History Recap / TheSimpsonsS6E4ItchyAndScratchyLand

* CarryTheOne

-->'''Travolta''': Yeah..."Looks like".

* ShooOutTheNewGuy: Long before Poochie came along, there was a previous attempt to add new characters to the I&S universe with "the short-lived ''Itchy & Scratchy & Friends Hour''", as Bart explains it. Among the now-forgotten characters whose merchandise still hasn't been sold off: Disgruntled Goat, Uncle Ant, and Ku Klux Klam.

First Aired - 10/2/1994

The latest ''[[WesternAnimation/TheItchyAndScratchyShow Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' short, "The Last Traction Hero", ends with the cat-and-mouse duo BreakingTheFourthWall to invite viewers to their new theme park, "The most violentest place on Earth", Itchy & Scratchy Land. Bart and Lisa waste no time in asking Marge to take them there on vacation, but Marge has already planned a perfectly fine trip to a bird sanctuary. The kids manage to convince their parents that they will enjoy the park too, but Marge makes everyone (including Homer) promises her that they will do nothing to embarrass her on the trip.

After an eventful road trip, the family begins to explore Itchy & Scratchy Land -- a world of myriad gift shops, robot parades, and ride-filled pavillions like Explosion Land and Searing Gas Pain Land. The party eventually splits up, with Homer and Marge enjoying the clubs on Parents Island, Bart and Lisa riding the terrifying log flume again, and Maggie being left to her own devices in a baby care center ball pit. Neither Homer and Bart, however, can resist physically tormenting the performers in I&S character suits, and both are hauled into a brig by park security. Marge is horrifically embarrassed when she's paged on the overhead speaker system to retrieve them.

But matters only worsen from here -- the parade robots have malfunctioned and are running amok in the park. (Representing Itchy & Scratchy themselves, they are supposed to only maim each other with their axes, mallets, etc., but are now mistaking guests for "enemy" robots.) Homer and company try to join the other guests being evacuated by helicopter, but are forced back by one of the Itchy performers, who recognizes the troublemakers. As the robots close in, the Simpsons discover that camera flashes completely scramble their programming and render them harmless; they loot a camera shop and manage to save themselves. Although Marge agrees with the kids that the trip accomplished her goals of family togetherness and exercise, she insists that no one speak of the best family vacation they've ever had again.

* CarryTheOne.
* DrivenToSuicide: Waiters at the dance club that celebrates "New Years" almost every hour.

* NoodleIncident: "Let us never speak of the shortcut again."

* CarryTheOne
* {{Chekhov's Gun}}: Cletus and his flash photography revealed the robots' weaknesses.

* OldShame: Roger Myers' controversial 1938 cartoon "Nazi Supermen are Our Superiors," a jab at Walt Disney's suspected Nazi sympathies.

** Bart and Homer chasing off beach tourists with a fake shark dorsal is a reference to "{{Jaws}}".

** Two Itchy a Scratchy cartoons spoof Disney's ''"{{Pinocchio}}"'' and ''"{{Fantasia}}"''.

* ForgotToCarryTheOne

* ItsTheBestWhateverEver[=/=] LetUsNeverSpeakOThisAgain: How the Simpsons perceive their vacation.

* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: When the family took a vacation at Sandy Beach, Homer terrorized other tourists by pretending to be an approaching shark. Bart was doing the same thing, and he accidentally terrorized Homer, who saw him with his fake fin and screamed "Aaaah! [[Main/SharkMan Shark boy]]!"

* TheParody: Itchy & Scratchy Land is an extensive parody of the DisneyThemeParks, particularly Walt Disney World (Orlando, Florida). When the robots run amok, the episode also spoofs ''Film/JurassicPark'' and another MichaelCrichton work, ''{{Westworld}}''.

* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Homer and Marge visit 70s themed bar in Parent's Island:
-->'''Homer''': It IS the 70s! Down to the smallest detail!

-->'''Travolta''': Yeah..."Looks like".

-->'''"Bartender"''': Yeah..."Looks like".

