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|employees = [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]<br>[[Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon]]<br>[[Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon]]<br>'''Former:'''<br>[[Gil Gunderson]]<br>[[Homer Simpson]]<br>{{Ch|James Woods}}
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The '''Kwik-E-Mart''' is a convenience store in Springfield managed by [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]. The Kwik-E-Mart sells the standard convenience store fare at extraordinarily high prices, including the always popular frozen soft drink Squishee. There is only one other store in Springfield called Monster Mart.
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The '''Kwik-E-Mart''' is a convenience store in [[Springfield]] managed by [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]. It is run mostly by Apu, but occasionally Sanjay helps. In many future predictions, his many kids all have roles in the maintenance of the Kwik-E-Mart.  
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Once during a holdup, Apu refused to give a customer change to call the police from a payphone. Instead, Apu directed the customer to the cheapest item in the store: a 6 oz bag of Chippos potato chips at $5.99.{{fact}}
 
  
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The Kwik-E-Mart has also been known to sell faulty and expired merchandise.<ref>{{cite episode||title=Homer and Apu|episodelink=Homer and Apu}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode||title=Marge in Chains|episodelink=Marge in Chains}}</ref>
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== Profile ==
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The Kwik-E-Mart isn't all that convenient of a store with Apu gouging the customers for all they've got. It sells the standard convenience store fare at extraordinarily high prices, such as milk for $12, "surprisingly expensive penny candy" or Valentine's Day chocolates for $100 and including the always popular tasty frozen soft drink Squishee. Once during a holdup, Apu refused to give Homer change to call the police from a payphone. Instead, Apu directed Homer to the cheapest item in the store: a 2 oz bag of Chippos potato chips at $5.99. (To which Homer whispered shouts of "$5.99?! Someone should shoot you!") Once, Apu sold Bart an overpriced bouquet of flowers, that was actually being saved for another customer.<ref>"[[The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly]]"</ref>
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The Kwik-E-Mart has also been known to sell faulty, dirty and expired merchandise, though legal to sell items that have been damaged or close to expiration, it '''is''' illegal to sell it if it has already expired, especially if you don't tell the customer it is as such, like Apu. It is also so notorious for its daily robberies by [[Snake Jailbird]].<ref name="Homer and Apu">"[[Homer and Apu]]"</ref><ref name="Marge in Chains"/>
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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The Kwik-E-Mart chain was started somewhere in the Himalayas, where the world's first convenience store still stands on a mountain peak, an ironically inconvenient location. Visiting pilgrims are allowed to ask three questions of the resident all-knowing guru (except safe combinations). Apu's visit was spoiled by Homer's three questions, "Are you really the head of the Kwik-E-Mart?", "Really?" and "You?",<ref>{{cite episode||title=Homer and Apu|episodelink=Homer and Apu}}</ref>
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[[File:Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.png|thumb|Apu, the store's owner]]
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[[File:Originalkwikemart.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The Kwik-e-mart in [[The Telltale Head]]]]
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The Kwik-E-Mart chain was started somewhere in the Himalayas, where the world's first convenience store still stands on a mountain peak, an ironically inconvenient location. Visiting pilgrims are allowed to ask three questions of the resident all-knowing guru (except safe combinations). Apu's visit was spoiled by Homer's three questions, "Are you really the head of the Kwik-E-Mart?", "Really?" and "You?" The guru answered "yes" to all three of Homer's questions, and refused to answer any of Apu's, instead saying, "Thank you, come again.<ref name="Homer and Apu"/>
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[[File:Kwik-E-Mart (The Telltale Head).png|left|thumb|The former look of the Kwik-E-Mart]]
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Apu was fired from his job by Kwik-E-Mart HQ after Homer Simpson contracted food poisoning from the Kwik-E-Mart's spoiled meat and failing to "blame [it] on a scapegoat or sacrificial lamb." Apu was replaced by actor {{Ch|James Woods}} who was studying to be a convenience store clerk for a role in an upcoming movie. Apu was re-hired a short time later, after he foiled a robbery attempt at the Kwik-E-Mart and saved James Woods' life. Apu was shot during the attempted robbery.<ref name="Homer and Apu" /> Apu has also stated that the parent corporation of his store is "Nordine Defence Dynamics," when he is commenting on the prosecution of Marge for shoplifting.<ref name="Marge in Chains">"[[Marge in Chains]]"</ref> Apu has been suggested as the owner of his own Kwik-E-Mart.
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Apu is hailed as a legend in the realm of Kwik-E-Mart employment for once working a shift for over ninety-six hours. During the shift he experienced a hallucination in which he thought he was a hummingbird and tried to drink nectar out of his brother [[Sanjay]]'s head.<ref name="Homer and Apu" />
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Apu once installed sixteen gas pumps in the parking lot on the Kwik-E-Mart to compete with a rival store, the [[Gas'N'Gulp]]. However, a round of redirected mortar shells from [[Fort Springfield]] promptly ruined his hard work. The store itself also appeared to be destroyed: the "K" in the store's name landed on the fort grounds moments later.<ref>"[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]"</ref> However, a later episode showed gas pumps at the Kwik-E-Mart.<ref>"[[Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield]]"</ref>
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The Kwik-E-Mart has not been immune to the concept of showmanship as a marketing technique. When retiree [[Jasper Beardley]] decided to freeze himself in the store's freezers as a low budget form of cryopreservation for an indefinite future, Apu transformed the store into the "Freak-E-Mart", of which Jasper, marketed as "Frostillicus", was the main attraction. When Jasper thawed, thus ending the viability of the project, Apu decided to institute a clothing optional policy, briefly rechristening the store as the "Nude-E-Mart".<ref>"[[Lisa the Simpson]]"</ref>
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The Kwik-E-Mart also includes a Utopian garden on its roof; {{Ch|Paul McCartney|Paul}} and {{Ch|Linda McCartney}} often relax there. The garden is accessed through the refrigerator labeled "Non-Alcoholic Beer". When Lisa asks what Apu does when somebody wants to purchase some, he replies, "You know, it's never come up." In accordance with Apu's vegetarian philosophy, all hot dogs at the Kwik-E-Mart are actually made of tofu. No customer, Apu claims, has ever noticed any difference.<ref>"[[Lisa the Vegetarian]]"</ref>
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Despite generally being a good-natured and friendly individual, Apu often exhibits a ruthless, capitalist streak. He has caressed his cigarette machine in gratitude for not dispensing its products after taking a customer's money.<ref>"[[Simpson Tide]]"</ref> His catchphrase after a purchase is always, "Thank you, come again!" Even after dealing with a difficult customer—Homer—he states, "Please pay for your purchases and get out and come again!"<ref>"[[Homer the Heretic]]"</ref>
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After the town of Springfield fined Mr. Burns $3 million for illegally dumping toxic waste, a town meeting was held to discuss how to spend it. Apu suggested spending some of it on hiring more police officers, as he had been shot eight times that year and nearly missed work. [[Chief Wiggum]] responded, "Crybaby."<ref>"[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]"</ref>
  
