ishes Bart by locking him up in the rabbit 's cage .   To get revenge on Homer , Bart goes around Springfield spray @-@ painting graffiti of Homer 's face and the word " dope " . When his work appears on the television news , it encourages Bart to create even more graffiti in the town . Street artists Shepard Fairey , Ron English , Kenny Scharf , and Robbie Conal encounter Bart one night when he is making some graffiti . The four tell Bart that they are impressed by his work and would like to showcase his art in a gallery show , at first Bart is unsure , but Bart remembers how Homer treated him , and then agrees . Meanwhile , the Kwik @-@ E @-@ Mart suffers because of the competition from Swapper Jack 's . Apu ends up attempting to rob Swapper Jack 's in a desperate measure , but the cashier ( Snake Jailbird ) convinces him to hand over the gun . Later , Apu is about to shut down the Kwik @-@ E @-@ Mart when his wife Manjula tells him that Swapper Jack 's is closing because it was discovered they were selling monkey meat imported from Brazil as chicken .   Homer initially refuses to attend Bart 's show because he discovers the artwork is an insult to him , but changes his mind after Bart apologizes and writes " I 'm sorry " on the hood of Homer 's car . At the show , Chief Wiggum and the Springfield Police Department suddenly appear to arrest Bart for making graffiti throughout the town . It is revealed that the gallery show is a sham and that Fairey is an undercover officer who helped the police identify Bart as the graffiti artist that had been spray @-@ painting Springfield . Since Bart is just a boy , he is not sent to jail . Instead , he is punished by once again being locked up in the rabbit cage . When Bart tells Wiggum that he has to go to the bathroom , Wiggum covers the cage with the blanket and finds Bart gone when he removes the blanket from the cage .   = = Production = =   " Exit Through the Kwik @-@ E @-@ Mart " was written by Marc Wilmore and directed by Steven Dean Moore as part of the twenty @-@ third season of The Simpsons ( 2011 – 12 ) . It spoofs the debated status of street art as a true form of art . The title is a reference to Exit Through the Gift Shop , a 2010 street art documentary by graffiti artist Banksy who produced the opening sequence of an earlier Simpsons episode titled " MoneyBART " ( 2010 ) . The Richard Hawley song " Tonight The Streets Are Ours " , which is the theme song of Exit Through the Gift Shop , is included in the episode during a montage of Bart painting graffiti in Springfield . Hayden Childs of The A.V. Club noted