Molly Coddle

"I am so full of comfort, I could scream...AAAAAAAH!"

―Molly Coddle in "Comforting the Uncomfortable"

Molly Coddle is a comfort doll who is the tritagonist of the Bump in the Night characters. She belongs to The Boy's little sister. She is voiced by Gail Matthius of Saturday Night Live fame.

Personality

Molly is a sweet comfort doll who cheers everyone up when they're feeling glum. She is adventurous but lovable. She admires the Cute Dolls and tries to imitate their cute mannerisms, but is often shunned by them. Molly wants to fit in with the Cutes, but often feels self-conscious and has a low self-esteem whenever they show disdain for her. Whenever her owner Little Sister is feeling distressed, Molly is there to brighten up her day. Molly isn't afraid to show affection for her best friends, Mr. Bumpy and Squishington and help them out of any predicament they might be in.

Physical Description

Molly is a Frankenstein's monster-like rag doll (like Sally from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) that wears a blue dress adorned with yellow polka dots and a red patch. She sports a white pearl necklace around her neck, a blue bow in her orange hair, black Mary Jane shoes and mismatched socks - one red and white striped stocking and a short lacy sock. She has detachable limbs that often fall off when her owner Little Sister handles her. Some promos, such as the Television Bumpers in which the main Bump in the Night characters appeared in a year prior to the airing of the show, depict Molly as having a button eye, Also in some episodes of the show like To Sleep Perchance to Burp and The Bowl of the Squishy Prince, Most of the time it's just looks she is missing eyelashes over one of her eyes.

Relationships

Mr. Bumpy and Squishington are Molly's best friends. She cares for them very much, just as they care for her. Mr. Bumpy dubs Molly as his "favorite gal", indicating a close relationship between the two and implying that he prefers her over the Cute Dolls and other female residents of the house (most likely because they are too "girly" for his liking). Bumpy and Squishington are shown to be highly distressed whenever they fear that something terrible has happened to Molly. They both have also shown affection for her (e.g., Mr. Bumpy calling her "Toots" and Squishington complementing her legs in "Farewell, 2 Arms"), but the affections are most likely (arguably) not romantic; Bumpy and Squishington might act so chivalrous to Molly to show how important their friendship is to one another. Molly has been the recipient of crushes from both Destructo and a stinkbug named Odiferous J. Stench. Ironically, she has garnered more attention from males than the Cute Dolls, who are supposedly more attractive than her. Molly is shown to be maternal towards younger characters, such as Yellow Bunny and the babies in "Baby Jail." She is even shown to be friendly towards the Closet Monster. The majority of the characters show admiration for her, even the Cute Dolls on some occasions.

Habits

Despite her beauty, Molly is shown to be extremely emotional whenever she is upset. She often goes off about how useless/unwanted she feels. She also has a tendency to enjoy being an authoritative figure and harness power as shown in Farewell, 2 Arms and T'was the Night Before Bumpy.

For an example in the episode Farewell, 2 Arms Molly loses her arm after Little Sister takes off Molly's arm to get it fixed and wants to be more powerful and less helpless, Bumpy gives her a gorilla arm as a replacement. At first, Molly thinks the arm is gross and ugly, but then is impressed by the arm's strength and becomes addicted to the power Throughout the episode, Squishington and Mr Bumpy help Molly look for replacement body parts to help build a new body. Squish and Bumpy are both unsure and realize that Molly is becoming corrupted and they hate what she has become The new body includes; a gorilla arm, a hairdryer arm (Which belongs to The Cute Dolls), Destructo's legs and a tin can body, Then the corrupted Molly wants a new head so she tells Bumpy that she wants to turn her eyes around and turn herself inside out like he does, she rips her head off and tells Bumpy she wants his head. Bumpy runs out of the bathroom in terror then Molly rolls her old head towards him. As she chases him, she picks up a phone and uses it for a head for one second telling Bumpy to give her his head. Then Bumpy escapes and Molly settles for a staple remover instead, becoming Anti Molly. Squishington puts Molly's pieces back together, separating the sweet and kind Molly Coddle and the insane and evil Molly Coddle into two separate dolls, The real Molly stands up to the evil Anti Molly telling her she was meant to be a comfort doll and making Little Sister feel better. The evil Molly throws her and she lands on a pillow. After terrorizing two of The Cute Dolls Anti Molly then hears Little Sister say good night to the mother and thanks her for sewing Molly's arm back up. Little Sister walks in her room and picks up Anti-Molly. Little Sister plays with Anti Molly and realizes that it is not the real Molly and takes it apart and tosses it away destroying the evil doll for good and whining for the real Molly, Little Sister then finds the real Molly and puts her arm back on and she's happy to be reunited with her doll and gives Molly a good night kiss and throws her off the bed as Molly comes apart when she hits the wall her head rolls towards the camera and smiles and winks to the audience at the very end of the episode, Molly learnt in the episode after Squishington put her back together and standing up to the Anti Molly that she should be herself and never change and everyone likes her the way she is like for example her best friends Mr.Bumpy and Squishington and her owner Little Sister like at the end when she restores Molly's plush arm all fixed up she tells her favorite doll she loves her just the way she is.

