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{{Tapped Out Quest
|name = At the Suburbs of Madness
|image = [[File:Tapped Out At the Suburbs of Madness Sidebar.png|x100px]]
|level = 5
|update = {{TOCU|Treehouse of Horror XXXIII}}
|requirements =
|characters =
|optional =
|internal = AtTheSuburbsOfMadness
|id = 261016 - 261020
|previous = [[Too Cool for Ghoul]]
|next = [[The Real Horror Was the Friends We Made Along the Way]]
|event = yes
}}

'''At the Suburbs of Madness''' is an event-exclusive questline in ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''. It was introduced in the {{TOCU|Treehouse of Horror XXXIII}} content update.

== Dialogue ==
=== Pt. 1 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|Between November 8, [[2022]] and November 16, 2022|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Horrified}}
{{TB|People-chomping zombies! Run!}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|But first it's always more important to shoot video and post it!}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Ugh! This is what I'm talking about! People screaming, zombies slow-walking, biting, blood spraying everywhere — BOR-ING!}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|A weird mind like mine could never be frightened by such banal grotesqueries.}}
{{Tapped Out Edgar Allan Poe Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Yes. So prosaic! Now go over there and flash your big brain.}}
{{Tapped Out Icon|Shuffling Zombie|Shuffling Zombie|52}}
{{TB|You has-beens are just jealous because everyone loves zombies, and no one reads your dusty old "books" unless a teacher forces them to!}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Now you've gone too far, vile creatures!}}
{{Tapped Out Edgar Allan Poe Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Indeed! Quoth the Raven: Eat my shorts!}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|Hey! That "quoth" is from the Bartman!}}
{{THT|{{Task|Collect Eyeballs|115}} {{Task/Optional|Make Poe Throw Zombies Down the Bottomless Pit|4 hours|the [[Springfield Cemetery]], [[Cemetery Plot]], [[Fogbury Cemetery]], [[Frontier Cemetery]], [[Pet Cemetery]], or a [[Brown House]]|char={{Ch|Edgar Allan Poe}}}} {{Task/Optional|Make Lovecraft Throw Zombies Into the Bottomless Pit|4 hours|the [[Springfield Cemetery]], [[Cemetery Plot]], [[Fogbury Cemetery]], [[Frontier Cemetery]], [[Pet Cemetery]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[H.P. Lovecraft]]}} {{Task/Optional|Make Bart Finally Be Impressed by These Old Dudes|4 hours|the [[Springfield Cemetery]], [[Cemetery Plot]], [[Fogbury Cemetery]], [[Frontier Cemetery]], [[Pet Cemetery]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[Bart]]}} {{Task/Optional|Make Mopey Mary Hide Her Laughter|4 hours|the [[Springfield Cemetery]], [[Cemetery Plot]], [[Fogbury Cemetery]], [[Frontier Cemetery]], [[Pet Cemetery]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[Mopey Mary]]}} {{Task/Job|Make Lisa Give Up on Halloween|4 hours|the [[Springfield Cemetery]], [[Cemetery Plot]], [[Fogbury Cemetery]], [[Frontier Cemetery]], [[Pet Cemetery]], or a [[Brown House]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Edgar Allan Poe Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|The zombies are vanquished, and Halloween is near complete. I declare myself the victor!}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|By what right?}}
{{Tapped Out Edgar Allan Poe Icon}}
{{TB|I ingeniously summoned Mopey Mary.}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|She didn't scare anyone!}}
{{Tapped Out Mopey Mary Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|True. My whole "crawling out of the TV" bit is pretty much all I've got.}}
{{Tapped Out Edgar Allan Poe Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Fine! You have one final shot, Lovecraft. What have you got?}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Only my most twisted creation yet!}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Drool}}
{{TB|Twisted creation? As in pretzels! Yum!}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}} Zombie Billboard Bundle|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 2 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After completing Pt. 1|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon}}
{{TB|I know you can do it, Mr. Lovecraft! Bring the true meaning of dread back to Springfield.}}
{{Tapped Out Edgar Allan Poe Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Lisa, how could you?! I thought you were Team Poe.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|I'm Team Whoever can deliver true horror that isn't just gore and cheap thrills.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Embarrassed}}
{{TB|Plus, curved surfaces kind of scare me, too.}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Smug}}
