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* AlwaysWithYou: Before reuniting with Todd, Molly assures Scratch that even if he might forget her, she will always remember him.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: This episode reveals Scratch's past. In life, before his best friend Adia moved away, they planned to travel the world together. They reconnected after growing up, but while Adia made her way around the world, Scratch wound up as an anxious man with a SoulCrushingDeskJob. Though Adia invited him on her trips time and again, he would always turn them down as he was too scared of what may go wrong. He spent his life playing it safe, being "so afraid of dying that he never lived a day"; eventually going numb and becoming so depressed and detached that his very soul slipped away and his body was left an EmptyShell.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: This episode reveals Scratch's past. In life, before his best friend Adia moved away, they planned to travel the world together. They reconnected after growing up, but while Adia made her way around the world, Scratch wound up as an anxious man with a SoulCrushingDeskJob. SoulCrushingDeskJob, who spent his life playing it safe, being so afraid of dying that "he never lived a day". Though Adia invited him on her trips time and again, he would always turn them down as he was too scared of what may go wrong. He spent his life playing it safe, being "so afraid of dying wrong, until the day that he never lived a day"; eventually going numb Adia stopped replying and becoming he went completely numb. Becoming so depressed and emotionally detached that his very soul slipped away and his body was left an EmptyShell.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: In addition to Molly and Scratch quoting the opening theme (above), Todd is then heard scatting along with the typical closing credits music while walking down the street, having put the pep back in his step.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: This episode reveals Scratch's past. In life, before his best friend Adia moved away, they planned to travel the world together. They reconnected after growing up, but while Adia made her way around the world, Scratch wound up as an anxious man with a SoulCrushingDeskJob. Though Adia invited him on her trips time and again, he would always turn them down as he was too scared of what may go wrong. He spent his life playing it safe, being "so afraid of dying that he never lived a day". Eventually going numb and becoming so depressed and detached that his very soul slipped away and his body was left an EmptyShell.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: This episode reveals Scratch's past. In life, before his best friend Adia moved away, they planned to travel the world together. They reconnected after growing up, but while Adia made her way around the world, Scratch wound up as an anxious man with a SoulCrushingDeskJob. Though Adia invited him on her trips time and again, he would always turn them down as he was too scared of what may go wrong. He spent his life playing it safe, being "so afraid of dying that he never lived a day". Eventually day"; eventually going numb and becoming so depressed and detached that his very soul slipped away and his body was left an EmptyShell.
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* LeftHanging: In the previous episode, Scratch put a curse on the Chairman's cloak so it would search for a new, worthy host, but the series ends with no conclusion on who its new host will be. The Ghost Council appear, but there is nobody sitting in the Chairman's seat yet.

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* LeftHanging: In the previous episode, Scratch put a curse on the Chairman's cloak robe so it would search for a new, worthy host, but the series ends with no conclusion on who its new host will be. The Ghost Council appear, but there is nobody sitting in the Chairman's seat yet.

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** As well as the fact that this episode is called "''The'' End" with the first episode being called "''The'' Curse".



* GrandFinale: The final episode of the series. Compounded by Scratch returning to his body and losing his memories of his past adventures before setting out to explore the world, parting ways with Molly for a long time if not forever.

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* GrandFinale: The final episode of the series. Compounded by Scratch returning to his body and apparently losing his memories of his past adventures before setting out to explore the world, parting ways with Molly for a long time if not forever.
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* BittersweetEnding: Scratch returns to his once-abandoned human body, Todd, and is able to go ahead and live out the life he never could before due to his depression, however by doing so he forgets about Molly and all his friends in the living and ghost world during his time as a Wraith (with only some vague remnants of their time together remaining such as Molly's catchphrase and the term "enhappify") and he ultimately leaves Brighton to explore the world and reunites with Adia. Regardless, Molly and her friends and family remain tighter than ever and set out to live out their own lives, too, while never forgetting about Scratch and see him off before he leaves.

