The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show

Plot
When the ratings for "Itchy and Scratchy" are droping, Roger Meyer's Jr. gets a suggestion from Lisa that they should fix up the show by adding a new character. They follow the animal enemy chain by giong "mouse-cat-dog", and then a new character, Poochie is born. Homer gets the job of the vioce of Poochie. When his debut cartoon premires, it gets the worst reviews ever. Everyone hates Poochie, but Homer. He overhears the staff saying they should kill him off. At the episode's recording, Homer reads his own lines that he prepared about how just because no one likes him, they should give Poochie another chance. But, when the episode airs, they edit Homers speech out and put in new diolouge about Poochie leaving to his home planet and dies along the way. Everyone is excited about Poochie dying, but Homer isn't but he gets over it. Itchy and Scratchy goes back to thier basics and thier ratings are better than ever.

Quotes

 * Homer: "Uh, is this episode going to air live?"
 * June: "No, Homer. Very few animated shows brodcast live, it's a terrible strain on the animator's writsts."