Video taking off 11x its usual first day

Krusty loses control of Itchy and Scratchy to public domain

AniDom's Simpsons clip turns copyright expiration into a financial crisis for Springfield's clown, with viewers questioning the cartoon timeline.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 192,341 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (18,278).

“how can they use my cartoons without my permission?!” 🤨 #thesimpsons

The advisor says anyone can use Itchy and Scratchy for free. Krusty hears the worst possible word in that sentence.

In AniDom's fast-starting Simpsons Short, the clown discovers that his cartoon characters' copyright has expired. His outrage meets a tablet full of cautionary examples: familiar children's characters repurposed for decidedly less innocent businesses, including a Popeye-themed dispensary and a Winnie-the-Pooh weight-loss ad.

The clip reached about 130,000 views in half a day, already far beyond the roughly 18,000 that an AniDom Short usually draws across its entire first day. AniDom is FOX's official Animation Domination channel, where this copyright predicament sits alongside recent clips of Nelson becoming a school counselor and Stan Smith using clones to dodge family duties.

The comments turn the premise into a Springfield chronology puzzle. Viewers question how the cartoons could be old enough for their copyright to expire while Krusty is still around, and one wonders whether a studio owns them in the first place. Others focus on the sudden kangaroo gag that interrupts his financial despair.

Krusty calls the situation a "financial calamity." His attention, however, proves easier to redirect than his advisor might expect.

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What viewers say

Welcome to the club Krusty! Cookies and punch are by the door
@thunblot78See it on YouTube
Yo, that kangaroo joke came out of nowhere and I love it!
@xboxboi4444See it on YouTube
I thought itchy and scratchy was own by a studio
@th3lonewolf1997See it on YouTube

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I find it funny that the kangaroo joke is a real thing.
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The facts

Channel: AniDom
Subscribers: 851,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 1,745,884
Channel views, pace per day: 221,695 (on a normal day: 209,695)
Video published: October 14, 2026
Video views so far: 129,235 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 192,341

The numbers

The Short has already passed AniDom's usual full-day audience in its first twelve hours. Its comment count has also exceeded the channel's usual first-day total.

the video's first day

usual first day here

18,278

this video

192,341

subscribers

851,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

806,808,403

views per day

221,695