Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart/References

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References/Trivia

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Cultural references

Dumbbell's Soup

• The title of the episode is a reference to the Banksy film Exit Through the Gift Shop.
• The title screen gag is a reference to the English folktale Jack and the Beanstalk, with Bart cast in the role of Jack. Bart is shown carrying a harp and a goose down a beanstalk; in the folktale, a magical harp and a goose that lays golden eggs are among the items that Jack steals from the giant.
• The couch gag of this episode is a parody of the opening sequence of Game of Thrones.
• The Dumbbell's Soup painting is a reference to Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans.
• Swapper Jack's is a parody of Trader Joe's.
• Shepard Fairey mentioned being the one who created the Barack Obama "Hope" poster and the Andre the Giant Has a Posse OBEY image.
• Chief Wiggum mentions Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry, both of whom are architects.
• The music playing at the gallery is from the "Trout Quintet" by Franz Schubert.

Trivia

• Homer sings along to the theme song replacing the music with "doo"s.
• Marge's birthday is revealed to be on the 19th March. However in "Marge Gamer", Marge reveals that her birthday is October 1st.
• Clips from this episode were featured in a UK Sky1 Sundays promo for Summer 2012. This episode, however, did not premiere in summer 2012 in the UK, it aired on September 2.

Continuity

• Cecil Hampstead and Kyoto appear. ("Mom and Pop Art")
• A red can of paint thinner is seen again (though not identical), last seen in "Homer Scissorhands".
• Bart creates a graffiti image of Skinner saying "I am a wiener", just like he did in "Bart the Genius". This time, however, the word "wiener" is spelt with an "ie", not an "ei".
• Bart's graffiti artwork is also central to the plot in the comic story Picture Perfect.

Goofs

• The phone wire isn't shown until Homer checks it.
• A phone in kitchen is showing plenty times when Homer tried to use the broken phone.
• The first part of the episode is set on March 18, as shown by the calendar held up by Lisa at the beginning of the episode. However, a flyer for I, Carumba: The Nightmare World of El Barto states that the dates of the art gallery show are March 11 - August 15, a week before the start of the episode. Bearing in mind, Bart decided to become a graffiti artist after Marge's birthday on the 19th and approximately two days passed between Bart becoming a graffiti artist and Shepard Fairey persuading Bart to open the art gallery.
• During the scene in the dining room where the family gives Marge her presents, the clock skips around ten minutes (around 3:55 to 4:05) from when Homer first approaches the phone and when the camera pans out when Homer first starts saying "One...".

Gallery

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  The calendar and the date of Marge's birthday, March 19

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  The leaflet and dates March 11 - August 15

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