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{{Tapped Out Quest
|name = Deal With the Deuce
|image = [[File:Tapped Out Deuce Sidebar.png|x100px]]
|level = 5
|update = {{TOCU|Hot Diggity D'oh!}}
|requirements =
|characters = [[Deuce]]
|optional = [[Cletus]], [[Mr. Burns]]
|internal = DealWithTheDeuce
|id = 254008 - 254012
|previous =
|next =
|premium = yes
}}

'''Deal With the Deuce''' is a premium questline in ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''. It was introduced in the {{TOCU|Hot Diggity D'oh!}} content update.

== Dialogue ==
=== Pt. 1 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Deuce's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|Can I get a Chicago dog with chili on top?}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon}}
{{TB|Sure thing.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|You know, maybe there's more to life than just selling hot dogs, day after day…}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|Were you saying that to me or having one of them small existential crises?}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon}}
{{TB|I'm not sure. All I know is when I was a kid—}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Oh, so you're just going to launch into it. Okay, fine. But can I have my hot dog first and then you can go on with your story?}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon}}
{{TB|Here's your Chicago dog with chili on top. Anyway, like I was saying, when I was a kid I was always told to think big and I think I lost sight of that.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Exhausted}}
{{TB|I'm going to stop you right there. You know, this is all sort of depressing. And I know depressing.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Pleased}}
{{TB|But what I'm really tryin' to say is: maybe you should just quit and do something else with your life.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Quit? I never thought of quitting.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|Really? It seems like where you were already heading.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|I don't know what I'm going to do for work, but it's not going to be this! {{*}}takes off apron{{*}}}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Okay, good for you hot dog guy.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Deuce Envision a Non-Hot Dog Career|4 hours}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Wow, I guess you need a lot of experience and specific education to get all the cool and high-paying jobs…}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon}}
{{TB|Maybe I should un-quit the hot dog cart?}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Or…I can quickly come up with an idea that will change the food service industry as we know it!}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|I've got it!}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Who's going to want a plain old hot dog when they can have…}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|…a hot dog within another hot dog! I'll call it the "Hot Dog Dog"!}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 2 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Deuce's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Well, every bank closed their doors in my face.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon}}
{{TB|Hopefully some rich guy is willing to invest in a sure thing like the "Hot Dog Dog".}}
{{Tapped Out The Rich Texan Icon}}
{{TB|No can do, Mister! I know it don't jive with my rootin-tootin' personality, but I'm actually a vegan.}}
{{Tapped Out Hank Scorpio Icon}}
{{TB|A hot dog inside another hot dog… It's not really evil, is it? The thing is, Deuce, I only invest in evil.}}
{{Tapped Out Wolfcastle Icon}}
{{TB|I'm the new sponsor of Papa John's. I can't invest in your puny hot dog venture.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
{{TB|Retail stores like Costington's are getting slaughtered by Amazon! Slaughtered! I'm nearly bankrupt!}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon}}
{{TB|Well, I don't know who else I can ask. But I'll do whatever it takes to secure that seed money.}}
{{Tapped Out Cletus Icon|Enthused}}
{{TB|Well, boy howdy. Did I hear you say you'se got money for "seeds"? Cuz I could really use a partner for my tomacco crop. Just need those seeds.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|Oh, actually…I'm not talking about real seeds, it's just a term for the initial fundraising money for a business.}}
{{Tapped Out Cletus Icon}}
{{TB|Don't matter. I still want 'em.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Deuce Follow the Money|4 hours|{{TOG|Shop}}s}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Cletus Try to Get "Seed" Money|4 hours|[[Cletus's Farm]]|char=[[Cletus]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Barney Icon}}
{{TB|Sorry, Deuce. Your hot dog idea sounds like a real winner, but my portfolio is tied up in NFTs of Duff memorabilia.}}
{{Tapped Out Lenny Icon}}
{{TB|And I just put a deposit down on a townhouse.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Moe, will you invest?}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|Hey, don't look at me. I'm buried in what they call bury-you-alive-style debt.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
{{TB|In fact, that's my collector at the door as we speak.}}
{{Tapped Out Frankie the Squealer Icon}}
{{TB|Good afternoon, Szyslak.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Worried}}
{{TB|This time can you break my left knee cap? My right one's still a little tender.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Not one single interested investor. I'm screwed.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
