Howlin' Harriet is a minor character in the Disney Channel series The Ghost and Molly McGee. She is the ghost of a local woman who was killed by a passing train and began to haunt the local forest in Brighton.
Background[]
Howlin' Harriet was once a native of Brighton who was chased by the townsfolk for "selling uncured sausages on a Wednesday". The laws were weird back then. Harriet ran and tripped over a railroad where she was killed by a passing train, losing her toes (the only thing the townsfolk found) in the process. Since then, she became a vengeful spirit who haunts the local forest in search of new toes. Thanks to the ingenuity of Molly McGee, Libby Stein-Torres and Scratch, the last one reluctantly, Harriet got a new set of toes and finally came to peace.
Personality[]
Harriet is a victim of circumstance. While she came off as a vengeful and angry spirit, she was really just a sad individual who wanted some peace of mind. Upon getting new toes, she became happy and welcoming.
Physical appearance[]
In her corrupted form, Harriet was a pitch black ghost that glowed green and had large eyes, horrifying teeth and large stick-like hair. When she was at peace, she is a green ghost with a skirt-like body, shoulder length hair, and yellow eyes with lashes surrounded by black circles.
Powers and abilities[]
Harriet has the ability to shapeshift and phase through walls like other ghosts. Due to her anger, she had the ability to transform into a monstrous version of herself.
Trivia[]
- Howlin' Harriet is the first "human" to be shown getting killed via an accident.
- She can talk, but usually speaks in spooky howls that some ghosts can understand.
- Howlin' Harriet's name ("H H" for short) was also used as a term for ghosts consumed by a single emotion due to an obsession over their unfinished business.
- In the original pitch bible, Howlin' Harriet was a male ghost called The Haunt of the Wailing Woods.