

Bart has appeared in every Simpsons episode except " Four Great Women and a Manicure".Īt ten years old, Bart is the eldest child and only son of Homer and Marge, and the brother of Lisa and Maggie. After appearing on The Tracey Ullman Show for two years, the Simpson family received its own series on Fox, which debuted December 17, 1989. While the rest of the characters were named after Groening's family members, Bart's name is an anagram of the word brat. Groening had been called to pitch a series of shorts based on his comic strip, Life in Hell, but instead decided to create a new set of characters. Cartoonist Matt Groening created and designed Bart while waiting in the lobby of James L. He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short " Good Night" on April 19, 1987. Jaqueline Bouvier (maternal grandmother)ħ42 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, United Statesīartholomew Jojo " Bart" Simpson is a fictional character in the American animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family.
