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{{TB|Then why do we keep getting angry voicemails from Mr. Burns asking where you are?}}
 
{{TB|Then why do we keep getting angry voicemails from Mr. Burns asking where you are?}}
 
{{Tapped Out Mobile Phone Icon|Mr. Burns|Angry}}
 
{{Tapped Out Mobile Phone Icon|Mr. Burns|Angry}}
{{TB|Get your hindquarters in here — posthaste! {{*}}beep{{*}}}}
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{{TB|Get your hindquarters in here — posthaste! {{*}}beep{{*}}}}
 
{{Tapped Out Mobile Phone Icon|Mr. Burns|Angry}}
 
{{Tapped Out Mobile Phone Icon|Mr. Burns|Angry}}
 
{{TB|Is your absence due to that four-day work week foolishness?! My memorandum clearly stated that I was adding four MORE days of work to each bi-week! {{*}}beep{{*}}}}
 
{{TB|Is your absence due to that four-day work week foolishness?! My memorandum clearly stated that I was adding four MORE days of work to each bi-week! {{*}}beep{{*}}}}
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{{TB|You nincompoop, we are facing a crisis-level meltdown due to your desertion! {{*}}beep{{*}}}}
 
{{TB|You nincompoop, we are facing a crisis-level meltdown due to your desertion! {{*}}beep{{*}}}}
 
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{{TB|I didn't realize Mr. Burns was a "make phone calls to employees" type of boss…}}
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{{TB|I didn't realize Mr. Burns was a "make phone calls to employees" type of boss...}}
 
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{{TB|Oh yeah, he's always leaving me voicemails like that. It's our thing.}}
 
{{TB|Oh yeah, he's always leaving me voicemails like that. It's our thing.}}
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{{TB|Could be weeks, Marge. Trust me, a bunch of morons run things at that plant.}}
 
{{TB|Could be weeks, Marge. Trust me, a bunch of morons run things at that plant.}}
 
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{{TB|Well, they're all out of flashlights at the store and the only candles we have left are these mosquito repellent ones…}}
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{{TB|Well, they're all out of flashlights at the store and the only candles we have left are these mosquito repellent ones...}}
 
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{{TB|Yeah, I think the dog's allergic to the scent or something.}}
 
{{TB|Yeah, I think the dog's allergic to the scent or something.}}
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{{TB|{{*}}shaking fist{{*}} List them.}}
 
{{TB|{{*}}shaking fist{{*}} List them.}}
 
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{{TB|"The Battle of Vienna Sausage", "The Bay of Pigs in a Blanket", "The French's Revolution"}}
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{{TB|"The Battle of Vienna Sausage", "The Bay of Pigs in a Blanket", "The French's Revolution"...}}
 
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{{TB|Keep 'em comin'.}}
 
{{TB|Keep 'em comin'.}}
 
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{{TB|"The War of the Relish Succession", "The Coleslaw Uprising", "The Ket-chup Offensive"}}
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{{TB|"The War of the Relish Succession", "The Coleslaw Uprising", "The Ket-chup Offensive"...}}
 
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{{TB|Mmm, hot dog puns.}}
 
{{TB|Mmm, hot dog puns.}}
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{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Homer Head to the Squidport|6 seconds|the [[Squidport Entrance]], [[Bloaters at the Squidport]], or [[Simpson House]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Bart Head to the Squidport|6 seconds|the [[Squidport Entrance]], [[Bloaters at the Squidport]], or [[Simpson House]]|char=[[Bart]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Marge Light More Candles|6 seconds|the [[Simpson House]]|char=[[Marge]]}}<br>{{Task/Job|Make Lisa Enjoy Quiet Reading by Candlelight|6 seconds|the [[Simpson House]]}}|colspan=2}}
 
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Homer Head to the Squidport|6 seconds|the [[Squidport Entrance]], [[Bloaters at the Squidport]], or [[Simpson House]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Bart Head to the Squidport|6 seconds|the [[Squidport Entrance]], [[Bloaters at the Squidport]], or [[Simpson House]]|char=[[Bart]]}}<br>{{Task/Optional|Make Marge Light More Candles|6 seconds|the [[Simpson House]]|char=[[Marge]]}}<br>{{Task/Job|Make Lisa Enjoy Quiet Reading by Candlelight|6 seconds|the [[Simpson House]]}}|colspan=2}}
 
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{{TB|Okay, we'll take fourteen chili dogs… No, fifteen.}}
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{{TB|Fifteen chili dogs? The only person who orders that many is my friend, H-Dog!}}
 
