Bart, having never received any words of encouragement myself, I'm not sure how they're supposed to sound, but here goes... [puts a hand on his shoulder] I believe in you.
Bart[puts his hand over hers] Thanks, man.
A character in The Simpsons
Played by Nancy Cartwright
The Simpsons · 3,477 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in The Simpsons: in 792 of its 3,477 quotes
Most scenes with: Homer Simpson (338), Lisa Simpson (248), Marge Simpson (206)
Bart, having never received any words of encouragement myself, I'm not sure how they're supposed to sound, but here goes... [puts a hand on his shoulder] I believe in you.
Bart[puts his hand over hers] Thanks, man.
[Homer tries to watch a football game when he sees Bart smothering Lisa with a sofa cushion]
[angrily turns red] Bart! Stop fighting with your sister!
BartHey, man! She took my glue!
It's not yours, Bart! [throws pillow and Bart off herself] This is family glue!
Stop it, you two! This is Thanksgiving, so glue friendly or I'll take your glue away and then nobody will have any glue to glue with!
Dad, this isn't about glue. It's about territoriality. He only wants the glue because I'm using it.
BartOh, yeah? Prove it.
[hands Bart glue] Here.
BartHey, man, I don't want your stupid glue. [throws bottle of glue away next to Maggie's bottle, both bottles look alike]
[Maggie is about to suck the glue bottle, Lisa quickly walks away with glue]
[After Bart deliberately burns her centerpiece, Lisa runs upstairs to her room, crying]
[sets Bart down; very stern and serious] Alright, Bart, that's it! Go to your room, now!
BartOkay, I'll take some white meat and stuffing to go, and send up the pumpkin pie in about 20 minutes.
[losing patience] I said NOW!
BartMom, do I have to?
[angrily confronts Bart] Yes, you do! I hope you're happy, Bart! You've RUINED Thanksgiving!
[After comforting Lisa, Marge goes to Bart's room]
[sternly] Bart, you can to come down to dinner as soon as you're ready to apologize to your sister, and it's going to be a real apology in front of everybody, and you have to mean it.
Bart[kicking his toy car he was playing with] Apologize?! For what?! Clearing the table?! Having a sense of humor?! They think they can starve an apology out of me? Ha! [furiously climbs out of the window, angrily jumps down from a tree and lividly lands on some daisies] Uh-oh. I mean...good! [violently jumps up and down on the daisies in anger]
Bart, why did you burn my centerpiece?
BartOh, come on.
Is it because you hate me or is it because you're bad?
BartI don't know! I don't know why I did it; I don't know why I enjoyed it; and I don't know why I'll do it again!
Just tell me you're sorry!
BartWhy should I?!
Bart, the only reason to apologize is if you look deep down inside yourself and you find a spot, something you wish wasn't there, because you feel bad you hurt your sister's feelings.
BartLeave me alone.
Just look!
BartOkay, okay. [closes his eyes] Mmmhhuummmhmmmm. Lookin' for the spot. Nananana, still checking. This is so stupid, I'm not gonna find anything. Just 'cause I wrecked something she worked really hard on and I made her cr- [He suddenly opens his eyes in realization] Uh-oh. [puts hand on Lisa's shoulder] I'm sorry, Lisa.
Apology accepted. [kisses his cheek]
[Camera pans down at Homer who's in the bathroom listening]
You know, Marge, we're great parents. [cut to the kitchen. Simpson family is in pajamas sitting down to a late-night dinner of leftovers. Clock reads 11:35 PM] Dear Lord, we thank You for giving this family one last crack at togetherness.
[in unison] Amen.
[Simpsons eat leftovers]
[Bart and Milhouse are at the Simpson house watching TV]
Hey, that's my seat.
BartCorrection: was your seat.
[Cut to Moe's Tavern]
But I only got up to go to the can!
Hey, I don't see your name engraved on this bar stool.
[about Springfield Gorge] Hey, this thing's pretty gnarly. I bet you could throw a dead body in there, and no one would ever find it.
BartOtto, I'm going to leap over Springfield Gorge on my skateboard.
You know, Bart, as the only adult here, I feel I should say something.
BartWhat?
COOOOOOOOOL!!!
[sees Itchy and Scratchy on TV and Maggie is imitating Itchy's moves using a pencil] So television is responsible. [turns off the TV]
Hey, we were watching that!
BartMom, what are you doing?!
Well, you won't be watching these cartoons anymore. Ever!
