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Bartholomew Jojo "Bart" Simpson

Character Information

Gender:	Male
Status:	Unknown
Age:	10
Hair:	Yellow/Blonde (Naturally red^[1])
Occupation:	Student at Springfield Elementary
Relatives:	Parents: Homer and Marge Simpson Sisters: Lisa and Maggie Simpson Grandfathers: Abraham Simpson and Clancy Bouvier Grandmothers: Mona Simpson and Jacqueline Bouvier Aunts: Patty and Selma Bouvier Half-Uncle: Herbert Powell Half-Aunt: Abbie (not confirmed)
First appearance:	Good Night
Voiced by:	Nancy Cartwright

Bartholomew Jojo "Bart" Simpson is the eldest child of Homer and Marge Simpson, and the brother of Lisa and Maggie Simpson. Mischievous and rebellious, with a disrespect for authority and a sharp tongue, Bart remains one of the most enduring characters on the series, and has proven to be one of the most iconic characters in the history of American television animation. He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright.

Appearance

He has yellow / blonde spikey hair (revealed to actually be naturally red, but dyed). He wears a red short-sleeved shirt, blue short pants, and blue-white shoes. In earlier seasons he would sometimes wear his "lucky" red baseball cap and carry around his skateboard or a slingshot.

Personality

Bart is a self-proclaimed underachiever who begins each show in detention as part of the opening sequence. His birthday is also April 1st. He is easily distracted (even, strangely enough, by 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 he set fire to Homer's tie.

Bart's interests include Krusty the Clown (he is "Krusty Buddy" number 16302), skateboarding, reading comic books (especially Radioactive Man), watching TV (especially the Krusty The Clown Show and The Itchy & Scratchy Show), terrorizing Lisa, playing video 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). Bart also sprays graffiti under the alias 'El Barto', and regularly frequents the Kwik-E-Mart (for bubblegum and Squishees) and The Android's Dungeon.

Bart can also drive, having his own driving license, given to him in "Little Big Girl" after saving Springfield from a fire, although he has been seen driving before with a fake license, particularly in the episode "Bart on the Road". He still possesses it, using it to great effect in "24 minutes", stealing Principal Skinner's car to get to Jimbo's house. He is a player in the Mighty Pigs Peewee Hockey League Team.

In "Bart the General", Bart hinted that his favorite movies are Jaws and the Star Wars trilogy. His best friend is Milhouse Van Houten.

Bart can speak several language's with varying degree's of fluency. Though he has not demonstrated the ability since the episode in which he learned, he speaks near-perfect French. He also learned Spanish in a matter of hours in preparation for the family's trip to Brazil. Upon learning that Brazilians speak Portuguese and not Spanish, Homer orders his son to forget what he learned, prompting Bart to strike himself over the head until he forgot the language. Bart also speaks Japanese (which he also learned in a couple of hours in prison along with Homer, and is also shown speaking Japanese in "A Star is Burns"), Cantonese and Latin. His advanced linguistic skills may be inherited from Homer, who also speaks advanced languages, including penguin.

He is the most misunderstood Simpson, constantly frustrated by the narrow-minded people of Springfield, who judge him merely by his thoughts and actions. At heart, he is just a good kid with a few bad ideas (and one or two that are still being reviewed by the Springfield District Attorney) - Basically, Bart is no different from any ordinary 4th grader. When Bart is about to do something mischievous, he does an evil chuckle.

In his book Planet Simpson, Chris Turner describes Bart as a nihilist. Bart's character traits of rebelliousness and disrespect for authority have been likened to that of America's founding fathers, rendering him an updated version of American icons Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, rolled into one.

Behaviour

Bart is considerably motivated in disrupting the routine at Springfield Elementary, and his pranks are often elaborately complex, while his actions and speech frequently show considerable mental agility, street-smarts, and understanding. 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 is dumb. This is reinforced in the episode "Brother's Little Helper", in which it is revealed that Bart suffers from Attention Deficit Disorder. In the episode "[Jazzy and the Pussycats]]" he turns out to be musically gifted by becoming an excellent drummer. On the other hand, Bart often seems to have trouble understanding even the simplest concepts, such as the word "irony", what the equator is and that the logo on his globe ("Rand McNally") is not actually a country.

Labeled an "underachiever" by authority figures, Bart rides an academic rollercoaster, his grades, running the Loop-the-Loop from "F" to "D-," and back again. But he can be ingenious when the chips are down -- as long as his ingenuity is never applied to anything school-related. He even learned portions of the Talmud to help reunite his idol, Krusty the Clown, with Krusty's father, Rabbi Krustofsky.

