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scratchy

[skrach-ee] / ˈskrætʃ i /


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Swartzwelder explained that they managed to get some of the most violent and gory things on air by way of Springfield’s own cartoon-within-a-cartoon, "Itchy & Scratchy."

From Fox News • May 3, 2021

And her rabbit, Señor Scratchy, might be a reference to Agatha’s son in the comics, the supervillain Nicholas Scratch.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2021

Scratchy Zoom calls seem the least of anyone’s troubles by comparison.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2020

The overall vibe is scarily close to what happened when “The Itchy & Scratchy Show” on “The Simpsons” added Poochie, except this time the pandering is not a joke.

From New York Times • May 15, 2020

Scratchy sheets or no scratchy sheets, this was exactly the fresh start I’d been hoping for, and for a moment I forgot about the Cocoon and the ominous shadow it had cast over everything.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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