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** In AvengersAgeOfUltron, Tony Stark refers to an image at a crime scene as "A Banksy"
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** In WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderverse a pedestrian remarks about the dimension-amalgamate streetlight to another pedestrian,"[He] think[s] it's a Banksy"
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* GoneHorriblyWrong: In 2018 he rigged a painting to be destroyed after being auctioned off, as a TakeThat to people paying so much money for art. The shredder jammed partway through, and in its partially shredded state it was declared to be even more valuable.
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* GoneHorriblyWrong: In 2018 he rigged a painting (''Girl with Balloon'') to be destroyed after being auctioned off, as a TakeThat to people paying so much money for art. The shredder jammed partway through, and in its partially shredded state it was declared to be even more valuable. The buyer decided to go through with the sale and keep the piece, which has since been renamed ''Love Is in the Bin''.
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* ThisPageWillSelfDestruct: He built a hidden shredder into the frame of one of his paintings from 2006, ''Girl with Balloon''. It came up for auction in October 2018, with a winning bid of £1.04 million; as soon as the auction ended, the mechanism kicked on and started shredding the painting, with the sliced pieces hanging out of the bottom and part of it still inside, intact.
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** On ''Series/{{Misfits}}'', Nathan argues that scary graffiti declaring "I'm going to KILL you" is just "that Banksy prick."
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** He's also referenced in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Rosa". When the Doctor starts to draw on a motel wall, Graham tells her to stop, saying "You're not Banksy!" The Doctor replies with a mysterious "Or am I?"
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Banksy is a famous artist, most well-known for his stencil-based graffiti. He was born in Bristol, England in the mid '70s. That's really all we know about him. While [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/31/banksy-identity_n_4179303.html?utm_hp_ref=arts an alleged photograph of him unmasked has turned up]], his real name remains unknown. Despite this he has become quite popular, sold paintings, put on gallery shows, in 2005 released a photo book of his work, ''Wall and Piece'', and in 2010 made an Oscar-nominated documentary film, ''Film/ExitThroughTheGiftShop''. He has also been immortalized in the Music/TheyMightBeGiants song "Celebration".
-->''I see that Banksy left a post-it note, for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group) Anonymous]], for Anonymous.''
-->''I see that Banksy left a post-it note, for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group) Anonymous]], for Anonymous.''
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Banksy is a famous artist, most well-known for his stencil-based graffiti. He was born in Bristol, England in the mid '70s. That's really all we know about him. While [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/31/banksy-identity_n_4179303.html?utm_hp_ref=arts an alleged photograph of him unmasked has turned up]], his real name remains unknown. Despite this he has become quite popular, sold paintings, put on gallery shows, in 2005 released a photo book of his work, ''Wall and Piece'', and in 2010 made an Oscar-nominated documentary film, ''Film/ExitThroughTheGiftShop''. He has also been immortalized in the Music/TheyMightBeGiants song "Celebration".\n-->''I see that Banksy left a post-it note, for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group) Anonymous]], for Anonymous.''\n
* ReferencedBy: He has been referenced in the Music/TheyMightBeGiants song "Celebration".
-->''I see that Banksy left a post-it note, for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group) Anonymous]], for Anonymous.''
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* [[ThisPageWillSelfDestruct This Painting Will Self-Destruct]]: He built a hidden shredder into the frame of one of his paintings from 2006, ''Girl with Balloon''. It came up for auction in October 2018, with a winning bid of £1.04 million; as soon as the auction ended, the mechanism kicked on and started shredding the painting, with the sliced pieces hanging out of the bottom and part of it still inside, intact.
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* [[ThisPageWillSelfDestruct This Painting Will Self-Destruct]]: ThisPageWillSelfDestruct: He built a hidden shredder into the frame of one of his paintings from 2006, ''Girl with Balloon''. It came up for auction in October 2018, with a winning bid of £1.04 million; as soon as the auction ended, the mechanism kicked on and started shredding the painting, with the sliced pieces hanging out of the bottom and part of it still inside, intact.
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* [[ThisPageWillSelfDestruct This Painting Will Self-Destruct]]: He built a hidden shredder into the frame of one of his paintings from 2006, ''Girl with Balloon''. It came up for auction in October 2018, with a winning bid of $1.4 million; as soon as the auction ended, the mechanism kicked on and shredded the painting.
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* {{Troll}}: A major component of his work, with the above incident with the $1.4 billion painting being a prime example.
