Why did Bart Simpson toys have him wearing a blue t-shirt?
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Why did Bart toys have a blue t-shirt when in the TV series he always wears a red t-shirt? Did he originally wear a blue t-shirt and have it changed to a red t-shirt at some stage?
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I have found no definitive reason why this is the case, only a series of possible answers to this. It would be great to find an interview with Matt Groening with an answer to this.
First of all, early pictures of the Simpsons family from the days of the Tracey Ullman Show do sometimes have Bart in a blue shirt.
(Low resolution picture from Wikipedia - uploaded to Wikipedia as 'fair use')
However I have also seen on YouTube the early character with an orange colored shirt.
There has been some speculation that the blue shirt is an easy way for some counterfeit merchandise made from pictures of the show to be spotted, as it will typically have a red shirt.
The blue shirt for merchandise, even if it started accidentally has become a 'meta joke' within the series, witness the episode Pokey Mom from 2001:
Homer: That's not going to do it, Marge; you need something red.
[picks up Lisa, and waves her over the stadium railing]
Hey, Toro! Here's something to gore!
Lisa: Da-a-ad!
Homer: Not now, honey, Daddy's busy.
[it works; the bull begins to charge toward Homer and
Lisa]
[pulls Lisa back into the stadium] Now, for a little
calming blue. [turns to Bart] Hey, where's your blue
shirt.
Bart: I don't have a blue shirt.
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Did Bart Simpson ever have a blue shirt?
Although always depicted wearing an orange shirt on the show, throughout the nineties and early noughties, merchandise for Bart almost always depicted him wearing blue. Toys, comics, video games - you name it. If Bart was in it, he was wearing blue, and it's something that's confused Simpsons fans ever since.What color shirt does Bart have?
On the show, Bart's shirt is almost always orange. Yet, on most Simpsons merchandise and memorabilia, Bart's shirt is light blue in color. There are also products featuring Bart in a red shirt, though these seem to be less common.Why is Bart Simpsons middle name JoJo?
First appearance His grandnephew Bart Simpson's middle name was presumably named after him (hence Bartholomew JoJo Simpson). He is also the maternal granduncle of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson, the adoptive maternal uncle of Ling Bouvier, and also the uncle-in-law of Homer Simpson.What does Bart Simpson wear?
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