in his review of " Exit Through the Kwik @-@ E @-@ Mart " that the " reveal that the art show was a police sting gives the show a moment to joke about the anti @-@ art market theme from Exit Through The Gift Shop . Wiggum asks who would be stupid enough to pay for work that an amateur puts up for free in public , and the answer is , as in Banksy ’ s movie , the very wealthy , here represented by Mr. Burns . "   American street artist Fairey guest starred in " Exit Through the Kwik @-@ E @-@ Mart " as himself . The graffiti art featuring Homer 's face and the word " dope " that Bart creates in the episode is a reference to Fairey 's Barack Obama " Hope " poster and his OBEY Giant image . Fairey has said that The Simpsons has been one of his favorite television shows since the early 1990s because of its " blend of humor and social commentary " , and he felt " deeply honored " to be included in an episode . Fairey wrote on his website that " Part of being on The Simpsons , is you ’ re being honored as a reference point in culture . " He described the plot of the episode as " great " , adding that the staff members of the show " were kind enough to indulge a couple of my dialogue suggestions designed to make the social commentary more pointed ( even though I had to make fun of myself to do so ) . " This was Fairey 's first acting performance . Street artists English , Scharf , and Conal also guest starred in the episode as themselves .   The traditional Simpsons opening sequence was replaced in this episode with a redesigned version that spoofed the opening sequence of the HBO medieval fantasy series Game of Thrones . The Game of Thrones opening shows the various locations featured in the series on a three @-@ dimensional map of the fictional continent Westeros . In the Simpsons opening , these locations were substituted with places in Springfield , and The Wall was replaced with the Simpson family 's couch . The theme song featured in the Game of Thrones
ishes ĠBart Ġby Ġlocking Ġhim Ġup Ġin Ġthe Ġrabbit Ġ' s Ġcage Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠTo Ġget Ġrevenge Ġon ĠHomer Ġ, ĠBart Ġgoes Ġaround ĠSpringfield Ġspray Ġ@ - @ Ġpainting Ġgraffiti Ġof ĠHomer Ġ' s Ġface Ġand Ġthe Ġword Ġ" Ġdope Ġ" Ġ. ĠWhen Ġhis Ġwork Ġappears Ġon Ġthe Ġtelevision Ġnews Ġ, Ġit Ġencourages ĠBart Ġto Ġcreate Ġeven Ġmore Ġgraffiti Ġin Ġthe Ġtown Ġ. ĠStreet Ġartists ĠShepard ĠF aire y Ġ, ĠRon ĠEnglish Ġ, ĠKenny ĠSch arf Ġ, Ġand ĠRobbie ĠCon al Ġencounter ĠBart Ġone Ġnight Ġwhen Ġhe Ġis Ġmaking Ġsome Ġgraffiti Ġ. ĠThe Ġfour Ġtell ĠBart Ġthat Ġthey Ġare Ġimpressed Ġby