The Van Houten Curse

The Van Houten Curse

Tapped Out Quest Information Level: 12 Update: The Van Houtens Required characters: Bart, Milhouse, Lisa Optional characters: Database, Nana Sophie Mussolini Previous quest(s): Claim to Fame Next quest(s): True Friend

The Van Houten Curse is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in The Van Houtens content update.

Dialogue

Pt. 1

Between September 8, 2020 and September 16, 2020 Hey, Milhouse. What's your hat size? I wanna get you a cap just like mine. Why don't you just give me yours? That's a great idea! This is gonna be your best birthday party this week! Unbelievable. Milhouse is friends with Jimbo now? Every time I try to make him uncool, he ends up even cooler. Excuse me, Superfriend, if you're done monologuing, it's your turn to roll the dodecahedron. *sigh* Okay here goes. Gack! That's the icosahedron! Bart, get your head in the game! Look, the only reason I agreed to play Dungheaps and Doofuses with you guys is because you're the only ones left who can't get into Milhouse's dumb birthday parties. