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Revision as of 06:04, 27 February 2004 by Andrew Levine (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Bartholomew Jo-Jo (sometimes referred to as Jay) "Bart" Simpson is a fictional character featured in the television animated series The Simpsons., He is the 10 year old son of Homer and Marge Simpson and older brother of Lisa and Maggie.
Bart is a self-proclaimed underachiever who begins each show writing detention lines on the blackboard (see list of Bart Simpson's blackboard sentences). Bart's interests include skateboarding, comic books (esp. Radioactive Man), terrorizing his sisters, Dickensian chimney sweeps, and prank calling Moe Szyslak at his tavern.
In an interview, Simpsons creator Matt Groening stated he chose the name as an anagram of "brat".
In 1998, Time Magazine selected Bart as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century -- the only fictional character to make the list.
Episodes that feature Bart extensively include (but not all):
- Bart the Genius - in this episode, he is mistaken for genius.
- Bart the General - bart takes on the class bully.
See also Characters from The Simpsons.