History Recap / TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS2E38TheEnd

* MeaningfulName: Scratch's real name, '''Tod'''d '''''Mort'''''enson, alludes to how he's [[StealthPun dead inside]].

* MeaningfulName: Scratch's real name, Todd '''''Mort'''''enson, alludes to how he's [[StealthPun dead inside]].

* CerebusRetcon: When Molly tries to encourage Scratch to resume his human life, he entertains the idea for a moment, before suggesting they shirk it off with another one of their usual misadventures. Molly, on the other hand, recognizes that this is Scratch's way of procrastinating his life. And in hindsight, he never truly regained his lust for life when he became a ghost. In the grand scheme of things, his mischievous and standoffish personality was a symptom of his inability to embrace life.

* HardTruthAesop: To paraphrase [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney a certain old gargoyle]], "Life is not a spectator's sport. It's about taking risks and living."

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

* AndTheAdventureContinues: Even though the series ended with Scratch leaving Brighton, Molly still knows about ghosts and the afterlife, the position of the Chairman is still vacant, and while it isn't said outright, Geoff is implied to take Scratch's place in the ending, as he's the ghost now hanging around Molly and family.

* 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.

--->'''Todd:''' Sweet baby corn, this is gonna be enhappifying! (Realizing what he just said) "Enhappifying"? What?! Where'd that come from? I must have just made that up, right? Whatever. You know what? I love it, and I shall be using it frequently on my travels. Arrivederci, Moll.
--->'''Molly:''' (confused) "Moll"? But I didn't tell you my...

--->'''Molly:''' Why would this rando unlock Scratch's memories? Look at him. He's got no joy, no mischief. There's nothing at all behind those eyes. It's like he's got... ''no soul.''\\

* DarkAndTroubledPast: This episode reveals Scratch's past. In life, before his best friend Adia moved away, they’d planned to travel the world together. They reconnected after growing up, but while Adia made her way around the world, Scratch had become an anxious man with a SoulCrushingDeskJob who spent his life playing it safe, “so afraid of dying that [he] never lived a day". Though Adia invited him on her trips time and time again, he always turned them down with a “maybe next time” as he was too scared of what could go wrong. One day, she gave up trying to convince him to come with her, and Scratch became so depressed and emotionally detached from being left behind that his soul “just slipped away”, becoming a wraith and leaving his body an EmptyShell.

--->'''Molly:''' Why would this rando unlock Scratch's memories? Look at him He's got no joy, no mischief. There's nothing at all behind those eyes. It's like he's got... ''no soul.''\\

'''Scratch:''' I remember it now. I remember ''everything.''

* TitleOnlyOpening: This is the second time the theme song is skipped since the series premiere.

* BrickJoke: When Libby and Co. reveal that Scratch isn't a ghost, Scratch tries to prove them wrong by laying a curse on them that will cause them to sneeze upon hearing the word "Toboggan." After Todd leaves to travel the world with Adia, the rest of the cast sneezes when Pete mentions a sundae called the "Toffee Twirl Toboggan."

* 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, 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, until the day that Adia stopped replying and he went completely numb. Becoming so depressed and emotionally detached that his very soul slipped away and his body was left an EmptyShell.
* 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.

** Scratch and Molly's last words to each other prior to him reuniting with his real body quote the theme song:
--->'''Scratch:''' The dream team, you and me?\\

* BookEnds: The show began with Molly moving to Brighton and meeting Scratch. Now the show ends with Scratch moving out of Brighton.

* 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.

* ShoutOut/{{Tuckerization}}: When attempting to stop Todd at the bus stop, Molly pretends to read a book titled ''Bill & Bob's OK Adventure'', which is not only a parody of ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', but also to the creators of the show, Bill Motz and Bob Roth.

* 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.