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** The ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' sketch, ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS32E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXXI Toy Gory]]'', has an ending that closely resembles "Dead Bart". Bart ends up dead, and the short ends with the rest of the family gathered around his corpse, crying loudly. The family's grief is also implied to go on for a long time in the epilogue, as in the creepypasta.
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* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: Along with the likes of ''Fanfic/SuicideMouse'' and ''Fanfic/SquidwardsSuicide'', this was one of the earliest and most well-known "LostEpisode" styled creepypastas. The popularity of the pasta lead to a slew of imitators basically creating poorly made rip-offs of ''Dead Bart'', turning things like "photo-realistic dead bodies and blood in a cartoon" into an overused cliche, though it was considered "new and creepy" when ''Dead Bart'' and the like first did them.
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* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: OnceOriginalNowCommon: Along with the likes of ''Fanfic/SuicideMouse'' and ''Fanfic/SquidwardsSuicide'', this was one of the earliest and most well-known "LostEpisode" styled creepypastas. The popularity of the pasta lead to a slew of imitators basically creating poorly made rip-offs of ''Dead Bart'', turning things like "photo-realistic dead bodies and blood in a cartoon" into an overused cliche, though it was considered "new and creepy" when ''Dead Bart'' and the like first did them.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Along with the likes of ''Fanfic/SuicideMouse'' and ''Fanfic/SquidwardsSuicide'', this was one of the earliest and most well-known "LostEpisode" styled creepypastas. The popularity of the pasta lead to a slew of imitators basically creating poorly made rip-offs of ''Dead Bart'', turning things like "photo-realistic dead bodies and blood in a cartoon" into an overused cliche, though it was considered "new and creepy" when ''Dead Bart'' and the like first did them.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: OnceOriginalNowOverdone: Along with the likes of ''Fanfic/SuicideMouse'' and ''Fanfic/SquidwardsSuicide'', this was one of the earliest and most well-known "LostEpisode" styled creepypastas. The popularity of the pasta lead to a slew of imitators basically creating poorly made rip-offs of ''Dead Bart'', turning things like "photo-realistic dead bodies and blood in a cartoon" into an overused cliche, though it was considered "new and creepy" when ''Dead Bart'' and the like first did them.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: "A Dead Bart Update" is generally seen as vastly inferior, mainly because of applying a specific date for the foreseen apocalypse (that of course came and went, effectively undermining the scariness of the lost episode predicting that many celebrities will die on the same date) and providing the needless retcon that the narrator had actually seen the episode before, but didn't remember.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: "A Dead Bart Update" is generally seen as vastly inferior, mainly because of applying a specific date date[[note]]June 6, 2013[[/note]] for the foreseen apocalypse (that of course came and went, effectively undermining the scariness of the lost episode predicting that many celebrities who guest-starred on ''The Simpsons'' will die on the same date) and providing the needless retcon that the narrator had actually seen the episode before, but didn't remember.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: "A Dead Bart Update" is generally seen as vastly inferior.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: "A Dead Bart Update" is generally seen as vastly inferior.
%% Why?inferior, mainly because of applying a specific date for the foreseen apocalypse (that of course came and went, effectively undermining the scariness of the lost episode predicting that many celebrities will die on the same date) and providing the needless retcon that the narrator had actually seen the episode before, but didn't remember.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Along with the likes of ''WebOriginal/SuicideMouse'' and ''FanFic/SquidwardsSuicide'', this was one of the earliest and most well-known "LostEpisode" styled creepypastas. The popularity of the pasta lead to a slew of imitators basically creating poorly made rip-offs of ''Dead Bart'', turning things like "photo-realistic dead bodies and blood in a cartoon" into an overused cliche, though it was considered "new and creepy" when ''Dead Bart'' and the like first did them.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Along with the likes of ''WebOriginal/SuicideMouse'' ''Fanfic/SuicideMouse'' and ''FanFic/SquidwardsSuicide'', ''Fanfic/SquidwardsSuicide'', this was one of the earliest and most well-known "LostEpisode" styled creepypastas. The popularity of the pasta lead to a slew of imitators basically creating poorly made rip-offs of ''Dead Bart'', turning things like "photo-realistic dead bodies and blood in a cartoon" into an overused cliche, though it was considered "new and creepy" when ''Dead Bart'' and the like first did them.
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** Why did nobody want to talk about the episode, until eventually, Groening gave away the URL? Was it because they were trying to keep the episode a secret (perhaps due to the ending hinting at an apocalypse), and Groening was too troubled to keep mum or was punishing the narrator for being nosy? Or was it just because they were too scared to talk about the episode, and Groening somehow faced his fear?
** Why did Maggie and the pets disappear? Did they die of neglect, or did the authorities take them away?
** Why did nobody want to talk about the episode, until eventually, Groening gave away the URL? Was it because they were trying to keep the episode a secret (perhaps due to the ending hinting at an apocalypse), and Groening was too troubled to keep mum or was punishing the narrator for being nosy? Or was it just because they were too scared to talk about the episode, and Groening somehow faced his fear?
** Why did Maggie and the pets disappear? Did they die of neglect, or did the authorities take them away?
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** When Maggie and the pets are gone, it's implied they died of neglect.
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** When Maggie and the pets are gone, it's implied disappear around the final act, a strong implication being that they died of neglect.
