Muah-hah-ha-ha-ha!
-♪ Can't believe you're all mine ♪ -Uh, what?
-♪ You and me for all time ♪ -Ugh!
♪ I'm never, ever, ever♪
-♪ Gonna be alone again ♪ -Oh, boy!
-♪ The dream team you and me ♪ -For all eternity?!
-♪ For all eternity! ♪ -Aah!
♪ It's the ghost, it's the ghost ♪
♪ And Molly McGee ♪
♪ I've been cursed It's the worst! ♪
MOLLY: ♪ Now you're stuck with me! ♪
♪ We're never gonna be apart ♪
♪ Is there a way to hit restart? ♪
-Nope! -♪ We're the ghost♪
♪ Ghost and Molly McGee ♪
-That's me! -Well, that's she.
♪ The Ghost and Molly McGee! ♪
THE JIG IS UP
BRIGHTON VIDEO SUBMISSION
Brighton. Some have said we were the original Windy City.
Till some bigger city bullied us out of the name.
(whispering voice) Wind...
So when it comes to wind turbines,
you could say we are big fans.
That's right! We love our wind here in Brighton.
Ahem, I said we love wind!
-SCRATCH: Oh, yeah! -(wind whooshes)
-Whoa-- Aah! -Oh, it's so nice!
And windy. (nervous chuckle)
(whispering voice) Wind...
We may not have super fast internet,
-(chittering) -or fancy corporate tax breaks,
but we're a great town with even greater people!
I said, no magic!
Sorry. This town is usually magician-free guaranteed!
Go away, Irving!
-(whispering voice) Wind... -(gasps)
We've also got a gently used factory
so you'll save big money on construction!
Brighton: Make your wind turbines here
and life'll be... a breeze!
I can't believe our video campaign actually worked!
Credit to you, Molly.
You are bringing jobs back to Brighton!
What about me? I wasn't even paid
for my very important role of "wind."
Well, I told you, you get paid in hugs!
You're gonna squeeze some wind outta me, you keep this up.
(flatulence)
Well, that's called "too late," now, isn't it?
Ugh! OK. We'll just call it a group effort!
And now we've got a whole day of celebration!
Factory ribbon cutting at ten,
then the parade, then the ice cream social...
Parade, candy, and ice cream?
Lemme just clear my schedule, and voila!
It was already empty. Who knew?
(gasps) What? No!
Why do they always call when I'm about to have fun?
(grunts) Be back in time to power the wind float!
BARRISTER GHOST #2: Scratch. Are you even
scaring anyone in the Land of the Living?!
(scoffs) Of course! Check my Scare Reports.
It's all there in black and white,
and sometimes a little bit of mustard.
Then why is Brighton no longer miserable?
It's teetering dangerously close to... joy!
There must be someone spreading happiness
and hope in Brighton.
Yes! A joy agent. Any ideas who?
(upbeat music)
A j-joy agent?!
(chuckles nervously) Oh, that's-- Ha!
There's no joy agent. That's crazy!
-Probably a blip. -BARRISTER GHOST #1: Enough!
The Chairman is displeased!
-(thunder booms) -(gasps)
We've assigned a Joy Hunter to get to the bottom of this.
Hey! Scratch, is it? Jinx. Hi.
Look, I want you to just chill, breathe deep,
and center yourself, because together, me and you,
you and I, we are going to get to the bottom
of this whole "joy" thing.
Jinx is our most ruthless joy hunter.
(chuckles) It's true. I don't want to get
all braggy and all, but--
(demonic voice) I always find my joy!
Oh, good. We're gonna have some fun, then.
Do not sweat this, big guy.
We'll get your town back in a miserable state in no time!
Yeah, great. I'd love to wrap this up ASAP.
Though I'm still not sure there is any joy here so--
Wow! What a glorious day!
Hey, you know what? I know just the place
-to start looking for that joy. -What? Where are you going?
You're gonna miss the ribbon cutting!
-(electronic whirring) -Hold on a second.
You think joy is coming from here?
Yeah, absolutely!
You know how kids love swings.
-(squeaks) -Yeah, no.
There's zero joy here.
Jinx, listen, I'm gonna level with ya.
I... may...
have exaggerated slightly on my Scare Reports.
I got a little behind on my scares,
and I fudged... a little bit.
Oh!
You get a little fudge-y with the reports, huh?
A little cheaty? Well...
I think we can let this one slide.
That's all this joy thing is. I mean, I could drag you
all over Brighton, but you're a busy ghoul.
You've got places to be, spirits to see. Right?
Yeah, I do. But, hey!
I'm here! And how often do I get
to the Land of the Living? Answer: Never.
So, might as well flip every tire while I'm here.
OK, I was hoping you'd say that.
That's why I respect you so much.
