A brief history of animation via Itchy & Scratchy

Animation history in The Simpsons universe is similar to our own. This is a sequence of Itchy & Scratchy episodes that reflect that history.

[@riverscuomo7140]

LOOK OUT ITCHY HE'S *IRISH!*

[@okaylol3334]

The Mashup Uploader why this commant have no commant even it have 50 like

[@victoriarodriguez8381]

The Mashup Uploade

[@DHAdArchivez]

**itchy gets and idea and slams light bulb on that guy's head** HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@lowrider993]

Apparently Milhouse is racist, who knew?

[@Exedus20]

@@lowrider993 just like micky mouse. after all, millhouse is a van houten

[@TH33QUALIZ3R]

I love the way Millhouse doesn't finish the subtitles and groans. One of the all time greatest episodes with the late great Kirk Douglas.

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

He was 105 when he died

[@preciousstoneism]

@@nevaehhamilton3493 🐱🐭

[@preciousstoneism]

🤡

[@preciousstoneism]

Gahahhs

[@preciousstoneism]

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[@ajchovanec]

0:55 It's a subtle nice touch that the border around each of the credits in the Chester J. Lampwick cartoon is a little bit different, and they're all slightly uneven, as if each one was drawn individually by hand - it makes it feel more like an authentic cartoon from 1919.

[@roykennedy]

it's the little things ya know

[@WarnerPicturesOriginal]

@@roykennedymaybe he made this all alone

[@jacksonsay37]

I'm not sure if that was intentional or not, but the friendly Itchy and Scratchy are creepier than the violent versions.

[@abaddonlikesbagels2]

I know!

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

They look like they been lobotomized.

[@PowerRangerfan]

+Shanethefilmmaker It's the eyes man. ALWAYS THE EYES.

[@LordProteus]

With the modern versions you know they're crazed killers, but with the ye olde ones you don't know what you're in for just looking at them...

[@emiliobello2429]

I find them pretty cute

[@KokoRicky]

That hacking scene in Scratchtasia is so insanely violent.

[@skycloud4802]

That was really creepy.

[@omegaflowey9932]

2:14

[@birdman4birdlegs]

Millhouse's dissapointment in not reading quickly enough is amazing

[@cybergothika6906]

I love how Simpsons always stated that Jerry was really evil and the cartoon making sadistic stuff as funny for kids.

[@seronymus]

Cute avatar and name ^^

[@RedeIVT]

It was more based on Herman and Katnip rather than Tom and Jerry. There the cat almost never did anything wrong and yet he suffered much more in the hands of his nemesis than Tom in the hands of Jerry (after all, Tom did get some wins too aside from occasions both lost or made amends).

[@hounddog8993]

Don't care, wacky violence in cartoons should have a comeback fr

[@wildfire9280]

@@hounddog8993 time travel

[@amandabeasley6473]

the episode when they are actually peaceful just makes me think "they're high as fuck"

[@felipedacoolboi]

You cannot say the "F" word! 😠

[@Ihaveagasmask]

@@felipedacoolboi the simpsons is not family friendly all of these have blood

[@Ihaveagasmask]

But one

[@-Zakhiel-]

@@felipedacoolboi Wich "F" word? "Fuck" or "Faggot"?

[@felipedacoolboi]

F***. Sorry!

[@aaronstark5060]

I always saw Itchy and Scratchy as an over the top way to illustrate what a jerk Jerry from Tom and Jerry was.

[@Titleknown]

Actually, apparently it was based on a Tom and Jerry knockoff called Herman and Katnip, which was immensely mean-spirited even compared to what it was ripping off...

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Thomas Johnson Interesting, I didn’t knew that.

[@upland77]

It's totally based on Tom and Jerry. The old Simpsons has a lot of clever references like that.

[@weikko79]

@@upland77 Herman and Katnip has been named as an inspiration. It was a much more mean-spirited and violent cartoon series than Tom & Jerry ever was, with lots of borderline sociopathic gags in the style of Itchy & Scratchy (like turning Katnip into a Christmas tree and then sticking his tail to a socket).

[@xuruiyu]

@@Titleknown Wow, one can get more mean-spirited than Jerry?