Although he gets into endless trouble and is sometimes shallow and selfish, Bart also exhibits many qualities of high integrity. He has, on a few occasions, helped the love life of his school Principal and his teacher, despite the fact he often terrorizes them, and he often befriends outcasts like Milhouse. One great example of his quasi sense of honor is in the episode "This Little Wiggy", where Bart stands up for Ralph Wiggum at the cost of peer popularity.

Alter Egos & Aliases

Bart sprayed graffiti around Springfield using the name "El Barto", and his superhero alter-ego is Bartman. He called himself The Cupcake Kid when Homer became Pie-Man.

Future

As with other characters, his future follows no defined and logical pattern and simply changes to suit the episode. At the age of 18, Bart is a high school senior at Springfield High School. He styles his hair and wears an earring. He speaks three languages, apparently one being armpit noises, and one is hinted to be French. He pursues a relationship with a girl named Jenda who denies his proposal. As a result, Bart pursues a career at the Kwik-E-Mart: Whether he kept the job is not mentioned. At the age of 25, he is a building demolisher and vehicle crusher, and also attends law school. He is more kind in general, as opposed to his modern-day disposition. At age 32, he is taken to the hospital after eating too many fish logs. He seems to have lost his building demolishing company and works at a construction site. He got the "Mother" tattoo which Marge prevented him from getting, as well as a tattoo of Krusty the Clown on his chest. He receives a digestive tract transplant from Uter Zorker which saves his life. At age 40, he is a poor guitarist and alcoholic that dropped out of the DeVry Institute. He lives in a beach house alongside Ralph, the only other member of Bart's band. He is addicted to a form of drug, likely marijuana. At age 50, Bart appears to have straightened up and graduated law school, as he is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. At the age of 70, he lives at the Springfield Retirement Castle with Milhouse. At the age of 83, he finds true love, and dies one minute later.

Relationships

Family

Due to Bart's mischievousness and Homer's often uncaring and incompetent behavior, the two have a turbulent relationship. Bart will often address Homer by his given name instead of "Dad", while Homer in turn often refers to him as "the boy". Whenever Homer finds out that Bart has said or done something stupid or bad, he yells "Why you little–!" (often followed by throttling him) or simply "BART!". In "The Simpsons Movie", Homer and Bart's relationship reaches a breaking point following Homer's pollution of Lake Springfield, with Bart even going so far as saying that he wishes Flanders was his father. Nevertheless, the two really do love each other deep down. Marge, who calls Bart her "special little guy", is much more caring, understanding and nurturing than Homer, but she also refers to Bart as "a handful" and is often embarrassed by his antics.

Bart shares a sibling rivalry with his younger sister, Lisa, but has a buddy-like relationship with his youngest sister Maggie (due to her infant state). While Bart has often hurt Lisa out of jealousy, and even fought her physically, they are very close - he cares for her as deeply as she does for him, and has always apologized for going too far. He also believes Lisa to be his superior when it comes to solving problems, and frequently goes to her for advice. He is often protective of her when she is threatened or insulted by others, though he frequently insults her himself. Both siblings formed a dynamic crime-solving duo during many of their encounters with Sideshow Bob, Bart's nemesis. Bart is also 2 years and 38 days older than Lisa (As revealed in "My Sister, My Sitter").

The bullies

Bart's schoolyeard nemesis is Nelson Muntz. His other nemesises are Nelson's cronies, Jimbo Jones, Kearney Zzyzwicz, Dolph Starbeam, and The Weasels. Bart repeatedly tries to impress them, but still generally ends up on the receiving end of their abuse.

Sideshow Bob

Bart (sometimes aided by Lisa) has foiled many of Sideshow Bob's evil schemes, which has lead to him becoming Bart's nemesis. Bob has a tattoo saying "Die Bart Die" on his chest, and one of Bart being decapitated on his back. Many of these schemes, as a central point or as a bonus, involved killing Bart - However, when Sideshow Bob finally got the chance to kill him (in "The Great Louse Detective"), he found he is "accustomed to [Bart's] face" and cannot do it. After that he left the country, but after The Simpsons exposed his nefarious past, and he returned to his old ways.

