Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: Ko Matt Groening te tuatahi i whakaaro ki a Bart me te toenga o te whanau Simpson i te tau 1986, i a ia e tatari ana i te ruuma o te tari a te kaiwhakanao a James L. Brooks. I karangahia a Groening ki te tuku i tetahi raupapa kiriata poto mo Te Whakaaturanga Tracey Ullman, a, i whakaaro ia ki te whakaatu i tetahi whakarereke i tana raupapa pakiwaituhi Life in Hell. I tana kitenga ko te whakaoho i te Life in Hell ka hiahia ia ki te whakakore i nga mana whakaputa, ka whakatau a Groening ki te haere ki tetahi atu huarahi. I hohoro ia ki te whakaahua i tana putanga o te whānau pōrori, e tapaina ana e ia nga ingoa o nga pūāhua i muri i nga mema o tona ake whānau. Mo te tama tutu, i whakakapihia e ia a "Bart", he anagram o te kupu brat, mo tona ake ingoa, i te mea i whakatau ia he tino maarama mo ia ki te whakaingoa i te tohu 'Matt'. Ko te J tuatahi o Bart he "whakawhetai" ki nga tohu pakiwaituhi penei i a Bullwinkle J. Moose me Rocket J. Squirrel mai i The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, i whiwhi i a raatau tuatahi tuatahi mai i a Jay Ward. E ai ki te pukapuka Bart Simpson's Guide to Life, ko te ingoa tuarua o Bart ko "JoJo". I whakaarohia a Bart i te timatanga hei "he taitamariki ngawari ake, he raru i hoatu ki te awangawanga o te ao e korero ana ki a ia ano", engari i hurihia te ahua i runga i te reo o Cartwright. Kua whakawhiwhia e Groening etahi ahua rereke ki te whakaaweawe mo Bart: Ko te tuakana o Matt Groening a Mark i whakawhiwhia ki te nuinga o te hihiri mo te ahua o Bart. I hangaia a Bart hei putanga tino kino o te ahuatanga o te tamaiti kino, e whakakotahi ana i nga ahuatanga tino kino katoa o nga tohu penei i a Tom Sawyer me Huckleberry Finn ki roto i te tangata kotahi. Ka whakaahuatia e Groening a Bart hei "he aha te mea ka tupu mena ka whiwhi a Eddie Haskell [mai i Leave It to Beaver] i tana ake whakaaturanga". I kii ano a Groening i kite ia i te kaupapa o Dennis the Menace i pouri, a i whakaaweawehia ia ki te hanga i tetahi ahuatanga he tino whakawehi. I tiimata a Bart me te toenga o te whanau Simpson i te Paenga-whawha 19, 1987 i roto i te Whakaaturanga Tracey Ullman poto "Good Night". I te tau 1989, i hurihia nga kiriata poto ki roto i te The Simpsons, he raupapa hawhe-haora e rere ana...  Pātai: Ko wai te kaihanga o te whānau Simpson?
Ko Matt Groening