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{{Tapped Out Quest
|name = Biting Back
|image =
|level = 5
|update = {{TOCU|Treehouse of Horror XXIX}}
|requirements = {{ap|myPad|Tapped Out quest}}
|characters = {{TOCG|Regular Characters}}, [[Ned]], [[Homer]], [[Count Dracula]]
|optional = {{TOCG|Premium Characters}}
|previous =
|next = [[Whatever, Vampires]]
|event = yes
}}

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

== Dialogue ==
=== Pt. 1 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After starting the update|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon|Scary}}
{{TB|Halloween approaches. The time when my evil powers are at their height.}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon|Scary}}
{{TB|Tonight my foul presence will bring terror to the huddled, fearful mortals of Springfield.}}
{{Tapped Out Countess Dracula Icon}}
{{TB|Could you stop off at the Kwik-E-Mart? We need more kitchen trash bags.}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|But I’m flying home as a bat! I’ll look like an idiot carrying a shopping bag.}}
{{Tapped Out Countess Dracula Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Do it! Or tonight your foul presence will be bringing terror to the living room sofa.}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Yes, Dear.}}
{{THT|{{Task/JobMulti|Make Springfielders Ignore Count Dracula|6 seconds|{{TOG|Home}}s|5}} {{Task/Optional|Make Count Dracula Fail to Scare Springfielders|6 seconds|{{TOG|Home}}s|char=[[Count Dracula]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|After starting Count Dracula's job|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon|Scary}}
{{TB|{{*}}hypnotizing stare* I want to drink your blood!}}
{{Tapped Out Krusty Icon|Joking}}
{{TB|Really? You look a little old to be a network executive.}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Oh Krusty, if I wasn’t already undead, you’d slay me!}}
{{THT|After finishing the tasks|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|I do not understand. Not a single person in this town is scared by me.}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|I even bit this woman and she started coming on to me.}}
{{Tapped Out Selma Icon|Bitten}}
{{TB|{{*}}laughs sheepishly* I haven't had action like that in years.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 2 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After completing Pt. 1|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Why is no one scared of me? You’d think people deal with unholy bloodsuckers every day.}}
{{Tapped Out Countess Dracula Icon}}
{{TB|They do: Freemium game designers.}}
{{Tapped Out Countess Dracula Icon|Serious}}
{{TB|Our only hope is to use our vampire allure and turn the people of Springfield into our minions.}}
{{Tapped Out Countess Dracula Icon|Serious}}
{{TB|But first we’ll have to get rid of the most dangerous and sexy man in town.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Ned Fend Off Vampires|6 seconds|[[Flanders House]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|After starting the job|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon|Pajamas Annoyed}}
{{TB|Hey, hey, the only woman I let bite my neck is my wife!}}
{{Tapped Out Countess Dracula Icon}}
{{TB|Then what’s the problem. Just like her, I’m dead. *long suck*}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon|Pajamas Worried}}
{{TB|Ooh, I feel like an altar boy who’s been overdoing the communion wine…}}
{{THT|After finishing the task|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon|Pajamas Worried}}
{{TB|Homer, help! Vampires are trying to kill me.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon}}
{{TB|Don’t worry! Vampires can’t stand garlic. Just hang these cloves around your neck.}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon|Pajamas Annoyed}}
{{TB|Garlic? That’s awfully French. I’ll stick with the vampires.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 3 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Ned's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon|Worried}}
{{TB|Homer, our city is being stalked by vampires!}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Aah}}
{{TB|Nooo! They’re so terrifyingly moody and angst-ridden.}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon}}
{{TB|Have no flayvin! Lengthy computer simulations have revealed the way to defeat them.}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon}}
{{TB|We must dig up ancient relics from the old Van Flanders ruins, and use them to summon a mythical ancient power.}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon}}
{{TB|The legends call it “Sky Finger” and apparently it has a mysterious power called “tapping”.}}
{{THT|Reward: {{Pickaxe|10}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|{{Task|Place [[Old Ruins]]}} {{Task|Discover a Relic}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Is this it?}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|That's a rock.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Is this it?}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|That's the same rock.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Snobby}}
{{TB|I’m bored.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 4 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Ned's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon|Worried}}
{{TB|We need to dig up more ancient relics and use them to defeat the evil besetting our town.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Stupid relics. I’ve already broken three of your shovels digging them up. More shovels please.}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon|Dreamy}}
{{TB|I call upon the sky lord to grant us a forge burning with righteousness, forming metal into pickaxes of holy fury.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Stupid Flanders! Why didn’t you wish for a beer and a jackhammer!}}
{{THT|{{Task/Build|Place [[Holy Forge]]|6 seconds}} {{Task|Acquire Pickaxes|3}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 5 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Furious}}
{{TB|Look out! Vampires! Stake ‘em!}}
{{Tapped Out Cloakie Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|{{*}}snarls*}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon|Shocked}}
{{TB|No, Homer, those monsters are actually our fellow townspeople!}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Furious}}
{{TB|Definitely stake 'em!}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon|Worried}}
{{TB|The vampires have used their “allure” to put a curse on regular people.}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon}}
{{TB|I think I know how to free them from the allure, but we’ll need to use the ceremonies written in the old Flanders family tome.}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Now where did I put that tome?}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon}}
{{TB|I borrowed it to put under the leg of my wobbly coffee table.}}
{{THT|{{Task|Place [[Flanders Family Tome]]}} {{Task|Tap the Flanders Family Tome to Cleanse All Monster Minions}} {{Task|Clear the Curse on Monster Minions in Friends Towns|3}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Ooh}}
{{TB|Wow, that tome of yours has some kickass anti-minion power.}}
{{Tapped Out Ned Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|It also has a mighty good recipe for lemonade. Like to try some?}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Snobby}}
{{TB|We’re allies, not friends.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 6 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After completing Pt. 5|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Countess Dracula Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|You'll never stop my minions. We will scatter to the dark corners of Springfield!}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Thoughtful}}
{{TB|Hmm, we do have a LOT of dark corners in this town.}}
{{Tapped Out Quimby Icon|Proud}}
{{TB|It’s the heart of our latest tourist campaign: “Springfield, Where Lovers Can Watch the Stars”.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Nagging}}
{{TB|Because we never repair the street lights.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|That's it! If we create a dark and spooky area around the old ruins, it'll attract the vampire minions, and keep them out of the town!}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|The Frink Future Predictor gives that plan a nintey-nine percent chance of success!}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|But an eighty-seven percent chance the Frink Future Predictor itself is just a worthless piece of junk. Frink away!}}
{{THT|{{Task|Craft a Decoration}} {{Task|Reach 5% Curse Bonus}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Cloakie Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|{{*}}inquisitive growl*}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|It's working! The spooky ruins are attracting the minions!}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Once again, the Frink Future Predictor is right!}}
{{Tapped Out Fortune Teller Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Everyone wants into the game.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 7 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Count Dracula's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Countess Dracula Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Vladdy, dearest, my idiotic minions are hiding in the dark instead of chasing victims.}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon}}
{{TB|Yes, the decision to make them mindless does seem to have some drawbacks.}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon}}
{{TB|On the other hand, I think we can draw them out of the shadows with the one thing mindless people love.}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|A shopping district.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Build|Unlock and Build [[Dracula-la Land]]|4 hours}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 8 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After completing Pt. 7|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Countess Dracula Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|I thought if we could defeat any town, it would be this one.}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|No kidding. Last spring, Springfield couldn’t even manage to handle an outbreak of athlete’s foot.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Still can’t. My toes are itching the hell out of me.}}
{{Tapped Out Countess Dracula Icon}}
{{TB|Stand back, Vladdy. It’s time to see what a three-hundred-year-old lady vampire can do to this town.}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon}}
{{TB|My dear, you don’t look a day over two-fifty.}}
{{THT|{{Task|Unlock [[Countess Dracula]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Countess Dracula Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Well, this didn't go as planned.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|That's Springfield, baby! If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon}}
{{TB|Don’t worry about it, my darling. Go have a nice nap in your coffin.}}
{{Tapped Out Countess Dracula Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|I can’t! I drank so much blood I’m too fat to fit in it.}}
{{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon}}
{{TB|Aw, you can burn those calories off in no time. Just stay up until the sun comes out.}}
{{TBT|'''Message'''}}
{{TB|The Vampire invasion has been thwarted. But you can still send Countess Dracula on her job to Create Monster Minions!}}
{{TBT|'''Message'''}}
{{TB|You have completed the Act 1 story! Keep Springfielders digging and cleansing Monster Minions, Act 2 starts soon!}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}}|colspan=2}}
}}

