"Hooray for Mollywood!" is the second segment of the fourth episode of the first season of The Ghost and Molly McGee, and the eighth episode overall.
On October 6, 2021, this episode was released early on Disney+ (along with "Mama's Gotta Hustle"). It officially premiered on October 16, 2021 on Disney Channel.
Synopsis
Molly learns that more money means more problems when she teams up with Andrea to create a scary movie.[5]
Plot
The McGees and Scratch sit down for a night of movie watching and pick out a scary horror film. Unfortunately, the entire family gets bored or disinterested in it by the end. They all complain about the quality and the overall lack of scares, especially Scratch who found the depiction of the ghost offensive. Convinced they can do a better job, Molly decides to direct her own horror film with Darryl on camera and effects, Scratch as the ghost (pretending to be Molly's Canadian cousin Carl) and Libby as the scriptwriter and lead actress Angelica. They film on the softball field and end up having trouble trying to bring everything together, ultimately ending up with slightly wasted footage.
As they head home, they suddenly run into Andrea who obnoxiously mocks them. Upon learning that they were trying to film a movie, she excitedly offers her services as she too is an actress (for commercials). They decide to take her up on her offer and discover that she has a large warehouse studio with sets. Libby tells Molly that Andrea changed the script right down to naming the character after herself, but she pays no mind when she sees that she had her own director's chair. When they start filming, Andrea shoves in some product placement and fires Darryl for her own cameraman. She shifts the film's tone from horror to a ghost romance, much to Libby's disapproval, and fires Molly for Greta Gerwig.
Andrea in the movie for the first time.
Realizing that their film is now no longer theirs but Andrea's, Molly allows Scratch to go full ghost on the entire crew, destroying the sets and scaring everyone out, with Darryl also shaking things up with the fake blood, making Scratch very happy. With the entire studio ruined and the film cancelled, Darryl reveals that he managed to film all of the carnage and they head home to edit it together. The new film turns out to be a success as everyone enjoyed the outcome. However, Libby begins to suspect that there is something up with Carl as she did not see any strings in his "performance", but Molly distracts her by pointing out that she had been credited for writing the screenplay, something she always wanted.
Cast
Main article: Mama's Gotta Hustle and Hooray for Mollywood!/Credits
- Ashly Burch as Molly McGee
- Dana Snyder as Scratch
- Sumalee Montano as Sharon McGee, Grandma Nin
- Jordan Klepper as Pete McGee
- Michaela Dietz as Darryl McGee
- Lara Jill Miller as Libby Stein-Torres
- Jules Medcraft as Andrea Davenport
- Greta Gerwig as Herself
Additional voices
- Greg Baldwin as Baseball Coach
Non-speaking cameos
Songs
- "Movie Magic"
- "Andrea Davenport's Jingle (Version 1)"
- "You Got My Heart"
Titles in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
¡Directo a Mollywood! | Direct to Mollywood! | |
 German
|
Auf nach Mollywood! | Off to Mollywood! | |
 Spanish
|
¡Hurra por Mollywood! | Hooray for Mollywood! | |
 Japanese
|
モリウッドばんざい! | Mollywood Banzai! |
Trivia
- Andrea, or at least her family, is revealed to own a clothing chain called Davenport's.
- The statue next to the tombstone that Molly kicks is or resembles Howlin' Harriet. The other two tombstones respectively say H Harriet and HH'S TOES.
Cartoon physics
- Andrea's tablet can fit inside her kangaroo pocket within her hoodie as she pull her tablet out it.
Allusions
- Scratch recreates the MGM logo complete with a faux Latin band reading "Spooks Gratia Spookitis".
- When Darryl dumps the fake blood onto Andrea, she resembles Carrie from the film of the same name.
Errors
- Molly's line "Do we really need blood in a ghost movie?" was scripted as "We don’t really need blood in a ghost movie" in the television closed captions version, but it was later fixed in Disney+ version.
Videos
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/VerdArt11/status/1458386351041040384
- ↑ https://whatsondisneyplus.com/whats-new-on-disney-the-ghost-molly-mcgee-australia-new-zealand/
- ↑ https://whatsondisneyplus.com/whats-coming-to-disney-in-december-2021-uk-ireland/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/thesmartstellar/status/1526821323036626944?s=21&t=OpAZHNX7ExH0pCvW5kZ1cw
- ↑ October 2021 Programming Highlights