Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Recap / TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS2E38TheEnd

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ThisLoserIsYou: Scratch's musical number "Maybe Next Time" is meant to establish his human persona as this, [[DeconstructedTrope and boy does it ever]]! Compared to Adia who made the most of her life, Todd kept making excuses to stay in Brighton and passing up her invitations to travel the world with her. A good deal of his time was wasted sticking with his SoulCrushingDeskJob, playing games on his phone, and generally staying in his comfort zone. This drives home that Scratch can't afford to remain a ghost and (as Todd) needs to live his life to the fullest while he still can.

to:

* ThisLoserIsYou: Scratch's musical number "Maybe Next Time" is meant to establish his human persona as this, [[DeconstructedTrope and boy does it ever]]! Compared to Adia who made the most of her life, Todd kept making excuses to stay in Brighton and passing up her invitations to travel the world with her. A good deal of his time was wasted sticking with his SoulCrushingDeskJob, playing games on his phone, and generally staying in his comfort zone.zone until the resulting depression crushed his spirit to the point that his soul gave up on living life in his body. This drives home that Scratch can't afford to remain a ghost and (as Todd) needs to live his life to the fullest while he still can.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Also in both episodes, both involve Scratch listening in on Molly engaging in a call with someone from the comfort of their bed, with the caller having information that changes Scratch's perspective.

to:

** Also in both episodes, both involve Scratch listening in on Molly engaging in a call with someone from the comfort of their her bed, with the caller having information that changes Scratch's perspective.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* HardTruthAesop: To quote [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney a certain old gargoyle]], "Life's not a spectator sport - if watching is all you're gonna do, then you're gonna watch your life go by without ya." Living in itself is about taking risks, and playing it safe all the time will cause you to regret the opportunities you missed.

to:

* HardTruthAesop: To quote [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney a certain old gargoyle]], "Life's not a spectator sport - if watching is all you're gonna do, then you're gonna watch your life go by without ya." Living in itself is about taking risks, and playing it safe all the time will cause you to regret the opportunities you missed. In life, Todd learned this first-hand when he wasted a good chunk of his adult life staying home and withdrawing from Adia's invitations to see the world. And at the end of the day, [[HeroicBSOD he paid dearly for it]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Fixing a sinkhole


* ThisLoserIsYou: Scratch's musical number "Maybe Next Time" is meant to establish his human persona as this, [[DeconstructedTrope and boy does it ever]]! Compared to Adia who made the most of her life, Todd kept making excuses to stay in Brighton and passing up her invitations to travel the world with her. A good deal of his time was wasted sticking with his [[SoulCrushingDeskJob]], playing games on his phone, and generally staying in his comfort zone. This drives home that Scratch can't afford to remain a ghost and (as Todd) needs to live his life to the fullest while he still can.

to:

* ThisLoserIsYou: Scratch's musical number "Maybe Next Time" is meant to establish his human persona as this, [[DeconstructedTrope and boy does it ever]]! Compared to Adia who made the most of her life, Todd kept making excuses to stay in Brighton and passing up her invitations to travel the world with her. A good deal of his time was wasted sticking with his [[SoulCrushingDeskJob]], SoulCrushingDeskJob, playing games on his phone, and generally staying in his comfort zone. This drives home that Scratch can't afford to remain a ghost and (as Todd) needs to live his life to the fullest while he still can.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* HardTruthAesop: To quote [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney a certain old gargoyle]], "Life is not a spectator's sport." It's about taking risks and living. Otherwise, playing it safe all the time just leads to regrets and missed opportunities.

to:

* HardTruthAesop: To quote [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney a certain old gargoyle]], "Life is "Life’s not a spectator's sport.spectator sport - if watching is all you’re gonna do, then you’re gonna watch your life go by without ya." It's Living in itself is about taking risks risks, and living. Otherwise, playing it safe all the time just leads will cause you to regrets and missed opportunities.regret the opportunities you missed.



* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: a platonic example. Molly notes that she would miss Scratch more than anything if he went back to his human body. But she is fully willing to go through that pain so that Scratch can go back to his old life and live it to the fullest.

to:

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: a platonic example. Molly notes admits that she would she’ll miss Scratch more than anything if he went goes back to his human body. But she is body, but she’s fully willing to go through that pain so that Scratch can go back to his old truly live life and live it to the fullest.



