At the Suburbs of Madness

At the Suburbs of Madness

Tapped Out Quest Information Level: 5 Update: Treehouse of Horror XXXIII Required characters: Lisa, Regular Characters Optional characters: Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Bart, Mopey Mary, Sideshow Bob, Mad Doctor Itchy, Premium Characters, See Currency-earning jobs Internal name(s): AtTheSuburbsOfMadness ID(s): 261016 - 261020 Previous quest(s): Too Cool for Ghoul Next quest(s): The Real Horror Was the Friends We Made Along the Way

At the Suburbs of Madness is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the Treehouse of Horror XXXIII content update.

Dialogue

Pt. 1

Between November 8, 2022 and November 16, 2022 People-chomping zombies! Run! But first it's always more important to shoot video and post it! Ugh! This is what I'm talking about! People screaming, zombies slow-walking, biting, blood spraying everywhere — BOR-ING! A weird mind like mine could never be frightened by such banal grotesqueries. Yes. So prosaic! Now go over there and flash your big brain. You has-beens are just jealous because everyone loves zombies, and no one reads your dusty old "books" unless a teacher forces them to! Now you've gone too far, vile creatures! Indeed! Quoth the Raven: Eat my shorts! Hey! That "quoth" is from the Bartman! Task: "Collect Eyeballs" (x115). If Edgar Allan Poe is owned: Task: "Make Poe Throw Zombies Down the Bottomless Pit". The job takes place at the Springfield Cemetery, Cemetery Plot, Fogbury Cemetery, Frontier Cemetery, Pet Cemetery, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If H.P. Lovecraft is owned: Task: "Make Lovecraft Throw Zombies Into the Bottomless Pit". The job takes place at the Springfield Cemetery, Cemetery Plot, Fogbury Cemetery, Frontier Cemetery, Pet Cemetery, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Bart is owned: Task: "Make Bart Finally Be Impressed by These Old Dudes". The job takes place at the Springfield Cemetery, Cemetery Plot, Fogbury Cemetery, Frontier Cemetery, Pet Cemetery, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Mopey Mary is owned: Task: "Make Mopey Mary Hide Her Laughter". The job takes place at the Springfield Cemetery, Cemetery Plot, Fogbury Cemetery, Frontier Cemetery, Pet Cemetery, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Lisa Give Up on Halloween". The job takes place at the Springfield Cemetery, Cemetery Plot, Fogbury Cemetery, Frontier Cemetery, Pet Cemetery, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. The zombies are vanquished, and Halloween is near complete. I declare myself the victor! By what right? I ingeniously summoned Mopey Mary. She didn't scare anyone! True. My whole "crawling out of the TV" bit is pretty much all I've got. Fine! You have one final shot, Lovecraft. What have you got? Only my most twisted creation yet! Twisted creation? As in pretzels! Yum! Quest reward: 100 and 10 Zombie Billboard Bundle

Pt. 2

After completing Pt. 1 I know you can do it, Mr. Lovecraft! Bring the true meaning of dread back to Springfield. Lisa, how could you?! I thought you were Team Poe. I'm Team Whoever can deliver true horror that isn't just gore and cheap thrills. Plus, curved surfaces kind of scare me, too. Worry not, fellow non-Euclidean devotee. Prepare for horror beyond imagining! I'll need a reanimator. Gently used if new is not available. There's not anything like that in Springfield. Sure there is. Mad Doctor Itchy has one at his castle on the edge of town. Excellent! But first we need to make a brief stop at the abandoned lighthouse. What for? The only person who currently lives there is...Sideshow Bob! Exactly. Task: "Collect Eyeballs" (x115). If H.P. Lovecraft is owned: Task: "Make Lovecraft Kidnap Sideshow Bob". The job takes place at Fogbury Port Lighthouse & Pier, Squidport Entrance, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Sideshow Bob is owned: Task: "Make Sideshow Bob Get Kidnapped". The job takes place at Fogbury Port Lighthouse & Pier, Squidport Entrance, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Bart is owned: Task: "Make Bart Like Where This is Going". The job takes place at Fogbury Port Lighthouse & Pier, Squidport Entrance, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Lisa Worry About Where This is Going". The job takes place at Fogbury Port Lighthouse & Pier, Squidport Entrance, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. *knock knock knock* What is this? I was nearly napping, when suddenly there comes a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at the lighthouse door. Finally! Someone with some culture. Moribund and monotonous! Edgar Allan Poe! And H.P. Lovecraft! You're probably wondering why I'm here, and why I have this chloroform, gag, and length of rope. I recognize a kidnapping when I see one. He has some experience in the field. Quest reward: 100 and 10 Bottomless Pit

