"Scare Tactics" is the first segment of the fifteenth episode of the first season of The Ghost and Molly McGee, and the twenty-ninth episode overall.
Synopsis
After Scratch ditches class in favor of a fun day off with Geoff, he struggles to pass his scare test.
Plot
Scratch gets up early in the morning to sneak away, but Molly wakes up and catches him. Scratch reveals that he has to attend a yearly scaring seminar and thus will be unable to hang out with her. Despite him finding the seminar long and boring, he has to attend it or face punishment and leaves. The seminar, hosted by a ghost named Pango, begins to drain on Scratch until he sees that Geoff is also in attendance and manages to convince him to sneak away with him and play hooky; leaving two gelatin facsimiles as a distraction. In the meantime, Molly discovers that her family is doing other things (Sharon's gig-pigging, Pete's in a emergency city council meeting, and Darryl had things he did not want to say to Molly.) and Libby has a dental appointment. While talking with her dolls, she discovers Heidi Hairylegs, Darryl's tarantula.
Molly is terrified of Heidi and tries to find a way to get rid of her, but cannot fathom going near her. She calls Darryl, who is in the middle of something, and he tells her that she needs to catch Heidi because she is due to give birth soon and could potentially have thousands of babies. Meanwhile, Scratch and Geoff are having a good time playing hooky by getting massages and partying at the club. Upon their return to the seminar, Pango asks that the ghosts recreate the various scares they have learned for the Chairman or face punishment, much to Scratch and Geoff's horror. Molly manages to catch Heidi, but when she barely touches her, Molly panics and drops her; causing her to escape back into the house.
To Scratch's surprise, Geoff manages to perform a complex scare and gets approved. However, Scratch fails to perform and is about to be sent to the Flow of Failed Phantoms, when Geoff defends him; telling Pango and the Chairman that Scratch has mastered a revolutionary way of scaring. They look into the human world and see a terrified Molly missing Scratch. Convinced, they approve him. Scratch returns to check on a now calm Molly watering the flowers. He apologizes for being away for so long, but she tells him that she is fine now, though now the house has been overrun by Heidi and her offspring, frightening the two.
Cast
Main article: Scare Tactics and The Bad Boy Bobby Daniels/Credits
- Ashly Burch as Molly McGee
- Dana Snyder as Scratch
- Eric Edelstein as Geoff
- D'Arcy Carden as Pango
- Michaela Dietz as Darryl McGee (voice only)
Mentions
Song
Titles in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
La táctica del susto | The Scare Tactic | |
 Spanish
|
Unas tácticas de miedo | Some Scare Tactics | |
 Japanese
|
モリーが怖いのは？ | What is Molly afraid of? |
Videos
Trivia
- This episode reveals that Molly is dreadful of spiders, hence having arachnophobia.
- Scratch almost went to the Flow of Failed Phantoms.
Allusions
- Five Nights at Freddy's — One of Molly's dolls resembles Freddy Fazbear from the franchise.
- Raggedy Ann --- Another of Molly's dolls happens to be a Raggedy Ann doll, though it takes a quick eye to notice as this doll was part of the chain reaction that wakes Molly up when Scratch tries to sneak away.
- Trolls/Trolls: World Tour --- Yet another of Molly's dolls is a large troll doll with a striking resemblance to Biggie.
- Monsters Inc./Monsters University --- In addition to the Scaring Seminar taking place in a Ghost World school building (much like the one Mike and Sully attended in the Monster World to learn how to be scary themselves) there was also a poster on the classroom wall that reads "We Are Always Watching", which is practically a spoof of Roz's famous line: "I'm watching you, Wazowski, ALWAYS WATCHING! Always!"
- La La Land --- During the song Playing Hooky while Scratch and Geoff are dancing in one of the photos, they do a pose that is a reference to a "La La Land" poster.
References
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (March 15, 2022). Saturday 3.12.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022.
- ↑ Martin-Jones, Josh (March 18, 2022). "Everything Coming to Disney+ in April 2022 (UK & Ireland)". The Streamr.
- ↑ What's Coming To Disney+ In April 2022 (UK/Ireland). What's on Disney Plus (March 25, 2022). Archived from the original on March 28, 2022.
- ↑ Hedley, Tom (March 18, 2022). What's Coming to Disney+ In April 2022 (UK/IRE). Disney Plus Informer. Archived from the original on March 18, 2022.