History Recap / TheSimpsonsS23E15ExitThroughTheKwikEMart

* FreezeFrameBonus: "Ode to a Radiant Mom," the sonnet Lisa inscribes on Marge's apron, with a LampshadeHanging at the end.
--> The sun is bright, and like you, ever glows,

* FreezeFrameBonus: "Ode to a Radiant Mother," the sonnet Lisa inscribes on Marge's apron, with a LampshadeHanging at the end.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Homer and Bart, usually masters of ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping, ''both'' go the extra mile with particularly thoughtful and meaningful birthday presents for Marge. Homer buys her a state-of-the-art food processor and gets it autographed by the celebrity chef who promoted it, who then offers to sweeten the deal by calling Marge live from her show, while Bart scours pet stores until he finds a rabbit that looks exactly like Marge's beloved childhood pet. Unfortunately, the kindnesses cancel each other out as the rabbit chews through the phone cord and causes the family to miss all the phone calls from the celebrity chef, [[DisproportionateRetribution who then declares her hatred for Marge and whips up her studio audience into a frenzy of wrath against her]], so that Marge goes to bed miserable.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Homer and Bart, usually masters of ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping, ''both'' go the extra mile with particularly thoughtful and meaningful birthday presents for Marge. Homer buys her a state-of-the-art food processor and gets it autographed by the celebrity chef who promoted it, who then offers to sweeten the deal by calling Marge live from her show, while Bart scours pet stores until he finds a rabbit that looks exactly like Marge's beloved childhood pet. Unfortunately, Bart's kindness perfectly cancels out Homer's as the rabbit chews through the phone cord and causes the family to miss all the phone calls from the celebrity chef, [[DisproportionateRetribution who then declares her hatred for Marge and whips up her studio audience into a frenzy of wrath against her]], causing Marge to go to bed miserable.

* KarmaHoudini: Aside from being caught for the graffiti he does over the course of the episode, Bart is also publicly revealed as El Barto, which should mean finally taking the rap for years of vandalism. His parents convince the police to let him off the hook on the basis of his young age and, when they insist on ''some'' kind of punishment, suggest making him do some time in the rabbit cage again—which, though it's done in public, is hardly the humiliating experience it's intended to be as he spends all his time in the cage signing autographs.

* IResembleThatRemark: Nelson criticizing Apu for selling cigarettes to kids as he takes a puff from a cigarette

* ContinuitySnarl: Bart becomes a graffiti artist in this episode, even though he already was one, by the name of [[https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/El_Barto El Barto]]. He's apparently [[ContinuityNod still using that name]], which makes it possible that he simply stepped up his game in this episode by painting more elaborate works of art as opposed to the crude scrawls we saw from him before.

* ContinuitySnarl: Bart becomes a graffiti artist in this episode, even though he already was one, by the name of [[https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/El_Barto El Barto]].

* RuleAbidingRebel: The episode satirizes a perceived trend toward the cultural sanctioning of street art through iconography such as Shepard Fairey's famous "HOPE" poster in support of Barack Obama and the increasing mainstream popularity of artists like Banksy, who directed the 2010 documentary ''Film/ExitThroughTheGiftShop'' on the subject. It's hardly surprising when [[AdamWesting all the episode's guest stars turn out to be participants in a police sting]].

* RuleAbidingRebel: The episode satirizes a perceived trend toward the cultural sanctioning of street art through iconography such as Shepard Fairey's famous "HOPE" poster in support of Barack Obama and the increasing mainstream popularity of artists like Banksy. It's hardly surprising when [[AdamWesting all the episode's guest stars turn out to be participants in a police sting]].

* RuleAbidingRebel: The episode satirizes a [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece then-recent trend]] toward the cultural sanctioning of street art through iconography such as Shepard Fairey's famous "HOPE" poster in support of Barack Obama and the increasing mainstream popularity of artists like Banksy. It's hardly surprising when [[AdamWesting all the episode's guest stars turn out to be participants in a police sting]].

* SwappedRoles: In an act of desperation, Apu tries to shoot up Swapper Jack's and aims his gun at Snake, who works at the place.

* RepeatedCueTardyResponse: Homer arranges for Paula Paul to call Marge live during her show to wish her a Happy Birthday. He makes everyone wait while he says "three...two...one!" Nothing happens. He continues to say "one" for hours. Then it turns out that Marge's new pet rabbit (given to her by Bart for her birthday) had chewed through the phone wire, preventing the call from coming through.

* LoopholeAbuse: Too keep Lisa from denouncing him as a graffiti artist, Bart had to promise to write "Fur is Murder". He only wrote it once and added a question mark.

* LoopholeAbuse: Too keep Lisa from denouncing him as a graffiti artist, Bart had to promise to write "Fur is Murder". He only wrote it once and added a question mark.

* CutThePhoneLine: Non-villainous example. Homer tries to get a cook celebrity to call Marge on her birthday. They time the call the same moment the show goes live...but time passes and the call doesn't come in, all due to Bart's bunny gift having chewed on the phone line before the show started. This causes the oblivious cook to go from happily celebrating Marge to outright hating her - along with the audience - for not answering the phone.