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"'''Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie'''" is the sixth episode of the ] of the American animated television series '']''. It originally aired on ] in the United States on November 3, 1992. The plot follows ] continually getting in trouble, and how ] is unable to give him any suitable punishment. ] gets Homer to agree to make a punishment stick, and he forbids Bart to see the new '']'' movie for not watching ]. | ||
| The episode was written by ] and directed by ].<ref name="bbc"/> | |||
| ==Synopsis== | |||
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| After a Parent Night at Bart's school, Mrs. Krabappel tells Marge how she should discipline Bart more. Homer does, and Bart, after not watching his sister Maggie when he was supposed to, cannot see the new Itchy & Scratchy movie. No matter what Bart does (trying to sneak out, pleading, behaving well), Homer refuses. Despite the fact that Homer feels bad that Bart really does want to see the movie, he believes that if he doesn't make at least some effort to discipline Bart now, he will never become something successful, like ] of the ]. | |||
| ==Plot== | |||
| Bart doesn't see the movie until the future. In ], Bart is ], and Homer takes him to the Itchy & Scratchy movie. | |||
| <!-- Per MOS:TVPLOT, TV episode articles should have a plot summary of no more than 400 words. --> | |||
| ] and ] attend a ] at ]. Although ] tells Homer that ] is doing well, ] tells Marge that ] is continually causing trouble. She urges Homer and Marge to enforce stronger discipline and suggests that Bart could grow up to become a ] Justice if his behavior improves. Marge and Homer return home to find that Bart has stolen and broken ]'s ]. As punishment, Marge sends Bart to bed without dinner; however, Homer later brings Bart a slice of pizza and makes Bart promise to behave. However, Bart continues to get in trouble, always managing to distract Homer from punishing him. Eventually, Homer vows to give Bart an effective penalty. | |||
| Bart buys himself a ticket for ''Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie'', the highly anticipated film adaptation of '']''. While Bart is left home alone with ], he watches television instead of paying attention to her. Maggie takes Homer's car for a ] and crashes into the wall of Springfield Prison, releasing the prisoners. Homer then punishes Bart by tearing up Bart's ticket to ''Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie'' and banning him from ever seeing the movie under any circumstances. Bart begs for a different punishment, but Homer refuses. The film is released to wide acclaim, and every child in Springfield sees the film multiple times; since Bart is not allowed to see the film, his classmates shun him. | |||
| Bart tries to buy another ticket, but discovers Homer has instructed the movie theater employees not to sell him a ticket. Two months after the film's release, Marge and Lisa try to convince Homer to change his mind, with Marge claiming Bart has been punished long enough, but Homer refuses. Eventually, the film is removed from theaters. Bart reluctantly confesses that the punishment deeply affected him, to which Homer responds that consequently, he will learn to accept responsibility for his actions and will have a better life as a result. | |||
| Forty years later (2032), Bart, now ], and Homer, a ], walk down the street and discover the film is back in the local theater as a classic re-release. Homer decides that Bart has officially learned from the experience, and the two happily watch the movie together. | |||
| ==Production== | |||
| This episode, like many other '']'' themed episodes, was written by ], although the plot was originally pitched by ].<ref name="Reiss">{{cite video |people=Reiss, Mike |date=2004 |title=The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> During the table read of the script, the first act received many laughs, but the second act got little positive reaction, leading ] to believe that the script would require a huge rewrite, although the third act also received a positive reaction.<ref name="Jean"/> For ''The Itchy & Scratchy Movie'' shown at the end of the episode, ] felt that it should top all other ''Itchy & Scratchy'' cartoons in terms of violence, and John Swartzwelder wrote the "most disturbing, horrible sequence", none of which was used in the final cut.<ref name="Reiss"/> | |||
| This was the first episode that ] directed at ].<ref name="Moore">{{cite video |people=Moore, Rich |date=2004 |title=The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> The shot of the Korean animation studio angered the Korean animators at ]; ], the overseas director, felt insulted and nearly sent the scene back.<ref name="Moore"/> While drawing the ''Steamboat Itchy'' sequence, the animators jokingly referred to it as "Steamboat Lawsuit". ] explained that he did not know "why weren't sued because there's a shot right out of '']'' in ."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12524.html |title=The Simpsons Movie Interviews |access-date=2007-08-02 |first=Sheila |last=Roberts |publisher=Movies Online |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104132905/http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12524.html |archive-date=2009-01-04 }}</ref> | |||
