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{{Tapped Out Quest
|name = The Hey-teful Eight-Legs
|image =
|level = 19
|update = {{TOCU|Wild West}}
|requirements = [[Frink's Mechano Spider]]
|characters = [[Snake]]
|optional = [[Professor Frink]]
|previous =
|next =
|premium = yes
}}

'''The Hey-teful Eight-Legs''' is a premium questline in ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''. It was introduced in the {{TOCU|Wild West}} content update. It requires [[Frink's Mechano Spider]] to be obtained.

== Dialogue ==
=== Pt. 1 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Snake's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|Yo, professor, what is that thing?}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Tremble before my steampunk arachno-monstrosity!}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|It's steam-powered? Why would you ever choose steam as your power source?}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon}}
{{TB|Because it's scarier this way!}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|Maybe I'm not getting this. What's “scary” about utilizing outmoded technology?}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|I'll squash you for that!}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Snake Assault Frink's Mechano-Spider|6 hours|[[Frink's Mechano Spider]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Frink Work the Controls|6 hours|[[Frink's Mechano Spider]]|char=[[Professor Frink]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 2 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Snake's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Like, ouch!}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|You see?! My colossal steam spider works! Ha-ha-ha!!!}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|Actually, my pain comes from imagining how much more efficient it'd be with an internal combustion engine.}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|What's your fuel source, dude? How do you boil the water?}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Embarrassed}}
{{TB|Coal. It burns coal.}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Oh great. So it's both an engineering AND environmental disaster.}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Who's the nerd here?}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Snake Assault Frink's Mechano-Spider|6 hours|[[Frink's Mechano Spider]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Frink Frantically Work the Controls|6 hours|[[Frink's Mechano Spider]]|char=[[Professor Frink]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 3 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Snake's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|…I'm just saying that a mechanical steering system like yours will never approach the reliability of fly-by-wire electronics.}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|The weight savings alone would justify the R&D layout.}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|And it's not like you'd have to fabricate the parts yourself. Off-the-shelf components would work.}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|STOP GIVING ME ENGINEERING ADVICE!}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|Just let me see your blueprints. I can help!}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|Stand still!}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|Why? So you can cough coal smoke at me until I develop asthma? God!}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Snake Easily Avoid the Mechano-Spider|4 hours|[[Frink's Mechano Spider]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Frink Frantically Work the Controls|6 hours|[[Frink's Mechano Spider]]|char=[[Professor Frink]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 4 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Snake's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|My steam spider is a failure. You can go about your outlawry, Mr. Snake.}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|No, bro, I'm here for you. Let's roll up our sleeves and make this thing work.}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|What about going full-on electric? You could be the Tesla of giant killer mecha-spiders.}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|It won't work. Lead-acid batteries are too heavy.}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|...}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|What?}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|LEAD-ACID? Is this the 1990s? Uh, hello? Lithium-ion has, like, a billion times the energy density.}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|I knew that!}}
{{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
{{TB|You are the sorriest excuse for a mad scientist I have ever met.}}
{{Tapped Out Professor Frink Icon|Angry}}
{{TB|I'll squash you yet!}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Snake Easily Avoid the Mechano-Spider|4 hours|[[Frink's Mechano Spider]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Frink Order Spare Parts Online|4 hours|[[Frink's Lab]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}}|colspan=2}}
}}

== Behind the Laughter ==
The quest name is a reference to the western film ''{{W|The Hateful Eight}}''.

{{Tapped Out Quests/Wild West}}
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 {{TB|Because it's scarier this way!}}
 {{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
-{{TB|Maybe I'm not getting this. What's “scary” about utilizing outmoded technology?}}
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-{{TB|…I'm just saying that a mechanical steering system like yours will never approach the reliability of fly-by-wire electronics.}}
+{{TB|...I'm just saying that a mechanical steering system like yours will never approach the reliability of fly-by-wire electronics.}}
 {{Tapped Out Snake Icon}}
 {{TB|The weight savings alone would justify the R&D layout.}}

The Hey-teful Eight-Legs - Revision history

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