{{TB|Fifteen chili dogs? The only person who orders that many is my friend, H-Dog!}}
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{{TB|You stole the caboose and drove it off a bridge!}}
 
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{{TB|Oh yeah. I sort of do recall doing that…}}
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{{TB|But it's all in the past, H-Dog…}}
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{{TB|Things are going great for me now! I've been selling all my hot dog grease to the Grease Recycling Plant and I'm making a killing!}}
 
{{TB|Things are going great for me now! I've been selling all my hot dog grease to the Grease Recycling Plant and I'm making a killing!}}
 
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{{TB|Oh yeah, we tried that once. Not exactly what I'd call a lucrative endeavor…}}
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{{TB|That was before the blackout drove the price of grease through the roof. Since every store sold out of candles, people are making their own at home — out of GREASE!}}
 
{{TB|That was before the blackout drove the price of grease through the roof. Since every store sold out of candles, people are making their own at home — out of GREASE!}}
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{{TB|{{*}}whispering{{*}} I can still hear you.}}
 
{{TB|{{*}}whispering{{*}} I can still hear you.}}
 
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{{TB|{{*}}whispering{{*}} So…is it okay if we also sell grease?}}
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{{TB|{{*}}whispering{{*}} As long as I get 10%.}}
 
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{{TB|In the gristle grind!}}
 
{{TB|In the gristle grind!}}
 
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{{TB|In the tallow shall-owe…? Yeah, that one doesn't work…}}
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{{TB|It's the attempt that counts.}}
 
{{TB|It's the attempt that counts.}}

Latest revision as of 16:03, July 7, 2025


The Unbearable Darkness of Being
Tapped Out Hot Diggity D'oh Sidebar.png
Tapped Out Quest Information
Level: 15
Update: Hot Diggity D'oh!
Required characters: Homer, Lisa
Internal name(s): TheUnbearableDarknessOfBeing
ID(s): 254000 - 254001
Previous quest(s): Marge, Bart
Next quest(s): Release the Grease Pt. 1


The Unbearable Darkness of Being is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the Hot Diggity D'oh! content update.

Dialogue[edit]

Pt. 1[edit]

After starting the update
British Announcer - TV We now return to "The Great British Boiling Show".
British Host - TV Exquisite boiling! It's clear that these potatoes were vigorously washed before entering the pot.
Homer He's right. Edwin really went to town washing those potatoes.
British Host - TV As for Elsie, her potatoes are tremendously undercooked.
Homer - Annoyed Get your head in the game, Elsie! It's all about time management.
Marge - Confused Homer, what are you still doing here? It's the middle of a workday.
Homer The plant finally instituted a four-day work week — so it's my day off.
Marge - Serious Then why do we keep getting angry voicemails from Mr. Burns asking where you are?
Mr. Burns - Phone Angry Get your hindquarters in here — posthaste! *beep*
Mr. Burns - Phone Angry Is your absence due to that four-day work week foolishness?! My memorandum clearly stated that I was adding four MORE days of work to each bi-week! *beep*
Mr. Burns - Phone Angry You nincompoop, we are facing a crisis-level meltdown due to your desertion! *beep*
Marge - Thoughtful I didn't realize Mr. Burns was a "make phone calls to employees" type of boss...
Homer Oh yeah, he's always leaving me voicemails like that. It's our thing.
British Host - TV And the winner of the Boiled Potato Challenge is— *power outage*
Homer - Surprised What?! Who won the Potato Challenge? Elsie? Edwin?! What's happening?!
Marge - Angry The power went out because you're not at the nuclear plant! Get over there and fix it! I can't see a thing in here!
Homer - Annoyed Okay, I'll go. But only after I find out who won the Potato Challenge.
Marge - Annoyed But we have no power.
Homer - Sarcastic Marge, Marge, Marge. I'm already hooking the TV up to the generator.
Task: "Make Homer Watch "The Great British Boiling Show"". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 6 seconds.
If Marge is owned: Task: "Make Marge Search for a Flashlight". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 6 seconds.
Marge - Annoyed I can't believe the power is still out. It's been a full day of this!
Homer - Sarcastic Could be weeks, Marge. Trust me, a bunch of morons run things at that plant.
Marge - Annoyed Well, they're all out of flashlights at the store and the only candles we have left are these mosquito repellent ones...
Homer Yeah, I think the dog's allergic to the scent or something.
Santa's Little Helper *drunken barks*
Marge - Annoyed *annoyed grumble*
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10

Pt. 2[edit]

