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Solar Dragon: Created page with "{{Tapped Out Quest |name = The End of the Beginning |image = |level = 26 |update = {{TOCU|Winter 2015}} |requirements = |characters = |optional = |previous = {{TOQP|Play-A..."

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{{Tapped Out Quest
|name = The End of the Beginning
|image =
|level = 26
|update = {{TOCU|Winter 2015}}
|requirements =
|characters =
|optional =
|previous = {{TOQP|Play-Annoyed Grunt|2}}
|next =
}}

'''The End of the Beginning''' is a questline in ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''. It was introduced in the {{TOCU|Winter 2015}} content update.

During the Winter 2015 event, the quest required Level 15 to start.

== Dialogue ==
=== Pt. 1 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Maggie's exclamation mark:|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Maggie Icon|Up Arms}}
{{TB|{{*}}suck* *suck*}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Oh, you want to go for a walk with Mommy? That's one job I'd love to do!}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|Wait, I'm sure I've seen you carrying her around town before.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|That was just a sack of flour.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Curious}}
{{TB|And all those Mommy & Me classes?}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Scared}}
{{TB|Also the flour. I needed to get out of the house. It's not easy taking care of a bag of flour twenty-four hours a day.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Marge Take Maggie for a Walk|8 hours}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|It's so much nicer carrying a real baby than a flour baby. Finally I can show you off to all the gluten-free moms!}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 2 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Maggie's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Maggie Icon|Up Arms}}
{{TB|{{*}}suck* *suck*}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Again? Sweetie, we just finished a walk five minutes ago.}}
{{Tapped Out Maggie Icon|Up Arms}}
{{TB|{{*}}suck* *suck*}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|If I wanted a job that took eight hours a day, I'd get one that paid.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Just kidding. Who's ever heard of a "working mother"?}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Marge Take Maggie for a Quick Walk|4 hours}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 3 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Maggie's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Maggie Icon|Up Arms}}
{{TB|{{*}}suck* *suck*}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Sleepy}}
{{TB|Ugh, Maggie -- I simply can't go on another walk with you. Maybe if there was a stroller in this game, or at least a Baby Bjorn.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|How about I get your Daddy to walk you instead?}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Sorry, I'm already busy watching Maggie. She's holding my beer and showing me this really interesting recipe for cookies.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|That's the bag of flour!}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Homer Spit Take|6 seconds}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Furious}}
{{TB|You tricked me, Flour Maggie. You'll rue this day… or should I say roux this day!}}
{{Tapped Out Luigi Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Hahahaha! That's-a funny-a one-a! Finally a joke-a for me, Luigi!}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Thoughtful}}
{{TB|Glad you liked it. I said it, but I don't get it.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 4 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Lisa's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Mom, maybe you should enroll Maggie in daycare. Outsourcing our responsibilities as human beings is an American tradition.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Let my kids be raised by someone else? Wouldn't that be acknowledging my failure as a mother?}}
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Can someone drive me down to the police station? Wiggum left the lens cap on when he took my mug shot last week.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Then again, trying something new with parenting isn't always a bad idea.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Marge Research Daycare|8 hours|the [[Simpson House]]}} {{Task|Build the Police Station}} {{Task/Job|Make Homer Take Bart to Retake His Mug Shot|8 hours|the [[Police Station]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|I had no idea how important daycare is for babies.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Did you know that babies that don't attend daycare are 100% less likely to form memories in daycare?}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 5 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Marge's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|I didn't want to enroll Maggie in a daycare where all they do is paint, clap their hands and listen to music.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|But then I found out about preschools, where children learn to paint, clap their hands and listen to music.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Nagging}}
{{TB|But isn't preschool just the same thing as daycare?}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon}}
{{TB|No sweetie, they have different names -- one which sounds like we're good parents, and one which sounds like we're lazy.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Shouting}}
{{TB|But they do the same things! The only difference is that daycare is a little bit cheaper.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Sarcastic}}
{{TB|Cheaper, eh?}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Marge Apply to Preschools|8 hours|the [[Simpson House]]}} {{Task/Job|Make Homer Apply to Daycares|8 hours|the [[Simpson House]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 6 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Marge's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Maggie was too young for any of the schools I applied to.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|There's a bunch of elementary schools in this town, even a high school, but nothing for pre-K.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Thoughtful}}
{{TB|We did get into the [[Stonecutter's Daycare Center|Stonecutter's Daycare]], but that was a limited-time building from a long time ago. Almost no one's got it.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Serious}}
