First Day Frights

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"**First Day Frights**" is the second segment of the first episode of the first season of *The Ghost and Molly McGee*, and the second episode overall. It premiered to 0.34 million viewers.

## Synopsis

Molly is determined to make a good first impression on her first day of school.

## Plot

Molly is nervous about her first day at Brighton Middle School and confides in Scratch about her feelings. Scratch, who claims to be a popular ghost in the ghost world when he is actually the "worst of the worst", tries to use the opportunity to scare her and tells her that her first day will be terrible and she will become an outcast. Realizing how silly it sounds, Molly thanks him for the pep talk and she wholeheartedly heads to school with Scratch in tow. She gets Miss Lightfoot as her teacher and attempts to introduce herself, but Scratch tries to mess it up by making her slip on the floor. However, this ends up exciting the other students who thought that she was dancing and everyone cheers for her.

Molly meets Andrea Davenport, a popular influencer who takes a liking to Molly's style, but when she mispronounces her name (Ann-drea instead of Ahn-drea) and immediately forgets, which irritates Andrea. She then uses her influence to turn the students against Molly, and she soon finds herself sitting in the back of the class with another girl who made a similar mistake named Libby, who is considered the most unpopular kid in school because of Andrea. Molly finds herself being shunned by the other students with even the teachers somewhat ignoring her. Scratch tries to convince Molly that she should leave Brighton, but she instead perks herself up. This frustrates Scratch who accidentally scares an unsuspecting Andrea into fainting.

With no other option, Molly is forced to take Andrea's body to the nurse's office and puts her in a cart, only for it to roll uncontrollably through the school and land in the auditorium. Scratch lifts the curtains so that everyone sees Molly handling Andrea's body and accuse her of being the "worst of the worst". Gaining empathy, Scratch possesses Andrea's body and makes a declaration that people can pronounce her name however they want and that Libby (and Molly) deserve better treatment, much to everyone's cheers and Andrea's confusion when she comes to. After school, Molly declares that Scratch is clearly her best friend and that he loves her, much to his chagrin.

## Cast

* Ashly Burch as Molly McGee
* Dana Snyder as Scratch
* Sumalee Montano as Sharon McGee
* Jordan Klepper as Pete McGee
* Michaela Dietz as Darryl McGee
* Julia Jones as Miss Lightfoot
* Jules Medcraft as Andrea Davenport
* Lara Jill Miller as Libby
* Brett Gray as Jeremy
* Aparna Nancherla as Sheela
* Eden Riegel as Kat, Bobbi
* John DiMaggio as Bouncer Ghost

### Additional voices

* Michaela Dietz as Braces Student
* Terry Fator as Male Green Ghost (deleted scene)
* Jordan Klepper as Male Purple Ghost (deleted scene)
* Jules Medcraft as Glasses Girl
* Eden Riegel as Fat Boy, Female Blue Ghost (deleted scene)

## Trivia

* This episode, along with "The Curse", was screened early two days before the premiere.
* This marks the first appearances of both Libby and Andrea.
* This episode reveals that Scratch can possess humans.
* This episode reveals Molly is in 8th grade and Darryl is in 6th grade.
* This is the first episode to use a title card, its sister episode not having one.
* In it's Disney Channel airing, the scene where the other ghosts seem to find Scratch disgusting was removed for unknown reasons.
* If the Disney Channel airing is compared with the NYCC sneak peek, Scratch's design differs between them.
* There is a book based on this episode, but it's digital only. The paperback edition was cancelled for unknown reasons.

## Videos

Molly's Optimism - The Ghost and Molly McGee - Disney Channel AnimationThe Curse - S1 E1 - Full Episode - The Ghost and Molly McGee - Disney Channel Animation
## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/NoelBelknap/status/1316262977033494528
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/VerdArt11/status/1458386351041040384
3. ↑ https://whatsondisneyplus.com/whats-new-on-disney-the-ghost-molly-mcgee-australia-new-zealand/
4. ↑ https://whatsondisneyplus.com/whats-coming-to-disney-in-december-2021-uk-ireland/
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/MollyMcGeeLA/status/1521241779416317953?s=20&t=hBMcMAok1o4RgQQEQFoD3A
6. ↑ October 2021 Programming Highlights
7. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Curse-Molly-McGee-8x8-Storybook-ebook/dp/B0B4TBJ1HL
8. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Molly-McGee-Frights-Cancelled/dp/1368066445/