Bart+Lisa: [laugh at an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon]
Marge: My, all this senseless violence. I don't understand the appeal.
Bart: We don't expected you to, Mom.
Lisa: If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd put them on in prime
time.
-- "Krusty Gets Busted"
Marge: My, all this senseless violence. I don't understand the appeal.
Bart: We don't expected you to, Mom.
Lisa: If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd put them on in prime
time.
-- "Krusty Gets Busted"
Related:
- Such senseless violence! I don't understand it."
"We don't expect you to.
If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd be on in prime time.... - If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd put them on in prime time.
-- Lisa, "Krusty Gets Busted'... - Marge: I hope you realize now that violence on TV may be funny, but it's
not so funny when that violence is happening to you.
Bart: [smug] But it _would_ be funny to someone who was watching us.... - kids laughs at Itchy and Scratchy]
Marge: How many times can you laugh at that cat getting hit by the moon?
Bart: It's a _new_ episode. Lisa: Not exactly...... - Lisa: So it's true: some cartoons _do_ encourage violence.
[punches Bart] Bart: Ow! We gotta get Itchy & Scratchy back.... - Marge: Bart, Lisa, it's 11:00 at night. Where do you think you're
going?
Bart: Downtown. Lisa: We gotta get seats for the Itchy & Scratchy parade.... - Bart: Look at him. His clothes are so drab.
Lisa
His face is so flesh-colored and sad. Bart: And his feet.... - Marge: You won't be watching these cartoons any more.
Ever. Lisa: But Mom, if you take our cartoons away, we'll grow up without a sense of humor and be robots.... - Lisa: I never realized before, but some Itchy & Scratchy cartoons send
the message that violence against animals is funny.
Bart: They what? Cartoons don't have messages, Lisa....

