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Template:Simpsons character Bartholomew "Bart" Jo-jo Simpson (age 10 throughout the series) is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is the oldest child and only son of Homer and Marge Simpson, and brother of Lisa and Maggie. Along with his father Homer, Bart is arguably the most well-known character on the long running animated series. Both Bart and Lisa ranked #11 in TV Guide's "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time". He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright, who claimed[citation needed] "that he is the only person in the Simpson family that has the middle name Jo-Jo", mentioned in Simpsons Comic Royale.

Biography

He is a self-proclaimed underachiever who begins each show in school detention writing lines on the blackboard. He is easily distracted by almost anything, even, strangely enough, algebraic equations. His penchant for shocking people began before he was born: Bart "mooned" Dr. Hibbert while he performed a sonogram on Marge, and moments after being born (presumably on purpose), he set fire to Homer's tie. He is considerably undermotivated and takes great joy in disrupting the routine at Springfield Elementary, yet his pranks are often elaborately complex, while his actions and speech frequently show considerable mental agility, street-smarts and understanding, so he cannot be called "stupid" per se. Bart also shows amazing intelligence outside of his pranks. Out-smarting Sideshow Bob, figuring out how to save the snakes on Whacking Day, getting the lemon tree back in a Trojan Horse method, giving advanced knowledge about George Washington in the French and Indian War, and learning other languages are just a few examples. In "Separate Vocations" when Bart becomes hall monitor, his grades go up showing that he only struggles because he does not pay attention, not because he's dumb. Despite this, he seems to have trouble understanding even the simplest things, such as the word "irony", what the equator is and that the logo on his globe is not actually a country. However, this may be because he remembers more advanced knowledge. The fact that he is Homer's son and shares many of the same mannerisms and behaviors may account for his antics. Homer even described Bart as "a younger, more in-your-face version" of himself. There are other moments however, where it is hinted that Bart represses a startling intelligence. His inability to channel this hidden intellect at will is most likely attributed to the Simpson gene. See below for details on this.

Bart's interests include anything from Krusty the Klown, skateboarding, reading comic books (especially Radioactive Man), terrorizing Lisa, playing video games/computer games, helping Lisa solve various problems (e.g. reuniting Krusty with his estranged father), and pulling off various pranks (such as mooning unsuspecting people and prank calling Moe Szyslak at his tavern).

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Bart with Conan O'Brien

It had been also suspected for a long time by viewers that Bart had Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) even before the revealing of the Simpson gene, as Bart exhibited many of the traits of a child afflicted with ADD. His extreme mental quickness coupled with his inability to be able to keep his attention set on mediocre work at school such as in the episode Bart Gets an F are big hints. It was later confirmed in the episode Brother's Little Helper that Bart is indeed afflicted with ADD. This would explain a bit of his behavior as well.

Bart Simpson caused a diplomatic incident between the United States and Australia in "Bart vs. Australia" when he placed a very long collect call to an Australian boy to find out in which direction toilets flush in the southern hemisphere. (This is an oversimplification of that phenomenon, which amusingly popularized the legend even more).

Although he gets into endless trouble and can be mean, shallow and selfish, Bart also exhibits many qualities of high integrity. Though he once stole the head from the statue of Jebediah Springfield, he has also helped save Springfield Elementary School from being shut down, even though he hates school. He often befriends outcasts like his best friend Milhouse Van Houten. His sense of "quasi"-honor is revealed in the episode This Little Wiggy where Bart stands up for Ralph Wiggum at the cost of peer popularity. Bart even makes friends of former adversaries such as Nelson Muntz and the nerdish Martin Prince. Despite their mutual antagonisms, Muntz has often helped Bart in his various schemes. Despite a tough attitude, Bart is a total softie with his mother. Most of his antics are usually meant to rile up authority figures and to cause a ruckus, rather than causing any real harm. Although he seems to enjoy driving people like Principal Skinner crazy, Bart has also helped him on several occasions, from befriending him and helping him get his job back to covertly helping him with his romance with Mrs. Krabappel. Most students know Bart as a clown, so he does not have many real friends. Besides occasional pals Martin and Nelson and sister Lisa, Bart only has a few real friends (Lewis, Richard, Milhouse, and in later episodes, Ralph). In the school playground, there are clearly bigger cliques than Bart's. When Bart can't play with Milhouse in the episode "Homer Defined", he doesn't play with Lewis or Richard, but plays with baby sister Maggie. Bullies at the school are another problem for him. Although Lisa is bullied for being a nerd, Bart seems to be picked on even more at times. He, Martin, Milhouse, and sometimes Ralph or Wendell are often tormented by bullies Jimbo, Dolph, Kearney, Nelson, and some of the girls.