{{TB|Worry not, fellow non-Euclidean devotee. Prepare for horror beyond imagining! I'll need a reanimator. Gently used if new is not available.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|There's not anything like that in Springfield.}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon}}
{{TB|Sure there is. Mad Doctor Itchy has one at his castle on the edge of town.}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon}}
{{TB|Excellent! But first we need to make a brief stop at the abandoned lighthouse.}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|What for? The only person who currently lives there is…Sideshow Bob!}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Exactly.}}
{{THT|{{Task|Collect Eyeballs|115}} {{Task/Optional|Make Lovecraft Kidnap Sideshow Bob|4 hours|[[Fogbury Port Lighthouse & Pier]], [[Squidport Entrance]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[H.P. Lovecraft]]}} {{Task/Optional|Make Sideshow Bob Get Kidnapped|4 hours|[[Fogbury Port Lighthouse & Pier]], [[Squidport Entrance]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[Sideshow Bob]]}} {{Task/Optional|Make Bart Like Where This is Going|4 hours|[[Fogbury Port Lighthouse & Pier]], [[Squidport Entrance]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[Bart]]}} {{Task/Job|Make Lisa Worry About Where This is Going|4 hours|[[Fogbury Port Lighthouse & Pier]], [[Squidport Entrance]], or a [[Brown House]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Smug}}
{{TB|{{*}}knock knock knock{{*}}}}
{{Tapped Out Sideshow Bob Icon|Exhausted}}
{{TB|What is this? I was nearly napping, when suddenly there comes a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at the lighthouse door.}}
{{Tapped Out Edgar Allan Poe Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Finally! Someone with some culture.}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Moribund and monotonous!}}
{{Tapped Out Sideshow Bob Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Edgar Allan Poe! And H.P. Lovecraft!}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon}}
{{TB|You're probably wondering why I'm here, and why I have this chloroform, gag, and length of rope.}}
{{Tapped Out Sideshow Bob Icon}}
{{TB|I recognize a kidnapping when I see one.}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Frustrated}}
{{TB|He has some experience in the field.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}} [[Bottomless Pit]]|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 3 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After completing Pt. 2|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon}}
{{TB|Pardon us for dropping in unannounced on All Hallow's Eve, Doctor Itchy.}}
{{Tapped Out Mad Doctor Itchy Icon}}
{{TB|You can call me "Mad".}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon}}
{{TB|I have a friendly wager with Mr. Poe as to who can create the greatest horror. I've something in mind that will chill you to the very marrow.}}
{{Tapped Out Mad Doctor Itchy Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|If there's marrow involved, count me in!}}
{{THT|{{Task|Collect Eyeballs|145}} {{Task/Optional|Make Lovecraft Make an Insane Pitch to Doctor Itchy|4 hours|[[Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle]], [[Death Mountain]], [[Monster's Castle]], [[Hell Labs]], [[House of Pain]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[H.P. Lovecraft]]}} {{Task/Optional|Make Mad Doctor Itchy Say He's All About the Crazy|4 hours|[[Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle]], [[Death Mountain]], [[Monster's Castle]], [[Hell Labs]], [[House of Pain]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[Mad Doctor Itchy]]}} {{Task/Optional|Make Bart Get Excited for Crazy|4 hours|[[Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle]], [[Death Mountain]], [[Monster's Castle]], [[Hell Labs]], [[House of Pain]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[Bart]]}} {{Task/Job|Make Lisa Worry About How Crazy This is Going to Get|4 hours|[[Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle]], [[Death Mountain]], [[Monster's Castle]], [[Hell Labs]], [[House of Pain]], or a [[Brown House]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon}}
{{TB|The first thing I need is—}}
{{Tapped Out Mad Doctor Itchy Icon}}
{{TB|{{*}}cuts off Sideshow Bob's head{{*}}}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|How did you know that's what I needed?}}
{{Tapped Out Mad Doctor Itchy Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|First I was going to cut off your head, but you were talking so…}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Sneaky}}
{{TB|Best Halloween ever!}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}} [[Reanimator]]|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 4 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After completing Pt. 3|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|All I need is but a moment at Mad Doctor Itchy's reanimator, and Springfield shall know true horror at last!}}
