Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie

"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"

Episode Information

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This article is about the episode. For the movie, see The Itchy & Scratchy Movie

"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" is the 6th episode of The Simpsons' fourth season. It first aired on 3 November 1992. As punishment for Bart's misbehavior, Homer bans him from seeing the new Itchy & Scratchy Movie forever.

Synopsis

Homer and Marge go to the kids school for Parent-Teacher night. Although Lisa is given a good review by Miss Hoover, Mrs. Krabappel is appalled at Bart's behaviour and forces Marge to write on the blackboard. On the car ride home, Marge becomes concerned about Bart's attitude and how Homer rarely punishes him. When they get home, they discover Bart has broken Grampa's dentures and send him to bed without supper. Bart decides to change his ways until Homer sneaks him some dinner. The next day, Lisa learns about the upcoming Itchy and Scratchy movie and she and Bart immediately get tickets.

Later, Marge and Lisa go shopping, during which Bart causes trouble at home and tricks Homer into not punishing him. When the girls return Marge learns of what's happened and orders Homer to punish Bart the next time he misbehaves. When Bart is asked to watch Maggie and doesn't, Homer punishes him by tearing up his Itchy and Scratchy movie ticket, forbidding him from ever seeing the movie. Bart becomes depressed that he can't see the movie, as everyone around him raves about it. After two months, Marge and Lisa beg Homer to let Bart see the movie due to Bart still being upset. Marge feels the punishment has made Bart learn his lesson, but Homer still refuses to let Bart go. Bart even sneaks over to the Aztec theater to buy a ticket, but the ticket sellers have been ordered not to sell to him,

Eight months (and 9 Academy Awards) later, the movie offically leaves the theatres. Bart sadly admits that Homer has won, but Homer explains they 'both won,' and that by using this punishment, Bart is no doubt headed for a better life. The episode then flashes forward to the future, where Bart (now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) and Homer walk down a street, and see that a theater has re-released "The Itchy & Scratchy Movie." Homer explains that he feels Bart has learned his lesson, and the two enter the theatre and watch the movie happily together.

Quotes

(After Bart accidentally destroys his dentures, Abe tries to steal Jasper's in the nursing home, but Jasper turns on the light and pulls a .45 Magnum on Abe)

Jasper: Well, well. If it isn't the tooth fairy...

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Pink Sedan

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Kamp Krusty • A Streetcar Named Marge • Homer the Heretic • Lisa the Beauty Queen • Treehouse of Horror III • Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie • Marge Gets a Job • New Kid on the Block • Mr. Plow • Lisa's First Word • Homer's Triple Bypass • Marge vs. the Monorail • Selma's Choice • Brother from the Same Planet • I Love Lisa • Duffless • Last Exit to Springfield • So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show • The Front • Whacking Day • Marge in Chains • Krusty Gets Kancelled