Faint of Art

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"**Faint of Art**" is the first segment of the third episode of the second season of *The Ghost and Molly McGee*, and the forty-fourth episode overall.

It premiered early on April 2, 2023 on Disney+, and had its official premiere on April 15, 2023 on Disney Channel and Disney XD, alongside "A Soda to Remember".

## Synopsis

When Sharon has artist's block, Molly and the family remove all of her distractions.

## Plot

Now that things are at peace, Sharon wants to finally fulfill her passion of painting and goes down into the basement to set up a canvas that was given to her by her mother. Scratch wants to be her muse, but Molly insists that she be by herself and so that she can paint in peace and forces him out. Just as Sharon is about to start painting, the canvas manifests a mouth for itself and begins "talking" to Sharon about how she cannot decide how to approach her masterpiece. She is distracted by the sounds upstairs and sees a mess caused by Darryl and Scratch. When she insists on cleaning it up, Molly refuses to have her stop and forces her back downstairs to paint.

Sharon still cannot come up with anything to paint and Scratch once again suggests that he be her muse, but Molly once again puts a stop to this. Sharon tries to make up excuses to step away from her canvas, but the rest of the family come and stop her, with Darryl equipped with nerf gun to force her back into the basement. Throughout the day, Sharon tries to get away from painting, only for the family to stop her at every turn. They even bring her snacks so that she does not go hungry. The entire house ends up getting cleaned up and Sharon uses the opportunity to finally sneak away. As she drives off, she claims that she is doing another gig pig job.

Molly and Scratch follow Sharon and discover that she stopped by a fast food restaurant to get herself a hamburger. Caught in her lie, she is forced back home and finally breaks down to Molly and Scratch. Having had so many things that has paused her passion in life, she is now afraid to finally pursue it for real, but Molly tells her that art is based on raw emotion and that it is okay for her to feel these things. As Scratch tries to pose for Sharon, he accidentally sits in her paints and rubs it on her canvas. Sharon ends up liking the blotch and continues to paint from there. Molly and Scratch happily leave Sharon to her art.

## Cast

* Sumalee Montano as Sharon McGee
* Ashly Burch as Molly McGee
* Dana Snyder as Scratch
* Jordan Klepper as Pete McGee
* Michaela Dietz as Darryl McGee

## Trivia

* **Moral**: If you are afraid to follow your dream or talent, don't hesitate to tell someone.
* This marks the first time that Sharon appears on the title card.
* This also marks the first time that Sharon is referred to by her name in the synopsis, instead of just being referred to simply as "Mom".

### Production notes

* Although this episode premiered in the United States in April of 2023, it was actually produced in 2022 according to the credits.

## Allusions

* ***Titanic*** - When Scratch attempts to be Sharon's painting, he says, "Paint me like one of your French ghouls", which references to the scene where Rose says, "Draw me like one of your French girls".

## Videos

Scratch Paints! 🎨 - The Ghost and Molly McGee - @disneychannel

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 April 2023 Programming Highlights. *Disney General Entertainment* (March 20, 2023). Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved on March 20, 2023.
2. ↑ Fisher, Megan (May 1, 2023). "[https://twitter.com/mfisherdraws/status/1653102218143465472 faint of art board to final comparison! this was such a fun way to kick off season 2, & i loved getting to design all of Scratch's weird muse forms!!
additional drawings in here from director @/stepheneveld!!) #TheGhostAndMollyMcGee]". *Twitter*. Retrieved on June 1, 2023.