2x09 Itchy & Scratchy & Marge - The Simpsons Episode Guide

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- Episode 02x09

Episode: 02x09
Title: Itchy & Scratchy & Marge
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 7F09
First Aired: Dec. 20, 1990

Season 2 » Episode #09 - Itchy & Scratchy & Marge

The Simpsons - 02x09 Itchy & Scratchy & Marge

Summary: Convinced that the images on "The Itchy & Scratchy Show" are a bad influence on kids, Marge wages a one-woman campaign against the show that eventually forces the creator, Roger Meyers, Jr., to curb the violence in favor of bland, lovey-dovey plots. The new format bombs and the show's ratings plunge. Meanwhile, Marge is asked to comment on The Springfield Art Museum's exhibition of Michelangelo's "David." Not finding it at all objectionable, Marge loses her standing with the anti-free speech brigade that once supported her.

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Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Others	voiced by Dan Castellaneta
Krusty the Clown	voiced by Dan Castellaneta
Cartoon Squirrel	voiced by Julie Kavner
Others	voiced by Julie Kavner
Others	voiced by Nancy Cartwright
Dr. Marvin Monroe	voiced by Harry Shearer
Others	voiced by Harry Shearer
Others	voiced by Pamela Hayden
Helen Lovejoy	voiced by Maggie Roswell

	Season 2 / Episode 9: - Itchy & Scratchy & Marge Stupid Squrrial: Stop it. Stupid Squrrial: I said stop it! [Head comes off]
	Season 2 / Episode 9: - Itchy & Scratchy & Marge Helen Lovejoy: [about Michelangelo's statue of David] It's filth! It graphically portrays parts of the human body, which, practical as they may be, are evil!

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TRIVIA

The background music during the children playing outside sequence is titled, ironically enough, "Awakening of Cheerful Feelings Upon Arrival in the Country".
Itchy and Scratchy are loosely based on Warner Bros' "The Sylvester & Tweety Show" (1976) and MGM's "Tom and Jerry" (1965).
When the children are playing outside, Nelson can be seen in the background painting a fence like Tom Sawyer.
Viewers often mix up Itchy and Scratchy's names. The way to tell them apart is that Scratchy contains the letters c, a, t.