Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Matt Groening ya fara tunanin Bart da sauran dangin Simpson a 1986, yayin da yake jira a harabar ofishin mai samar da James L. Brooks. An kira Groening don gabatar da jerin gajeren gajeren gajere don Tracey Ullman Show, kuma ya yi niyyar gabatar da daidaitaccen littafinsa na Life in Hell comic strip. Lokacin da ya fahimci cewa rayar da Rayuwa a Jahannama zai buƙaci ya soke haƙƙin wallafawa, Groening ya yanke shawarar zuwa wani shugabanci. Ya yi hanzari ya zana fasalinsa na dangi mara aiki, yana kiran haruffa bayan membobin danginsa. Ga 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 kira sunan 'Matt'. J na farko na Bart shine "kyauta" ga haruffan wasan kwaikwayo kamar Bullwinkle J. Moose da Rocket J. Squirrel daga Rocky da Bullwinkle Show, waɗanda suka sami farkon farkon su daga Jay Ward. Dangane da littafin Bart Simpson's Guide to Life, cikakken sunan Bart na tsakiya shine "JoJo".A asali an yi tunanin Bart a matsayin "ɗan saurayi mai tawali'u, mai rikici wanda ya ba da damuwa ga rayuwa wanda ke magana da kansa", amma an canza halin bisa la'akari da muryar Cartwright. Groening ya ba da lambobi daban-daban daban-daban tare da samar da wahayi ga Bart: Matt Groening 'dan'uwansa Mark ya ba da babbar dalili ga halin Bart. An tsara Bart a matsayin matsananciyar sigar halayyar ɗan yaro mara kyau, yana haɗuwa da duk halayen halayen halayen haruffa kamar Tom Sawyer da Huckleberry Finn a cikin mutum ɗaya. Groening ya bayyana Bart a matsayin "abin da zai faru idan Eddie Haskell [daga Leave It to Beaver] ya sami nasa wasan kwaikwayon". Groening ya kuma ce ya sami jigon Dennis the Menace mai ban takaici kuma ya yi wahayi zuwa ƙirƙirar halayyar da ke ainihin barazana.Bart ya fara fitowa tare da sauran dangin Simpson a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 1987 a cikin Tracey Ullman Show gajeren "Good Night". A shekara ta 1989, an yi amfani da gajeren wando a cikin The Simpsons, jerin rabin sa'a da ke watsawa...  Tambaya: Wanene mahaliccin dangin Simpson?
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