Character

Creation

Matt Groening first conceived the Simpson family in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. He had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts, and had intended to present his Life in Hell series. When he realized that animating Life in Hell would force him to rescind publication rights for his life's work, Groening decided to go in another direction. He hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family, and named the characters after various members of his own family, substituting "Bart" for his own name, as he decided it would have been too obvious for him to have named the character Matt. Bart then made his debut with the rest of the Simpsons clan on 19 April, 1987 in the Tracey Ullman short "Good Night". The name "Bart" is an anagram of the word "brat". Groening conceived Bart as an extreme version of the typical misbehaving child character, merging all of the negative traits of characters such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn into one person. Groening's older brother Mark provided most of the inspiration for Bart. Groening has also said that he found the premise of Dennis the Menace disappointing and was inspired to create a character who was actually a menace.

Voice & Catchphrases

Nancy Cartwright originally auditioned for the role of Lisa, but soon thought that her voice would be better suited voicing Bart. Matt Groening let her try out for the part, and upon hearing her read, gave her the job on the spot. Bart's catchphrase "Eat My Shorts" was an ad-lib by Cartwright in one of the original table readings, harking back to an incident when she was at college. His other catchphrases included "¡Ay, caramba!" and "Don't have a cow man!" - the former being his first words after seeing Homer and Marge 'enjoying themselves' in bed - but these dropped out of use as the series progressed (as mentioned in "Summer of 4 Ft. 2", when Bart complains that Lisa stole his line).

Reception

In 1998, Time magazine selected Bart as 46th of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century — the only fictional character to make the list. He had previously appeared on the cover the December 31 1990 edition. Both Bart and Lisa ranked #11 in TV Guide's "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time".

During the show's early years, Bart was rebellious and frequently escaped without punishment, which led some parents' groups and conservative spokespeople to believe he provided a poor role model for children. This prompted George H. W. Bush to rally, "We're going to keep trying to strengthen the American family. To make them more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons.", to which Bart replied with "Hey, we're just like the Waltons. We're praying for an end to the Depression, too."

Bart's catchphrases, "¡Ay, caramba!", "Don't have a cow, man!" and "Eat my shorts!" were featured on t-shirts in the early days of the show's run. The latter two phrases were rarely actually spoken on the show itself until after they became popular through merchandise, and the use of many of these catchphrases has declined in recent seasons. The use of catchphrase-based humor was mocked in the episode "Bart Gets Famous" in which Bart gets famous on the Krusty show for saying the line "I didn't do it."

Bart is the most depicted Simpsons character on various memorabilia such as toys, books, comics, T-shirts, car decals, and even graffiti art. Bart, and other Simpsons characters, appeared in numerous commercials for Nestlé's Butterfinger candy bars from 1990-2001, with the slogan "Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!". This association was parodied in an episode when he discovered that he was in a TV commercial when he was a baby; Bart says that he doesn't remember being in a commercial, then holds up a Butterfinger and eats it. Bart briefly appears in the entrance video used by World Wrestling Entertainment Superstar Shawn Michaels Bart has appeared in several other shows. He is featured in the South Park episode "Cartoon Wars Part II". He is not referred to by name, nor do any of the characters react to him as if he were a well known personality, but the character specifically mentions the events of The Telltale Head when Cartman asks him to name the "most badass thing" he has done.

Appearances

NOTE: The only episode Bart doesn't appear in and isn't mentioned is Four Great Women and a Manicure.

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Simpsons short – "Good Night"

Simpsons short – "Watching Television"

Simpsons short – "Bart Jumps"

Simpsons short – "Babysitting Maggie"

Simpsons short – "The Pacifier"

Simpsons short – "Burp Contest"

Simpsons short – "Eating Dinner"

Simpsons short – "Making Faces"

Simpsons short – "The Funeral"

Simpsons short – "Maggie's Brain"

Simpsons short – "Football"

Simpsons short – "House of Cards"

Simpsons short – "Bart and Homer's Dinner"

Simpsons short – "Space Patrol"

Simpsons short – "Bart's Haircut"

Simpsons short – "World War III"

Simpsons short – "The Perfect Crime"

Simpsons short – "Scary Stories"

Simpsons short – "Grampa and the Kids"

Simpsons short – "Gone Fishin'"

Simpsons short – "Skateboarding"

Simpsons short – "The Pagans"

Simpsons short – "The Closet"

Simpsons short – "The Aquarium"

Simpsons short – "Family Portrait"

Simpsons short – "Bart's Hiccups"

Simpsons short – "The Money Jar"

Simpsons short – "The Art Museum"

Simpsons short – "Zoo Story"

Simpsons short – "Shut Up Simpsons"

Simpsons short – "The Shell Game"

Simpsons short – "The Bart Simpson Show"

Simpsons short – "Punching Bag"

