100% Molly McGee Family/Transcript

We begin in Molly’s classroom where she is giving a presentation on her Thai heritage. Scratch is sitting in the front desk.)
Molly: Thailand is not only home to the durian fruit, the Monkey Festival, and the world's smallest and therefore cutest mammal, the "Kitti's hog-nosed bat..."
[class gasping]
Molly: Thailand was also home to my grandparents, Nin and Pant Suksai. They bravely traveled all the way to...
Scratch: (practicing jazz hands) Jazz hands.
Molly: (repeated his jazz hands) … Los Angeles, California and made a new home in Thai Town. (She pulls out a photo of Grandma Nin and young Sharon and Uncle David) There, they raised two children: my mom and Uncle David.
Scratch: (whispering to another classmate) I picked out that photo. Behind the scenes support...
(Molly puts popsicle stick figures of Uncle David and Cousin Emmie and puts them in a picture of New York City)
Scratch: That's my bag. I think.
Molly: Uncle David and my cousin Emmie live all the way in New York, taking our Thai culture with them. But today, they're coming to visit us here in Brighton! (Molly shows everyone the photo of her family at their current residence)
Scratch: And bring it home with the pun...
Molly: It's gonna be Thai-riffic!
Scratch: Thai-riffic.
[Molly chuckles]
Molly: (clasped her hands together and bowed) Kap kun ka. That means "thank you" in Thai.
[applause] (Molly proudly returns to her seat.)
Scratch: Whoo! Molly! You crushed it! (He elbows her classmate, who was busy with his family tree) Have fun following that, kid! (But he didn’t listen.)
Scratch: You know, it's really less satisfying when they can't hear my zings.
(Time lapse: afternoon. Molly and Scratch walked home and came into the front door.)
Molly: Are they here yet?
(Off-screen, Molly took off her shoes and we see Emmie running down the hallway to embrace her.)
Emmie: Molly!
- Molly: Ahh! - Emmy: [giggling]
Molly: Ooh, Emmie! Great hug strength!
Emmy: I've missed you so much! [Thai music]
[gasps, notices Scratch] Is this Scratch?
Scratch: Whoa!
Emmie: (quickly hugs him) So squishy!
Scratch: Is everyone in your family like this? (And Uncle David arrived and he too embraced Scratch.)
Uncle David: Mm! Yes. Yes we are. Heard you have a bit of a sweet tooth, Scratch. (He pulls out Thai candy from his pocket.)
Scratch: (gasps with astonishment) Honey flavor? Milk flavor?
(Now it’s the ghost’s turn to hug Uncle David) You can have all the hugs you want!
Uncle David: Molly! You're so grown up!
Molly: Well, I have lost every single one of my... (she opens her mouth and shows Uncle David her teeth) baby teeth since the last time you saw me, so...
Uncle David: Hope you're not too old for me to buy your love with gifts. (David gives her a multicolored stuffed elephant.)
Molly: [gasps] You know my weakness for long-nosed plushies! I will call you Trunky. Kap kun ka, Uncle David!
Emmy: [gasps, speaks in Thai]
Molly: (looking confused) Uh... Kap kun ka? Uh, sorry I don't know many Thai words. Just "hello," "goodbye," "I'm here to en-happify."
Emmie: Oh, sorry. We speak Thai at home, and I just got excited to have someone else to talk to!
(The rest of the family arrived in the hallway.)
Grandma Nin: [speaks in Thai]
Emmie: [speaks in Thai] Thank you, Grandma Nin. (The door closes offscreen)
Scratch: (chewing on Thai candy) You getting any of this?
Molly: I got Emmie. Is that count?
Scratch: [grunts].
Uncle David: [speaks in Thai]
Sharon: Yes! [speaks in Thai] I'm so rusty. This is why you need to visit more!
Molly: Uh, didn't realize how much Thai my family spoke...
Scratch: Yeah, crazy... Uh-oh. (He realized that the candies were stuck to his mouth.)
Scratch: [groans] It was delicious, but it hurts.
Sharon: (puts down a pile of board games) Who's ready for a Suksai family game night?
Uncle David: (poking at his sister) Oh, I'm ready... to take you to the cleaners!
Molly: So what're we thinkin'? (She takes out a few board games) I'm-Not Sorry? Famished Famished Ferrets? Ooh! Mega City?