| The episode features the first appearance of ], who is a caricature of "]" ("The Red Grasshopper"), a character created and portrayed by Mexican television comedian ].<ref name="Reiss"/> | |||
| ==Cultural references== | ==Cultural references== | ||
| ]''.]] | |||
| * '']'' - Homer's threat of sending Grampa to the "crooked home we saw on ''60 Minutes''" (after he mumbles incoherently following Bart's prank) is a reference to the CBS ] and the investigative reports into nursing home abuse that aired on it. | |||
| The opening '']'' film is a parody of how old the crew of the ] cast looked in the later movies.<ref name="Jean"/> ]'s "]" plays while Bart runs amuk. Mrs. Krabappel says that "even the poorest student can become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court." Homer muses that Bart could join "], ], ]..." His apparent familiarity with Supreme Court Justices became a running gag. The 1929 ''Itchy & Scratchy'' short ''Steamboat Itchy'' is a spoof of the 1928 Disney short '']'', the debut of ].<ref name=bbc/> Lisa says ] and ] make cameos in ''Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie'', adding "They didn't use their real names, but you knew it was them." Jackson and Hoffman had made cameos on ''The Simpsons'' using pseudonyms in "]" and "]", respectively.<ref name="Reiss"/> In flashback, Homer is seen listening to "]" by ] instead of watching the ].<ref name=bbc/> In the flash forward sequence, a man is purchasing ] in the lobby of the theater.<ref name=bbc/> A vehicle resembling a ] from ] (1977) is also shown.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nohomers.net/content/info/articles/11.shtml |title=I Bent My Wookiee! Celebrating the Star Wars/Simpsons Connection |access-date=2022-01-15 |date=2007-07-24 |first=Scott |last=Chernoff |publisher=No Homers Club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724223022/http://starwars.com/community/news/media/f20070724/index.html?page=3 |archive-date=2011-07-24 }}</ref> The marquee says ''Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie'' has been re-released on a bill with ] (1991). Homer and Bart are seen silhouetted against the screen, a reference to ''].''<ref name="Reiss"/> | |||
| * '']'' - The scene where Bart prepares to put Snowball II into the microwave, after melting a toy ] mini-figure, is a spoof of the first James Bond theatrical release. | |||
| * Simpsons voiceover ]s - Lisa's remark that ] and ] both provided voices for ''The Itchy & Scratchy Movie'', yet were not credited, references previous episodes were the actors provided guest voices using pseudonyms - Hoffman in "];" Jackson in "]" as Sam Etic and John Jay Smith respectively. | |||
| Homer tries to take credit for Lisa's success, saying he read to her from '']'' and emphasized the "three R's": “Reading ''TV Guide'', writing to ''TV Guide'', and renewing ''TV Guide!''" The scene of a billboard for '' Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie'' splattering a bride with blood recalls the end of ]. Marge asks Homer, "Do you want your son to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or a sleazy male stripper?" Homer responds: "Can't he both, like the late ]?" Marge points out that Warren wasn't a stripper, and Homer asks "''Now'' who's being naive?" Lisa says Bart has "the demented melancholia of a ] heroine."<ref>{{cite news| last=Rabin| first=Nathan| title=The Simpsons (Classic): "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"| work=]| url=https://www.avclub.com/the-simpsons-classic-itchy-scratchy-the-movie-1798172685| date=2012| access-date=December 1, 2023| archive-date=December 15, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215210522/https://www.avclub.com/the-simpsons-classic-itchy-scratchy-the-movie-1798172685| url-status=live}}</ref> Bart can be seen reading '' Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie: The Novel'' by ]. | |||
| * '']'' - Homer's comment, "Mmmmm ... solyent green" (in the flashforward scene where said item is a concession item) is a reference to the 1973 science fiction movie about the synthetic food product named in the title. | |||
| * '']'' - The endless succession of ''Star Trek'' movies and television shows is spoofed in the opening gag, "Star Trek XII: So Very Tired" (featuring a very elderly ] crew). | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| * '']'' - The 1928 "Itchy & Scratchy" short - where Scratchy is burned alive in the steamboat's furnace at the end of the film) is a spoof of the classic 1928 Disney short, which served as the debut for ]. | |||
