He didn't create Itchy: I did.
Huh?
He stole the character from me in 1928. When I complained, his thugs kicked me out of his office, and dropped an anvil on me. Luckily, I was carrying an umbrella at the time.
“The Day the Violence Died” · Season 7
In this episode: Bart Simpson (3), Chester (3), Marge Simpson (2), Lionel Hutz (2), Homer Simpson (1), Lisa Simpson (1), Krusty the Clown (1), Abe (1)
[Bart and Chester are visiting Lionel Hutz' law firm in order to hire him as their attorney.]
All right, gentlemen, I'll take your case. But I'm going to have to ask for a $1,000 retainer.
A thousand dollars?! But your ad says "no money down"! [hands Hutz a cut-out of his newspaper ad, which says "WORKS ON CONTINGENCY" and "NO MONEY DOWN"]
[chuckles] Oh, they got this all screwed up. [takes a pen and scribbles on the piece of paper Bart handed him, before showing that it now says "WORKS ON CONTINGENCY? NO, MONEY DOWN!"]
So you don't work on a contingency basis?
No, money down! Oops, shouldn't have this Bar Association logo here either. [rips off the bottom half of the ad and eats it]
AAbe
I thought I recognized you! I gave you a plate of corn muffins back at 1947 to paint my chicken coop, and you never did it!
Those corn muffins were lousy!
AAbe
Paint my chicken coop!
Make me!
[Abe comes across the table and the old men begin fighting.]
That does it! One of them has to go!
Okay, Grampa.
No, the B-U-M.
Oh...
LLawyer
Krusty, have you ever seen this so-called "animation genius" before?
Yes, I have!
LLawyer
You have?!
I gave him a couple of blintzes to paint my fence, BUT HE NEVER DID IT!
Those blintzes were terrible!
PAINT MY FENCE!
Make me!
[charges at Chester and starts punching him] YOU GIVE ME BACK THOSE BLINTZES, THEN!
Order, order! We don't care about your blintzes!
[Krusty frowns at Snyder. It is now turn for the prosecutor to call Chester to the bar]
Now, Mr. Lampwick, when Roger Myers stole your character...
LLawyer
Objection.
Sustained.
Urgh! If I hear "objection" and "sustained" one more time today, I think I'm going to scream!
LLaywer
Objection.
Sustained.
[Hutz screams. He gave his word, Chester claims]
Roger Myers didn't create any of his characters. He stole them all.
[Watching "Amendment To Be", which has replaced "Itchy & Scratchy".]
What the hell is this?
It's one of those campy '70s throwbacks that appeals to Generation X'ers.
We need another Vietnam to thin out their ranks a little!
RMRoger Myers, Jr.
Okay, maybe my dad did steal Itchy. But so what? Animation is built on plagiarism. If it weren’t for someone plagiarizing The Honeymooners, we wouldn’t have The Flintstones. If someone hadn’t ripped off Sergeant Bilko, there’d be no Top Cat. Huckleberry Hound, Chief Wiggum [Chief Wiggum stares at Roger Meyers], Yogi Bear, hah! Andy Griffith, Edward G. Robinson, Art Carney. Your Honor, you take away our right to steal ideas, where are they gonna come from? [points to Marge in the galley] Her?
How about...Ghost Mutt?
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