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| “ | Eat my shorts! | „ |
| ~ Bart's catchphrase. |
Bartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson, also known as El Barto and Bartman, is one of the main characters of The Simpsons franchise, serving as the deuteragonist of the long running animated sitcom, The Simpsons, one of the main protagonists of The Simpsons games and media, and one of the main characters of The Simpsons Movie, and its upcoming sequel. He has played a villainous role in some episodes.
He is a student of Springfield Elementary School and is Homer and Marge Simpson's eldest son and the older brother of Lisa Simpson and Maggie Simpson. Unlike a traditional older brother, he is mischievous, rebellious and a trouble-maker who likes skateboarding and pulling pranks in school, church or everywhere in Springfield.
He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright.
Personality[]
Bart as he is portrayed in the series is your typical bad boy and prankster. He has no respect for authority and is constantly up to mischief which puts him at edge with his principal Seymour Skinner who is his arch nemesis however the two can be also be very good friends, an example of this would be when Bart unintentionally got Skinner fired and the two walked around the beach, went to dinner together and friendly chatted. When Skinner returned to his old job the two became enemies once again which they were both fine with. Despite his prideful demeanor, Bart is actually slightly cowardly and will rarely admit when he's done something bad if he gets caught in the act.
Although through most of the series he keeps his "too cool for school" personality Bart will at times break down such was shown when he failed a test he actually studied on and was then left reduced to tears. This also happened when he was lobbed at with dirt by Nelson which made him cry and then childishly said "I'm telling." On his childhood qualities, Bart's idle is Krusty the Clown and he collects all of his toys, posters and other such memorabilia. When trying to prove that he was no longer a child he kissed his doll and said "I love you, Krusty-Wusty." However for a ten-year old Bart can also have very if no rare grown-up thoughts, this was shown when he began to be believe he wasn't a kid anymore and tried to prove differently by playing with his toy Sergeant Activity is only for it turn into about his health and timeshare.
He is somewhat of a slacker and the first to admit that he is dumb. An underachiever and proud of it, Bart rarely ever studies and when he tries to he is easily distracted, showing magpie-like tendencies. In the fourth grade Bart has made little to none advancements on his work and at once came close to repeating the fourth grade if he hadn't passed by the skin of his teeth. He was also not above cheating which was shown when he rubbed off Martin Prince's work and passed it off as his own which led to the teachers believing he was a genius and doing so he shows to have very poor vocabulary skills. After he and the rest of the Simpsons were moved to Cyprus Creek in his school Bart was left in the "special" classes showing how underachieving he is. Although he is not nearly as smart as his best friend Milhouse.
However despite this Bart at times can be very crafty and manipulative such was shown when he was a to trick the teachers into going into a strike and then causes a commotion at the bank to make it last even longer. After spending months in France, Bart was able to speak fluently in the language. He also proves that he's not above blackmail, when he discovered that Skinner was the one who had a deathly peanut allergy, Bart was able to use this to his advantage. The other time this has happened was when Homer had won the lottery of one million dollars, he was able to use this to his advantage to get his way. So far the final time this has happened was when Krusty the Clown had run for congress and to get rid of the new flight Bart bribed one of the congressman using a video that would ruin him in Modesto.
At times Bart can work with the side of authority just as well as he does against it. Such was shown when he and the rest of the school took a career aptitude test and his predicted he would become a police officer which caused him to go on a ride-along with two officers and after seeing them in action wished to be one himself. He then became the Hall Monitor who was neither corrupt or abuse his power and became good friends and partners with his heated rival Principal Skinner. Another time was when he was being abused by the local bully Nelson Muntz and created his own army to fight him, acting very much like an old army general then was able to overcome Nelson. Despite his apparent bad boy status Bart could easily follow orders this was evidenced when he and Lisa were shipped to military school and could follow his drill sergeants with ease and no defiance. When put together with his sister Lisa, Bart can also make a very average amateur sleuth.
