02x19 - White Christmess/Perfect Day

[bunniefuu]

[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]