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The True Meaning of Halloween
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Tapped Out Quest Information
Level: 5
Update: Treehouse of Horror XXXIII
Required characters: Moms, Lisa, Homer, Regular Characters
Optional characters: Marge, Bart, Milhouse, Premium Characters, See Currency-earning jobs
Internal name(s): TheTrueMeaningOfHalloween
ID(s): 261001 - 261005
Previous quest(s): Too Cool for Ghoul
Next quest(s): The Real Horror Was the Friends We Made Along the Way


The True Meaning of Halloween is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the Treehouse of Horror XXXIII content update.

Dialogue[edit]

Pt. 1[edit]

After completing Too Cool for Ghoul
Helen Lovejoy - Angry Marge Simpson — back at the Halloween store... again?
Marge - Annoyed Don't you start with me, Helen! And get your bony hands off that breakdancing skeleton. I saw it first.
Helen Lovejoy - Angry You're a little too late to the Halloween party — it's mine!
Agnes Sorry, ladies! You snooze you lose!
Marge - Sad I didn't know "You snooze you lose" rules applied at the Halloween store.
Agnes - Angry They apply everywhere!
Helen Lovejoy - Angry Over my dead body!
Agnes That rule can be arranged too.
Marge - Annoyed Maybe then you wouldn't need the skeleton, Helen!
Task: "Collect Halloween Candy" (x115).
Task: "Make Moms Shop for Bigger Halloween Decorations" (x3). The jobs take place at Sprawl-Mart, Try-N-Save, Springfield Community Theater, a Kwik-E-Mart, or a Shop and take 4 hours.
Task: "Make Lisa Wonder What Decorations Moms Are Buying". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 4 hours.
Lisa What super spooky stuff did you get this time, Mom?
Bart - Determined An axe-toting werewolf? A maggot-filled coffin?
Marge - Sad Uh...two plastic jack-o-lanterns and an inflatable candy corn.
Bart - Rolling Eyes What?! That's so lame!
Lisa - Sad I honestly didn't care before, but now I'm just sad for you and for us.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Krustyland Halloween Horror Night

Pt. 2[edit]

After completing Pt. 1
Marge - Angry Homer, why are we back at the Halloween store?
Homer - Happy We have to find you a sexy costume to match what I'm wearing.
Marge - Confused I thought you were going to be a cheeseburger?
Homer - Sly A SEXY cheeseburger.
Marge - Annoyed Can't I just go as Little Bo Peep or something?
Bernice Hibbert Oh, Marge, sexy adult costumes are all the rage this year.
Bernice Hibbert We're going as Sexy Pharaoh and Sexy Harem Girl.
Marge - Nervous I'm sure you'll be a very sexy Sexy Harem Girl, Bernice.
Dr. Hibbert - Happy I'M the Sexy Harem Girl.
Dr. Hibbert - Happy Trick or Treat, Marge. *chuckles*
Task: "Collect Halloween Candy" (x115).
If Marge is owned: Task: "Make Marge Shop for a Sexier Costume". The job takes place at Sprawl-Mart, Try-N-Save, Springfield Community Theater, a Kwik-E-Mart, or a Shop and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Homer Try to Squeeze Into a Sexy Costume". The job takes place at Sprawl-Mart, Try-N-Save, Springfield Community Theater, a Kwik-E-Mart, or a Shop and takes 4 hours.
Comic Book Guy - Annoyed What are you supposed to be?
Homer - Sad Burger Sexy Cheeseburger.
Comic Book Guy - Sad Not sexy at all! Your cheese isn't even oozing.
Homer - Straining Burger Maybe if I squeeze my thighs together. Grrrrumph... *squeezes thighs*
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Halloween Headquarters Bundle

Pt. 3[edit]

