The Ghost and Molly McGee ended recently to little recognition outside of us in the show’s small, passionate fan base. It was a great cartoon that got cancelled partway through production of season 3 due to a management shift and declining viewership on Disney+. It was such an underdog among the modern Disney Channel lineup that ripping groups on torrent sites didn’t even end up uploading every episode. It was frustrating to watch a show I love get resigned to drifting off into obscurity. It deserves better. It deserves to be remembered.
So over the past few days, I have been collecting every piece of production art, promotional media, tie-in books, websites, scripts, music, and of course the show itself in the highest quality available - with the intent of making it all available in one big torrent. (And likely uploading everything except the episodes to Archive.org) I’ve watched old content previously thought ubiquitous online slowly break and disappear over time. It sucks to watch history rot on the ostensibly-eternal internet. I want as much cultural context be preserved for this silly little forgotten show as possible, so I’ll do my part.
I’ve learned a lot doing it, too! How to crack DRM for various book, music, and video platforms, where to search for leads when normal search engines run dry, and best practices for video/audio encoding. It’s been really fun to have a project like this!
Anyway, I’ll close this by saying even average media deserves to be archived. We’re always richer for having access to more art, and you never know what’s going to inspire someone next.
I’ll post about this again once my archive is finished (Though I won’t post a link to the episodes themselves for liability reasons), so stay tuned!
This version doesn't have the episodes themselves for legal reasons, but something tells me you should be able to find a complete series torrent floating around soon~ ;)
What this archive DOES include is a large variety of supplemental material for the show, including but not limited to:
- Unofficial Complete Lyrical Soundtrack
- Scripts from cancelled season 3
- The official web browser game
- Concept art, style guides, animatics, storyboards
- Series pitch bible
- Network promos, bumpers, and intros in several languages
- Original pilot episode
- Tie-in Books
- Interviews and websites
All content was found by scouring creator team blogs, news articles, YouTube uploads, archive pages for individual items, and creators' personal sites. I didn't include any fan content as the scope of the archive would balloon to an indefinite size if I were to do that, so what's here is basically all official. I'll still be on the lookout for more content, and I'll add it to the archive as I find it, but for now, this is the vast majority of official content I've been able to find and I think it provides a good snapshot of the show's development and reception!