I'm gonna go pop away for a minute
and go catch up on some scares, OK? Bye.
The turbine factory is officially open!
Everyone, back to work!
(clamoring)
Did I miss it?! Aw, man,
I love outrageously oversized scissors.
They're so impractical!
Hey, is, um, everything OK, Scratch?
You seem a little weird today.
-(grunts) -(electronic whirring)
Huh? Weird? No, totally normal.
I'll catch up with you at the parade!
Save me some candy! Good stuff. Chocolate, nougat,
-you get where my head's at. -OK.
Have you seen our many abandoned storefronts?
I've slacked a little bit, but still plenty of misery.
-Nothing to worry about. -(sighs)
I mean, look at this guy.
Zero spirit. It's like he has no soul!
Yeah. He's hideous.
But I do smell joy somewhere around here,
and sometimes, you find joy where you least expect it.
It's tricky and deceitful that way.
And, wow, do I hate tricky, deceitful liars.
(demonic voice) Don't you, Scratch? Those liars!
(band music plays)
(grunts) OK, I admit it!
I haven't been haunting the storefronts!
Let's go report it to the Ghost Council right now so they can yell at me.
You're forgetting...
most ruthless Joy Hunter here.
(sighs) I can't go back till I've found that joy!
You're right. I'm not thinking straight.
I'm hungry, are you hungry?
I know this great place for lunch...
(both chittering)
This is your great place for lunch?
Excuse me, there's some really prime stuff in here!
(fly buzzing)
No? Your loss. (chomps)
So, I was thinking...
maybe it's just a false joy.
You know, like the whole town is so miserable
they've gotten used to it.
Scratch, serious question here.
Do you even know why misery is important?
(buzzing)
Yes... So...
the Ghost Council has something to yell at me about?
OK. I see this is a learning moment for you.
-Look, you scare humans. -Yup.
JINX: And those scares generate misery.
-With you so far. -JINX: Mm-hmm. And that misery
-feeds the Chairman. -Right. I-- What?!
-It does?! -Yes!
And when the Chairman goes hungry...
Oh-ho. Things get bad.
Flow of Failed Phantoms bad.
Huh. That is news.
It was in your Ghost Orientation.
Yeah. I slept through some of that.
Most of it.
Fine! All of it!
So, I guess we keep searching
for this joy, then, huh?
Yes!
♪ Killjoy ♪
♪ She is combing through town ♪
♪ With a list in her hand♪
♪ Rooting out happiness Quick as she can♪
♪ Narrowly missing A full marching band ♪
-♪ It's Killjoy♪ -Hey, Moll!
-Whew! -♪ Her heart is evil ♪
♪ Her soul is pitch black♪
♪ The fate of our hero Is under attack ♪
♪ But still that won't stop him From sneaking a snack♪
♪ In front of Killjoy ♪
-Are you eating a corndog right now? -Hm? Mm-mmm.
♪ She is the hunter And you are the prey ♪
♪ He must distract her And cause her delay♪
♪ So everywhere she goes♪
♪ He's awkwardly Blocking her way ♪
Wh-- I'm sorry. Oh, you go first.
-No, please... -OK-- How about I go--
-Just-- OK. -You going that way or this--
♪ Killjoy ♪
Oh, you know where we should go? The crematorium.
-♪ Killjoy ♪ -I'm telling you,
it is joy central.
♪ Killjoy ♪
(screams)
I just don't get it.
This town should be miserable.
So where is all this joy coming from?
-(whirring) -Huh?
Time for the Ice Cream Social!
Aah! Whoops, I tripped!
-(tires screech) -You coming, Scratch?
You deserve ice cream, too!
You were the wind beneath our wings!
Uh, kinda tied up at the moment, Mol,
but I will be there!
(shudders)
There you are! Maybe the joy's
not coming from a place, but a person!
Let's check out these chumps, one by one!
You can't do that! Because...
I lied to you! I'm not just a little behind on scares.
I haven't been doing them at all!
I'm lazy. But you--
You've shown me the error of my ways.
I'm going to turn things around here in Brighton.
I promise!
And it's all because of you!
All right, cut the drama, pick yourself up,
it's embarrassing. Look.
If you promise to do better in the future,
I will talk to the Ghost Council
and get them to give you another chance.
Oh, thanks, thank you, thank you!
I promise you'll never, ever, ever
need to come here again!
Well, that was close.
Definitely gonna need a little ice cream now.
Hey! There's my favorite ghost!
I saved you your favorite: the Everything Cone!
-Molly. You get me. -Yeah. (chuckles)
Sorry, one thing's still bothering me, Scratch.
Jinx, I thought we--
thought we cleared this whole thing up...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but if you're not creating misery,
I get why the misery numbers are down.
But what I don't get is, why are the joy numbers up?
