Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?

Nice!

Looks just like your mom.

Hmm.

I was thinking more along the lines of your brother Mike.

Or, it could be you

before your morning coffee.

Yeah? Mmm-hmm.

Well, speaking of which, you want a refill?

Sure, thank you.

What's up, Dad? Hey.

I'm going to Art's for a four-on-four hoop sesh.

Mind if I take the car?

No, go ahead. Yes! Thanks.

Bye, hon.

Oh, hey, Grandma's coming!

Hey, and...

Fill up the tank this time.

Please!

Hey, where's Max?

I thought he was all into this Halloweeny stuff.

He is. But tonight's his turn to walk Buster.

Oh.

Good.

You're such a good dog.

Come on.

Oh, come on, Buster. You do this every time!

There's nothing to be afraid of in an old cemetery.

All right.

Maybe it is a little scary.

But look, nothing's gonna hurt us.

I'm still wearing the magic ring.

This baby is like kryptonite to ghouls.

Even Phears, if he even still exists,

is afraid of this bad boy.

Now, can we get out of here and go home?

That brat, Max Doyle!

Still hiding Nicky and Tara Roland from me.

Well, it won't be for long!

Emma Twitchel,

star of The Moscow Circus.

Come forward!

Forward!

I command it!

Ah!

Emma!

It's nice to see you,

kind of.

Your father and I used to play together as children.

Ah! Memories.

I have called you, the great Emma Twitchel,

the biggest star of The Moscow Circus... Yes.

Back from your sleep... Yes.

To perform a sacred duty.

Ooh! All right.

You can never find good help.

Now, pay attention.

I am Phears,

the most powerful, dark spirit in existence.

I command all the spirits laid to rest in this cemetery.

Even you.

You understand?

Yes!

Yes, I very much understand!

Of course you do. Now, listen carefully.

Several years ago,

a research parapsychologist by the name of Michael Roland

came across an urn of ashes

which contained the remnants of, well, me.

It was left there for him in his laboratory.

Thinking that it might be just another artifact for his collection,

he decided he would examine it more closely later and placed it on a shelf.

He, of course, had no idea at all of the power

he held in his two little hands.

And through his own carelessness, he released me back into this world.

It gave me an opportunity to achieve my ultimate goal,

create an army of the dead.

An army that would do my bidding...

And possess the bodies of the living

so that I would ultimately become

the most powerful force on Earth.

Even among the living.

This plan is no good.

What?

Souls, when they die, they want to go to afterlife.

They want to see their parents, their relatives.

They don't want to linger with you!

What fun is that?

Fun?

We're not talking about fun!

We're talking about the power to create

a new breed of ghost among the living.

It's a completely different... No!

This plan is... How you say...

Bonkers!

Well, it's not up to you to prove I'm bonkers, so...

I mean, you have no choice but to obey me!

And that's what I thought about Michael and Michelle Roland.

But they discovered my plans.

So, Roland created a ring and a magic spell

that could fight off my ghosts and keep me trapped here in this cemetery.

Ugh.

So, I decided to make them more like us,

ghosts.

That way, they could never interfere with my plans again.

The two little Rolands got away and as long as they were free,

I couldn't get the parents to tell me where they hid the ring!

When Max Doyle's family moved into the Roland house

my cat Mauler was stuck there, lost without me, his master.

And to top it off,

that snotty little Max recovered the ring

and now uses it to protect those kids!

That brat, Max, foiled my plans before,

but this time I know his secret.

It's that ring he wears on his right hand.

I've got to get that ring off his finger

so I can snatch those kids!

Otherwise, my plan is useless.

What this have to do with Emma?

Oh, don't you get it?

Max Doyle is keeping your spirit

from moving on to see your loved ones.

How dare he?

That evil boy! Exactly.

So, I'm going to give Max a little present.

Something that will make him all warm and cuddly.

Ah!

A sweater!

No, not a sweater.

You!

You're going to climb inside Max as a berserker ghoul.

Oh, the very sound of it makes me all tingly.

You're going to inhabit his body.

Get him into trouble with his school and with his parents.

And then get that ring off his finger!

Once he is powerless,

I can snatch the two Roland brats and we'll both be free!

It's a good plan.

This goes in the first room.

Aw! Look how cute he is.

Why, Cammy, I didn't know you felt that way.

Oh! Oh, uh...

I was talking about the dog.

I knew that!

Hey, Cammy.

I was thinking maybe we could work on our science midterm together?

Oh...

Yeah, I don't know, Max.

It's just that I'm so busy with,

you know, the haunted house and stuff.

But it's on Halloween, so you should come by.

Um, it will be really scary.

I'm not scared of anything.

My best friends are ghosts.

I mean, my best friends are totally into ghosts.

Movies and video games and stuff.

If it's got ghosts, they love it.

Me too.

Yeah. So, like I said, you should come by.

Urn...

I'll show you around.

It's a date.

Just an expression!

Figure of speech!

Nailed it.

Max, where have you been?

I was just talking to a girl.

Who?

Cammy Cahill.

Whoa! Nice!

Guys, we don't have time for this.

It's been almost a year since we lost Mom and Dad.

I think I have a shot with her if she could just see the real me.

I just want her to think I'm normal

so I can be her date for Halloween.

Max, you don't have time to make people think you're normal.

You need to be helping us find our parents. Yeah.

I have a life, you know.

Okay, that was rude. I'm sorry.

We'll see you upstairs.

That never gets old.

Come on.

Mom! Dad!

I'm home!

Grandma!

So good to see you. Look how big you've gotten...

When you walked in I thought you were an adult in a Max Halloween costume.

Hi, cousin Shelly.

Hey. Oh...

We can only stay just a little bit,

but I have enough time to go like this...

Grandma! I'm too old for that.

"Never too old to be pinched" is a Grandma law!

So, how's school?

It's weird.

What do you mean, "weird"?

You seeing anybody?

Seeing?

You mean, like ghosts?

Like a girl.

Like a girl!