Question: Which episode aired first, "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" or "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"?
Context: "Treehouse of Horror IX" is the fourth episode in the tenth season of the American animated television series "The Simpsons".  It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 25, 1998.  This is the ninth "Treehouse of Horror" episode, and, like the other "Treehouse of Horror" episodes, contains three self-contained segments: In "Hell Toupée", Homer gets a hair transplant and is possessed by the spirit of an executed criminal; in "Terror of Tiny Toon", Bart and Lisa are trapped in a special, extremely violent episode of "The Itchy & Scratchy Show"; and in "Starship Poopers", Marge reveals that Maggie is the product of a one-night stand with the alien Kang. "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" is the fourteenth episode in the eighth season of the American animated television series "The Simpsons".  It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 9, 1997.  In the episode, "The Itchy & Scratchy Show" attempts to regain viewers by introducing a new character named Poochie, whose voice is provided by Homer.  The episode is largely self-referential and satirizes the world of television production, fans of "The Simpsons", and the series itself.  It was written by David X. Cohen and directed by Steven Dean Moore.  Alex Rocco is a credited guest voice as Roger Meyers, Jr. for the third and final time (having previously provided the character's voice in "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" and "The Day the Violence Died"); Phil Hartman also guest stars as Troy McClure.  Poochie would become a minor recurring character and Comic Book Guy's catchphrase, "Worst episode ever", is introduced in this episode.  With "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", the show's 167th episode, "The Simpsons" surpassed "The Flintstones" in the number of episodes produced for a prime-time animated series. The following is a list of comic book series based on the animated TV show The Simpsons and published by Bongo Comics in the United States.  The first comic strips based on "The Simpsons" appeared in 1991 in the magazine "Simpsons Illustrated" (not to be confused with the comic publications from 2012 bearing the same name), which was a companion magazine to the show.  The comic strips were popular and a one-shot comic book entitled "Simpsons Comics and Stories", containing three different stories, was released in 1993 for the fans.  The book was a success and due to this, the creator of "The Simpsons", Matt Groening, and his companions Bill Morrison, Mike Rote, Steve Vance and Cindy Vance created the publishing company Bongo Comics.  By the end of 1993, Bongo was publishing four titles: "Simpsons Comics", "Bartman", "Radioactive Man" and "Itchy & Scratchy Comics".  Since then, many more titles have been published, out of which "Simpsons Comics", "Bart Simpson", "Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror", "Simpsons Super Spectacular", Simpsons Summer Shindig, and "Simpsons Winter Wingding". "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" is the sixth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fourth season.  It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 3, 1992.  The plot follows Bart continually getting in trouble, and how Homer is unable to give him any suitable punishment.  Marge gets Homer to agree to make a punishment stick, and he forbids Bart to see the new "Itchy & Scratchy" movie, a punishment that Homer takes very seriously.  It was written by John Swartzwelder and was directed by Rich Moore. "Time Stands Still" is a two-part episode of the Canadian teen drama "".  It aired near the beginning of the fourth season, and originally aired on 5 and 12 October 2004 in Canada, on the CTV Television Network.  Despite being a two-part episode, many events were still unresolved until later in the season.  The American teen network, The N, which aired first run episodes, was airing episodes two months later at the time. The Itchy & Scratchy Show (often shortened as Itchy & Scratchy) is a running gag and fictional animated television series featured in the American animated television series "The Simpsons".  It usually appears as a part of "The Krusty the Clown Show", watched regularly by Bart Simpson and Lisa Simpson.  Itself an animated cartoon, "The Itchy & Scratchy Show" depicts a sadistic anthropomorphic blue mouse, Itchy (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), who repeatedly maims and kills an anthropomorphic, hapless threadbare black cat, Scratchy (voiced by Harry Shearer).  The cartoon first appeared in "The Tracey Ullman Show" short "The Bart Simpson Show", which originally aired November 20, 1988.  The cartoon's first appearance in "The Simpsons" was in the 1990 episode "There's No Disgrace Like Home".  Typically presented as 15-to-60-second-long cartoons, the show is filled with gratuitous violence.  "The Simpsons" also occasionally features characters who are involved with the production of "The Itchy & Scratchy Show", including Roger Meyers Jr. (voiced by Alex Rocco, and, later, Hank Azaria), who runs the studio and produces the show. "The Front" is the nineteenth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fourth season.  It originally aired in the United States on the Fox network on April 15, 1993.  In the episode, Bart and Lisa decide to write an episode of "The Itchy & Scratchy Show"; after their script is rejected, they resubmit it under the name of their grandfather Abraham Simpson, resulting in Grampa being hired as a staff writer.  Meanwhile, Homer returns to high school to retake a failed science course. "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" is the ninth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> second season.  It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 20, 1990.  In the episode, which is a satire of censorship issues, Maggie attacks Homer with a mallet and Marge blames "The Itchy & Scratchy Show" for Maggie's actions.  It was written by John Swartzwelder and was the first episode to be directed by Jim Reardon.  Alex Rocco makes his first of three guest appearances as Roger Meyers, Jr. Legit was a Scottish sitcom produced by The Comedy Unit, written by Robert Florence (of videoGaiden) and Iain Connell and broadcast on BBC One Scotland.  The pilot episode aired on 16 September 2006 to much critical acclaim and positive reviews.  The first series started on 7 September 2007 with the pilot episode being aired first and then the remaining episodes.  The show was shown every Friday night at 9:30pm.  In May 2008, the BBC made the decision not to renew the show for a second series.  Instead "Dear Green Place" was renewed. "Itchy & Scratchy Land" is the fourth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> sixth season.  It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 2, 1994.  Wanting a perfect family vacation, the Simpson family visits Itchy & Scratchy Land.  It was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Wes Archer.
Answer: Itchy & Scratchy & Marge