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| '''''Worker and Parasite (Рабочий И Паразит)''''' was a fictional cartoon in '']'' episode "]." When the popular cartoon '']'', featuring a very violent cat and mouse, leaves the '']'' for Krusty's new competitor, Gabbo, "]'s favorite ] and ] team, ''Worker and Parasite''," was a cheap replacement. According to the title screen, it was made in ], while the ] regime was in power in the ]. ''Simpsons'' creator ] maintains that their appearance on the show is one of the best parts of the series. | |||
| In reality, the short bears very little resemblance to the ] style which ] in Russian animation at the time. The idea bears more similarity to the rather ] (on which ] is ]) produced in ] by animator ] in the early 1960s. | |||
| The cartoon opened with some ]-looking credits, which account for nothing in real Cyrillic. The cartoon itself was quite unintelligible, featuring a crudely drawn cat and mouse chattering incoherently and bouncing around to the tune of random, depressing background music. Worker and Parasite are first seen in a factory (where a wrench and sickle are visible as well); they then move in front of a line of identical, miserable-looking ]s who are lining up for supplies of some sort, and then within a nest of squiggly lines, possibly ment to represent a pit of ]. The cartoon concludes with the screen reading "ENDUT! HOCH HECH!" Afterwards, Krusty's on-air response (before a vacant studio) was shocked silence, a limp cigarette hanging from his mouth, then promptly, "What the hell was ''that''?!" | |||
| ''Worker and Parasite'' has not appeared on the show since, but they have made a few appearances in ], this time speaking somewhat intelligible ]. | |||
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| The title of the cartoon ''Worker and Parasite'' is a reference to ], which was a crime in the ]. | |||
| There has been some speculation as to what '''"Endut! Hoch Hech!"''' means. The Season 4 DVD ] for the episode however claims that writer ] had no intended meaning for the phrase in question. | |||
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