Simpsons short – "Simpson Christmas"

Simpsons short – "The Krusty the Clown Show"

Simpsons short – "Bart the Hero"

Simpsons short – "Bart's Little Fantasy"

Simpsons short – "Scary Movie"

Simpsons short – "Home Hypnotism"

Simpsons short – "Shoplifting"

Simpsons short – "Echo Canyon"

Simpsons short – "Bathtime"

Simpsons short – "Bart's Nightmare"

Simpsons short – "Bart of the Jungle"

Simpsons short – "Family Therapy"

Simpsons short – "Maggie in Peril - Chapter One"

Simpsons short – "Maggie in Peril - The Thrilling Conclusion"

Simpsons short – "TV Simpsons"

Episode – "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Episode – "Bart the Genius"
Episode – "Homer's Odyssey"
Episode – "There's No Disgrace Like Home"
Episode – "Bart the General"
Episode – "Moaning Lisa"
Episode – "The Call of the Simpsons"
Episode – "The Telltale Head"
Episode – "Life on the Fast Lane"
Episode – "Homer's Night Out"
Episode – "The Crepes of Wrath"
Episode – "Krusty Gets Busted"
Episode – "Some Enchanted Evening"
Episode – "Bart Gets an F"
Episode – "Simpson and Delilah"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror"
Episode – "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"
Episode – "Dancin' Homer"
Episode – "Dead Putting Society"
Episode – "Bart vs. Thanksgiving"
Episode – "Bart the Daredevil"
Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
Episode – "Bart Gets Hit by a Car"
Episode – "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish"
Episode – "The Way We Was"
Episode – "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"
Episode – "Principal Charming"
Episode – "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Episode – "Bart's Dog Gets an F"
Episode – "Old Money"
Episode – "Brush With Greatness"
Episode – "Lisa's Substitute"
Episode – "The War of the Simpsons"
Episode – "Three Men and a Comic Book"
Episode – "Blood Feud"
Episode – "Stark Raving Dad"
Episode – "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington"
Episode – "When Flanders Failed"
Episode – "Bart the Murderer"
Episode – "Homer Defined"
Episode – "Like Father, Like Clown"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror II"
Episode – "Lisa's Pony"
Episode – "Saturdays of Thunder"
Episode – "Flaming Moe's"
Episode – "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk"
Episode – "I Married Marge"
Episode – "Radio Bart"
Episode – "Lisa the Greek"
Episode – "Homer Alone"
Episode – "Bart the Lover"
Episode – "Homer at the Bat"
Episode – "Separate Vocations"
Episode – "Dog of Death"
Episode – "Colonel Homer"
Episode – "Black Widower"
Episode – "The Otto Show"
Episode – "Bart's Friend Falls In Love"
Episode – "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?"
Episode – "Kamp Krusty"
Episode – "A Streetcar Named Marge"
Episode – "Homer the Heretic"
Episode – "Lisa the Beauty Queen"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror III"
Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"
Episode – "Marge Gets a Job"
Episode – "New Kid on the Block"
Episode – "Mr. Plow"
Episode – "Lisa's First Word"
Episode – "Homer's Triple Bypass"
Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail"
Episode – "Selma's Choice"
Episode – "Brother from the Same Planet"
Episode – "I Love Lisa"
Episode – "Duffless"
Episode – "Last Exit to Springfield"
Episode – "So It's Come To This: A Simpsons Clip Show"
Episode – "The Front"
Episode – "Whacking Day"
Episode – "Marge in Chains"
Episode – "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
Episode – "Homer's Barbershop Quartet"
Episode – "Cape Feare"
Episode – "Homer Goes to College"
Episode – "Rosebud"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror IV"
Episode – "Marge on the Lam"
Episode – "Bart's Inner Child"
Episode – "Boy-Scoutz N the Hood"
Episode – "The Last Temptation of Homer"
Episode – "$pringfield"
Episode – "Bart Gets Famous"
Episode – "Homer and Apu"
Episode – "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy"
Episode – "Deep Space Homer"
Episode – "Homer Loves Flanders"
Episode – "Bart Gets an Elephant"
Episode – "Burns' Heir"
Episode – "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"
Episode – "The Boy Who Knew Too Much"
Episode – "Lady Bouvier's Lover"
Episode – "Secrets of a Successful Marriage"
Episode – "Bart of Darkness"
Episode – "Lisa's Rival"
Episode – "Another Simpsons Clip Show"
Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy Land"
Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror V"
Episode – "Bart's Girlfriend"
Episode – "Lisa on Ice"
Episode – "Homer Badman"
Episode – "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"
Episode – "Fear of Flying"
Episode – "Homer the Great"
Episode – "And Maggie Makes Three"
Episode – "Bart's Comet"
Episode – "Homie the Clown"
Episode – "Bart vs. Australia"
Episode – "Homer vs. Patty and Selma"
Episode – "A Star Is Burns"
Episode – "Lisa's Wedding"
Episode – "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds"
Episode – "The PTA Disbands"
Episode – "'Round Springfield"
Episode – "The Springfield Connection"
Episode – "Lemon of Troy"
Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"
Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)"
Episode – "Radioactive Man"
Episode – "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodly"
Episode – "Bart Sells His Soul"
Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror VI"
Episode – "King-Size Homer"
Episode – "Mother Simpson"
Episode – "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"
Episode – "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"
Episode – "Marge Be Not Proud"
Episode – "Team Homer"
