10 Simpsons Secrets You Never Knew

10. The Characters Were Named After Matt Groening’s Real-life Family

Out of all of Matt Groening’s projects (including Futurama and Disenchantment), The Simpsons is largely considered his most autobiographical.

And, in fact, a lot of the characters’ names are named after Groening’s own family - Homer and Marge were his real-life parents and Lisa and Maggie were his sisters. Even Aunt Patty is actually named after his real-life sister.

Another quick fact for you - Bart (the only Simpsons family member that was not named after a real-life person) was named so because it is actually an anagram of “brat”. Seems quite fitting, really.