* RewatchBonus: Scratch's ThisIsGonnaSuck reaction to Molly throwing him a Death Day party and not remembering how he died in "The Many Lives of Scratch" makes a lot of sense now because he never died, he became a wraith and was out of his body for so long that he forgot his human life.

to:

* RewatchBonus: Scratch's ThisIsGonnaSuck reaction to Molly throwing him a Death Day party and not remembering how he died in "The Many Lives of Scratch" makes a lot of sense now because he never died, died - he became a wraith Wraith and was out of his body for so long that he forgot his human life.



* ThisLoserIsYou: Scratch's musical number "Maybe next time" is meant to establish his human persona as this, [[DeconstructedTrope and boy does it ever]]! Compared to Adia who made the most of her life, Todd kept making excuses to stay in Brighton and passing up her invitations to travel the world with her. A good deal of his time was wasted sticking with his soul-crushing desk job, playing games on his phone, and generally staying in his comfort zone. This drives home that Scratch can't afford to remain a ghost and (as Todd) needs to live his life to the fullest while he still can.

to:

* ThisLoserIsYou: Scratch's musical number "Maybe next time" Next Time" is meant to establish his human persona as this, [[DeconstructedTrope and boy does it ever]]! Compared to Adia who made the most of her life, Todd kept making excuses to stay in Brighton and passing up her invitations to travel the world with her. A good deal of his time was wasted sticking with his soul-crushing desk job, [[SoulCrushingDeskJob]], playing games on his phone, and generally staying in his comfort zone. This drives home that Scratch can't afford to remain a ghost and (as Todd) needs to live his life to the fullest while he still can.



** When Molly asks Adia how Scratch died, she begins to say he's not dead before the call shorts out. Which then leads to this shocking reveal:

to:

** When Molly asks Adia how Scratch died, she begins to say he's not dead before the call shorts out. Which out, which then leads to this shocking reveal:



'''Scratch:''' 'Cause he's me.\\

to:

'''Scratch:''' 'Cause he's me.\\''me.''\\



** Once Scratch returns to his Todd body, he seemingly loses all the memories of his time with Molly..but at the bus stop where he heads off to explore the world, he lets out some familiar words that imply the memory wipe wasn't as absolute as it sounded..

to:

** Once Scratch returns to his Todd body, he seemingly loses all the memories of his time with Molly..Molly...but at the bus stop where he heads off to explore the world, he lets out some familiar words that imply the memory wipe wasn't as absolute as it sounded..didn’t remove ''everything'':
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* MeaningfulEcho: Back in "The Jig is Up", Scratch uses Todd as an example to Jinx to prove how miserable Brighton still is, stating, "It's like he has no soul." Then at TheReveal in this episode, Molly is in denial at the prospect of Scratch and Todd being the same person, [[ExplainExplainOhCrap saying the exact same thing, only to trail off as she realizes how true that statement is]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: a platonic example. Molly notes that she would miss Scratch more than anything if he went back to his human body. But she is fully willing to go through that pain so that Scratch can go back to his old life and live it to the fullest.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* {{Irony}}: Todd tells Libby that he doesn't believe in ghosts, despite having been one himself not long beforehand.

to:

* {{Irony}}: Todd tells Libby that he doesn't believe in ghosts, despite having been one himself not long beforehand. [[note]] [[AmbiguousSituation Alternatively]], Todd does remember, but is merely trying to distance himself from his old life as a ghost. [[/note]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* HardTruthAesop: To quote [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney a certain old gargoyle]], "Life is not a spectator's sport." It's about taking risks and living. Otherwise, playing it safe just leads to regrets and missed opportunities.

to:

* HardTruthAesop: To quote [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney a certain old gargoyle]], "Life is not a spectator's sport." It's about taking risks and living. Otherwise, playing it safe all the time just leads to regrets and missed opportunities.

Added: 232

Changed: 1

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Spelling/grammar fix(es), Added example(s)


* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Libby and Ollie rarely hang out together and this is probably the first and only time we get the see them interact with each other as they work together to uncover what ''really'' jogged Scratch's memories.



* ShooOutTheClowns: Daryl disappears after the first quarter of the episode, followed by Libby and the Chen siblings leaving following the first half, building up to Molly and Scratch's emotional farewell as he returns to his real body, and it isn't until the final scene do they return.

to:

* ShooOutTheClowns: Daryl Darryl disappears after the first quarter of the episode, followed by Libby and the Chen siblings leaving following the first half, building up to Molly and Scratch's emotional farewell as he returns to his real body, and it isn't until the final scene do they return.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added example(s)

Added DiffLines:

* RewatchBonus: Scratch's ThisIsGonnaSuck reaction to Molly throwing him a Death Day party and not remembering how he died in "The Many Lives of Scratch" makes a lot of sense now because he never died, he became a wraith and was out of his body for so long that he forgot his human life.

Top