{{TB|There's only one thing to do. We need to build something new.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Got it. I'll build the fire department -- you get the basket!}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|That's not what I meant.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Build|Build Ayn Rand School for Tots|4 hours}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 7 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Mrs. Sinclair Icon}}
{{TB|I'm sorry, but we can't accept your daughter Maggie. We received your application too late.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Shocked}}
{{TB|Too late?! This place just came into existence!}}
{{Tapped Out Mrs. Sinclair Icon}}
{{TB|If you loved your child, you'd have found a way around that. As it is now, our wait list is several years long.}}
{{Tapped Out Marge Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|So I needed to apply when I was pregnant?}}
{{Tapped Out Mrs. Sinclair Icon}}
{{TB|No, you needed to apply when you first signed up for ReadyToSettle.com.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Furious}}
{{TB|This is stupid! And I know stupid -- I'm the guy who blew up this town in the first place!}}
{{Tapped Out Mrs. Sinclair Icon}}
{{TB|Are you threatening to let that happen again if I don't let Maggie into our school?}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Sarcastic}}
{{TB|I wasn't. Should I?}}
{{Tapped Out Mrs. Sinclair Icon}}
{{TB|No, we would never kowtow to the threat of violence. We do however kowtow to the threat of stupidity.}}
{{Tapped Out Mrs. Sinclair Icon}}
{{TB|The only way we can ensure someone with as dangerously inept a parent as yourself doesn't become dangerously inept herself is to educate her.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Homer Mention Blowing up the Town|8 hours|the [[Ayn Rand School for Tots]]}} {{Task/Job|Make Maggie Start at Preschool|8 hours|the [[Ayn Rand School for Tots]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon}}
{{TB|Wow. My stupidity scares people into giving me what I want? I'm just like President Bush!}}
{{Tapped Out Mrs. Sinclair Icon}}
{{TB|Bush isn't president anymore.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|He's not?! Is he king now?}}
{{Tapped Out Mrs. Sinclair Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Maggie can start today! Please, Mr. Simpson, just don't go to work.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 8 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Moe's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Worried}}
{{TB|The IRS finally found out that I faked my own death, so I've got to call in all your bar tabs.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Hey Moe, remember that time I blew up the town?}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Shocked}}
{{TB|No need to go crazy, Homer. I'll just make up a fake dependent I never see because my fake ex-wife got custody.}}
{{Tapped Out Moe Icon|Sneaky}}
{{TB|How about Hazel? I've always wanted to lose custody of a Hazel.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Homer Mention Blowing up the Town|8 hours|[[Moe's Tavern]]}} {{Task/Job|Make Moe Tear Up Homer's Bar Tab|12 hours|[[Moe's Tavern]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 9 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Squeaky Voice Teen Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Sir, you can't park there.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Serious}}
{{TB|Hey, did I ever tell you about the time I blew up the town?}}
{{Tapped Out Sea Captain Icon|Aghast}}
{{TB|Yarrr, we have a quota of five hundred shrimp per all-you-can-eat session.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Blew Up The Town.}}
{{Tapped Out Quimby Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|There is no possible way we can name a holiday after you!}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|B.U.T.T.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Optional|Make Squeaky Voice Teen Reroute Parade|8 hours|a [[Krusty Burger]]|char=[[Squeaky Voice Teen]]}} {{Task/Job|Make Sea Captain Cull the Sea for the Last of its Shrimp|8 hours|the [[Squidport Entrance]]}} {{Task|Reach Level 20 and Build Town Hall}} {{Task/Job|Make Quimby Name a Holiday After Homer|8 hours|the [[Town Hall]]}} {{Task/Job|Make Homer Acronymize Acronyms|8 hours|the [[Town Hall]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Quimby Icon|Proud}}
{{TB|Close the banks! I pronounce today Homer Day!}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|B.U…}}
{{Tapped Out Quimby Icon|Embarrassed}}
{{TB|The first in the eight day celebration we call Homerka!}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 10 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Furious}}
{{TB|Mr. Burns! I demand a raise… as well as paid time off for Homerka, Rosh Homershana, and Simpsom Kipur.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Serious}}
{{TB|Keep in mind that I'm that guy who blew up the town, and that will make you say yes to me for some reason.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
{{TB|No, you’re the man who THINKS he blew up the town. The truth is you had nothing to do with it.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Homer Do 10-Hour Spit Take|10 hours}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 11 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Thoughtful}}
{{TB|I distinctly remember destroying the town. There's even a video of it you can watch in the front of the store menu.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Pish. You were at your workstation… or should I say "doesn't work"-station.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
{{TB|I had it disabled years ago, on the recommendation of every other safety inspector at the plant.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
{{TB|What you've been working on is nothing more than a child's toy with spinny wheels and lights that blink when you push the big button.}}
{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Ooh}}
{{TB|Oh!!! So THAT'S how you get the lights to blink.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Homer Play at His Workstation|8 hours|the [[Control Building]]}} {{Task/Job|Make Maggie Teach Homer How It Works|8 hours|the [[Control Building]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Icon|Ultrahouse 3000||55}}
{{TB|Sing together, A, B, C...}}
{{Tapped Out Icon|Ultrahouse 3000||55}}
{{TB|You're the head of plant safety...}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

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 {{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Sad}}
 {{TB|{{*}}moans{{*}} I knew this was going to turn into collecting things.}}
-{{TBT|'''Message'''}}
+{{Tapped Out Message}}
 {{TB|Make your Springfielders search the town for R.O.S.A.'s scattered parts. Keep looking until you find all of them!}}
 {{THT|{{Task|Find R.O.S.A Parts|24}}|colspan=2}}