Episode – "Two Bad Neighbors"
Episode – "Scenes From The Class Struggle in Springfield"
Episode – "Bart the Fink"
Episode – "Lisa the Iconoclast"
Episode – "Homer the Smithers"
Episode – "The Day the Violence Died"
Episode – "A Fish Called Selma"
Episode – "Bart on the Road"
Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"
Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish""
Episode – "Much Apu About Nothing"
Episode – "Homerpalooza"
Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror VII"
Episode – "You Only Move Twice"
Episode – "The Homer They Fall"
Episode – "Burns, Baby Burns"
Episode – "Bart After Dark"
Episode – "A Milhouse Divided"
Episode – "Lisa's Date With Destiny"
Episode – "Hurricane Neddy"
Episode – "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)"
Episode – "The Springfield Files"
Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"
Episode – "Mountain of Madness"
Episode – "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious"
Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"
Episode – "Homer's Phobia"
Episode – "Brother from Another Series"
Episode – "My Sister, My Sitter"
Episode – "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"
Episode – "Grade School Confidential"
Episode – "The Canine Mutiny"
Episode – "The Old Man and the Lisa"
Episode – "In Marge We Trust"
Episode – "Homer's Enemy"
Episode – "The Simpsons Spin-off Showcase"
Episode – "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"
Episode – "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson"
Episode – "The Principal and The Pauper"
Episode – "Lisa's Sax"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror VIII"
Episode – "The Cartridge Family"
Episode – "Bart Star"
Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
Episode – "Lisa the Skeptic"
Episode – "Realty Bites"
Episode – "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"
Episode – "All Singing, All Dancing "
Episode – "Bart Carny"
Episode – "The Joy of Sect"
Episode – "Das Bus"
Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust"
Episode – "Dumbbell Indemnity"
Episode – "Lisa the Simpson"
Episode – "This Little Wiggy"
Episode – "Simpson Tide"
Episode – "The Trouble With Trillions"
Episode – "Girly Edition"
Episode – "Trash of the Titans"
Episode – "King of the Hill"
Episode – "Lost Our Lisa"
Episode – "Natural Born Kissers"
Episode – "Lard Of the Dance"
Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"
Episode – "Bart the Mother"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror IX"
Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star"
Episode – "D'oh-in' in the Wind"
Episode – "Lisa Gets an "A""
Episode – "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble""
Episode – "Mayored to the Mob"
Episode – "Viva Ned Flanders"
Episode – "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken"
Episode – "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"
Episode – "Homer to the Max"
Episode – "I'm With Cupid"
Episode – "Screaming Yellow Honkers"
Episode – "Make Room For Lisa"
Episode – "Maximum Homerdrive"
Episode – "Simpsons Bible Stories"
Episode – "Mom and Pop Art"
Episode – "The Old Man and The "C" Student"
Episode – "Monty Can't Buy Me Love"
Episode – "They Saved Lisa's Brain"
Episode – "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"
Episode – "Beyond Blunderdome"
Episode – "Brother's Little Helper"
Episode – "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror X"
Episode – "E-I-E-I-D'oh"
Episode – "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder"
Episode – "Eight Misbehavin'"
Episode – "Take My Wife, Sleaze"
Episode – "Grift of the Magi"
Episode – "Little Big Mom"
Episode – "Faith Off"
Episode – "The Mansion Family"
Episode – "Saddlesore Galactica"
Episode – "Alone Again, Natura-Diddly"
Episode – "Missionary: Impossible"
Episode – "Pygmoelian"
Episode – "Bart to the Future"
Episode – "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses"
Episode – "Kill the Alligator and Run"
Episode – "Last Tap Dance in Springfield"
Episode – "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Marge"
Episode – "Behind the Laughter"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror XI"
Episode – "A Tale of Two Springfields"
Episode – "Insane Clown Poppy"
Episode – "Lisa the Tree Hugger"
Episode – "Homer vs. Dignity"
Episode – "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"
Episode – "The Great Money Caper"
Episode – "Skinner's Sense of Snow"
Episode – "HOMR"
Episode – "Pokey Mom"
Episode – "Worst Episode Ever"
Episode – "Tennis the Menace"
Episode – "Day of the Jackanapes"
Episode – "New Kids on the Blecch"
Episode – "Hungry, Hungry Homer"
Episode – "Bye Bye Nerdie"
Episode – "Simpson Safari"
Episode – "Trilogy of Error"
Episode – "I'm Goin' to Praiseland"
Episode – "Children of a Lesser Clod"
Episode – "Simpsons Tall Tales"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror XII"
Episode – "The Parent Rap"
Episode – "Homer the Moe"
Episode – "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love"
Episode – "The Blunder Years"
Episode – "She of Little Faith"
Episode – "Brawl in the Family"
Episode – "Sweets and Sour Marge"
Episode – "Jaws Wired Shut"
Episode – "Half-Decent Proposal"
Episode – "The Bart Wants What It Wants"
Episode – "The Lastest Gun in the West"
Episode – "The Old Man and the Key"
Episode – "Tales from the Public Domain"
Episode – "Blame It on Lisa"
Episode – "Weekend at Burnsie's"
Episode – "Gump Roast"
Episode – "I Am Furious (Yellow)"
Episode – "The Sweetest Apu"
Episode – "Little Girl in the Big Ten"
Episode – "The Frying Game"
