The Simpsons: 10 Best Characters Voiced By Harry Shearer

10. Scratchy

Amongst many other things, The Simpsons is of course known for its "show within the show", the violent cat-and-mouse cartoon called Itchy & Scratchy, which appears as part of The Krusty the Clown Show.

Riffing on the popular cartoon Tom & Jerry, Itchy & Scratchy is a hyper-violent and bloody parody showing the mutilation and demise of a black cat named Scratchy at the hands of the malevolent blue mouse, Itchy.

Whilst Scratchy is a cat of few words, his blood-curdling screams are a huge part of what makes this character so memorable, and we have Harry Shearer to thank for that. This may well be the most indistinguishable character that he voices, so whilst he is worth mentioning, he doesn't quite have the same standing as some of the other Shearer-voiced characters.