scratch

Scratch is a light blue ghost. He has green teeth, a large neon blue nose, yellow-green eyes with small black pupils and a purple tongue. He has wrinkles on his forehead, inner cheeks and under his eyes. Scratch's body is translucent and typically appears lumpy but he is able to change in shape and size when he wants to, for example when attempting to scare Molly and her family. His color appears more translucent while he is invisible, meaning he is only visible to the people he chooses. He has been shown to be able to give himself legs and manifest bugs onto his body.

Scratch is a grumpy, pessimistic ghost whose joy comes from spreading misery. When one of his spells backfired, he finds himself forever cursed in Molly's presence. He is described by Molly to be lazy, grumpy, and hungry. Additionally, before the McGee family arrived in Brighton, he was largely a loner and greatly values his privacy, showing tremendous embarrassment and ire whenever Molly cuts into his personal time. Despite being bound to her for all eternity, Scratch remains determined to scare Molly and her family away for good.

Later on in the series, however, he seems to start to warm up to Molly and her family, showing a softer, almost parental stance towards the McGee family, stating he's a "McGee adjacent"[2] and returning their affection.

Regarding him always being hungry, he is indeed a massive glutton that will drastically do anything just to grab himself lots of treats and stuff his stomach full, even it means being underhanded such as stealing. It is revealed in "Festival of Lights" that he has a soft spot for fried foods in general.

While it may not look like it, deep down Scratch is very insecure and self conscious about what others think of him, especially those he cares about. For this reason, he often lies and tells half truths about himself.

In "Not So Honest Abe", he lies to Molly about knowing Abraham Lincoln because he didn't want Molly to find out how he is ¨a loser in the Ghost World¨. It's hinted that he is embarrassed of his unpopularity among other ghosts.

Another example of his insecurities is in "Friend-Off", where he admitted to Libby that he was rude to her because he was afraid that Molly would rather hang out with Libby than with him. This shows that Scratch suffers from some abandonment issues, probably due to his friendless background.

As mentioned later in "weaknesses", Scratch is extremely lazy and works hard to avoid hard work, mainly by doing only the bare minimum of monthly scares only on the day he's supposed to report it (and once he faked his report to avoid admitting he didn't do it for real at all), playing hooky from a S.C.A.R.E. seminar, trying to cheat in a game where the loser does the winner's chores, and using an elaborate dance routine to trick the entire Ghost World population into cleaning a building for him a la Tom Sawyer style. He even says that responsibility "smells terrible" to him, even if it's something that'll lead to disaster if left undone, like accepting the Chairman's position to send the Frightmares away!

Once he begins and finishes the work, however, he admits the job wasn't as bad as he thought, but that doesn't stop him from slipping back into old habits for his own pleasure because, in his own words, he "learns nothing".

other names:Scratch
Scratch McGee
Scratchy (Molly, Libby, Ollie, Himself)
Carl (Molly)
The Chairman
Duke from West Covina
Ghost Man (Darryl)
Gender:Male
Species:Wraith
Occupation:Representative of Brighton's misery (formerly)
Molly McGee's guardian ghost and "best friend"
Leader and Chairman of the Ghost World (formerly)
HOME
McGee house, Brighton
41 Oak Street Brighton
PETS
Ghost Shark
ALLIES
Molly McGee (best friend and companion)
Pete McGee
Sharon McGee
Darryl McGee
Geoff (Best Friend)
Libby Stein-Torres
Jeff
Reggie
The Chairman (formerly)
The Ghost Council
Ollie Chen
Meatball
Georgie
David Suksai
Emmie Suksai
Kenny Star
June Chen
Heidi Hairylegs
MINIONS
Ghost World Citizens (formerly)

Cuddling (usually with Molly)
His own conscience
Being left out
Molly's upbeat personality
The Flow of Failed Phantoms
The curse that makes him and Molly inseparable
Thieves
Fire (except in an emergency)
Large gatherings of people
Cleaning days
Molly getting upset
People who pick on Molly and/or break her spirit
Carob (due to allergies)
Sobgoblins
Raisins
Losing Molly
Responsibility
Being the Chairman
Jinx
Being Jinxed
Ice Cream disappearing
Molly taking the money he’s earned
Being claimed he doesn’t know anything about ghosts
Not being able to join the gaming club

Molly (usually)
Food (especially pizza and tacos and ice cream)
Strawberry Soda especially Surly Sid's Strawberry Soda
Eating
Winning
Misery
Causing problems
Stunts
Snacks
Helping people
Cobwebs (as hammocks and decor)
"Me" time (with and without bubble baths)
Massages with Aromatherapy (or "aroma-scare-apy" as it's called in the Ghost World)
Figure Skating
Messing with people from picking on Molly and/or break her spirit
The sea (supposedly)
Country Pumpkin II: The Pumpkining
The Respect of Being The Chairman
Meatball
Free Stuff
Dancing
Goofing off
the color gray
Traveling The World

The Chairman (indirect victim)
Andrea Davenport (one-sided; formerly)
Frightmares
Jinx
The Chens (formerly)

this takes place after season 2 of the show but instead of returning to his human body, scratch instead stayed a wraith to be with Molly.