"I Wanna Dance With Some-Ollie" is the first segment of the fifth episode of the second season of The Ghost and Molly McGee, and the forty-eighth episode overall.
It premiered early on April 2, 2023 on Disney+, and had its official premiere on April 29, 2023 simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD, alongside "Davenport's on Demand".[1]
Synopsis
Molly's loyalties are tested when she goes to a school dance with Ollie.[1]
Plot
The school is preparing for the Brighton Bop which is being spearheaded by Molly and Ollie. While preparing the decorations, Ollie asks Molly to the dance for "environmental" reasons, which she accepts. Scratch thinks it is a bad idea, especially since Ollie hunts ghosts, but Molly tells him that they are doing it for fun and are not on a date. Darryl in the meantime managed to win a competition, though it is pretty obvious that he rigged it, to not only bring Atomic Pink to come play at the Brighton Bop, but he also begins to wait on them by offering them whatever they need for their show, including snacks and other necessitates, using his connections.
Ollie comes to pick up Molly to the dance with Scratch remaining hidden from the former. Upon arriving, Molly and Ollie's interactions cause the rest of the girls to assume that the two of them are officially dating as "Mollie", their names combined, but they casually play it down. Atomic Pink is being catered to, but when they ask Darryl if he has access to sundubu-jjigae, he begins to panic and starts becoming stressed from helping them out. The Brighton Bop officially announces the King and Queen Lemming (their version of prom king and queen) as Ollie and Molly, much to everyone's delight. Scratch becomes increasingly upset with Molly and she admits that she does indeed have a crush on Ollie, causing Scratch to angrily storm out and get caught in a ghost trap.
During Atomic Pink's performance, they thank Darryl for tending to them, much to his relief while Molly shares a slow dance with Ollie, happy to be with him. However, Ollie's ghost radar goes off, indicating that one of his traps caught a ghost and Molly rushes outside to find Scratch and frees him from the trap. Ollie runs outside and spots Molly talking to Scratch (using a visor as he still cannot see ghosts) and overhears Molly vowing to stop seeing Ollie. Ollie is heartbroken and is picked up by his mom Esther as he sees Molly happily dancing away with Scratch. When Esther asks if there is anything he needs to say, Ollie remains silent on the matter.
Cast
- Ashly Burch as Molly McGee
- Dana Snyder as Scratch
- Alan Lee as Ollie Chen
- Sumalee Montano as Sharon McGee
- Michaela Dietz as Darryl McGee
- Lara Jill Miller as Libby Stein-Torres
- Jules Medcraft as Andrea Davenport
- Sue Ann Pien as June Chen
- Stephanie Sheh as Esther Chen
- Jane Lynch as Ms. Roop
- Aparna Nancherla as Sheela
- Charlet Chung as Heyun, Jiyun
- Baraka May as Abigail
Non-speaking cameos
Songs
Titles in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
No quiero Ollie-berarme de ti | I don't want to Ollie-ver me of you | |
 Spanish
|
Bailando con Ollie | Dancing with Ollie | |
 Japanese
|
オリーとダンス！？ | Dance with Ollie!? |
Gallery
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Trivia
- Ollie is the third person to know the existence of ghosts outside of the McGee family, the two are Libby and Candace Green.
Allusions
- The title is a reference to Whitney Houston's 1987 song, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)".
Production Notes
- Although this episode (along with it's sister one) premiered in the United States in April of 2023, it was actually produced in 2022 according to the credits.
- It was also one of the last two episodes to be produced in 2022 as well, along with it's sister episode.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Fisher, Megan (May 21, 2023). "more #MollyMcGee side by sides! here's a thread for 'I Wanna Dance With Some-Ollie' C: I wanted to do my best to capture that adorable/awkward middle school crush goodness! the Kim Possible dance scene has been engrained in my head since I was like 10 so this was a dream!!". Twitter. Retrieved on June 1, 2023.