Bart's greatest friendship arguably lies in his relationship with sister Lisa. Although they often butt heads in sibling rivalry, the two have come to each other's aid many times and often think alike in times of mutual benefit. His friendship with Lisa is thoroughly explored in the episode Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore, when Bart's best friend Milhouse temporarily moves away. Bart is not afraid to show that he considers Lisa his best friend. When Milhouse eventually returns to Springfield, it seems that Bart forgets this, leaving a secretly depressed Lisa on her own again. In the end however, he catches her before bed and lets her know that he'll always be there for her, through mock Monopoly playing cards to emphasize this, including a "free hug" Monopoly card.

Age

According to The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album, his birthday is April Fool's Day. The Simpsons employs a floating timeline, in which characters do not age with time, and Bart is depicted as being ten throughout the show. (He celebrates his tenth birthday in "Radio Bart").

Nontheless, some early episodes gave hints at Bart's birthyear: According to the show Bart is two years and 38 days older than Lisa, who was born during the 1984 Summer Olympics. In the 1991 episode "I Married Marge", it was revealed that Bart was conceived in June 1980 (Homer and Marge had just seen The Empire Strikes Back), which would make his birthday April 1, 1981. A chalkboard gag in a 2003 episode refers to this situation, with Bart chalking "I SHOULD NOT BE TWENTY-ONE BY NOW" on the board.[1]

Skills

  • Exceptional rapper as seen in the episode Pranksta Rap as well as in the music videos Do the Bartman and Deep Deep Trouble.
  • Accomplished skateboarder; crowned best skateboard rider by Tony Hawk in 2001.
  • Linguistics; knows French, Japanese, Latin and Chinese. Also spoke Spanish at one time but was ordered to forget how by Homer.
  • Enjoys playing video games, and frequently switches the console he plays.
  • An amazing jazz drummer as seen in the episode Jazzy and the Pussycats.
  • Qualified sword fighter.
  • In the comics, he is shown to be an excellent chemist.
  • Bart can perform a high standard of ballet.
  • Bart is also accomplished in many different weaponry types, including a machine gun and rocket launcher. When told he missed the target with the rocket launcher, he replies smartly that he wasn't aiming for it. Subsequently, Principal Skinner was seen standing by a smoldering hole which used to be his car.
  • Has no trouble driving compact and mid-sized cars.

Employment

Bart's jobs have been:

Future

The specific years listed below are inconsistent, given the general "timelessness" of the series.