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Apu was fired from his job after Homer Simpson contracted food poisoned from the Kwik-E-Mart's spoiled meat. Apu was replaced by [[wikipedia:James Woods|James Woods]], who was studying to be a convenience store clerk for a role in an upcoming movie. Apu was re-hired a short time later, after he foiled a robbery attempt at the Kwik-E-Mart and saved James Woods' life. Apu was shot during the attempted robbery. Later, it was retconned that Apu owned the Kwik-E-Mart. Apu has also stated that the parent corporation of his store is "Nordine Defense Dynamics," when he is commenting on the prosecution of Marge for shoplifting.<ref>{{cite episode||title=Marge In Chains|episodelink= Marge in Chains}}</ref>
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In Ohio, the Kwik-E-Mart is known as the "Stop-O-Mart".<ref name="Homer and Apu" /> [[Shelbyville]] has a store called [[Speed-E-Mart]], an obvious Shelbyville antithesis to the Kwik-E-Mart.<ref>"[[Lemon of Troy]]"</ref>
  
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Apu is hailed as a legend in the realm of Kwik-E-Mart employment for working a shift for over ninety-six hours. During the shift he experienced a hallucination in which he thought he was a hummingbird and tried to drink nectar out of of his brother [[Sanjay]]'s head.<ref>{{cite episode||title=Homer and Apu|episodelink=Homer and Apu}}</ref>
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The Kwik-E-Mart was destroyed by Wiggum and replaced by the [[Quick & Fresh]]. After [[Bart]] burnt it down, the Kwik-E-Mart was rebuilt.<ref>"[[Much Apu About Something]]"</ref>
  