Pt. 3

After completing Pt. 2 Pardon us for dropping in unannounced on All Hallow's Eve, Doctor Itchy. You can call me "Mad". I have a friendly wager with Mr. Poe as to who can create the greatest horror. I've something in mind that will chill you to the very marrow. If there's marrow involved, count me in! Task: "Collect Eyeballs" (x145). If H.P. Lovecraft is owned: Task: "Make Lovecraft Make an Insane Pitch to Doctor Itchy". The job takes place at Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle, Death Mountain, Monster's Castle, Hell Labs, House of Pain, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Mad Doctor Itchy is owned: Task: "Make Mad Doctor Itchy Say He's All About the Crazy". The job takes place at Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle, Death Mountain, Monster's Castle, Hell Labs, House of Pain, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Bart is owned: Task: "Make Bart Get Excited for Crazy". The job takes place at Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle, Death Mountain, Monster's Castle, Hell Labs, House of Pain, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Lisa Worry About How Crazy This is Going to Get". The job takes place at Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle, Death Mountain, Monster's Castle, Hell Labs, House of Pain, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. The first thing I need is— *cuts off Sideshow Bob's head* How did you know that's what I needed? First I was going to cut off your head, but you were talking so... Best Halloween ever! Quest reward: 100 and 10 Reanimator

Pt. 4

After completing Pt. 3 All I need is but a moment at Mad Doctor Itchy's reanimator, and Springfield shall know true horror at last! You're getting desperate, Lovecraft! All you've got is the head of a sideshow buffoon and some spare parts. Just wait and see! Task: "Collect Eyeballs" (x145). If Edgar Allan Poe is owned: Task: "Make Poe Mock Lovecraft's Desperation". The job takes place at Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle, Death Mountain, Monster's Castle, Hell Labs, House of Pain, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If H.P. Lovecraft is owned: Task: "Make Lovecraft Create a New Horror". The job takes place at Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle, Death Mountain, Monster's Castle, Hell Labs, House of Pain, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Bart is owned: Task: "Make Bart Root for Lovecraft". The job takes place at Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle, Death Mountain, Monster's Castle, Hell Labs, House of Pain, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Lisa Root for This to End". The job takes place at Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle, Death Mountain, Monster's Castle, Hell Labs, House of Pain, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. I give you the greatest horror Springfield has ever known! Eaggh! Sideshow Bob's head! You're forgetting the body of a chicken! And deer antlers? Why? Eh, I had them laying around. Behold! Sideshow Chicken! Cluck-cluck-kill! I admit it, Lovecraft: you have beaten me. I can conceive of no horror greater than this. Now to lay an egg of terror in the heart of Springfield!! *runs out of the castle* I'm so proud. It's like seeing your child go off to college. Cool! If that's college, I wanna go! Quest reward: 100 and 10 Abandoned Lighthouse

Pt. 5

After completing Pt. 4 Oh my God! It has the body of a chicken! And the head of Sideshow Bob! And a nice set of honkin' antlers! Quit staring at my rack! My eyes are down here! It's so horrible! So monstrous! That's right, Springfield! Flee! Flee into madness! Really? Bob's head on a chicken body? That's what gets this town to feel real terror? It's so scrawny...no plump white meat or delicious dark meat! Aaagh! Task: "Collect Eyeballs" (x185). Task: "Make Lisa Cringe as Sideshow Chicken Rampages". The job takes place at Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle, Death Mountain, Monster's Castle, Hell Labs, House of Pain, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Springfielders Get Bored of Sideshow Chicken" (x5). The jobs take place at Visitable Homes and take 4 hours. *yawn* Okay, that's enough excitement for one night. I'm hitting the sack. By which I mean my trick-or-treat sack. Then I'm going to bed. Me, too. See everyone next Halloween. Wait, what? Aren't you terrified of me anymore? Sorry, chicken dude. We've been overrun by so much weird stuff that nothing freaks us out for very long. So that's it? Halloween ends not with a scream, but with a yawn? Now we roll right into Thanksgiving! That's the turkey holiday, so no chickens allowed! Quest reward: 200 and 20 Sideshow Chicken

Currency-earning jobs

Task Character(s) Time Location(s) Reward Pluck Eyeballs from Monsters Homer, Lisa, Marge, Bart, Milhouse, Skinner, Wiggum, Krusty 4h Death Mountain, Monster's Castle, Hell Labs, House of Pain, Brown House 5, 45 Donate Eyeballs from Laboratory Storage The Headless Horseman, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Mad Doctor Itchy Mad Doctor Itchy's Castle, Death Mountain, Monster's Castle, Hell Labs, House of Pain, Brown House 8, 70

Behind the Laughter

The quest name is a reference to the science-fiction and cosmic horror novel At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out Treehouse of Horror XXXIII quests
Too Cool for Ghoul • The True Meaning of Halloween • The Hip Hop Haunting of House Hill • The Conjurationing • At the Suburbs of Madness • The Real Horror Was the Friends We Made Along the Way
The Headless Horseman	Unforgivably Headless
Mopey Mary	The New Ghoul in Town
Edgar Allan Poe	Once Upon a City Dreary
H.P. Lovecraft	The Greed-Quest of Well-Known Kadath
Sideshow Chicken	Little Chicken Monster
Frankenscratchy	This Cat, This Monster
Mad Doctor Itchy	A Shady Day of Hazing
Willie the Riveter	A Riveting Performance
Father Ben	Is There an Exorcist in the House?