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 {{THT|{{Task|Find R.O.S.A Parts|24}}|colspan=2}}
 {{THT|After finding one part|colspan=2}}
-{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|WooHoo}}
+{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Woo Hoo}}
 {{TB|We found a part! It looks like... a leg.}}
 {{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Nagging}}
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 {{Table|
 {{THT|After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
-{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|WooHoo}}
+{{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Woo Hoo}}
 {{TB|Woo-hoo! I drew the short straw so I don't have to go, and all you long straw guys are stuck going to Krustyland.}}
 {{Tapped Out Carl Icon|Surprised}}

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 {{THT|After completing Pt. 19|colspan=2}}
 {{THT|{{Task|Go to Springfield}}|colspan=2}}
 }}

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 {{Tapped Out Squeaky Voice Teen Icon|Sad}}
 {{TB|No. Thank you for not punching me in the face for asking.}}
 }}

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 {{Tapped Out Homer Icon|Annoyed}}
 {{TB|Fine, I'll go. If the shuttle crashes on the way to Krustyland, tell Marge and the kids I died happy because I didn't make it to Krustyland.}}
 }}

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 {{Tapped Out Quest
 |name = The End of the Beginning
-|image =
+|image = [[File:Tapped Out Maggie Sidebar.png]]
 |level = 26
 |update = {{TOCU|Winter 2015}}
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 |characters = [[Maggie]], [[Marge]], [[Homer]], [[Lisa]], [[Bart]], [[Moe]], [[Sea Captain]], [[Quimby]], [[Mr. Burns]]
 |optional = [[Squeaky Voice Teen]], [[Lenny]], [[Carl]]
 |previous = {{TOQP|Play-Annoyed Grunt|2}}
 |next = [[Play-Dough's Republic]]

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 |update = {{TOCU|Winter 2015}}
 |requirements =
-|characters =
+|characters = [[Maggie]], [[Marge]], [[Homer]], [[Lisa]], [[Bart]], [[Moe]], [[Sea Captain]], [[Quimby]], [[Mr. Burns]]
-|optional =
+|optional = [[Squeaky Voice Teen]], [[Lenny]], [[Carl]]
 |previous = {{TOQP|Play-Annoyed Grunt|2}}
 |next = [[Play-Dough's Republic]]
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 {{Tapped Out Moe Icon}}
 {{TB|Regardless of whether that scene had a meaning or not, the important thing is that we spend hours debating it's meaning in the Tapped Out forums!}}
-{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Moe Argue Online That Maggie Created Sky Finger|8 hours|[[Moe's Tavern]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Lenny Complain Online That the Game's Not Good Anymore|8 hours|[[Moe's Tavern]]|char=[[Lenny]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Carl Argue Online it's a Retelling of the Genesis Myth|8 hours|[[Moe's Tavern]]|char=[[Carl]]}}<br>{{Task/Job|Make Homer Troll the Forum with Shirtless Selfies|8 hours|[[Moe's Tavern]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Lisa Argue Online it's a Retelling of the Genesis Myth|8 hours|the [[Simpson House]]|char=[[Carl]] is not owned}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Bart Complain Online That the Game's Not Good Anymore|8 hours|the [[Simpson House]]|char=[[Lenny]] is not owned}}|colspan=2}}
+{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Moe Argue Online That Maggie Created Sky Finger|8 hours|[[Moe's Tavern]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Lenny Complain Online That the Game's Not Good Anymore|8 hours|[[Moe's Tavern]]|char=[[Lenny]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Carl Argue Online it's a Retelling of the Genesis Myth|8 hours|[[Moe's Tavern]]|char=[[Carl]]}}<br>{{Task/Job|Make Homer Troll the Forum with Shirtless Selfies|8 hours|[[Moe's Tavern]]}}<br>If [[Carl]] is not owned: {{Task/Job|Make Lisa Argue Online it's a Retelling of the Genesis Myth|8 hours|the [[Simpson House]]}}<br>If [[Lenny]] is not owned: {{Task/Job|Make Bart Complain Online That the Game's Not Good Anymore|8 hours|the [[Simpson House]]}}|colspan=2}}
 {{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}}|colspan=2}}
 }}

The End of the Beginning - Revision history

SolarBot: /* Pt. 16 */ replaced: {{TBT|'''Message'''}} → {{Tapped Out Message}}

Solar Dragon at 15:55, April 16, 2025

SolarBot: replaced: WooHoo → Woo Hoo (2)

Solar Dragon: /* Pt. 20 */

Solar Dragon: /* Pt. 19 */

Solar Dragon: /* Pt. 18 */

SolarBot: replaced: ’ → ' (3), … → ... (18), “ → ", ‘ → ', * → {{*}} (27), {{{{*}}}} → {{*}} (7), replaced: → (5)

Solar Dragon at 22:10, July 14, 2024

Solar Dragon at 22:07, July 14, 2024

Solar Dragon: Created page with "{{Tapped Out Quest |name = The End of the Beginning |image = |level = 26 |update = {{TOCU|Winter 2015}} |requirements = |characters = |optional = |previous = {{TOQP|Play-A..."

SolarBot: replaced: ’ → ' (3), … → ... (18), “ → ", ‘ → ', * → {{}} (27), {{{{}}}} → {{*}} (7), replaced: → (5)