  • 2013 (seven years from "now"): Bart is graduating from his senior year of high school, and has surprisingly managed to never get held back. He dates a rebellious girl named Jenda, but their relationship goes sour when Bart opts to sacrifice an easy path to college in order to save Lisa's chance. Bart is somewhat an older version of himself with a generally trendy and "cool" look, but many note that he appears far more mature and down to earth here than any of the other depictions which supposedly take place far afterwards chronologically. (Depicted in "Future-Drama")
  • 2025 (fourteen years from "now"): Is a demolition contractor. He "can't believe [he's] finally getting paid to do this" and mentions that he's "just getting all [his] aggression out before [he goes] to law school". Bart has a receding hairline and stubble, just like Homer. He also has a multitude of tattoos. He's been married twice, and is considering getting married again. (Depicted in "Lisa's Wedding")
  • 2030 (twenty-nine years from "now"): Bart lives with Ralph Wiggum and they have an unsuccessful band, Captain Bart. Dropped out of the DeVry Institute. Mooches off of Lisa, now the President of the United States, and criticizes her for no longer being cool and promotes his band during her address to the nation. He has more hair in this scenario, enough to tie in a ponytail in fact, but he doesn't seem to be in the best physical shape. His dress style is more surfer bum, and he lacks the many tattoos he sported in the scenario shown in Lisa's Wedding. (Depicted in "Bart to the Future")
  • 2040 (thirty-nine years from "now"): Is now Chief Justice of the United States (incorrectly referred to in the episode as "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.") Finally sees "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" with Homer. (Depicted in "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie")
  • One minute before death (at the age of 83): Finds true love, according to Professor Frink. His brain is put into a pauper's grave. (Mentioned in "Future-Drama")
  • 1000 years later: Having been revealed as God's last prophet, is the cause of holy war. According to one army of followers, the ones who wear Bart wigs and call him Bart Simpson, he preached a message of tolerance and love. By the other army, who dress in Bartman purple masks and call him by the same name, he preached a message of understanding and peace, before he was betrayed by his follower Milhouse and was pulled apart by snowmobiles until he died. This stemmed from a present-day scene when Bart tells paintball-warring Catholics and Protestants, "It's all Christianity". (Depicted in "The Father, The Son, and The Holy Guest Star")

Bartman

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Bartman in the video game Bartman Meets Radioactive Man

Bartman is a comic book title and the alter ego of Bart Simpson. Essentially, in addition to his normal clothes, Bart wears a purple mask and cape to become Bartman. The name, when written, bears a striking resemblance to the name Batman, and Bartman is indeed supposed to be a superhero of some sort. Bartman makes a short appearance in the Simpsons episode "Three Men and a Comic Book".

This alter ego is the basis for the short-lived Bongo Comics series (1993-1995), which saw the young Bart adopt the mantle of crimefighting. He was aided by Milhouse, as the Robin-like Houseboy. Like Bart's costume, Milhouse's was simplistic, involving only a green mask and cape in addition to his ordinary clothing. The series only lasted 6 issues. One particular storyline, When Bongos Collide!, Bartman and Radioactive Man teamed up to defeat a menagerie of super-powered members of the regular cast (they had become super-powered as a result of a nuclear explosion), along with both Itchy and Scratchy (who had come out of the TV and caused the nuclear explosion), as well as Kang and Kodos (whose Trans-Temporal Reality-Integrator Cannon had brought Itchy and Scratchy out of the TV to begin with). The story arc, published across Itchy and Scratchy #3, Simpsons Comics #5, and Bartman #3, was later reprinted in the trade paperback Bartman: The Best of the Best! as well as Simpsons Classics #3.

Bartman and Houseboy make a brief appearance in the Simpsons book The Simpsons Holiday Humdinger, a collection of reprints of Christmas-themed stories from Simpsons Comics, published in 2004 by HarperCollins. In a parody of the story How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Bartman takes on Gil, who is stealing Christmas presents in hopes of destroying the holiday.

Bartman is also featured in the video game Bartman Meets Radioactive Man (1992-1993). Bartman also appears in the video game Bart's Nightmare for the Super NES and Sega Genesis; there, you jump into a sheet of lost homework and enter an almost "mini-game" featuring Bartman. Bart can temporarily become Bartman in the NES game Bart vs. the World and gain the ability to fly, although he changes back to normal after about ten seconds or when he takes a hit.

Bartman recently appeared again in the comic book Simpsons Super Spectacular alongside another two Bart Simpson alter-egos: Stretch Dude, and the Cupcake Kid. Stretch Dude appeared in Treehouse of Horror X, with Lisa as Clobber Girl (and featuring a guest appearance by Lucy Lawless), the Cupcake Kid is from the episode Simple Simpson. The three Barts battle against and defeat an evil version of Bart who has begun working to control the world. The three heroic Barts are recruited by a good version of Sideshow Bob, who is shortly thereafter vaporized.

