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Bart Jumps

Trivia[]

  • This short is the first time where Bart's name is revealed.
  • This is the first time that Maggie falls.
  • This short marked the first physical confrontation between Bart and Lisa.
  • Ironically, this short cast Bart and Lisa as feuding one month before Adventures in Babysitting, which was made by Disney's more adult-oriented subsidiary Touchstone Pictures, was released in theaters and featured dysfunctional sibling Brad and Sara Anderson have some quarrels as well.
  • This is the first short where a character appears but does not speak. Marge physically appeared, but did not speak.
  • The theme to The Tracey Ullman Show is heard after Maggie turned on the TV.
  • After the tone sound at the beginning the laugh sound from the last sound from the 1997 Hanna-Barbera logo is heard.
  • The Simpson family was seen sitting on the couch and watching television in a very similar way as the couch gags, used in the official series.

Goofs[]

  • The second time Maggie hits the ground, she falls on the floor before her foot does.
  • After the laugh, the announcer says "Will be right back after this word!" instead of "Will be right back after the break!"