Man of Yesteryear

Man of Yesteryear

Tapped Out Quest Information Level: 5 Update: Black History Required characters: Virgil Simpson Optional characters: Zia Simpson, Professor Frink

Man of Yesteryear is a questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the Black History content update. It requires Virgil Simpson to be obtained.

Dialogue

Pt. 1

After tapping on Virgil Simpson's exclamation mark What in the world? Where am I? It worked! Don't freak out, I'm your great-great-great-great-granddaughter, Zia. My great-what-where-daughter, who-a? This is the year 2041. You’re almost two hundred years in the future. Ahhhh!!! Send me back! I wanna see my family! Well, technically, you don’t have a family. You’re a clone with implanted memories of a past you never actually lived. Ahhhhhh!!!! Task: "Make Virgil Simpson Freak Out". The job takes place at a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Zia Simpson is owned: Task: "Make Zia Simpson Calm Virgil Down With a Hot Chamomile Tea". The job takes place at the Future Simpson's House, Frink's Lab, or a Brown House and takes 8 hours. The future? Dear God. What’s it like? Who won the Civil War? Which one? There’ve been five. Does racism still exist? The human race has evolved beyond the pettiness of racial bigotry. Whew. I’m finally free from persecution. Now they’re just racist against clones. Ah, crap. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 2

After tapping on Virgil Simpson's exclamation mark Why the hell did you bring me here, little girl? To help me with my family tree presentation for school. After that, I can put you in the Clone Recycler and you’ll go back to your previous state of, uh, “not existing”. Hm. “Not existing”. I see. Interesting. Pardon me a sec… Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! Great-great-great-great-great Grampa, come back! Wait, that was one too many “greats”. It’s four, not five. Great-great-great-great Grampa, come back!!! *counting* One-two-three-four. Perfect. Task: "Make Virgil Simpson Outrun Zia". The job takes place at a Brown House and takes 4 hours. The clown! I recognize you. My God! You haven’t aged a day! I’m almost a hundred years old, pal. Flattery will get you nowhere. Unless you’re a foxy broad, which you do not appear to be. It’s me, Virgil! You helped hide me at your circus. I don’t have a circus, Mac. I had a TV show. Until “cancel culture” caught up with me. The network “cancelled” my show because it had no “culture”. I don’t know what any of that means, but I need you to help me again. Again? Were we in a cult together? Pyramid scheme? Buddy cop movie in the eighties? If you wanna make a sequel, all inquiries need to go through my agent, who died twenty years ago. Argh! You’re no help at all! Don’t call me until there’s a script attached! Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 3

After tapping on Virgil Simpson's exclamation mark My God. The future is such a crazy place. Such tall buildings. So many horseless carriages. So many discarded scooters on the ground. Excuse me, fine sir. I am a time traveller from the year 2020. Can you tell me what year it is? You’re from the past? Me too! Ah, it is indeed a small world, universe, and space time continuum. Glayvin. You know, it really really is. Task: "Make Virgil Simpson Tell Prof. Frink His Story and Ask Him What Glayvin Means". The job takes place at a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Heavens. A clone with implanted memories who is being hunted by a killer. That’s quite a story. I think I will go back in time, write a movie about it, and call it “The Runner, with the Blades, and the Hoivik, and Glayvinnn and the Running. So Much Running”. It can’t fail with a title like that. I assume. What’s a screenplay? A waste of time, unless you have a star attached. Wow. In the future you have control of the stars? Only agents and publicists do. Wow. They must be gods amongst men. They certainly think of themselves that way. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 4

If Zia Simpson is owned: After tapping on Zia Simpson's exclamation mark If Zia Simpson is not owned: After completing Pt. 3 G-X-4 Grampa. I found you! What did you call me? G-X-4 Grampa. It’s an abbreviation of great-great-great-great Grampa. It’s shorter. By one syllable. Right. Think of all the time we’ll save. The math checks out! Tell me, child. Why did you bring this man-clone here just to hunt him and kill him, with the hurting and the chasing? G-X-4 Grampa, I didn’t bring you here to kill you. I brought you here to find out more about the harsh realities of early African American history. Really? It’s very important to document and pass down these stories. “Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it”. I believe the great Elon Musk said that. Or at least he claims he did. Task: "Make Virgil Simpson Be Impressed". The job takes place at a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Zia Simpson is owned: Task: "Make Zia Simpson Use Ultranet to Find Out Who Said the Quote". The job takes place at a Brown House and takes 4 hours. You know, once your historic interview is done, I could send G-X-4 Grampa to an alternate dimension where racism does not exist. For humans, or clones. Will my family be there? Do you want them to be? Of course. I had to ask. You’d be surprised how many people do not like their relatives. Myself, included. *sighs* Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 5

After tapping on Virgil Simpson's exclamation mark …And then I lived a long and happy life in Canada. Wow. What a tale. I’m glad I was able to record it. But I’m sorry I brought you here without really considering your feelings. Yeah, that happens a lot a couple hundred years ago. I hope you can forgive me. You’re family, kid. Of course I can. I’ll miss you, great-great-great-great Grampa. I’ll miss you too. And I’m gonna tell my son, your great-great-great Grampa all about you. I would advise against that, as the space time continuum could shatter if— *disappears* Oh well, fingers crossed. If Professor Frink is owned: Task: "Make Professor Frink Cross His Fingers". The job takes place at a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Virgil Simpson See His Family Again". The job takes place at a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Thanks for all your help, Prof. Frink. Think nothing of it. So what did you come to the future for? Well, building my time machine was a very expensive endeavor, so I thought I’d pay it off by buying a Sports Almanac from said future, and wagering on the predetermined outcome of said games. Like in Back to the Future 2? No, not like that at all. Now tell me, where can I find a Sports Almanac store? Sports don’t exist anymore. They were deemed too dangerous for humans to play. *sigh* The mob is going to kill me. Quest reward: 200 and 20

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Opal	Starlight
Abraham Simpson I	Nature Walk
Bully Boss	Running With the Bullies
Virgil Simpson	Man of Yesteryear
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Stogie	Play Musty For Me
The Patriarch	Keepin' the Faith
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