Family

Bart is:

Personality

Bart will often address Homer by his first name instead of "Dad". This is parodied on an episode where Bart is a baby. Homer is trying to get Bart to say "Dad." Instead, he keeps calling him "Homer." Homer would then say "D'oh!" Bart had even addressed Homer as "Dohmer" after trying three times to call him "Dad". This is parodied even further in the same episode, when Homer tries to get Lisa to say "Dad," only to have Lisa call him "Homer." But Bart and Lisa do often address Homer as "Dad". Or when Homer accomplishes something Bart will say "Way to go, Homer!"

His father often refers to him as "the boy" while his mother calls him her "special little guy". Marge tends to be more caring, understanding and nurturing than Homer. She often refers to Bart as a "handful" and is often embarrassed by his antics. In many episodes, specifically Lisa on Ice, Bart favors his mother over his father. However, Bart actually loves his father, and often favors Homer over other people.

Bart speaks French fluently due to a summer he spent as an exchange student in France, where he was illegally worked by two men who were planning to sell wine spiked with anti-freeze, Bart became a national hero when he exposed the scheme to the police. He also was able to speak Spanish briefly on a trip to Brazil; however, Homer told him to forget it when Bart discovered that Brazilians speak Portuguese. He also had an exchange with Homer in Japanese. In "Bart on the Road", he makes a delivery to Hong Kong where he hauls a cooler labeled "HUMAN EYES" off the plane, and brings it to a man in a white lab coat where they converse in Chinese (specifically, the variety of Cantonese spoken in the city). In "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star", Bart recited a prayer in Latin. This may be inherited from Homer, who has also demonstrated advanced language abilities, including penguin.

Bart's athletic ability seems to be quite high, even though he does not seem to be in the best physical shape. Although his underachieving ways often conflict with this gift, he often excels at what he attempts. Bart is a fine skateboarder, capable of numerous acrobatic feats. Bart does very well in team sports such as hockey and baseball, but is not very good at American Football. Although his father wishes otherwise, Bart acknowledges that he's not the best at the game. Bart is quite good at dancing, an activity which he often avoids out of self-consciousness. When briefly practicing ballet, Bart was the top student in the class and dazzled the school audience during a show, although he was masked to conceal his identity. When it comes to general performance, acrobatics, running, fighting, Bart shows that he's quite capable of taking care of himself. Although he cannot boast Homer's near superhuman ability to survive tremendous amounts of pain and injury, Bart himself has also survived his share of hazardous situations and injury.

Bart is allergic to butterscotch, imitation butterscotch, cauliflower, cottage cheese (which he pronouced as cotohey cheese), shrimp (which is odd since in "Mommie Beerest", Bart throws shrimp at Lisa) and glow-in-the-dark monster makeup. According to Marge in the episode "The Father, The Son, and the Holy Guest Star", Bart wore diapers until the age of 5, because he thought there was a monster in the potty.

In past episodes, Lisa joked that Bart is a pawn of evil due to his mischievous behavior, or, more accurately, "the Devil's cabana boy", a role which Bart seems to relish, especially when meeting Satan after getting struck by a car and accepting his hellbound fate. However, in recent episodes, he became much more religious, changing faiths on a by-episode basis, from various Christian sects to a very brief interest in Judaism. That same episode shows that Bart was considered "God's last prophet" by two fanatical cults in the distant future. But lately, he seems to have relapsed into his evil ways, as when he successfully steals keys to the school's steam room, he thanks Satan.

In other activities, Bart is an avid reader of comic books. His favorite is obivously Radioactive Man. It is hinted in some episodes that his favorite movies are Jaws, Die Hard, the Star Wars trilogy, and even Oliver Stone's Wall Street.