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 {{Tapped Out Count Dracula Icon}}
 {{TB|Aw, you can burn those calories off in no time. Just stay up until the sun comes out.}}
-{{TBT|'''Message'''}}
+{{Tapped Out Message}}
 {{TB|The Vampire invasion has been thwarted. But you can still send Countess Dracula on her job to Create Monster Minions!}}
-{{TBT|'''Message'''}}
+{{Tapped Out Message}}
 {{TB|You have completed the Act 1 story! Keep Springfielders digging and cleansing Monster Minions, Act 2 starts soon!}}
 {{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}}|colspan=2}}

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 |name = Biting Back
-|image =
+|image = [[File:Tapped Out Treehouse of Horror 2018 Sidebar.png|x100px]]
 |level = 5
 |update = {{TOCU|Treehouse of Horror XXIX}}
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 |characters = {{TOCG|Regular Characters}}, [[Ned]], [[Homer]], [[Count Dracula]]
 |optional = {{TOCG|Premium Characters}}
 |previous =
 |next = [[Whatever, Vampires]]

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SolarBot: /* Pt. 8 */ replaced: {{TBT|'''Message'''}} → {{Tapped Out Message}} (2)

Solar Dragon at 20:01, April 9, 2025

SolarBot: replaced: ’ → ' (28), … → ..., “ → " (4), ” → " (4), ‘ → ', * → {{*}} (10), {{{{*}}}} → {{*}} (4)

Solar Dragon: Created page with "{{Tapped Out Quest |name = Biting Back |image = |level = 5 |update = {{TOCU|Treehouse of Horror XXIX}} |requirements = {{ap|myPad|Tapped Out quest}} |characters = {{TOCG|Regu..."

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