Editing The Couch Caper

{{Tapped Out Quest
|name = The Couch Caper
|image = 
|level = 5
|update = {{TOCU|All This Jazz}}
|requirements = 
|characters = [[Skinny Palmer]]
|optional = [[Lunchlady Dora]], [[Manacek]]
|previous = 
|next = 
|premium = yes
}}

'''The Couch Caper''' is a premium questline in ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''. It was introduced in the {{TOCU|All This Jazz}} content update. It requires [[Skinny Palmer]] to be obtained.

== Dialogue ==
=== Pt. 1 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Skinny Palmer's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon}}
{{TB|Honey, I'm home! What in the heck are you doing?}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon}}
{{TB|Just squeezing these free ketchup packets into our old bottle of ketchup.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon}}
{{TB|Why don't you just buy more?}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|With the money you make playing jazz? I can only afford the essential condiments: salsa and Dijon.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|{{*}}sigh{{*}} It won't always be like this. I promise. I'm gonna land that record deal and things will be looking up for—}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Wait, where's Eleanor?}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon}}
{{TB|Who?}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Eleanor, my trumpet! I left her right here by the couch before I went out, and now she's gone.}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Am I your trumpet's keeper?}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Suspicious}}
{{TB|Well, jazzos and jazzettes, it looks like we've got ourselves a good old-fashioned mystery.}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|You haven't even started looking yet.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Suspicious}}
{{TB|I will get to the bottom of this.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Skinny Palmer Follow the Clues|2 hours|[[Bachelor Arms]], [[Krabappel Apartment]], [[Spinster City Apartments]], [[Apu's Apartment]], [[Village Apartments]], or a [[Brown House]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Lunchlady Dora Squeeze Ketchup Packets|2 hours|[[Bachelor Arms]], [[Krabappel Apartment]], [[Spinster City Apartments]], [[Apu's Apartment]], [[Village Apartments]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[Lunchlady Dora]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|{{*}}groans{{*}} What are you doing now?}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon}}
{{TB|If I shine this blacklight, it'll show you where bodily fluids are. I learned it from every CSI that's ever aired.}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|You really think a robber took the trumpet and then left a trail of fluid everywhere?}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Suspicious}}
{{TB|I'm only following the evidence.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 2 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Skinny Palmer's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon}}
{{TB|Hmm, it looks like the trail of clues heads out the door and then goes cold. To crack this case, I must combine all the skills of Sherlock Holmes, Poirot, Bosch, and Veronica Mars.}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|I used to love that show!}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon}}
{{TB|Anyway. If you're going out will you at least swing by Krusty Burger and get me some more ketchup packets?}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Suspicious}}
{{TB|The game is afoot! And justice waits for no condiments.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Skinny Palmer Stock Up on Detective Supplies|4 hours|[[Try-N-Save]], [[Sprawl-Mart]], [[CostMo]], [[Herman's Military Antiques]], [[Springfield Grocery Store]], or a [[Brown House]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Squeaky Voice Teen Icon}}
{{TB|One box of gloves. {{*}}beep{{*}}}}
{{Tapped Out Squeaky Voice Teen Icon}}
{{TB|One set of night-vision goggles. {{*}}beep{{*}}}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|And they better be the kind that make everything look green.}}
{{Tapped Out Squeaky Voice Teen Icon}}
{{TB|One hidden camera. {{*}}beep{{*}}}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Suspicious}}
{{TB|It's not hidden yet.}}
{{Tapped Out Squeaky Voice Teen Icon}}
{{TB|Thank you for shopping at Try-N-Save.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Determined}}
{{TB|Now it's time to catch the thief who stole my instrument!}}
{{Tapped Out Squeaky Voice Teen Icon}}
{{TB|Before you do that, could you fill out a short customer experience survey?}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 3 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Skinny Palmer's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Shoot, I forgot my magnifying glass and I need it to find my trumpet.}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon|Sleezy}}
{{TB|I hear you've got quite a case on your hands…Skinny.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Suspicious}}
{{TB|Who are you?}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon}}
{{TB|My name is Manacek.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|You look like you time-traveled here from the 1979 set of "Big Shamus, Little Shamus".}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon|Thoughtful}}
{{TB|See, the curious thing about your stolen trumpet is…stealing it was an inside job.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|So you think I stole it?}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|No, but I'm going to get to the bottom of this…even if it means leaving no pet rock unturned.}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon}}
{{TB|We have to stock up for the stakeout. I'm thinking a bottle of Cognac and a thick stack of "Paris Match" magazines.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon}}
{{TB|A stakeout? Who do we need to stake out?}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|There's a little lunchlady who isn't little and isn't telling the truth either.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Skinny Palmer Have a Stakeout|4 hours|[[Chalmers' 1979 _ONDA]], [[Canyonero]], [[Starline Commander]], [[Secret Agent Car]], [[Homer's Car]], [[Unlicensed Taxi]], [[Willie's Tractor]], [[WWII Tank]], [[La Bicyclette]], or a [[Brown House]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Manacek Have a Stakeout|4 hours|[[Chalmers' 1979 _ONDA]], [[Canyonero]], [[Starline Commander]], [[Secret Agent Car]], [[Homer's Car]], [[Unlicensed Taxi]], [[Willie's Tractor]], [[WWII Tank]], [[La Bicyclette]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[Manacek]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon}}
{{TB|So why exactly are we staking out my girlfriend? Don't you think the robber is long gone by now?}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon|Sleezy}}
{{TB|They always come back to the scene of the crime. And in this case, the robber lives at the scene of the crime.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|These night-vision goggles make my head hurt.}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon}}
