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{{Tapped Out Quest
|name = Pushing and Shoveling
|image = [[File:Tapped Out Pushing and Shoveling Sidebar.png|x100px]]
|level = 15
|update = {{TOCU|A Christmas Peril}}
|requirements =
|characters =
|optional =
|internal = PushingAndShoveling
|id = 263001 - 263005
|previous = [[The First Few Flakes]]
|next = [[The Storm Finally Breaks]]
|event = yes
}}

'''Pushing and Shoveling''' is an event-exclusive questline in ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''. It was introduced in the {{TOCU|A Christmas Peril}} content update.

== Dialogue ==
=== Pt. 1 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After completing [[The First Few Flakes]]|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out TV Icon|Brockman}}
{{TB|And now for the school closures. All schools in Capital City and Shelbyville are closed, as well as West Springfield Elementary and Springfield…}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Come on, come on!}}
{{Tapped Out TV Icon|Brockman}}
{{TB|…High School. Springfield Elementary remains open.}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|What?! That's not fair.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon}}
{{TB|Enjoy your day at school, boy! I'll be enjoying a winter holiday at home.}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Is it Fatassmas already?}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Why you little—!}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Homer, stop strangling Bart and put up the Christmas lights.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|D'oh!}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon}}
{{TB|And Bart, the bus is here.}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Double d'oh!}}
{{THT|{{Task|Collect Snow Shovels|155}} {{Task/Job|Make Homer Put Up Lights|4 hours|the [[Simpson House]]}} {{Task/Optional|Make Bart Try to Avoid School|4 hours|the [[Simpson House]]|char=[[Bart]]}} {{Task/Optional|Make Marge Drag Bart to the Bus|4 hours|the [[Simpson House]]|char=[[Marge]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Making us go to school on a day like this is a crime! Someone should call the authorities!}}
{{Tapped Out Otto Icon|Suspicious}}
{{TB|Hold on, little dude. {{*}}throws something out the bus window{{*}} Okay, now you can call the authorities.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}} Put Up Lights (Animated Job for Homer)|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 2 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After completing Pt. 1|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Apu Icon}}
{{TB|Thank you, come again! Next?}}
{{Tapped Out Wiggum Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Where did all your snack foods go?}}
{{Tapped Out Apu Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|I regret to inform you, Chief, that we have completely sold out. Please accept my most humble plea for forgiveness.}}
{{Tapped Out Wiggum Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Huh, that's the first plea for forgiveness I've ever gotten that wasn't at gunpoint. Just give me a hot dog.}}
{{Tapped Out Apu Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|I must plead again, for even the hot dogs have all been sold.}}
{{Tapped Out Wiggum Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|What?! But those babies have been there for five years! What happened?}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon}}
{{TB|I can answer that, m'hoyvin.}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon}}
{{TB|It seems those hot dogs — which I now call "Frink Franks" — have the precise chemical formula that makes them the perfect power rods for my Snow-Un-Faller 3000, myes.}}
{{Tapped Out Wiggum Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|They…your…what?}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon}}
{{TB|My latest invention, you see. It takes the snow that falls and causes it to un-fall, right back into the sky, creating a blockage that keeps the rest of the snow in the sky.}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Embarrassed}}
{{TB|That, or the snowfall will turn into meatballs.}}
{{Tapped Out Wiggum Icon}}
{{TB|Sounds like a win-win to me.}}
