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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Molly and Scratch get into an argument about Molly's growing feelings for Ollie, leading to Scratch pointing out that the closer she gets to Ollie, the more danger she puts Scratch in. She points out that Scratch isn't considering her happiness, and [[CharacterFlaw how he constantly makes his own unhappiness everyone else's problem despite rarely caring about anyone else's]]. BothSidesHaveAPoint, but it still results in a (short) PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Molly and Scratch get into an argument about Molly's growing feelings for Ollie, leading to Scratch pointing out that the closer she gets to Ollie, the more danger she puts Scratch in. She points out that Scratch isn't considering her happiness, and [[CharacterFlaw how he constantly makes his own unhappiness everyone else's problem despite rarely caring about anyone else's]].else's. BothSidesHaveAPoint, but it still results in a (short) PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Molly and Scratch get into an argument about Molly's growing feelings for Ollie, leading to Scratch pointing out that the closer she gets to Ollie, the more danger she puts Scratch in. She points out that Scratch isn't considering her happiness, and [[CharacterFlaw how he constantly makes his own unhappiness everyone else's problem despite rarely caring about anyone else's]]. BothSidesHaveAPoint, but it still results in a (short) PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure.

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* MomentKiller: Invoked by Scratch to try to alleviate Molly and Ollie’s romantic tension at the dance. However, it doesn’t work, as each attempt only ends up bringing them closer to each other instead. This is emphasized even more with the song playing over being called “I Keep Ending Up With You”.


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* RelationshipSabotage: Invoked by Scratch to try to alleviate Molly and Ollie’s romantic tension at the dance. However, it doesn’t work, as each attempt only ends up bringing them closer to each other instead. This is emphasized even more with the song playing over being called “I Keep Ending Up With You”.
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* OhCrap: Molly gets a look of horror on her face when she realizes that Scratch got caught in one of Ollie's planted snare traps.
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* INeedToGoIronMyDog:
** When Molly is being pulled away from Ollie by Scratch:
--> '''Molly:''' Sorry, Ollie, I need to go, uh...powder my nose! I think that's a thing people still do...
** Later, when she learns that Scratch got caught in a trap:
--> '''Molly:''' Ooh! (''sweating, fanning herself'') Did it get hot in here? I forgot my...uh, g-gotta go! (''runs out'')
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* MomentKiller: Invoked by Scratch to try to alleviate Molly and Ollie’s romantic tension at the dance. However, it doesn’t work, as each attempt only ends up bringing them closer to each other instead. This is emphasized even more with the song playing over being called “I Keep Ending Up With You”.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Darryl uses his tech skills to rig an online contest and get Atomic Pink to play at the prom, but, after boasting to them that he can get anything with those same skills, is driven to distraction fulfilling their requests.
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* SecretSecretKeeper: Ollie discovers Molly's friendship with Scratch, but keeps it a secret from his mom.
* ShipperOnDeck: Pretty much all of Molly's friends, and even her parents [[ShippingTorpedo (except Scratch)]] think she and Ollie make a cute couple and approve of their relationship. One schoolmate in particular is ''very'' vocally enthused, and Molly lampshades that she's way too into other people's happiness.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The [[PortmanteauCoupleName couple name]] Molly's classmates come up with for her and Ollie is essentially just her name spelled with an "-ie."
* WhamEpisode: Ollie learns about Molly's friendship with Scratch. He also hears her declare that she’s not going to go out with him anymore if it puts Scratch in danger, and is genuinely saddened over it.

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* SecretSecretKeeper: Ollie discovers Molly's friendship with Scratch, but Ollie keeps it a secret from his mom.
* ShipperOnDeck: Pretty much all of Molly's friends, and even her parents [[ShippingTorpedo (except Scratch)]] Scratch)]], and even her parents think she and Ollie make a cute couple and approve of their relationship. One schoolmate in particular is ''very'' vocally enthused, and Molly lampshades that she's way too into other people's happiness.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The [[PortmanteauCoupleName As mentioned above, the couple name]] name Molly's classmates come up with for her and Ollie is essentially just her name spelled with an "-ie."
* WhamEpisode: Ollie learns about Molly's friendship with Scratch. He also hears her declare that she’s not going to go out with him anymore if it puts Scratch in danger, and is Ollie's genuinely saddened over it.
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* AccidentalHandHold: Molly grabs Ollie's hand by mistake at one point, and this was while she was saying she'd like to avoid the "[[GenreSavvy typical middle school dance clichés]]".
* AesopAmnesia: Molly already learned back in "Book Marks the Sprite" that dating Ollie would be too risky, but it's here that the lesson sticks.
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* WhamEpisode: Ollie learns about Molly's friendship with Scratch and is genuinely saddened over it.

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* WhamEpisode: Ollie learns about Molly's friendship with Scratch. He also hears her declare that she’s not going to go out with him anymore if it puts Scratch in danger, and is genuinely saddened over it.
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* WhamEpisode: Ollie learns about Molly's friendship with Scratch and is genuinely saddened over it.
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'''Original air date:''' 4/2/2023 ''(produced in 2022)'' [[note]]Released on [[Creator/DisneyPlus Disney+]] on 4/2/23, aired on Disney Channel on 4/29/23. Produced in 2022.[[/note]]

'''Production code:''' 206a
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: Playing off Whitney Houston's ''I Wanna Dance with Somebody.''
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* PortmanteauCoupleName: In-universe, Molly's friends start referring to her and Ollie by the couple name "Mollie". Molly lampshades that it just sounds like her name]].

