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{{Tapped Out Quest
|name = Blood is Thinner Than Gravy
|image =
|level = 20
|update = {{TOCU|Thanksgiving 2018}}
|requirements =
|characters =
|optional =
|previous = [[Bird-Brained Schemes]]
|next =
|event = yes
}}

'''Blood is Thinner Than Gravy''' is an event-exclusive questline in ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''. It was introduced in the {{TOCU|Thanksgiving 2018}} content update.

== Dialogue ==
=== Pt. 1 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Moe's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|Ah, my favorite time of the month: Calendar Flipping Day.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|This calendar next to it to lets me know when to flip the page.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon}}
{{TB|Wow, the whole month of November, and not one social event written down. Not even Thanksgiving dinner.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Yeah, I keep my life extra lonely to, uh, save on ink…}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|Yeah, sure. I'm living the American Dream.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Proud}}
{{TB|I think I understand what you’re hinting at, Moe.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Hopeful}}
{{TB|You do?}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon}}
{{TB|Sure! You’re more than welcome to use my pen in case someone invites you over!}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Homer Ignore Moe's Cry for Help|4 hours|the [[Simpson House]]}} {{Task|Prep Meals|50}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Least I can use the pen to sign the foreclosure papers on my house.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Aw nuts, it doesn’t work.}}
{{Tapped Out Morty Icon}}
{{TB|Speaking of not working, retired life is treating me great!}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Shocked}}
{{TB|How’d you get in here?!}}
{{Tapped Out Marv Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Also speaking of not working, your lock is broken.}}
{{Tapped Out Minnie Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Dad already used that set-up, dummy!}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Worried}}
{{TB|Now my whole family's here?! And they’re doing shtick?!}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|This is worse than spending every waking moment of my existence alone.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}} [[Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag]]|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 2 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Moe's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|And here I thought making this bar look family-friendly would've scared you rodents off.}}
{{Tapped Out Morty Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Why would you start a "family business" without involving your family?}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|‘Cause none of your business!}}
{{Tapped Out Morty Icon}}
{{TB|But I know all the ins and outs: stab your enemy and move the knife in and out.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|I don’t got time to talk to youse. I gotta do something much less off-putting: clean the terlets.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Moe Avoid His Family|4 hours|[[Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag]]}} {{Task|Prep Meals|100}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|I thought bringing back Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag would bring families to me on the holidays.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Instead all I get are these childless millennials that only order avocado toast.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|Eh, at least I can pass off these spoiled potatoes as avocados.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}} [[Grill Patio]]|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 3 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Marge's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Serious}}
{{TB|Homer, what I’m about to say isn’t easy for me…}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Scared}}
{{TB|You’re leaving me?! Please, baby, I can change!}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon}}
{{TB|Oh, who am I kidding, I can’t change. You’re better off without me--}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|I’m not leaving! I was going to say you should invite Moe to Thanksgiving!}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Cautious}}
{{TB|Oh.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Glad to know you’d give up on our marriage so fast…}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon}}
{{TB|Baby, I can change! Actually, maybe you’re better off--}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Just ask Moe to dinner!}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Moe Spend Thanksgiving at the Simpsons|4 hours|the [[Simpson House]]}} {{Task|Prep Meals|250}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}} [[Mattress King Dinner Table]] w/ [[Minnie]]|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 4 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Minnie's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Minnie Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|This is quite a lovely event you’ve planned, Marge. Where’d you hire these tiny butlers?}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|They’re my children.}}
{{Tapped Out Minnie Icon}}
{{TB|You think I could book ‘em for my Uncensored Russian Dash Cam Car Accident movie night?}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Sneaky}}
{{TB|I start at fifty dollars a day, plus expenses.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|No! Minnie, why don’t you help me in the kitchen?}}
{{Tapped Out Minnie Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|I don’t cook -- I usually drink my dinner -- but I suppose I could learn to do both.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Minnie Drink and Help Marge in the Kitchen|4 hours|the [[Simpson House]]}} {{Task|Prep Meals|200}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Minnie Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|I gotta tell ya, I’m pretty useless in the kitchen.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon}}
