Difference between revisions of "The End of the Beginning"

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The End of the Beginning is a questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the Winter 2015 content update.

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

Dialogue

Pt. 1

After tapping on Maggie's exclamation mark: *suck* *suck* Oh, you want to go for a walk with Mommy? That's one job I'd love to do! Wait, I'm sure I've seen you carrying her around town before. That was just a sack of flour. And all those Mommy & Me classes? 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. Task: "Make Marge Take Maggie for a Walk". The job takes 8 hours. 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! Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 2

After tapping on Maggie's exclamation mark *suck* *suck* Again? Sweetie, we just finished a walk five minutes ago. *suck* *suck* If I wanted a job that took eight hours a day, I'd get one that paid. Just kidding. Who's ever heard of a "working mother"? Task: "Make Marge Take Maggie for a Quick Walk". The job takes 4 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 3

After tapping on Maggie's exclamation mark *suck* *suck* 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. How about I get your Daddy to walk you instead? Sorry, I'm already busy watching Maggie. She's holding my beer and showing me this really interesting recipe for cookies. That's the bag of flour! Task: "Make Homer Spit Take". The job takes 6 seconds. You tricked me, Flour Maggie. You'll rue this day… or should I say roux this day! Hahahaha! That's-a funny-a one-a! Finally a joke-a for me, Luigi! Glad you liked it. I said it, but I don't get it. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 4

After tapping on Lisa's exclamation mark Mom, maybe you should enroll Maggie in daycare. Outsourcing our responsibilities as human beings is an American tradition. Let my kids be raised by someone else? Wouldn't that be acknowledging my failure as a mother? Can someone drive me down to the police station? Wiggum left the lens cap on when he took my mug shot last week. Then again, trying something new with parenting isn't always a bad idea. Task: "Make Marge Research Daycare". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 8 hours. Task: "Build the Police Station". Task: "Make Homer Take Bart to Retake His Mug Shot". The job takes place at the Police Station and takes 8 hours. I had no idea how important daycare is for babies. Did you know that babies that don't attend daycare are 100% less likely to form memories in daycare? Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 5

After tapping on Marge's exclamation mark I didn't want to enroll Maggie in a daycare where all they do is paint, clap their hands and listen to music. But then I found out about preschools, where children learn to paint, clap their hands and listen to music. But isn't preschool just the same thing as daycare? No sweetie, they have different names -- one which sounds like we're good parents, and one which sounds like we're lazy. But they do the same things! The only difference is that daycare is a little bit cheaper. Cheaper, eh? Task: "Make Marge Apply to Preschools". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 8 hours. Task: "Make Homer Apply to Daycares". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 8 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 6

After tapping on Marge's exclamation mark Maggie was too young for any of the schools I applied to. There's a bunch of elementary schools in this town, even a high school, but nothing for pre-K. We did get into the Stonecutter's Daycare, but that was a limited-time building from a long time ago. Almost no one's got it. There's only one thing to do. We need to build something new. Got it. I'll build the fire department -- you get the basket! That's not what I meant. Task: "Build Ayn Rand School for Tots". It takes 4 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 7

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark I'm sorry, but we can't accept your daughter Maggie. We received your application too late. Too late?! This place just came into existence! If you loved your child, you'd have found a way around that. As it is now, our wait list is several years long. So I needed to apply when I was pregnant? No, you needed to apply when you first signed up for ReadyToSettle.com. This is stupid! And I know stupid -- I'm the guy who blew up this town in the first place! Are you threatening to let that happen again if I don't let Maggie into our school? I wasn't. Should I? No, we would never kowtow to the threat of violence. We do however kowtow to the threat of stupidity. 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. Task: "Make Homer Mention Blowing up the Town". The job takes place at the Ayn Rand School for Tots and takes 8 hours. Task: "Make Maggie Start at Preschool". The job takes place at the Ayn Rand School for Tots and takes 8 hours. Wow. My stupidity scares people into giving me what I want? I'm just like President Bush! Bush isn't president anymore. He's not?! Is he king now? Maggie can start today! Please, Mr. Simpson, just don't go to work. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 8

After tapping on Moe's exclamation mark The IRS finally found out that I faked my own death, so I've got to call in all your bar tabs. Hey Moe, remember that time I blew up the town? No need to go crazy, Homer. I'll just make up a fake dependent I never see because my fake ex-wife got custody. How about Hazel? I've always wanted to lose custody of a Hazel. Task: "Make Homer Mention Blowing up the Town". The job takes place at Moe's Tavern and takes 8 hours. Task: "Make Moe Tear Up Homer's Bar Tab". The job takes place at Moe's Tavern and takes 12 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 9

