The Day the Violence Died/References

==Citations==
*Roger Meyers, Sr. being cryogenically frozen is a reference to the myth that Walt Disney was similarly frozen.
**Itchy's former name of "Itchy the Lucky Mouse" was a reference to the prototype to Disney's mascot Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and in fact, the backstory regarding Chester Lampwick, Meyers Sr., and Itchy's creation was a reference to a similar incident regarding Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks, and then-Universal Studios head Charles Mintz, where Disney and Iwerks initially created Oswald, but were legally forced to give exclusive ownership of the character to Universal Studios when they left, which ultimately resulted in them creating Mickey Mouse, the actual mascot for what would eventually become the Walt Disney Company. In this case, however, Meyers, Sr. was closer to Mintz while Lampwick was similar to Disney/Iwerks.
*The Manhattan Madness cartoon in "The Day the Violence Died" is based on very early animated cartoons such as Gertie the Dinosaur.
**In addition, a piano-based version of Hail to the Chief plays when President Theodore Roosevelt appears in the film.
*The "Amendment To Be" segment is a parody of the educational show Schoolhouse Rock, and more specifically "I'm Just a Bill", and refers to the Flag Desecration Amendment. Jack Sheldon, who sang the original song in "I'm Just a Bill", voices the song in the "Amendment to Be" segment.
*The cartoon "Itchy & Scratchy Meet Fritz the Cat" is a reference to Ralph Bakshi's 1972 animated film Fritz the Cat, which was the first X-rated animated film and became notorious for depicting adult content (particularly sex, drugs, and sociopolitical issues, like racism, homophobia, sexism, and police brutality/corruption) in a medium that most people considered to be for children and family entertainment.
*The first Itchy & Scratchy cartoon, "Steamboat Itchy" (which originally appeared in Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie) is a reference to Steamboat Willie, one of the first Mickey Mouse cartoons. Joseph P. Kennedy, father of former United States President John F. Kennedy, is listed as one of the cartoon's producers.
*The title is a reference to The Day the Music Died.
==Trivia==
*The slogan for the Itchy and Scratchy Diamond Anniversary marathon is "Celebrating 75 years of rib-tickling brutality and hilarious atrocities."
*One of the people watching Itchy & Scratchy Meets Fritz the Cat looks like a teenaged version of Smithers.
==Continuity==
* "Itchy and Scratchyland" and "Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie": The Itchy and Scratchy cartoons have a similar history to the Disney cartoons (Roger Meyers, Sr. building a theme park based on his characters and allegedly being a Nazi sympathizer/the first cartoon featuring Itchy and Scratchy together is a spoof of the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, "Steamboat Willie"/the original creator of Itchy having his creation stolen from him is similar to Walt Disney being accused of plagiarism and Roger Meyers, Jr. having the cryogenically frozen head of his father in a cooler).
** "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie": An Itchy and Scratchy cartoon with a President Roosevelt in it (the World War II cartoon where the duo decapitate Hitler, Itchy decapitates Scratchy, and Franklin D. Roosevelt kicks both Hitler and Scratchy and Itchy holds up a sign that reads, "SAVE SCRAP IRON"/Teddy Roosevelt appears in the Chester Lampwick short film).
* "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" and "The Front": Bart and Lisa watch an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon that's wildly out-of-character for the series (the bland, non-violent I&S created due to protests over cartoon violence/the boring I&S cartoon that ends with them telling kids not to do drugs [and Lisa mentioning that there was once a 1930s series called "Itchy & Sambo" that was considered tasteless due to outdated and offensive depictions of African-Americans]/the "Itchy & Scratchy Meets Fritz the Cat" cartoon that features sex, narcotic consumption, and stronger violence).
* "Krusty Gets Kancelled": Itchy and Scratchy gets replaced with another cartoon (Worker and Parasite/the Schoolhouse Rock parody)
* "Bart vs. Thanksgiving": Bart runs away to the bad side of town and makes friends with the homeless.
* "The Otto Show": Bart sneaks a homeless man into the Simpsons' home (Otto, after he lost his job and got evicted/Chester Lampwick)
* "Radio Bart": Homer gives a lot of money to one of the kids.
* "Marge Be Not Proud": An episode starts with Bart and Lisa watching TV in the dark.
* The Tracy Ullman Show shorts and "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular": Lester and Eliza look like the Tracy Ullman Show versions of Bart and Lisa.
* Marge mentions how Bart and Lisa are good at solving serious problems:
** They reunited Krusty with his estranged father ("Like Father, Like Clown")
** They got Principal Skinner his job back (Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song, though Bart was mostly responsible for that)
** They helped Dr. Nick perform surgery on Homer ("Homer's Triple Bypass", though Lisa was responsible for that)
** They fooled Sideshow Bob five times ("Krusty Gets Busted", "Black Widower", "Cape Feare" [Bart was responsible for that], "Sideshow Bob Roberts", and "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"). 
==Goofs==
*As pointed out on a visual DVD commentary where the staff members use a stylus to point out details and animation errors, the film case changes color from black to pink after it is tossed in the garbage.
*During the cut to the basement (after the scene where Bart first sneaks into the house and says "The coast is clear"), Bart's image seems to jump from a point at the top of the basement stairs to the middle (without any animation in between) when telling Chester that there is where he is going to sleep.
*The Empire State Building can be seen in Manhattan Madness, even though it opened in 1931, whereas Manhattan Madness was created 12 years earlier.
*The fact that this episode is from 1996 and the original Itchy cartoon in the episode is from 1919 means that Lampwick would be well over 100 years old.
*Judge Snyder’s skin is yellow instead of brown in this episode.
*It would be impossible for Bart to see Lester skateboard past the house because the window he looks through faces the backyard.
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