The initial breakout star of the show.

No character will surpass my love for Homer, but I do like Bart. I love the "I didn't do it" episode.

Why doesn't anyone do The Bartman anymore?

If I may dust off an old chestnut - Ay Carumba! Ay carumba indeed...

That is SO 1991 (ala Ralph)

Millions of T-shirts couldn't save El Barto from page 7, huh? Tough to be a main character.

Anyway, on South Park this week a Bart-like character was comparing notes with Eric Cartman. It got me wondering: What would Bart say is the worst thing Bart's ever done?

South Park had him say cutting the head off the Jebediah Springfield. I'm thinking writing his name in the grass with the Sodium Tetrachloride. Any thoughts?

Killing the bird seems like an easy answer.

Well, maybe shoplifting that videogame because he made Marge diappointed in him.

Probably the April Fool's prank that sent Homer into a coma, flooded the house with beer, and launched The Simpsons into their first clip show.

I'm still angry at him for destroying Lisa's Thanksgiving centerpiece. She worked hard on that, you jerk!

Well, he did steal a tank from the military base and go on a drug-induced rampage.

"That's the end of your Looney Tune, Drugs Bunny!"

How about the time he hooked all the megaphones together and shattered every window in Springfield with the resulting "testing" sequence?

I guess the debate is between quality of the offense (killing the bird) vs. quantity (property damage).

I vote for when he melted the Christmas tree and then told the family that they were robbed. Mainly because it caused the Simpsons to become pariahs.

Now Videostar, there's no shame in being a pariah.

How about when he made Ms. Krabapple think she had a secret admirer?

"I can't help but think this is partly my fault."

I think Bart would feel the most bad about hurting people he loves and admires, like his mom or Mrs. Krabappel. Massive property damage doesn't seem to faze him. Like Lisa said, "You felt bad about killing that one bird, but now your lizards killed thousands of birds and you don't care at all."

Speaking of environmental damage, how about when he left his bullfrog (chazzwozzer) in Australia and it destroyed all the crops and the native species?

Well, that's what you get when you introduce a foreign species into an ecosystem that can't handle it!

Oh, Woodrow! I liked how Bart got lines for his letters from romantic movies, and even Homer's postcard.

Welcome to Dumpsville. Population, you.

Three Simple Words. I.Am.Gay!!!

Lying about the Grammar Rodeo has to be the worst. Take a cross country trip at the age of ten and deceive your parents, fine, but dammit don't drag grammar into your mess!

He also abused the Big Brother organization by pretending that his father was a drunken gambler. ("That's right! And who might you be?") During that little epsisode, he also told Homer that he faked having fun on the swing.

On the other hand, that episode turned out okay for Bart. He got Pepi together with Tom and he also bonded with Homer at the end...

Bart: "Dad, you know when Tom had you in a headlock, and you screamed that you were a hemophiliac until he let you go. Then when he turned around, you kicked him in the back?"
Homer: "Yeah?"
Bart: "Can you teach me how to do that?"
Homer: "Heh-heh-heh. Sure. First, you scream like a woman until he turns away in disgust."
Bart: "Yeah?"
Homer: "Then it's time to kick some back!"
Bart: "Ha!"
Homer: "Then, when he's on the ground, kick him in the ribs, step on his neck, and run like hell!"

Bart and Homer then share a heartwarming chuckle. Such a nice scene.

Bart's been one of my favorites in this bunch, but there've been a few times I've really wanted to punch him. There was this episode in which he and Milhouse had to run Comic Book Collector Guy's store while he was unable to do so. Well, they started out running it together, but Bart eventually pawned every major responsibility on Milhouse (probably because he was way too lazy to do any of them himself). And then, when Milhouse finally took him to task for that, Bart gave some of the most condescending answers I'd ever heard.

I like Bart in most episodes, but was sickened that he could treat his supposed "best friend" like that in that episode.

I agree with your sentiment, but at the same time, my friends have dubbed me Head Buckaroo of the Grammar Rodeo because of my inability to stop being a copy editor even when I'm not at work (as a copy editor), and I wear the title proudly. So it turned out OK for me, and as Bart would say, that ain't not bad.

Plenty of good choices for the most destructive stunt Bart's ever pulled..... as for the funniest, I'd have to point to the opening of "Bart Sells His Soul" when he and Milhouse switch out the church organ music. "And now let's sing 'In The Garden of Eden' by I. Ron Butterfly..."