| During the fourth season, ''The Simpsons'' usually aired on a Thursday, but "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" aired on a Tuesday because the executives at Fox had wanted to air an episode during the ] results because they felt it would mean increased ratings.<ref name="Jean">{{cite video |people=Jean, Al |date=2004 |title=The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> Instead, the episode dropped from its normal audience.<ref name="Reiss"/> "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" finished 25th in ratings for the week of November 2–8, 1992, with a ] of 12.5, equivalent to approximately 11.6 million viewing households. It was the third highest-rated show on the Fox network that week, following ''The Simpsons'' episode "]", which aired in the same week on the usual Thursday, and '']''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Even without 'Roseanne,' ABC is no. 1 |work=Sun-Sentinel |author=Elber, Lynn |page=4E |date=November 12, 1992}}</ref> | |||
| * ] - Homer's bumper sticker contained the mid-1980s ] advertising slogan, which became a national catchphrase. | |||
| *'']'' - Homer recalls reading ''TV Guide'' to Lisa. "Eight o'clock, '']''. The ] (]), is worried he is losing his cool." | |||
| In the spring of 2002, the episode was released in the United Kingdom on a DVD collection titled ''The Simpsons Film Festival'', along with the ] episode "]", the ] episode "]", and the ] episode "]".<ref name=Haag>{{cite web|last=Madden |first=Damian |title=Simpsons: Film Festival |url=http://www.dvdbits.com/reviews.asp?id=949 |publisher=DVD Bits |access-date=December 19, 2011 |date=March 31, 2002 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205005708/http://www.dvdbits.com/reviews.asp?id=949 |archive-date=December 5, 2011 }}</ref> | |||
| *] cartoons - Itchy & Scratchy slaughter ] with help from ]. | |||
| *] - ] mentioned in this episode are ], ], ] and ]. | |||
| Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book ''I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide'' called it a "superb episode", especially "'s suggestion for punishing Bart's misbehaviour is to give him a present, and his trick for avoiding jury duty is 'to say you're prejudiced against all races.'"<ref name=bbc/> | |||
| *] - Homer is listening to "Yummy Yummy Yummy" instead of watching the ]. | |||
| *] - The Itchy & Scratchy Movie won nine Academy Awards. | |||
| "Steamboat Itchy" is one of Matt Groening's favorite moments in the history of the show.<ref name="Groening">{{cite video |people=Groening, Matt |date=2004 |title=The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> Nathan Ditum of '']'' ranked "Steamboat Itchy" as the show's 46th best film parody.<ref name="totalfilm">{{cite news |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/the-50-greatest-simpsons-movie-references/ |title=The 50 Greatest Simpsons Movie References |last=Ditum |first=Nathan |date=June 6, 2009 |work=] |publisher=GamesRadar |access-date=January 15, 2022 |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403060436/https://www.gamesradar.com/the-50-greatest-simpsons-movie-references/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, ''The Simpsons'' writers picked "Steamboat Itchy" from this episode as one of their nine favorite "Itchy & Scratchy" episodes of all time.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Simpsons' Writers Pick Their Favorite 'Itchy & Scratchy' Cartoons |url=http://www.vulture.com/2014/03/simpsons-writers-favorite-itchy-and-scratchy-cartoons.html |publisher=] |date=2014-03-26 |access-date=2014-03-27 |archive-date=March 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327211029/http://www.vulture.com/2014/03/simpsons-writers-favorite-itchy-and-scratchy-cartoons.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| *] - Lisa describes Bart as having "the demented ] of a Tennessee Williams heroine". | |||
| *'']'' - Homer and Bart are silhouetted against the movie screen in a similar fashion to the show. | |||
| Nathan Rabin writes that "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" "isn’t just funny and sweet: It’s also the definitive parody of event-movie mania, though it’s as much a loving tribute to the hubbub and frenzy surrounding a truly epic event movie as it is a spoof", likening the release of the movie within the episode to the release of '']'' fifteen years later.{{Sfn|Rabin|2012}} | |||
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| *'''Marge:''' Do you want your son to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or a sleazy male stripper?<br>'''Homer:''' Can't he be both, like the late ]?<br>'''Marge:''' Earl Warren wasn't a stripper!<br>'''Homer:''' Now who's being naïve?! | |||
| *'''Jasper:''' (''pointing a gun at Abe, who is sneaking in to steal his dentures'') Well, well, if it isn't the ]! | |||
| *''']:''' (''Seeing the model of VCR he's just stolen'') Oh no! ]! | |||
| *'''Bart: ''' Two tickets, one senior citizen and one Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. | |||
| *'''Homer:''' When I was your age I wanted a catcher's mitt. My dad said no, so I held my breath until I passed out and hit my head on the coffee table. The doctor thought I might have brain damage.<br>'''Bart:''' Dad, what's the point of this story?<br>'''Homer:''' I like stories. | |||
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| *The headlights of Homer's car turn off when he honks. | |||
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| *In 2034, the "Do not sell to this boy" poster is still hanging there | |||