Ġhis Ġwork Ġand Ġwould Ġlike Ġto Ġshowcase Ġhis Ġart Ġin Ġa Ġgallery Ġshow Ġ, Ġat Ġfirst ĠBart Ġis Ġunsure Ġ, Ġbut ĠBart Ġremembers Ġhow ĠHomer Ġtreated Ġhim Ġ, Ġand Ġthen Ġagrees Ġ. ĠMeanwhile Ġ, Ġthe ĠK wik Ġ@ - @ ĠE Ġ@ - @ ĠMart Ġsuffers Ġbecause Ġof Ġthe Ġcompetition Ġfrom ĠSw apper ĠJack Ġ' s Ġ. ĠAp u Ġends Ġup Ġattempting Ġto Ġrob ĠSw apper ĠJack Ġ' s Ġin Ġa Ġdesperate Ġmeasure Ġ, Ġbut Ġthe Ġcash ier Ġ( ĠSnake ĠJail bird Ġ) Ġconvin ces Ġhim Ġto Ġhand Ġover Ġthe Ġgun Ġ. ĠLater Ġ, ĠAp u Ġis Ġabout Ġto Ġshut Ġdown Ġthe ĠK wik Ġ@ - @ ĠE Ġ@ - @ ĠMart Ġwhen Ġhis Ġwife ĠMan j ula Ġtells Ġhim Ġthat ĠSw apper ĠJack Ġ' s Ġis Ġclosing Ġbecause Ġit Ġwas Ġdiscovered Ġthey Ġwere Ġselling Ġmonkey Ġmeat Ġimported Ġfrom ĠBrazil Ġas Ġchicken Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠHomer Ġinitially Ġrefuses Ġto Ġattend ĠBart Ġ' s Ġshow Ġbecause Ġhe Ġdiscovers Ġthe Ġartwork Ġis Ġan Ġinsult Ġto Ġhim Ġ, Ġbut Ġchanges Ġhis Ġmind Ġafter ĠBart Ġapolog izes Ġand Ġwrites Ġ" ĠI Ġ' m Ġsorry Ġ" Ġon Ġthe Ġhood Ġof ĠHomer Ġ' s Ġcar Ġ. ĠAt Ġthe Ġshow Ġ, ĠChief ĠW igg um Ġand Ġthe ĠSpringfield ĠPolice ĠDepartment Ġsuddenly Ġappear Ġto Ġarrest ĠBart Ġfor Ġmaking Ġgraffiti Ġthroughout Ġthe Ġtown Ġ. ĠIt Ġis Ġrevealed Ġthat Ġthe Ġgallery Ġshow Ġis Ġa Ġsham Ġand Ġthat ĠF aire y Ġis Ġan Ġundercover Ġofficer Ġwho Ġhelped Ġthe Ġpolice Ġidentify ĠBart Ġas Ġthe Ġgraffiti Ġartist Ġthat Ġhad Ġbeen Ġspray Ġ@ - @ Ġpainting ĠSpringfield Ġ. ĠSince ĠBart Ġis Ġjust Ġa Ġboy Ġ, Ġhe Ġis Ġnot Ġsent Ġto Ġjail Ġ. ĠInstead Ġ, Ġhe Ġis Ġpunished Ġby Ġonce Ġagain Ġbeing Ġlocked Ġup Ġin Ġthe Ġrabbit Ġcage Ġ. ĠWhen ĠBart Ġtells ĠW igg um Ġthat Ġhe Ġhas Ġto Ġgo Ġto Ġthe Ġbathroom Ġ, ĠW igg um Ġcovers Ġthe Ġcage Ġwith Ġthe Ġblanket Ġand Ġfinds ĠBart Ġgone Ġwhen Ġhe Ġremoves Ġthe Ġblanket Ġfrom Ġthe Ġcage Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠProduction Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ" ĠExit ĠThrough Ġthe ĠK wik Ġ@ - @ ĠE Ġ@ - @ ĠMart Ġ" Ġwas Ġwritten Ġby ĠMarc ĠWil more Ġand Ġdirected Ġby ĠSteven ĠDean ĠMoore Ġas Ġpart Ġof Ġthe Ġtwenty Ġ@ - @ Ġthird Ġseason Ġof ĠThe ĠSimpsons Ġ( Ġ2011 ĠâĢĵ Ġ12 Ġ) Ġ. ĠIt Ġspoof s Ġthe Ġdebated Ġstatus Ġof Ġstreet Ġart Ġas Ġa Ġtrue Ġform Ġof Ġart Ġ. ĠThe Ġtitle Ġis Ġa Ġreference Ġto ĠExit ĠThrough Ġthe ĠGift ĠShop Ġ, Ġa Ġ2010 Ġstreet Ġart Ġdocumentary Ġby Ġgraffiti Ġartist ĠBanks y Ġwho Ġproduced Ġthe Ġopening Ġsequence Ġof Ġan Ġearlier ĠSimpsons Ġepisode Ġtitled Ġ" ĠMoney B ART Ġ" Ġ( Ġ2010 Ġ) Ġ. ĠThe ĠRichard ĠHaw ley Ġsong Ġ" ĠTonight ĠThe ĠStreets ĠAre ĠO urs Ġ" Ġ, Ġwhich Ġis Ġthe Ġtheme Ġsong Ġof ĠExit ĠThrough Ġthe ĠGift ĠShop Ġ, Ġis