Bart Hits Homer With A Chair

Bart Hits Homer With A Chair
Historical
Date Created	December 1, 1996
Associated Program	The Simpsons
General
Type	GIF
Status	Dead

Description

Bart Hits Homer With A Chair is a meme that originally came from American sitcom The Simpsons episode "A Milhouse Divided" (Season 8, Episode 6), featuring the child character Bart Simpson about to hit his father Homer, who baths in a tub, with a chair. The meme is popular on YouTube and its static image meme, in addition to GIFs.

History

The meme originated from the Season 8, episode 6 "A Milhouse Divided", which aired on December 1, 1996 in United States. The meme focuses on Bart hitting Homer with a chair. In the scene, Bart smashes a chair over Homer while he is in the bathtub. Homer then screams and asks Bart what is wrong with him. Bart then says it was a pretty standard stunt.

Web usage

On March 30, 2016, Tenor.com uploaded a gif of the moment.

In April 2018, Facebook users began posting object-labeled versions of the screen capture. On April 17, Facebook user Brett Connell posted a version based on the song "Africa" by Toto. The post received more than 1,400 reactions and 185 shares in less than one month. Over the next few weeks, members of Simpsons Shitposting began posting meta and photoshopped versions of the meme. On April 28, Facebook user Ian Moir posted an all-text version of the image. The post received more than 2,400 reactions, 100 comments and 120 shares. On May 4, user Michael Slack posted a version that replaced Homer with an image of Bart from the 1995-episode "King-Size Homer." The post received more than 1,200 reactions, 25 shares and 20 comments in 24 hours.

Video edits

Following the popularity of the image macros, people began posting video remixes of the scene. These included edits of the scene that change the outcome and others that change the audio. The earliest known remix was posted by YouTuber Nathan Ellis in which Bart kills Homer. When posted to Facebook, the post received more than 900 reaction and 80 shares.

Revenge

On May 17, Redditor Homemade_Dank_Memes published a version of the meme in which a second panel shows Homer about to hit Bart with a chair. The post recevied more than 27,000 points (91% upvoted) and 250 comments in 24 hours. The meme inspired a series of versions in which more panels were added.

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External links

• The Simpsons Wiki: Bart Hits Homer With A Chair