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Molly Moon Intro
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[Character info is under the cut. Everything here is written as if it was written by the people running the website.]
Molly Moon is an unused Welcome Home character concept, whose development was cut short before it was ever finalized.
But, luckily, there's plenty of restored concept artwork and notes from which we can deduce what she would've been like.
Apparently, there once existed the idea of a segment in the show which would have been aired exclusively before nighttime.
The segment in question was going to be called "Journey To Dreamland!" and it was where Molly's character would come into play.
During the segment, she would teach children about the importance of sleep and rest, while maybe making them seem a bit more exciting than they actually are, but she just couldn't help it. More often than not she would've also been accompanied with one or multiple characters to follow her on the journey.
The concept's for "The Bedroom" show that it was supposed to have a comically large bed that could fit the entire cast and even more characters on it and a note says that "It's the most comfortable thing in the Welcome Home universe!".
One of the notes states that "She doesn't technically live in the neighborhood, but instead her house is in the clouds above it." which confirms that she wasn't supposed to be part of the neighborhood, but instead a minor character that would appear occasionally.
Personality wise, Molly is a soft spoken and quiet, but still very friendly and well meaning girl that can also be quite naive, forgetful and shy at times. A note basically says that "She's just trying to do her best at all times. No matter how much she doesn't understand what's going on." which would explain her genuine attempt to stay positive during every given situation, which eventually just ends up with her overthinking things and being concerned about them.
Her main gag was going to be that she has a bit of a "falling asleep at random times in random places" problem, which the other characters would just get used to at some point.
Molly's little companion is named Mr. T. Bear, and is basically Molly's emotional support stuffed animal that she sees as her sidekick. Their entire wardrobe matches, and she loves to dress him up and make him participate in activities. She even talks to him. This element would have most likely been added to show children that having a wide imagination is something that is perfectly normal and healthy, and nothing to be ashamed of.
Even concept artwork for her puppet had been made and it was going to be a live-hand puppet that requires an additional hand to move the head, since it would have been quite large. Mr. T. Bear would have been a separate prop that could be attached to the puppet itself, but could also be removed if necessary. One unique feature that this puppet was supposed to have, is that the nose would actually be a small tap light. A click on it would make it light up. It is unclear on exactly why they would have added this feature, except for the sake of consistency since Molly is, according to a note, afraid of the dark. But, unfortunately, the puppet was never made.
Even though Molly's character is nowhere near present in the universe of Welcome Home, we can still find reused remains of her character in the characters we do have.
For example, parts of Molly's color pallete were most likely reused for Franny Joyful, and parts of Molly's personality were probably reused for Poppy's personality to have them instead. Molly's overall moon theme was transfered to Sally instead, who has a suddle moon theming to her character next to the obvious sun/star one.
Molly's character not being finalized is especially obvious in her design, which doesn't really follow the current Welcome Home character designs, since it was made while they were still experimenting with things.
The direct reason for the erasure of Molly Moon as a character is currently unknown, and even though we do have some theories about it, we'll wait until we gain more information about the overall production of the show until we try to piece it together any further.