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Apu once installed sixteen gas pumps in the parking lot on the Kwik-E-Mart to compete with a rival store, the [[Gas'N'Gulp]]. However, a round of redirected mortar shells from [[Fort Springfield]] promptly ruined his hard work. The store itself also appeared to be destroyed: the "K" in the store's name landed on the fort grounds moments later.<ref>{{cite episode||title=Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song|episodelink=Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}}</ref> However, a later episode showed gas pumps at the Kwik-E-Mart.<ref>{{cite episode||title=Scenes from a Class Struggle in Springfield|episodelink=Scenes from the Class Struggle In Springfield}}</ref>
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== Non-canon ==
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{{Noncanon}}
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=== The Simpsons: Hit & Run ===
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The Kwik-E-Mart can be found near the first Lard Lad's, Gas Station and Krusty Burger. In Level 1 you can purchase "Character Clothing" at the store. It also has one Buzz Cola vending machine to get coins.  
  
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The Springfield location has not been immune to the concept of showmanship as a marketing technique. When retiree [[Jasper Beardley]] decided to freeze himself in the store's freezers as a low budget form of cryopreservation for an indefinite future, Apu transformed the store into the "Freak-E-Mart", of which Jasper, marketed as "Frostillicus", was the main attraction. When Jasper thawed, thus ending the viability of the project, Apu decided to institute a clothing optional policy, briefly rechristening the store as the "Nude-E-Mart".<ref>{{cite episode||title=Lisa the Simpson|episodelink=Lisa the Simpson}}</ref>
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[[File:Spook-E-Mart.png|thumb]]
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In Level 7 of ''[[The Simpsons: Hit & Run|Hit & Run]]'', Springfield has transformed into a creepy city full of witches, ghosts and zombies everywhere. All of the buildings and houses have been transformed into Halloween places, with pumpkins at the entrances and on the streets was the name of the store "Spook-E-Mart".<ref>''[[The Simpsons: Hit & Run]]''</ref>
  
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The Kwik-E-Mart also includes a Utopian garden on its roof; [[wikipedia:Paul McCartney|Paul]] and [[wikipedia:Linda McCartney|Linda McCartney]] often relax there. The garden is accessed through the refrigerator labeled "Non-Alcoholic Beer". When Lisa asks what Apu does when somebody wants to purchase some, he replies, "You know, it's never come up." In accordance with Apu's vegetarian philosophy, all hot dogs at the Springfield location are actually made of tofu. No customer, Apu claims, has ever noticed any difference.<ref>{{cite episode||title=Lisa the Vegetarian|episodelink=Lisa the Vegetarian}}</ref>
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=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
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==== Kwik-E-Mart ====
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{{TranscludeSection|The Simpsons: Tapped Out buildings/Shops (non-premium)|KwikEMart}}
  
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Despite generally being a good-natured and friendly individual, Apu often exhibits a ruthless, capitalist streak. He has caressed his cigarette machine in gratitude for not dispensing its products after taking a customer's money.<ref>{{cite episode||title=Simpson Tide|episodelink=Simpson Tide}}</ref> His catchphrase after a purchase is always, "Thank you, come again!" Even after dealing with a difficult customer--Homer--he states, "Please pay for your purchases and get out and come again!"<ref>{{cite episode||title=Homer the Heretic|episodelink= Homer the Heretic}}</ref>
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==== Others ====
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<gallery>
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File:Kwik-E-Mart Tapped Out.png|[[Kwik-E-Mart (franchise)]]
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File:Kill-E-Mart.png|[[Kill-E-Mart]]
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File:Newfangled Kwik-E-Mart.png|[[Newfangled Kwik-E-Mart]]
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File:Walking Kwik-E-Mart.png|[[Walking Kwik-E-Mart]]
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</gallery>
  
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After the town of Springfield fined Mr. Burns $3 million for illegally dumping toxic waste, a town meeting was held to discuss how to spend it. Apu suggested spending some of it on hiring more police officers, as he had been shot eight times that year and nearly missed work. [[Chief Wiggum]] responded, "Crybaby."<ref>{{cite episode||title=Marge vs. the Monorail |episodelink=Marge vs. the Monorail}}</ref>
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== Behind the Laughter ==
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In 2007, as an advertisement for ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', selected 7-Eleven stores in the United States and one store in Canada were temporarily converted into Kwik-E-Mart stores. During the promotion they sold: [[Buzz Cola]], [[Frosty Krusty O's]] cereal, Simpsons donuts, [[Squishee]] cups, etc.
  
