"The Jig is Up" is the first segment of the twentieth and final episode of the first season of The Ghost and Molly McGee, and the thirty-ninth episode overall.
Synopsis
When the Ghost Council discovers joy in Brighton, Scratch must keep Molly out of harm’s way.[2]
Plot
Molly puts together a video presentation to convince the need to create a factory for wind turbines in Brighton. Following the success, she informs Scratch that they will be spending the day celebrating with a ribbon cutting, parade and ice cream, which pleases him. However, Scratch suddenly gets called away to the Ghost Council, but tells Molly that he will be back soon. The Ghost Council ask Scratch why joy in Brighton has risen. He attempts to cover by saying that he has been spreading misery efficiently, but later claims that he was just being lazy. Unsatisfied, the Council hire Jinx, a joy hunter, to go back to Brighton with him and see where the joy may be coming from.
Scratch is forced to drag Jinx around town and tries to avoid Molly; only briefly interacting with her whenever he manages to get Jinx distracted or far away from her. He manages to show her the worst parts of Brighton, which satisfies Jinx, but she is still perturbed by the overabundance of joy. Scratch admits that he is unsure why spreading misery is so significant and Jinx reveals that misery feeds the Chairman; news that surprises Scratch (he admits that he slept through ghost orientation). He finally tells her that he learned the error of his ways for his laziness and Jinx leaves, telling him that she will try to talk to the Council about giving him another chance.
Scratch returns to Molly to finally have ice cream, only for Jinx to show up; still not satisfied with why there is so much joy in Brighton. Her radar finally picks up Molly as the source of all the joy and pulls out a scythe with the intent to "remove" her from Brighton. Scratch stands in her way and defends Molly, calling her his best friend. Jinx then reveals that the joy hunt was a setup in order to confirm this and tells him that he will be punished for befriending a human and drags him back to the ghost realm to presumably be sent to the Flow of Failed Phantoms.
As Molly is left heartbroken, the title card at the end appears with the "The Ghost and" part suddenly turning into dust, leaving it only to say "Molly McGee".
Cast
Main article: The Jig is Up and Molly Vs. The Ghost World/Credits
- Ashly Burch as Molly McGee
- Dana Snyder as Scratch
- Jordan Klepper as Pete McGee
- Michaela Dietz as Darryl McGee
- Grey Griffin as Lucretia
- John DiMaggio as Sir Alister
- Kari Wahlgren as Grimbella
- Greg Baldwin as Bartholomew
- Liza Koshy as Jinx
Non-speaking cameos
Song
- "Killjoy"
Names in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
Se terminó la fiesta | The party is over | |
 Spanish
|
Desmontando farsas | Dismantling farces | |
 Japanese
|
ヨロコビ・ハンター | Joy Hunter | |
 Russian
|
Песенка спета | The song is sung |
Trivia
- The Chairman feeding on misery was foreshadowed in "A Very Hungry Ghost", when he didn't eat the food given to him.
- There is a Ghost Code that states, according to Jinx, "the living belong with the living, and the dead belong with the dead".
- This is the second first-half segment to not end with the jingle, the first being "Out of House and Home".
Continuity
- This is the fourth episode to be a pseudo two-parter, after "Getting the Band(shell) Back Together", "The Greatest Concert Ever", "Scratch the Surface", "Friend-Off", "Out of House and Home", and "Home is Where the Haunt Is".
Errors
- When Scratch is taking Jinx to see the "great place for lunch" (the dumpster), he briefly develops two pairs of eyes and an extra nose.
Gallery
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Videos
References
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (July 12, 2022). Showbuzz Daily's Saturday 7.9.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved on December 22, 2023.
- ↑ July 2022 Programming Highlights. Disney General Entertainment Concent (June 20, 2022). Archived from the original on June 20, 2022.