The Ghost and Molly McGee is an American animated supernatural musical buddy comedy television series created by Bill Motz and Bob Roth that aired on Disney Channel from October 1, 2021, to January 13, 2024. The series features the voices of Ashly Burch, Dana Snyder, Jordan Klepper, Sumalee Montano, Michaela Dietz, and Lara Jill Miller.
A sneak peek of the show's theme song was first shown on May 1, 2021, during the network's "Halfway to Halloween" event. On August 31, 2021, more than a month before it premiered, the series was renewed for a second and final season, which premiered on April 1, 2023.
Synopsis In the Human Realm, 13-year-old Irish-Thai American optimist Molly McGee arrives in her new hometown of Brighton, only to discover that her new house is already occupied by a grumpy ghost named Scratch, who curses Molly in an attempt to scare her away, but this backfires, forever binding him to her. While initially antagonistic toward her, Scratch slowly opens up to Molly, and their friendship strengthens while going on wacky adventures and misadventures together and helping each other through the good and bad in their lives (and afterlives).
In the second and final season, Scratch becomes the new Chairman of the Ghost Council, and a ghost-hunting family called the Chens moves in across from the McGees, who plan to keep the existence of ghosts a secret from the Chens while trying to maintain their friendship.
Characters
McGee family Molly McGee (voiced by Ashly Burch) is an optimistic 13-year-old Irish-Thai American girl who lives to make the world a better place, describing it as "enhappifying". Her father, Pete, is a city planner, forcing her family to move a lot throughout the course of her lifetime, until they finally decided to settle down in their "forever home" in Brighton, where she meets Scratch. She later makes a human friend at school named Libby, who eventually learns about Scratch's existence in the episode "Scratch the Surface". She also has a crush on Ollie, a neighboring boy around her age, who reciprocates her feelings, and is in a family of ghost hunters. She eventually helps him learn to trust ghosts in the episode "Frightmares on Main Street". In the Season 1 finale, "Molly vs. the Ghost World", Molly discovers how to separate her spirit from her body as a wraith. In that form, she is able to bring joy to anything she touches in the Ghost World. In the episode "Home is Where the Haunt Is", the curse tying her and Scratch together is broken (as her family temporarily moved out of the house), but the two still stay good friends. In "A Period Piece", it is revealed that Molly wears mascara as makeup appears to be ruined when she started crying and makes her confession, though the episode shows her putting on make up in an attempt to be more adult in front of her friends, so she is just wearing mascara in that episode. Pete McGee (voiced by Jordan Klepper) is Molly and Darryl's Irish father, and Sharon's husband. He is an urban planner and former ice skater. Pete married Sharon with an unofficial wedding. He tends to act dimwitted at times but means well. Sharon McGee (née Suksai) (voiced by Sumalee Montano) is Molly and Darryl's Thai mother and Pete's wife. She married Pete with an unofficial wedding. Sharon originally had a tense relationship with her mother, Grandma Nin, but they began to get along, starting in the episode "The Best of Nin-tensions". Her income comes from doing gigs from an app named Gig-Pig. She dreams of becoming an artist. Grandma Nin Suksai (also voiced by Sumalee Montano) is Molly and Darryl's maternal grandmother, Sharon's mother and Pete's mother-in-law. Darryl McGee (voiced by Michaela Dietz) is Molly's mischievous younger brother. Darryl has a pet tarantula named Heidi Hairylegs and claims to get hook ups, calling himself "a man with many connections". After his sister, he is the second character seen to become a wraith, as shown in the episode "Double, Double, Darryl & Trouble".
Stein-Torres family Libby Stein-Torres (voiced by Lara Jill Miller) is Molly's best human friend. Libby is of Jewish and Argentine descent and has a love for turtles. She suffers from frequent slapstick comedy, as she is shown to be rather unlucky. Libby hides her head in her turtleneck collar when she is shy. She knows about historical people, as they are people that died a long time ago. Libby was unaware of Scratch's presence until the episode "Scratch the Surface", when she learned about his existence. Later on, she became friends with him after they worked together to save Molly when she got trapped in a compost machine. Leah Stein-Torres (voiced by Pamela Adlon) is Libby's mother, with whom she has a close bond. She is the "#1 fan" of her own daughter. Ms. Stein-Torres owns a bookstore called Book Marks the Spot.
Davenport family Andrea Davenport ( ; voiced by Jules Medcraft) is Molly's rival turned self-proclaimed BFF. She is very sensitive about how her first name is pronounced and she is the most popular girl at school. Despite her success, she seems unhappy at times, desperately craving the attention of her busy parents. As the series progresses, Andrea is shown to be more caring of other people, such as "Home is Where the Haunt is", when she started a fund to save the McGees' house, considering Molly as her BFF, as well as "Davenport's on Demand", when she shut down her app after learning that it was threatening other businesses; and "Davenport's in Demise", when she learned that her online personality should be her true personality and that she should take a break from social media. Maxwell Davenport (voiced by Thomas Lennon) is the owner of a local department store and Andrea's conceited and self-entitled father who is obsessed with social media. Dorothea Davenport (voiced by Jessica Keenan Wynn) is Maxwell's wife and Andrea's mother.