{{THT|{{Task|Collect Snow Shovels|155}} {{Task/JobMulti|Make {{TOCG|Normal Springfielders|Springfielders}} Prepare for the Storm|4 hours|{{TOG|Home Visitable|Visitable Home}}s|10}} {{Task/Job|Make Apu Apologize for Empty Shelves|4 hours|a {{TOG|Kwik-E-Mart}}}} {{Task/Optional|Make Wiggum Dream About Meat Snow|4 hours|a {{TOG|Kwik-E-Mart}}|char=[[Wiggum]]}} {{Task/Optional|Make Frink Tinker With His Invention|4 hours|a {{TOG|Kwik-E-Mart}}|char=[[Professor Frink]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Regrettably, the Snow-Un-Faller seems to have broken. What with the greasing and the grinding…}}
{{Tapped Out Wiggum Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|So, what you're saying is it's cloudy with no chance of meatballs?}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon}}
{{TB|That's exactly flaven!}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}} [[Santa's Tavern]]|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 3 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After completing Pt. 2|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
{{TB|Ms. Naegle, what are our plans to improve sales at Costington's this holiday season?}}
{{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon}}
{{TB|Well, studies have shown that stores like yours are suffering dramatically from the rise of online retailers, so you'll have to wow the customers to get them in the doors.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
{{TB|What do you have in mind?}}
{{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon}}
{{TB|Have you considered a slogan?}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
{{TB|We have one. "Over A Century Without a Slogan." That's our slogan.}}
{{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Okay… Have you considered offering free gift wrapping?}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
{{TB|No.}}
{{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Then you should offer free gift-wrapping.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Let me finish… No, we have not considered offering free gift wrapping because that's a terrible idea that will lose us money!}}
{{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon}}
{{TB|Ahh, but customers still have to make a purchase. And the free wrapping won't include bows or fancy paper or any other features you can upsell.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon|Thinking}}
{{TB|Hmm…}}
{{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Plus, you will make up more than ten times the cost of the wrapping supplies with the additional sales. What do you think?}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Sold!}}
{{THT|{{Task|Collect Snow Shovels|125}} {{Task/JobMulti|Make {{TOCG|Normal Springfielders|Springfielders}} Go to Costington's|4 hours|[[Costington's]], [[Tomorrow's Costington's]], or a {{TOG|Kwik-E-Mart}}|10}} {{Task/Optional|Make Mr. Costington Watch the Crowd|4 hours|[[Costington's]]|char=[[Mr. Costington]]}} {{Task/Optional|Make Lindsay Naegle Congratulate Herself|4 hours|[[Costington's]], [[Tomorrow's Costington's]], or a {{TOG|Kwik-E-Mart}}|char=[[Lindsey Naegle]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Look at all the customers! This will be our best season yet.}}
{{Tapped Out TV Icon|Brockman}}
{{TB|Mayor Quimby has just issued a state of emergency for the city of Springfield. It appears that the city's snowplow fund was spent on a mink coat. Size 8.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
{{TB|I should really learn not to celebrate so quickly after making a risky financial decision.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon|Grim}}
{{TB|Or ever.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}} {{GBT|1}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 4 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After completing Pt. 3|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
{{TB|This is unacceptable. Without holiday season sales, Costington's is doomed. It will take a Christmas miracle. And I don't believe in miracles.}}
{{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon|On Phone}}
{{TB|Yes…yes, I'll tell him.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
{{TB|What was that?}}
{{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon}}
{{TB|I just got a call from an investor who says he's interested in keeping Costington's open through the holidays.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
{{TB|What's the catch?}}
{{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon}}
{{TB|You'll have to sell the business to him.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon|Grim}}
{{TB|I knew it. There's no such thing as a Christmas miracle. What are his terms?}}
{{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon}}