-(whirring) -Aha, well, here we go.
It's this human girl, Molly McGee.
Who? I'm sorry, I-- I don't know what
-a Molly McGoo is. -Hey! Who wants sprinkles?!
-(cheering) -Oh! Molly McGee!
Uh, well, you know what?
No need to take up any more of your time!
I'm just gonna-- I'll take care of it from here!
Ah, no, no. Joy Hunter. That's why I'm here.
To find the joy and eliminate it. Permanently.
"Eliminate joy"? You mean eliminate Molly?
Unless you've got some reason I shouldn't.
(mutters)
-OK, cool! Back in a jiff! -(metal scraping)
-Aah! -No!
-Ooh! -(squelching)
Scratch? What's going on?
Stay back, Moll! Do whatever you want to me,
but don't you hurt my best friend!
Ha, I knew it! (demonic voice) The whole time,
you're friends with a human!
So this whole joy audit was a setup?!
Now, who's the tricky, deceitful liar, huh?!
OK, technically, I guess both you and me, but still...
(demonic voice) The living belong with the living,
and the dead belong with the dead!
You can't be friends. It's unnatural!
And against the Ghost Code!
Say goodbye, Scratch,
because you're gonna spend eternity
in the Flow of Failed Phantoms!
Scratch, no!
Sorry, Molly!
Scratch!
(wind blows)
(dramatic music)
Fire up the Flow. I got a delinquent ghost here.
What's the charge this time?
Sleeping on the job?
Oh, no, no, no. He is friends...
with a living person!
That is a serious charge.
Deadly serious.
Let the trial begin! Scratch, how do you plead?
How about, "for mercy"?
This is too stressful! I can't afford
to pull out any more hair! Darryl, let me pull out yours.
Let me bite your fingernails.
-Deal. -MOM: Settle down, you two.
The girls are working on it.
We're gonna get Scratch back, right?
Breathe in, breathe out.
(exhales)
LIBBY: Feel your spirit rise beyond this plane of existence.
So, are you astral projecting yet?
Ugh! Not even a little!
I hate to admit it, but perhaps books
don't have all the answers.
We need someone with firsthand knowledge.
Libby, what's the preferred spelling of "Jeff"?
Oh, uh, well, it's "J-E--"
Whoa! Pump the brakes, friends!
Geoff! Scratch is in trouble.
What?! How can I help?
-Take me to the Ghost World. -I can't bring humans there.
Yeah, I don't even think that's possible.
But I promise, I-- Aah!
I am not taking "no" for an answer! (grunts)
Whoa, whuh.. whuh...
What just happened?
(gasps) Molly, you're a wraith,
a living person who has literally "given up the ghost."
Your body's alive, but no one's home.
-I feel nothing. -That's creepy.
But since I'm not technically human,
you can take me to the Ghost World, right?
Yeah, I suppose.
Yes! Technicalities!
I'll keep an eye on you, your body, until you get back.
Thanks, Libby. Now let's go save Scratch!
So, uh, would you like to, uh, do something?
Eh. Not really.
OK...
Wow.
Whee! (laughing)
This is the Ghost World?
It's so... lively.
-(roars) -Aah! And... outdated?
Ha-ha! Oh, we don't get anything new until it dies.
I just got a flip phone.
(thunder)
That's where the Ghost Council meets.
Scratch'll be there.
We've got to be sneaky,
which won't be easy with your bright gold joy energy.
OK, OK, OK, I'll, uh-- I'll try to blend in.
(gasping)
Stop touching things!
Aah! Remember, joy is like poison here.
It's not allowed.
Oh, hopefully, nobody saw.
(muttering)
We were cursed together, so I had to go everywhere she went.
Right. You actually cursed yourself.
When I heard about it, I was like,
"Wow, can anyone really be that dumb?"
And, yeah. Yeah, you are. (gasps)
Hey, little Sobgoblin. What you got there?
Aah! Aah! This lamp is covered in joy!
(all gasping, murmuring)
(gasps) Molly!
Jinx! Find the joy
and eliminate it, quick!
(sighs) Don't get caught, Moll.
(both laughing)
♪♪
(male vocalizing)
♪ Everywhere I go I'm glowing ♪
(both gasp)
♪ I'm shooting rainbows out Into the night ♪
Whoops! Sorry.
♪ And I can't help My jubilation showing ♪
♪ I got no dimmer switch I'm always super-bright ♪
-(sighs) -Uh-oh!
♪ I try to hide my joy away ♪
Excuse me.
♪ But I keep turning ♪
♪ Everything I touch to anime ♪
Huh? Nuh? Aah!
♪ Flowers sproutin' up ♪
♪ Every step I take ♪
♪ I leave a trail Of cute koalas in my wake ♪
Aah! It burns!