[@supersizesenpai]

"Roger Meyers Sr., the gentle genius behind Itchy and Scratchy, loved and cared about almost all the peoples of the world." This is lowkey a hilarious dig at Walt Disney. 🤣🤣

[@WillScarlet16]

It's not an accurate one.

[@nemou4985]

@@WillScarlet16 Of course, nobody would believe Walt Disney actually loved or cared about anything other than money.

[@Ciara1594]

He certainly was sexist as hell. He only hired MALE artists and animators ect. Never women. The Disney Co. started hiring women after ol' Walt died. 🤨

[@greenderp]

Nazi sympathizer

[@gregoryborton6598]

@@WillScarlet16 He had Leni Riefenstahl as his personal guest touring Disney after the release of her film "Triumph of the Will" and privately donated to the German American Bund. The evidence is rather plain that Disney was at the very least sympathetic to white nationalism.

[@boogtoons4630]

3:24 Extremely accurate 40s style animation.

[@alex9920iasi]

Look the same as 1940s Technicolor cartoons from MGM and Terrytoons. I like how the artists behind The Simpsons pay atttention to details.

[@Eli_Santin]

@@alex9920iasi The whole thing was animated completely by Gregg Vanzo. That's why it looks so good.

[@VibrantlySmartalicious87]

@@Eli_Santin Hey! Vanzo is actually one of the founders of Rough Draft in Glendale California. Not to be confused with the one in South Korea

[@decepticonleaderstarscream6551]

Disney got sick of being mocked so they bought the mockers

[@AJSSPACEPLACE]

And they let the mockers keep mocking. Because the mockers make a lot of money

[@raymondgallardo576]

Careful now because Disney now also owns Itchy and Scratchy

[@ShasOSwoll]

"Refrain from tasting the knob", best advice since "do not touch Willie"

[@minhhung8814]

hahaha

[@quocduyphung5461]

Shas'O Swoll llkklk

[@quocduyphung5461]

Lklokoo

[@ellissmith4545]

Shas'O Swoll HA mHA!

[@ellissmith4545]

Sorry HAHA!

[@sct913]

"Find me a 70 year old projector, and we can play it (Manhattan Madness)." Cue Springfield Elementary School.

[@PowerRangerfan]

It was a 90 year old projector. Not 70.

[@TheawesomelegomanGamer]

I think he meant to say find me a 90 years old projector

[@peebay3515]

@@PowerRangerfan I hope someone got fired for that blunder!

[@kuribayashi84]

Always liked that Bart and Milhouse apprechiated the classics.

[@Saintnick90]

One kid seems to love the Speedo man.

[@EyeOfArgus]

“Loved and cared about (almost) all the peoples of the world.”

[@quinnfletcher3906]

7:17 and that is how Regular show was born!

[@Johnlindsey289]

Great show and glad it ended on a good note than become a zombie like The Simpsons became

[@kvaldez46]

@@Johnlindsey289 it ended?

[@Johnlindsey289]

@@kvaldez46 Yup it did

[@troin3925]

I wouldn't be surprised if that bit was the impetus for Regular Show. You gotta give them credit for making an oxymoron of a joke _actually_ work.

[@t-nbell7013]

@@troin3925 You know who else is down to Earth and completely off the wall?

[@boogtoons4630]

the animation in the first couple actually look really accurate to 30s cartoons.

[@VibrantlySmartalicious87]

More like rubber hose that is

[@SkiKoala]

From what I can tell, both Itchy and Scratch each had their own individual cartoons, then were eventually paired together.

[@garywilson3042]

"My knob taste's funny" "Please refrain from eating the knob" lol

[@jthornt01]

"They like Ittchy. They like Scratchy. This one kid seems to love the speedo man." LMAO!!! Gets me everytime!

[@zacharygerhart8504]

5:40 how is this more disturbing than the violent version

[@gusgus0070]

V8 Atomic when KZbinrs conform to the new tos

[@VampLovr54]

“I don’t know what’s in em, I just can’t stop smokin em” Every smoker ever

[@marccuypers2439]

Robert Meyer Junior seems to have had a mind change from 1938s "Nazi Supermen are our superiors" to the "Beheading Hitler" cartoon.

[@lupodelupis3672]

Now i want to see the full version of "Scratchtasia"...must be a masterpiece! 😄

[@ashlirabid9614]

Agreed.