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** Par the course for Creepypastas--particular cases include Bart's corpse being photo-realistic as well as the fact that said corpse shot appears quickly after a bright flash of light, making for an effective JumpScare, the family's grief lasting an entire year, rendering all of them (even Homer) skeletally thin and the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt implications]] of the ending. Namely, the ending states that all the death dates for the guest stars who did die are accurate, and the dates for the still-living stars are the same, which implies they will all die on the same day, hinting at an apocalypse.
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** Par the course for Creepypastas--particular cases include Bart's corpse being photo-realistic as well as the fact that said corpse shot appears quickly after a bright flash of light, making for an effective JumpScare, photo-realistic, the family's grief lasting an entire year, rendering all of them (even Homer) skeletally thin and the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt implications]] of the ending. Namely, the ending states that all the death dates for the guest stars who did die are accurate, and the dates for the still-living stars are the same, which implies they will all die on the same day, hinting at an apocalypse.apocalypse.
** [[https://youtu.be/DtQjEb5tUcg?t=157 This mockup]] of the pasta displays Bart's [[NightmareFace corpse]] after a quick flash from white, making for an effective JumpScare, which only gets more uncanny with the realistic splattering noise and almost tranquil-sounding droning noise in the background.
** [[https://youtu.be/DtQjEb5tUcg?t=157 This mockup]] of the pasta displays Bart's [[NightmareFace corpse]] after a quick flash from white, making for an effective JumpScare, which only gets more uncanny with the realistic splattering noise and almost tranquil-sounding droning noise in the background.
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** Par the course for Creepypastas--particular cases include Bart's corpse being photo-realistic, the family's grief lasting an entire year, rendering all of them (even Homer) skeletally thin and the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt implications]] of the ending. Namely, the ending states that all the death dates for the guest stars who did die are accurate, and the dates for the still-living stars are the same, which implies they will all die on the same day, hinting at an apocalypse.
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** Par the course for Creepypastas--particular cases include Bart's corpse being photo-realistic, photo-realistic as well as the fact that said corpse shot appears quickly after a bright flash of light, making for an effective JumpScare, the family's grief lasting an entire year, rendering all of them (even Homer) skeletally thin and the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt implications]] of the ending. Namely, the ending states that all the death dates for the guest stars who did die are accurate, and the dates for the still-living stars are the same, which implies they will all die on the same day, hinting at an apocalypse.
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** Par the course for Creepypastas--particular cases include Bart's corpse being photo-realistic, the family's grief lasting an entire year, rendering all of them (even Homer) skeletally thin and the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt implications]] of the ending. Namely, the ending states that all the death dates for the guest starts who did die are accurate, and the dates for the still-living stars are the same, which implies they will all die on the same day, hinting at an apocalypse.
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** Par the course for Creepypastas--particular cases include Bart's corpse being photo-realistic, the family's grief lasting an entire year, rendering all of them (even Homer) skeletally thin and the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt implications]] of the ending. Namely, the ending states that all the death dates for the guest starts stars who did die are accurate, and the dates for the still-living stars are the same, which implies they will all die on the same day, hinting at an apocalypse.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Along with the likes of ''WebOriginal/SuicideMouse'' and ''FanFic/SquidwardsSuicide'', this was one of the earliest and most well known "LostEpisode" styled creepypastas. The popularity of the pasta lead to a slew of imitators basically creating poorly made rip-offs of ''Dead Bart'', turning things like "photorealistic looking dead body and blood in a cartoon" into an overused cliche, though it was considered "new and creepy" when ''Dead Bart'' and the like first did them.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Along with the likes of ''WebOriginal/SuicideMouse'' and ''FanFic/SquidwardsSuicide'', this was one of the earliest and most well known well-known "LostEpisode" styled creepypastas. The popularity of the pasta lead to a slew of imitators basically creating poorly made rip-offs of ''Dead Bart'', turning things like "photorealistic looking "photo-realistic dead body bodies and blood in a cartoon" into an overused cliche, though it was considered "new and creepy" when ''Dead Bart'' and the like first did them.
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** ''WebVideo/DarkSimpsons'', a parody series that edits ''Simpsons'' episodes into twisted [[BlackComedy Black Comedies]], would eventually do a video called "Marge Simpson's Fear Of Flying" that had a bizarrely similar premise to ''Dead Bart'', with Bart dying in an airplane accident and Marge mourning him... except the ''Dark Simpsons'' version somehow manages to be '''[[UpToEleven even darker]]'''; Lisa dies alongside Bart in the plane crash, Homer [[ImAHumanitarian gleefully eats both their corpses]], and the other passengers on the plane are doomed to die in Antarctica.
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** ''WebVideo/DarkSimpsons'', a parody series that edits ''Simpsons'' episodes into twisted [[BlackComedy Black Comedies]], would eventually do a video called "Marge Simpson's Fear Of Flying" that had a bizarrely similar premise to ''Dead Bart'', with Bart dying in an airplane accident and Marge mourning him... except the ''Dark Simpsons'' version somehow manages to be '''[[UpToEleven even darker]]'''; '''even darker'''; Lisa dies alongside Bart in the plane crash, Homer [[ImAHumanitarian gleefully eats both their corpses]], and the other passengers on the plane are doomed to die in Antarctica.
