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
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World the first place. The sequel is a straight-up, cookie-cutter platformer without any real "Simpson"-y touches to satisfy fans of the show; Bart finds himself wandering through generic side-scrolling levels, with a "Simpsons" character showing up every now and then to remind you that this is an actual licensed product and not just a ROM hack." "Entertainment Weekly" gave the game a B and wrote that "A nice multicultural touch — at one point in this travel-action game, Bart skateboards down China's Great Wall — puts this a notch above Acclaim's other Simpsons games, if not up to the standards of