But Mom! If you take away our cartoons, we'll grow up without a sense of humor and be robots.
BartReally? What kind of robots?
[Bart calls Moe's Tavern]
Hello, Moe's Tavern. Birthplace of the Rob Roy.
BartIs Seymour there? Last name Butz.
Just a sec. Hey, is there a Butz here? Seymour Butz? Hey, everybody! I want a Seymour Butz! [the entire bar erupts in laughter at Moe] Wait a minute...Listen, you little scum-sucking pus-bucket! If I get my hands on you, I am gonna pull out your eye balls with a cork screw!
[Bart and Lisa laugh]
Today's topic will be Hell.
Ooh.
BartAll right. I sat through Mercy and I sat through Forgiveness. Finally, we get to the good stuff.
Hell is a terrible place. Maggots are your sheet, worms your blanket, there's a lake of fire burning with sulfur. You'll be tormented day and night for ever and ever. As a matter of fact, if you actually saw hell, you'd be so frightened, you would die.
Bart[raises his hand] Oh, Miss Albright.
Yes, Bart.
BartWouldn't you eventually get used to it, like in a hot tub?
No. [Bart raises his hand] Yes, Bart.
BartAre there pirates in hell?
Yes. Thousands of them.
Bart[rubs his hands] Hoo hoo, baby!
So kids what did you learn about today?
BartHell.
BART!
BartWhat? That's what we learned about. I sure as hell can't say we learned about hell unless I can say hell, now can I?
Kid's got a point, Marge.
BartHell yes!
Bart.
Bart[sings] Hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell.
Bart, you're no longer in Sunday School. Don't swear.
Sweet Lord, it is! [sees Bart's name written in huge letters in the grass with herbicide] SIMPSON!!!!!! [Bart gulps; cut to the principal's office] Bart, I'm flabbergasted. Surely you knew, as you were writing your own name in 40-foot high letters in the field, that you would be caught?
BartMaybe it was one of the other Barts, sir.
THERE ARE NO OTHER BARTS!!!
BartUh-oh.
The sheer contempt demonstrated by this incident, makes me wish I could pull the dusty board of education out of retirement. [point to the sign "In Emergency Breaks Glass"] Call your father immediately.
[Bart prank calls Moe's from Principal Skinner's office.]
BartHello? Is Homer there?
Homer who?
BartHomer... [making sure Skinner's not looking and lowers voice] ...Sexual.
Wait one sec. Let me check. Uh, Homer Sexual? Uh, come on. Come on. One of you guys has gotta be Homer Sexual.
[The entire bar, including Homer laughs at Moe]
Don't look at me!
Oh no. You rotten little punk! If I ever get a hold of you, [we see Skinner holding a phone] I'll sink my teeth into your cheek and rip ya face off!
[insulted] You'll do what, young man?!
[taken aback] What, what, wait, who is this?
I think the real question is who is this, AND WHERE IS HOMER SIMPSON?!?
[realizes his mistake] Whoa whoa, sorry, Principal Skinner, sorry, it's a bad connection, I think. [to Homer] It's for you. I think Bart's in trouble again.
Doh! What's he done now?
[The family says farewell to Herb as his Powell Motors complex is turned into a Komatsu Motors factory]
BartBye, Unkie Herb.
Goodbye, Unkie Herb.
Goodbye, Herb.
Gee, Herb, because of me, you lost your business, your home and all your possessions. I can't help but think that maybe you'd have been better off if I'd never come into your life.
Maybe I would have been better off? Maybe?! Why, you spongehead! Of course I'd have been better off! [boards bus that just arrived] As far as I'm concerned, I have no brother! [bus closes doors and leaves]
[consoles Homer] Hmm. Maybe he just said that to make conversation.
His life was an unbridled success, until he found out...he was a Simpson.
BartNo way, she's faking! If Lisa stays home, I stay home.
[sarcastically while being sick] If Bart stays home, I'm going to school.
BartFine, then...Wait a minute...If Lisa goes to school, then I go to school, but then Lisa stays home, so I stay home, so Lisa goes to school...
Lisa, don't confuse your brother like that.
BartI think Grampa smells like that trunk in the garage where the bottom's all wet.
No, I think he smells more like a photo lab.
Stop it, you two! Grampa smells like a normal old man, which is more like a hallway in a hospital.
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MSMoe Szyslak164 quotes
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MVMilhouse Van Houten97 quotes
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WSWaylon Smithers73 quotes
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