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Bart Simpson and the Boy-Who-Lived (Fanfic)
Well, what other House did you expect him to be in?
Ride with Bart...
and discover...
HARRY, HERMIONE AND RON HANGING ON TIGHT!
PRANKS, STUNTS, AND SASS GALORE!
A GREY LOOK INTO A DARK HOUSE!
COPIOUS CUNNING AND AMBITION!
PERILS POSED BY BIGOTRY!
BAD TEACHERS BREAKING OUT IN BOILS!
And most of all...
AN ANTI-HERO SHOOTING FOR THE STARS!
Bart Simpson and the Boy-Who-Lived is a Crossover between The Simpsons and Harry Potter by DaRick89.

Bart and Lisa are revealed to be capable of magic, but when Bart is (very) quickly expelled from the primary American institute, Ilvermorny, after a disastrous event involving a flying broom and the school's headmaster, he is ultimately sent to Hogwarts the same year that Harry Potter is. Sorted into Slytherin House, Bart's status as a Muggleborn makes him the target of prejudiced housemates, but the little hellion is determined to fight back—with both his talent for pranks and his growing circle of friends, some of whom are most intrigued by his magical talents, even as they are utterly baffled by the weirdness that only a Simpson can bring to their lives.

But more than that, Bart will also have to face legitimate peril beyond school antics, largely due to a combination of his typical behavior and his decision to associate with a certain Boy-Who-Lived. But, being the rambunctious, adventurous brat that he is, Bart isn't going to let that get him down.

The first two books were titled 'Bart Simpson and the Boy-Who-Lived' and 'Underneath Slytherin's Surface' respectively.

Currently on the third book ("The Black Book''), it can be read here.

This fanfic contains examples of:

  • Actually Pretty Funny: Bart has a way of making people laugh, even if they don't like him.
    • Ron still finds humor in his pranks before finally coming around on him in Book II, including when Bart vanishes his older brother Percy's clothes.
    • When the two meet for the first time, Voldemort laughs at Bart thinking his voice sounds like Michael Jackson on helium, and then again at Bart comparing Snape to Captain Hook.
    • Dumbledore has no qualms about laughing at Bart's antics as long as they are not seriously harming anyone, including when he makes Snape and Malfoy break out in boils.
  • Adaptational Badass:
    • Obviously Bart and Lisa being capable of magic makes them this by default, at least compared to the rest of The Simpsons cast.
    • Bart teaches Harry some spells in the second book, which the latter unleashes during the fight with the Basilisk.
    • Slytherin's Basilisk is immune to the crowing of a rooster in this fic.
    • The Diary Horcrux, aka Tom Riddle, puts up more of a fight in this version instead of relying only on the Basilisk as it physically attacks Gemma with punches and kicks to physically wrest her wand from her. It even succeeds and would have killed her if Harry hadn't killed the Basilisk, distracting it long enough for Gemma to kick it out of its hands.
    • On the Simpson's side of things, Marge not only remained with the Police department instead of it being a New Job Episode incident, but she becomes a very effective Chief of Police.
  • Adaptational Early Appearance: Lucius Malfoy first appears during Book I instead of Book II as the person who tries to catch Hagrid with a dragon on Hogwarts' grounds. He still fails.
    • Luna Lovegood makes an early appearance during Book II as a first year. She spies on Bart's first Quidditch practice, is taken hostage by Lucian during the team's subsequent attempt to attack Bart, and Marcus has Bart escort her back to Ravenclaw Tower after.
    • Horace Slughorn also makes an early appearance in Book II to serve as head of Slytherin House and Potions instructor after Dumbledore is ousted from the headmaster position and Snape is promoted to it.
  • Adaptational Expansion:
    • Instead of rigging a single Bludger to go after Harry in the hopes that the injuries it inflicts will compel him to leave Hogwarts during the '92-'93 school year, Dobby rigs both Bludgers to attack Harry and Bart, the Quaffle to attack Gemma, and the Snitch to attack Ron.
    • Three Ravenclaws - Anthony Goldstein, Terry Boot and Sue Li - become involved in solving the mystery when Penelope Clearwater is petrified, to the point where they also visit the Forbidden Forest.
