Bart the Lover her role in the episode. She was one of six voice-actors from "The Simpsons" to win the award that year. She is one of three guest stars on the show to win the award. The other two are Jackie Mason, who shared the award in 1992, and Kelsey Grammer who won in 2006 for voicing Sideshow Bob. Since airing, the episode has received positive reviews from television critics. It was named the eighth best episode of "The Simpsons" by Sarah Culp of "The Quindecim". Bill Gibron of DVD Verdict said "Bart the Lover" represent "The Simpsons" "at its apex as
Bart the Genius an interview, Jon Vitti described "Bart the Genius" as his favorite among the episodes he wrote to that point. James L. Brooks also mentioned the episode among his favorites, saying that "we did things with animation when that happened that just opened doors for us." The show received mail from viewers complaining that the throwing away of a comic book was an incident of censorship. The invented word "Kwyjibo" in the episode inspired the creator of the Melissa macro virus, as well as the name of an Iron Oxide Copper Gold deposit in Quebec. The episode was released first on