Emmie: How about Makruk?
Molly: What's Markuk?
Sharon: It's like Thai chess.
Molly: Oh. I've never heard of it.
Pete: Don't worry. Darryl and I don't know how to play either.
[Darryl imitates buzzer]
Darryl: I've been playing Makruk online for months.
Grandma Nin: Oh, my grandchildren make me so happy!
Molly: Emmie speaks Thai and plays Makruk?
Scratch: She's good, too. She advanced that bia to the sixth row for a promotion! Unbelievable!
Uncle David: Anyone hungry? (He pulls out spicy Thai food from his pocket) We brought spicy snacks!
Sharon: Lay it on me. Suksais can hold their spice!
Molly: Yeah, serve me up some o' that seaweed goodness!
Sharon: But, Molly, it's really spi--
Molly: [gulps, tears rolled down her eyes] Ahh! Ahh! This comes from the ocean?! Ahh! Why is it like this?!
Scratch: (swallowed some spices) It can't be that hot-- Ahhh!
Emmie: [chuckles] You two are so funny! Mmm!
Molly: (getting up) Bleh! How are you eating those?! They're like a volcano in your mouth!
Sharon: [chuckles] You can blame your McGee side for that one, kiddo.
Pete: [pants like crazy] Hot! So hot! And I didn't even eat one. It's just in the air.
Scratch: Ah! The after-burn! (He turns into fire while Molly panics and waves her arms around.)
(Time Lapse: Later. Molly and Scratch are drinking milk in her room.)
Scratch: It's my turn! Three chugs a pass! You said it!
Molly: Stop! Give it! But I have a McGee tongue! It's great at giving words of encouragement, but it's very weak against spice! Give me!
Scratch: Save me one sip! Oh!
Molly: (lies hopelessly on the floor) Oh! Oh, corn. Why didn't Mom give me the Suksai spice tolerance? Or teach me Thai? Or Makruk? I only have one Thai parent, and Emmie has two. So I'm only half Thai and... maybe that's not enough?
(Scratch’s conscience appears behind him.)
Scratch’s conscience: Okay, Scratch, you gotta pick Molly up. Inspirational speech time. You got this, buddy. (Then, he disappeared.)
Scratch: I know this identity stuff can be really confusing and really personal. Lotta feelings to go around. But... Uh... eh... puppies?
Molly: That's it!
Scratch: It was? Scratch’s conscience: See, Scratch? You nailed it.
Molly: Oh. no, you definitely didn't. But... (She grabs some supplies and sports a Thai-styled dress.) I figured out what I need to do anyway! Stay up all night and learn everything I can about being Thai! Time to... culture cram!
Scratch: Well, I'm emotionally wiped out from my inspirational speech, but sure, let's Pump! Up! The! Cram!
(Cue Montage of Molly trying to improve her knowledge in her Thai heritage with Scratch as her instructor.)
Molly: Ahh!
Woman: ♪ Might take all night But she ain't slowin' ♪
Molly: Ahh!
♪ Ate so much spice ♪
♪ Her tongue It started glowing ♪
Molly: Hot! Hot!
♪ She's gonna work She's gonna bite ♪
♪ Speak fluently By morning light ♪
Molly: [speaks in Thai]
Scratch: Um, not quite.
[singing in Thai]
♪ She's in a race ♪
♪ Against the clock ♪
[singing in Thai]
♪ And now she's Not gonna stop ♪
Molly: Milk!
♪ Thai-ai-ai ♪
♪ Culture Cram ♪
♪ Thai-ai-ai ♪
♪ Learning as fast as she can ♪
♪ Thai-ai-ai ♪
Molly:[speaking in Thai] Wha-bam!
♪ Trying to connect With her fam ♪
[singing in Thai] ♪ Culture Cram ♪
(The same evening, the McGee and Suksai families arrived to the dining room, where they were greeted by Molly.)
Molly: Welcome Suksais and McGees to Molly's Thai banquet. Have a seat, please.
(Everybody took their seats.)
Sharon: Wow!
Grandma Nin: Just like Thailand!
David: I'm drooling!
Emmie: It smells so good!
Molly: [Handing each member a menu] This evening we have khao tom mat, pad kra pao-
Scratch: Don't forget mango sticky rice.