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* GratuitousNazis: Done to make a point in "The Banality of the Banality of Evil".
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* SecretIdentity: Banksy's real name is unknown to the public.
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* LoversLedge: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Banksy-ps.jpg This]] painting is a good example.
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* ReclusiveArtist: Part of the reason he's so popular.
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->''A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.''
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** "Boudicca with wheel clamp". [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Just the bronze statue of Boudicca with a wheel clamp on the chariot.]]
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** Also, as noticed in the HiddenInPlainSight entry above and the WeirdnessCensor entry below, Banksy "hides" by wearing an extremely brightly-colored safety-vest.
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Banksy is a famous artist, most well-known for his stencil-based graffiti. He was born in Bristol, England in the mid '70s. That's really all we know about him. While [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/31/banksy-identity_n_4179303.html?utm_hp_ref=arts a an alleged photograph of him unmasked has turned up]], his real name remains unknown. Despite this he has become quite popular, sold paintings, put on gallery shows, in 2005 released a photo book of his work, ''Wall and Piece'', and in 2010 made an Oscar-nominated documentary film, ''Film/ExitThroughTheGiftShop''. He has also been immortalized in the Music/TheyMightBeGiants song "Celebration".
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* AntiVillain: While he is doing illegal artwork and many cite him as menace to society, many love his art and talk about him like Robin Hood. In fact he might be an AntiHero at this point.
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Banksy is a famous artist, most well-known for his stencil-based graffiti. He was born in Bristol, England in the mid '70s. That's really all we know about him. Any photo we have While [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/31/banksy-identity_n_4179303.html?utm_hp_ref=arts a photograph of him is [[TheFaceless obscured.]] unmasked has turned up]], his real name remains unknown. Despite this he has become quite popular, sold paintings, put on gallery shows, in 2005 released a photo book of his work, ''Wall and Piece'', and in 2010 made an Oscar-nominated documentary film, ''Film/ExitThroughTheGiftShop''. He has also been immortalized in the Music/TheyMightBeGiants song "Celebration".
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* TrueArtIsAngsty: [[ParodiedTrope Spoofed]] with "The Banality of the Banality of Evil", the title of which suggests that simply putting a Nazi officer into a painting will not automatically make it more deep.
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Banksy is a famous artist, most well-known for his stencil-based graffiti. He was born in Bristol, England in the mid '70s. That's really all we know about him. Any photo we have of him is [[TheFaceless obscured.]] Despite this he has become quite popular, sold paintings, put on gallery shows, in 2005 released a photo book of his work, ''Wall and Piece'', and in 2010 made an Oscar-nominated documentary film, ''Film/ExitThroughTheGiftShop''.
''Film/ExitThroughTheGiftShop''. He has also been immortalized in the Music/TheyMightBeGiants song "Celebration".
-->''I see that Banksy left a post-it note, for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group) Anonymous]], for Anonymous.''
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->''A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.''
-->--'''Banksy'''
Banksy is a famous artist, most well-known for his stencil-based graffiti. He was born in Bristol, England in the mid '70s. That's really all we know about him. Any photo we have of him is [[TheFaceless obscured.]] Despite this he has become quite popular, sold paintings, put on gallery shows, in 2005 released a photo book of his work, ''Wall and Piece'', and in 2010 made an Oscar-nominated documentary film, ''Film/ExitThroughTheGiftShop''.
His work is often politically charged and rather funny. He's been compared to Creator/AndyWarhol for their similar sense of humor. You can see more of his work [[http://www.banksy.co.uk/ here.]]
!!! "Exit Through The Trope Shop":
* AnachronismStew:
** His famous "Caveman With Shopping Cart" painting, which he snuck into the British Museum.
** "Boudicca with wheel clamp". [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Just the bronze statue of Boudicca with a wheel clamp on the chariot.]]
* AntiVillain: While he is doing illegal artwork and many cite him as menace to society, many love his art and talk about him like Robin Hood. In fact he might be an AntiHero at this point.
* BaitAndSwitchComparison
-->"Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don't like to use the word 'art' at all."
* BitingTheHandHumor: After one of his paintings broke records at an auction he auctioned off a piece called "I Can't Believe You Morons Buy This Shit."
** Managed to take this to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo new levels]] with his CouchGag for ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* CanisLatinicus: He's dabbled in it. For example, his pen name in "Caveman with Shopping Cart" is Banskymus Maximus.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Eagleland}}: Invoked type 2 with a poster in Britain reading "Americans working overhead" along with silhouettes of some soldiers and a Black Hawk helicopter.