{{Tapped Out Edgar Allan Poe Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|You're getting desperate, Lovecraft! All you've got is the head of a sideshow buffoon and some spare parts.}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Smug}}
{{TB|Just wait and see!}}
{{THT|{{Task|Collect Eyeballs|145}} {{Task/Optional|Make Poe Mock Lovecraft's Desperation|4 hours|[[Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle]], [[Death Mountain]], [[Monster's Castle]], [[Hell Labs]], [[House of Pain]], or a [[Brown House]]|char={{Ch|Edgar Allan Poe}}}} {{Task/Optional|Make Lovecraft Create a New Horror|4 hours|[[Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle]], [[Death Mountain]], [[Monster's Castle]], [[Hell Labs]], [[House of Pain]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[H.P. Lovecraft]]}} {{Task/Optional|Make Bart Root for Lovecraft|4 hours|[[Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle]], [[Death Mountain]], [[Monster's Castle]], [[Hell Labs]], [[House of Pain]], or a [[Brown House]]|char=[[Bart]]}} {{Task/Job|Make Lisa Root for This to End|4 hours|[[Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle]], [[Death Mountain]], [[Monster's Castle]], [[Hell Labs]], [[House of Pain]], or a [[Brown House]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|I give you the greatest horror Springfield has ever known!}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Eaggh! Sideshow Bob's head!}}
{{Tapped Out Mad Doctor Itchy Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|You're forgetting the body of a chicken!}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Shocked}}
{{TB|And deer antlers? Why?}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon}}
{{TB|Eh, I had them laying around.}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Smug}}
{{TB|Behold! Sideshow Chicken!}}
{{Tapped Out Sideshow Chicken Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Cluck-cluck-kill!}}
{{Tapped Out Edgar Allan Poe Icon}}
{{TB|I admit it, Lovecraft: you have beaten me. I can conceive of no horror greater than this.}}
{{Tapped Out Sideshow Chicken Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Now to lay an egg of terror in the heart of Springfield!! {{*}}runs out of the castle{{*}}}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|I'm so proud. It's like seeing your child go off to college.}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Cool! If that's college, I wanna go!}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}} [[Abandoned Lighthouse]]|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 5 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After completing Pt. 4|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Sarah Wiggum Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Oh my God! It has the body of a chicken!}}
{{Tapped Out Smithers Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|And the head of Sideshow Bob!}}
{{Tapped Out Otto Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|And a nice set of honkin' antlers!}}
{{Tapped Out Sideshow Chicken Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Quit staring at my rack! My eyes are down here!}}
{{Tapped Out Wiggum Icon|Pained}}
{{TB|It's so horrible! So monstrous!}}
{{Tapped Out Sideshow Chicken Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|That's right, Springfield! Flee! Flee into madness!}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Shocked}}
{{TB|Really? Bob's head on a chicken body? That's what gets this town to feel real terror?}}
{{Tapped Out Wiggum Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|It's so scrawny…no plump white meat or delicious dark meat! Aaagh!}}
{{THT|{{Task|Collect Eyeballs|185}} {{Task/Job|Make Lisa Cringe as Sideshow Chicken Rampages|4 hours|[[Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle]], [[Death Mountain]], [[Monster's Castle]], [[Hell Labs]], [[House of Pain]], or a [[Brown House]]}} {{Task/JobMulti|Make Springfielders Get Bored of Sideshow Chicken|4 hours|{{TOG|Home Visitable|Visitable Home}}s|5}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Wiggum Icon|Exhausted}}
{{TB|{{*}}yawn{{*}} Okay, that's enough excitement for one night. I'm hitting the sack. By which I mean my trick-or-treat sack. Then I'm going to bed.}}
{{Tapped Out Skinner Icon}}
{{TB|Me, too. See everyone next Halloween.}}
{{Tapped Out Sideshow Chicken Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Wait, what? Aren't you terrified of me anymore?}}
{{Tapped Out Otto Icon}}
{{TB|Sorry, chicken dude. We've been overrun by so much weird stuff that nothing freaks us out for very long.}}
{{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|So that's it?}}
{{Tapped Out Edgar Allan Poe Icon}}
{{TB|Halloween ends not with a scream, but with a yawn?}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Now we roll right into Thanksgiving!}}
{{Tapped Out Agnes Icon}}
{{TB|That's the turkey holiday, so no chickens allowed!}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}} [[Sideshow Chicken]]|colspan=2}}
}}