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* BittersweetEnding: Scratch returns to his once-abandoned human body, Todd, and is able to go ahead and live out the life he never could before due to his depression, however by doing so he forgets seems to have forgotten about Molly and all his friends in the living and ghost world during his time as a Wraith (with only some vague remnants of their time together remaining such as Molly's catchphrase and the term "enhappify") and he ultimately leaves Brighton to explore the world and reunites with Adia. Regardless, Molly and her friends and family remain tighter than ever and set out to live out their own lives, too, while never forgetting about Scratch and see him off before he leaves.
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** Scratch and Molly's last words to each other prior to him reuniting with his real body quote lines from the theme song:
-->'''Scratch:''' The dream team, you and me?\\

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** Scratch and Molly's last words to each other prior to him reuniting with his real body quote lines from the theme song:
-->'''Scratch:''' --->'''Scratch:''' The dream team, you and me?\\
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** Scratch and Molly's last words to each other prior to him reuniting with his real body quote lines from the theme song:
-->'''Scratch:''' The dream team, you and me?\\
'''Molly:''' For all eternity.
** The credits song, "Live a Little", ends with the final notes of the theme song.
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* LeftHanging: In the previous episode, Scratch put a curse on the Chairman's cloak so it would search for a new, worthy host, but the series ends with no conclusion on who the new Chairman is. The Ghost Council appear, but there is nobody sitting in the Chairman's seat.

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* LeftHanging: In the previous episode, Scratch put a curse on the Chairman's cloak so it would search for a new, worthy host, but the series ends with no conclusion on who the its new Chairman is. host will be. The Ghost Council appear, but there is nobody sitting in the Chairman's seat.seat yet.

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** In addition, both the premiere and the finale had a TitleOnlyOpening.
* CreativeClosingCredits: Instead of the regular end credits, we're treated to snapshots of Todd's adventures around the world before ending on a picture of him happily reunited with Adia and then a painting of Molly and Scratch.



* INeverToldYouMyName: Before getting on the bus, Todd bids farewell to Molly, referring to her by name even though she never introduced herself.

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* INeverToldYouMyName: Before getting on the bus, Todd bids farewell to Molly, referring to her by name even though she never introduced herself. This serves as an indication that Todd possibly still remembers his afterlife as Scratch.
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* AmbiguousSituation: While Scratch/Todd appears to have overall forgotten everything about his past adventures as a Wraith once he returns to his body to the point where he doesn't recognizes the [=McGees=], Libby or Ollie, he still remembers some aspects of the past such as Molly's catchphrase, the word "enhappify" and even calls Molly by "[[AffectionateNickname Moll]]" before leaving Brighton, leaving it up in the air if he truly forgot everything, only forgot ''some'' memories or does remember everything but is pretending not to for whatever reason.
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* DemonicPossession: Rather than wait in line for funnel cakes, Scratch simply possesses the bodies of those who just bought one so he can eat them, then move to the next person in line. It is how he ends up possessing Todd, his ''real'' body, and regains his memories, thought he at first attributes it to the funnel cakes.


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* NotMeThisTime: When they find the living room full of funnel cakes, Pete and Sharon immediately assume it's one of Darryl's scams. Turns out it was Molly who brought all the funnel cakes for Scratch.

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* TheReveal: Scratch was never a ghost at all—this entire time, he's been a Wraith, and to top it all off, he's been the Wraith of the gloomy-faced Todd Mortenson, who just seemed like a random background citizen at first, but is actually sporting the same face and voice actor as Scratch.

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* TheReveal: Scratch was never a ghost at all—this entire time, he's been a Wraith, and to top it all off, he's been the Wraith of the gloomy-faced Todd Mortenson, who just seemed like a random background citizen at first, but is actually sporting the same face and voice actor as Scratch.Scratch.
* TitleOnlyOpening: This is the second time the theme song is skipped since the series premiere.
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* BookEnds: The show began with Molly moving to Brighton and meeting Scratch. Now the show ends with Scratch moving out of Brighton.
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* GrandFinale: The final episode of the season. Compounded by Scratch returning to his body and losing his memories of his past adventures before setting out to explore the world, parting ways with Molly for a long time if not forever.