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark Sir, you can't park there. Hey, did I ever tell you about the time I blew up the town? Yarrr, we have a quota of five hundred shrimp per all-you-can-eat session. Blew Up The Town. There is no possible way we can name a holiday after you! B.U.T.T. If Squeaky Voice Teen is owned: Task: "Make Squeaky Voice Teen Reroute Parade". The job takes place at a Krusty Burger and takes 8 hours. Task: "Make Sea Captain Cull the Sea for the Last of its Shrimp". The job takes place at the Squidport Entrance and takes 8 hours. Task: "Reach Level 20 and Build Town Hall". Task: "Make Quimby Name a Holiday After Homer". The job takes place at the Town Hall and takes 8 hours. Task: "Make Homer Acronymize Acronyms". The job takes place at the Town Hall and takes 8 hours. Close the banks! I pronounce today Homer Day! B.U… The first in the eight day celebration we call Homerka! Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 10

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark Mr. Burns! I demand a raise… as well as paid time off for Homerka, Rosh Homershana, and Simpsom Kipur. 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. No, you’re the man who THINKS he blew up the town. The truth is you had nothing to do with it. Task: "Make Homer Do 10-Hour Spit Take". The job takes 10 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 11

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark I distinctly remember destroying the town. There's even a video of it you can watch in the front of the store menu. Pish. You were at your workstation… or should I say "doesn't work"-station. I had it disabled years ago, on the recommendation of every other safety inspector at the plant. 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. Oh!!! So THAT'S how you get the lights to blink. Task: "Make Homer Play at His Workstation". The job takes place at the Control Building and takes 8 hours. Task: "Make Maggie Teach Homer How It Works". The job takes place at the Control Building and takes 8 hours. Sing together, A, B, C... You're the head of plant safety... Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 12

After tapping on Moe's exclamation mark One Duff beer for you and one Duff pureed beets for the baby. That'll be 12 dollars. Put it on my tab, and then rip up that tab unless you want me to blow up the town again. Nice try. Lenny and Carl overheard your conversation with Mr. Burns and told me all about it. Sorry, buddy. Slow news day. Thanks a lot! Just wait ‘til everyone thinks YOU blew up the universe when YOU really didn't and YOU want to keep it a secret! Task: "Make Homer Drown His Sorrows in Beer". The job takes place at Moe's Tavern and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Maggie Drown Her Sorrows in Beets". The job takes place at Moe's Tavern and takes 4 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 13

After tapping on Moe's exclamation mark So if Homer didn't blow up Springfield, who did? I guess we'll never know, unless someone who witnessed the events miraculously steps forward. Perhaps at this very moment… *suck* *suck* Hey, I think Maggie's trying to tell us something! Say it again slowly. *suck* … *suck* Okay, that didn't work. Why don't you just draw it on this napkin? So the one-eyebrowed baby blew up the town? How is that possible? Well, Maggie DID shoot Mr. Burns. And there's that baby that talks in the E*Trade ads. Kids today are precocious. We've got to go to Maggie's preschool and look for this evil baby. Task: "Make Homer Search for the Unibrow Bomber". The job takes place at the Ayn Rand School for Tots and takes 16 hours. Task: "Make Moe Tag Along Because He is Bored". The job takes place at the Ayn Rand School for Tots and takes 16 hours. If Lenny is owned: Task: "Make Lenny Tag Along Because He is Bored". The job takes place at the Ayn Rand School for Tots and takes 16 hours. If Carl is owned: Task: "Make Carl Tag Along Because He is Bored". The job takes place at the Ayn Rand School for Tots and takes 16 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 14

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark Check out what I found in the Unibrow Baby's cubby. It looks like a manifesto! I can't read this. It's all illegible crayon scribbles. The only thing I can tell for certain is that whoever wrote this is a deranged sicko. That's not the manifesto -- that's my memoir "Why Not Moe?". Here's the thing the baby wrote. Oh, okay. This is much more legible. Who is this “ROSA"? You're not pronouncing it right! You need to roll the R. R-r-r-r-r-osa! Mr. Burns?! Why are you here? I'm looking for the nuclear plant's next Vice President of Operations. You mean I'm getting promoted? Get real, fopdoodle! This job requires someone more youthful and full of energy! Task: "Make Mr. Burns Recruit Babies to Work". The job takes place at the Ayn Rand School for Tots and takes 12 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 15