[@bombabombom3603]

Matt Groening has always wanted to do a Simpstatia-like episode for the longest time since the 90s but never happened because of the amount of animation it would take to do something like that.

[@thinkaboutit4715]

The Non-Violent Itchy and Scratchy show made the characters look like they're on acid.

[@thetman0068]

This is funny because Teddy Roosevelt actually died in 1919

[@Tremmor500]

But did he die from decapitation?

[@TheawesomelegomanGamer]

Did he died in pre ww1?

[@tigris115]

Theawesomelegoman1998 Gamer post wwi

[@frankgarrett9500]

1919 would have been just after World war one.

[@josephbruceismay6832]

tman008 no, you idiot, Teddy Roosvelt died of polio in 1945 Edit: whoops! I confused FDR with Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy died on 6, January 1919 in his sleep.

[@Noidonteatbabiesstopasking]

That Fantasia one was genuine horror

[@DantheToonMan]

3:25 Another example of smooth animation in the Simpsons

[@chevyboyzz4996]

Looks like it came out of an MGM animation from the 40s 50s

[@omegaflowey9932]

@@chevyboyzz4996 yes

[@Female-Taurus]

0:22 Milhouse: Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!

[@sergioruiz733]

"Loved and cared about almost all the peoples of the world," lol.

[@browsertab]

This always gets censored in Australia. Channel 10 always removed the Hitler cartoon. The first time I saw it was when it was released on DVD!

[@umlautabuser2769]

this gets censored in Russia too (with the exception of channel 2×2 where the show without censorship at midnight)

[@cteckerman]

Долой Путина!

[@liammoody9516]

its not censored in new zealand

[@wantedstream5954]

Funny, cartoon networks and adult swim ARE censored in my country, instead they are replaced with a cringe live action shows type of channel that my country made.

[@spinballpac-man]

I think we in the U.K. had one episode taken out completely,due to the word “bullocks” being said multiple times.

[@Solar_Planet_YT]

0:07: manhattan madness 1:06: steamboat itchy 1:45: the roger meyers story 2:09: scratch-tasia 3:04: pin-itchy-o 3:24: save scrap iron 3:45: laramie tar cigar advert 4:39: scar trek 5:19: marge episode 5:32: love & share 6:42: s3xy man

[@sidekicknick4317]

Still less animal abuse than the real "Steamboat Willy"

[@matetube2227]

Nick Miracle

[@Lamadredetuamigo]

Evi1M4chine and ideologies are too

[@OniLordMiki]

@ReddehWow you talking to a mirror or something?

[@OniLordMiki]

What are you even talking about?

[@diaquallo]

Yup

[@marinagaughtblattz2879]

“They love and share, and love, and love, and share: Love, love, love; share, share, share...” 😂

[@marcelltoing8363]

You forgot "That Happy Cat"

[@emiliobello2429]

It did very poorly so it doesn't matter

[@toddsmitts]

When I finally watched “Steamboat Willie” as an adult, I was shocked to learn that this is actually not that far oft.

[@Antifearn]

7:38 is one of my favorite moments in all of The Simpsons. Idk why, but I laugh every time I hear Ralph cry.

[@0ne0nlyLarry]

I do like the concept of them being classic characters from way back when.

[@daynajenkin9183]

0:52 made me laugh the hardest of all

[@lastsaneman19]

"And he in return was beloved by the world, except in 1938 when he was criticised for his controversial cartoon: 'Nazi Supermen are our Superiors"

[@mrpickles6968]

You forgot to include the scratchy solo cartoon 'That Happy Cat' which preceded steamboat itchy.

[@pronkb000]

"The film did very poorly."

[@lionelhutz5137]

Ku klux klam

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@pronkb000 Which is why Roger Myers Sr. stole Itchy from Chester J. Lampwick; to dissuade people from knowing Roger is an unimaginative hack.

[@vinesauceobscurities]

How can you leave out Poochy, the embodiment attempts in the 1980s/90s to be hip with the kidz?

[@thescarvedinsect]

*I have to go now. My planet needs me.*

[@2steaksandwiches665]

@@thescarvedinsect yeah he never existed.