  • Adaptational Intelligence:
    • Rather than run the risk of assuming that the Mirror of Erised can protect the Philosopher's Stone from Voldemort (or anyone else), Dumbledore places a decoy stone inside the mirror and keeps the real one in his desk.
    • He also lures Gilderoy Lockhart to a publicity stunt and tricks him into confessing to his crimes in front of the Aurors by spiking his drink with Veritaserum rather than have him teach at Hogwarts.
    • In the second book, he lures Lucius Malfoy into a trap and has him arrested for conspiracy to murder, rather than simply letting him off with a warning for planting Tom Riddle's diary on Ginny Weasley.
  • Adaptational Karma: Lucius Malfoy gets arrested for his crimes instead of simply being sacked as a school governor (and losing a slave) at the end of Book 2. But then he flees Britain after being granted bail, alongside Narcissa and Draco.
  • Affably Evil:
    • Merula Snyde is a former Slytherin with connections to the Death Eaters and who's on good terms with the Malfoys, but she's also secretly friendly towards the Weasleys. When she figures out that Harry eavesdropped on her conversation with Narcissa, she just erases his memory of it and sends him on his way.
    • Merula's cohort Barnaby is even friendlier than her: after Barnaby disarms Harry, he jovially returns the boy's wand to him.
  • Age-Gap Romance: Seemingly averted/defied for now, but Gemma does note when first meeting Bart that the only reason she's not considering marriage to him despite his prodigious talent is because he's a muggleborn, which her parents will never approve of, rather than him being four years younger than her.
  • All for Nothing: The Philosopher's Stone inside the Mirror of Erised turns out to be a decoy, much to Bart's dismay.
  • Alpha Bitch: Pansy Parkinson, as usual, though it gets a bit more focus here since the focus is on Bart and Slytherin. It's played with in Book I and II since, unlike most Alpha Bitches, Pansy's serving as the Dragon to Draco. Come Book III however, Draco going on the run with his family leaves Pansy as the leader of Slytherin's bigoted students and she begins targeting Lisa.
    • Subverted by Gemma who acts like this when she first meets Bart, but drops this behavior after becoming friends with him.
  • Ambition Is Evil:
    • Averted with Bart himself. He certainly wants to become successful, but there's no indication that his ambitions are designed to hurt anybody.
    • Played with regarding Gemma Farley, Daphne Greengrass, and Tracey Davis. They each want to increase their respective family's social status, and see Bart as the key to doing that. It's at the expense of the Malfoys, though.
  • Arch-Enemy: Bart has several.
  • Ascended Extra:
    • Gemma Farley was a Slytherin Prefect during Harry's first year at Hogwarts, but was never mentioned (by name or otherwise) in-story. Here, she's a central character.
    • Same goes for Daphne Greengrass and Tracey Davis, both of whom got name-dropped a few times but never impacted the plot nor had any lines of dialogue in canon.
    • Anthony Goldstein, Sue Li, and Terry Boot get an increase in importance in Book II as they join the mission to solve the petrification mystery after their prefect Penelope Clearwater is attacked. Terry also gets a further boost by befriending Bart thanks to his acquaintance with Terry's American cousin Seraphinus.
  • Blatant Lies: Bart engages in these quite freely. Some notable examples:
    • In the Hospital Wing, he claimed that Draco had a crush on Hermione.
    • He told Dumbledore that Van Halen's Everybody Wants Some! was about wanting some new socks.
    • At the Burrow, he claimed that Mötley Crüe's Girls, Girls, Girls was a great feminist tribute.
  • Book Dumb: Averted, surprisingly. Bart actually does read a lot about magic in order to further his skills, and while he's not incredibly studious, he does manage to pass all of his classes. Gemma, who knows he can do better, manipulates him into trying harder, so his grades will undoubtedly pick up in the future.
  • Bookends: Bart and Gemma watch the original Star Wars trilogy through Book 2, wrapping it up in the last chapter.
  • Borrowed Catchphrase: Fred and George Weasley use Nelson Muntz' Signature Laugh when Bart moons Malfoy, even pointing at him as they do so.
  • Brain Bleach: When Snape tries to use Legilimency on Bart, the latter notices and dredges up unpleasant memories to deter the Potions Master from trying again.
  • Brick Joke: Bart says he needs to get more exam tips from the centaurs at the end of Book 1 - he does in Book 2!
