Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Matt Groening akatanga kufunga nezvaBart nevamwe vose vomumhuri yaSimpson muna 1986, paaimirira muhofisi yomugadziri James L. Brooks. Groening akanga adaidzwa kuti aite nhevedzano yemapfupi emifananidzo yeThe Tracey Ullman Show, uye akanga aronga kupa shanduko yeupenyu hwake muHero comic strip. Apo akaziva kuti kuraramisa Life in Hell kwaizoda kuti abvise kodzero dzokushambadza, Groening akasarudza kuenda neimwe nzira. Akakurumidza kunyora mufananidzo wake wemhuri isingabudiriri, achitumidza vatambi vacho mazita enhengo dzemhuri yake. Nokuda kwomwanakomana anopandukira, iye akatsiva "Bart", anagram yezwi rokuti brat, nokuda kwezita rake amene, sezvo akasarudza kuti kwaizova kuri pachena zvikuru kuti iye ave akatumidza unhu 'Matt'. Bart's middle initial J is a "tribute" to animated characters such as Bullwinkle J. Moose and Rocket J. Squirrel from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, uyo akagamuchira yavo yepakati yekutanga kubva kuna Jay Ward. Maererano nebhuku rinonzi Bart Simpson's Guide to Life, zita repakati raBart rakazara ndi "JoJo".Bart pakutanga akafungidzirwa se "wechidiki munyoro, ane matambudziko akapiwa kuzvidya mwoyo kwehupenyu anozvitaurira", asi hunhu hwakachinjwa zvichibva pakuita izwi kwaCartwright. Groening akarumbidza vanhu vanoverengeka vakasiyana nekupa kurudziro kuna Bart: Mukoma mukuru waMatt Groening Mark akapa zvakawanda zvekukurudzira pamafungiro aBart. Bart akafungidzirwa seshanduro yakanyanyisa yehunhu hwemwana asina hunhu, achibatanidza hunhu hwese hwakanyanyisa hwevatambi vakaita saTom Sawyer naHuckleberry Finn mumunhu mumwe. Groening anorondedzera Bart se"chaizoitika kudai Eddie Haskell [kubva muLeave It to Beaver] akawana purogiramu yake". Groening akataurawo kuti akawana nzvimbo yaDennis the Menace ichishungurudza uye akafuridzirwa kugadzira hunhu hwaive hwakatyisidzira.Bart akaita kutanga kwake nevamwe vese vemhuri yeSimpson musi waApril 19, 1987 muThe Tracey Ullman Show pfupi "Good Night". Muna 1989, mapfupi acho akashandurwa kuva The Simpsons, nhepfenyuro yehafu yeawa yaitepfenyurwa...  Mubvunzo: Ndiani musiki wemhuri yaSimpson?
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