{{TB|You flip the 8-track and I'll test out this so-called "night-vision".}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon}}
{{TB|Do you see Lunchlady Dora in there?}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon|Sleezy}}
{{TB|Yeah, she's cooking up some tater-tots…in her birthday suit.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|You're not creeping on her, are you?}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Sorry, falling in love with a mysterious woman is the first step to solving a crime. Luckily for you, your lunchlady repulses me.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|You haven't helped at all in finding my trumpet.}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|Haven't I?}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Suspicious}}
{{TB|No.}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon|Thoughtful}}
{{TB|Well, for what it's worth — and it is worth quite a bit — your trumpet isn't at your house. It's at Lunchlady Dora's second boyfriend's house.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|She stole my trumpet and she's two-timing me?}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon}}
{{TB|You really have a knack for this, Skinny.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 4 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Skinny Palmer's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|{{*}}grumbling{{*}} That 1970s detective thinks he knows so much about my personal life just because his entire job is finding stuff out.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon}}
{{TB|I need to clear my head, get a good night's rest, and pick up the clues in the morning after some waffles and—}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Suspicious}}
{{TB|Wait, what's this? A trail of footprints leading away from my front door?}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Skinny Palmer Follow the Footprints|4 hours}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Suspicious}}
{{TB|It looks like these footprints lead right to the Municipal House of Pancakes.}}
{{Tapped Out Otto Icon}}
{{TB|Can I get a short stack of pancakes?}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon}}
{{TB|And did you want those pancakes American, Swedish, or Scooty Hooty Sweet and Fruity?}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Dora? Since when were you working night shifts at MHOP?}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|I need — I mean, we need the money.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|But I provide for you, right baby?}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Not really, no. I make more as a lunchlady, and that's really saying something.}}
{{Tapped Out Otto Icon}}
{{TB|Actually, scratch that. Lemme have the Ham Slam with cheese and a side of Don't Go Bacon My Heart.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Otto, can you give us a minute here? Also, you should really try the French toast. It's delicious.}}
{{Tapped Out Otto Icon}}
{{TB|Right on, amigo!}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Suspicious}}
{{TB|Are you not telling me something?}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|I'm not not telling you something.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 5 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Skinny Palmer's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|You're right, Dora. Losing my trumpet is probably a sign that I need to get my life together and try to provide for you more.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|So I guess my days of jazz are over.}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|I'm sorry, Skinny.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon}}
{{TB|First thing Monday morning I'm going to get me a job that'll make me the man you first decided to casually date.}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Oh, thank you.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon}}
{{TB|But first things first, let's scrounge up what money we do have so we can find a new place and get out of this dump.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Skinny Palmer Search the Couch Cushions for Coins|2 hours|[[Bachelor Arms]], [[Krabappel Apartment]], [[Spinster City Apartments]], [[Apu's Apartment]], [[Village Apartments]], or a [[Brown House]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Lunchlady Dora Search the Couch Cushions for Coins|2 hours|[[Bachelor Arms]], [[Krabappel Apartment]], [[Spinster City Apartments]], [[Apu's Apartment]], [[Village Apartments]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[Lunchlady Dora]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|{{*}}searching the couch cushions{{*}} There's got to be money in here somewhere! Hold on, what's this? {{*}}gasps{{*}} My trumpet!}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|{{*}}gasps{{*}}}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Don't pretend to be surprised, Dora.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Determined}}
{{TB|No, Manacek. You haven't solved anything. My trumpet was right here in the couch cushions the whole time!}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|But was it? {{*}}flashback{{*}} It was a simple matter of Lunchlady Dora pretending to look for your trumpet when in reality she was hiding it right under your caboose.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Suspicious}}
{{TB|But then why would she leave it in the couch?}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon|Sleezy}}
{{TB|Because that's not your trumpet. It's a perfect replica — examine the polish.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|It tastes unlacquered! It's a silver varnish instead of brass.}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon}}
{{TB|Once you left to pick up your dry cleaning, Lunchlady Dora went straight to King Toot's to sell your trumpet to the highest bidder.}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon}}
{{TB|And after selling that trumpet's weight in brass, Lunchlady Dora thought she was in the clear. But then…you ran into me.}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon}}
{{TB|So, panicking, she made a perfect replica of the trumpet, then stuffed that replica back into the couch.}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Nothing you say makes any sense!}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Oh, and one more thing. She's having an affair with King Toot.}}
{{Tapped Out Lunchlady Dora Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Okay, it's all true! I admit it! I needed the money! And I needed King Toot! He's the one I love!}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|I'm sorry, Manacek. I should have never doubted you.}}
{{Tapped Out Manacek Icon}}
{{TB|Solving a crime has many fathers, but no sons.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinny Palmer Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|{{*}}chuckles{{*}} I like you, Manacek.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}}|colspan=2}}
}}

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