After tapping on Mr. Burns' exclamation mark This daycare is excellent! I haven't had such a steady supply of child labor since the plant did "Take Your Child to Work Month." Oh yeah, Maggie loved that "screw in tiny screws for an hour" game! Wait a minute! You force babies to do manual labor at the plant? I don't, no. That's why I built R.O.S.A. -- the Robotic Offspring-Sitting Automaton. Oh right, that was the silver lady in the manifesto. Okay, enough explaining! Let's get back to reading it already. Wow, this R.O.S.A. looks like a real task-master, making those babies do her bidding. I would never let someone order ME around like that. Task: "Make Homer Go on a Job". The job takes 8 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 16

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark So Mr. Burns built a robot to exploit babies, one of the babies got mad, and the whole universe blew up. It all makes sense. None of that makes sense, Homer. Especially the part about my robot exploiting babies. She was incentivizing them! She gave them sugar to make them work, Benadryl to make them sleep, and donuts as a reward for a job well done. Mmm… donuts. Also, mmm… sugar and mmm… Benadryl. It seems like we're still missing a piece of the story. Well, R.O.S.A. had a built-in nanny-cam. If we could recover her pieces, perhaps we could see what happened right before the explosion. *moans* I knew this was going to turn into collecting things. Message Make your Springfielders search the town for R.O.S.A.'s scattered parts. Keep looking until you find all of them! Task: "Find R.O.S.A Parts" (x24). After finding one part We found a part! It looks like… a leg. It's an arm, Dad. Nope. I’m pretty sure it's a leg. This robot must be tiny! It is not tiny! That's an arm… Let's keep looking everyone, only a few parts to go! Almost there. Yes, let's rebuild the tiny robot and find out what happened. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 17

After tapping on Mr. Burns' exclamation mark We've found all the R.O.S.A. pieces except one… her feather duster. What does she even have a feather duster for? She's a nanny, not a maid. Children get dusty too. But we need that piece -- it contains the surrogate motherboard. But it's impossible! We've looked everywhere! Everywhere in our MAIN Springfield. But there's one place we haven't looked… Oh God, no. You don't mean… That's right. That place we dread… that haunts us in our nightmares… that we pretend doesn't even exist… Krustyland. Nooooooooooo!!!! Nooooooooooo!!!! Nooooooooooo!!!! Let's just draw straws and get this over with. Task: "Make Homer Draw the Short Straw". The job takes place at Moe's Tavern and takes 60 seconds. Task: "Build the Krustyland Shuttlebus". Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 18

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark 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. That ain't the way drawing straws work, Homer. ARRGGGGHHH! 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. Task: "Go to Krustyland". Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 19

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark Ugh, this place is awful… and it’s so far from Springfield. That shuttle bus took like 16 seconds! It's the only amusement park so boring that even the gangs won't come here! Task: "Make Homer Find the Last R.O.S.A. Part A.S.A.P. to Get Out of Krustyland". The job takes place at the Krustyland Entrance and takes 4 hours. Bye, Krustyland. Forever this time. I'm serious. Would you like your hand stamped so you can re-enter? Has anyone ever asked to re-enter this place? No. Thank you for not punching me in the face for asking. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 20

After completing Pt. 19 Task: "Go to Springfield". Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 21

After completing Pt. 20 Okay, we've assembled all the pieces. Let's turn this robot on. Hello, I am R.O.S.A. What can I do for you, mister? Ooh, mister. I like her already. We need to see your video from right before the explosion. Of course. Please enter the password. Password? New Character: R.O.S.A Task: "Make Homer Guess Mr. Burns's Password". The job takes place at the Control Building and takes 12 hours. Did you try "Excellent"? Yeah, it didn't work. Try "Excellent1". That's it! His catchphrase plus the year he was born. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 22

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark I'm confused. What were those things the one-eyebrowed baby put in R.O.S.A.'s battery compartment? Fuel rods. You know, the things your job is to keep from overheating? Oh, that makes sense. Now that that's clarified, can you explain everything else that happened in the video? No. But if anyone asks me at a dinner party, I'm going to say yes so that people don't think I'm stupid. 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! Task: "Make Moe Argue Online That Maggie Created Sky Finger". The job takes place at Moe's Tavern and takes 8 hours. If Lenny is owned: Task: "Make Lenny Complain Online That the Game's Not Good Anymore". The job takes place at Moe's Tavern and takes 8 hours. If Carl is owned: Task: "Make Carl Argue Online it's a Retelling of the Genesis Myth". The job takes place at Moe's Tavern and takes 8 hours. Task: "Make Homer Troll the Forum with Shirtless Selfies". The job takes place at Moe's Tavern and takes 8 hours. If Carl is not owned is owned: Task: "Make Lisa Argue Online it's a Retelling of the Genesis Myth". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 8 hours. If Lenny is not owned is owned: Task: "Make Bart Complain Online That the Game's Not Good Anymore". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 8 hours. Quest reward: 200 and 20