Pranksta Rap

"Pranksta Rap"
The Simpsons episode
Bart and 50 Cent
Episode no. 344
Directed by Mike B. Anderson
Written by Matt Selman
Showrunner(s) Al Jean
Production code GABF03
Original air date February 13, 2005
Couch gag The living room floor is a chessboard and the family hops to the couch dressed as chess pieces.
Commentary Al Jean
Matt Selman
Ian Maxtone-Graham
Dana Gould
Nancy Cartwright
Tom Gammill
Max Pross
Mike B. Anderson
Mark Kirkland
David Silverman
Guest appearance(s)
Season 16 episodes
Seasons

"Pranksta Rap" is the ninth episode of The Simpsons' sixteenth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 13, 2005. It guest stars 50 Cent as himself, and Dana Gould as Barney Fife. Boots Riley of the rap group The Coup provided the score, although he did not write any lyrics.

Plot

Bart attends a rap concert without Marge and Homer's permission. To avoid them discovering this, he fakes being kidnapped, intending to stay at Kirk Van Houten's apartment until the heat dies down. Chief Wiggum, determined to prove his reputation as a bad cop wrong, deduces Bart's location and arrests Kirk for the "kidnapping", and is subsequently promoted to police commissioner. After seeing how badly Milhouse has been affected by his father's arrest, Bart confesses his hoax to Wiggum, who convinces him to keep it secret by showing him that Kirk is far better off in prison, due to having both regular meals and the admiration of numerous women as a result of being a convicted felon.

Lisa figures out the truth after discovering a sweater from the rap concert near Bart's treehouse, but upon showing Homer the evidence, he destroys it, having made a deal with Hollywood regarding the rights to Bart's story. Undeterred, Lisa and Principal Skinner travel to the home of hip-hop artist "Alcatraaz", one of the concert's performers, where they find footage of Bart at the concert. Moments later, Homer, Wiggum and Bart show up and try to convince Lisa to abandon her attempts at exposing them, on the basis that no one has been hurt over the lie. Lisa still wants to expose them regardless, but Homer inadvertently destroys the evidence after accidentally knocking over Alcatraaz's flat-screen TV. Alcatraaz suggests they solve the problem by throwing a pool party, to the delight of everyone but Lisa, she is disappointed that no one care about the truth.

Cultural References

  • The title, "Pranksta Rap", is a reference to gangsta rap.
  • The rapper Alcatraaz is a parody of Ludacris. Also, Queen Booty Shaykah is a parody of Queen Latifah.
  • The clock necklace seen in the rap concert is a part of Flavor Flav's stage costume.[1]

Reception

Mike B. Anderson directed the episode.

Andrew Martin of Prefix Mag named 50 Cent his eighth favorite musical guest on The Simpsons out of a list of ten.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Pranksta Rap/References". Wikisimpsons. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  2. ↑ Martin, Andrew (October 7, 2011). "Top 10 Best Musical Guests On 'The Simpsons'". Prefix Mag. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
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