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Itchy is the cartoon mouse from Itchy & Scratchy. He is a serial killer whose favorite victim is Scratchy. He almost always succeeds in killing Scratchy. There is only one known episode where Scratchy defeats him.

History[]

Old Itchy

Itchy in his first appearance

Itchy first appeared in "Itchy the Lucky Mouse in Manhattan Madness", in which only Itchy appears, without Scratchy, and Itchy kills an Irish man and Teddy Roosevelt. This was the very first of many episodes where he would appear.[1]

His ears resemble Mickey Mouse's, his name is like Oswald the Lucky Rabbit's and he plays the role of Jerry from Tom and Jerry. In a parody of the view of Jerry as a villain, Itchy is depicted as a serial killer torturing and killing the innocent Scratchy, contrasting Jerry's mutual slapstick relationship with Tom (in most episodes Tom is pranked by Jerry only because he attacked Jerry in the first place).

Itchy & Scratchy Land is an Itchy and Scratchy theme park. It has parades with robots resembling Itchy and Scratchy which are intended to only attack each other.. While on vacation, the Simpsons were attacked by a group of robots when they went berserk until the family realized that flash photography can damage them by scrambling their circuits.[2] It is implied that flash photography is prohibited on the park for this reason.[3] [4]

Itchy and Scratchy also appear in The Simpsons Movie, in a short film that the Simpsons are watching in the movie theater before the actual movie begins. He kills Scratchy by filling a bunch of rockets in his mouth and then explodes him to pieces.[5]

Along with Scratchy, he may be a resident of Springfield as seen in "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder," as they appear together as guests on The Springfield Squares.[6]

"Burning Down the Mouse," seen in "Homer Goes to College," has Scratchy kill Itchy using explosives, grenades and a nuke, though whether or not it succeeded isn't explicitly clear as Benjamin unplugs the television just before the dynamite goes off, with the short only airing once altogether.[7][8]

Itchy, along with Scratchy have also appeared in The Simpsons Ride where they host a safety video that shows the ride rules that the riders must follow.[9]

Appearances[]

For a full list of both Itchy and Scratchy appearances, please see The Itchy & Scratchy Show

Joystick Video gameThe Simpsons: Hit and Run

Joystick Video gameThe Simpsons Game

Joystick Video gameThe Simpsons: Tapped Out(full character; decorations)

Gallery[]

Itchy
The full image gallery for Itchy may be viewed at Itchy/Gallery.
  1. The Day the Violence Died
  2. Itchy & Scratchy Land
  3. Itchy & Scratchy Land. Cletus: [upon seeing the park's Robot Parade] Hey, ma. I'm gonna get me a picture of this crazy critter (robot Scratchy). [a picture is taken, which causes the Scratchy robot to short out] Itchy & Scratchy Land Employee: [to Cletus] [chuckles] Uh, no flash photography, please. [The robot walks the other direction, still affected by the flash]
  4. Itchy & Scratchy Land. [Homer chucks his camera at the robots of Itchy and Scratchy, which causes those in the direct vicinity of the flash to collapse] Lisa: Dad, the flash must've scrambled their circuits! Homer: What are you, the narrator?! Lisa: [groans in frustration] Just keep taking more pictures!
  5. The Simpsons Movie
  6. Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
  7. Homer Goes to College. [The television is plugged back in. It shows end card of Burning Down the Mouse, in which an explosion is depicted. The end of the theme of The Itchy & Scratchy Show is heard over it. cut to Krusty's audience, cheering. Krusty steps out of the curtain] Krusty: [enthusiastic] WOW! They'll never let us show that again! Not in a million years! [laughs]
  8. Homer Goes to College
  9. The Simpsons Ride
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