Ġincluded Ġin Ġthe Ġepisode Ġduring Ġa Ġmont age Ġof ĠBart Ġpainting Ġgraffiti Ġin ĠSpringfield Ġ. ĠHayden ĠChild s Ġof ĠThe ĠA . V . ĠClub Ġnoted Ġin Ġhis Ġreview Ġof Ġ" ĠExit ĠThrough Ġthe ĠK wik Ġ@ - @ ĠE Ġ@ - @ ĠMart Ġ" Ġthat Ġthe Ġ" Ġreveal Ġthat Ġthe Ġart Ġshow Ġwas Ġa Ġpolice Ġsting Ġgives Ġthe Ġshow Ġa Ġmoment Ġto Ġjoke Ġabout Ġthe Ġanti Ġ@ - @ Ġart Ġmarket Ġtheme Ġfrom ĠExit ĠThrough ĠThe ĠGift ĠShop Ġ. ĠW igg um Ġasks Ġwho Ġwould Ġbe Ġstupid Ġenough Ġto Ġpay Ġfor Ġwork Ġthat Ġan Ġamateur Ġputs Ġup Ġfor Ġfree Ġin Ġpublic Ġ, Ġand Ġthe Ġanswer Ġis Ġ, Ġas Ġin ĠBanks y ĠâĢ Ļ Ġs Ġmovie Ġ, Ġthe Ġvery Ġwealthy Ġ, Ġhere Ġrepresented Ġby ĠMr . ĠBurns Ġ. Ġ" Ġ Ġ ĠAmerican Ġstreet Ġartist ĠF aire y Ġguest Ġstarred Ġin Ġ" ĠExit ĠThrough Ġthe ĠK wik Ġ@ - @ ĠE Ġ@ - @ ĠMart Ġ" Ġas Ġhimself Ġ. ĠThe Ġgraffiti Ġart Ġfeaturing ĠHomer Ġ' s Ġface Ġand Ġthe Ġword Ġ" Ġdope Ġ" Ġthat ĠBart Ġcreates Ġin Ġthe Ġepisode Ġis Ġa Ġreference Ġto ĠF aire y Ġ' s ĠBarack ĠObama Ġ" ĠHope Ġ" Ġposter Ġand Ġhis ĠO BE Y ĠGiant Ġimage Ġ. ĠF aire y Ġhas Ġsaid Ġthat ĠThe ĠSimpsons Ġhas Ġbeen Ġone Ġof Ġhis Ġfavorite Ġtelevision Ġshows Ġsince Ġthe Ġearly Ġ1990 s Ġbecause Ġof Ġits Ġ" Ġblend Ġof Ġhumor Ġand Ġsocial Ġcommentary Ġ" Ġ, Ġand Ġhe Ġfelt Ġ" Ġdeeply Ġhonored Ġ" Ġto Ġbe Ġincluded Ġin Ġan Ġepisode Ġ. ĠF aire y Ġwrote Ġon Ġhis Ġwebsite Ġthat Ġ" ĠPart Ġof Ġbeing Ġon ĠThe ĠSimpsons Ġ, Ġis Ġyou ĠâĢ Ļ Ġre Ġbeing Ġhonored Ġas Ġa Ġreference Ġpoint Ġin Ġculture Ġ. Ġ" ĠHe Ġdescribed Ġthe Ġplot Ġof Ġthe Ġepisode Ġas Ġ" Ġgreat Ġ" Ġ, Ġadding Ġthat Ġthe Ġstaff Ġmembers Ġof Ġthe Ġshow Ġ" Ġwere Ġkind Ġenough Ġto Ġindulge Ġa Ġcouple Ġof Ġmy Ġdialogue Ġsuggestions Ġdesigned Ġto Ġmake Ġthe Ġsocial Ġcommentary Ġmore Ġpointed Ġ( Ġeven Ġthough ĠI Ġhad Ġto Ġmake Ġfun Ġof Ġmyself Ġto Ġdo Ġso Ġ) Ġ. Ġ" ĠThis Ġwas ĠF aire y Ġ' s Ġfirst Ġacting Ġperformance Ġ. ĠStreet Ġartists ĠEnglish Ġ, ĠSch arf Ġ, Ġand ĠCon al Ġalso Ġguest Ġstarred Ġin Ġthe Ġepisode Ġas Ġthemselves Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġtraditional ĠSimpsons Ġopening Ġsequence Ġwas Ġreplaced Ġin Ġthis Ġepisode Ġwith Ġa Ġredesigned Ġversion Ġthat Ġspoof ed Ġthe Ġopening Ġsequence Ġof Ġthe ĠHBO Ġmedieval Ġfantasy Ġseries ĠGame Ġof ĠThrones Ġ. ĠThe ĠGame Ġof ĠThrones Ġopening Ġshows Ġthe Ġvarious Ġlocations Ġfeatured Ġin Ġthe Ġseries Ġon Ġa Ġthree Ġ@ - @ Ġdimensional Ġmap Ġof Ġthe Ġfictional Ġcontinent ĠWester os Ġ. ĠIn Ġthe ĠSimpsons Ġopening Ġ, Ġthese Ġlocations Ġwere Ġsubstituted Ġwith Ġplaces Ġin ĠSpringfield Ġ, Ġand ĠThe ĠWall Ġwas Ġreplaced Ġwith Ġthe ĠSimpson Ġfamily Ġ' s Ġcouch Ġ. ĠThe Ġtheme Ġsong Ġfeatured Ġin Ġthe ĠGame Ġof ĠThrones