Episode – "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror XIII"
Episode – "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation"
Episode – "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade"
Episode – "Large Marge"
Episode – "Helter Shelter"
Episode – "The Great Louse Detective"
Episode – "Special Edna"
Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little"
Episode – "The Strong Arms of the Ma"
Episode – "Pray Anything"
Episode – "Barting Over"
Episode – "I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can"
Episode – "A Star Is Born-Again"
Episode – "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington"
Episode – "C.E.D'oh"
Episode – "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky"
Episode – "Three Gays of the Condo"
Episode – "Dude, Where's My Ranch?"
Episode – "Old Yeller-Belly"
Episode – "Brake My Wife, Please"
Episode – "The Bart of War"
Episode – "Moe Baby Blues"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror XIV"
Episode – "My Mother the Carjacker"
Episode – "The President Wore Pearls"
Episode – "The Regina Monologues"
Episode – "The Fat and the Furriest"
Episode – "Today, I Am a Clown"
Episode – "'Tis the Fifteenth Season"
Episode – "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays"
Episode – "I, D'oh-Bot"
Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife"
Episode – "Margical History Tour"
Episode – "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
Episode – "Smart and Smarter"
Episode – "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner"
Episode – "Co-Dependent's Day"
Episode – "The Wandering Juvie"
Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding"
Episode – "Catch 'em if You Can"
Episode – "Simple Simpson"
Episode – "The Way We Weren't"
Episode – "Bart-Mangled Banner"
Episode – "Fraudcast News"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror XV"
Episode – "All's Fair In Oven War"
Episode – "Sleeping with the Enemy"
Episode – "She Used to Be My Girl"
Episode – "Fat Man and Little Boy"
Episode – "Midnight Rx"
Episode – "Mommie Beerest"
Episode – "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass"
Episode – "Pranksta Rap"
Episode – "There's Something About Marrying"
Episode – "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister"
Episode – "Goo Goo Gai Pan"
Episode – "Mobile Homer"
Episode – "The Seven-Beer Snitch"
Episode – "Future-Drama"
Episode – "Don't Fear the Roofer"
Episode – "The Heartbroke Kid"
Episode – "A Star is Torn"
Episode – "Thank God It's Doomsday"
Episode – "Home Away From Homer"
Episode – "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star"
Episode – "Bonfire of the Manatees"
Episode – "The Girl Who Slept Too Little"
Episode – "Milhouse of Sand and Fog"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror XVI"
Episode – "Marge's Son Poisoning"
Episode – "See Homer Run"
Episode – "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas"
Episode – "The Italian Bob"
Episode – "Simpson Christmas Stories"
Episode – "Homer's Paternity Coot"
Episode – "We're on the Road to D'oh-where"
Episode – "My Fair Laddy"
Episode – "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story"
Episode – "Bart Has Two Mommies"
Episode – "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife"
Episode – "Million Dollar Abie"
Episode – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore"
Episode – "The Wettest Stories Ever Told"
Episode – "Girls Just Want to Have Sums"
Episode – "Regarding Margie"
Episode – "The Monkey Suit"
Episode – "Homer And Marge Turn A Couple Play"
Episode – "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife, and Her Homer"
Episode – "Jazzy and the Pussycats"
Episode – "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em..."
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror XVII"
Episode – "G.I.D'oh"
Episode – "Moe 'N' a Lisa"
Episode – "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)"
Episode – "The Haw-Hawed Couple"
Episode – "Kill Gil Vols. 1&2"
Episode – "The Wife Aquatic"
Episode – "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times"
Episode – "Little Big Girl"
Episode – "Springfield Up"
Episode – "Yokel Chords"
Episode – "Rome-Old and Julie-Eh"
Episode – "Homerazzi"
Episode – "Marge Gamer"
Episode – "The Boys of Bummer"
Episode – "Crook and Ladder"
Episode – "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!"
Episode – "24 Minutes"
Episode – "You Kent Always Say What You Want"
Episode – "He Loves To Fly And He D'ohs"
Episode – "The Homer of Seville"
Episode – "Midnight Towboy"
Episode – "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror XVIII"
Episode – "Little Orphan Millie"
Episode – "Husbands and Knives"
Episode – "Funeral for a Fiend"
Episode – "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind"
Episode – "E. Pluribus Wiggum"
Episode – "That 90's Show"
Episode – "Love, Springfieldian Style"
Episode – "The Debarted"
Episode – "Dial 'N' for Nerder"
Episode – "Smoke on the Daughter"
Episode – "Papa Don't Leech"
Episode – "Apocalypse Cow"
Episode – "Any Given Sundance"
Episode – "Mona Leaves-a"
Episode – "All About Lisa"
Episode – "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes"
Episode – "Lost Verizon"
Episode – "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble"
Episode – "Treehouse of Horror XIX"
Episode – "Dangerous Curves"
Episode – "Homer And Lisa Exchange Cross Words"
Episode – "Mypods and Boomsticks"
Episode – "The Burns and the Bees"
Episode – "Lisa the Drama Queen"
Episode – "Take My Life, Please"
Episode – "How the Test Was Won"
– The Simpsons Movie
Comic story – The Amazing Colossal Homer
Comic story – Comic Fan No More