While at times Bart may appear selfish such as when he gave his teacher Edna Krabappel fired by putting alcohol in her drink and then reduced to own up because her replacement was more fun than she was Bart is generally a well-meaning person and caring brother and son. While Lisa and Bart constantly engage in sibling rivalry but Bart wasn't prideful enough to refuse to apologize as he did on Thanksgiving when he accidentally destroyed her model of the holiday, when Lisa's career aptitude test crushed her dreams of becoming a famous Jazz musician she became rebellious and stole teachers guide book only for Bart to take the heat for her. Bart's relationship with Marge is on steadier ground than with Homer he'll always be her "special little guy" and Bart loves Marge enough to spend his money on giving her a vacation.
He is very rebellious which goes as far to wearing a T-Shirt from MAD magazine to actually attempting to destroy the school. Even for a ten year old Bart had the criminal record of a petty thug, the destruction of his pranks ranged from small-time vandalism, spray-painting "El Barto" on walls to actually destroying an entire gymnasium. Bart is able to think up very intricate pranks but his more favored one appears to be crank calling Moe's Tavern.
Villainous Acts[]
- He likes playing sadistic pranks on his father, Principal Skinner and many other people.
- He takes advantage of his best friend Milhouse and sometimes treats him more like an lackey than friend. Plus he has a lack of regard for Milhouse's safety at times.
- He picks on his sister Lisa countless times.
- He and Homer briefly took over the mafia and used this to torment Ned and many others.
- Frequently prank calls Moe just to torment him.
- Destroyed Springfield Elementary twice.
- Decapitating the Springfield statue.
- Destroys Lisa's centerpiece and ruins Thanksgiving for everyone.
- Bart uses his radio transmitter microphoneuses to play practical jokes, such as tricking Rod and Todd, into believing that God is talking to them, eavesdropping on Lisa and Janey's conversations about boys, and convincing Homer that Martians are invading. But he takes it too far when he lowers the radio down a well and using the microphone to broadcast his voice, tricking the townspeople into thinking an orphan named Timmy O'Toole has fallen down the well.
Quotes[]
| “ | Why do you have to make friends with everyone? | „ |
| ~ Bart to Lisa in "Trust But Clarify" |
| “ | Help me, desert weirdos! | „ |
| ~ Bart in "Blazed and Confused" |
| “ | Don't have a cow, man. | „ |
| ~ Bart |
| “ | Ay caramba! | „ |
| ~ Bart's first words |
| “ | Time for a little of the old Ultra-Pranking! | „ |
| ~ Bart |
| “ | I'm Bart Simpson, who the hell are you? | „ |
| ~ Bart |
| “ | Do the Bartman! | „ |
| ~ Bart |
| “ | AHHHH!!! Sideshow Bob | „ |
| ~ Bart upon encountering Sideshow Bob |
| “ | Cowabunga! | „ |
| ~ Bart Simpson |
| “ | Get bent! | „ |
| ~ Bart |
| “ | Wait a minute, you did it! (sideshow Bob: But, excuse me?) Attention fellow children, Krusty didn't Rob that store, Sideshow Bob framed him and I have proof. (Takes a prop mallet and whacks sideshow Bob's foot) (Sideshow Bob: Ow, my foot, you lousy, stupid, clumsy...) See that? Krusty wore big, floppy shoes, but he had little feet, like all good-hearted people, but Sideshow Bob really filled his shoes with BIG UGLY FEET! | „ |
| ~ Bart Simpson realizing that Sideshow Bob was the one who framed Krusty the Clown for armed robbery at the Kwik-E-Mart |
| “ | Bob and a spear gun, sitting in a tree...S-U-C-K-I-N— | „ |
| ~ cut off when Sideshow Bob thrusts him right through the heart |
| “ | Nice try, Bob...but I'm sure that you've made...some...(weakly) stupid...mistakes... | „ |
| ~ Bart, dying. |
| “ | Tell my father...he's...fat!... | „ |
| ~ Bart's final words before he dies |
| “ | Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger! | „ |
| ~ Bart's second catchphrase during a Butterfinger commercial |
| “ | Hit my mom, will ya? I'm gonna knock ya out and moon your corpse! | „ |
| ~ Bart in "The Great Wife Hope" |
| “ | It's not easy being my parents. I'm always screwing up in school and getting in trouble with the law. But if I grow up to be a halfway-decent person, I know it'll be because of my mom and dad. | „ |
| ~ Bart about Marge and Homer |
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