Editing Steamboat Itchy

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|image=Steamboat Itchy.png
|episode="[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]"
|pun=''{{w|Steamboat Willie}}''
|season=4
|director= [[Roger Meyers, Sr.]]
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{{quote|[[Scratchy]] was teamed up with a psychotic young mouse named [[Itchy]], and cartoon history was made.|[[Kent Brockman]]|Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie}}
 
'''''Steamboat Itchy''''' is a cartoon that was made in 1929 (the year following ''[[That Happy Cat]]'') and was the first cartoon to star [[Itchy]] and [[Scratchy]] together.

== History ==
The cartoon was shown during ''[[Eye on Springfield]]'' on the same day that ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Movie]]'' came out, as a look back at the history of ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show|Itchy & Scratchy]]''.<ref>"[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]"</ref>

It was later shown as evidence during the court case over the creation of Itchy.<ref>"[[The Day the Violence Died]]"</ref>

Itchy later appears as ''Steamboat Itchy'' in the audience with [[Charlie Chaplin]] (as {{w|The Tramp}}) and {{Ch|Babe Ruth}} as [[Lisa]] views the peep show.<ref>"[[Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus]]"</ref>

== Plot ==
[[Itchy]] is piloting a steamboat along a river. [[Scratchy]] appears on the bridge, whistles briefly, and adjusts his hat, apparently presenting himself as ready for duty. Itchy draws a {{w|Thompson submachine gun|Tommy gun}} and unleashes a hail of bullets at Scratchy's knees, stripping them down to the bone. Scratchy screams in pain, falls down, and starts to crawl away, leaving a bloody trail on the deck. As Scratchy crawls, Itchy opens the door to the steamboat's furnace. When Scratchy crawls near the door, Itchy kicks him in the behind, pushing him into the furnace. Itchy then slams the door on Scratchy's neck, leaving him to again scream in pain as his head catches fire. After a few seconds, Itchy opens the door and pulls Scratchy out of the furnace, revealing his head burnt to a crisp. The cartoon ends with Itchy saying, "Oh me, oh my!" as the camera irises onto Scratchy's burned head.

== Behind the Laughter ==
*''Steamboat Itchy'' is a parody of the classic [[Mickey Mouse]] animated short ''{{w|Steamboat Willie}}'' with Itchy cast as Mickey and Scratchy as {{W2|Pete|Disney character}}. As such, it is in black-and-white and animated in the style that was prevalent during the 1920s.
*While drawing the ''Steamboat Itchy'' sequence, the animators jokingly referred to it as "Steamboat Lawsuit". [[David Silverman]] explained that he did not know "why [they] weren't sued because there's a shot right out of ''Steamboat Willie'' in [the episode]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12524.html|title=The Simpsons Movie Interviews|accessdate=2007-08-02|author=Sheila Roberts|publisher=Movies Online}}</ref>
*Scratchy whistles the same tune and adjusts his hat when he finishes in the same way as he does in ''[[That Happy Cat]]''.
*At some point during development of ''[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]'', ''Steamboat Itchy'' was going to play at the [[Springfield Drive-In]] in the {{ap|Downtown|Simpsons Road Rage}} level. However for the final game, the film showing was changed to a generic black-and-white ''Itchy & Scratchy'' cartoon, although ''Steamboat Itchy'' is still advertised outside the drive-in.

== Appearances ==
*{{ep|Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie}}
*{{ep|The Day the Violence Died}}
*{{ep|Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus|(Itchy as ''Steamboat Itchy'')}}
*{{game|The Simpsons Road Rage|(mentioned)}}
*{{game|The Simpsons Skateboarding|(mentioned)}}

== References ==
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[[Category:The Itchy & Scratchy Show episodes]]