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In Ohio, the Kwik-E-Mart is known as the "Stop-O-Mart".<ref>{{cite episode||title=Homer and Apu|episodelink=Homer and Apu}}</ref> [[Shelbyville]] has a store called [[Speed-E-Mart]], an obvious Shelbyville antithesis to the Kwik-E-Mart.<ref>{{cite episode||title=Lemon of Troy|episodelink=Lemon of Troy}}</ref>
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Also, a real Kwik-E-Mart store (though using completely different signage) exists in the downtown area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  
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== Episode Appearances ==
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== Appearances ==
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{{Incomplete}}
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* [[Bart the General]] (Mentioned)
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* [[The Telltale Head]]
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{{TO}}
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* [[Homer's Night Out]]
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{{Season1A
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* [[Krusty Gets Busted]]
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* [[Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment]]
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|E5n=mentioned
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* [[Principal Charming]]
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|E8=yes
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* [[Bart's Dog Gets an F]]
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|E10=yes
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* [[Three Men and a Comic Book]]
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|E12=yes
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* {{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX}}
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* [[The Amazing Colossal Homer]]
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{{Season2A
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* [[Homer and Apu]]
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|E4=yes
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* [[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]
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|E5=yes
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* [[Scenes From The Class Struggle in Springfield]]
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|E5n=advertisement
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* [[Marge in Chains]]
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|E13=yes
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* [[The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons]]
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|E14=yes
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* [[Much Apu About Nothing]]
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|E15=yes
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* [[Homer the Vigilante]]
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|E15n=mentioned
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* [[Lisa the Simpson]]
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|E16=yes
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* [[Boy-Scoutz N the Hood]]
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|E18=yes
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* [[Hurricane Neddy]]
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|E18n=mentioned
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* [[Lisa the Vegetarian]]
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season3A
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|E1=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season4A
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E18n=archival footage
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season5A
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|E1=yes
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|E1n=flashback
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|E4=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E19=yes
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}}
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{{Season7A
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|E5=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E23=yes
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}}
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{{Season8A
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|E8=yes
 
}}
 
}}
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{{Season9A
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|E6=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season10A
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|E4=yes
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|E4n=Hell Toupée
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|E14=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E21n=mentioned
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}}
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{{Season11A
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|E5=yes
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|E7=yes
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}}
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{{Season12A
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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}}
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{{Season13A
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|E8=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season14A
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|E6=yes
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}}
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{{Season15A
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|E19=yes
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season16A
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E18=yes
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}}
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{{Season17A
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|E9=yes
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|E9n=The Nutcracker...Sweeeeet
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season18A
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|E16=yes
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|E21=yes
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}}
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*{{mov}}
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{{Season20A
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|E4=yes
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|E4n=Untitled Robot Parody
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}}
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{{Season21A
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|E1=yes
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}}
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{{Season22A
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|E6=yes
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}}
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{{Season23A
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|E15=yes
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}}
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{{Season24A
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|E13=yes
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}}
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{{Season25A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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|E2n=Oh, the Places You'll D'oh!
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|E8=yes
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|E20=yes
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}}
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{{Season26A
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|E5=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E15n=mentioned
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}}
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{{Season27A
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|E10=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E16=yes
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}}
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{{Season30A
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|E6=yes
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|E6n=mentioned
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}}
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{{Season35A
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|E13=yes
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|E13n=mentioned
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|E14=yes
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}}
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*{{spec|Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson}}
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*{{TSG}}
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*{{ad|Box}}
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*{{ad|Bart's Nightmare (Butterfinger commercial)}}
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*{{bon|Honey Nut Cheery D'ohs!}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons Wrestling}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons Road Rage}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons Skateboarding}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons: Hit & Run}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons Game}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}}
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*{{bk|The Simpsons Guide to Springfield}}
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*{{RWeb|TheSimpsons.com}}
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*{{merch|Simpsons Mania! (Inkworks)|pipe=yes|3=Simpsons Mania!|(mentioned)}}
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*{{merch|The Simpsons Christmas Village}}
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*{{merch|Simpsons Halloween Village}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
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{{Tapped Out buildings|shops=yes}}
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{{Hit & Run Locations|1, 4, 7=yes}}
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{{Springfield|shops=yes}}
  