References

↑ Richmond, Ray; Antonia Coffman (1997). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to our Favorite Family. Harper Collins Publishers, pg. 178. ISBN 0-00-638898-1
↑ Cantor, P: "The Simpsons: Atomistic Politics and the Nuclear Family", page 738. Political Theory, Vol 27 No 6, Dec 1999.
↑ BBC. (2000). 'The Simpsons': America's First Family (6 minute edit for the season 1 DVD) (DVD). UK: 20th Century Fox.
↑ Groening, Matt: Jean, Al. (2007). The Simpsons Movie: A Look Behind the Scenes [DVD]. The Sun.
↑ Richmond, p. 14
↑ Groening, Matt. (2006). The Simpsons The Complete Eighth Season DVD commentary for the episode "My Sister, My Sitter" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
↑ Paul, Alan. "Life in Hell", Flux Magazine, 1995-09-30.
↑ Groening, Matt. (2006). The Simpsons The Complete Ninth Season DVD commentary for the episode "Bart Carny" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
↑ Groening, Matt. (2005). The Simpsons The Complete Seventh Season DVD commentary for the episode "Two Bad Neighbors" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
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↑ CNN - TV Guide's 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters. CNN (2002-07-30). Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
↑ Turner, Chris. Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation, p. 25. ISBN 0-679-31318-4
↑ Turner p. 61
↑ Griffiths, Nick. "America's First Family", The Times Magazine, 2000-04-15, pp. 25, 27-28.
↑ Chen, Raymond (1994-10-10). SNPP.com "Stark Raving Dad" episode capsule. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
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↑ Goldman, Eric (2006-04-13). South Park Recap: Cartoon Wars: Part 2. IGN.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.