  • Character Development:
    • Gemma initially only saw Bart as nothing more than an investment, a means to increase her family's standing. And while she still plans to do that, she grows legitimately fond of him over time.
    • Ron Weasley's attitude towards Bart improves over time. He eventually addresses him by his first name and thanks him for saving his sister's life.
  • Chekhov's Skill: Bart's ballet dancing serves him well in magic duels.
  • Chick Magnet: Downplayed with Bart. Almost all of his friends at Hogwarts are girls, but none of them have expressed romantic interest in him (yet).
  • Child Prodigy:
    • Even before entering Hogwarts, Bart could cast non-verbal and even wandless spells, the latter being what gets Gemma's attention. He also gets some training in Occlumency during his first year.
    • Lisa mastered first and second year spells wandlessly even before entering Hogwarts.
  • Comically Missing the Point: In Book 2, Bart finds out that Dumbledore has been offering potions to students - so he concludes that Dumbledore is a drug dealer.
  • Continuity Nod: Bart's ability to speak French gets brought up when Marge suggests sending him to Beauxbatons.
  • Cool Car:
    • Bart drives an Aston Martin V8 to Hogwarts during his second year, which he nicknames The Green Machine.
    • Bart later drives the car into the Forbidden Forest before using it to decimate the Acromantula colony.
  • Cool Old Guy: Headmaster Dumbledore is ever friendly and patient with Bart, though he does make a point to keep the boy under surveillance.
  • Corporal Punishment: A variation. Gemma can't give Bart an actual spanking while they're at Hogwarts, as the school forbids it, so she hits him in the ass with a Stinging Charm.
  • Crazy-Prepared:
    • Gemma teaches Bart Occlumency so that Dumbledore and Snape will have a harder time getting inside his head (and thus, damage her influence over him), and also warns him not to look them in the eye.
    • When Violet Parkinson dropped the Riddle Diary in Ginny Wesley's cauldron, she cast a Silencing Charm upon it beforehand to ensure no one heard the thunk.
    • After Jake figures out Gemma is lying about Bart being a pureblood, he begins the process of putting together a plan to flee the U.K. in the event Voldemort comes after the Farleys for associating with him.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: In Book 2, Malfoy ambushes Gemma together with some other junior Slytherins. Gemma knees him in the crotch and uses him as a shield before mopping the floor with the rest of them.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Bart, Lisa, Gemma, and Daphne are all quite sharp-tongued.
  • Deal with the Devil: Willy Widdershins was instructed by Lucius Malfoy to kill Ginny Weasley if she survived her encounter with the Diary Horcrux, in exchange for having his debts paid off, with the added caveat of being obliged to make an Unbreakable Vow not to out Lucius if he was ever caught.
  • Death by Adaptation: Filch is brutally killed by the Basilisk in Book 2.
  • Death Glare: Gemma can dredge up quite a scary one.
  • Decoy Protagonist: A rare supporting protagonist example. Bart befriends Seraphinus Boot on the way to Ilvermorny and it seems like Seraphinus will be the Ron to Bart's Harry. Except the audience already knows via the In Medias Res opening (and the fic's description) that Bart will be expelled from Ilvermorny and attend Hogwarts instead where his real closest allies and friends are Gemma and Harry himself. Bart does stay in contact with Seraphinus, however, and befriends his British cousin Terry.
  • Deliberate Values Dissonance: When Bart learns about the House Elf system, he feels a little uneasy at first, but then decides "Different strokes for different folks."
  • Did Not See That Coming: Bart did not expect Hermione to admit that she doesn't want him to get expelled. When he asks why, she admits it's because she can tell he isn't a complete jerk like most Slytherins.
  • Dirty Cop: Downplayed with Marge, who's actually a fairly honest cop. However, she's also bitterly aware that corruption and stupidity are impossible to truly get rid of in a dump like Springfield, so she tolerates the local mobsters provided they don't give her too much of a headache. The fact that they don't harbor any prejudice towards magic (for pragmatic reasons) certainly helps.
  • Dope Slap: Gemma does this to Bart in Book 3.
  • Dumb Blonde: Averted. Bart is easily distracted and not very studious, but he passes all of his courses. Gemma, who knows he can do better, urges him to try harder.
  • Dynamic Entry: Bart's done this more than once:
    • He arrives at Hogwarts for his second year by driving an Aston Martin V8 into the Great Hall—blasting Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher" at full volume, to boot!
