complexity Addiction: Mollyball is designed to induce this. The plays get increasingly elaborate, and the kids have to draw diagrams to explain them. The points awarded also increase exponentially.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: A meta example. Tooey's season two voice actor, Zane Jasper, voices an unnamed kid.
  • Gender-Equal Ensemble: This is the first episode to give Jake a speaking role. His addition to Mollyball makes the number of girls and boys equal.

"Visit Qyah": Molly convinces a travel guide writer to visit Qyah so the village can be added to the guidebook.

"Visit Qyah" contains the following tropes:

  • News Travels Fast: Violetta is repeatedly surprised that everyone in Qyah knows her name and job.
  • Shout-Out: This episode is most famous (or infamous, depending on your perspective) for its depiction of "Clark Newman," who bears a very intentional resemblance to Arataka Reigen.

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