Disclaimer: I do not own "The Simpsons" or its characters. They are property of 20th Century Fox and its affiliates.

Plot: Fed with Homer's punishment on Bart by not letting see the new Itchy and Scratchy movie, Marge issues an ultimatum to Homer: to let Bart see the movie or give up drinking beer for good. "Alternate Version of "Itchy and Scratchy the Movie" from Season 4.

Cast:

Dan Castellenta as Homer

Julie Kavner as Marge

Nancy Cartwright as Bart

Yeardley Smith as Lisa

Hank Azaria as Moe

Harry Shearer as Reverend Lovejoy

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"No Movie, No Duff"

By Jeff Snyder (Going the Distance) *Originally written by me as TwilightSparkle3562 in February 2019

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Chapter 1

"Marge Has Had Enough"

It had been over a month since Homer punished Bart for letting Maggie drive the family car through the streets of Springfield by forbidding him from seeing the Itchy and Scratchy movie. While Marge had been siding with Homer, now she was beginning to have second thoughts. She had tried reasoning with her husband, trying to get him to lay low, but Homer was not going to listen to the point where he told the local movie theater to not sell tickets to Bart.

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This was the last straw for Marge.

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Fed up, Marge though there was only one way to make Homer see sense. When Homer came home from work that day, he went to the kitchen to have his daily bottle of Duff beer. But, instead he let out a shriek of terror when he saw what Marge was doing.

"Marge!" Homer screamed as he saw Marge dumping bottles of Duff Beer down the drain. "What are you doing?!"

"I'm teaching you a lesson, Homer," Marge replied, trying to concentrate on what she was doing. "Since you refuse to let Bart see the new Itchy and Scratchy movie, I refuse to let you have Duff Beer."

Homer couldn't believe what he was hearing and became angry with his wife.

"Marge, are you nuts?!" he yelled, trying to snatch a bottle away only for her to grab it. "You can't do this! I have to set an example for Bart and I am sticking to it!"

"Well, I think you have gone too far, Homer! Lisa was right, how would you feel if you were forbidden to watch the moon landing?"

"I didn't watch it, Marge! I was too busy listening to music! But that's beside the point! Stop dumping out all my beer!"

However, Marge stuck to her guns, dumping out yet another bottle.

"Marge, I mean it! Stop dumping out my beer!"

He tried to snatch a bottle out of Marge's hands, but she pulled the bottle away.

"Will you let Bart see the movie?" she asked, unscrewing a bottle.

"No! I will never let him see the movie!"

"Then say goodbye to your beer!"

She turned the bottle upside down and dumped the beer down the drain.

"Why are you even doing this, Marge? I thought we agreed we need to be tougher on Bart. He put Maggie in danger! She could have died out there driving the car around town! I mean, how would you have handled it?"

"I would have kept him away for at least a week, Homer!"

"Oh, so you want to change his punishment, huh? Well, he's my child and I will deal with the situation as I see fit! I am the head of this house and this family and what I say goes!"

"So you say that you lose another beer?" Marge remarked, dumping yet another bottle. "Well, how is this for a punishment from me to you, Homer: until you let Bart see the movie, you are forbidden to have any beer of any kind in this house."

This made Homer snarl in anger. He could believe what he was hearing, his own wife and mother to his children was treating him like a child for being a parent to his own son.

"Is that it? You are punishing me for trying to teach my son the consequences of his actions? What if he does something that puts someone in the hospital or worse, in a coffin? He needs to be disciplined, Marge!"

"And I think sometimes even the parents need to face the consequences of their actions!" Marge snapped back, this time taking an empty bottle and throwing it down on the kitchen floor smashing it into pieces. "There! How does it feel, Homer? When you ripped up Bart's ticket that he spent his own money on, he was in the same position you are in now!"

She then reached into a kitchen cabinet and pulled out a dustpan and a small broom and handed it to Homer.

"Now, you clean up this mess while I finish dumping out all of your beer. And here's an added bonus, you are also forbidden to go to Moe's until you let Bart see the movie."

Glaring at his wife, he took the dustpan and broom and angrily swept up the broken beer bottle. Homer couldn't believe what had just transpired, his own wife, his life partner and mother to his children, was treating him like a child.

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"You know something, Marge?" he remarked.

"What, Homer?" Marge snapped as she dumped out the last of his duff beers.

"I thought as Bart's mother and my wife, you would support every bit of discipline that I administer to him. I'm trying to set a course for Bart where he ends up as a successful adult and how do you thank me? By punishing me for being a parent and taking away my privileges that I am entitled to."

He threw the dustpan and the broom in the trash and kept his glare on Marge.

"I'm 36 years old, Marge! Bart is 10! I have the authority to take away any privileges that he has! The way you are acting makes it seem like its his right to attend the movie. Well, it's a privilege and not a right!"

"Well, sometimes parenting can cross the line sometimes and you certainly have crossed it. Itchy and Scratchy is nothing more than a cartoon, all right?"

"Well, you were the one who protested the violence in that junk!"

"It's junk but he loves it, Homer. I've come to accept what Bart wants in his life, so why not you? What do you think you are going to get out of this, Homer? To see Bart retaliate against you for this? There are times when parenting goes too far, even when you strangle Bart. In fact, part of me that is what you could have done instead of this. It seems a lot more effective than what you are doing now. So, that's what is going to be happening. Until you let Bart see Itchy and Scratchy on the big screen, you are forbidden from having alcohol of any kind. End of discussion!"

Shocked and angry over being barred from his vice in life, Homer stormed out of the kitchen while Marge sighed heavily. She had to stand up for her son, despite his actions and was beginning to think back to the parent/teacher conference at Springfield elementary. All Bart's teacher wanted was to see him better disciplined, not be subjected to such parental horrors.

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Homer went too far, there was no denying it…