    • Just before the start of his third year, he crashes the same car into the Burrow while playing Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth.
  • Enfante Terrible: Bart is a rambunctious, irreverent, and occasionally destructive prankster. He does have his limits, though.
  • Engineered Public Confession: Gilderoy Lockhart is tricked into drinking tea spiked with Veritaserum, which causes him to publicly admit that he is a fraud who took credit for the heroic deeds of other people while also erasing their memories to keep them from talking. His career is destroyed and he is swiftly arrested.
  • Entertainingly Wrong:
    • Bart learns that Dobby is the Malfoys' house elf and concludes that Draco sent Dobby to prevent him and Harry from returning to Hogwarts out of spite. It's not a bad deduction, but it is inaccurate.
    • Gemma's efforts to convince Bart that Dumbledore has a hidden sinister side partly succeeds, but instead of believing him to be a dark wizard, Bart concludes that Dumbledore's secretly a drug kingpin.
  • Et Tu, Brute?: Harry is devastated when Voldemort reveals that Bart wanted the Philosopher's Stone for himself.
  • Everyone Has Standards: Bart and Peeves are mischievous (and occasionally destructive) pranksters with little to no respect for authority, but they behave themselves at Filch's funeral, with Bart even rebuking Pansy Parkinson for being openly disrespectful.
  • Eviler than Thou: Homer isn't exactly the world's greatest dad, but he's nothing compared to the Dursleys.
  • Excrement Statement: Bart's owl, Balthazar, enjoys crapping down his master's shirt just to agitate him.
  • Fair-Weather Friend: Ron is initially friendly towards Bart, but then regards him as an enemy after Bart is Sorted into Slytherin. He becomes downright paranoid when Harry and Hermione don't share his strident prejudice, even making accusations and storming off at one point after reducing Hermione to tears. Harry even declares that he won't consider Ron a friend anymore if he doesn't knock it off. Subverted when Ron returns to help Bart, Harry and Hermione seize the Philosopher's Stone before Voldemort can steal it.
  • Fantastic Racism:
    • Bart being a Muggleborn Slytherin causes him serious problems with his housemates, most of whom are Pureblood supremacists or pretend to be in order to suck up to rich Purebloods like the Malfoys. Draco Malfoy himself considers Bart's Sorting to be a personal insult and tries to put him down anyway he can, but is repeatedly outsmarted or thwarted by Gemma.
    • Ron Weasley is stubbornly prejudiced against Slytherin, to the point of treating Bart with contempt simply because he's in Slytherin. Even the fact that Bart openly hates Draco Malfoy does nothing to hamper this; and when Hermione calls him out on his prejudice, Ron lashes out at her, accusing her of being pro-Slytherin and refusing to apologize when Harry berates him for it. However, he softens his attitude towards Bart later on.
    • Bart and Lisa were subjected to prejudice from fellow Springfielders, according to Bart: Ned Flanders would try to perform an exorcism, and they were nearly burned at the stake by Reverend Lovejoy.
  • Faux Affably Evil: Violet Parkinson, Pansy's mother, is an icy bitch whose words are always polite, but the venom behind them is scarcely concealed.
  • Foil:
    • Bart and Voldemort. Both come from backwater towns, have rather unimpressive families (bonus points for both Homer and Marvolo—Voldemort's grandfather—resembling and acting like ill-tempered monkeys), incredible magical talent, a disregard for the rules, a penchant for manipulation, high charisma, and are ambitious. However, Voldemort is all too willing to frame others for his misdeeds if it suits his purposes, whereas Bart draws the line at doing that, particularly if it's someone he has nothing against personally; Voldemort doesn't give a damn about anyone but himself and sees his minions as entirely disposable pawns, while Bart is perfectly capable of caring about others and making actual friends; Voldemort was studious during his years at Hogwarts, while Bart is content to use his magic for the sake of simple mischief; and Voldemort is utterly remorseless, whereas Bart has a conscience.
    • Bart serves as one to Draco Malfoy, as well: both are blonde jerks with a sizable contempt for the rules, a love of Quidditch, high ambition, and a penchant for showing off. However, Malfoy is a rich, spoiled snob who thinks his wealth and connections make him untouchable, is rather cowardly, lacks any moral scruples, and ultimately can't back up his boasts; Bart comes from a working-class family who pulls pranks simply because he enjoys it, is not afraid to pick a fight, has a hidden softer side, and can walk his talk.
