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Huckleberry Hound, [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|Chief Wiggum]], [[Yogi Bear]]?

Hah! Andy Griffith, Edward G. Robinson, Art Carney. }}

** And ironically, the elder Meyers was also a victim of plagiarism, it seems, the U.S. Post Office having stolen his "Maniac Mailman" idea for the Mr. Zip design.

** "Fraudcast News": Millhouse, who has joined the staff of Lisa's newspaper, ''The Red Dress Press'', admits he fabricated and copied content from other newspapers.

** Krusty is a repeat offender:

*** In "Krusty Gets Kancelled" Gabbo steals Krusty's crank-call routine, which Lisa points out Krusty had stolen from Steve Allen.

*** "Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part 2)" Krusty is upset that Smithers stole his joke, although Mel tells him that ''he'' had stolen it from an episode of a show called ''Pardon My Zinger''. This is actually a clue that clears Smithers of the crime; the episode aired around the same time that Burns was shot, so if Smithers was at home watching the show, he couldn't have been the shooter.

*** And in "Homie the Clown":

{{quote|'''Woman:''' ''[over intercom]'' [[George Carlin]] on three.

'''Krusty:''' ''[answers phone]'' Yeah?... Lawsuit? Oh, come on. My "Seven Words You Can't Say on TV" bit was ''entirely'' different from your "Seven Words You Can't Say on TV" bit. ...So I'm a thief, am I? Well, excuuuse me! ''[to his accountant]'' Give him ten grand.

'''Woman:''' [[Steve Martin]] on four.

'''Krusty:''' Ten grand.}}

* In ''[[King of the Hill]]'', after Bobby was given full credit from an essay that Peggy wrote and considered a good writer, he took her Musings papers and hand it to his classmates to give them good essay grades.

* In an episode of ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', Phoebe steals a poem from a book and passes it off as her own until the guilt drives her insane.