"Book Marks the Sprite" is the first segment of the second episode of the second season of The Ghost and Molly McGee, and the forty-second episode overall.
It was released early on April 2, 2023 on Disney+, and had its official premiere on April 8, 2023 simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD, alongside "Double, Double, Darryl & Trouble".[1]
Synopsis
Molly must distract Ollie while Scratch and Libby attempt to capture the Story Sprite.[1]
Plot
Molly, Scratch, and Libby are hanging out at the latter's bookstore when Leah tells Libby that she is stepping out, meaning that she will be in charge of the store. Libby is nervous at the prospect of being in charge, but Molly tells her to relax. They suddenly hear a slurping sound and discover a tiny ghost which they quickly identify as a book sprite, a ghost that literally devours books. To make matters worse, Ollie Chen enters with his ghost hunting equipment. Molly, having a huge crush on Ollie, decides to distract him while Libby and Scratch deal with the sprite, which has the ability to become whatever words it consumes.
The sprite takes the form of a minotaur before becoming a vampire, during which Libby tries desperately to stop it while Scratch discovers that his new role as the chairman does nothing to quell it. Molly tries to lead Ollie away from the action within the store and takes him outside. She then asks if he has considered the possibility that ghosts are not all that bad, but Ollie disagrees as he does not believe that ghosts are similar to people and reveals that when his father, Ruben, was a child, he was frightened by a ghost and since then has been trying to capture and prove their existence. The Chens constant moving being the result of people not believing them.
Just when things seem hopeless in the store as the sprite has taken the form of a kraken and has eaten almost all of the books' words, Libby takes her personal diary and has the sprite consume it, causing it to transform into Libby. Libby feeds into sprite Libby's personal fears and convinces it to not only clean up the store, but to also return the words it was consuming to begin with. The plan works and the sprite returns to normal before politely leaving the store. Molly returns and admits that she thinks it is impossible to change Ollie's mind about ghosts, but she still loves him. After using her experience with the story sprite to convince Molly that she being with Ollie may still have hope, Libby puts up the last couple of books still on the ground as Leah enters and congratulates her for keeping the store in order, although Scratch points out one misplaced book (a cookbook in the true crime section), Libby thins it was close enough.
Cast
- Ashly Burch as Molly McGee
- Dana Snyder as Scratch
- Lara Jill Miller as Libby Stein-Torres, Story Sprite Libby
- Alan Lee as Ollie Chen
- Sue Ann Pien as June Chen
- Leonard Wu as Ruben Chen
- Stephanie Sheh as Esther Chen
- Pamela Adlon as Leah Stein-Torres
Additional voices
- Rob Cantor as Scary Doll
Non-Speaking Cameos
Mentions
Songs
Titles in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
El libro seƱala el duende | The book points out the elf | |
 Spanish
|
El espĆritu de los libros | The sprite of the books | |
 Japanese
|
ć話ć®å¦ē²¾ | Story Fairy |
Trivia
- This episode and its sister episode premiered on the same date as the The Owl House series finale, "Watching and Dreaming".
- This is the first appearance of Libby in Season 2.
Production Notes
- Although this episode premiered in the United States in April of 2023, it was actually produced in 2022 according to the credits.
Gallery
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Videos
References
- ā 1.0 1.1 1.2 April 2023 Programming Highlights. Disney General Entertainment (March 20, 2023). Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved on March 20, 2023.