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Springfield Idle

Tapped Out Quest Information

Level:	5
Update:	Springfield's Got Talent?
Required characters:	Lisa, Parents, Normal Springfielders, Celebrities, Homer
Optional characters:	Skinner, Bart, Grampa, Mr. Burns, See Currency-earning jobs
Internal name(s):	SpringfieldIdle
ID(s):	264001 - 264005
Previous quest(s):	How Can I Use You Today?
Next quest(s):	Show Business Blues

Springfield Idle is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the Springfield's Got Talent? content update.

Dialogue[edit]

Pt. 1[edit]

After completing How Can I Use You Today?
	All right, Springfield Academy of Music. Today, you're performing in front of a talent manager looking to find the next big act... whatever that means.
	We're playing "Caravan". Lisa, you can be first chair.
	Thanks.
	Too polite. I change my mind — you're Second Chair now. Database, you're First Chair.
	conducts orchestra
	listens to kids play orchestral music
	Okay, stop-stop-stop! What is this garbage? I thought you said these kids were talented? You guys stink!
	Can any of you sing or dance?
	I can waltz!
	waltzes 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3!
	I can yodel.
	yodels
	Get off the stage! None of you are talented enough to be the next Be Sharps!
	Hey! I'm the only one around here who gets to belittle the children.
	Thanks, Mr. Kleskow.
	Shut up, Milhouse.
Task: "Collect Microphones" (x125). Task: "Make Lisa Take Offense". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Parents of Musical Kids Take Offense" (x3). The jobs take place at Springfield Elementary or a Brown House and take 4 hours.
Quest reward: 100 and 10 Springfield Academy of Music

Pt. 2[edit]

After completing Pt. 1
	How dare you say the kids in Springfield don't have talent!
	I'm sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that the kids don't have talent.
	Really?
	I meant to say no one here has any talent.
	Why you—! We should throw this guy into the tire fire.
	Relax! If you want to prove me wrong, I'm going to give every untalented weirdo in here a chance. I'm going to televise a special "Springfield's Got Talent" competition!
	Oh, it's one of those updates... Fine! If I know this game I live in at all, then we will prove you wrong! And you'll be hoisted on your own...
	What's that word, Lisa?
	"Petard".
	That's a real word?
	Yes. The phrase is from Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
	I didn't ask for the whole backstory.
	Anyway, Nigel. We're gonna hoist you on your own "petard".
	Wait, where'd he go? Did he leave before I said "petard"?
	Seems so.
	Now I feel like I was the one who got hoisted.
Task: "Collect Microphones" (x145). Task: "Make Springfielders Desperately Try to Develop Talent" (x5). The jobs take place at Visitable Homes and take 4 hours. Task: "Make Celebrities Volunteer to Be Judges" (x3). The jobs take place at Channel 6, Springfield Academy of Music, Krustylu Studios, KTV Building, Open Air Stage, or Visitable Homes and take 4 hours.
	I will be a celebrity judge for this competition show.
	But the show is about talent, and no offense, you don't really have any.
	That didn't stop Howie Mandel.
	Fair point.
Quest reward: 100 and 10 8 Track Shack

Pt. 3[edit]

After completing Pt. 2
	Welcome to "Springfield's Got Talent"!
	I'm joined by celebrity judges Rainier Wolfcastle, Bumblebee Man, and your favorite DJ who wears a helmet: Der Zip Zorp.
	record scratch
	Our first contestant is: Chief Wiggum!
	I was an original founding member of the Be Sharps. But I have formed a new quartet called the Be Sheriffs.
	And what will you be singing?
	We're doing a classic cover of the Be Sharps' "Baby On Board". Hit it, Lou!
	BABY ON BOARD, HOW I'VE ADORED
	THAT SIGN ON MY CAR'S WINDOW PANE
	THE BOUNCE IN MY STEP, LOADED WITH PEP / CAUSE I'M DRIVING IN THE CARPOOL LANE
	This song's catchy, but super lame.
	You wrote it.
	D'OH!
	And what does our panel of celebrity judges think?
	I liked it, but it lacked pizazz.
	No.
	rejection record scratch
	Okay, who do we have next?
	Alright, Mother, now you'll see that those tap dancing lessons you forced me to take through my entire childhood...and high school...and college will finally pay off!
	Somehow I doubt it.
Task: "Collect Microphones" (x165). If Skinner is owned: Task: "Make Skinner Flashback on Stage". The job takes place at Channel 6, Springfield Academy of Music, Krustylu Studios, KTV Building, Open Air Stage, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Lisa Feel Embarrassed for Everyone". The job takes place at Channel 6, Springfield Academy of Music, Krustylu Studios, KTV Building, Open Air Stage, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Homer Get Warmed Up for His Turn". The job takes place at Channel 6, Springfield Academy of Music, Krustylu Studios, KTV Building, Open Air Stage, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
	The lights...the pressure...it's too much! Can't...can't do it! Can't tap dance around Charlie! Gotta kill 'em all!
	electronic beeping
	I don't know either, Der Zip Zorp.
	I know what's happening. He's having a flashback to the Nam. I performed a scene exactly like this in "McBain 5: McBain Harder" — but with less crying.
	Probably less bedwetting too.
Quest reward: 100 and 10 Mike Pop's Recording Studio