After completing Pt. 1
Homer - Annoyed Aw man, the generator stopped working! Now I'll never find out who won the Root Vegetable Boil-Off!
Bart - Confused And I was in the middle of my video game walkthrough!
Bart - Frustrated How am I supposed to kill "Ragnor: The Zombie Conqueror" without seeing someone walk me through the exact way you can kill him?!
Homer - Angry I curse whoever caused this godforsaken power outage!
Bart - Bored You caused it!
Homer - Guilty Oh yeah, right.
Sgt. Sausage Homer, you know what will make this all better?
Homer - Happy Sgt. Sausage! Thank God you're alive! Did you finally win the war against the Buns?!
Sgt. Sausage - Happy Yes, "The Bundred Years War" has ended with our victory.
Homer List the battles you fought!
Sgt. Sausage - Annoyed *sigh* Do I have to?
Homer - Angry *shaking fist* List them.
Sgt. Sausage "The Battle of Vienna Sausage", "The Bay of Pigs in a Blanket", "The French's Revolution"...
Homer Keep 'em comin'.
Sgt. Sausage "The War of the Relish Succession", "The Coleslaw Uprising", "The Ket-chup Offensive"...
Homer - Drool Mmm, hot dog puns.
Homer So what are you doing back in my imagination?!
Sgt. Sausage I'm here to remind you that no matter how dark things may seem, hot dogs always make everything brighter.
Homer - Woo Hoo So the solution to this blackout is me eating hot dogs?! Woohoo!
Sgt. Sausage - Surprised I just got word the Buns have attacked Pearl Onion Harbor!
Homer - Confused But pearl onions don't go on hot dogs!
Sgt. Sausage Exactly! Good luck on your hot dog journey, Homer. *disappears*
Homer Godspeed, Sgt. Sausage. Thank you for all your hot dog service.
Homer - Happy Marge! Do we have hot dogs?! I need to eat as many as possible because of the blackout!
Marge - Annoyed Homie, are you talking to that imaginary hot dog soldier guy again?
Homer - Serious Leave Sgt. Sausage out of this.
Marge - Eye Roll Well, I hope cold hot dogs will do. Without power, I have no way to heat them up.
Homer C'mon, boy. Let's head down to the Squidport where they know all about the correct temperature for hot dogs.
Task: "Make Homer Head to the Squidport". The job takes place at the Squidport Entrance, Bloaters at the Squidport, or Simpson House and takes 6 seconds.
If Bart is owned: Task: "Make Bart Head to the Squidport". The job takes place at the Squidport Entrance, Bloaters at the Squidport, or Simpson House and takes 6 seconds.
If Marge is owned: Task: "Make Marge Light More Candles". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 6 seconds.
Task: "Make Lisa Enjoy Quiet Reading by Candlelight". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 6 seconds.
Homer Okay, we'll take fourteen chili dogs... No, fifteen.
Deuce - Confused Fifteen chili dogs? The only person who orders that many is my friend, H-Dog!
Homer - Happy Deuce! I didn't realize you opened a place at the Squidport!
Bart - Confused Dad? You know this hot dog stand guy?
Deuce Of course he knows me. He was my best customer at Deuce's Caboose Chili Dogs.
Homer That's right. Hey whatever happened to Deuce's Caboose?
Deuce - Annoyed You stole the caboose and drove it off a bridge!
Homer - Thoughtful Oh yeah. I sort of do recall doing that...
Deuce But it's all in the past, H-Dog...
Deuce - Happy Things are going great for me now! I've been selling all my hot dog grease to the Grease Recycling Plant and I'm making a killing!
Bart - Rolling Eyes Oh yeah, we tried that once. Not exactly what I'd call a lucrative endeavor...
Deuce That was before the blackout drove the price of grease through the roof. Since every store sold out of candles, people are making their own at home — out of GREASE!
Deuce *whispering* But don't tell anyone.
Homer - Proud *whispering* Your sound business plan is safe with me.
Homer - Proud *whispering* Bart. We gotta get in on this racket. Don't tell the hot dog guy.
Deuce *whispering* I can still hear you.
Homer - Proud *whispering* So...is it okay if we also sell grease?
Deuce *whispering* As long as I get 10%.
Homer - Happy You've got a deal!
Homer - Happy Simpson & Son Grease Co. is back in the grease game!
Bart - Happy We're back in the fat graft!
Homer - Happy In the gristle grind!
Bart - Thinking In the tallow shall-owe...? Yeah, that one doesn't work...
Homer It's the attempt that counts.
Bart Thanks, Dad.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10

Behind the Laughter[edit]

The quest name is a reference to the novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera.