The Itchy & Scratchy Show The Itchy & Scratchy Show The Itchy & Scratchy Show (often shortened as Itchy & Scratchy) is a cartoon and animated television series featured in the American animated television series "The Simpsons". It appears as a part of "The Krusty the Clown Show", watched by Bart Simpson and Lisa Simpson. Itself an animated cartoon, "The Itchy & Scratchy Show" depicts a blue mouse, Itchy (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), who repeatedly kills a black cat Scratchy (voiced by Harry Shearer). The cartoon first appeared in "The Tracey Ullman Show" short "The Bart Simpson Show", which aired November 20, 1988. The cartoon's
Bart the Genius new life. It marks the first use of Bart's catchphrase "Eat my shorts". As the second episode produced, directly after the disastrous animation of "Some Enchanted Evening", the future of the series depended on how the animation turned out on this episode. The animation proved to be more acceptable and production continued. The Simpson family spend a night of playing Scrabble and Lisa reminds Bart that he is supposed to be stimulating his brain with various vocabulary if he hopes to pass his intelligence test. He cheats his way to victory by coming up with his own word, "kwyjibo", basing