The movie, as usual, bart is up to no good as he pulls prank after prank. Marge wages a onewoman campaign against violence on the itchy and scratchy show. Itchy and scratchy porch pals the simpsons youtube. Itchy produces two small bombs with fuses lit and puts them in front of scratchy for him to find. The episode introduces the weasely roger meyers jr. He parodies of the character tom from tom and jerry and his role as victim. Episode 2f01 first aired 1021994 the simpsons are going to itchy and scratchy land a new theme park based on the violent antics of bart and lisas favorite cartoon series. Itchy and scratchy is a cartoon simpson family are watching. Itchy is the titular main antagonist in the itchy and scratchy show, a parody of tom and jerry that play in the simpsons world.
Their point was that they wanted to show how silly the extremes of anything can be, left or right. Realizing that maggie was influenced by tv, marge campaigns to eradicate violence in cartoons. Why the simpsons censorship episode stood the test of time. Itchy and scratchy drink lemonade on the porch, dancing together and at the end of the episode, scratchy reads itchy a bedtime story. Find out when the simpsons is on tv, including series 2episode 9. Im referring here to, women who love to much, fear of winning, sexaholism, stuff like that. The simpsons season 2 episode 9 itchy and scratchy and. After watching an episode of itchy and scratchy, she gathers up a mob of angry mothers and takes to the street. The show involves an anthropomorphic psychotic mouse named itchy killing an anthropomorphic hapless cat named scratchy for the heck of it. They do not last more than 1 min and is occasionally quite funny. When maggie attacks her father,psychostyle with a mallet, marge blames the violent tv cartoon series itchy and scratchy and gets it banned. Scratchy is relentlessly persecuted by the sadistic itchy although they are ironically good friends in real life. Unknown to her, bart and lisa have been sneaking off to their friends houses to watch the shows, under the guise of playing sports, or making the most of their childhood years. It first aired on the fox network in the united states on october 2, 1994.
This loveydovey itchy and scratchy cartoon is the antithesis to the violent itchy and scratchy cartoons. There is only one episode where scratchy kills itchy. Marge forms snuh and gets the writers to tone down the violence, but soon the censorship gets out. During a parentteacher conference, marge is notified of barts poor behavior. It first aired on the fox network in the united states on december 20, 1990. Maggie attacks homer in the basement with a mallet. Art imitates life, itchy and scratchy land back at home, safe, the children laugh at the end of an itchy and scratchy cartoon. V show with scratchy and itchy and gets it banned much to the dismay of everyone. The simpsons season 4 episode 6 itchy and scratchy the movie. He is unlocked upon the completion of the cartoon set. Scratchy is the titular main protagonist in the itchy and scratchy show, a parody of tom and jerry that play in the simpsons world. Eventually the producers give in and ask marges help in. She wins that battle, but draws the line at censoring michelangelos david. Season 6, episode 4 itchy and scratchy land first aired.
After watching a violent episode of itchy and scratchy, maggie clubs homer on the head, in a scene evocative of janet leighs death in psycho. Marge is stunned by the shows violence and writes a letter to its creators. Itchy knocks scratchys eyes out with a mallet, and scratchy kneels and starts feeling around the floor for his eyes. Season 2 episode 9 of the simpsons resulted in a 0. Marge writes a letter to the producers of the show asking them to tone down their violence, but in response, roger meyers, jr. Its a pretty decent to good episode, but i hate how easily marge gives up when dr.
In order to curb barts constant misbehavior homer and marge come up with the ultimate punishment. As punishment, bart is banned from seeing the new movie based on his favorite cartoon despite everyone in springfield seeing it numerous times. Throughout the simpsons 20year history, they have faced protests, cancellation, bankruptcy and a host of annoying friends including poochie, disgruntled goat and rich uncle skeleton. This episode was one of those heroic anticensorship messages in the early. The hijinks of a few comic characters absolutely pale in comparison with the crippling emotional problems a psychiatrist runs into every day.
The audience member next to him, a matronly dog, is covered in blood and shushes scratchys headless corpse. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Children,released from the spell of constant television viewing,learn to play outdoors again. Characters with viewpoints from both sides are questioned and held under scrutiny, as the show examines both sides of a particular coin. Within the simpsons universe, maggie really was influenced by itchy and scratchy when she hit homer. Whilst the very earliest simpsons episode depicted scratchy. In this episode, marge and scratchy and itchy, maggie attacks homer with a mallet and marge blames the t. I liked how the episode centered on marge for once and thats a nice change of pace. No longer willing to suckle hungrily at the glass teat, they leave their houses and embark on all. He is a dangerous and sadistic mouse who loves torturing the heroic scratchy, always killing him in some gruesome way without provocation in every episode.
After maggie watches a violent itchy and scratchy cartoon, she attacks homer with a mallet. The simpsons s 6 e 4 itchy and scratchy land recap tv. The simpsons season 2 episode 9 itchy and scratchy and marge. As matt and robbie progress through the episodes, they will rank them definitively in best. Watch the simpsons season 2 episode 9 online tv fanatic. In response, marge decides to show what one screwball can do. The simpsons season 4 episode 6 itchy and scratchy the. The episode is considered a standout classic, even among the rest of the simpsons highly lauded first ten seasons, so its likely you remember the plot by heart.
Marge immediately blames the show for maggies actions and bans bart and lisa from watching the show as well. The simpsons itchy and scratchy and marge tv episode. Marge forms snuh and gets the writers to tone down the violence, but soon the. With dan castellaneta, julie kavner, nancy cartwright, yeardley smith. This occasionally lands her in a situation where she is hated by those around her, mostly because she sticks her nose where it doesnt belong. When marge leaves, bart finds plutonium in homers toolbox and hammers it into the remotes battery slot. The simpsons itchy and scratchy and marge tv episode 1990. In almost every episode, scratchy is killed or at least brutally hurt by itchy. Marge always has trouble seeing past her own societal viewpoints.