♪ Glitter everywhere I go ♪
♪ Blowing butterflies And puppies wearing clothes ♪
♪ Can't hide the-- Can't hide the-- ♪
♪ Can't hide the happy ♪
(door opens)
(both panting)
-(snarling) -Aah!
Oh, corn. We're trapped.
I just gotta know, McGee.
Did you really think you could escape us?
'Cause that golden joy energy of yours is pretty hard to miss.
Sobgoblins, drain her!
(all snarling)
(groans) I suddenly feel like giving up.
No! We've come too far!
(grunting, exclaiming)
(all grunting)
-(snarling) -(grunting, exclaiming)
Save our best friend, Molly!
-Geoff! -(snarling continues)
(both exclaiming)
-Gotcha! -Ha! Boop!
-(bubbling sounds) -Aah! She touched me!
I'm coming, Scratch!
He shoved Chicago-style pizza in my face.
I don't like Chicago-style pizza.
Scratch helped me achieve my Global Games dreams.
He was suffering from the worst case of joy I've ever seen.
-(all gasp) -(making ghostly noises)
Thank you, Howling Harriet.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Are we all just pretending we understood that?
Enough! Clearly, you've become... happy.
Mr. Chairman, sir, your judgment?
(thunder)
(whimpers)
Well, then... An eternity
in the Flow of Failed Phantoms
-for you, Scratch. -MOLLY: No!
-(bubbling) -(grunts)
Let Scratch go!
Molly? (gasps) You shouldn't be here.
You don't get to say Scratch is a problem
just because he's not like you.
Who says ghosts have to be miserable, anyway?
-He does. -OK.
And he's very intimidating.
But that doesn't mean that he's right.
What if ghosts didn't have to be miserable?
-What would that be like? -JINX: This.
And no ghost wants this! And as for your traitor friend,
into the flow he goes.
-BOTH: Geoff! -Bye, friends!
How dare you throw my friend
into the Flow of Failed Phantoms?!
Although, if it was between him and me,
you certainly made the right choice.
Molly McGee's a menace.
Everything she touches turns to joy.
You know what? You're right.
Molly's way too chipper in the morning.
It's the "anything is possible" part of the day.
And she thinks helping others
is the most important thing in the world.
Only 'cause it is.
She thinks you can have more fun being nice
than you can have being mean.
Which is just crazy. And here's something even crazier.
She's right.
And I like her for it.
She's my friend. And I'm hers.
And I don't care who knows it.
Aw, Scratch!
Call me soft, but I think it would be unnaturally cruel
to separate best friends.
-Yes! Exactly! -Thank you!
So let's send them both
to the Flow of Failed Phantoms.
-(gasps) -Oh!
(both gasping, grunting)
It was nice knowin' ya, Molly!
Better than nice.
It was the highlight of my afterlife.
And that, as they say, is that.
Should have done this ages ago, if you ask me.
Well, then, back to work.
-Jinx, clean yourself up. -Yes, ma'am.
Nice to see you, Mr. Chairman, sir.
(thunder)
(thunder continues)
What is happening?
(Molly cackling)
You guys made a big mistake.
You forgot everything I touch turns to joy!
-Aah! -I'm free! Whoo-hoo!
MOLLY: And that includes your stupid Flow of Failed Phantoms.
Light is more powerful than darkness.
Hope is more powerful than fear.
Love is more powerful than hate.
And joy?
(explosion)
Joy is way more powerful than misery will ever be!
Don't tell me that being friends with a ghost is wrong.
You're wrong!
Boop.
(explosion)
(moaning)
-Wha--? -The Chairman!
Aah! You saved me! Ha-ha!
Bring it in, friends! Aw!
I'm leaving. And I'm takin' Scratch with me.
Anybody got a problem with that?!
ALL: No, no, no, no.
No problem at all!
(ding)
Whoo!
Thank cob, you're back.
She was starting to freak me out.
I don't care.
Whoa. Aah! Libby, Libby, Libby! You're the best!
Oh, heh, hello. (chuckles)
-(footsteps approaching) -(all yelp)
-(groaning) -MOM: Scratch!
-Molly, you did it! -I always knew you would.
And I didn't lose any of my hair over it.
Just mine.
You should a seen Molly back there!
"Take that, Chairman! You want to take
my best friend away? I'm gonna en-happify your face!"
Well, yeah, I did kind of kill the Chairman with kindness.
-Well, joy. -And now, I'm back.
(demonic voice) Forever!
That's right, McGees! I curse you!
(normal) (laughs) Just kiddin'.
Hey, so who's hungry, huh?
You know, I'm feeling like nachos with extra cheese.
And not the kind you just heat in the microwave.
-The good stuff. -MOLLY: Ooh!
MOLLY AND SCRATCH: ♪ The Ghost and Molly McGee ♪