== Behind the Laughter ==
The quest name is a reference to the science-fiction and cosmic horror novel ''{{W|At the Mountains of Madness}}'' by [[H. P. Lovecraft]].

{{Tapped Out Quests/Treehouse of Horror XXXIII}}

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 {{TB|Excellent! But first we need to make a brief stop at the abandoned lighthouse.}}
 {{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Confused}}
-{{TB|What for? The only person who currently lives there is…Sideshow Bob!}}
+{{TB|What for? The only person who currently lives there is...Sideshow Bob!}}
 {{Tapped Out H.P. Lovecraft Icon|Happy}}
 {{TB|Exactly.}}
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 {{TB|How did you know that's what I needed?}}
 {{Tapped Out Mad Doctor Itchy Icon|Confused}}
-{{TB|First I was going to cut off your head, but you were talking so…}}
+{{TB|First I was going to cut off your head, but you were talking so...}}
 {{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Sneaky}}
 {{TB|Best Halloween ever!}}
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 {{TB|Really? Bob's head on a chicken body? That's what gets this town to feel real terror?}}
 {{Tapped Out Wiggum Icon|Surprised}}
-{{TB|It's so scrawny…no plump white meat or delicious dark meat! Aaagh!}}
+{{TB|It's so scrawny...no plump white meat or delicious dark meat! Aaagh!}}
 {{THT|{{Task|Collect Eyeballs|185}}<br>{{Task/Job|Make Lisa Cringe as Sideshow Chicken Rampages|4 hours|[[Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle]], [[Death Mountain]], [[Monster's Castle]], [[Hell Labs]], [[House of Pain]], or a [[Brown House]]}}<br>{{Task/JobMulti|Make Springfielders Get Bored of Sideshow Chicken|4 hours|{{TOG|Home Visitable|Visitable Home}}s|5}}|colspan=2}}
 {{Tapped Out Wiggum Icon|Exhausted}}

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 {{TB|Now you've gone too far, vile creatures!}}
 {{Tapped Out Edgar Allan Poe Icon|Angry}}
-{{TB|Indeed! Quoth the Raven: Eat my shorts!}}
+{{TB|Indeed! [[Treehouse of Horror|Quoth the Raven: Eat my shorts!]]}}
 {{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Confused}}
 {{TB|Hey! That "quoth" is from the Bartman!}}

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 |update = {{TOCU|Treehouse of Horror XXXIII}}
 |requirements =
-|characters =
+|characters = [[Lisa]], {{TOCG|Regular Characters}}
-|optional =
+|optional = {{Ch|Edgar Allan Poe}}, [[H.P. Lovecraft]], [[Bart]], [[Mopey Mary]], [[Sideshow Bob]], [[Mad Doctor Itchy]], {{TOCG|Premium Characters}}, See [[#Currency-earning jobs|Currency-earning jobs]]
 |internal = AtTheSuburbsOfMadness
 |id = 261016 - 261020
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 {{TB|That's the turkey holiday, so no chickens allowed!}}
 {{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}}<br>[[Sideshow Chicken]]|colspan=2}}
 }}