[snoring]
[tin clanks]
[jazzy music blares on radio]
- [loud thud] - [Scratch] Ow! Stupid...
- [Scratch muttering] - [music turns off]
Good morning! Good morning!
It's New Year's! Good morning!
Whoa. You know, that's like,
a lot of volume for 8:00 a.m.
What's with all the, uh, Molly McGeeness?
Scratch, if you were paying attention to my little ditty,
you'd know that it's New Year's Day!
Oh, do you want me to sing it again?
- [inhales] - Please don't.
- I'm begging you. - [lips sputter]
Why are you so excited about New Year's Day?
It's New Year's Eve that counts.
January 1st, a.k.a., New Year's Day,
sets the tone for the rest of the year.
So with the stakes firmly established,
I am going to have...
♪ Bum-badda-bum-bum-ba-ba ♪
...a perfect day!
And a perfect Molly McGee day includes...
- community... - Community.
- family... - Family.
- and... - And leaving me
completely out of it.
No! Friends!
Hey. We went the opposite direction for that one.
There's a students vs. faculty hockey game
starting right now at Brighton Pond.
And it is the perfect opportunity
to kick off the new year with some community togetherness.
[Scratch] Sounds great.
Ah, a perfect stroll on my way to a perfect event,
attended by practically perfect people.
Doesn't that sound... Ah!
Perfect.
[laughs]
Oh, that's got to be a record for how fast
a Molly McGee plan has gone off the rails.
Oh, corn. Everyone knows a bad New Year's Day
ruins a week, which ruins a month,
which ruins a year, which ruins my entire life!
That's just science.
It's not.
New year, new paperwork.
Sign here, here, there.
Now, initials.
I need a do-over.
- Is there a way to hit restart? - Nope.
Actually, there is.
As Chairman, you have access to rare curses.
Rare curses?
Tell me more from your fancy mouth.
The time loop curse allows you to turn back time and--
Whoa! Ah!
Golly, will you look at that? Well, he had to go.
That guy's always in a rush. What a shame.
Come back soon!
He can't hear me. I don't know what I'm saying.
Look in my eyes, Scratch.
You're gonna give me that curse.
Have you never seen any movies or TV shows?
This is going to end with us reliving the same day
over and over and over again.
Nope, haven't seen them. Give me the goods, ghostie!
You can restart the day for any excuse,
be it bad luck, bad vibes, or bad weather.
But if your day is not perfect,
you'll be doomed to repeat it forever!
Great. Sounds good. Love you!
Restart!
[jazzy music playing]
- [loud thump] - [Scratch grunts]
- [gasps] - Wow.
That is just as annoying the second time around.
Scratch, it worked!
Obviously. I'm good at what I do.
Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get to that pond!
[laughs]
Uh, no.
You're not getting me again.
Sorry, what was that? I had some slushy mud in my ear.
Restart!
- [jazzy music playing] - [gasps]
- [loud thud] - [music turns off]
Please, tell me you have
a real plan this time.
You know I do, buddy.
Taking Main Street, it's just too obvious.
Why not take the path less traveled?
- To really see the community. - [Boy] Heads up!
[Scratch] This is the community?
There's only three people here.
And one of them was raccoons in a trench coat? What gives?
We're the only ones who showed up.
We can't play without another player to make it even.
Be on our team, Molly.
Ooh, uh, I'm not good on the ice.
I'm more of a cheer from the sidelines kind of a--
Please, Molly. Validate my decision to come.
[sighs]
[screams]
[loud crash]
[Molly groaning]
[girl] I think you broke my arm!
Gonna reset again, aren't you?
Restart.
- [jazzy music plays] - [loud thud]
[music turns off]
You know, maybe I've been
focusing too much on the community part.
I should be focusing on the family part.
Morning. Who's ready to tackle another New Year's Day?
You know it sets the tone for the whole year.
Oh, good. The whole family believes this nonsense?
You're all enablers!
And you know what sets the tone for the day.
Breakfast!
I scored this discontinued pancake maker
from totally legit sources.
Now, who wants flapjacks?
You know what, Darryl?
That sounds... perfect.
I admit it does.
[whirring and sputtering]
- [whirring intensifies] - Ow!
[screams]
Turn it off! Turn it off!
That's why it was discontinued.
And, weird, it doesn't have an off switch.
Huh. There's some real design flaws on this thing.