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* GrandFinale: The final episode of the season.series. Compounded by Scratch returning to his body and losing his memories of his past adventures before setting out to explore the world, parting ways with Molly for a long time if not forever.
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* INeverToldYouMyName: Before getting on the bus, Todd bids farewell to Molly, referring to her by name even though she never introduced herself. It's the only hint that deep inside, Scratch is still in there.

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* INeverToldYouMyName: Before getting on the bus, Todd bids farewell to Molly, referring to her by name even though she never introduced herself. It's the only hint that deep inside, Scratch is still in there.
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* INeverToldYouMyName: Before getting on the bus, Todd bids farewell to Molly, referring to her by name even though she never introduced herself. It's the only hint that deep inside, Scratch is still in there.
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* LeftHanging: In the previous episode, Scratch put a curse on the Chairman's cloak so it would search for a new, worthy host, but the series ends with no conclusion on who the new Chairman is. The Ghost Council appear, but there is nobody sitting in the Chairman's seat.
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* DarkandTroubledPast: This episode reveals Scratch's past. In life, before his best friend Adia moved away, they planned to travel the world together. They reconnected after growing up, but while Adia made her way around the world, Scratch wound up as an anxious man with a SoulCrushingDeskJob. Though Adia invited him on her trips time and again, he would always turn them down as he was too scared of what may go wrong. He spent his life playing it safe, being "so afraid of dying that he never lived a day". Eventually going numb and becoming so depressed and detached that his very soul slipped away and his body was left an EmptyShell.

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* DarkandTroubledPast: DarkAndTroubledPast: This episode reveals Scratch's past. In life, before his best friend Adia moved away, they planned to travel the world together. They reconnected after growing up, but while Adia made her way around the world, Scratch wound up as an anxious man with a SoulCrushingDeskJob. Though Adia invited him on her trips time and again, he would always turn them down as he was too scared of what may go wrong. He spent his life playing it safe, being "so afraid of dying that he never lived a day". Eventually going numb and becoming so depressed and detached that his very soul slipped away and his body was left an EmptyShell.
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* DarkandTroubledPast: This episode reveals Scratch's past. In life, before his best friend Adia moved away, they planned to travel the world together. They reconnected after growing up, but while Adia made her way around the world, Scratch wound up as an anxious man with a SoulCrushingDeskJob. Though Adia invited him on her trips time and again, he would always turn them down as he was too scared of what may go wrong. He spent his life playing it safe, being so "afraid of dying that he never lived a day". Eventually going numb and becoming so depressed and detached that his very soul slipped away and his body was left an EmptyShell.

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* DarkandTroubledPast: This episode reveals Scratch's past. In life, before his best friend Adia moved away, they planned to travel the world together. They reconnected after growing up, but while Adia made her way around the world, Scratch wound up as an anxious man with a SoulCrushingDeskJob. Though Adia invited him on her trips time and again, he would always turn them down as he was too scared of what may go wrong. He spent his life playing it safe, being so "afraid "so afraid of dying that he never lived a day". Eventually going numb and becoming so depressed and detached that his very soul slipped away and his body was left an EmptyShell.
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* DarkandTroubledPast: This episode reveals Scratch's past. In life, before his best friend Adia moved away, they planned to travel the world together. They reconnected after growing up, but while Adia made her way around the world, Scratch wound up as an anxious man with a SoulCrushingDeskJob. Though Adia invited him on her trips time and time again, he would always turn them down as he was too scared of what may go wrong. Spending his life playing it safe, being so "afraid of dying that he never lived a day". Eventually going numb and becoming so depressed and detached that his very soul slipped away and his body was left an EmptyShell.

