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The Waste Race
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Tapped Out Quest Information
Level: 15
Update: For All Rich Mankind
Required characters: Lisa, Homer
Optional characters: Augustus Redfield, Quimby, Artie Ziff, See Currency-earning jobs
Internal name(s): TheWasteRace
ID(s): 268001 - 268005
Previous quest(s): Aim for the Czars
Next quest(s): Write it Off


The Waste Race is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the For All Rich Mankind content update.

Dialogue[edit]

Pt. 1[edit]

After completing Aim for the Czars
Lisa So Augustus, I assume since you want to make your trip to space as uncool as possible...
Lisa You're gonna dress up and act like an astronaut on your spaceship even though you're not actually doing anything to operate the ship?
Augustus Redfield Oh, I'm not going on the spaceship.
Lisa - Curious Really? Who would be more uncool to have on your spaceship than you?
Rasputin the Friendly Russian - Happy Hello comrades!
Lisa - Annoyed No. You are NOT using Rasputin the Friendly Russian as your astronaut.
Rasputin the Friendly Russian Da! He is! In Russia, spaceship flies YOU!
Task: "Collect Space Helmets" (x115).
If Augustus Redfield is owned: Task: "Make Augustus Laugh at Reworked Yakov Smirnoff Jokes". The job takes place at Redstar Headquarters and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Lisa Suspiciously Eye Rasputin". The job takes place at the Simpson House, Future Simpson's House, Simpson Houseboat, Outlands Simpsons House, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Lisa I know you billionaires are competitive, but when it comes to having an uncool astronaut for his spaceship, I think Augustus has got this locked up.
Aristotle Amadopolis - Happy Think again!
Lisa - Eye Roll Oh come on. An astronaut more uncool than Rasputin the Friendly Russian? Uh-uh. Doesn't exist.
Comic Book Guy - Pain This spacesuit is a bit snug. Isn't there any size larger than XXXL?
Lisa - Nagging I stand corrected.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Gold Bars

Pt. 2[edit]

After completing Pt. 1
Lisa I've gotta hand it to you billionaires, you really know how to be uncool. You've managed to find the only two characters people wouldn't like as astronauts more than you.
Mr. Burns - Diabolical Ha...the ONLY two?
Lisa - Confused I literally just read through the entire character list on Tapped Out. There's no one else uncool enough to be your astronaut.
Mr. Burns How about...you?
Lisa - Shocked Me? But I've dedicated my life to trying to make the world a better place by pointing out the flaws and inequities in everyone else's plans!
Mr. Burns - Annoyed And you think that's cool?
Lisa - Thoughtful Okay, I see it now. Maybe I'm not as cool as I thought...
Lisa - Happy But at least I'll be going to space! Woo-hoo!
Task: "Collect Space Helmets" (x115).
Task: "Make Lisa Prep a "One Small Step For Woman" Speech". The job takes place at the Simpson House, Future Simpson's House, Simpson Houseboat, Outlands Simpsons House, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Artie Ziff - Confused Man, my competitors have really stepped it up with their picks of uncool astronauts. I gotta find someone who can top them.
Homer - Snobby Ahem. Ahem, ahem.
Artie Ziff - Skeptical Homer...you're bumbling, you're pitiful, but you're also lovable! You're just not uncool enough to fly my spaceship.
Homer - Angry Listen, Mister Level forty-five update! If you wanna be back here before Level forty-five hundred, you'll do the right thing.
Artie Ziff Well, I suppose I HAVE always wanted to send you into space. The only difference is in this scenario you'll be coming back. Maybe.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Redstar Helicopter

Pt. 3[edit]

After completing Pt. 2
Augustus Redfield So Rasputin, you ready to begin training for this amazing space journey?
Quimby Sorry, but Rasputin isn't allowed to work in Springfield. His green card expired.
Augustus Redfield - Annoyed So did my housekeeper's. That doesn't mean she's not still cleaning my toilets!
Task: "Collect Space Helmets" (x155).
If Quimby is owned: Task: "Make Quimby Fine Augustus for Illegal Hiring". The job takes place at the Court House, International Court of Justice, Town Hall, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Homer Get a Bargain on Rasputin's Spacesuit". The job takes place at the Court House, International Court of Justice, Town Hall, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Aristotle Amadopolis - Happy With Augustus out of the competition, winning this thing should be a breeze. Comic Book Guy, let's get you in this spaceship!
Comic Book Guy How? Through that little hatch? It's smaller than the car door of a Miata!
Comic Book Guy - Annoyed Doesn't this space capsule come in any size larger than XXXL?
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Augustus Redfield's Mansion