{{TB|Did I hear someone in desperate financial straits that is in need of timely aid?!}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|Yeah.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 3 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Deuce's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
{{TB|In preparation for our new business partnership, I've had my legal team draw up the necessary documents.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|Whoa, that's a big stack of papers. Couldn't you have just printed them double-sided?}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
{{TB|Sign here…here…here…there. Initial here, here, here, and here. Don't read that part…and sign there.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon}}
{{TB|Okay, I guess we're partners now.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
{{TB|{{*}}steeples fingers{{*}} Yes…partners…}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|Why'd you steeple your fingers when you said that?}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
{{TB|{{*}}steeples fingers{{*}} I didn't…partner.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Now I definitely have the feeling I've been taken advantage of.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Deuce Sign His Life Away|4 hours|[[Burns Manor]], [[Cooling Towers]], [[Reactor Core]], [[Control Building]], or a {{TOG|Home Visitable|Visitable Home}}}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Burns Point to More Places to Sign|4 hours|[[Burns Manor]], [[Cooling Towers]], [[Reactor Core]], [[Control Building]], or a {{TOG|Home Visitable|Visitable Home}}|char=[[Mr. Burns]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon}}
{{TB|I think that's all of them, Mr. Burns. Every contract, signed and initialed.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Excellent. Here you go, good sir. One American dollar.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|A dollar? That's it? What for?}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
{{TB|If you'll refer to section forty-seven, sub-section three, addendum two, paragraph four, relating to intellectual property…}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
{{TB|…you'll see that you have surrendered all rights to the Hot Dog Dog for the sum of one dollar.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|What?!! I didn't know it said that!}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
{{TB|Enjoy your one dollar, partner…}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 4 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Deuce's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|My life is a disaster.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|I poured everything I had into prototyping the Hot Dog Dog, and now I've got nothing.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
{{TB|The Hot Dog Dog name is trademarked. You owe me a hundred dollars just for saying it.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|I'll have to liquidate my hot dog cart just to pay rent this month.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
{{TB|I own that too.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Wait a minute… Liquidate! I can sell all my leftover hot dog grease to the grease recycling plant!}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|I'm quite sure I own the grease as well. {{*}}checking contract{{*}}}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Shouting}}
{{TB|Wait, no, it's not here. Smithers! Why is there no clause about me owning his hot dog grease?!}}
{{Tapped Out Smithers Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Uh…we'll sue for it, sir.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
{{TB|See that you do. I can't have this man thinking he can live a normal life after doing business with Montgomery Burns.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|{{*}}gasp{{*}} I've got to sell this grease ASAP before some greasy lawyer sues for it to grease Burns' pocketbook!}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Deuce Sell Off That Rancid Gold|4 hours|the [[Grease Recycling Plant]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Woohoo! All that grease sold for more than a thousand bucks!}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|And it only took grilling up ten thousand dollars worth of hot dogs to do it!}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 5 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Deuce's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Hmm, I don't think this whole hot dog grease venture is as much of a windfall as I thought.}}
{{Tapped Out Cletus Icon}}
{{TB|If'n it costs you ten dollars for hot dogs just ta generate one dollar a grease, that's what mah financial advisor calls un-sus-tain-uh-bul.}}
{{Tapped Out Cletus Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Just like Brandine's brief and unfortunate career as a financial advisor.}}
{{Tapped Out Cletus Icon}}
{{TB|Tell ya what, Deuce. If you need a job, you should join the roadkill clean-up crew with me. The pay ain't great, but your stewpot will be forever ripe with the highway's rich bounty.}}
{{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Thank you, but no. With decades of hot dog grilling experience, I'm sure I can find something less…ripe.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Deuce Get a Job at the Grease Plant|4 hours|the [[Grease Recycling Plant]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}}|colspan=2}}
}}