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* PortmanteauCoupleName: In-universe, Molly's friends start referring to her and Ollie by the couple name "Mollie". Molly [[LampshadeHanging lampshades that it just sounds like her name]].
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* NervousTic: While trying to act as the backstage manager to the band, Darryl becomes so stressed that he seems to have completely plucked out his eyebrows. This is indicative of [[https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/trichotillomania/symptoms-causes/syc-20355188 trichotillomania,]] a nervous disorder similar to OCD (and may be considered an expression of it).

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* NervousTic: NervousTics: While trying to act as the backstage manager to the band, Darryl becomes so stressed that he seems to have completely plucked out his eyebrows. This is indicative of [[https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/trichotillomania/symptoms-causes/syc-20355188 trichotillomania,]] a nervous disorder similar to OCD (and may be considered an expression of it).
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* NervousTic: While trying to act as the backstage manager to the band, Darryl becomes so stressed that he seems to have completely plucked out his eyebrows. This is indicative of [[https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/trichotillomania/symptoms-causes/syc-20355188 trichotillomania,]] a nervous disorder similar to OCD (and may be considered an expression of it).

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* PortmanteauCoupleName: In-universe, Molly's friends start referring to her and Ollie by the couple name "Mollie".

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* PortmanteauCoupleName: In-universe, Molly's friends start referring to her and Ollie by the couple name "Mollie". Molly lampshades that it just sounds like her name]].



* ShipperOnDeck: Pretty much all of Molly's friends, and even her parents [[ShippingTorpedo (except Scratch)]] think she and Ollie make a cute couple and approve of their relationship.

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* ShipperOnDeck: Pretty much all of Molly's friends, and even her parents [[ShippingTorpedo (except Scratch)]] think she and Ollie make a cute couple and approve of their relationship. One schoolmate in particular is ''very'' vocally enthused, and Molly lampshades that she's way too into other people's happiness.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The [[PortmanteauCoupleName couple name]] Molly's classmates come up with for her and Ollie is essentially just her name spelled with an "-ie."
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* ShipperOnDeck: Pretty much all of Molly's friends (except Scratch) think she and Ollie make a cute couple and approve of their relationship.

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* ShipperOnDeck: Pretty much all of Molly's friends friends, and even her parents [[ShippingTorpedo (except Scratch) Scratch)]] think she and Ollie make a cute couple and approve of their relationship.
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* NotADate: Molly and Ollie (though mainly the former) initially insist that going to the school dance together isn't a date, but rather business, as they're co-chairs of the school dance committee. During one dance, Molly admits that she's willing to consider the evening a date. Ollie is happy to hear this.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Pretty much all of Molly's friends (except Scratch) think she and Ollie make a cute couple and approve of their relationship.

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Molly’s dream date with Ollie at the prom forces her to face a harsh reality.

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Molly’s Molly's dream date with Ollie at the prom forces her to face a harsh reality.



* InternalReveal: Ollie finds out about Scratch and his friendship with Molly.



* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: After seeing Scratch imprisoned by a ghost trap, Molly is finally forced to admit that she can’t make a romance with Ollie work as long as he refuses to give up on catching ghosts and she promises to Scratch that she is done seeing him as a result. Ollie sees the whole exchange through his ghost goggles and is heartbroken, but he still keeps quiet about Scratch’s existence to his mom.

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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: After seeing Scratch imprisoned by a ghost trap, Molly is finally forced to admit that she can’t can't make a romance with Ollie work as long as he refuses to give up on catching ghosts and she promises to Scratch that she is done seeing him as a result. Ollie sees the whole exchange through his ghost goggles and is heartbroken, but he still keeps quiet about Scratch’s Scratch's existence to his mom.

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* InternalReveal: Ollie discovers Molly's friendship with Scratch but keeps it a secret from his mom.

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* InternalReveal: IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ollie discovers learns about Scratch, but keeps the ghost's existence a secret for Molly's friendship with Scratch but keeps it a secret from his mom.sake.


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* PortmanteauCoupleName: In-universe, Molly's friends start referring to her and Ollie by the couple name "Mollie".
* SecretSecretKeeper: Ollie discovers Molly's friendship with Scratch, but keeps it a secret from his mom.

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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: After seeing Scratch imprisoned by a ghost trap, Molly is finally forced to admit that she can’t make a romance with Ollie work as long as he refuses to give up on catching ghosts and she promises to Scratch that she is done seeing him as a result. Ollie sees the whole exchange through his ghost goggles and is heartbroken, but he still keeps quiet about Scratch’s existence to him mom.

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\n* InternalReveal: Ollie discovers Molly's friendship with Scratch but keeps it a secret from his mom.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: After seeing Scratch imprisoned by a ghost trap, Molly is finally forced to admit that she can’t make a romance with Ollie work as long as he refuses to give up on catching ghosts and she promises to Scratch that she is done seeing him as a result. Ollie sees the whole exchange through his ghost goggles and is heartbroken, but he still keeps quiet about Scratch’s existence to him mom.his mom.
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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: After seeing Scratch imprisoned by a ghost trap, Molly is finally forced to admit that she can’t make a romance with Ollie work as long as he refuses to give up on catching ghosts

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Molly’s dream date with Ollie at the prom forces her to face a harsh reality.
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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: After seeing Scratch imprisoned by a ghost trap, Molly is finally forced to admit that she can’t make a romance with Ollie work as long as he refuses to give up on catching ghostsghosts and she promises to Scratch that she is done seeing him as a result. Ollie sees the whole exchange through his ghost goggles and is heartbroken, but he still keeps quiet about Scratch’s existence to him mom.
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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: After seeing Scratch imprisoned by a ghost trap, Molly is finally forced to admit that she can’t make a romance with Ollie work as long as he refuses to give up on catching ghosts

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