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== Cultural references ==
 
*In the opening scene, [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] spells EMCSQU with her blocks, a reference to Albert Einstein's mass-energy equivalence equation. A picture of Einstein also appears on the wall of Dr. Pryor's office. At one point Homer erroneously refers to Einstein as the inventor of the [[wikipedia:Incandescent light bulb|light bulb]].
 
*Dr. Pryor compares Bart's proposed work among ordinary children to Jane Goodall's study of chimpanzees. Goodall was pleased to be mentioned in the episode, sending the program a letter, and Vitti a signed book. Jane Goodall was later featured as a major guest star in the episode "[[Simpson Safari]]".
 
*The composer of the opera the family attends is named Boris Csuposki, a reference to animator [[Gabor Csupo]]. The opera attended by the family is [[wikipedia:Carmen|Carmen]], by [[wikipedia:Georges Bizet|Georges Bizet]]; the song Bart mocks is a famous aria called the Toreador Song.
 
*The Simpsons are playing [[wikipedia:Scrabble|Scrabble]] at the beginning of the episode.
 
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
*There is a picture of Bart on the wall opposite one of Albert Einstein in Dr. Pryor's office.
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*"[[Bart the Genius]]" is the first "proper" ''Simpsons'' episode and the second ''Simpsons'' episode of the show.
*After Bart comes home green Homer washes him in Turpentine.
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*This is also the first episode to have Bart's name somewhere in the title.
*Homer thinks it was Albert Einstein that invented the light bulb.
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*There is a picture of [[Bart]] on the wall opposite one of [[Albert Einstein]] in Dr. Pryor's office.
*Maggie spells out EMCSQU (or E=MC²) on her building blocks.
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*After Bart comes home green [[Homer ]]washes him in turpentine.
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*[[Homer]] thinks it was Albert Einstein that invented the light bulb.
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*[[Maggie]] spells out EMCSQU (or E=MC²) on her building blocks.
 
*Maggie falls once (As Lisa looks up id).
 
*Maggie falls once (As Lisa looks up id).
 
*This is the first (and so far, only) couch gag to visually continue into the TV scene.
 
*This is the first (and so far, only) couch gag to visually continue into the TV scene.
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*[[Milhouse Van Houten|Milhouse]] has black hair in this episode.
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=== Introductions ===
 
=== Introductions ===
*[[Milhouse Van Houten|Milhouse]] has black hair in this episode.
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*This is the first episode where Bart uses his soon to be famous catch phrase "[[Eat My Shorts]]".
*This is the first episode where Bart uses his soon to be famous catch phrase "Eat My Shorts".
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*A ''[[Radioactive Man]]'' comic book is seen, though the {{ch|Radioactive Man|title character's}} appearance is vastly different from his appearance is later episodes.
*A [[Radioactive Man]] comic book is seen, though the tile character's appearance is vastly different from his appearance is later episodes.
 
  
 
=== Hard to See Stuff ===
 
=== Hard to See Stuff ===
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*Homer makes a cheque of $75, to pay for Bart's defacing of school property, to "Dept. of Education".
 
*Homer makes a cheque of $75, to pay for Bart's defacing of school property, to "Dept. of Education".
 
*Martin's IQ is 216.
 
*Martin's IQ is 216.
*Bart wears a pink shirt to his first day of class at the "Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children".
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*Bart wears a pink shirt to his first day of class at the [[Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children]].
*Books on the shelf in Bart's new advanced school classroom include Crime & Punishment, Babylonian Myths, Paradise Lost, Moby-Dick, Plato, Dante's Inferno, The Illiad, Plato, Design of Computers (remember this is 1990), Astrophysics, Wana by Emile Zona, Puskin, Shakespeare I-XV, Quantum Mechanics, and the Life of Leonardo.
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*Books on the shelf in Bart's new advanced school classroom include ''{{w|Crime and Punishment}}'', ''{{w|Babylonian}} Myths'', ''{{w|Paradise Lost}}'', ''{{w|Moby-Dick}}'', ''{{w|Plato}}'', ''{{w|Dante's Inferno}}'', ''{{w|The Illiad}}'', ''Design of Computers'', ''{{w|Astrophysics}}'', ''Wana'' by Emile Zona, ''Puskin'', ''{{w|Shakespeare}} I-XV'', ''{{w|Quantum Mechanics}}'' and ''The Life of {{w|Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo}}''.
*The Simpsons attend the opera "[[wikipedia:Carmen|Carmen]]", advertised as "Tonight Only in Russian."
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*The Simpsons attend the opera ''{{w|Carmen}}''. advertised as "Tonight Only in Russian".
*On the opera poster, the conductor is identified as Boris Csuposki, a play on the name of producer and supervising animation director Gabor Csupo.
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*On the opera poster, the conductor is identified as [[Boris Csuposki]], a play on the name of producer and supervising animation director [[Gabor Csupo]].
*After he is dubbed a genius, Bart's Principal Skinner graffiti is framed and labeled as a work of art entitled "The Principal" by Bart Simpson.
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*After he is dubbed a genius, Bart's [[Principal Skinner]] graffiti is framed and labeled as a work of art entitled "The Principal" by Bart Simpson.
*Martin and his parents were at the opera. Mr. Prince is the man commenting on Homer and Bart's boorish behavior.
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*Martin and his parents were at the opera. [[Mr. Prince]] is the man commenting on Homer and Bart's boorish behavior.
 
*[[Marcia Wallace]]'s name is misspelled "Masha" in the credits.
 
