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 Bart Simpson
He is grandson to Abraham Simpson, Mona Simpson and Jacqueline Bouvier. He is also nephew to Herbert Powell, Patty Bouvier and Selma Bouvier Terwilliger Hutz McClure. His former uncles-by-marriage include Robert Underdunk "Sideshow Bob" Terwilliger, Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure.
Bart is a self-proclaimed underachiever who begins each show writing detention lines on the blackboard (see list of Bart Simpson's blackboard sentences). His interests include skateboarding, comic books (esp. Radioactive Man), terrorizing his sisters, helping Lisa solve various problems(e.g, re-uniting Krusty the Klown with his estranged father), Dickensian chimney sweeps, and prank calling Moe Szyslak at his tavern. Bart is distracted by pretty much anything; even, strangely enough, algebraic equations.
Bart caused a diplomatic incident between the United States and Australia in "Bart vs. Australia" when he placed a very long collect call to an Australian boy to find out in which direction toilets flush in the southern hemisphere.
Many times, when Homer finds out that Bart has said or done something stupid, he yells out, "Why you little...!" and chokes Bart in anger.
Bart has appeared in television commercials for Butterfinger candy bars, with the catch phrase "Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger." This was parodied when in an episode, Bart says that he doesn't remember being in a commercial, then he holds up a Butterfinger and eats it.
Bart speaks French fluently. He also was able to speak Spanish briefly on a trip to Brazil; however, he forced himself to forget when he discovered that they speak Portuguese in Brazil. He also once made an exchange with Homer in Japanese.
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.
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