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(#3) Bart Ruined Martin's Education
In the very early days of Sprinfieldian mythology, Bart managed to ruin another character's life for the course of the next thirty-something seasons. In "Bart The Genius" (S1E2), Bart changes out his aptitude test with Martin's, which ends up getting him sent to a gifted school. As Redditor /u/KuhlDota points out, Martin never recovered from this. While Bart was ultimately removed from the gifted school because he obviously didn't belong there, Martin never got the chance to attend. Instead of moving onto a program where he could have been challenged and potentially thrived, Bart's cheating has kept Martin stuck at the underperforming, falling-apart-at-the-seams Springfield Elementary for an endlessly poor fourth grade education.
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(#5) Bart Put Homer In A Coma
In "So It's Come To This: A Simpsons Clip Show" (S4E18), Bart creates a catastrophically explosive beer can as an April Fool's Day prank on Homer. The carbonated goof goes a little bit further than intended, landing Homer in a coma. For the episode, it provides the perfect setup for a clip show, and by the end, Homer wakes up immediately and starts strangling Bart. But according to Redditor /u/Hardtopickaname, the strangle never happened... because Homer never woke up.
According to this theory, Homer Simpson remains in a coma forever, and every episode from April 1993 onward is taking place completely in Homer's mind. To support this theory, the Redditor points out that once Bart knocks Homer into perma-slumber the plot lines really start to go off the rails. Also, the celebrity guests really ramp up at this juncture, which suggests that maybe Homer is absorbing information from his hospital room. Maybe Bart watches celebrity gossip TV shows, or even just talks to his unresponsive dad about things that are going on in the world. In any case, whatever we see on screen began with Bart's fateful prank.
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(#10) Bart Will Become An Agent Of Hell
There is most certainly something devilish about Bart Simpson, though usually it's portrayed in a playful manner. Redditor /u/mirrorspirit thinks that not only is this accurate, but it might be literal. This theory proposes the idea that after he's left this Earth, Bart will go on to be an angel of hell. What this means exactly is left somewhat unclear, but the basic idea is that because Bart has a bad streak, but is also able to fight corruption (i.e. Sideshow Bob, Whacking Day), he would be the perfect candidate for the devil to recruit as a keeper of the (un)peace.
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(#11) Bart Repeated The Fourth Grade
In "Bart Gets an 'F'" (S2E1), the school psychiatrist suggests that Bart repeat the fourth grade after he fails four consecutive history tests. While by the end of the episode he manages to pull off a D- on his final attempt, therefore passing the test, Redditor /u/theWallflower suggests that this wasn't actually enough to secure his advancement into the fifth grade. According to this theory, the D- kept Bart right in Mrs. Krabappel's classroom, which is why he never moves beyond her class. In fact, the passing grade he received was merely a delusion - something Bart conjured up to cope with the fact that he'd remain in fourth grade forever.
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(#6) Bart Created The Hypnotoad
In a cross-continental, cross-Groening theory from Redditor /u/coleburns815, we learn the true origin of the Hypnotoad. For those of you who are unfamiliar, the Hypnotoad exists in the Futurama universe and (as the name would suggest), has the power of hypnosis. The Redditor claims that this mind-controlling creature would never have come into existence if Bart didn't release a toad into the Australian ecosystem at the end of "Bart vs. Australia" (S6E16). The general notion is that at some point after the toad was introduced to the Land Down Under it adapted into it's future form.
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(#4) Bart Is Actually A Genius
Look, the Simpsons are stupid. Well, Lisa isn't. And it's too soon to tell for Maggie. Marge, of course, doesn't carry the infmaous 'Simpson Gene' that's explored in "Lisa the Simpson" (S9E17). So really it's just Bart and Homer. But are they actually dumb? If you ask Redditor /u/kerbyklok, it's all a show.
We learn in "HOMЯ" (S12E9) that Homer would actually be an intelligent man if he didn't have a crayon lodged up his nose and near his brain. With the crayon removed, Homer's IQ goes up 50 points. However, the whole crayon situation doesn't make as much sense when you think about the 'Simpson Gene', which explains that the Simpson men (but not the women) get gradually dumber as they age. So which is it? The Redditor suggests neither are true, and that in reality Bart and his dad act stupid on purpose because it makes life easier. Bart certainly does some pretty dumb things, but he also pulls off a lot of clever hijinks that a truly dumb person could never mastermind. This is possible because, at his core, he's actually a genius pretending to be a dolt.
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Bart Simpson is an important character in the classic animated series The Simpsons. In the first two seasons of The Simpsons, Bart was the central character of the animation, later the focus of the story gradually turned to Homer, but Bart is still one of the leading roles in the series. At the same time, he is one of the most iconic characters in the history of American TV anime.
Bart Simpson was naughty, rebellious, disrespectful, and mean when he was a kid, he often uses word games to tease the MOE in the bar. The random tool explained 13 interesting fan theories about Bart Simpson that will make you re-recognize this character.
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