Bart Hits Homer With A Chair is an image macro, photoshop, and object-label meme built from a screengrab of The Simpsons in which Bart lifts a chair over his father Homer, who is soaking in the bathtub and has no idea what is about to happen2. The frame reads as a punchline on its own, something is about to hit something else, and Homer's obliviousness carries the setup, which made it a natural template for object labels where the chair, Bart, and Homer each get assigned to some entity in a small three-part relationship3. Later edits pushed the format into full photoshops that added extra characters or extra panels, plus YouTube remixes that swapped the audio or changed the outcome of the swing entirely.

To use the Bart Hits Homer With A Chair template, people typically object-label the chair as the incoming force, Homer as whoever is about to get hit, and Bart as whoever is doing the hitting. Common variations extend the joke into a second or third panel where the target retaliates with their own chair, or swap one of the three figures for an unrelated character. Video edits often keep the original visuals and swap the audio or the final impact for shock or comedic effect4.