* EatTheRich: Used the phrase in one of his works [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3440/3965058479_9ac1fbedf5_z.jpg with his own humorous slant.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Banksy [[http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/laplaca/Images/laplaca8-25-5.jpg loves]] to paint monkeys. His mask is a smoking monkey as seen above.
* TheFaceless: There are no confirmed pictures of Banksy, despite the fact he's a world renowned artist.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: "GUARDED 24 HOURS (by a drowsy fat bloke reading pornography)"
* HiddenInPlainSight: He claimed this is how he can get away with what he does in such a surveillance-centric culture as modern Britain. Dressing up in black and sneaking around in the dead of night is far more likely to get you noticed than standing there in broad daylight in a high-vis tabard.
* HypocriticalHumor
-->"We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves."
** His list of people who should be shot: "Fascist thugs, religious fundamentalists, people who write lists telling you who should be shot."
* IndyPloy: Banksy intended to paint "Laugh now but one day we'll be in charge" in Spanish in animal enclosures in the Barcelona zoo. Upon realizing he lost the note he had the translation on, he just painted some tally-marks to make the animals look like bored prisoners.
* IwoJimaPose: Has appeared in not [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUIbQFSCMpA/S-PQlI-ZZpI/AAAAAAAAANY/pnZBJ1kwkRo/s1600/iwojima.jpg one]] but [[http://s2.e-monsite.com/2010/01/07/03/resize_550_550//banksy-iwo-jima.jpg two]] of his works.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: ''Wall and Piece'' is presumably a reference to ''Literature/WarAndPeace''.
* LoveItOrHateIt: [[invoked]] "People either love me or they hate me, [[SubvertedTrope or they don't really care]]."
* LoversLedge: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Banksy-ps.jpg This]] painting is a good example.
** Made doubly hilarious by the fact that it's painted on a wall of a sexual health clinic.
* MyBelovedSmother: "Lots of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves."
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Done near the end of ''Film/ExitThroughTheGiftShop'' [[spoiler: when Mr. Brainwash becomes an artist.]]
* NoPeripheralVision: Pointed out in ''Wall and Piece''. The fact that cops often have some sort of visor that exacerbates the human habit of not looking up is a huge boon to Banksy.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name was said to be Robin Banks[[note]]Robin Banks? Like robbin' banks? Yeah, right. As if the name hadn't already been used by two separate [=DJ=]s anyway.[[/note]] or Robin Gunningham, but we can't know for certain.
* PatrioticFervor: Denounced. "Those who enjoy waving flags don't deserve to have one."
* ReclusiveArtist: Part of the reason he's so popular.
* RefugeInAudacity: Putting up his painting in the Louvre without being caught.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: A rat that's [[http://www.globalgraphica.com/sneakers/Banksy-loves-NY-3.jpg three stories tall.]]
* RuleAbidingRebel: [[invoked]] A poster stating "Graffiti Artists Must Report To Reception Before Starting Work".
* SelfDeprecation: Constantly, when asked to comment on a guess at his identity he said this:
-->"I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as being 'good at drawing' doesn't sound like Banksy to me."
* {{Watershed}}: Possibly unintentional example. One of Banksy's stencils shows Queen Bessie shoving her cooch into a poor girl's face. Whenever he painted it, it would quickly be removed...with the exception of one installment on a shop shutter, meaning the painting can only be seen after 9:00 PM when the shop closes.
* WeirdnessCensor: Banksy, like most graffiti artists, uses this to his advantage. There are several photos of Banksy painting in the middle of the day with no one caring.
-->"The easiest way to become invisible is to wear a day-glo vest."
->''A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.''
-->--'''Banksy'''
Banksy is a famous artist, most well-known for his stencil-based graffiti. He was born in Bristol, England in the mid '70s. That's really all we know about him. Any photo we have of him is [[TheFaceless obscured.]] Despite this he has become quite popular, sold paintings, put on gallery shows, in 2005 released a photo book of his work, ''Wall and Piece'', and in 2010 made an Oscar-nominated documentary film, ''Film/ExitThroughTheGiftShop''.
His work is often politically charged and rather funny. He's been compared to Creator/AndyWarhol for their similar sense of humor. You can see more of his work [[http://www.banksy.co.uk/ here.]]
!!! "Exit Through The Trope Shop":
* AnachronismStew:
** His famous "Caveman With Shopping Cart" painting, which he snuck into the British Museum.
** "Boudicca with wheel clamp". [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Just the bronze statue of Boudicca with a wheel clamp on the chariot.]]
