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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Meyers Jr. tries to justify his father's stealing Itchy by claiming that animation is built on plagiarism and cites several examples to bolster his case. However, it's one thing to draw on earlier influences when creating an entirely new character...but it's quite another to outright steal the original character and pass them off as your own.

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* SelfDeprecation: Homer gives one thousand dollars so Chester can pay Lionel Hutz's fees and some extra hundreds for the item that proves that Chester is Itchy's real creator but draws the line at financing a cartoon series.[[note]]The amount Bart and Lisa asked is way higher than the previous ones combined but that alone doesn't stop Homer until he decides to ask what they want the money for.[[/note]]

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Homer gives one thousand dollars so Chester can pay Lionel Hutz's fees and some extra hundreds for the item that proves that Chester is Itchy's real creator but draws the line at financing a cartoon series.[[note]]The amount Bart and Lisa asked is way higher than the previous ones combined but that alone doesn't stop Homer until he decides to ask what they want the money for.[[/note]][[/note]]
** The InUniverse admission that Chief Wiggum is a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed caricature]] of Creator/EdwardGRobinson.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Bart and Chester first go to the animation studio to demand a check for Chester being Itchy's real creator in spite of having no proof, Meyers Jr. takes it as seriously as a real life businessman would do.

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-->'''Blue-Haired Lawyer''': And so, the credits for the very first Itchy & Scratchy cartoon clearly say: "Written, Created, and Directed by Roger Meyers, Music by Roger Meyers and Music/GeorgeGershwin, Produced by Roger Meyers and Joseph P. Kennedy."

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-->'''Blue-Haired --->'''Blue-Haired Lawyer''': And so, the credits for the very first Itchy & Scratchy cartoon clearly say: "Written, Created, and Directed by Roger Meyers, Music by Roger Meyers and Music/GeorgeGershwin, Produced by Roger Meyers and Joseph P. Kennedy."



* DidntThinkThisThrough: Whoever decided the Itchy & Scratchy parade route should travel through Bumtown.

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Whoever decided the Itchy & Scratchy parade route should travel through Bumtown.Bumtown.
** Lionel Hutz insisting on a $1,000 retainer instead of working on contingency means he didn't get any of the damages (contingencies typically pay 30%).
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-->'''Blue-Haired Lawyer''': And so, the credits for the very first Itchy & Scratchy cartoon clearly say: "Written, Created, and Directed by Roger Meyers, Music by Roger Meyers and Music/GeorgeGershwin, Produced by Roger Meyers and Joseph P. Kennedy."
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** When Bart wants to buy the original cel of Itchy, Comic Book Guy says, "Are you the creator of ''ComicStrip/HiAndLois''? 'Cause you're making me laugh!"
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-->'''Roger Meyers, Jr.:''' Animation is built on plagiarism! If it wasn't for someone plagiarizing ''Series/TheHoneymooners'', we wouldn't have ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''! If someone hadn't ripped off ''[[Series/ThePhilSilversShow Sergeant Bilko]]'', there'd be no ''WesternAnimation/TopCat''! WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound, [[BreakingTheFourthWall Chief Wiggum]], WesternAnimation/YogiBear? Hah! Andy Griffith, Creator/EdwardGRobinson, Art Carney.

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-->'''Roger Meyers, Jr.:''' Animation is built on plagiarism! If it wasn't for someone plagiarizing ''Series/TheHoneymooners'', we wouldn't have ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''! If someone hadn't ripped off ''[[Series/ThePhilSilversShow Sergeant Bilko]]'', there'd be no ''WesternAnimation/TopCat''! WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound, [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow HuckleberryHound]], [[BreakingTheFourthWall Chief Wiggum]], WesternAnimation/YogiBear? Hah! Andy Griffith, Creator/AndyGriffith, Creator/EdwardGRobinson, Art Carney.Creator/ArtCarney.
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* OhCrap: The Simpsons' cat Snowball II runs away screaming when Chester introduces himself to the Simpsons as the guy who invented cartoon violence. Given the horrifying fates Scratchy suffers in every Itchy & Scratchy cartoon, this shouldn't be a surprised.

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* OhCrap: The Simpsons' cat Snowball II runs away screaming when Chester introduces himself to the Simpsons as the guy who invented cartoon violence. Given the horrifying fates Scratchy suffers in every Itchy & Scratchy cartoon, this shouldn't be a surprised.surprise.
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** Lester's Voice Actor, Creator/TressMacNeille, does Table Reads for Bart when Creator/NancyCartwright is unavailable.

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