Pt. 4[edit]

After completing Pt. 3
	Our next contestant is: Abe Simpson.
	What? Where am I?
	You're competing on a talent show.
	Oh yeah! My talent is that I can make anyone fall asleep in less than thirty seconds.
	How is that possible?
	Well, it's just like when I used to live in a beach town that had two saltwater taffy joints. One taffy used saltwater from the bay, the other used saltwater from the sea...
	Could ya tell the difference? Boy, oh boy, you couldn't.
	falls asleep, snores
	intense German snores
	Ay-Ay-Ay-ZZZZZZ...
	But then, Shoeless Joe Jackson came in one day and said "sure, anyone can kiss a camel. But you have to initiate it..."
	Get off the stage, you— snores
	listening to music with headphones Whoa, did everyone in here drop dead?
Task: "Collect Microphones" (x185). If Bart is owned: Task: "Make Bart Steal Twenty Bucks Out of Homer's Wallet". The job takes place at Channel 6, Springfield Academy of Music, Krustylu Studios, KTV Building, Open Air Stage, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours. If Grampa is owned: Task: "Make Grampa Tell Another Story". The job takes place at Channel 6, Springfield Academy of Music, Krustylu Studios, KTV Building, Open Air Stage, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Homer Drool in His Sleep". The job takes place at Channel 6, Springfield Academy of Music, Krustylu Studios, KTV Building, Open Air Stage, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
	In my day, in the National League, the home plate umpire was chosen from the crowd, got to sit in an easy chair, and could send any player to jail for one week.
	And in the American League there wasn't an umpire at all. They'd prop up a twin-sized mattress behind the plate with a hole cut in the middle. Sometimes the ball would bounce back and in front of the hitter so you'd get a second swing...
	snores
Quest reward: 100 and 10 Mike Pop's Recording Studio

Pt. 5[edit]

After completing Pt. 4
	A truly stunning lack of talent. Although, that old man gave me the best sleep I've had since the premiere screening of "McBain 11: Mendoza's Ghost".
	Can it really be true that Springfield doesn't have any talent anymore?
	Of course it's true, I've been saying it all week! You people really are the most talentless lot I've ever seen.
	It makes me wonder if there's something wrong with your water supply.
	Oh, the water is perfectly safe! See? I'll even drink some.
	fills glass of water
	Well, aren't you going to drink it?
	Yes, of course! takes tiny sip
	Well, there is one talent Springfield's got that Nigel hasn't seen yet...
	Uh, hang on. Where did you get all those torches and pitchforks, and why did security allow them into the building?
Task: "Collect Microphones" (x205). Task: "Make Springfielders Chase Nigel Out of the Building" (x5). The jobs take place at Channel 6, Springfield Academy of Music, Krustylu Studios, KTV Building, Open Air Stage, or a Visitable Home and take 4 hours. If Mr. Burns is owned: Task: "Make Mr. Burns Release The Hounds on Nigel". The job takes place at Channel 6, Springfield Academy of Music, Krustylu Studios, KTV Building, Open Air Stage, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
	running from angry mob
	throwing Squishees at Nigel
	Even you, Apu de Beaumarchais?!
	That stage name is dead to me!
	belches throws beer bottle
	And you too, Barney? I thought Yoko and you were pacifists!
	We broke up! The Be Sharps wrote a song about it!
	SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS BIGGER THAN JESUS / BUT IN THE END THAT NEVER PLEASED US
	I guess Springfield does have talent.
Quest reward: 200 and 20 Manager Nigel

Currency-earning jobs[edit]

Task	Character(s)	Time	Location(s)	Reward
Swipe Microphones from Karaoke Nights	Homer, Lisa, Marge, Bart, Barney, Milhouse, Moe	4h	Eatery	5, 45
Pick Up Used Band Microphones	Otto	Rock Stage, Open Air Stage, Pop Stage, Hip-Hop Stage, Rock Camp Thread Shed, Eatery	7, 70
"Borrow" Microphones from Work	Victor Kleskow	Daws Butler Hall	8, 70

Behind the Laughter[edit]

The quest name is a reference to the talent show American Idol.

view • talk • edit • past The Simpsons: Tapped Out Springfield's Got Talent? quests

How Can I Use You Today? • Springfield Idle • Show Business Blues
Manager Nigel	Little Winnin'
Victor Kleskow	The Beat of a Militant Drum
Der Zip Zorp	Zen and the Art of Turntable Maintenance