Ghosts Scratch (voiced by Dana Snyder) is a grumpy and gluttonous ghost who accidentally cursed himself to be alongside Molly for all eternity. His job was to scare people as assigned by the Ghost Council (until "The Jig Is Up/Molly vs. The Ghost World"), but he liked spending his time being with Molly instead. Scratch glows a fluorescent cyan while visible but is able to become invisible, shift his appearance at will, and distort his surroundings, typically to scare humans. He also has the ability to teleport between the Human Realm and the Ghost Realm at will. In "Out of House and Home" and "Home is Where the Haunt Is", after the McGees are forced to leave the house, he and Molly are no longer cursed to stay together, but Scratch still stays with the McGees after they move back in. In Season 2, Scratch is named the new Chairman of the Ghost World due to Molly's actions in the Season 1 finale. He also has a ghost friend named Geoff, who annoys him at first, but Scratch eventually learns to like him. In the series finale, "The End", Scratch is revealed to be the wraith of a human named Todd Mortenson. He decides to return to his human life and travel the world, and reunites with his friend Adia Williams. The Ghost Council: The Ghost Realm's council who make sure ghosts in their homeworlds cause misery. The Chairman is the main antagonist of Season 1 who is a ghostly chairman, taking inspiration from the Grim Reaper. He feeds on misery, and expects other ghosts to spread it for him. He was destroyed alongside the Flow of Failed Phantoms by Molly's joy during the Season one finale. The Barrister Ghosts are major characters of the series who are in charge of making sure ghosts in the world maintain their jobs of causing misery in their cities. They did not introduce themselves by name prior to Season 2, before which Scratch was unaware they had names. Lucretia (voiced by Grey Griffin) is a purple ghost who is one of the council's members. Sir Alister (voiced by John DiMaggio) is a green ghost who is one of the council's members. In life, he yearned to play the lute professionally, which his father disapproved of. Grimbella (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) is a greyish-lavender ghost and one of the council's members, who speaks with a British accent. Bartholomew (voiced by Greg Baldwin) is a blue ghost and one of the council's members. Geoff (voiced by Eric Edelstein) is a goofy cyan ghost who is Scratch's best ghost friend. His running gag is him spelling his name. He has been in a long-term relationship with Jeff for 100 years. Ghost Bouncer (voiced by John DiMaggio) is the bouncer of the Haughty Hunts Club, a club that let ghosts in, if they're official members. Abraham Lincoln (voiced by Kelsey Grammer) is the 16th U.S. president, nicknamed "Honest Abe". Ezekiel "Tug" Tugbottom (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos) is Sally's troublemaking younger brother, who took credit for her accomplishments until Molly, Libby and Scratch exposed the truth. Sally Tugbottom (voiced by Kerri Kenney-Silver) is Brighton's founder and Ezekiel's older sister. Sally has a pet bear. Franklin Roosevelt (voiced by John DiMaggio) is the 32nd U.S. president and Theodore Roosevelt's fifth cousin. Julius Caesar (voiced by Greg Baldwin) is the Roman general and statesman. Cleopatra (voiced by Grey Griffin) is the Egyptian queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. Jinx (voiced by Liza Koshy) is the secondary antagonist of Season 1 last two episodes, main antagonist of season 2 and Scratch's archenemy. She is a purple ghost who is a joy hunter sent by the Ghost Council to eliminate Molly. In Season 2, she continues to antagonize Scratch after the Chairman's demise, and in "Jinx vs. the Human World", she steals the Chairman's robe in order to take over herself. After trying to also conquer Brighton, she is defeated and sucked into the Chens' ghost canister. Jeff (voiced by Vincent Rodriguez III) is Geoff's "Afterlife Partner". He is known to be highly protective of Geoff, and threatens those who would harm him whether physically or emotionally. Sobgoblins (voiced by Grey Griffin) are a species of ghost that feed on misery and sadness. They are destroyed in "Jinx vs. The Human World", when Molly feeds them too much joy, which causes them to explode.
Chen family The Chen family are a Chinese-American family of ghost hunters introduced in Season 2. Oliver "Ollie" Chen (voiced by Alan Lee) is Molly's boyfriend and the older brother of June. Ollie is the research specialist of their ghost hunting. He is also a vegetarian. He found out about Scratch's existence in "I Wanna Dance with Some-Ollie", and befriended him after realizing that not all ghosts are bad in "Frightmares on Main Street". Juniper "June" Chen (voiced by Sue Ann Pien) is Ollie's younger sister and an inventor. She is autistic, as is her voice actress, and has a habit of brutal honesty. She is the technology specialist of her family and uses her many inventions to aid in their ghost-hunting. "Frightmares on Main Street" hints that she may have caught on to Ollie's secret friendship with Scratch, and the power Scratch may possess. She eventually found out about Scratch's existence in "Welcome to NecroComic-Con" and has developed a more positive view of ghosts since then. Esther Chen (voiced by Stephanie Sheh) is Ollie and June's mother. Esther is in charge of the video and graphics with their ghost hunting. Ruben Chen (voiced by Leonard Wu) is Ollie and June's father. Ruben is the lead investigator of their ghost hunting, having taken up the profession after an encounter with Geoff in his childhood.
Other Brighton citizens Source: Sheela (voiced by Aparna Nancherla) is Molly's geeky friend. Kat (voiced by Eden Riegel) is Molly's sweet pink-haired friend. Miss Lightfoot (voiced by Julia Jones) is Molly's constantly nervous teacher. Mrs. Roop (voiced by Jane Lynch) is a teacher at Brighton Middle School. She has a wife, Pam, mentioned in "No Good Deed". Patty (voiced by Jenifer Lewis) is an elder resident who quickly befriends Molly.