Itchy & Scratchy & Marge/References

Trivia

 * Homer's hammer still has the price tag connected.
 * This marks the first appearances of Sideshow Mel and Roger Meyers, Jr..
 * The squirrel in the Itchy & Scratchy cartoon was a thinly-vieled insult against Marge. This is reference to during the earlier decades of the 20th Century, when there was less cultural sensitivity, animators would often make cartoons to lampoon people, such as black people or Asians, by portraying them as animals or having cartoon characters do "black activities".
 * This is the first episode to have Marge's name somewhere in the title.
 * This is the first time Janey's mother makes her first but very brief appearance walking through the living room of Janey's house when she and Lisa are watching Itchy and Scratchy.
 * Itchy was narrating to Scratchy The Story of the Three Bears.

Cultural References

 * The scene where Maggie attacks Homer with a mallet is a recreation of the shower scene from Psycho.