The Simpsons characters

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Jacqueline Bouvier • Patty Bouvier • Selma Bouvier • Abraham Simpson • Bart Simpson (Bartman • El Barto) • Homer Simpson • Lisa Simpson • Maggie Simpson • Marge Simpson • Mona Simpson Jub-Jub • Plopper • Santa's Little Helper • Snowball II

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Kumiko Albertson • Ms. Albright • Jasper Beardsley • Benjamin • Blue-haired lawyer • Brittany Brockman • Señora Bumblebee Man • Shauna Chalmers • Comic Book Guy • Crazy Cat Lady • Larry Dalrymple • Doug • Eddie • Maude Flanders • Ned Flanders • Julio Franco • Jonathan Frink • Gary • Alice Glick • Barney Gumble • Gil Gunderson • Constance Harm • Bernice Hibbert • Julius Hibbert • Julius Hibbert's daughter • Julius Hibbert's oldest son • Lionel Hutz • Jacques • "Just stamp the ticket" man • Princess Kashmir • Hyman Krustofsky • Akira Kurosawa • Cookie Kwan • Grady Little • Lou • Helen Lovejoy • Jessica Lovejoy • Timothy Lovejoy, Jr. • Barry Mackleberry • Jerri Mackleberry • Jack Marley • Horatio McCallister • Milo • Hans Moleman • Marvin Monroe • Eddie Muntz • Mrs. Muntz • Bleeding Gums Murphy • Lindsey Naegle • Nahasapeemapetilon octuplets (Anoop • Gheet • Nabendu • Poonam • Pria • Sandeep • Sashi • Uma) • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon • Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon • Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon • Old Jewish man • Ruth Powers • Gareth Prince • Gloria Prince • Joe Quimby (Mayor Quimby's body guards) • Martha Quimby • Raphael • Luigi Risotto • Nick Riviera • Sam • Gerald Samson • Agnes Skinner • Roy Snyder • Spuckler children (Dubya • Whitney) • Brandine Spuckler • Cletus Spuckler • Squeaky-voiced teen • Strawberry • Disco Stu • Moe Szyslak • Kirk Van Houten • Luann Van Houten • Clancy Wiggum • Sarah Wiggum • Yes Guy • Artie Ziff

view • talk • edit • past Celebrities
Bill and Marty • Booberella • Kent Brockman • Bumblebee Man • Scott Christian • Duffman • Matt Groening • Krusty the Clown • Lurleen Lumpkin • Troy McClure • Sideshow Mel • Roger Meyers, Jr. • Arnie Pye • Pyro • Dave Shutton • Jebediah Springfield • Miss Springfield • Drederick Tatum • Mr. Teeny • Rainier Wolfcastle (McBain)

view • talk • edit • past Springfield Elementary School faculty and students
Chuck Berger • Black weasel • Wendell Borton • Gary Chalmers • Lewis Clark • Database • Lunchlady Dora • E-mail • Rod Flanders • Todd Flanders • Ham • JJ Hibbert • Elizabeth Hoover • Sophie Jensen • Jimbo Jones • Edna Krabappel • Coach Krupt • Dewey Largo • Sherri Mackleberry • Terri Mackleberry • Otto Mann • Audrey McConnell • Nelson Muntz • Nell Nicholson • Brunella Pommelhorst • Janey Powell • Martin Prince • J. Loren Pryor • Report Card • Richard • Dolph Shapiro • Becky Shorter • Nina Skalka • Seymour Skinner • Cosine Tangent • Allison Taylor • Milhouse Van Houten • Wanda • Ralph Wiggum • Groundskeeper Willie • Hubert Wong • Yellow weasel • Jaffee Ziswhisky • Üter Zörker • Kearney Zzyzwicz Blond-haired boy with glasses • Brown-haired boy • Buck-toothed boy • Buck-toothed girl • Girl with glasses • Lewis look-alike • Long haired girl

view • talk • edit • past Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
Blinky • Charles Montgomery Burns (The Hounds) • Carl Carlson • Charlie • Lenny Leonard • Waylon Smithers, Jr. • Smitty

view • talk • edit • past Villains
Sideshow Bob • Frankie the Squealer • Herman Hermann • Snake Jailbird • Kang Johnson • Kodos Johnson • Legs • Louie • The Rich Texan • Hank Scorpio • Johnny Tightlips • Fat Tony

view • talk • edit • past Other characters
Capital City Goofball • Jesus Christ • Santa Claus • Devil • Fallout Boy • Itchy • God • Leprechaun • Richard Nixon • Poochie • Radioactive Man • Scratchy

view • talk • edit • past Families
The Simpsons • The Bouviers • The Flanderses • The Hibberts • The Krustofskys • The Lovejoys • The Spucklers • The Van Houtens • The Wiggums • The Muntzes

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