Huh? Ah!
[both scream]
Finally, the perfect day.
Okay, I know what you're thinking,
but before you do anything rash,
let's discuss this.
Restart.
- [jazzy music plays] - [loud thump]
Ow!
[music turns off]
You stopped endless pancakes!
I've been going about this all wrong.
I can't have a perfect day without Libby. Duh.
[wailing]
We should probably reset this one.
Yeah.
♪ Hit restart If you jump out of bed ♪
♪ Bumping your head Stubbing your toe ♪
♪ Hit restart ♪
♪ Try to be kind but you find ♪
♪ That you're fleeing An angry ghost ♪
♪ Hit restart If you make a baby cry ♪
♪ Restart if a bug Flies in your eye ♪
♪ Restart If it isn't feeling right ♪
♪ Just give yourself Another try ♪
[groans] That smarts.
♪ Restart if your day Is shifting ♪
♪ Before you even Leave your room ♪
Come on!
♪ Restart If you try and skate ♪
♪ But you go boom, boom Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
♪ Restart if you end up In the pen ♪
♪ Restart if your brother Meets his end ♪
♪ Turn like a broken router ♪
♪ Turn it off and on again ♪
[man on T.V.] Tomorrow?
Listen, overgrown rodent,
there is no tomorrow!
Just today, over and over again.
Yeah, we probably should have watched this
before we did the curse.
I tried to warn you,
but, man, that groundhog is hilarious.
Ooh! All right, let's go.
♪ Over and over again ♪
No, no, no!
♪ A full sensation ♪
♪ Your day is a 10 out of 10 ♪
♪ A generous calculation ♪
♪ Over and over again ♪
- [loud thud] - [Scratch groans]
When will this day end?
♪ Hit restart ♪
- [jazzy music plays] - [Scratch] Ow!
[music turns off]
Oh, no matter what I do,
the day always goes wrong.
I can't eat any more pancakes.
You ruined pancakes, Molly.
No, we can't keep doing this.
I'm going to need you to do that positivity thing.
Get out there and have your perfect day.
I ran out of positivity 50 restarts ago.
That's it!
[Scratch grunting]
All right, here we are.
Perfect day. Think about it.
Visualize it. And... go!
[sighs] You know what? You're right, Scratch.
I can do this.
Maybe today will finally be different!
Or maybe I'll become one with this pothole.
It's what the universe wants.
Why fight it?
Scooch over.
[reporter] Well, that hockey game was a bust.
We need a new story.
What is that girl up to?
Why is she in that pothole?
Nothing ever changes.
A local activist is staging some kind of sit-in
to bring awareness to Brighton's much-needed changes.
- Isn't that right? - Uh...
- well, I... - Wow.
What heart. What inspiration.
What a story!
Local media outlets are calling her...
Pothole Girl!
And she refuses to leave her post
until Brighton makes a much-needed change.
Molly?
Cannonball!
Libby, what are you doing here?
Get out before the pothole eats you too.
Well, you looked cold and lonely.
So, I came to join you in the fight for a better Brighton.
We just caught your news story. We want to help too.
This thing keeps spitting out pancakes.
So, so many pancakes.
- [whirring and sputtering] - Maybe we could sell them.
Ow! To help raise money to fix the pothole.
Well, well, well. Will you lookie here?
You got your friend, you got your family.
All we're missing is...
Community!
[all laughing]
Good news.
We not only raised enough money to fix the pothole,
but 12 others down the street.
[all cheer]
You know, once I stopped trying to force it to happen,
- I realized-- - If you say,
"the perfect day was here all along," I...
The perfect day was here all along!
Sometimes, you make it very hard to like you.
- [jazzy music playing] - [loud thud]
- [music turns off] - Good morning!
It's the day after New Year's. Good morning.
[groaning] No, no. Not again!
[gasps] Wait.
Your ditty sounded different.
What did you just say?
It's January 2nd.
The time loop curse is broken!
Molly, do you see this?
It's not a pancake!
We're free!
So, uh, what do you say
we take a look at those other rare curses?
I'm thinking we try one where we turn all horses
- into unicorns. - Why would you do that?
Or all clouds into cotton candy.
But then, we would have to find a way to get to the clouds.
- This is way too complicated. - We'd need flying unicorns.
[Scratch] Look, my waffle is getting cold.
♪ The Ghost and Molly McGee ♪
[theme music playing]