{{TB|You must have some skills. Have you ever peeled a carrot or diced an onion?}}
{{Tapped Out Minnie Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|I’ve peeled out in a car after cheating at dice against a guy named Onion…}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Thoughtful}}
{{TB|Kinda convenient the guy’s name was Onion…}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Nervous}}
{{TB|Let’s just start with some stirring.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}} Fight Szyslak Style animated job|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 5 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Moe's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|Everything is delicious, Midge! What’s your secret?}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Ask your sister. She was quite the helper!}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|Wow, Minnie, I’m impressed. I woulda thought you’d be in there cookin’ up drugs or something!}}
{{Tapped Out Minnie Icon}}
{{TB|I was!}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Shocked}}
{{TB|Whaaaaa?}}
{{Tapped Out Minnie Icon}}
{{TB|When Marge turned her back, I stirred some pot in the pot.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|High}}
{{TB|That, and only that, explains why I’ve already eaten four helpings!}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Minnie, you ruined dinner! That’s it, put your loafers up!}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Minnie and Moe Have a Shoe Fight|8 hours|the [[Mattress King Dinner Table]]}} {{Task|Prep Meals|300}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Stop! You’re getting shoe polish on my good napkins!}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|Sorry about that, Midge. We Szyslaks have our own code of justice.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Scared}}
{{TB|Does it always involve shoe-slapping?!}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|Yes.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}} [[Taste of Springfield Festival]]|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 6 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Marge's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|This is terrible! All the Thanksgiving food has been spiked. Plus Minnie put drugs in the dinner before the shoe-fight.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Scared}}
{{TB|Oh no, the kids!}}
{{Tapped Out Minnie Icon}}
{{TB|Relax, I didn’t put any pot in the kid’s food.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Nervous}}
{{TB|Phew…}}
{{Tapped Out Minnie Icon}}
{{TB|I put ADD meds in theirs.}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Exhausted}}
{{TB|I just wrote essays about the first through tenth Thanksgivings!}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Furious}}
{{TB|Who cares about the boy’s education -- where are we going to get food?!}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|Well, we could go to the saddest place in town…}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|The homeless food pantry?}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|Sadder. The Taste of Springfield Festival on Thanksgiving day.}}
{{THT|{{Task/JobMulti|Make {{TOCG|The Simpsons Family|Simpsons}} Visit Taste of Springfield|8 hours|[[Taste of Springfield Festival]]|3}} {{Task/JobMulti|Make Szyslaks Visit Taste of Springfield|8 hours|[[Taste of Springfield Festival]]|3}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|After starting the jobs|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|This is awful. Our Thanksgiving tradition is ruined!}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon}}
{{TB|Look, they do wine tasting.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Ooh, maybe I can become one of those acceptable alcoholic moms!}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Drunk}}
{{TB|Hooray for new Thanksgiving traditions!}}
{{THT|After finishing the tasks|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|Well, Minnie, you found a way to put your own twist on Thanksgiving.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|It was violent, rage-filled, and borderline illegal, but ain’t that what this holiday is really about?}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Dreamy}}
{{TB|And you brought our family closer together…}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon}}
{{TB|We’re taking turns holding Mom’s hair back while she barfs up all that wine!}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}}|colspan=2}}
}}

== Behind the Laughter ==
The following dialogue was cut from Pt. 3, intended to play after the job had been started:
{{Table|
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|I gotta tell ya, Midge, your cooking smells even better in here than from the bushes outside and through a ski mask.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Nervous}}
{{TB|Uh, thanks…}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|I wish you’d told me your sister was coming, I would’ve cooked more food…}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon}}
{{TB|…and hid the good china.}}
{{Tapped Out Minnie Icon}}
{{TB|Oh, don’t worry, I don’t eat much. Gotta stay thin in case I need to shimmy out of a prison cell.}}
}}

{{Tapped Out Quests/Thanksgiving 2018}}

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 |name = Blood is Thinner Than Gravy
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+|image = [[File:Tapped Out Thanksgiving 2018 Sidebar.png|x100px]]
 |level = 20
 |update = {{TOCU|Thanksgiving 2018}}
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 |characters = [[Moe]], [[Homer]], [[Marge]], [[Minnie Szyslak|Minnie]], {{TOCG|The Simpsons Family}}
 |optional = [[Morty Szyslak|Morty]], [[Marv Szyslak|Marv]], See [[#Currency-earning jobs|Currency-earning jobs]]
 |previous = [[Bird-Brained Schemes]]
 |next =

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