Health and Appearance

Physical characteristics

  • Bart's hair consists of 9 spikes, though there are fewer when he is younger
  • Blood Type– Double O-negative ("Blood Feud")
  • Teeth– 24 permanent teeth ("Blood Feud")
  • Allergies– Butterscotch, Imitation Butterscotch, Glow in the dark Monster Make-up ("Blood Feud"), cauliflower ("The Heartbroke Kid"), and shrimp (there are also other allergies seen on his medical files).
  • Bart is ambidextrous. (left-handed as shown in any chalkboard gag but has been known to use his right in some episodes). For example, in the episode where Bart writes love letters to Edna in response to her personal ad, he is seen writing the letters with his left hand, but later in the episode when he is cleaning Edna's table with a rag, he is seen doing so with his right hand. He normally writes with his right hand during the course of the episode. Bart is a left-handed baseball batter, pitcher, guitarist, and bowler. He has been known to use the opposite for those activities as well. Bart also wears a watch which switches periodically between his right and left wrists.
  • Bart's eye color is blue. In the episode Bart on the Road, this information is visible when Bart shows his fake driver's license to Milhouse and Nelson.
  • According to the same episode, Bart is 4 feet tall and weighs 85 pounds.

Attire

Bart's fashion sense is fairly straightforward. His normal attire is an orange (or sometimes red) T-shirt, blue shorts, white socks and blue sneakers, although on most pieces of Simpsons-related merchandise, his shirt is light blue (to differentiate between counterfeit and official merchandise). In the Tracey Ullman shorts his shirt is pink, not orange. The "blue shirt" is humorously referenced during the episode "Pokey Mom". Homer distracts an enraged bull from goring a rider at a prison rodeo by dangling Lisa in front of the animal (in her trademark red dress). To halt the bull's charge, he attempts to diffuse the situation with the "calming blue" attire of another of his children. Upon realising Bart is wearing orange he asks "Where's your blue shirt?", to which Bart replies "I don't have a blue shirt." His churchgoing outfit consists of either a blue or brown two-piece suit (with shorts rather than long pants), white shirt, purple tie, blue shoes and white socks (episode: "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds"). He is occasionally seen parting his hair side to side for such occasions. His other recurring clothing ensemble is his "bed outfit", consisting of green pajamas (although he has been known to wear white socks on his feet to bed, he more regularly goes barefoot to bed). He prefers white briefs as underwear, which is mentioned on the Series 4 DVD by the show's creators, who reason that boxer shorts are less risque as they reveal "less of a bulge". For publicity, Bart has posed for a few pictures in the nude, with objects hiding his private parts. He even wore the infamous droog outfit during Treehouse of Horror III, which is apt considering Bart's antisocial tendencies.

Origin and influence

In an interview, Simpsons creator Matt Groening claimed he chose the name "Bart" as an anagram of "brat", though some have said that the character might be named after the psychotic bad-seed child Bart of V.C. Andrews’s incest romance novels, wildly popular during the 1980s. As the other Simpsons are named after and loosely based on members of Groening's own family, many naturally believe that Bart is specifically based on Groening himself, who has said in a DVD commentary that he never did have much in common with Bart. He did announce though, that Bart Simpson was actually partly based on himself. This would actually mean that Bart is of Norwegian heritage, since Groening himself is, but that it not for certain. Groening once claimed that Bart was partly inspired by the Diane Arbus photo "Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, New York City", but in the DVD commentary for "Homer's Night Out", has denied this to be true.

Groening has also claimed that one of the biggest inspirations was the old Dennis the Menace TV series. But the influence did not arise from admiration, as Groening has attributed his creative impulse to the disappointment of watching the series premiere, which he described as "this namby pamby, Jay North type of show...". After this, he said he was inspired to create a character who actually was a menace. Matt claims that he was also inspired by his older brother, Mark Groening (according to the commentary for the episode "My Sister, My Sitter").