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* DarkandTroubledPast: This episode reveals Scratch's past. In life, before his best friend Adia moved away, they planned to travel the world together. They reconnected after growing up, but while Adia made her way around the world, Scratch wound up as an anxious man with a SoulCrushingDeskJob. Though Adia invited him on her trips time and time again, he would always turn them down as he was too scared of what may go wrong. Spending He spent his life playing it safe, being so "afraid of dying that he never lived a day". Eventually going numb and becoming so depressed and detached that his very soul slipped away and his body was left an EmptyShell.
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* BittersweetEnding: Scratch returns to his once-abandoned human body, Todd, and is able to go ahead and live out the life he never could before due to his depression, however by doing so he forgets about Molly and all his friends in the living and ghost world during his time as a Wraith (with only some vague remnants of their time together remaining such as Molly's catchphrase and the term "enhappify") and he ultimately leaves Brighton to explore the world and reunite with Adia. Regardless, Molly and her friends and family remain tighter than ever and set out to live out their own lives, too, while never forgetting about Scratch and see him off before he leaves.

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* BittersweetEnding: Scratch returns to his once-abandoned human body, Todd, and is able to go ahead and live out the life he never could before due to his depression, however by doing so he forgets about Molly and all his friends in the living and ghost world during his time as a Wraith (with only some vague remnants of their time together remaining such as Molly's catchphrase and the term "enhappify") and he ultimately leaves Brighton to explore the world and reunite reunites with Adia. Regardless, Molly and her friends and family remain tighter than ever and set out to live out their own lives, too, while never forgetting about Scratch and see him off before he leaves.

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* BittersweetEnding: Scratch returns to his once-abandoned human body, Todd, and is able to go ahead and live out the life he never could before due to his depression, however by doing so he forgets about Molly and all his friends in the living and ghost world during his time as a Wraith (with only some vague remnants of their time together remaining such as Molly's catchphrase and the term "enhappify") and he ultimately leaves Brighton to explore the world and reunite with Adia. Regardless, Molly and her friends and family remain tighter than ever and set ou to live out their own lives, too, while never forgetting about Scratch and see him off before he leaves.
* GrandFinale: The final episode of the series. Compounded by Scratch returning to his body and losing his memories of his past adventures before setting out to explore the world, parting ways with Molly for a long time if not forever.

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* BittersweetEnding: Scratch returns to his once-abandoned human body, Todd, and is able to go ahead and live out the life he never could before due to his depression, however by doing so he forgets about Molly and all his friends in the living and ghost world during his time as a Wraith (with only some vague remnants of their time together remaining such as Molly's catchphrase and the term "enhappify") and he ultimately leaves Brighton to explore the world and reunite with Adia. Regardless, Molly and her friends and family remain tighter than ever and set ou out to live out their own lives, too, while never forgetting about Scratch and see him off before he leaves.
* DarkandTroubledPast: This episode reveals Scratch's past. In life, before his best friend Adia moved away, they planned to travel the world together. They reconnected after growing up, but while Adia made her way around the world, Scratch wound up as an anxious man with a SoulCrushingDeskJob. Though Adia invited him on her trips time and time again, he would always turn them down as he was too scared of what may go wrong. Spending his life playing it safe, being so "afraid of dying that he never lived a day". Eventually going numb and becoming so depressed and detached that his very soul slipped away and his body was left an EmptyShell.
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GrandFinale: The final episode of the series.season. Compounded by Scratch returning to his body and losing his memories of his past adventures before setting out to explore the world, parting ways with Molly for a long time if not forever.
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* BittersweetEnding: Scratch returns to his once-abandoned human body, Todd, and is able to go ahead and live out the life he never could before due to his depression, however by doing so he forgets about Molly and all his friends in the living and ghost world during his time as a Wraith (with only some vague remnants of their time together remaining such as Molly's catchphrase "enhappify") and he ultimately leaves Brighton to explore the world and reunite with Adia. Regardless, Molly and her friends and family remain tighter than ever and set ou to live out their own lives, too, while never forgetting about Scratch and see him off before he leaves.

