Episode 112 : The Power of Music Farkas Faffner is suffering not only from a nasty cold , but also from hearing Mimi and two fish ( one a Gills Brother , the other the Fish Singer ) practicing a melancholy - sounding instrumental composition . Fughetta sobs over this sad music , saying it won ' t be proper for Mr . Bartlebaign ' s 93rd birthday celebration . Mimi and the fish try something a little more uplifting , in order to drive the complaining Farkas away . " Oh , the power of music ! " Mimi exclaims . Farkas believes living in a haunted house has made him sick , but he doesn ' t know what to do about it . Suddenly , in walks Madame Mumu , who startles Farkas because he didn ' t hear the doorbell ring . She claims she tried ringing the doorbell , but nothing happened . At that point , a lizard moans about the doorbell not working , tells Mumu to go outside , then heads over to another room , where he alerts a dozing group of musicians ( a Gamelan ensamble ) that someone ' s at the door . The group then makes an elaborate doorbell noise with their wooden xylophones , so that Mumu can make a proper entrance . She introduces herself to Farkas as a ghost exterminator , which piques his interest . Mimi and the two fish spot Farkas again , and try to cheer him up with another bouncy piece of music . Mumu dances merrily to the tune , but Farkas shouts at them to leave . He then states to Mumu that he will hire her on two conditions : 1 ) She must get rid of the ghost of Faffner Hall , and 2 ) She must assure Farkas that she herself hates music . The malleable Mumu finds these rules easy to abide by : " Music has no power on me whatsoever ! " After Farkas hired Mumu , the two tried to find Farkas Faffner . Farkas told Mumu to follow him and walk this way . Mumu summons the ghost , and upon learning that this ghost has a name , concludes that it will be difficult to get rid of her , because " names have power . " She tries chanting the name , but Fughetta , who overhears it , is driven away , which upsets Farkas , but he is also upset because the chant sounds like m . . . mmmmmusic ! Just then , the Gamelan doorbell rings again , and Farkas goes to see who it is . Finding it hard to keep the promise she made to Farkas , Mumu follows her ears to the sounds of Los Lobos playing in another room . Before long , they stop playing , because lead singer Cesar Rosas finds it hard to adjust to the upbeat mood of the music since his girlfriend recently left him . With help from the band , he uses music to express his emotions over his loss : first sadness ( " Estoy Sentado Aqui " ) , then anger , then forgiveness . Said music also invokes the emotions of Mumu , who herself lost a lover recently . Farkas catches her off - guard and sets her back on the hunt for Fughetta . Mumu overhears the voice of Fughetta ( who reports the doctor ' s diagnosis of just a little cold ) , and mistakes The Wild Impresario for a spook . Wild and Farkas call each other names and storm off in a huff . Wild expresses his disdain for Farkas to Riff and Fughetta . Fughetta repeats the " sticks and stones " motto , but Riff begs to differ : " Names are sounds , and sounds have a lot of power . " This reminds Wild of a restaurant he and " the woman of his dreams " recently dined at , which " lets you choose your own soundscape depending on how you feel " - courtesy of The Como String Quartet , whose musical repertoire ranges from bouncy , to exotic , to hoedown . Now Riff knows where to take Mr . Bartlebaign for his birthday ! Suddenly , Mumu shows up , filled with " hatred " towards music , and proceeds to get rid of Fughetta with her chant , which seems to be working , until the almost vanished Fughetta quickly stops time in order to seek help from the busts of Beethoven , Mozart and Handel . The busts advise her to " Fight fire with fire - or sound with sound . " After un - freezing time , she follows the advice by turning the chanting into music , with the help of her own voice , as well as some flute - birds . Everyone in the Hall ( except Farkas ) contributes to the melody until it grows epic enough not only to help Fughetta re - materialize , but also to cure Farkas of his illness . . . much to his dismay .