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| *Originally, the Itchy and Scratchy movie was supposed to be shown as the most violent, twisted cartoon ever, but the writers changed it to be just an ordinary episode of Itchy and Scratchy. | |||
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6th episode of the 4th season of The Simpsons
| "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" | |||
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| The Simpsons episode | |||
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 6 | ||
| Directed by | Rich Moore | ||
| Written by | John Swartzwelder | ||
| Production code | 9F03 | ||
| Original air date | November 3, 1992 (1992-11-03) | ||
| Episode features | |||
| Chalkboard gag | (first) Bart writes "I will not bury the new kid"/(second) Marge writes "I will try to raise a better child" | ||
| Couch gag | The couch deflates after the family sits on it. | ||
| Commentary | Matt Groening Al Jean Mike Reiss Rich Moore | ||
| Episode chronology | |||
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| The Simpsons season 4 | |||
| List of episodes | |||
"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on November 3, 1992. The plot follows Bart continually getting in trouble, and how Homer is unable to give him any suitable punishment. Marge gets Homer to agree to make a punishment stick, and he forbids Bart to see the new Itchy & Scratchy movie for not watching Maggie.
The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Rich Moore.
Plot
Marge and Homer attend a parent-teacher conference at Springfield Elementary School. Although Miss Hoover tells Homer that Lisa is doing well, Mrs. Krabappel tells Marge that Bart is continually causing trouble. She urges Homer and Marge to enforce stronger discipline and suggests that Bart could grow up to become a Supreme Court Justice if his behavior improves. Marge and Homer return home to find that Bart has stolen and broken Grampa's dentures. As punishment, Marge sends Bart to bed without dinner; however, Homer later brings Bart a slice of pizza and makes Bart promise to behave. However, Bart continues to get in trouble, always managing to distract Homer from punishing him. Eventually, Homer vows to give Bart an effective penalty.
Bart buys himself a ticket for Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie, the highly anticipated film adaptation of The Itchy & Scratchy Show. While Bart is left home alone with Maggie, he watches television instead of paying attention to her. Maggie takes Homer's car for a joyride and crashes into the wall of Springfield Prison, releasing the prisoners. Homer then punishes Bart by tearing up Bart's ticket to Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie and banning him from ever seeing the movie under any circumstances. Bart begs for a different punishment, but Homer refuses. The film is released to wide acclaim, and every child in Springfield sees the film multiple times; since Bart is not allowed to see the film, his classmates shun him.
Bart tries to buy another ticket, but discovers Homer has instructed the movie theater employees not to sell him a ticket. Two months after the film's release, Marge and Lisa try to convince Homer to change his mind, with Marge claiming Bart has been punished long enough, but Homer refuses. Eventually, the film is removed from theaters. Bart reluctantly confesses that the punishment deeply affected him, to which Homer responds that consequently, he will learn to accept responsibility for his actions and will have a better life as a result.
Forty years later (2032), Bart, now Chief Justice of the United States, and Homer, a senior citizen, walk down the street and discover the film is back in the local theater as a classic re-release. Homer decides that Bart has officially learned from the experience, and the two happily watch the movie together.
Production
This episode, like many other Itchy & Scratchy themed episodes, was written by John Swartzwelder, although the plot was originally pitched by Sam Simon. During the table read of the script, the first act received many laughs, but the second act got little positive reaction, leading Al Jean to believe that the script would require a huge rewrite, although the third act also received a positive reaction. For The Itchy & Scratchy Movie shown at the end of the episode, Mike Reiss felt that it should top all other Itchy & Scratchy cartoons in terms of violence, and John Swartzwelder wrote the "most disturbing, horrible sequence", none of which was used in the final cut.
This was the first episode that Rich Moore directed at Film Roman. The shot of the Korean animation studio angered the Korean animators at Rough Draft Korea; Gregg Vanzo, the overseas director, felt insulted and nearly sent the scene back. While drawing the Steamboat Itchy sequence, the animators jokingly referred to it as "Steamboat Lawsuit". David Silverman explained that he did not know "why weren't sued because there's a shot right out of Steamboat Willie in ."
The episode features the first appearance of Bumblebee Man, who is a caricature of "El Chapulín Colorado" ("The Red Grasshopper"), a character created and portrayed by Mexican television comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños.