!!!This episode contains examples of:

* HilariousInHindsight: JohnTravolta is shown reduced to working as a bartender in a 70s themed bar. This episode came out the same year as ''PulpFiction'', which single handedly ressurected Travolta's career.

* TheParody: Itchy & Scratchy Land is an extensive parody of the DisneyThemeParks, particularly Walt Disney World (Orlando, Florida). When the robots run amok, the episode also spoofs ''JurassicPark'' and another Michael Crichton work, ''Westworld''.

But matters only worsen from here -- the parade robots have malfunctioned and are running amok in the park. (Representing Itchy & Scratchy themselves, they are supposed to only maim each other with their axes, mallets, etc., but are now mistaking guests for "enemy" robots.) Homer and company try to join the other guests being evacuated by helicopter, but are forced back by one of the Itchy performers, who remembers what the Simpsons men did to them. As the robots close in on them, the Simpsons discover that camera flashes completely scramble their programming and render them harmless; they loot a camera shop and manage to save themselves. Although Marge agrees with the kids that the trip accomplished her goals of family togetherness and exercise, she insists that no one speak of the best family vacation they've ever had again.

* TheParody: Itchy & Scratchy Land is an extensive parody of the DisneyThemeParks, particularly Walt Disney World (Orlando, Florida).

The latest ''Itchy & Scratchy Show'' short, "The Last Traction Hero", ends with the cat-and-mouse duo BreakingTheFourthWall to invite viewers to their new theme park, "The most violentest place on Earth", Itchy & Scratchy Land. Bart and Lisa waste no time in asking Marge to take them there on vacation, but Marge has already planned a perfectly fine trip to a bird sanctuary. The kids manage to convince their parents that they will enjoy the park too, but Marge makes everyone (including Homer) promises her that they will do nothing to embarrass her on the trip.

* ThePoochie: Before the trope namer came along, there was a previous attempt to add new characters to the I&S universe with "the short-lived ''Itchy & Scratchy & Friends Hour''", as Bart explains it. Among the now-forgotten characters whose merchandise still hasn't been sold off: Disgruntled Goat, Uncle Ant, and Ku Klux Klam.

* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: When the family took a vacation at Sandy Beach, Homer terrorized other tourists by pretending to be an approaching shark. Bart was doing the same thing, and he accidentally terrorized Homer, who saw him with his fake fin and screamed "Aaaah! Sharkboy!"

After an eventful road trip that includes at least one NoodleIncident (Homer: "Let us never speak of the shortcut again"), the family begins to explore Itchy & Scratchy Land -- a world of myriad gift shops, robot parades, and ride-filled pavillions like Explosion Land and Searing Gas Pain Land. The party eventually splits up, with Homer and Marge enjoying the clubs on Parents Island, Bart and Lisa riding the terrifying log flume again, and Maggie being left to her own devices in a baby care center ball pit. Neither Homer and Bart, however, can resist physically tormenting the performers in I&S character suits, and both are hauled into a brig by park security. Marge is horrifically embarrassed when she's paged on the overhead speaker system to retrieve them.

* ThePoochie: Before the trope namer came along, there was a previous attempt to add new characters to the I&S universe with "the short-lived ''Itchy & Scratchy & Friends Hour''". Among the now-forgotten characters whose merchandise still hasn't been sold off: Disgruntled Goat, Uncle Ant, and Ku Klux Klam.

After an eventful road trip that includes at least one NoodleIncident (Homer: "Let us never speak of the shortcut again"), the family begins to explore Itchy & Scratchy Land -- a world of myriad gift shops, robot parades, and pavillions like Explosion Land and Searing Gas Pain Land. The party eventually splits up, with Homer and Marge enjoying the clubs on Parents Island, Bart and Lisa riding the terrifying log flume again, and Maggie being left to her own devices in a baby care center ball pit. Neither Homer and Bart, however, can resist physically tormenting the performers in I&S character suits, and both are hauled into a brig by park security. Marge is horrifically embarrassed when she's paged on the overhead speaker system to retrieve them.