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== Refrences ==
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[[Category:Shops]]
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<references/>
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[[Category:Convenience stores]]
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[[Category:Locations]]
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[[Category:Businesses]]
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[[Category:Retail Stores]]
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[[Category:Recurring locations]]
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[[Category:Parodies]]
 

Latest revision as of 18:41, October 30, 2024


Kwik-E-Mart
Kwik-E-Mart.png
Location Information
Town: Springfield
Use: Convenience Store
Owner: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Employees: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon
Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon
Former:
Gil Gunderson
Homer Simpson
James Woods
First appearance: "The Telltale Head"

The Kwik-E-Mart is a convenience store in Springfield managed by Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. It is run mostly by Apu, but occasionally Sanjay helps. In many future predictions, his many kids all have roles in the maintenance of the Kwik-E-Mart.

Profile[edit]

The Kwik-E-Mart isn't all that convenient of a store with Apu gouging the customers for all they've got. It sells the standard convenience store fare at extraordinarily high prices, such as milk for $12, "surprisingly expensive penny candy" or Valentine's Day chocolates for $100 and including the always popular tasty frozen soft drink Squishee. Once during a holdup, Apu refused to give Homer change to call the police from a payphone. Instead, Apu directed Homer to the cheapest item in the store: a 2 oz bag of Chippos potato chips at $5.99. (To which Homer whispered shouts of "$5.99?! Someone should shoot you!") Once, Apu sold Bart an overpriced bouquet of flowers, that was actually being saved for another customer.[1]

The Kwik-E-Mart has also been known to sell faulty, dirty and expired merchandise, though legal to sell items that have been damaged or close to expiration, it is illegal to sell it if it has already expired, especially if you don't tell the customer it is as such, like Apu. It is also so notorious for its daily robberies by Snake Jailbird.[2][3]

History[edit]

Apu, the store's owner

The Kwik-E-Mart chain was started somewhere in the Himalayas, where the world's first convenience store still stands on a mountain peak, an ironically inconvenient location. Visiting pilgrims are allowed to ask three questions of the resident all-knowing guru (except safe combinations). Apu's visit was spoiled by Homer's three questions, "Are you really the head of the Kwik-E-Mart?", "Really?" and "You?" The guru answered "yes" to all three of Homer's questions, and refused to answer any of Apu's, instead saying, "Thank you, come again.[2]

The former look of the Kwik-E-Mart

Apu was fired from his job by Kwik-E-Mart HQ after Homer Simpson contracted food poisoning from the Kwik-E-Mart's spoiled meat and failing to "blame [it] on a scapegoat or sacrificial lamb." Apu was replaced by actor James Woods who was studying to be a convenience store clerk for a role in an upcoming movie. Apu was re-hired a short time later, after he foiled a robbery attempt at the Kwik-E-Mart and saved James Woods' life. Apu was shot during the attempted robbery.[2] Apu has also stated that the parent corporation of his store is "Nordine Defence Dynamics," when he is commenting on the prosecution of Marge for shoplifting.[3] Apu has been suggested as the owner of his own Kwik-E-Mart.

Apu is hailed as a legend in the realm of Kwik-E-Mart employment for once working a shift for over ninety-six hours. During the shift he experienced a hallucination in which he thought he was a hummingbird and tried to drink nectar out of his brother Sanjay's head.[2]

Apu once installed sixteen gas pumps in the parking lot on the Kwik-E-Mart to compete with a rival store, the Gas'N'Gulp. However, a round of redirected mortar shells from Fort Springfield promptly ruined his hard work. The store itself also appeared to be destroyed: the "K" in the store's name landed on the fort grounds moments later.[4] However, a later episode showed gas pumps at the Kwik-E-Mart.[5]

