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Brave Bart is a story that appears in The Simpsons Winter Wingding #2.

The scene is the front yard of the Simpson home. Martin and Milhouse are putting the finishing touches on a snow fort while Bart supervises the construction. Bart announces that the fort's name is "Fort Bart", and Milhouse asks why Bart should get to name the fort when he and Martin built it. Bart counters by saying that naming things is also work. Martin suggests that they compromise and go with his original name, "Fort Chione", after the Greek nymph who created snow. Bart quickly pooh-poohs the idea: "No more nymph names!" The naming discussion is interrupted, however, by a snowball flying through the air and hitting Milhouse in the head.

Bart looks around and sees Kearney, Jimbo, Dolph and Nelson in the yard holding snowballs. Kearney says, "Time to eat your snow!" and Jimbo adds that they have "both flavors", white and yellow. Bart hollers at Martin and Milhouse to take cover. They do so, diving into the fort in the nick of time just as the bullies start throwing snowballs. As the bullies' barrage continues (with Snowball V being pressed into service as ammo), the trio take stock of their situation. Martin says they're doomed because they're outnumbered, and Milhouse admits he forgot to build the snow cannon. Bart concedes that they're outnumbered and outgunned, but the fort gives them a tactical advantage, "So on paper, we're totally kicking butt."