*[[Marcia Wallace]]'s name is misspelled "Masha" in the credits.
  
== Notes ==
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== Cultural references ==
*[[Bart the Genius]] is the first proper Simpsons episode and the second Simpsons episode of the show.
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*The Simpsons play {{w|Scrabble}}.
*This is also the first episode to have Bart's name somewhere in the title.
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*In the opening scene, Maggie spells EMCSQU with her blocks, a reference to [[Albert Einstein]]'s {{w|mass-energy equivalence}} equation. A picture of Einstein also appears on the wall of Dr. Pryor's office. At one point Homer erroneously refers to Einstein as the inventor of the {{w|Incandescent light bulb|light bulb}}.
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*Dr. Pryor compares Bart's proposed work among ordinary children to [[Jane Goodall]]'s study of chimpanzees. Goodall was pleased to be mentioned in the episode, sending the program a letter, and [[Jon Vitti|Vitti]] a signed book. Jane Goodall was later featured as a major guest star in the episode "[[Simpson Safari]]".
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*The opera attended by the family is {{w|Carmen}}, by {{w|Georges Bizet}}; the song Bart mocks is a famous aria called the "{{w|Toreador Song}}".
  
== Connections to future episodes ==
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== Continuity ==
*The Gifted School Teacher is seen dancing with [[Jacques]] in the music video ''[[Do the Bartman]]''.
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*[[Ms. Melon]], teacher at The Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children is seen dancing with [[Jacques]] in the music video ''[[Do the Bartman]]''.
*Homer comments to Bart that for generations Simpson men have dreamed of outsmarting someone. Homer does just that, by outsmarting Cooder in ''[[Bart Carny]]''.
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*Homer comments to Bart that for generations Simpson men have dreamed of outsmarting someone. Homer does just that, by outsmarting [[Cooder]] in "[[Bart Carny]]".
  
 
== Goofs ==
 
== Goofs ==
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Revision as of 16:34, October 11, 2011

References/Trivia


Season 1 Episode References
001 "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
002
"Bart the Genius"
"Homer's Odyssey" 003


Trivia

  • "Bart the Genius" is the first "proper" Simpsons episode and the second Simpsons episode of the show.
  • This is also the first episode to have Bart's name somewhere in the title.
  • There is a picture of Bart on the wall opposite one of Albert Einstein in Dr. Pryor's office.
  • After Bart comes home green Homer washes him in turpentine.
  • Homer thinks it was Albert Einstein that invented the light bulb.
  • Maggie spells out EMCSQU (or E=MC²) on her building blocks.
  • Maggie falls once (As Lisa looks up id).
  • This is the first (and so far, only) couch gag to visually continue into the TV scene.
  • Milhouse has black hair in this episode.

Introductions

  • This is the first episode where Bart uses his soon to be famous catch phrase "Eat My Shorts".
  • A Radioactive Man comic book is seen, though the title character's appearance is vastly different from his appearance is later episodes.

Hard to See Stuff

  • When the Simpsons are playing Scrabble and Homer is complaining that he has not good letters, his slate of letters shows "O-X-I-D-I-Z-E", which is the highest word score one can achieve in Scrabble by using seven letters.
  • Martin Prince is the train conductor when Bart is told to visualize his IQ problems.
  • Principal Skinner devotes an entire file drawer to Bart Simpson.
  • Homer makes a cheque of $75, to pay for Bart's defacing of school property, to "Dept. of Education".
  • Martin's IQ is 216.
  • Bart wears a pink shirt to his first day of class at the Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children.
  • Books on the shelf in Bart's new advanced school classroom include Crime and Punishment, Babylonian Myths, Paradise Lost, Moby-Dick, Plato, Dante's Inferno, The Illiad, Design of Computers, Astrophysics, Wana by Emile Zona, Puskin, Shakespeare I-XV, Quantum Mechanics and The Life of Leonardo.
  • The Simpsons attend the opera Carmen. advertised as "Tonight Only in Russian".
  • On the opera poster, the conductor is identified as Boris Csuposki, a play on the name of producer and supervising animation director Gabor Csupo.
  • After he is dubbed a genius, Bart's Principal Skinner graffiti is framed and labeled as a work of art entitled "The Principal" by Bart Simpson.
  • Martin and his parents were at the opera. Mr. Prince is the man commenting on Homer and Bart's boorish behavior.
  • Marcia Wallace's name is misspelled "Masha" in the credits.

Cultural references

  • The Simpsons play Scrabble.
  • In the opening scene, Maggie spells EMCSQU with her blocks, a reference to Albert Einstein's mass-energy equivalence equation. A picture of Einstein also appears on the wall of Dr. Pryor's office. At one point Homer erroneously refers to Einstein as the inventor of the light bulb.
  • Dr. Pryor compares Bart's proposed work among ordinary children to Jane Goodall's study of chimpanzees. Goodall was pleased to be mentioned in the episode, sending the program a letter, and Vitti a signed book. Jane Goodall was later featured as a major guest star in the episode "Simpson Safari".
  • The opera attended by the family is Carmen, by Georges Bizet; the song Bart mocks is a famous aria called the "Toreador Song".

Continuity

  • Ms. Melon, teacher at The Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children is seen dancing with Jacques in the music video Do the Bartman.
  • Homer comments to Bart that for generations Simpson men have dreamed of outsmarting someone. Homer does just that, by outsmarting Cooder in "Bart Carny".

Goofs

  • There is no answers on Martin's paper.
  • There is a blackboard behind Dr. Pryor, although when the camera does a close-up on him there is just a purple wall behind him.


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