Pt. 4[edit]

After completing Pt. 3
Milhouse - Confused Lisa, you seem weirdly excited to fly into deep space to help out a billionaire tomorrow.
Lisa That's because when I'm up there, I'm going to record a series of TikToks showing the fragility of the Earth...
Lisa - Happy Which thanks to my credibility with the under-10 set will ensure the outlawing of fossil fuels by 2063.
Skinner - Stern Sorry Lisa, but tomorrow you won't be in space. You'll be in detention.
Lisa - Shocked What? Why?
Skinner - Stern For making other children feel discomfort, guilt, and psychological distress for their position on the environment.
Skinner - Annoyed Liberals don't have a monopoly on feeling triggered!
Task: "Collect Space Helmets" (x115).
Task: "Make Lisa Sit in Detention". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Homer - Happy All the other astronauts are eliminated! That means I, Homer Simpson, am going to space!
Comic Book Guy - Happy Again!
Ned - Happy Don't forget your carbon rod!
Bart - Happy And watch out for those ants!
Homer - Curious Guys, no one knows what you're talking about.
Marge Well I'M talking about floating potato chips!
Homer - Annoyed GUYS. No one is getting the references. "Deep Space Homer" was season five...from NINETEEN NINETY-FOUR!
Homer - Skeptical There is no one playing this game who was alive when it aired. Now let me prepare for my space flight in peace!
Wiggum You gonna listen to some James Taylor to get in the mood?
Homer - Angry ENOUGH!
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Redstar Barge

Pt. 5[edit]

After completing Pt. 4
Artie Ziff - Happy Heh, I'm the last one with an astronaut. Nothing can stop me now from winning the billionaire deep space race!
Augustus Redfield Except not reading the fine print on your spaceship lease.
Artie Ziff - Skeptical Excuse me?
Augustus Redfield "ABC Spaceship Leasing reserves the right to revoke the lease anytime." I know it well 'cause I wrote it.
Artie Ziff - Surprised YOU own ABC Spaceship Leasing? Argh! I knew a $79 spaceship lease was too good to be true.
Augustus Redfield I'll take the keys to the spaceship now. And can you remove the Club from the steering wheel?
Task: "Collect Space Helmets" (x195).
If Artie Ziff is owned: Task: "Make Artie Ziff Remove the Club". The job takes place at ZiffCorp Office Building, Space Training Center, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
If Augustus Redfield is owned: Task: "Make Augustus Redfield Give Artie a Free Pen". The job takes place at ZiffCorp Office Building, Space Training Center, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Homer Prep For Launch". The job takes Redstar Headquarters, Space Training Center, or a Visitable Home.
Deep Space Homer - Happy Augustus, I've put on that impressively fake-looking spacesuit you got, and I've used the bathroom. I'm ready to go to deep space!
Deep Space Homer - Confused Where's the spaceship by the way?
Augustus Redfield It's right in front of you.
Deep Space Homer - Sad All I see is a pile of carbon fiber composite debris.
Augustus Redfield That's what happened when we tried to tow it here on the back of a truck. Just imagine what it would look like if we actually tried to launch it.
Deep Space Homer - Surprised So I'm not going to deep space? And you don't get to be the uncoolest billionaire in the world?
Augustus Redfield Eh, it was wishful thinking. But no matter how uncool I became, I was never gonna be as uncool as Elon Musk.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Space Station

Currency-earning jobs[edit]

Task Character(s) Time Location(s) Reward
Take the Drama Club's Space Helmets Homer, Lisa, Bart, Marge, Grampa, Ned, Mr. Burns, Smithers 4h Springfield Community Theater, Old Theatre District, Open Air Stage, Chinese Acrobatic Theatre, Brown House Space Helmet5, XP45
Begin Space Helmet Production for Fun Augustus Redfield Redstar Headquarters Space Helmet8, XP70