Cultural references
The opening Star Trek film is a parody of how old the crew of the original Star Trek cast looked in the later movies. Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance" plays while Bart runs amuk. Mrs. Krabappel says that "even the poorest student can become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court." Homer muses that Bart could join "John Marshall, Charles Evans Hughes, Warren Burger..." His apparent familiarity with Supreme Court Justices became a running gag. The 1929 Itchy & Scratchy short Steamboat Itchy is a spoof of the 1928 Disney short Steamboat Willie, the debut of Mickey Mouse. Lisa says Michael Jackson and Dustin Hoffman make cameos in Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie, adding "They didn't use their real names, but you knew it was them." Jackson and Hoffman had made cameos on The Simpsons using pseudonyms in "Stark Raving Dad" and "Lisa's Substitute", respectively. In flashback, Homer is seen listening to "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by The Ohio Express instead of watching the Moon landing. In the flash forward sequence, a man is purchasing Soylent Green in the lobby of the theater. A vehicle resembling a landspeeder from Star Wars (1977) is also shown. The marquee says Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie has been re-released on a bill with Beauty and the Beast (1991). Homer and Bart are seen silhouetted against the screen, a reference to Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Homer tries to take credit for Lisa's success, saying he read to her from TV Guide and emphasized the "three R's": “Reading TV Guide, writing to TV Guide, and renewing TV Guide!" The scene of a billboard for Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie splattering a bride with blood recalls the end of Carrie. Marge asks Homer, "Do you want your son to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or a sleazy male stripper?" Homer responds: "Can't he both, like the late Earl Warren?" Marge points out that Warren wasn't a stripper, and Homer asks "Now who's being naive?" Lisa says Bart has "the demented melancholia of a Tennessee Williams heroine." Bart can be seen reading Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie: The Novel by Norman Mailer.
Reception
During the fourth season, The Simpsons usually aired on a Thursday, but "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" aired on a Tuesday because the executives at Fox had wanted to air an episode during the 1992 presidential election results because they felt it would mean increased ratings. Instead, the episode dropped from its normal audience. "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" finished 25th in ratings for the week of November 2–8, 1992, with a Nielsen rating of 12.5, equivalent to approximately 11.6 million viewing households. It was the third highest-rated show on the Fox network that week, following The Simpsons episode "Marge Gets a Job", which aired in the same week on the usual Thursday, and Beverly Hills, 90210.
In the spring of 2002, the episode was released in the United Kingdom on a DVD collection titled The Simpsons Film Festival, along with the season eleven episode "Beyond Blunderdome", the season seven episode "22 Short Films About Springfield", and the season six episode "A Star Is Burns".
Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide called it a "superb episode", especially "'s suggestion for punishing Bart's misbehaviour is to give him a present, and his trick for avoiding jury duty is 'to say you're prejudiced against all races.'"
"Steamboat Itchy" is one of Matt Groening's favorite moments in the history of the show. Nathan Ditum of Total Film ranked "Steamboat Itchy" as the show's 46th best film parody. In 2014, The Simpsons writers picked "Steamboat Itchy" from this episode as one of their nine favorite "Itchy & Scratchy" episodes of all time.
Nathan Rabin writes that "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" "isn’t just funny and sweet: It’s also the definitive parody of event-movie mania, though it’s as much a loving tribute to the hubbub and frenzy surrounding a truly epic event movie as it is a spoof", likening the release of the movie within the episode to the release of The Simpsons Movie fifteen years later.
References
- Groening, Matt (1997). Richmond, Ray; Coffman, Antonia (eds.). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (1st ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-06-095252-5. LCCN 98141857. OCLC 37796735. OL 433519M..
- ^ Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Itchy & Scratchy:The Movie". BBC. Archived from the original on April 9, 2004. Retrieved July 30, 2007.
- ^ Reiss, Mike (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- ^ Jean, Al (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- ^ Moore, Rich (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- Roberts, Sheila. "The Simpsons Movie Interviews". Movies Online. Archived from the original on January 4, 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2007.
- Chernoff, Scott (July 24, 2007). "I Bent My Wookiee! Celebrating the Star Wars/Simpsons Connection". No Homers Club. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- Rabin, Nathan (2012). "The Simpsons (Classic): "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- Elber, Lynn (November 12, 1992). "Even without 'Roseanne,' ABC is no. 1". Sun-Sentinel. p. 4E.
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External links
- "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie episode capsule". The Simpsons Archive.
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