Molly: [chuckles] A traditional Thai feast all prepared by me, Molly Suksai McGee. [She hands Pete a plate of seafood] And for you, the chef has prepared a "McGee Special." No spice, all nice!
Pete: [laughs] Thank you.
Molly: (held up a plate of spicy Thai cuisine) But the rest of the food is super spicy, just like how us Suksais like it!
Grandma Nin: Molly, you don't like spicy food.
Molly: What are you talking about? Of course, I do. I'm a Suksai. See! (She picks up her food with her fork and she starts having tears from her eyes.)
[fire sizzles]
You got this. This is what we trained for, kid!
The pain... really brings out the flavor!
Mm. So, uh... [sniffles]
So, Uncle David and Emmie. I've been meaning to ask you...
[speaks in Thai]
[gasps] [speaks in Thai]
[continues to speak in Thai]
Molly: Uh... (Molly pretends to drop her fork) Oops, I dropped my fork,
and now I must go under the table to retrieve it.
Scratch, won't you join me? [nervous chuckle] They shyly shrunk from their seats to the bottom of the table.
Molly(whispering): Scratch, she's talking way faster than that calm lady on my learning app!
Scratch(whispering): Don't worry, Moll, I got ya. His eyes exited from his eyes to a book about Thai language. Meanwhile , his body traveled to Molly’s ear.
Okay, take 'er up!
[speaks in Thai]
Come on, Scratch, hurry!
All I got so far is soup.
[Emmie speaks in Thai]
[continues to speak in Thai]
[giggling]
[speaks in Thai]
[laughter]
Gah! All I got so far is something about life insurance?
[laughing continues]
[Thai dialogue overwhelms Molly]
[screams]
Sp... spi... spicy shrimp. [chuckles nervously]
Pete: [clears throat] Hey, who'd like to hear a joke?
[speaks in Thai]
[all laugh]
Molly: Even you know Thai?
I've been practicing that joke for months
to impress Grandma Nin and I... (singsong): nailed it!
Molly(glumly): I stayed up all night, but I'm still not Thai enough.
[somber music] Molly leaves the dining room, feeling depressed and confused. Mom looks concerned about her daughter. Later, Molly was crammed in her stuffed animal kingdom.
Molly: Inhale the plushie joy... [inhales]
Exhale the bad sad. [exhales]
Inhale the plushie joy... [inhales]
Exhale the bad sad. [exhales]
Scratch: Okay, last time, my inspiration game was a little off,
but this time, I got me a backs-up.
Inspirational phrases!
[clears throat]
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
What? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
How can you miss a shot you never take?
Don't try to cheer me up, Scratch.
Just let me wallow in my plushie kingdom of sadness...
Hold on, I'll find a good one. Give me a minute.
Something about cats, eagles, boats...
Sharon enters the attic.
Sharon: Hey, kiddo. What's this about you not being Thai enough?
Molly [sighs]: After seeing how Thai all of you are...
I'm feeling like I'm only Thai-ish...
Which doesn't feel like enough.
You know, I've felt the exact same way myself.
- Really? You have? - Sharon: Yes!
Especially since moving away and letting my Thai get rusty.
Uncle David and Darryl enter the room as well.
Uncle David: Same here. My wife grew up in Thailand,
but I've never even been there...
which makes me feel like she
has more "Thai points" than me.
Why do you think I learned Makruk?
Sometimes I feel not Thai enough, too...
What, I'm not allowed to have complex emotions?
[Grandma Nin] I can't hear what you're saying up there!
- Is it my turn yet?! - Grandma Nin?
[Grandma Nin] Yes! But I'm not climbing that ladder!
When I moved to the U.S.,
my sister made fun of me for being too American.
Hold on, I got one, I got one.
"When life gives you lemons..."
No. I'll keep looking here.
Being Thai isn't about what language you speak...
Or how much spice you can eat...
Or the games you play...
[Grandma Nin] Or your judgmental sister!
Being Thai is part of you.
And there's no right or wrong way to be you.
I mean, that's pretty much what I said...
just different words. Whatever.
Okay, okay, ah! Here we go.
The proof is in the pudding.
We love you exactly the way you are, Molly.
You're right. I'm not not enough of anything.
I'm 100% Molly McGee!
Aww!
[Grandma Nin] What is going on up there?
Am I missing the group hug?
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