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* BittersweetEnding: Scratch returns to his once-abandoned human body, Todd, and is able to go ahead and live out the life he never could before due to his depression, however by doing so he forgets about Molly and all his friends in the living and ghost world during his time as a Wraith (with only some vague remnants of their time together remaining such as Molly's catchphrase and the term "enhappify") and he ultimately leaves Brighton to explore the world and reunite with Adia. Regardless, Molly and her friends and family remain tighter than ever and set ou to live out their own lives, too, while never forgetting about Scratch and see him off before he leaves.
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* BittersweetEnding: Scratch returns to his once-abandoned human body, Todd, and is able to go ahead and live out the life he never could before due to his depression, however by doing so he forgets about Molly and all his friends in the living and ghost world during his time as a Wraith (with only some vage remnants of their time together remaining such as Molly's catchphrase "enhappify") and he ultimately leaves Brighton to explore the world and reunite with Adia. Regardless, Molly and her friends and family remain tighter than ever and set ou to live out their own lives, too, while never forgetting about Scratch and see him off before he leaves.

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* BittersweetEnding: Scratch returns to his once-abandoned human body, Todd, and is able to go ahead and live out the life he never could before due to his depression, however by doing so he forgets about Molly and all his friends in the living and ghost world during his time as a Wraith (with only some vage vague remnants of their time together remaining such as Molly's catchphrase "enhappify") and he ultimately leaves Brighton to explore the world and reunite with Adia. Regardless, Molly and her friends and family remain tighter than ever and set ou to live out their own lives, too, while never forgetting about Scratch and see him off before he leaves.
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* Bittersweet ending: Scratch returns to his real body, Todd, and is able to go ahead and live out the life he never could before due to his depression, however by doing so he forgets about Molly and all his friends in the living and ghost world during his time as a Wraith (with only some vage remnants of their time together remaining such as Molly's catchphrase "enhappify") and he ultimately leaves Brighton to explore the world and reunite with Adia. Regardless, Molly and her friends and family remain tighter than ever and set ou to live out their own lives, too, while never forgetting about Scratch and see him off before he leaves.

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* Bittersweet ending: BittersweetEnding: Scratch returns to his real once-abandoned human body, Todd, and is able to go ahead and live out the life he never could before due to his depression, however by doing so he forgets about Molly and all his friends in the living and ghost world during his time as a Wraith (with only some vage remnants of their time together remaining such as Molly's catchphrase "enhappify") and he ultimately leaves Brighton to explore the world and reunite with Adia. Regardless, Molly and her friends and family remain tighter than ever and set ou to live out their own lives, too, while never forgetting about Scratch and see him off before he leaves.

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* Bittersweet ending: Scratch returns to his real body, Todd, and is able to go ahead and live out the life he never could before due to his depression, however by doing so he forgets about Molly and all his friends in the living and ghost world during his time as a Wraith (with only some vage remnants of their time together remaining such as Molly's catchphrase "enhappify") and he ultimately leaves Brighton to explore the world and reunite with Adia. Regardless, Molly and her friends and family remain tighter than ever and set ou to live out their own lives, too, while never forgetting about Scratch and see him off before he leaves.
* GrandFinale: The final episode of the series. Compounded by Scratch returning to his body and losing his memories of his past adventures before setting out to explore the world, parting ways with Molly for a long time if not forever.
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* TheReveal: Scratch has never a ghost at all—this entire time, he's been a Wraith, and to top it all off, he's been the Wraith of the gloomy-faced Todd Mortenson, who just seemed like a random background citizen at first, but is actually sporting the same face and voice actor as Scratch.

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* TheReveal: Scratch has was never a ghost at all—this entire time, he's been a Wraith, and to top it all off, he's been the Wraith of the gloomy-faced Todd Mortenson, who just seemed like a random background citizen at first, but is actually sporting the same face and voice actor as Scratch.
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A flood of old memories come rushing back into Scratch, revealing not only the truth of his past and who—and what—he really is, but forcing him to make a big and life-changing decision that could very well mean the end of his and Molly's misadventures with one another.

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*TheReveal: Scratch has never a ghost at all—this entire time, he's been a Wraith, and to top it all off, he's been the Wraith of the gloomy-faced Todd Mortenson, who just seemed like a random background citizen at first, but is actually sporting the same face and voice actor as Scratch.

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