# Favorite Itchy & Scratchy episode? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113 "2012-12-05T19:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/1 "2012-12-05T19:46:37Z")
I’m in Seattle at the moment, which reminded me of my favorite Itchy & Scratchy episode on The Simpsons. In “Skinless in Seattle,” Scratchy is at the bottom of the Space Needle, waiting for a date that Itchy set up as part of a ruse. Itchy drops a penny from the top of the tower toward Scratchy on the bottom, but the penny misses. Itchy then tries throwing some souvenir Space Needle models down on Scratchy, but misses again. Finally, Itchy saws off the entire top half of the Space Needle. As it falls, the needle sticks Scratchy right in the eye. Scratchy frantically runs around in pain, with the top half of the Space Needle stuck in his eye all the while. [http://www.casttv.com/video/i4bfku9/the-itchy-and-scratchy-show-skinless-in-seattle-hd-video](http://www.casttv.com/video/i4bfku9/the-itchy-and-scratchy-show-skinless-in-seattle-hd-video) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/2 "2012-12-05T19:49:54Z")
The one about the French nuclear test is a personal favourite. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/3 "2012-12-05T19:54:26Z")
Scatchtasia. I win. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/4 "2012-12-05T19:56:55Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > The one about the French nuclear test is a personal favourite. That’s the one that came to mind for me, too (not including episodes like “Porch Pals” or the Poochie episodes). The dog in the ear trauma ward going “Shh”? Magnifique! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/5 "2012-12-05T20:14:07Z")
They should make an “Is You Ain’t My Itchy?” episode based on the Tom and Jerry cartoon “The Zoot Cat,” and then that one would be my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/6 "2012-12-05T20:24:14Z")
Here’s a forty-eight minute [compilation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWy_7eHBLRE) of Itchy and Scratchy cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/7 "2012-12-05T20:32:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Here’s a forty-eight minute [compilation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWy_7eHBLRE) of Itchy and Scratchy cartoons. Damn you! There goes another 48 minutes of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/8 "2012-12-05T21:01:30Z")
Which one’s the mouse? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/9 "2012-12-05T21:01:59Z")
I have no idea the name of the episode, but I love this take on the old “you don’t actually fall until you’ve realized you stepped off a cliff” cartoon trope: Itchy cuts out Scratchy’s heart. Scratchy walks away, and subsequently goes on about his life, shown doing all the mundane everyday things we all do. Finally, he gets home, relaxes on his easy chair, and opens up his newspaper, the headline of which reads “YOU NEED A HEART TO LIVE!” He screams and keels over dead. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/10 "2012-12-05T21:13:49Z")
Look out, Itchy – he’s Irish!! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/11 "2012-12-05T21:21:41Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I have no idea the name of the episode, but I love this take on the old “you don’t actually fall until you’ve realized you stepped off a cliff” cartoon trope: > > Itchy cuts out Scratchy’s heart. Scratchy walks away, and subsequently goes on about his life, shown doing all the mundane everyday things we all do. Finally, he gets home, relaxes on his easy chair, and opens up his newspaper, the headline of which reads “YOU NEED A HEART TO LIVE!” He screams and keels over dead. “My Bloody Valentine” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/12 "2012-12-05T21:28:34Z")
Itchy makes a girl cat out of bombs. Scratchy falls in love with it, gets married (in a Jewish ceremony!) they have children, and live to a ripe old age before the fuse runs out and it explodes. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/13 "2012-12-05T21:31:17Z")
I’ve always been more of a Worker & Parasite man, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/14 "2012-12-05T21:38:06Z")
Itchy’s a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/15 "2012-12-05T22:47:55Z")
I kind of liked _Flay Me to the Moon_. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/16 "2012-12-05T23:37:56Z")
I kinda liked the one with special guest director Quentin Tarantino. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/17 "2012-12-05T23:38:34Z")
[Scar Trek: The Next Laceration](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWy_7eHBLRE&feature=player_detailpage#t=685s). I lost count of how many times I unexpetedly chuckled. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/18 "2012-12-06T00:44:13Z")
That’s unpossible to answer. though The Terror of Tiny Toon in Treehouse of Horror IX was good because of its length, novelty and being Treehouse. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/19 "2012-12-06T02:14:04Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Scatchtasia. I win. The one set in the far future cracks me up-the Itchy clones with the big brains wash and shave a bearded Scratchy with due care and diligence…and then sit him in an arena as the Itchy clones mentally fling very sharp objects at him. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113/20 "2012-12-06T03:00:46Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I’ve always been more of a Worker & Parasite man, myself. What the hell was that? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-itchy-scratchy-episode/643113.md?page=2)