After completing Pt. 2
Milhouse - Happy I can't believe we're finally at Krustyland's Halloween Horror Night!
Bart - Delirious It's AWESOME! Where should we start? Decapitation Alley? Tower of Torture? The Hall of Severed Limbs?
Lisa - Annoyed Ugh, this is so lame! It's all just commercialism and gore. Where's the real frights? The real dread!
Bart - Thinking That's a fair point.
Milhouse - Surprised You agree with her?
Bart - Rolling Eyes I know. That's frightening. But horrible things happen every Halloween around here. It's getting boring.
Milhouse Last year there were awesome dinosaurs, human-animal hybrids, and cool sci-fi things!
Bart - Bored Bor-ing!
Lisa - Worried What are you getting at?
Bart - Determined Just wait. You'll see.
Task: "Collect Halloween Candy" (x145).
Task: "Make Lisa Pontificate on "Real Horror"". The job takes place at Krustyland Halloween Horror Night, the Town Hall, or Simpson House and takes 4 hours.
If Bart is owned: Task: "Make Bart Look For Where This Goes Sideways". The job takes place at Krustyland Halloween Horror Night, the Town Hall, or Simpson House and takes 4 hours.
If Milhouse is owned: Task: "Make Milhouse Be Scared of Plush Chainsaws". The job takes place at Krustyland Halloween Horror Night, the Town Hall, or Simpson House and takes 4 hours.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Halloween Horror Night Billboard

Pt. 4[edit]

After completing Pt. 3
Lisa - Singing People of Springfield, embrace the true spirit of Halloween! Remember what it feels like to shake in your boots, have the hair stand up on your neck, and feel a cold shiver run down your spine!
Moe I get all that just lookin' in the mirror every morning.
Lisa - Surprised I'm going to read you a tale from the original master of the macabre — Edgar Allan Poe!
Bart - Laughing That's your idea of a big scary Halloween — reading a book?!
Lisa - Angry It's called "The Fall of the House of Usher" and it's going to scare the pants off you!
Homer Too late. Pants are already off.
Task: "Collect Halloween Candy" (x145).
Task: "Make Lisa Give a Dramatic Reading". The job takes place at Krustyland Halloween Horror Night, the Town Hall, or Simpson House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Springfielders Listen Raptly" (x5). The jobs take place at Krustyland Halloween Horror Night, the Town Hall, or Simpson House and take 4 hours.
Task: "Make Homer Try to Pull His Pants Back On". The job takes place at Krustyland Halloween Horror Night, the Town Hall, or Simpson House and takes 4 hours.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Seasonal Workers

Pt. 5[edit]

After completing Pt. 4
Lisa - Singing "His heart is a suspended lute; As soon as you touch it, it resonates!"
Comic Book Guy - Annoyed What is happening in this story? Lutes?! Resonating?!
Lenny - Annoyed Yeah! Get to the zombies eating brains already!
Comic Book Guy - Annoyed At least throw in some intergalactic parasites!
Lisa - Nagging There are no zombies and no parasites in this story.
Comic Book Guy - Annoyed Worst Halloween ever!
Lenny - Annoyed Agreed. Let's get outta here!
Task: "Collect Halloween Candy" (x185).
Task: "Make Springfielders Get Bored and Leave" (x5). The jobs take place at Krustyland Halloween Horror Night, the Town Hall, or Simpson House and take 4 hours.
Task: "Make Lisa Try to Keep Their Attention". The job takes place at Krustyland Halloween Horror Night, the Town Hall, or Simpson House and takes 4 hours.
Lisa - Shocked Wait! Come back! Don't you get it? Roderick, Madeline, and the house all share ONE SOUL!
Homer It would be so much cooler if that house went to the lake and killed some teenagers.
Lisa - Sad Oh, what's the use? No one will ever understand the nature of true horror.
Edgar Allan Poe Don't be so certain, my young friend!
Lisa - Shocked *gasp* Edgar Allan Poe!
Edgar Allan Poe - Happy In the flesh! Although I confess I have no idea the how or why of it.
Lisa - Happy Let's not worry about that. You're here!
Quest reward: Cash200 and XP20
Willie the Riveter

Currency-earning jobs[edit]

Task Character(s) Time Location(s) Reward
Trick-or-Treat for Halloween Candy Homer, Lisa, Marge, Bart, Milhouse, Skinner, Wiggum, Krusty 4h Visitable Homes Halloween Candy5, XP45
Steal Halloween Candy The Headless Horseman Halloween Candy8, XP70

Behind the Laughter[edit]

The quest name is a reference to the phrase "the true meaning of Christmas."