[@Xanatos21]

"Don't do that! Don't do that! HEY! Don't do that!" LMAO! xD

[@silentecho92able]

Itchy: ............... Scratchy: ............. Itchy: (*Swings Bat*)

[@TheawesomelegomanGamer]

Lol that's so gold XD

[@princessmarlena1359]

“To Roger, keep drawing. Your moxie makes up for your lack of talent. ~Chester J. Lampwick, September 1919”

[@srjackoproductions4497]

I made my version of itchy and scratchy on my channem

[@briansivley2001]

I'm surprised that Disney hasn't sent a cease and desist letter to Fox for this.

[@bradyanderson8654]

briansivley2001 so fox has nothing like that in the 30s.

[@Godblessamerica2012]

Because fox can afford good lawyers so Disney won't fuck with them and vise versa

[@POSTELVIS]

They cant sue a parody

[@dedchanel4002]

Nick Liew and *literally.*

[@boogtoons4630]

they own them now.

[@eddielung31]

after watching the first Micky cartoon on Disney plus, I come to appreciate the accuracy in mimicking

[@ZakWolf]

I love how Itchy's butler Louie is a parody of Eddie "Rochester" Anderson.

[@darkmask5933]

I love how the idea of a show that reals with down-to-earth real life problems but also involving whimsical magic robots is basically what the majority of modern cartoons are.

[@yuwu585]

It's basically Evangelion

[@ruzzodac]

They really were good at animating the sheer pain Scratchy felt when he got capped in the knees back then!

[@zimriel]

That was the scene which gave me a nightmare after I saw it.

[@DK-nv9zu]

I love that line "that's why you're still kids, cause you're stupid."

[@merpo2806]

Basically the Simpsons version of animation history is the same as ours except way more violent.

[@GeoffreyBronson]

'Roger Myers cared and loved for almost all the people in the world' I never noticed the 'almost' before ahaha

[@plateshutoverlock]

"You want a realistic, down to earth cartoon that deals with the situations you face everyday that is swarming with magic robots" Sounds like the Power Rangers.

[@Numbuh8578]

Down to earth yet crazy at the same time? Sounds like regular show

[@ashlirabid9614]

Sounds like Medabots.

[@eevee_mon]

More like adventure time

[@DemonicAdj]

FLCL

[@N3ph1lim]

What do they want? Owl House or Amphibia?

[@derworfnet]

I like that Milhouse and Bart are apprechiating the classics.

[@LordProteus]

2:56 a visual representation of The Simpsons' quality over time post Season 10.

[@Johnlindsey289]

Season 11 had a few redeeming episodes even Behind The Laughter and Behind should had been the final episode

[@Jagar_Tharn]

Ah but what of season 12? It had some good ones too probably, who cares.

[@DHAdArchivez]

"I promise I will ever hurt you. **STAB** LOL

[@michaelo2535]

It's awesome cause Itchy and Mickey can be in the same cartoon now. Go get em itchy!!

[@andrewtodaro2874]

Anyone catch the numbers on the billiard balls in Scratchy’s eyes @ 6:37? 🤣

[@ILoveRedVelvet5]

Gottem

[@sarysa]

Missed opportunity: The JFK assassination episode. Yes, it's a parody of the 90s Oliver Stone film, but still fits into historical context.

[@SuperCommando567]

I love the Sorcerer parody of the original, cause that is my favorite Mickey Mouse short.

[@Jokuman357]

After all these years I realized that Itchy has a tail!

[@suitfist4827]

"LOOK OUT ITCHY HES IRISH!"

[@EvanChannel2000]

5:24 Dat guy Kinda looks like Slappy Squirrel.

[@Solomon0424]

That was Marge the Squirrel.

[@wickedshadesproductions5254]

I just saw Steamboat Willy and it’s pretty much just as appropriate as Steamboat Itchy

[@deoxys3869]

1:13 Holy crap, that looks just like the actual steamboat from the short

[@alexanderip1003]

Yep but Mickey didn't do that to Pete but I sure wish he should have

[@mrnewton86]

The cigarette advert is similar to the Flintstones advertising Winston cigarettes in the 60s

[@prestonandtom9337]

1:18 Cat: comes to vibe with the mouse. Mouse: Brutally kills the cat for no reason.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

2:30 it’s Fantasia of 1940 with instead of Mickey fighting against the mops but scratchy fights off the clones of itchy

[@kasimirdenhertog3516]

The viewer advisory AFTER the 'extremely violent scene' was subtle but gold 😂

[@FireyDeath4]

You forgot the one in the future where Bart watches a hologram of Itchy and Scratchy.