  • Go Mad from the Isolation: Voldemort's Diary Horcrux hated being stuck in said diary for decades, with no one to talk to, manipulate, or feed on. Its primary goal (aside from killing Muggleborns) is to escape and become more than just a weapon.
  • Gossip Evolution: Gemma warns Bart that this can happen to him if he brags about his accomplishments too much. He doesn't listen and vocally brags about defeating a rampaging troll single-handedly (when in reality he helped Harry and Ron do it). Sure enough, the rumors about the event evolve out of control until the other students are claiming Bart had sex with the troll.
  • Groin Attack: During a practice duel with Gemma, Bart casts a spell that gives her a rash around her crotch. After she collapses, he approaches her, when she suddenly grabs his testicles and tells him to never let his guard down.
  • Hate at First Sight:
    • Draco and Bart dislike each other from the moment they meet at Madam Malkin's.
    • Snape treats Bart, Harry and Ron with contempt when he first encounters them. Bart quickly reciprocates.
  • Hero of Another Story: Seraphinus Boot, at Ilvermorny.
  • How They Treat the Help: The Farleys are cordial towards, if not downright casual with, their house elf.
  • Idiot Ball: Harry thinks it's a good idea to take Fang, Ron and three Ravenclaws into the Forbidden Forest, much to Gemma's displeasure.
  • In Spite of a Nail:
    • Harry still doesn't get permission to go to Hogsmeade, as Dumbledore feels doing so would put him in danger.
    • Even if Draco Malfoy is absent from Hogwarts, a Slytherin student still gets injured by a hippogriff.
  • I Just Want to Be Special: Lisa really wants to stand out, which is going to become more difficult here since Bart has already built up a reputation at Hogwarts. Astoria Greengrass, acting on her sister's instructions, exploits this to get close to her.
  • Intelligence Equals Isolation: Lisa may be more studious than Bart, but as Book 3 shows, she's not very social, and is somewhat desperate to change that. Astoria Greengrass manages to quickly gain her trust by playing on her desire to escape from Bart's shadow.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Bart is a mischievous, destructive prankster, but he can also be a loyal friend, has nothing but contempt for bullies, and he will not let someone else take the fall for his actions if it stands to ruin their future prospects.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: The Dursleys, especially Dudley, spend two entire chapters of Book 3 being humiliated by Dobby on Bart's instructions as payback for how they treated Harry, culminating in Dudley getting arrested.
  • Likes Older Women: Bart has a crush on Gemma, who's four years older than him.
  • Malicious Misnaming: Bart repeatedly refers to Draco Malfoy by various nicknames just to stick it to him, his favorite being "Draino". He later dubs Pansy Parkinson "Pants Down", much to Gemma's amusement.
  • Malicious Slander: Usually takes the form of rumors running amok in Hogwarts.
    • Book I has Gossip Evolution result in Bart being accused of having sex with the troll he helped Harry and Ron defeat.
    • Book II has Bart begin spreading rumors about who/what killed Argus Filch, one of them being Professor Snape. Bart does it because Dumbledore is at risk of losing his position and Snape will likely be his replacement, something Bart is terrified of. It doesn't work, either.
    • Bart later has Fred and George start a rumor that Draco Malfoy has a secret crush on Hermione.
    • And in Book III Fred and George are at it again by starting a rumor that Pansy's mother opened the Chamber of Secrets. Ironically, this is sort of true as Violet Parkinson was the person who planted the Diary Horcrux on Ginny, which enabled her to open it.
  • Manipulative Bitch:
    • Gemma, Daphne, and Tracey all want influence over Bart so they can use his talents for their own ends. That they all eventually come to regard him as a legitimate friend does little to hamper that.
    • Daphne's sister, Astoria, manages to get Lisa to befriend her by playing to her lack of a social life and her ambitions.
  • Mooning: It wouldn't be a Simpsons story centered around Bart without him dropping his pants at least once. In this case, he moons Draco Malfoy in Book 2 in retaliation for the latter (supposedly) sending Dobby to harass him.
