Lokacin da ya gane cewa rayarwa Rayuwa a Jahannama zai buƙaci ya soke haƙƙin wallafawa, Groening ya yanke shawarar zuwa wani shugabanci. Ya yi hanzari ya fitar da fasalinsa na dangi mara kyau, yana mai suna haruffa bayan 'yan uwansa. Don ɗan ɗan tawaye, ya maye gurbin "Bart", wani anagram na kalmar brat, don sunansa, kamar yadda ya yanke shawarar zai kasance a bayyane yake a gare shi ya sanya sunan mai suna 'Matt'. Matsakaicin matsakaici na farko shi ne "Jt Bull" zuwa ga 'yan wasan kwaikwayo masu rai irin su Dennis Ullman Show, kuma ya yi niyyar gabatar da wani gyare-gyare na Rayuwa a Jahannama. A cikin watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1987, Mark Groening ya bayyana cewa Bart ya kasance mai ban sha'awa sosai a matsayin ɗan yaro wanda ya samo asali daga littafin da aka rubuta na farko na Rayuwa a cikin Jahannama, wanda ya ba da labari mai ban sha'awa game da rayuwar ɗan yaro mai suna Joe Bart Simpson. "Bart yana da matukar damuwa game da abin da ya faru", in ji mai ba da labari na farko na littafin nan, "The
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