Bart's prank calls



Bart's Prank Calls occur when Bart Simpson makes a prank phone call to someone, usually Moe. Occasionally other people are involved as well.

Description
Moe is the frequent target of Bart's prank phone calls. Usually Bart calls Moe's Tavern and asks for an individual by his or her name. Unbeknownst to Moe, the name is a pun or double entendre, which Bart hides by saying the last name first when he tells Moe who he's calling for. The joke is revealed when Moe calls the person's name aloud, saying their first name (or initials) first, and the last name last.

Sometimes Bart plays his pranks by methods other than over the phone, but the general idea is the same.

Aftermath
When Moe realizes that it's actually a prank, he gets mad and gives the caller threats like: On one occasion, Bart played a phone prank from his house, and right after Moe realized the call was a prank, Marge happened to pick up the phone and got an earful of Moe's threat. Bewildered by the harsh language that came over the phone as soon as she picked up the handset, Marge concluded that it must have been a crossed line.
 * "Listen to me, you lousy bum, when I get a hold of you, you're dead! I swear I'm gonna slice your heart in half!"
 * "Listen you little yellow-belly rat jackass, if I ever find out who you are, I'll kill you!"
 * "It's you, isn't it, you cowardly little runt. When I get a hold of you, I'm gonna gut you like a fish and drink your blood!"
 * "Listen to me you little puke, one of these days I'm gonna catch you, and I'm gonna carve my name on your back with an ice pick!"
 * "You little S.O.B.! If I ever find out who you are, I'll shove a sausage down your throat and stick starving dogs in your butt!"
 * "Listen to me, you, when I catch you, I'm gonna pull out your eyes and shove 'em down your pants so you can watch me kick the crap out of you, okay, then I'm gonna use your tongue to paint my boat!"
 * "When I get a hold of you, I'm gonna use your head for a bucket and paint my house with your brains!"
 * "Listen to me, you little scum sucking pus bucket, when I get my hands on you, I'm gonna pull out your eyeballs with a corkscrew!"
 * "You rotten little punk! If I ever get a hold of you, I'll sink my teeth into your cheeks and rip your face off!"
 * "Why you... I'm gonna chop you into little pieces and make you into a Rubik's Cube, which I will never solve!"

Homer attempted to phone-prank Moe and it backfired, due to Moe repeating the name ("Eura Snotball") back to Homer. Homer, in typical fashion, interpreted it as an insult and threatened Moe: "If I find out who this is, I'll staple an American flag to your butt, and mail you to Iran!"

Another time when Bart had just finished a prank call, Marge told him to go to Moe's and pick up Homer. Moe didn't recognize Bart as the phone prankster, but he did think that Bart's voice sounded familiar.

Uses by other characters
As a young woman, Bart's grandmother Mona would go camping in national parks and sign the registry with fake names. When she admitted this in Mr. Burns's hearing, Burns had her arrested on the charge of supplying false information on a national park register. Burns told her she was "going away for a long time", referring to her by one of the names she had often used, "Anita Bonghit" ("I need a bong hit").