The Kwik-E-Mart has not been immune to the concept of showmanship as a marketing technique. When retiree Jasper Beardley decided to freeze himself in the store's freezers as a low budget form of cryopreservation for an indefinite future, Apu transformed the store into the "Freak-E-Mart", of which Jasper, marketed as "Frostillicus", was the main attraction. When Jasper thawed, thus ending the viability of the project, Apu decided to institute a clothing optional policy, briefly rechristening the store as the "Nude-E-Mart".[6]

The Kwik-E-Mart also includes a Utopian garden on its roof; Paul and Linda McCartney often relax there. The garden is accessed through the refrigerator labeled "Non-Alcoholic Beer". When Lisa asks what Apu does when somebody wants to purchase some, he replies, "You know, it's never come up." In accordance with Apu's vegetarian philosophy, all hot dogs at the Kwik-E-Mart are actually made of tofu. No customer, Apu claims, has ever noticed any difference.[7]

Despite generally being a good-natured and friendly individual, Apu often exhibits a ruthless, capitalist streak. He has caressed his cigarette machine in gratitude for not dispensing its products after taking a customer's money.[8] His catchphrase after a purchase is always, "Thank you, come again!" Even after dealing with a difficult customer—Homer—he states, "Please pay for your purchases and get out and come again!"[9]

After the town of Springfield fined Mr. Burns $3 million for illegally dumping toxic waste, a town meeting was held to discuss how to spend it. Apu suggested spending some of it on hiring more police officers, as he had been shot eight times that year and nearly missed work. Chief Wiggum responded, "Crybaby."[10]

In Ohio, the Kwik-E-Mart is known as the "Stop-O-Mart".[2] Shelbyville has a store called Speed-E-Mart, an obvious Shelbyville antithesis to the Kwik-E-Mart.[11]

The Kwik-E-Mart was destroyed by Wiggum and replaced by the Quick & Fresh. After Bart burnt it down, the Kwik-E-Mart was rebuilt.[12]

Non-canon[edit]

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The Simpsons: Hit & Run[edit]

The Kwik-E-Mart can be found near the first Lard Lad's, Gas Station and Krusty Burger. In Level 1 you can purchase "Character Clothing" at the store. It also has one Buzz Cola vending machine to get coins.

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In Level 7 of Hit & Run, Springfield has transformed into a creepy city full of witches, ghosts and zombies everywhere. All of the buildings and houses have been transformed into Halloween places, with pumpkins at the entrances and on the streets was the name of the store "Spook-E-Mart".[13]

The Simpsons: Tapped Out[edit]

Kwik-E-Mart[edit]

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Kwik-E-Mart
Image Cost Build time Reward Sell price Conformity increase Availability Unique? Dimensions - D x W
Kwik-E-Mart Tapped Out.png Cash220 4h XP22
Apu 		Tapped Out Cross.png Consumerism +10 Level 2
Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart 		Tapped Out Tick.png 4 x 7
Task Time Reward Cash/h XP/h
Marking Up Prices 3m Cash5, XP1 Cash100 XP20
Internal Name Groups Tiles ID
Kwik-E-Mart Kwik-E-Mart, Religious Places, Businesses Visitable, Shop, Vulgari or Kwik-E-Mart, Bandit Hideouts, Toy Stores Grass, Pavement 3
  • Note: Allows the purchase of Scratch-R tickets.

Others[edit]

Behind the Laughter[edit]

In 2007, as an advertisement for The Simpsons Movie, selected 7-Eleven stores in the United States and one store in Canada were temporarily converted into Kwik-E-Mart stores. During the promotion they sold: Buzz Cola, Frosty Krusty O's cereal, Simpsons donuts, Squishee cups, etc.

Also, a real Kwik-E-Mart store (though using completely different signage) exists in the downtown area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Appearances[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ "The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Homer and Apu"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Marge in Chains"
  4. ↑ "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"
  5. ↑ "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield"
  6. ↑ "Lisa the Simpson"
  7. ↑ "Lisa the Vegetarian"
  8. ↑ "Simpson Tide"
  9. ↑ "Homer the Heretic"
  10. ↑ "Marge vs. the Monorail"
  11. ↑ "Lemon of Troy"
  12. ↑ "Much Apu About Something"
  13. ↑ The Simpsons: Hit & Run


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