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* TheUnapologetic: Roger Meyers Jr. has no compunction of cheating off the old man whose cartoon character was stolen by his late father. Even when his father's heinous act of plagiarism ends up being exposed to the public, he doesn't give a damn by claiming that plagiarism is a right for producers to exploit; he even sums this up with those quote:
-->'''Roger Meyers, Jr.:''' Your Honor, you take away our right to steal ideas, where are they gonna come from? ''(points to Marge)'' Her?
-->'''Roger Meyers, Jr.:''' Your Honor, you take away our right to steal ideas, where are they gonna come from? ''(points to Marge)'' Her?
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-->'''Roger Meyers, Jr.:''' Animation is built on plagiarism! If it wasn't for someone plagiarizing ''Series/TheHoneymooners'', we wouldn't have ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''! If someone hadn't ripped off ''[[Series/ThePhilSilversShow Sergeant Bilko]]'', there'd be no ''WesternAnimation/TopCat''! [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow HuckleberryHound]], [[BreakingTheFourthWall Chief Wiggum]], WesternAnimation/YogiBear? Hah! Creator/AndyGriffith, Creator/EdwardGRobinson, Creator/ArtCarney.
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-->'''Roger Meyers, Jr.:''' Okay, maybe my dad did steal Itchy, but so what?! Animation is built on plagiarism! If it wasn't for someone plagiarizing ''Series/TheHoneymooners'', we wouldn't have ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''! If someone hadn't ripped off ''[[Series/ThePhilSilversShow Sergeant Bilko]]'', there'd be no ''WesternAnimation/TopCat''! [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow HuckleberryHound]], [[BreakingTheFourthWall Chief Wiggum]], WesternAnimation/YogiBear? Hah! Creator/AndyGriffith, Creator/EdwardGRobinson, Creator/ArtCarney.
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-->'''Roger Meyers, Jr.:''' Animation is built on plagiarism! If it wasn't for someone plagiarizing ''Series/TheHoneymooners'', we wouldn't have ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''! If someone hadn't ripped off ''[[Series/ThePhilSilversShow Sergeant Bilko]]'', there'd be no ''WesternAnimation/TopCat''! [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow HuckleberryHound]], [[BreakingTheFourthWall Chief Wiggum]], WesternAnimation/YogiBear? Hah! Creator/AndyGriffith, Creator/EdwardGRobinson, Creator/ArtCarney.
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-->'''Roger Meyers, Jr.:''' Okay, maybe my dad did steal Itchy, but so what?! Animation is built on plagiarism! If it wasn't for someone plagiarizing ''Series/TheHoneymooners'', we wouldn't have ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''! If someone hadn't ripped off ''[[Series/ThePhilSilversShow Sergeant Bilko]]'', there'd be no ''WesternAnimation/TopCat''! [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow HuckleberryHound]], [[BreakingTheFourthWall Chief Wiggum]], WesternAnimation/YogiBear? Hah! Creator/AndyGriffith, Creator/EdwardGRobinson, Creator/ArtCarney.
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* GoingPostal: One of Meyers Sr.'s less-than-inspired characters is a crudely-drawn postal worker called "Manic Mailman", [[ChekhovsGun who ends up saving Meyers Jr. from bankruptcy]] when he sues the postal service for a vaguely similar character named "Mr. ZIP".
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Myers Jr.'s lawyer stares at him gobsmacked as the former suddenly gets out of his seat to rant about the history of plagiarism in fiction writing when conclusive proof of Lampwick designing Itchy and Scratchy before Myers Sr. is submitted to the court, then {{Facepalm}}ing when he tries to use it as a defense for his father stealing the ideas for the cartoon mouse and cat from Lampwick.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Meyers Jr. tries to justify his father's stealing Itchy by claiming that animation is built on plagiarism and cites several examples to bolster his case. However, it's one thing to draw on earlier influences when creating an entirely new character...but it's quite another to outright steal the original character and pass them off as your own.