{{Tapped Out Quests/Hot Diggity D'oh}}

@@ Line 25: / Line 25: @@
 {{TB|Sure thing.}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
-{{TB|You know, maybe there's more to life than just selling hot dogs, day after day…}}
+{{TB|You know, maybe there's more to life than just selling hot dogs, day after day...}}
 {{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Confused}}
 {{TB|Were you saying that to me or having one of them small existential crises?}}
@@ Line 48: / Line 48: @@
 {{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Deuce Envision a Non-Hot Dog Career|4 hours}}|colspan=2}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
-{{TB|Wow, I guess you need a lot of experience and specific education to get all the cool and high-paying jobs…}}
+{{TB|Wow, I guess you need a lot of experience and specific education to get all the cool and high-paying jobs...}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon}}
 {{TB|Maybe I should un-quit the hot dog cart?}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Happy}}
-{{TB|Or…I can quickly come up with an idea that will change the food service industry as we know it!}}
+{{TB|Or...I can quickly come up with an idea that will change the food service industry as we know it!}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Happy}}
 {{TB|I've got it!}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Happy}}
-{{TB|Who's going to want a plain old hot dog when they can have…}}
+{{TB|Who's going to want a plain old hot dog when they can have...}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Surprised}}
-{{TB|…a hot dog within another hot dog! I'll call it the "Hot Dog Dog"!}}
+{{TB|...a hot dog within another hot dog! I'll call it the "Hot Dog Dog"!}}
 {{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
 }}
@@ Line 72: / Line 72: @@
 {{TB|No can do, Mister! I know it don't jive with my rootin-tootin' personality, but I'm actually a vegan.}}
 {{Tapped Out Hank Scorpio Icon}}
-{{TB|A hot dog inside another hot dog… It's not really evil, is it? The thing is, Deuce, I only invest in evil.}}
+{{TB|A hot dog inside another hot dog... It's not really evil, is it? The thing is, Deuce, I only invest in evil.}}
 {{Tapped Out Wolfcastle Icon}}
 {{TB|I'm the new sponsor of Papa John's. I can't invest in your puny hot dog venture.}}
@@ Line 82: / Line 82: @@
 {{TB|Well, boy howdy. Did I hear you say you'se got money for "seeds"? Cuz I could really use a partner for my tomacco crop. Just need those seeds.}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Confused}}
-{{TB|Oh, actually…I'm not talking about real seeds, it's just a term for the initial fundraising money for a business.}}
+{{TB|Oh, actually...I'm not talking about real seeds, it's just a term for the initial fundraising money for a business.}}
 {{Tapped Out Cletus Icon}}
 {{TB|Don't matter. I still want 'em.}}
@@ Line 117: / Line 117: @@
 {{TB|Whoa, that's a big stack of papers. Couldn't you have just printed them double-sided?}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
-{{TB|Sign here…here…here…there. Initial here, here, here, and here. Don't read that part…and sign there.}}
+{{TB|Sign here...here...here...there. Initial here, here, here, and here. Don't read that part...and sign there.}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon}}
 {{TB|Okay, I guess we're partners now.}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
-{{TB|{{*}}steeples fingers{{*}} Yes…partners…}}
+{{TB|{{*}}steeples fingers{{*}} Yes...partners...}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Confused}}
 {{TB|Why'd you steeple your fingers when you said that?}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
-{{TB|{{*}}steeples fingers{{*}} I didn't…partner.}}
+{{TB|{{*}}steeples fingers{{*}} I didn't...partner.}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
 {{TB|Now I definitely have the feeling I've been taken advantage of.}}
@@ Line 136: / Line 136: @@
 {{TB|A dollar? That's it? What for?}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
-{{TB|If you'll refer to section forty-seven, sub-section three, addendum two, paragraph four, relating to intellectual property…}}
+{{TB|If you'll refer to section forty-seven, sub-section three, addendum two, paragraph four, relating to intellectual property...}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
-{{TB|…you'll see that you have surrendered all rights to the Hot Dog Dog for the sum of one dollar.}}
+{{TB|...you'll see that you have surrendered all rights to the Hot Dog Dog for the sum of one dollar.}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Surprised}}
 {{TB|What?!! I didn't know it said that!}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
-{{TB|Enjoy your one dollar, partner…}}
+{{TB|Enjoy your one dollar, partner...}}
 {{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
 }}
@@ Line 160: / Line 160: @@
 {{TB|I own that too.}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Happy}}
-{{TB|Wait a minute… Liquidate! I can sell all my leftover hot dog grease to the grease recycling plant!}}
+{{TB|Wait a minute... Liquidate! I can sell all my leftover hot dog grease to the grease recycling plant!}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Annoyed}}
 {{TB|I'm quite sure I own the grease as well. {{*}}checking contract{{*}}}}
@@ Line 166: / Line 166: @@
 {{TB|Wait, no, it's not here. Smithers! Why is there no clause about me owning his hot dog grease?!}}
 {{Tapped Out Smithers Icon|Surprised}}
-{{TB|Uh…we'll sue for it, sir.}}
+{{TB|Uh...we'll sue for it, sir.}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
 {{TB|See that you do. I can't have this man thinking he can live a normal life after doing business with Montgomery Burns.}}
@@ Line 191: / Line 191: @@
 {{TB|Tell ya what, Deuce. If you need a job, you should join the roadkill clean-up crew with me. The pay ain't great, but your stewpot will be forever ripe with the highway's rich bounty.}}
 {{Tapped Out Deuce Icon|Sad}}
-{{TB|Thank you, but no. With decades of hot dog grilling experience, I'm sure I can find something less…ripe.}}
+{{TB|Thank you, but no. With decades of hot dog grilling experience, I'm sure I can find something less...ripe.}}
 {{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Deuce Get a Job at the Grease Plant|4 hours|the [[Grease Recycling Plant]]}}|colspan=2}}
 {{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}}|colspan=2}}

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 }}
-'''Deal With the Deuce''' is a premium questline in ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''. It was introduced in the {{TOCU|Hot Diggity D'oh!}} content update.
+'''Deal With the Deuce''' is a premium questline in ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''. It was introduced in the {{TOCU|Hot Diggity D'oh!}} content update. It requires [[Deuce]] to be obtained.
 == Dialogue ==