"Pranksta Rap" is the ninth episode of the The Simpsons' sixteenth season, which originally aired February 13, 2005. It guest stars 50 Cent as himself, and Dana Gould as Barney Fife.
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Homer is watching college football. As he knocks the remote off the couch and into a bag of chips, Santa's Little Helper swallows it, changing the channel whenever he barks. It eventually shows a commercial for a rap concert called "Murder 4 Life" coming to Springfield. Homer tells Bart that he can buy a $50 ticket if he uses his own money. When Marge sees Bart dressed in baggy clothing, she bars him from going to the concert, even though he bought a ticket. Homer takes sides with Marge on the issue, despite his early encouragement.
Bart goes to the concert after escaping from a window. He sits down in the front row, and eventually a microphone falls into his hands. He then grabs it, climbs on stage, and raps about how much of a "fat load" Homer is. Bart rides home in the rapper Alcatraaz's limousine, and Alcatraaz gives Bart a jersey for the concert.
Arriving outside his home, Bart overhears Marge and Homer talking about his escape, saying Bart would be whipped if he was caught. Bart then tries to lie his way out of it. He tosses his jersey onto a tree branch, then sends a note attached to a rock through the living-room window, reading "Your son has been kidnapped. Follow instructions and Bart will not be harmed."
The next morning, Kent Brockman interviews Marge about the kidnapping. Chief Wiggum says that he will find Bart, although everyone in Springfield teases him, because of his past ineptitude. That night, as he walks into his office feeling guilty about it, he cheers himself up by eating a giant stack of pancakes. When he wakes up the next morning, he sees a TV show with Barney Fife, telling him to quit the pity-party and fight crime.
Bart tries to hide from the townsfolk. Milhouse finds him, and Bart explains about the hoax. Milhouse lets him hide at his father's apartment complex, complete with cracked walls, rust, and bedbugs. One night, Bart calls home, and with a strange voice, sounds like a kidnapper. He then switches to his regular voice, telling Marge how the kidnapper will kill him if Marge worries too much. Meanwhile, the police record the phone call. Chief Wiggum then listens to it, and notices a crackling sound in the background. He then identifies it as a tub of popcorn Bart was making during the call, specifically an ultra-cheap brand known as "Chintzy Pop." He asks Apu at the Kwik-E-Mart how many people buy it. He quickly responds how Kirk is the only person who does so, besides Clancy. He then goes to Kirk's house to arrest him and return Bart home. A parade is then held for Chief Wiggum, although Milhouse complains to Bart about how he put his father in jail.
Chief Wiggum is then promoted to police commissioner. He also promotes Lou to chief, and Eddie to Lou's former position. Bart then explains to Clancy about how he lied. However, he responds by saying that he should still keep it a secret, so that he will not lose his job, and because women like Kirk, now that he is a criminal. Nevertheless, Lisa finds the concert jersey in the tree, and realizes that Bart was never kidnapped. Homer ignores her, and simply burns the jersey. Instead, she seeks help from Principal Skinner, who agrees to expose Bart's lies, simply as "a chance to bring down Bart Simpson". Lou then informs Commissioner Wiggum about how Lisa stopped by, trying to put together the puzzle. Clancy gets nervous, and then brings Homer and Bart to Kirk's cell, explaining about how Lisa is going to catch him, while he has already printed out 10,000 business cards as Commissioner. Kirk also explains how he likes jail because of the women and the free food, especially when compared to his downscale apartment.
Lisa and Skinner visit the rappers' mansion, where they show them a video from the concert on their 200" movie screen. The time and date (which appear on a man wearing an oversized clock a la Flava Flav) happen to be on there, as well. Chief Wiggum then bursts through the door, holding up his gun, saying how the rappers must hand over the tape. However, they each have their own guns. Homer accidentally destroys the TV, and possibly the evidence. Alcatraaz sees only one solution to the problem: a party.
In the post-script scene, Skinner asks Alcatraaz if there was any place in the rapping world for a "forty-something elementary school administrator." Alcatraaz says he already hired a man for that job, Superintendent Chalmers.
Andrew Martin of Prefix Mag named 50 Cent his eighth favorite musical guest on The Simpsons out of a list of ten.[1]
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