Brighton

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“
A place to settle.
”

—Brighton's motto

**Brighton** is one of the main locations in *The Ghost and Molly McGee*. The city was founded on February 29, 1872 and is the place where Molly and her family move to at the beginning of the series.

## Appearance

Being where the show takes place, it appears in every episode so far. It was once a proud town, but it eventually became one of the most miserable places in America, and it's Scratch's job to keep it that way. It is a simple metropolis with many buildings and businesses shut down and boarded up, though Davenport's (an outlet mall belonging to a wealthy family of the same name) is one of the exceptions that's somehow thriving despite being low on tourism. It also has a bunch of signs and benches that are falling apart, and the place seems to be infested with wild animals such as raccoons and feral skunks... which brings up the unusual fact that it's apparently legal in this territory to actually have skunks for pets (ex. Weird Larry) . It has a middle school with a swimming pool and a baseball field.

It doesn't have its own hospital (the closest medical building is in Mewline) but it does have a bandshell in the park and a retirement home.

While the town's exact location wasn't revealed as of now, it is most likely a fictionalized version of Brighton, Iowa, or Brighton, Illinois, as the town was inspired by creator Bill Motz's childhood in the Quad Cities on Rock Island and the economic downturn the area faced when IH Farmhall Works closed in the late 80s.

## History

An old concert stadium, The Bandshell, was rebuilt there by the town's people, with it being Molly's idea (*Getting the Band(shell) Back Together*).

Molly and Scratch tried to get Kenny Star, a famous singer, to give a concert at the Bandshell in Brighton, but they got an another musical band, Atomic Pink, instead (*The Greatest Concert Ever*).

Molly's mom, Sharon, tried many jobs in Brighton to pay for the repairs of the family's car (*Mama's Gotta Hustle*).

Molly's dad, Pete, tries to get the town awarded "Best Fest in the Midwest" for Midwestern Monthly by reviving it's long snubbed annual Turnip Festival and making it more interesting and fun, only for it to be ruined (partially because of Scratch's ghost friend, Geoff, in an effort to keep Scratch from being banished by the Ghost Council) when it was revealed in a literally crushing mishap that Pete foolishly filled the giant pinata with turnips and turnip soup. Brighton loses "Best Fest in the Midwest" to Perfektburg (again) because of Scratch and Geoff, but tourism for next year's Turnip Festival skyrocket because outsiders think the disaster was part of the fun. (*The Turnip Twist*)

The town built a statue of local hero Ezekiel Tugbottom 160 years (and possibly several months) after its founding, but when a "freak storm" destroyed it and Molly exposed Ezekiel as a fraud with the town's real history, a new statue of his sister, Sally Tugbottom, had been built in it's place. Meanwhile, Sally's ghost took Ezekiel with her, punishing him (*Monumental Disaster*).

Libby chased Molly all through Brighton, while Molly was hiding from her, trying to stop Libby from finding out Scratch exists (*Scratch the Surface*).

Libby and Scratch became friends after saving Molly from danger in a field in Brighton (*Friend-Off*).

On the final night of Hannukah, the entire town of Brighton endured a blackout, and every building except one-- the Stein-Torres family's bookstore, Book Marks the Spot-- was left in the dark for eight whole hours, and every family and business owner in town went there for refuge. The building had heat and light the entire blackout, even though the generator only had one hour's worth of fuel. (*Festival of Lights*)

Due to budget cuts on Christmas Eve, the annual Snowflake Celebration (and as far as Brighton is concerned, Christmas itself) was almost cancelled when a short circuit caused all the decorations in town to catch on fire. At first Mr. Davenport, the only one in town rich enough to fund the event in time, refused to donate, as he believed "Christmas is a time for making money, not merriment", but after a "vision" of his daughter Andrea being unhappy about not becoming the Snowflake Festival Queen (via Scratch, as he figured saving the holiday would be a perfect Christmas gift for Molly), the former scrooge changed his mind and funded the Snowflake Celebration via Davenport's Outlet Store to make his little girl smile again. (*Saving Christmas*)

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