{{TB|He'll keep the name and the board, and you'll remain as CEO. No changes to anything, and a huge influx of cash.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|It's a Christmas miracle!}}
{{THT|{{Task|Collect Snow Shovels|155}} {{Task/JobMulti|Make {{TOCG|Normal Springfielders|Springfielders}} Prepare for the Storm|4 hours|{{TOG|Home Visitable|Visitable Home}}s|10}} {{Task/Optional|Make Mr. Costington Believe in Miracles|4 hours|[[Costington's]]|char=[[Mr. Costington]]}} {{Task/Optional|Make Linsday Naegle Angle for a Broker's Fee|4 hours|[[Costington's]], [[Tomorrow's Costington's]], or a {{TOG|Kwik-E-Mart}}|char=[[Lindsey Naegle]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
{{TB|All right. If it'll keep my company open, I'll sell.}}
{{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon}}
{{TB|Good. The only thing left to work out is how big a fee I receive for closing the deal.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
{{TB|What amount would have the least impact on Costington’s bottom line?}}
{{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Well, the least impact would be if I took no fee at all.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Deal!}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}} [[Christmas Costington's]]|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 5 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After completing Pt. 4|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon}}
{{TB|Lights are up and beer is in hand. Now to sit back and relax until Christmas.}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Show-off. Come on, News Dude, give me some good news!}}
{{Tapped Out TV Icon|Brockman}}
{{TB|With the roads only getting worse, all eyes now turn to Springfield School Superintendent Gary Chalmers who still refuses to close Springfield Elementary.}}
{{Tapped Out TV Icon|Chalmers}}
{{TB|Student safety is at the top of our priorities…}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon}}
{{TB|Come on…}}
{{Tapped Out TV Icon|Chalmers}}
{{TB|…and we think our students are safer in school than at home.}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Come on!}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Drunk}}
{{TB|Someone get me another beer!}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|{{*}}ducks to avoid empty can{{*}} You know, Bart, maybe they have a point about safety at home.}}
{{THT|{{Task|Collect Snow Shovels|195}} {{Task/Optional|Make Bart Complain About School Administrators|4 hours|the [[Simpson House]]|char=[[Bart]]}} {{Task/Job|Make Homer Finish Another Duff|4 hours|the [[Simpson House]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon}}
{{TB|All right, Bart. Time for bed.}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Yeah, yeah. I know. I've got school in the morning.}}
{{Tapped Out TV Icon|Brockman}}
{{TB|Breaking news! Springfield Elementary School Principal Seymour Skinner has announced that school is canceled for tomorrow.}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|YES!}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Shocked}}
{{TB|NO!}}
{{Tapped Out TV Icon|Skinner}}
{{TB|Mother said that I have to shovel our driveway so she can get to her weekly bingo game.}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Way to go, Agnes!}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Shouting}}
{{TB|SKINNER!}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}} [[Snow Day Bart]]|colspan=2}}
}}

{{Tapped Out Quests/A Christmas Peril}}

@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 {{THT|After completing [[The First Few Flakes]]|colspan=2}}
 {{Tapped Out TV Icon|Brockman}}
-{{TB|And now for the school closures. All schools in Capital City and Shelbyville are closed, as well as West Springfield Elementary and Springfield…}}
+{{TB|And now for the school closures. All schools in Capital City and Shelbyville are closed, as well as West Springfield Elementary and Springfield...}}
 {{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Happy}}
 {{TB|Come on, come on!}}
 {{Tapped Out TV Icon|Brockman}}
-{{TB|…High School. Springfield Elementary remains open.}}
+{{TB|...High School. Springfield Elementary remains open.}}
 {{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Angry}}
 {{TB|What?! That's not fair.}}
@@ Line 70: / Line 70: @@
 {{TB|It seems those hot dogs — which I now call "Frink Franks" — have the precise chemical formula that makes them the perfect power rods for my Snow-Un-Faller 3000, myes.}}
 {{Tapped Out Wiggum Icon|Confused}}
