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''[[The Itchy and Scratchy Show]]'' is a [[Show Within a Show]] ''Within A Show'' on ''[[The Simpsons]]''<ref>which itself was a Show Within a Show, from ''The Tracy Ullman Show''</ref>. It passes itself off as a cat and mouse chase, based on the old cartoon shorts of ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' and ''[[Herman and Katnip]]''. The cartoons are usually aired during ''The Krusty The Klown Show''.
The show was part of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' since the first season, including episodes directly involving the company that makes the cartoons. They even got
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* [[Exposed Animal Bellybutton]]
* [[Eye Scream]]: Often.
* [[The Farmer and the Viper]]: In the "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily episode:, Scratchy tentatively opens a door and sees a Itchy playing the role of a [[Door Stop Baby]]
* [[Fur and Loathing]]: Itchy steals Scratchy's skin, fur and all. When Scratchy gets it back, and tries to put it back on, fur protesters beat him up for wearing his own fur.
* [[Game Show Appearance]]: Itchy and Scratchy appeared on an episode of ''[[The Hollywood Squares|The Springfield Squares]]''.
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* [[Missing Episode]]: "Burning Down the Mouse", [[A Day in the Limelight]] episode where Scratchy kills Itchy for once.
{{quote|'''Krusty:''' Wow! They'll never let us show that again, not in a million years!}}
* [[The Movie]]: In-story, the show had a movie released in theaters and either had a sequel or
* [[My Brain Is Big]]: Itchy in "Planet of the Aches".
* [[Nice Mice]]: Averted with Itchy.
* [[Overly Long Tongue]]: Scratchy's isn't so much long as stretchy; at one point it gets tied to a rocket which reaches the moon before Scratchy even notices.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Poochie. Didn't go without [[Lampshade Hanging]], of course.
* [[Retool]]:
** The first cartoon in 1928, "That Happy Cat" only showed Scratchy walking down the street and whistling. Unsurprisingly, it wasn't a success, and the series only caught on when Itchy and violence were added (read: [[Plagiarism in Fiction|stolen from Chester J. Lampwick]]).
* [[Retraux]]: Itchy and Scratchy are obvious homages to the violent cartoons from [[The Golden Age of Animation]],
* [[Sadist Show]]
* [[Screwy Squirrel]]: Oh, Itchy...
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* [[Villain Protagonist]]
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Scratchy continues to hang around with Itchy, regardless of the constant attacks.
* [[Wartime Cartoon]]: In one episode, we see a clip of an untitled WWII-era short, where a very [[Tom and Jerry]]-esque Itchy and Scratchy team up to torment and kill [[Hitler]]. Immediately afterwards, Itchy turns on Scratchy and cuts his head off. Then [[FDR]] appears and helps Itchy to kick the bodies.
** Roger Myers, Sr.'s other contribution, "Nazi Supermen are Our Superiors", was not
▲** Roger Myers, Sr.'s other contribution, "Nazi Supermen are Our Superiors", was not liked as well.
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: An in-universe example.
* [[White Gloves]]
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