  • Morality Pet: Harry is something of this to Bart as the latter does sincerely enjoy the friendship of the former. It's quite telling that while Bart never really seems to care about pissing off or hurting Hermione or Ron, he always feels bad about doing wrong by Harry.
  • Mythology Gag:
    • The ending of Book 1 was based on the ending of "Lisa on Ice", namely Gryffindor and Slytherin tie for the House Cup, causing a fight to break out between both Houses at the Quidditch Pitch. Bart wants to join in, but Gemma drags him away by his ear.
    • What's the first message that Bart sends Gemma to test their method of long-distance communication? Learn to Fart.
    • In Book 2, Bart nearly causes a teachers' strike in order to force the school governors to get Dumbledore back.
  • No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Malfoy and a bunch of older Slytherins subject Bart to this after his first day at Hogwarts.
  • No-Sell: Professor Snape attempts to psyche Bart out during the latter's first Potions class, but Bart, having been subjected to this kind of treatment multiple times by Mrs. Krabappel, is unfazed and answers both of his questions without flinching.
  • Not Me This Time: In "The Flying Cauldron", Malfoy pulls a massive prank on Bart, which nearly gets the boy expelled since so many people assume he did it. Gemma only refrains from punishing him because her father uses Legilimency to confirm Bart's innocence; and Snape concludes that Neville did it by accident.
  • O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Gilderoy Lockhart's public confession that he is a crook and fraud is so pathetic and hilarious that even Snape can't resist laughing at him.
  • Original Character:
    • Averted for the most part, as the Farleys did exist in the HP canon, though it's never confirmed if Jake and Bella are married or already related, nor if Gemma is their daughter.
    • The same applies to Merula Snyde and her cohorts, all of whom appeared in Hogwarts Mystery. Even the part about Merula babysitting Draco Malfoy and calling him "Spawn" is canon.
    • Also averted with Filch's replacement, Willy Widdershins.
    • Played straight with Pansy Parkinson's mother, Violet, whose name was never revealed in canon.
    • Also played straight with Seraphinus Boot, Daphne Greengrass' mother (Roxanne) and father (Cyrus), Tracey Davis' father (Julius), and Travers' son (Langdon).
  • Pet the Dog: When Harry and Hermione get into an argument with Ron about Bart, Madame Pince shows up after Ron leaves to tell them off, but when she sees Harry comforting a crying Hermione, she simply walks off instead of butting in.
  • Plot-Relevant Age-Up: Bart was (implied to be) born on 1 April 1982, so he should be roughly two years younger than Harry. The story makes them the same age out of convenience.
  • Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure:
    • Averted with Voldemort, who knows of Michael Jackson and Captain Hook.
    • Snape also seems to be aware of who Captain Hook is, given his response to Bart accidentally calling him that within earshot. He also knows enough about cars to recognize an Aston Martin when he sees one and also calls out Willy Widdershins for Waxing Lyrical about a Sex Pistols song.
  • Positive Friend Influence: It's in the name of their own goals and ironic given their house's reputation, but Gemma, Daphne, and Tracy do help Bart become a more serious and studious student. Gryffindor's Golden Trio have this effect on him too, with Harry and Hermione in particular bringing out Bart's more noble and selfless side.
  • Pragmatic Villainy: The Springfield Mafia don't express prejudice against Bart for being a wizard, not because they lack it, but because he's willing to use his magic to their benefit.
  • Quality vs. Quantity: At the end of Book 1, Malfoy tries to ambush Bart with a bunch of other Slytherins. Bart catches wind of the ambush and summons Gemma to help him, and they stomp the group together.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure:
    • Most of the Hogwarts Staff are this, with Snape being the exception.
    • Jake Farley may be a bit snobbish, but he's a competent teacher in his own right and isn't as discriminatory as Snape.
  • Really Gets Around: The Farley house elf, appropriately named Sleazy. Bart and the Farleys are understandably creeped out and think about it as little as possible.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni:
    • Harry's the more naive and impulsive red compared to Bart's conniving and suspicious blue.
    • Harry's the blue to Ron Weasley's red, as he's perfectly civil towards Bart whereas Ron irrationally dislikes the boy until the end of Book 2.
  • Refuge in Audacity: Bart lives on this trope, but the most notable example is when he, Jake Farley and the Farley house-elf steal an Aston Martin V8 in broad daylight - and nobody spots them!