-{{TB|They…your…what?}}
+{{TB|They...your...what?}}
 {{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon}}
 {{TB|My latest invention, you see. It takes the snow that falls and causes it to un-fall, right back into the sky, creating a blockage that keeps the rest of the snow in the sky.}}
@@ Line 79: / Line 79: @@
 {{THT|{{Task|Collect Snow Shovels|155}}<br>{{Task/JobMulti|Make {{TOCG|Normal Springfielders|Springfielders}} Prepare for the Storm|4 hours|{{TOG|Home Visitable|Visitable Home}}s|10}}<br>{{Task/Job|Make Apu Apologize for Empty Shelves|4 hours|a {{TOG|Kwik-E-Mart}}}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Wiggum Dream About Meat Snow|4 hours|a {{TOG|Kwik-E-Mart}}|char=[[Wiggum]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Frink Tinker With His Invention|4 hours|a {{TOG|Kwik-E-Mart}}|char=[[Professor Frink]]}}|colspan=2}}
 {{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Sad}}
-{{TB|Regrettably, the Snow-Un-Faller seems to have broken. What with the greasing and the grinding…}}
+{{TB|Regrettably, the Snow-Un-Faller seems to have broken. What with the greasing and the grinding...}}
 {{Tapped Out Wiggum Icon|Sad}}
 {{TB|So, what you're saying is it's cloudy with no chance of meatballs?}}
@@ Line 101: / Line 101: @@
 {{TB|We have one. "Over A Century Without a Slogan." That's our slogan.}}
 {{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon|Annoyed}}
-{{TB|Okay… Have you considered offering free gift wrapping?}}
+{{TB|Okay... Have you considered offering free gift wrapping?}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
 {{TB|No.}}
@@ Line 107: / Line 107: @@
 {{TB|Then you should offer free gift-wrapping.}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon|Angry}}
-{{TB|Let me finish… No, we have not considered offering free gift wrapping because that's a terrible idea that will lose us money!}}
+{{TB|Let me finish... No, we have not considered offering free gift wrapping because that's a terrible idea that will lose us money!}}
 {{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon}}
 {{TB|Ahh, but customers still have to make a purchase. And the free wrapping won't include bows or fancy paper or any other features you can upsell.}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon|Thinking}}
-{{TB|Hmm…}}
+{{TB|Hmm...}}
 {{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon|Happy}}
 {{TB|Plus, you will make up more than ten times the cost of the wrapping supplies with the additional sales. What do you think?}}
@@ Line 134: / Line 134: @@
 {{TB|This is unacceptable. Without holiday season sales, Costington's is doomed. It will take a Christmas miracle. And I don't believe in miracles.}}
 {{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon|On Phone}}
-{{TB|Yes…yes, I'll tell him.}}
+{{TB|Yes...yes, I'll tell him.}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
 {{TB|What was that?}}
@@ Line 155: / Line 155: @@
 {{TB|Good. The only thing left to work out is how big a fee I receive for closing the deal.}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}
-{{TB|What amount would have the least impact on Costington’s bottom line?}}
+{{TB|What amount would have the least impact on Costington's bottom line?}}
 {{Tapped Out Lindsey Naegle Icon|Annoyed}}
 {{TB|Well, the least impact would be if I took no fee at all.}}
@@ Line 173: / Line 173: @@
 {{TB|With the roads only getting worse, all eyes now turn to Springfield School Superintendent Gary Chalmers who still refuses to close Springfield Elementary.}}
 {{Tapped Out TV Icon|Chalmers}}
-{{TB|Student safety is at the top of our priorities…}}
+{{TB|Student safety is at the top of our priorities...}}
 {{Tapped Out Bart Icon}}
-{{TB|Come on…}}
+{{TB|Come on...}}
 {{Tapped Out TV Icon|Chalmers}}
-{{TB|…and we think our students are safer in school than at home.}}
+{{TB|...and we think our students are safer in school than at home.}}
 {{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Angry}}
 {{TB|Come on!}}

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 |update = {{TOCU|A Christmas Peril}}
 |requirements =
-|characters =
+|characters = [[Homer]], {{TOCG|Normal Springfielders}}
-|optional =
+|optional = [[Bart]], [[Marge]], [[Wiggum]], [[Professor Frink]], [[Mr. Costington]], [[Lindsey Naegle]], See [[#Currency-earning jobs|Currency-earning jobs]]
 |internal = PushingAndShoveling
 |id = 263001 - 263005
@@ Line 202: / Line 202: @@
 {{TB|SKINNER!}}
 {{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}}<br>[[Snow Day Bart]]|colspan=2}}
 }}
 {{Tapped Out Quests/A Christmas Peril}}