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:''"Molly" redirects here. For the doll, see [[Molly McIntire (doll)]].''

{{Infobox character
|name = Molly McIntire
|image = <tabber>
BeForever = [[File:BFMollyPortrait.png|375px]]|-|
Classic = [[File:Mollylogo.jpg|250px]]|-|
1986 = [[File:1986_Molly.jpg|250px]]
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|fullname = Molly Jean McIntire<ref>See talk page for details.</ref>
|born = April 22, 1934
|age =
|firstappearance = ''[[Meet Molly]]''; ''[[A Winning Spirit]]''
|serieslocation = Jefferson, Illinois<ref>This is a fictional town, though based on the real town of [[Wikipedia:Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]] outside of Chicago and likely named after [[Wikipedia:Jefferson_Township, Cook_County, Illinois|Jefferson Township]].</ref>
|timeline = Fall 1943<ref>This is calculated from ''[[Molly Saves the Day]]'', which has her letter to her dad dated July 1944. This places the first book in 1943.</ref> to Summer 1946<ref>Jill signs and dates [[Molly's Route 66 Adventure|Molly's scrapbook]] as August 1946.</ref>
|father = [[James McIntire]]
|mother = [[Helen McIntire]]
|siblings = [[Jill McIntire]] 
[[Ricky McIntire]] 
[[Brad McIntire]]
|aunt = [[Eleanor Culver]]
|grandparents = [[Minor Characters in Molly's Series#Grammy Culver|Grammy Culver]] [[Minor Characters in Molly's Series#Frank Culver|Frank Culver]]
|bestfriend = [[Linda Rinaldi]] 
[[Susan Shapiro]]
|friends = [[Emily Bennett]] 
[[Minor Characters in_Molly's Series#Alison Hargate|Alison Hargate]]
}}
'''Molly McIntire''' is one of the first three [[Historical Characters]], representing the late World War II Era. Molly was released in ''1986'' at the launch of Pleasant Company along with [[Samantha Parkington]] and [[Kirsten Larson]].

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 [[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. The BeForever doll was confirmed for sale when the doll was released in fall 2018 exclusively through [[Costco]] distribution. It was otherwise not widely available through American Girl stores or their website outside of sales.

Molly and parts of her original collection were rereleased in 2022. She is also part of the 35th Anniversary Special Edition Rerelease. She was also reinterpreted as a modern era doll in 2026, the [[Modern Era Molly]] doll.

==Personality and Facts==

Molly comes from a Scottish-American family and lives in the fictional town of Jefferson, Illinois. She often comes up with various plans to draw attention to herself; 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), dislikes turnips, and is afraid to swim underwater. She struggles with her looks later in the series as she wants to look different, with curls instead of straight hair. She often believes her hair to be like "straight sticks" compared to her teacher [[Charlotte Campbell|Miss Campbell]]. She frequently becomes set on becoming a "New Molly." Molly and her friends greatly admire their teacher, Miss Campbell, and like thinking about her love life.

Molly is a great tap dancer. In the book, she was the best dancer in her class, even better than 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 "lovable." On the original personality quiz, she is described as "feisty."
Americangirlpublishing.com also characterizes her as "patriotic", and American Girl e-cards describe her as "fun" and "cheerful."

===Connection to [[Daisy Davenport]]===
[[File:MollyMcIntire-2027.png|thumb|275px|left|Molly as seen in Daisy's series.]]
[[Daisy Davenport]] attends the same camp that Molly attended in the 1940s, [[Locations in Molly's Series#Camp_Gowonagin|Camp Gowonagin]]. At the end-of-camp party, an elderly Molly attends as a former camper.

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==Family and Friends==
{{See also|Minor Characters in Molly's Series}}
===Family===
* [[James McIntire]]: Molly's father, Dad.
* [[Helen McIntire]]: Molly's mother, Mom.
* [[Jill McIntire]]: Molly's older sister.
* [[Ricky McIntire]]: Molly's older brother.
* [[Brad McIntire]]: Molly's younger brother.
* [[Grammy Culver]]: Molly's maternal grandmother.
* [[Minor Characters in Molly's Series#Frank Culver|Grandpa Culver]]: Molly's maternal grandfather.
* [[Eleanor Culver]]: Molly's maternal aunt.

===Friends and Other Minor Characters===
*[[Gladys Gilford]]: The McIntires' housekeeper.
*[[Charlotte Campbell]]: Molly's teacher.
*[[Minor Characters in_Molly's Series#Alison Hargate|Alison Hargate]]: Molly's classmate.
*[[Linda Rinaldi]]: Molly's best friend.
*[[Susan Shapiro]]: Molly's best friend.
*[[Emily Bennett]]: Molly's English friend.

==Books==
''See: [[List of Molly's Books]]''

==Other Media==
* [[Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front]]: movie

===Movie Books===
* [[Lights! Camera! Molly!]]

==[[Doll]]==
{{Main|Molly McIntire (doll)}}
[[File:Mollydollface.jpg|thumb|200px|The Molly doll.]]
* [[Face Mold]]: [[Classic Mold]]
* Skin: Light
* Hair: Brown
* Eyes: Gray

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==Collection==
:''See [[Molly's Collection]]''

==Trivia==

* Molly was the first character and doll to be marketed with glasses, and the only one until the release of [[Z Yang (doll)|Z]] as part of the [[Contemporary Characters|contemporary line]]; however unlike Molly, Z's glasses are sold separately. However, [[Summer McKinny (doll)|Summer McKinny]] was released with glasses bundled with her doll.
* 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 467 Oak Street, Jefferson, IL. (At the time, ZIP Codes did not exist.)
* With the release of [[Nanea Mitchell]], Molly was the first character to explicitly share an era with another character released later not including the [[Best Friend Characters]]; [[Marie-Grace Gardner]] and [[Cécile Rey]] were released simultaneously and [[Isabel Hoffman|Isabel]] and [[Nicki Hoffman]] are twins sharing the same series. However, Nanea's series take place chronologically prior to Molly's; 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.
* Molly's books are classified as 1944 on covers, but her series has the first book set in 1943; this makes her the first Historical Character to not have a series start in a year ending in -4 (though 1944 is covered). This is later followed by [[Kit Kittredge]].
* Molly's BeForever items were primarily available through Costco stores in fall 2018. Her Costco set and the new individual clothing pieces were sold in occasional sales on American Girl's site in 2019 and 2020.
[[File:Molly historical logo 2019.png|thumb|left|250px|Molly McIntire's 2019 rebranded logo.]]
*Although Molly was never officially released as a BeForever character, American Girl developed a logo for her for the [[Historical Characters#History of the Line|historical line's rebranding]] back to "Historical Characters" in 2019. Initially this did not appear on American Girl's main site; instead the company released it on the American Girl Publishing website. It was first used for the 35th anniversary doll and for Molly promotions after 2021, including the 2022 rerelease.

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==See also==

*[[Locations in Molly's Series]]

==References==
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Full Historical List = {{HistoricalList}}|-|
BeForever Historical List = {{BeForeverHistoricalList}}
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[[Category:Molly McIntire]]
[[Category:Historical Characters]]
[[Category:BeForever]]

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