Another example is Molly also feeling guilty about being cruel and mean as the pageant director in T'was the Night Before Bumpy she is touched by Mr. Bumpy singing the reprise of the song It's the night before Christmas and she asks all the toys to forgive her but the toys are still mad at her and they don't accept her apology she is upset, She then runs away in tears and says she will never be pageant director again. The Cute Dolls then stop to reconsider, That she was sorry and that she won't direct the pageant anymore. Destructo looks over to Destructette and smiles. Then they decide to forgive her. The toys then surprise her with a group hug and she is happy cause that what was her Christmas wish was hugs from everyone.

Molly also doesn't mind being thrown around by her owner Little Sister cause she knows she's being love and her owner is a little kid.

Trivia

• It's possible that Molly's character design was inspired by Sally from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and most of the characters in Bump in the night were inspired by Mad Magazine and the comic books of Robert Crumb, Ken Pontac and David Bleiman devised the concept behind Bump in the Night.
• A little bit of Molly's character design could also be inspired by the famous rag doll "Raggedy Ann" who is is a rag doll with red yarn for hair while Molly's is orange and The character was created in 1915 as a doll, and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann Stories.
• The bumpers in which the main Bump in the Night characters appeared in the year 1993 which was a one year before the airing of the show, depict Molly as having a button eye on the left which was also on the 9 inch figure of Molly and the plush doll of her. This was also in some episodes like some of the ones from the first season such as To Sleep Perchance to Burp and The Bowl of the Squishy Prince. Later season one episodes and season two would depict Molly with two black bead eyes.
• Molly has appeared on every single Bump in the Night Merchandise including figures, Plush toys and Subway figures made of her and her friends Mr. Bumpy and Squishington.

Gallery

Molly as Dr Coddle

Molly as the pageant director

Molly as the Moral Fairy

Molly Coddle with Mr Bumpy

Molly with Squishington

Molly being comforting

Molly covered in spat out baby food

Molly with her owner, Little Sister

Molly with a Christmas wreath

Molly covered in filth in the episode "Love Stinks"

Molly talking

Molly being labeled "Good" according to Destructo

Molly with Mr Bumpy in "Party Poopers"

Molly smiling

Molly standing

Molly getting ready to lie down

Molly in her toy doll pose

Molly as an inanimate toy

Molly wearing a purple frilly dress

Molly deciding to be herself

Molly taking off the purple dress

Molly "Yellow Bunny, why do you cower so"

Molly holding the scared Yellow Bunny

Molly giving a scrap of her dress to Yellow Bunny

Molly comforting Yellow Bunny

Molly putting Yellow Bunny down

Molly walking away

Molly holding Yellow Bunny's hand

Molly taking Yellow Bunny home

Molly trying to make a face

Molly helping Destructo with an oil can

Destructo "Thank you, Miss Molly Coddle"

Destructo giving Molly a kiss

Molly with Mr Bumpy and Baby Snail

Molly with Squishington and Mama Snail

Molly at the bathroom door

Molly sewing herself back together with a needle and thread

Molly asleep in her bed

Molly without her dress on

Molly goes crazy in the episode Farewell 2 Arms

Molly becomes Molly Coddle, Comando Doll in the episode Comfort Schmumfort

Molly wearing a night cap

Molly in a country western outfit in the karaoke cafe segment "Picking up the pieces" also seen in the "Comfort Schumfort (song)" segment

Molly on skateboard with missing feet in the episode "Not a leg to stand on"

Molly wearing a hair net

Molly sitting in a chair waiting for Little Sister in inanimate toy mode

Molly getting hugs from two of the Cute Dolls in T'was The Night Before Bumpy

Molly gets a hug from Destructo after him and the other toys and Phil Silverfish decide to forgive her for being mean and bossy

Molly in the opening theme

Molly wearing a backwards cap like a rapper in the karaoke cafe segment "You Need A Hug"

Molly as a herald in the episode "Beauty and the Bump"

Molly comforting the Closet Monster in the episode "Comforting the uncomfortable"

Molly feeding the Closet Monster some Milk and Cookies

Molly wearing a headband made from part of the fabric of her dress

Molly dressed like a retro pop singer (resembling Elton John) in the episode "When the Music Starts"

Molly Mr Bumpy and Squishington in there band

Molly in the hallway with Mr Bumpy

Molly wearing a party hat and holding a noise maker

Molly with a Gorilla arm

Molly with a hair dryer arm

Molly Coddle steering a pirate ship in the episode "Journey to the Center of the Lungfish"

Molly upset that her arm is gone

Molly acting mean and bossy directing the Christmas Pageant

Molly Coddle 9 inch Poseable figure

Subway 1995 Bump In The Night Molly Coddle PVC Figure

Molly Coddle 5.5" Bendy Bendable Action Figure

Rare Molly Coddle plush doll

Carl's Jr 1996 Bump in the Night Molly Coddle Pink Pencil Topper