Line #5 Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS2E3DoubleDoubleDarrylAndTrouble


1	Darryl tries to get out of cleaning up a mess he made by becoming a ghost for a day and leaving his body to do all the work. But when he starts to think everyone prefers his docile, soulless self, Darryl is tempted to stay a ghost forever.
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3	!!Tropes:
4	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: While Pete and Sharon scold Darryl for drawing an unflattering mural of Principal O'Connor, once they're back in the car they share a laugh about it. They later confess to finding all of his murals hilarious, including one of Molly.
5	* BreatherEpisode: After dealing with The Ghost Council and attempting to keep the Chens from finding Scratch, this episode focuses more on Scratch and the family's antics.
6	* BrutalHonesty: While Scratch admits that his family won’t chose Darryl’s more well-behaved but dull-as-dishwater soulless body over his true troublemaking personality, he singles out Principal O’Connor as the exception, but asks Darryl if he can really be upset of O’Connor for that. Darryl concedes his point.
7	* CallBack: Darryl recalls how Molly became a wraith in the season 1 finale "Molly vs. the Ghost World", and wants to try it for himself.
8	* EverybodyHasStandards: While Scratch thinks Darryl spending the day as a ghost is a lot of fun, alarm bells go off for him when Darryl decides to run away from home as a ghost permanently.
9	* ExactWords: Darryl abuses this trope, becoming a ghost because Molly told him to try doing what she does, then telling his body to leave and calling it a piece of garbage leads to the body throwing itself away due to being LiteralMinded.
10	* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Inverted; Darryl forgets he doesn't have ghostly powers ''anymore'' when he tries to walk through a dresser and just hits his head.
11	* FreeTheFrogs: One of the pranks Darryl plays as a ghost is to free all the frogs in the science lab.
12	* HoldUpYourScore: After Scratch demonstrates the power of intangibility by doing a masterful dive into the ground, Molly holds up a notebook with the number "10" written across a two-page spread.
13	* LiteralMinded: Darryl's soulless body does whatever he's told. So when Darryl angrily tells him "Get out of here, you piece of garbage!", his body dutifully throws himself out with the trash, forcing Darryl to rescue it from the junkyard.
14	* LoopholeAbuse: Darryl argues that turning into a ghost falls under "What Would Molly Do?", since she turned into one to save Scratch back in "Molly vs. the Ghost World".
15	* PantsPullingPrank: Darryl and Scratch does this to Mr. O'Connor, then Darryl's soulless body pulls it back up.
16	* WeWantOurJerkBack: Darryl is frustrated to discover his family apparently likes his new, better-behaved body, but later discovers his parents are worried [[IThinkYouBrokeHim they broke their son's spirit]]. At the end of the episode, Molly admits she also misses her brother's mischievous antics.
17	* WhatWouldXDo: Molly tries to get Darryl to behave himself with the mantra "WWMD", or "What Would Molly Do?" Later when Darryl goes back to being his trouble-making, free-spirited self, she suggest the mantra "WWDDTWGHIT", or "What Would Darryl Do That Won't Get Him In Trouble", [[GiverOfLameNames which she's forced to admit is a bit of a mouthful]].

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