  • The Resenter: Ron begins to resent Bart, first because he's a Slytherin, and then because he manages to befriend Harry and pal around with wealthy Purebloods like the Farleys.
  • Ruder and Cruder: Both Harry Potter and The Simpsons generally avoid strong profanity, but here the cast, including the kids, use "shit" and Gemma drops a Precision F-Strike.
  • Secret-Keeper: Dumbledore has the five students who fought the Basilisk and the Diary Horcrux sign a nondisclosure agreement regarding Voldemort's true identity, as he feels few would believe them and Voldemort's supporters might send assassins after them.
  • Secret Test of Character: When Bart pulls a destructive prank on everyone but Gryffindor, the Weasley Twins are blamed for it and are threatened with expulsion. Rather than just let them take the fall, Bart is horrified and immediately confesses to the prank to Dumbledore. It turns out Dumbledore knew all along that Bart was responsible and wanted to see if the boy had a conscience, or was just a talented sociopath like Voldemort.
  • Shout-Out:
    • Bart pictures Seraphinus's showdown with Samuel Selwyn at the end of his second year as a reenactment of the final confrontation between John McClane and Hans Gruber in Die Hard. Whether Seraphinus actually described it like that or it's all Bart's imagination is left ambiguous.
  • Take a Third Option: When Snape gives Bart two questions that he knows the boy can't answer out of spite, Bart, rather than make a random guess or admit he doesn't know, gives a creative answer that is technically not incorrect for the first one and manages to answer the second question correctly, surprising the Potions Master.
  • Take That!:
    • Dumbledore remarking that it would be rather foolish of him to leave the real Philosopher's Stone where someone could retrieve it could be considered one towards canon!Dumbledore, who did exactly that.
    • During the final Quidditch match of the first year, a blowout Gryffindor victory over Ravenclaw, Bart comments in his head that it's going to "suck more than one of FOX's shows." After Gryffindor wins, he mentally remarks that he'd rather be watching The Critic.
    • After getting portkeyed to England and vomiting from the experience, Fat Tony remarks he hasn't done that since watching The Godfather Part III.
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Despite their mutual distrust, Gemma and Dumbledore work together to rescue Ginny Weasley from the diary horcrux's clutches in the second book.
  • Tempting Fate: Chapter 5 of Book 3 has Pansy Parkinson think anyone, including her, should be able to successfully interact with a Hippogriff. Unfortunately for her (due to referring them as glorified bin chickens), she was proven wrong, if the high-pitched scream was the indicator.
  • Title Drop: In Chapter 14 of Book 2.
  • Toilet Humor:
    • Bart's owl, Balthazar, routinely craps on him.
    • Bart flatulates as he's being led to the Great Hall.
    • Bart sends Gemma a test message that says "Learn to Fart", to her annoyance.
    • When Bart and Jake Farley nearly run over a peacock, it panics and shits on the car's roof. They both laugh and Jake quickly removes it with Scourgify.
    • In Book 3, Fred and George present Bart with a monument designed to look like his naked ass to commemorate his mooning Malfoy in Book 2.
  • Toxic Friend Influence: Subverted, sort of. Bart being friends with Gemma, Daphne and Tracy doesn't really change his attitude all that much; he even largely ignores their advice to not associate with Gryffindors because he enjoys being friends with Harry. That said, Gemma does manipulate Bart into thinking Dumbledore is hiding a more sinister side.
  • Trauma Button: Ginny apparently didn't enjoy the Weasley family's trip to Egypt since exploring the pyramids and temples gave her flashbacks to the Chamber of Secrets.
  • Tyke-Bomb: Gemma is, more or less, trying to mold Bart into this for use against her family's enemies.
  • Villain of Another Story: Grindelwald's Gang over at Ilvermorny, who serve as Seraphinus' primary enemies.
  • You Remind Me of X:
    • Hermione Granger reminds Bart of Lisa, so he is initially contemptuous of her. Then Hermione admits her lack of malice towards him and his stance towards her softens.
    • Bart reminds Dumbledore of Voldemort, to the point of where he keeps the boy under constant scrutiny.
    • Bart reminds Snape of James Potter...with more rat cunning.
    • Luna Lovegood reminds Bart and Lisa of Ralph Wiggum owing to her Cloudcuckoolander nature.

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