Bart is punished by being barred from the Itchy and Scratchy movie.
Movie-obsessed Springfield delivers solid laughs despite middling craft—52 jokes in 22 minutes.
Directed by Rich Moore · Written by John Swartzwelder
WAR
40.8
Wins Above Replacement
“Itchy Amp Scratchy The Movie” ranks #299 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.8 — Great. The episode packs 52 scored jokes at 2.8 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Homer landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Homer · Marge: Can't he be both, like the late Earl Warren? - Earl Warren wasn't a stripper. - Now who's being naive?
Homer: So I held my breath until I passed out and banged my head on the coffee table. The doctor thought I might have brain damage.
Homer Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Bart · Homer: TV sucks. - I know you're upset right now, so I'll pretend you didn't say that!
Bart Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Ms. Krabappel: replacing my birth control pills with Tic Tacs
Bart · Marge: What if one of us has been good and one of us has been bad? - Poisoned pizza.
All Jokes — 52 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Captain Kirk: Captain's log. Stardate 6051. Had trouble sleeping last night. My hiatal hernia is acting up. The ship is drafty and damp. I complain, but nobody listens.
Announcer: Star Trek XI: So Very Tired
Scotty: It's no good, Captain. I cannot reach the control panel.
Scotty Physical/Slapstick Observational Homer: Movies! What a rip-off! I don't have to sit here and take this! I-- [Snoring]
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Bart · Marge: What if one of us has been good and one of us has been bad? - Poisoned pizza.
Marge: Oh, no. I'm not making two stops.
Marge Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Homer · Marge: Is it 37? - D'oh! I mean, no.
Homer: U.S.A! U.S.A! U.S.A!
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Bart · Grandpa: [Flatulent Noise] - [Gasps]
Ms. Krabappel: replacing my birth control pills with Tic Tacs
Homer: I did read to her. '8:00. Happy Days. The Fonz, Henry Winkler... is worried he's losing his cool.'
Homer Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Homer: Well, I've always been a firm believer in the three 'Rs'-- reading TV Guide, um... writing to TV Guide and renewing TV Guide.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart: Over the lips and past the gums-- look out dentures, here I come.
Bart Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Homer: 'Where's the Beef?' [Chuckles] 'Where's the Beef?'
Homer Observational Character Comedy Ms. Krabappel · Homer: We're talking about Bart! - Oh. That guy.
Ms. Krabappel · Homer: Charles Evans Hughes, Warren Berger-- Mmm, burger.
Announcer · Adult Bart: All right, ladies. Prepare to be blown away By Bang Bang Bart. [Dance music] [Pistols Firing]
Heckler · Adult Bart: You're fat! - Just more of me to love, honey.
Bart: Boy, time really flies when you're reading-- The Bible? Ew.
Bart Misdirection Character Comedy Grandpa · Homer: You already put me in a home. - Then we'll put you in the crooked home we saw on 60 Minutes.
Homer: Dad, you and your stories. 'Bart broke my teeth.' 'The nurses are stealing my money.' 'This thing on my neck is getting bigger.'
Homer Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Homer · Grandpa: Young man, since you broke Grampa's teeth, he gets to break yours. - Oh, this is gonna be sweet.
Bart: Yeah, right. Like you're gonna let me go hungry. I'll be eating that pizza in five minutes.
Bart Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bart · Homer: I'm starving! Somebody bring me some food quick! - I'm a-comin', boy!
Homer · Bart: Don't tell your mother, but I brought you some pizza. Just promise me you'll try to be good. - I promise. - That-a-boy.
Bart Character Comedy Reaction Beat Marge: Well, well. If it isn't the tooth fairy.
Marge Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline Bart · Homer: Indeed I did. [Goats bleating] D'oh! Hey, you goats get out of here!
Bart: Or you could let me go play with Milhouse... while you spend the afternoon watching unpredictable Mexican sitcoms.
Bart Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch TV · Homer: ¡Ay, el estómago! [Chuckles] Run along, you little scamp.
TV Homer Visual Gag Character Comedy Callback Homer: Wait a minute! [Gasps] Ice cream truck!
Homer Character Comedy Misdirection Homer: Oh, yeah. The trick is... to say you're prejudiced against all races.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Marge · Homer: How could you let this happen? - How could you let this happen? - I wasn't here. - Oh, how convenient.
Homer · Marge: Can't he be both, like the late Earl Warren? - Earl Warren wasn't a stripper. - Now who's being naive?
News Subject: [Hiccups] Kill me. [Hiccups] Kill me.
Kent Brockman: a year when you might have seen Al Capone... dancing the Charleston on top of a flagpole.
Bystander: Oh, isn't that cute. A baby driving a car. And look. There's a dog driving a bus.
Bystander Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Homer: [Groans] Oh, no! Beta!
Homer Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart: Can't you just give me a spanking? Come on. Go nuts.
Bart Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Lisa: How would you've liked it if someone told you That you couldn't watch the moon landing?
Lisa Observational Character Comedy Bart Character Comedy Escalation Homer: So I held my breath until I passed out and banged my head on the coffee table. The doctor thought I might have brain damage.
Homer Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Bart · Homer: TV sucks. - I know you're upset right now, so I'll pretend you didn't say that!
Bart Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Bart: No matter how good a movie is, it can't compare... to the imagination of a small boy.
Bart Character Comedy Misdirection Milhouse: Of course, they didn't use their real names, But you could tell it was them.
Kids: No one who saw the movie would say that! - Let's get him!
Kids Character Comedy Escalation Lisa: He has the demented melancholia Of a Tennessee Williams heroine.
Lisa Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Homer: If I fail, the best he could do... is judge at a Mr. Tight Buns competition.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Kent Brockman: Tomorrow, a new movie starring Liza Minnelli and Mickey Rourke will open. Will it be as successful? Only time will tell.
Homer: One senior citizen and one chief justice Of the Supreme Court.
Homer Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Ticket Seller · Homer: One Soylent Green, hold the butter. - Mmm. Soylent Green.
Bart · Homer: Which one's the mouse? - Itchy. - Itchy's a jerk.
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