Line #51 FanFic/BartSimpsonAttorneyAtLaw


1	Seventeen years in the future, [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]], now a successful Attorney in East Springfield. He has everything, and is happy. That is going to be challenged when some women reenter his life.
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3	Written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1043707/Quick-n-Popular Quick-n-Popular]], it is presently completed and can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3157288/1/Bart-Simpson-Attorney-at-Law here]].
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5	!!Tropes featured in ''Bart Simpson: Attorney at Law'' include:
6	* TheAce: Bart Simpson at 27: a rich, successful, and handsome lawyer. Meeting another ace, an attorney named Frank Gelwood, while he was still ten was what begun his transformation. He quickly switches into BrokenAce due to the stress of his ex-girlfriends returning to his life.
7	* AmoralAttorney: Averted with Bart, who is actually a very moral attorney, [[spoiler:an image Jessica wishes to shatter by pretending Bart sexually harassed her.]] Played straight with the Blue-Haired Lawyer (named Gweeble in this story) [[spoiler:who acts as Jessica's attorney with her bogus sexual harassment suit, and uses Bart's bad boy past to wreck his reputation.]]
8	* BaitAndSwitchComment: Upon learning Moe is placing bets on the outcome of Bart's trial, Homer places two firm fists against his hips and says he'll "give that bookie the talking of a life-time". He then phones Moe to "Put me down fifty on the boy."
9	* BerserkButton:
10	** Any woman trying to get into a relationship with Bart is this for [[StalkerWithACrush Jessica Lovejoy]].
11	** Hurting Alex is one for Bart. He personally [[spoiler:went after Jeremy for punching Alex]], and even ''threatened to kill Burns in public'' after the old man claimed he would ruin Alex's boutique.
12	** Hitting on Bart or hurting him becomes one for Alex.
13	* BigBrotherInstinct[=/=]BigSisterInstinct: 17 years into the future, the Simpson siblings are close knit and don't take kindly to those threatening them.
14	** Maggie is the younger sister, but she doesn't appreciate Jessica gloating about sleeping with Bart.
15	** Lisa is not happy with Bart having anything to do with Jessica Lovejoy.
16	** Lisa yanked Burns' by the collar and yelled at him when he [[spoiler:initially refused to make a life-saving blood donation for Bart.]]
17	** Bart was ''not happy'' when [[spoiler:Jeremy]] involved Maggie into his blackmailing scheme.
18	* BigBad: Jessica Lovejoy in the first part of the story, Jeremy in the second part, and Burns in the third part.
19	* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Alex performed this on behalf of Jeremy, seducing married men so he could extort them. He makes demands to ''Maggie'', forcing him to steal $700,000 from Bart in exchange for not revealing Alex's past to him and the press.]]
20	* TheBusCameBack: Gina Vendetti, Alex Whitney, Jessica Lovejoy, Samantha Stankey, Greta Wolfcastle, and Laura Powers.
21	* ButtMonkey: Alex was very badly bullied as a teenager because of her love of fashion, especially by Gina and Bart's friends. Bart however, never bullied her [[spoiler:but pulled an incredibly cruel prank on Alex by drunkenly proclaiming his love for her, then made out in front of Gina.]]
22	* DarkAndTroubledPast:
23	** Gina has one ''tall'' pile of dirty laundry, which only grows over the course of the story.
24	** [[spoiler:Alex, for the work she did on behalf of Jeremy.]]
25	* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Gina becomes one to Jessica, after due to springing her from jail.]]
26	* DrowningMySorrows: After Gina cheated on him, Bart was reduced to the bottle, and nearly DrivenToSuicide. Being seduced by Jessica and Gina contacting him drives him back to the bottle, forcing an intervention by Alex and Milhouse.
27	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Bart and Alex must overcome past demons and current enemies before they can get their happily ever after.]]
28	* EasilyForgiven: Played straight with Maggie, who idolizes Gina and forgives her the grief she caused the family. Averted with and the rest of the Simpsons family, especially Bart for whom Gina's return is causing him enormous stress.
29	* EpicFail: Homer attempts to cover up a statute meant for Humphrey Bogart he buried with grass seed. He planted ''bird seed'' covering his house with a flock.
30	* TheFashionista: Alex naturally made the transition to this from fashion obsessed girl. In high school, she fought for the right to wear her own [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl revealing]] outfits. She returned to Springfield to open her own boutique.
31	* HappilyMarried: Samantha and Milhouse. Samantha even gives birth to Milhouse's child [[spoiler:while on the run from Burns.]]
32	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Gina has been going through this revolving door much of her life with Bart: she ended up cheating on Bart, which drove him to the bottle. She later returned to Bart, only to set fire to his car because he [[DisproportionateRetribution canceled a dinner]]. Bart negotiated for her go on parole and get counseling, only for her smash her employer's windshield. She again returns to Springfield, claiming to have changed, [[spoiler:only to aid Jessica in kidnapping, and later locked up for armed robbery. She finally moves away from heel after Maggie helps her out of jail, and proves to be the smoking gun in the case against Jessica.]]
33	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Teenage Maggie, to an extent. Her idolization of Gina makes her ignore the damage she's done to Bart and the rest the Simpson family.
34	* LaserGuidedKarma:
35	** Kent tries to expose [[spoiler:Alex's past as a whore and an extortionist.]] Someone at the studio took offense to that, so Kent's own time with a transgender prostitute is shown on the air for all to see.
36	** [[spoiler:Jeremy gets a glorious NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after shooting Bart, and now will spend a long time in jail.]]
37	* NotWhatItLooksLike: Lisa finds Bart and Alex sleeping in bed together. She had been spending the night in Bart's bed. Bart, on a drunken binge, returned to his bed not knowing Alex was sleeping there. The breakfast that morning is ''very'' uncomfortable.
38	* ParentalSubstitute: Marge, and to a lesser extent Homer, became surrogate parents to Alex who was very distant from her own parents. Marge pretty much tells her she was already a Simpson, which is only solidified when [[spoiler:Alex and Bart are officially married.]]
39	* SecondLove: Alex Whitney for Bart.
40	* SecretlyWealthy: [[spoiler:Nelson made a fortune from an internet business]] but keeps a low profile to preserve his street cred.
41	* SheIsAllGrownUp: Lisa, Jessica, Gina, and Maggie are described as having grown into very appealing young ladies.
42	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Gender-inverted. Alex's concern for Bart and her wholesome image make Bart fall for her.
43	* SympatheticCriminal: [[spoiler: Alex worked for Jeremy because she was poor and homeless in LA. Jeremy, however, is [[{{Slimeball}} not]].]]
44	* StalkerWithACrush: Jessica for Bart. She engages in the usual stalker behavior: harassing Bart's friends and co-workers to find out where he is, yanking him by his tie, believing she is entitled to her, harassing prospective love interests. [[spoiler:Turns into a complete {{Yandere}} when she has him kidnapped by the mafia, and drugged into saying a marriage vow.]]
45	* UngratefulBastard: Mr. Burns refuses to donate blood to Bart [[spoiler:after he is nearly killed by Jeremy]], despite Bart donating his blood to Burns. He only agrees after Lisa insults him and yanks him by the collar, and continues to antagonize Bart [[spoiler:and later tries to kill him.]]
46	* WhatTheHellHero:
47	** Bart gets this from Lisa for sleeping with [[FemmeFatale Jessica]] [[ManipulativeBitch Lovejoy]].
48	** Maggie gets this from Bart and Marge for trying to bring Gina back into the family.

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