* AntiVillain: While he is doing illegal artwork and many cite him as menace to society, many love his art and talk about him like Robin Hood. In fact he might be an AntiHero at this point.
* BaitAndSwitchComparison
-->"Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don't like to use the word 'art' at all."
* BitingTheHandHumor: After one of his paintings broke records at an auction he auctioned off a piece called "I Can't Believe You Morons Buy This Shit."
** Managed to take this to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo new levels]] with his CouchGag for ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* CanisLatinicus: He's dabbled in it. For example, his pen name in "Caveman with Shopping Cart" is Banskymus Maximus.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Eagleland}}: Invoked type 2 with a poster in Britain reading "Americans working overhead" along with silhouettes of some soldiers and a Black Hawk helicopter.
* EatTheRich: Used the phrase in one of his works [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3440/3965058479_9ac1fbedf5_z.jpg with his own humorous slant.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Banksy [[http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/laplaca/Images/laplaca8-25-5.jpg loves]] to paint monkeys. His mask is a smoking monkey as seen above.
* TheFaceless: There are no confirmed pictures of Banksy, despite the fact he's a world renowned artist.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: "GUARDED 24 HOURS (by a drowsy fat bloke reading pornography)"
* HiddenInPlainSight: He claimed this is how he can get away with what he does in such a surveillance-centric culture as modern Britain. Dressing up in black and sneaking around in the dead of night is far more likely to get you noticed than standing there in broad daylight in a high-vis tabard.
* HypocriticalHumor
-->"We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves."
** His list of people who should be shot: "Fascist thugs, religious fundamentalists, people who write lists telling you who should be shot."
* IndyPloy: Banksy intended to paint "Laugh now but one day we'll be in charge" in Spanish in animal enclosures in the Barcelona zoo. Upon realizing he lost the note he had the translation on, he just painted some tally-marks to make the animals look like bored prisoners.
* IwoJimaPose: Has appeared in not [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUIbQFSCMpA/S-PQlI-ZZpI/AAAAAAAAANY/pnZBJ1kwkRo/s1600/iwojima.jpg one]] but [[http://s2.e-monsite.com/2010/01/07/03/resize_550_550//banksy-iwo-jima.jpg two]] of his works.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: ''Wall and Piece'' is presumably a reference to ''Literature/WarAndPeace''.
* LoveItOrHateIt: [[invoked]] "People either love me or they hate me, [[SubvertedTrope or they don't really care]]."
* LoversLedge: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Banksy-ps.jpg This]] painting is a good example.
** Made doubly hilarious by the fact that it's painted on a wall of a sexual health clinic.
* MyBelovedSmother: "Lots of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves."
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Done near the end of ''Film/ExitThroughTheGiftShop'' [[spoiler: when Mr. Brainwash becomes an artist.]]
* NoPeripheralVision: Pointed out in ''Wall and Piece''. The fact that cops often have some sort of visor that exacerbates the human habit of not looking up is a huge boon to Banksy.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name was said to be Robin Banks[[note]]Robin Banks? Like robbin' banks? Yeah, right. As if the name hadn't already been used by two separate [=DJ=]s anyway.[[/note]] or Robin Gunningham, but we can't know for certain.
* PatrioticFervor: Denounced. "Those who enjoy waving flags don't deserve to have one."
* ReclusiveArtist: Part of the reason he's so popular.
* RefugeInAudacity: Putting up his painting in the Louvre without being caught.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: A rat that's [[http://www.globalgraphica.com/sneakers/Banksy-loves-NY-3.jpg three stories tall.]]
* RuleAbidingRebel: [[invoked]] A poster stating "Graffiti Artists Must Report To Reception Before Starting Work".
* SelfDeprecation: Constantly, when asked to comment on a guess at his identity he said this:
-->"I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as being 'good at drawing' doesn't sound like Banksy to me."
* {{Watershed}}: Possibly unintentional example. One of Banksy's stencils shows Queen Bessie shoving her cooch into a poor girl's face. Whenever he painted it, it would quickly be removed...with the exception of one installment on a shop shutter, meaning the painting can only be seen after 9:00 PM when the shop closes.
* WeirdnessCensor: Banksy, like most graffiti artists, uses this to his advantage. There are several photos of Banksy painting in the middle of the day with no one caring.
-->"The easiest way to become invisible is to wear a day-glo vest."
