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|fullname = Molly Jean McIntire<ref>See talk page for details.</ref>
 
|fullname = Molly Jean McIntire<ref>See talk page for details.</ref>
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|serieslocation = Jefferson, Illinois
 
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|timeline = Fall 1943 to Summer 1946<ref>Jill signs and dates [[Molly's Route 66 Adventure|Molly's scrapbook]] as August 1946.</ref>
 
|timeline = Fall 1943 to Summer 1946<ref>Jill signs and dates [[Molly's Route 66 Adventure|Molly's scrapbook]] as August 1946.</ref>
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In June 2013 [[American Girl]] announced that they would [[Retirement|archive]] Molly's [[Molly's Collection|entire collection]]; she, [[Emily Bennett]], and their collections were later [[Retirement|archived]] in December 2013. [[List of Molly's Books|Molly's books]] and the movie remained available for purchase.
 
In June 2013 [[American Girl]] announced that they would [[Retirement|archive]] Molly's [[Molly's Collection|entire collection]]; she, [[Emily Bennett]], and their collections were later [[Retirement|archived]] in December 2013. [[List of Molly's Books|Molly's books]] and the movie remained available for purchase.
   
In summer 2017, booksellers released information indicating Molly's books would be re-released as part of the [[BeForever]] collection. In November 2017, the official website for American Girl Publishing indicated a new mini doll would be released also. The rereleased books and mini-doll were released February 2018; a preview of the potential BeForever Doll was also released inadvertently on the official site, but soon taken down.
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In summer 2017, booksellers released information indicating Molly's books would be re-released as part of the [[BeForever]] collection. In November 2017, the official website for American Girl Publishing indicated a new mini doll would be released also. The rereleased books and mini-doll were released February 2018; a preview of the potential BeForever Doll was also released inadvertently on the official site, but soon taken down.
   
 
==Personality and Facts==
 
==Personality and Facts==

Revision as of 17:26, 27 May 2018

"Molly" redirects here. For the doll, see Molly McIntire (doll).

Molly McIntire is one of the first three Historical Characters of the American Girl Dolls, representing the World War II Era. Molly was released in 1986 along with Samantha Parkington and Kirsten Larson.

In June 2013 American Girl announced that they would archive Molly's entire collection; she, Emily Bennett, and their collections were later archived in December 2013. Molly's books and the movie remained available for purchase.

In summer 2017, booksellers released information indicating Molly's books would be re-released as part of the BeForever collection. In November 2017, the official website for American Girl Publishing indicated a new mini doll would be released also. The rereleased books and mini-doll were released February 2018; a preview of the potential BeForever Doll was also released inadvertently on the official site, but soon taken down.

Personality and Facts

Molly comes from a Scottish-American family. She comes up with various plans to draw attention to herself through the series; several times these plans and ideas are either wholly unrealistic or fall through.

To Molly, World War II is mostly a distant inconvenience in her daily life; it is only when she is introduced to Emily Bennett that she sees that the war is truly affecting other people.

She is not very good at math (especially multiplication), hates turnips, and is afraid to swim underwater. She struggles with her looks later in the series, as she wants to look different with curls. She often believes her hair to be like straight sticks compared to her teacher Miss Campbell. She becomes set on being a "New Molly." Molly and her friends greatly admire their teacher, Miss Campbell, and love to think about her love life.

Molly is a great tap dancer. In the book, she was the best dancer in her class, even over Alison. In the movie, she struggles and copies Alison and later becomes the best in her class. She also enjoys camp songs.

Molly misses her father very much. Even though she loves her parents, she often finds it hard to get along with her siblings, often getting into disagreements. Molly also finds it hard to get along with Alison, and even Emily Bennett at one point in the story because of their differences. She can be mean, especially to Alison, and finds it hard to be nice to her. She always wants to be original, and is obsessed with glamour, especially from England. Molly finds it especially hard to be a follower, as was evident in Molly Saves the Day when she envied Dorinda for being the team captain.

Molly is a big schemer, often the ring leader when she and her friends make plans. Molly's mom calls her a "chatterbox," in comparison to Emily. She is prone to daydreaming and fanciful ideas.

American Girl characterizes her as "lively" and "loveable."  On the original personality quiz, she is described as "feisty."   Americangirlpublishing.com also characterizes her as "patriotic". American Girl e-cards describes her as "fun" and "cheerful."

Family and Friends

Family

Friends and Other Minor Characters

Books

See: List of Molly's Books

Other Media

Movie Books

  • Lights! Camera! Molly!

Doll

Main article: Molly McIntire (doll)
Mollydollface

The Molly doll.

Collection

See Molly's Collection

Trivia

  • Molly is the first and so far the only character to be marketed with glasses.
  • Molly's Central Series books had the most illustrators with three: Chris Payne for the first three, David Gaadt for one, and Nick Backes (the last two before he then redid the first four).
  • Molly's address is listed as: 467 Oak Street, Jefferson, IL.
  • With the release of Nanea Mitchell, she is the only character to explicitly share an era with another character outside of Marie-Grace Gardner and Cécile Rey who were released simultaneously. However, Nanea's series take place chronologically before Molly's as Molly's books take place two years after the US had officially entered World War II while Nanea's cover the event that led to the US's formal entry into the war.

See also

References

  1. See talk page for details.
  2. Jill signs and dates Molly's scrapbook as August 1946.


American Girl Historical Characters
1760s

Kaya'aton'my

1770s

Felicity Merriman ♦ ★

1810s

Caroline Abbott ♦ ★

1820s

Josefina Montoya

1850s

Cécile Rey
and Marie-Grace Gardner

1850s

Kirsten Larson

1860s

Addy Walker

1900s

Samantha Parkington

1910s

Rebecca Rubin

1920s

Claudie Wells

1930s

Kit Kittredge

1940s

Nanea Mitchell

1940s

Molly McIntire

1950s

Maryellen Larkin

1960s

Melody Ellison

1970s

Julie Albright

1980s

Courtney Moore

2000s

Nicki Hoffman
and Isabel Hoffman

Archived / ♦ Part of the BeForever Collection

BeForever-Revised and Released Historical Characters
1760s

Kaya'aton'my

1770s

Felicity Merriman ♦ ★

1810s

Caroline Abbott

1820s

Josefina Montoya

1860s

Addy Walker

1900s

Samantha Parkington

1910s

Rebecca Rubin

1930s

Kit Kittredge

1940s

Nanea Mitchell

1940s

Molly McIntire ♦ ★

1950s

Maryellen Larkin

1960s

Melody Ellison

1970s

Julie Albright

Archived | ♦ Re-released for BeForever | ♥ First Released in BeForever