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|overallnumber=25
|production=113a
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|paired=[[Twin Trouble]]
|writer=[[Paul Chang]]
|storyboard=[[June VanOtterdyk]]
|director=[[Sam King]]
|animation=[[Mercury Filmworks]]
|name=Innocent Until Proven Ghostly|previous="[[Ready, Set, Snow!]]" ('''production order''')<br>"[[The Don't-Gooder]]" ('''airing order''')|next="[[Twin Trouble]]"}}"'''{{PAGENAME}}'''" is the first segment of the thirteenth episode of the [[Season 1|first season]] of ''[[The Ghost and Molly McGee]]'', and the twenty-fifth episode overall.

==Synopsis==
[[Molly McGee|Molly]] tries to prove [[Scratch]]'s innocence when he's falsely accused of a crime.

==Plot==
Set up like a true crime show, [[Pete McGee|Pete]] is preparing his famous passionfruit crumb cake for his and [[Sharon McGee|Sharon]]'s anniversary. However, when he goes to check on it, it is gone. The family immediately suspect Scratch as the culprit due to his gluttonous behavior, though he swears by Molly McGee that he is completely innocent. Molly decides to hold a trial to find the real culprit and first calls Sharon to the stand. Molly manages to get Sharon to confess that she never liked Pete's crumb cake because he uses carob rather than chocolate, which she hates it. She thought of tossing it out, but knew that he made it out of love and could not bring herself to do it.

When Sharon mentions handprints, Molly immediately puts [[Darryl McGee|Darryl]] on the stand and does so willingly, complete with having a lawyer. He admits that he distracted Pete, not to get the cake, but to instead get the glass cover so that he can capture his pet tarantula [[Heidi Hairylegs]]. He tried to get Pete to help, but that he "was busy". Molly immediately realizes that Pete was not being truthful and puts him on the stand. He admits that he had lost the recipe (thanks to Sharon), so he had to look for one online. The recipe used Celsius which resulted in him destroying his cake. However, he managed to make a new one that shortly afterward was eaten by the unknown glutton.

The family discover ectoplasm on the plate and everyone immediately blames Scratch with even Molly starting to think it was him, with his punishment being to clean [[Darryl's Gym Socks|Darryl's gym socks]]. He still maintains his innocence, but when Molly learns that carob was still an ingredient, she reveals that Scratch actually has a carob allergy which causes him to inflate and fill the whole house. The family apologize for not believing him before. Afterwards, Scratch thanks Molly for still believing in him, though he still cannot figure out who ate the cake. It turned out to be [[Geoff]] who thought that it was a birthday cake for him, despite it not being his birthday and the cake clearly saying Sharon on it.

==Cast==
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*[[Ashly Burch]] as [[Molly McGee]]
*[[Dana Snyder]] as [[Scratch]]
*[[Jordan Klepper]] as [[Pete McGee]]
*[[Sumalee Montano]] as [[Sharon McGee]]
*[[Michaela Dietz]] as [[Darryl McGee]]
*[[Eric Edelstein]] as [[Geoff]]
===Additional voices===
*[[Eden Riegel]] as Darryl's Lawyer

==Song==
N/A

==Titles in other languages==
{{Foreign Episode
|JPN title = 犯人はスクラッチ!?
|JPN trans = The culprit is Scratch!?
|ESP title = ¿Delito fantasma?
|ESP trans = Ghost Crime?
|ARG title = Inocente hasta que se demuestre que es un fantasma
|ARG trans = Innocent Until Proven a Ghost
}}

== Videos==
''TBA''

==Trivia==
*According to the credits, this was one of the first two episodes to have been produced in 2022, along with "[[Twin Trouble]]".
*It is shown that [[Darryl McGee|Darryl]] owns a pet tarantula named [[Heidi Hairylegs]].
*This and "[[Twin Trouble]]" are the first episodes where [[Libby Stein-Torres|Libby]] is absent from both segments.
*This is the only episode to have no song.

==Production Notes==
*This was the first episode produced in 2022 according to the credits.

==Continuity==
*Molly's attempt to make conspiracy charts happens again in this episode, just as it has in "[[The Greatest Concert Ever]]" and "[[Scratch the Surface]]".
*In "[[The Curse]]", Scratch claims he won't eat Molly's granola bar if it has carob. It is revealed in this episode that Scratch, despite being dead, has a serious allergy to carob, and thus the fact Pete used carob in the cake was the clue that proves Scratch's innocence.

==Allusions ==
*''[[wikipedia:Ace Attorney|Ace Attorney]]'' - During the court room scene made up my Molly, Pete does the objection pose similar to how Phoenix Wright does the same pose to his witness.

==References==
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