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I thought it was explained in the story. Matt was extremely depressed when he was comissioned to make a new episode, so he included a lot of dark themes in his creation without fully understanding how that would affect the audience due to his sadness. When he woke up to how it would affect the audience, FOX scrambled to get a new episode to replace it. It's a lot more realistic than Red Mist/Squidward's Suicide, leaves a lot less unanswered questions. Dead Bart is a lost episode from an adult show that isn't extremely gory or loud but creepy nonetheless. Red Mist is a lost episode from a KID's show that is the creepiest thing since Suicide Mouse. Me personally I prefer the Squidward's Suicide story but you have to Dead Bart credit for plausability.