Bart is undoubtedly the most depicted Simpsons character on various memorabilia such as T-shirts, car decals, and even graffiti art. Bart and other Simpsons characters have appeared in numerous television commercials for Nestlé's Butterfinger candy bars from 1990 to 2001, with the slogan "Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!". This association was parodied in an episode when he discovered a video tape with Lisa that he participated in a TV commercial for an anti-odor product when he was a baby; Bart says that he doesn't remember being in a commercial, then holds up a Butterfinger and eats it.

When he vandalizes property, Bart uses the alias El Barto, a Spanglish way of saying "The Bart". No one in Springfield has made the connection (except for Homer and Lisa), and Bart vandalizes property without getting caught. He is also known to don a mask and cape as superhero alias Bartman.

Bart's impact on pop culture

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Since the inception of the Simpsons, Bart has become internationally recognized as a symbol of defiance to authority. This Maltese language anti-European Union bumper sticker became popular during the contentious deliberations regarding Malta's admission to the EU. (Photo taken in Tarxien in August 2005.)

In 1998, Time magazine selected Bart as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century—the only fictional character to make the list. There are many reasons for this.

After first airing as an independent series in 1990, The Simpsons broke many taboos. For a significant period of time, Bart struck a chord with countless young viewers for his rebellious tendencies, arguably becoming the show's most spotlighted character. Bart symbolized the ever-changing youth of America, constantly doubted and criticised for its eroding morals and questionable conduct. Bart consistently outraged many conservative (and even some liberal) critics for nearly a decade for being a terrible role model, often being a poster child for many parents denying their children access to the show. Although there were children on television with disruptive tendencies before Bart Simpson, never before was a young character with delinquent tendencies given such mainstream exposure as a protagonist or anti-hero rather than a villain (and as such, stereotyped negatively, dissuading emulation by youngsters). Fear of the character had grown to the point where T-shirts with Bart's likeness were banned from many schools. Bart Simpson merchandise still took the country greatly by storm throughout 1990 however, and even went beyond Garfield merchandise too.

However, countless people who grew up watching Bart and The Simpsons assert that Bart is actually a very effective role model. Child characters in film and animations had tended to conform to idealistic and arguably unrealistic temperaments up to and around the time The Simpsons first aired. Bart was, in contrast, a cynical, jaded and often more realistic portrayal of childhood, which can be frustrating as well as idyllic and whimsical. Bart's delinquent tendencies do not go unexplained, as the show often satirizes adult arrogance and mistreatment of children's feelings and desires. Although Bart is a troublemaker, he is often misunderstood by other children and adults alike on the show—something with which many young people can identify themselves. Bart is essentially good at heart, as he often does the right thing and struggles with personal moral dilemmas. In many ways, he defined and personified an entire generation. Although Bart's influence on both the show and pop culture is less pronounced today than in the past, he is still an international symbol of defiance in the face of oppressive authority, as well as a prototype of rebellion to children growing up in a radically changing world.

Bart also arguably influenced an entire new generation of anti-hero characters such as the raunchy young cast of South Park and many other characters both in animation and live action.

In 1990, Bart became on of People Magazine most intriguing people of the year. The only other fictional characters to do this were Jessica Rabbit and Pokemon. Bart Simpson also was the only fictional character to make the Time 100 People of the Century list too.

Episodes that feature Bart extensively include:

As Bart is one of the main characters, he is featured prominently in many more episodes as well.

