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Bart Simpson

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Nancy Cartwright, Bart's voice actress
Nancy Cartwright, Bart's voice actress

Bart Simpson is a character from the American animated television series The Simpsons part of the Simpson family. Matt Groening created and designed Bart in James L. Brooks's office. Bart, alongside the rest of the family, debuted in the short "Good Night" on The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After two years on the show, the family received their own series, which premiered on Fox on December 17, 1989. Born on April Fools' Day, Bart is ten years old; he is the eldest child and only son of Homer and Marge Simpson, and the brother of Lisa and Maggie. Voiced by Nancy Cartwright (pictured), Bart is known for his mischievousness, rebelliousness, and disrespect for authority, as well as his prank calls to Moe, chalkboard gags in the opening sequence, and catchphrases. Bart is considered one of the most iconic fictional television characters of the 1990s—being named one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century by Time—and has been described as an American cultural icon. (Full article...)