[@PowerRangerfan]

I love the first short with Itchy Manhattan Madness.

[@l.salisbury1253]

They left out Scratchy's solo debut "Happy Cat"...

[@claytoncondo3460]

3:04 Scratchy impression for gepeto sounds like Otto Preminger

[@the-rats-ruckus]

Or if Danny Devito did an impression of Marv from Home Alone

[@brendanotoole5871]

I love that Milhouse doesn't get to finish reading the slide

[@staspastukh2005]

Thank you!

[@RikerLovesWorf]

God damn, the way Milhouse says "KILL HIM!! KILL THAT GUY!!"

[@TheSonicsean]

5:15 always gets me.

[@ourgreatsociety4965]

You forgot their parody of Fritz the Cat. None-the-less, good video.

[@movietoonguy8735]

My favorite of all these are the steamboat wille parody and the WWII one

[@mushroomhead3619]

Scratchy's Goofy scream when Itchy put his head in the oven scares me!

[@davidvar9209]

Dead is better than after being agonized from gun shot wounds.

[@eldonhill4840]

The funniest part I never noticed before is the credit of "Ethnographer" after the cartoon with the Irish stereotypes

[@FindTheFun]

The Ethnographer fucking kills me every time.

[@JoshSweetvale]

5:40 Heroin is a hell of a drug.

[@Malcoladdin]

“A realistic down to earth show that’s swarming with magic robots” sounds pretty close to Steven Universe to me!

[@robokill387]

More like evangelion.

[@troin3925]

@@robokill387 Or Regular Show.

[@Fafabear8]

0:21 "Look out, Itchy! He's Irish!" 1:39 "Oh me, oh my." 4:05 "Here's your smoke, Mr. Itchy!"

[@Emohawk707]

“...when he was criticised for his cartoon, ‘Nazi Supermen are our superiors”

[@Launchpad05]

'Oh Me, Oh My!'

[@davidvar9209]

Itchy ought to be a shame of em self.

[@PatrickReuploaded]

The love love share share version seems more like a Preschool spinoff than a redoing of an actual show.

[@New-York-Guy-90.]

Homer did finally punish Bart by not ever letting him see the Itchy And Scratchy Movie……

[@cherrybombwaffles518]

Itchy and Scratchy inspired me to make a series about censorship and how animation was treated throughout the ages, with my own original cartoon.

[@aaronstanek8725]

"Please refrain from tasting the knob". Good advice.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Disney on the other hand have the film steamboat Willie also from 1928 with Mickey Doing the whistling

[@CharlieND]

1:23 I love how Itchy just pulls a gun out of nowhere

[@deezy81]

Hammer space.

[@HectorHernandez-ui7sy]

Milhouse really LOVES the speedo man. LOL

[@cianayalvarado2329]

5:33 bad rebooted show reference

[@tianacimino1980]

Cianay Alvarado yeah i geast your right

[@rushb8142]

Itchy and Scratchy is funny

[@kenthuang436]

The one time Scratchy actually killed Itchy on screen without it being interrupted and he still dies anyway....

[@54lolman]

You know I like the simpsons the only thing I don't like about them is the itchy and scratchy thing cause dear god is that annoying of how the mouse never dies.

[@sargoomanoiupusimanulos0925]

Stealthyhunter Yes I Wish Scratchy Kill Itchy

[@THEtrvoxel]

Stealthyhunter havent you seen tom and jerry or the coyote and the roadrunner

[@bradyanderson8654]

Stealthyhunter it shouldn't be that violent, should it?

[@sct913]

Stealthyhunter - Back when the Simpsons was first aired, many "experts" believed that cartoons like Tom and Jerry, Coyote and Roadrunner, Tweety and Sylvester, etc. encouraged violent tendencies in children, that were then carried over into their behaviors and attitudes as adults. In those early seasons, the whole point of Itchy and Scratchy was to parody that social viewpoint - they even did an episode where Marge crusaded against the cartoon (the Marge the squirrel clip) and got the scripts changed (the episode Porch Pals). The clips were so popular that they became a regular part of the show.

[@Green_Ink_]

sct913 and zig and sharko

[@takeachance2]

5:14 this is the best episode even without a solid name