Jinx vs. The Human World

"Jinx vs. The Human World" is the fortieth episode of the Disney Channel animated series The Ghost and Molly McGee. It premiered on January 13, 2024, and is the twentieth episode in the second season.
==Synopsis==
Molly and Scratch must find a way to stop Jinx from taking over the human world, but they need Ruben's help.
==Plot==
Molly and Scratch are happily spending the day painting their ghost shark. Molly suddenly asks Scratch if it is okay for him to be away from the Ghost World as he is technically still the Chairman, but Scratch reveals that he has thought of that. Back in the Ghost World, Scratch has left his cloak, motorized to simply approve and disapprove things at random, which the rest of the Ghost Council does not seem to notice. Jinx arrives claiming that she wants to simply talk to Scratch, but once the Council leaves, she attempts to attack Scratch, only to realize that it is only his cloak. She gleefully takes it with the intent to take over the Ghost realm, resuming the spread of misery as well as the Flow of Failed Phantoms.
With the Ghost World under attack, Geoff and Jeff flee to the Human world to tell Scratch what has transpired, much to his horror, but Geoff and Molly assures him that they will defeat Jinx again (the latter suggested they use the same technique of joy they used on the original Chairman). They recruit, Libby, Darryl, Ollie, and June, the latter of whom is looking for Spectranium 283 for an experiment. The kids are all turned into wraiths with their bodies shoved into a trunk and they venture into the Ghost World which has been overrun by Sobgoblins. Molly is immediately captured in a trap set by Jinx who, due to constantly being joyful, is used as a battery. She then plans to take over the Human realm. At Molly's insistence, Scratch and the rest of the kids managed to return home.
Back in the Ghost Realm, Molly's joy is sapped up by the Sobgoblins severely weakening her. To buy her friends more time, she tries to be sad to cut off the joy supply. Meanwhile, her friends try to figure out a way to save the human world, but without Molly and her helpful spirit it would be impossible to take on Jinx and the Sobgoblins. Darryl in the meantime was moving to somewhere undisclosed. While everyone else was losing hope, Scratch stated that they can't give up as Molly wouldn't. After inspiration from Libby, he gets the idea of ghost hunters, so Ollie and June reluctantly decide to recruit their parents to help them battle Jinx, introducing Geoff as a good ghost, but Ruben reveals that Geoff was the ghost that scared him as a child.
After a long monotonous dialogue of depression, Jinx managed to reignite Molly's joy using online media, letting the Sobgoblins to grow bigger from her joy. As Ruben explained his history with Geoff, Geoff in turn reveals that he simply sneezed because Ruben accidentally blew dust in his face. At Scratch's insistence, despite Ruben still not trusting ghosts, he and Esther agree to help defeat Jinx. After the Sobgoblins power up from draining Molly's joy, Jinx leaves with them to invade the human world. The Chens try to fight back, their weapons are no match and their joy is drained. Scratch stated that as long as Jinx has the robe, he agrees with Molly's body that everything is doomed.
Back in the ghost world, the remaining Ghost Council (who preferred Scratch as Chairman over Jinx) come to Molly's aid. Molly asks if there is anything nice they can remember about Scratch and the Council admits that they miss him and his antics. This empowers Molly back into being joyful and she freed herself from her cage and redissolves the Flow of Failed Phantoms again, freeing the other ghosts.
Jinx and the empowered Sobgoblins continue to attack Brighton, warping the town into their own image. They prepare to finish everyone off, but Molly and the ghosts return to help them. After noticing that the Sobgoblins were overeating, Scratch come up with a plan, continue to feed the Sobgoblins with joy. Everyone shares their joy with each other, resulting in the Sobgoblins getting large and exploding. Jinx attempts to retaliate when Molly and Scratch unleash their secret weapon: the Ghost Shark tears the cloak away from Jinx, who gets assaulted by the Chens, but she portals behind them and proceeds to attack Ruben. He tell June to activate the Phantom Canister, but it still doesn't work without the Spectranium 283. Darryl arrives with the Spectranium at the last minute, empowering the Canister which they use on Jinx, trapping her away and undoing all her effects to Brighton. Jeff finally admits that Scratch is a good chairman, but Scratch decides to use his powers to send the cloak away to someone who is more than capable to handle the job. The Chens finally accept ghosts as friends as both humans and ghosts celebrate their victory.
==Cast==
*Ashly Burch as Molly McGee
*Dana Snyder as Scratch
*Jordan Klepper as Pete McGee
*Sumalee Montano as Sharon McGee
*Michaela Dietz as Darryl McGee
*Liza Koshy as Jinx
*Lara Jill Miller as Libby Stein-Torres
*Alan Lee as Ollie Chen
*Sue Ann Pien as June Chen
*Leonard Wu as Ruben Chen
*Stephanie Sheh as Esther Chen
*Eric Edelstein as Geoff
*Vincent Rodriguez III as Jeff
*John DiMaggio as Sir Alistair
*Grey DeLisle as Lucretia
*Kari Wahlgren as Grimbella
*Greg Baldwin as Bartholomew
*W. Earl Brown as Lord Doom
==Songs==
*"Back to Misery"
*"Give 'Em Joy"
==Trivia==
*The title is a reference to the past episode "Molly vs. The Ghost World", only both episodes show opposites as Molly went against the dead and Jinx went against the living.
*This is the last episode with a title card and the 2nd title card where someone else (Jinx) takes Scratch's place in the upper right corner while he shares the lower left corner with Molly, the 1st one being "Game On".
*This episode was leaked online on iTunes on November 30, 2023 before its official premiere. It was leaked online a second time when the episode premiered early on December 21, 2023 in Europe, both in Polish and English.
*It is revealed that the ghost who scared Ruben was Geoff.
**Geoff explained that he was super allergic to dust, and the resulting sneeze was what scared Ruben.
**It was revealed that the event took place on September 27, 1986 in Chesterfield, Connecticut at 6:10 p.m. Eastern time.
**In "Frightmares on Main Street", continuity error or plot hole, Ruben sees Geoff and views him as a generic ghosts. He gets excited and he doesn't seem to pay any specific attention to him. He doesn't recognize Geoff as the ghost who scared him when he was a child but immediately recognizes here. If Ruben actually knew what the ghost who scared him looked like, he should have recognized Geoff in "Frightmares on Main Street".
*Darryl and June become members of The Ghost Friends.
*This is the first episode where Libby, Ollie, and June become ghosts.
**It is also the third episode where Molly becomes a ghost (after "Molly vs. The Ghost World" and "The Ghost Is Molly Mcgee") and the third episode where Darryl becomes one (after "Double, Double, Darryl & Trouble" and "Perfect Day").
*During Jinx's takeover of Brighton, a ghost kraken that the story sprite took the form of in "Book Marks the Sprite" can be seen running rampant.
*The Chairman's robe is sent away to find a new host. Had the series continued for a third season, the robe would have ended up with Ollie and have him struggling with his human life with Molly and life as a both a human and a wraith.
*Todd Mortensen Sighting: He is about to enjoy an ice cream cone when Jinx brings to life a light post that scares him away.
==International premieres==
*December 21, 2023 (Poland, Eastern/Central Europe)
==Gallery==
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==References==
==External links==
*Jinx vs. The Human World on The Ghost and Molly McGee Wiki
Category:The Ghost and Molly McGee episodes