Antics

  • Prank-calling (usually Moe's Tavern, but sometimes other places)
  • Stealing a policeman's car
  • Using his Junior Campers training to snag Homer in a series of booby traps, using pies as bait
  • Painting the parking lines two feet narrower than normal ("indistuingishable to the naked eye, but therein lies the beauty").
  • Destroying the school's plumbing system with a cherry bomb while Agnes Skinner was using the toilets in the girl's bathroom
  • Mooning
  • Vandalizing (cars, public property, etc.)
  • Shooting a stink bomb at an entertainer
  • Pantsing a robotic version of George Washington
  • Robbing a bakery, then melting the plastic couple from a wedding cake on an electric chair
  • Converting to Paganism
  • Strangling his father with a belt
  • Spitting or squirting ketchup and mustard at cars from an overpass
  • Shaking Homer's beer so that it would explode when opened
  • Tattooing the words "Wide Load" on Homer's rear end
  • Spraying the tag 'El Barto' in a variety of places in many episodes
  • Opening his Christmas presents two hours early
  • Writing his name in forty-foot letters on the school athletic field with grass killer, ("Principal Charming")
  • Giving Ralph Wiggum a dirty sanchez.
  • Writing his name in wet cement, ("Lemon of Troy")
  • Using several megaphones to cause a sonic boom, which destroyed half of Springfield's glass doors, windows, and Homer's beer stash. (The Secret War of Lisa Simpson)
  • Switching the hymn to be sung in the church with "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" of Iron Butterfly and masking it with "In the Garden of Eden", by "I. Ron Butterfly". (Bart Sells His Soul)
  • Beheading the statue of Jebediah Springfield
  • Freezing mud in the Simpson freezer, and giving it to Homer, claiming it was chocolate ice cream
  • Stepping on Allan Greenspan's neck
  • Making laxatives out of peas and carrots
  • Replacing Edna Krabappel's birth control pills with Tic-Tacs
  • Throwing the giant steroid-enhanced tomato his sister planned to enter in the school science fair at Principal Skinner, hitting him in the butt
  • Claiming the bank was out of money, prompting a paniced riot in The PTA Disbands!(a parody of a scene in "It's a Wonderful Life")
  • Standing on an entertainer's foot

Made-up names for prank phone calls

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Trivia

Influences

  • Matt Groening drew Bart next to the words "Class of '72, Matt Groening" on the sidewalk of SW 18th Avenue in downtown Portland, Oregon, behind Lincoln High School (which he attended) and across from Kings Hill Station in 1996 after the new sidewalk was laid following the construction of the Station. The city has opted not to remove the "graffiti" or cite Groening for vandalism.

Appearances on other shows

  • Bart was featured in a major cameo role in the South Park episode "Cartoon Wars Part II". Although he is never referred to by name nor do any of the characters react to him as if he were a well known personality which hints he may not be breaking the 4th wall, he is quite obviously Bart or at least meant to be a homage or allusion to the character. His manner of speech, famous catch phrases, and dress style are all identical...although the character is drawn and animated as a traditional looking South Park child character.
  • Bart was lampooned in an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures quite directly, early into The Simpsons' run as Brad Simpleton. The depiction was in a noticeably negative light, as the character is treated rather harshly. The episode in question was Weekday Afternoon Live.
  • Bart appeared several times in Futurama, in the episode Mars University a Bart Simpson doll can be seen at the circus and in another episode a pile of Bart Simpson dolls is found on a asteroid consisting of trash.
  • In King of the Hill, Bobby has a Bart doll in his bookcase.
  • He made in appearance in Airos Adventures.
  • Bart made a brief appearance in the extended version of Michael Jackson's video for Black or White near the end. He was jumping up and down on the couch watching the video when Homer came in and turned off the noise causing the screen to go fuzzy.
  • In an episode of Garfield and Friends, Garfield is put into a computer. One of the characters the controller digitizes him into resembles Bart.
  • He appeared with the rest of the family in the Monster in the Mirror segment on Sesame Street. He had a solo and shared a brief dialogue with Homer at the end of the song.
  • In the episode Simpsons Already Did It in South Park, Butters attempts to cause problems in the fictional community of South Park as Professor Chaos. Upon realizing that all good ideas have been already used in The Simpsons previous episodes Butters goes insane. He begins to see all South Park characters as their Simpson counterparts, including his sidekick General Disarray who turns into Bart Simpson and follows Butters taunting him by constantly saying "Simpsons did it. Simpsons did it."
  • In the Fairly Oddparents episode "Channel Chasers" the Simpsons was spoofed of with a Barney, Moes, and the power plant. Timmy is Bart in this episode, and the house was shown. Also In this they said the network made all the adults idiots.

See also

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