"It's Always Sunny in Sunnyland" is the second segment of the fourth episode of the second season of The Ghost and Molly McGee, and the forty-seventh episode overall.
It premiered early on April 2, 2023 on Disney+, and had its official premiere on April 22, 2023 simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD, alongside "A Period Piece".[1]
Synopsis
When the McGee's vacation gets canceled, Molly creates a staycation instead.[1]
Plot
The McGees and Scratch are getting ready for their trip to the weather themed park, Sunnyland and make plans to spend the entire week trying out all the rides and attractions. Unfortunately, they get a news update revealing that a freak rainstorm has flooded the park, thus cancelling their trip. The McGees and Scratch are severely saddened by the news, but Molly, the ever optimist, refuses to give up and overnight loosely constructs the house into a makeshift Sunnyland. Scratch and the McGees are happy with the staycation and Molly coerces Scratch to be an "employee" for her and in return he can have his pick at the employee sundae bar.
The staycation ends up being a success with Molly and Scratch running homemade rides that please the rest of the family. At the end of the day, Darryl exclaims that he wonders what Molly will do tomorrow, causing her to remember that they planned a week long vacation. The next day, Scratch notices that Molly was up all night trying to build more rides and set everything up and grows concerned for her. Molly and Scratch manage to get the rides up and running and even though the family is still happy, Molly becomes overworked and tired. She even gets Libby to come over and help, only for her to get sucked in by the rides as well.
Molly continues to try and run the homemade Sunnyland, but an accident causes her to accidentally flood the whole house and declare the whole staycation ruined. This makes the other McGees, Scratch, and Libby realize how hard Molly had been pushing herself to make them happy and they are immediately filled with guilt for not even noticing. Molly awakens to discover everyone taking care of her. Her family and Libby apologize for the fact that they didn’t realize that Molly was putting so much effort into making them happy that she wasn't having any fun. Wanting her to have just as much fun, they spend the rest of the day recreating the rides, but this time with Molly riding alongside them. Pete attempts to sing the Sunnyland theme song, but Molly tells him to stop and just have them all enjoy the rides peacefully.
Cast
- 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
- Grey DeLisle as Joanie Pataky
Songs
Titles in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
El sol se queda en Mundosol | The sun stays in Sunworld | |
 Spanish
|
Siempre hace sol en Sunnyland | It's always sunny in Sunnyland | |
 Japanese
|
サニーランド | Sunnyland |
Trivia
- Moral: You shouldn't overwork yourself to make others happy; it's important to let other people help you.
- Molly loses her sanity again, following "Ready, Set, Snow!", "The Don't-Gooder", and "Home is Where the Haunt Is".
- Sunnyland is a weather-themed version of Disneyland, though most of its influence seems to revolve around one particular ride: Small World.
- The stay-cation scenario was likely inspired by the creative attempts people made to entertain themselves when cooped up during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- This episode reveals that Libby has motion sickness.
Production notes
- Although this episode premiered in the United States in April 2023, it was actually produced in 2022 according to the credits.
Allusions
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — The title is a reference to that particular sitcom.
- Disneyland — "Sunnyland" is shown to be a parody of the theme park itself.
Errors
- When the family prepares to leave only to find their vacation is cancelled, Molly has her shoes on, but when she was determined to make her family happy again, her shoes disappeared.
Gallery
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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.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (April 25, 2023). Showbuzz Daily's Saturday 4.22.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved on December 26, 2023.