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* SelfDeprecation: Homer gives one thousand dollars so Chester can pay Lionel Hutz's fees and some extra hundreds for the item that proves that Chester is Itchy's real creator but draws the line at financing a cartoon series.[[note]]The amount Bart and Lisa asked is way higher than the previous ones combined but that alone doesn't stop Homer until he decides to ask what they want the money for.[[/note]]
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* SelfDeprecation: SelfDeprecation:
** Homer gives one thousand dollars so Chester can pay Lionel Hutz's fees and some extra hundreds for the item that proves that Chester is Itchy's real creator but draws the line at financing a cartoon series.[[note]]The amount Bart and Lisa asked is way higher than the previous ones combined but that alone doesn't stop Homer until he decides to ask what they want the money for.[[/note]][[/note]]
** The InUniverse admission that Chief Wiggum is a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed caricature]] of Creator/EdwardGRobinson.
** Homer gives one thousand dollars so Chester can pay Lionel Hutz's fees and some extra hundreds for the item that proves that Chester is Itchy's real creator but draws the line at financing a cartoon series.[[note]]The amount Bart and Lisa asked is way higher than the previous ones combined but that alone doesn't stop Homer until he decides to ask what they want the money for.
** The InUniverse admission that Chief Wiggum is a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed caricature]] of Creator/EdwardGRobinson.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Bart and Chester first go to the animation studio to demand a check for Chester being Itchy's real creator in spite of having no proof, Meyers Jr. takes it as seriously as a real life businessman would do.
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-->'''Blue-Haired Lawyer''': And so, the credits for the very first Itchy & Scratchy cartoon clearly say: "Written, Created, and Directed by Roger Meyers, Music by Roger Meyers and Music/GeorgeGershwin, Produced by Roger Meyers and Joseph P. Kennedy."
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Whoever decided the Itchy & Scratchy parade route should travel through Bumtown.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: DidntThinkThisThrough:
** Whoever decided the Itchy & Scratchy parade route should travel throughBumtown.Bumtown.
** Lionel Hutz insisting on a $1,000 retainer instead of working on contingency means he didn't get any of the damages (contingencies typically pay 30%).
** Whoever decided the Itchy & Scratchy parade route should travel through
** Lionel Hutz insisting on a $1,000 retainer instead of working on contingency means he didn't get any of the damages (contingencies typically pay 30%).
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-->'''Blue-Haired Lawyer''': And so, the credits for the very first Itchy & Scratchy cartoon clearly say: "Written, Created, and Directed by Roger Meyers, Music by Roger Meyers and Music/GeorgeGershwin, Produced by Roger Meyers and Joseph P. Kennedy."
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** When Bart wants to buy the original cel of Itchy, Comic Book Guy says, "Are you the creator of ''ComicStrip/HiAndLois''? 'Cause you're making me laugh!"
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-->'''Roger Meyers, Jr.:''' Animation is built on plagiarism! If it wasn't for someone plagiarizing ''Series/TheHoneymooners'', we wouldn't have ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''! If someone hadn't ripped off ''[[Series/ThePhilSilversShow Sergeant Bilko]]'', there'd be no ''WesternAnimation/TopCat''! WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound, [[BreakingTheFourthWall Chief Wiggum]], WesternAnimation/YogiBear? Hah! Andy Griffith, Creator/EdwardGRobinson, Art Carney.
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-->'''Roger Meyers, Jr.:''' Animation is built on plagiarism! If it wasn't for someone plagiarizing ''Series/TheHoneymooners'', we wouldn't have ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''! If someone hadn't ripped off ''[[Series/ThePhilSilversShow Sergeant Bilko]]'', there'd be no ''WesternAnimation/TopCat''! WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound, [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow HuckleberryHound]], [[BreakingTheFourthWall Chief Wiggum]], WesternAnimation/YogiBear? Hah! Andy Griffith, Creator/AndyGriffith, Creator/EdwardGRobinson, Art Carney.Creator/ArtCarney.
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* OhCrap: The Simpsons' cat Snowball II runs away screaming when Chester introduces himself to the Simpsons as the guy who invented cartoon violence. Given the horrifying fates Scratchy suffers in every Itchy & Scratchy cartoon, this shouldn't be a surprised.
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* OhCrap: The Simpsons' cat Snowball II runs away screaming when Chester introduces himself to the Simpsons as the guy who invented cartoon violence. Given the horrifying fates Scratchy suffers in every Itchy & Scratchy cartoon, this shouldn't be a surprised.surprise.
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** Lester's Voice Actor, Creator/TressMacNeille, does Table Reads for Bart when Creator/NancyCartwright is unavailable.
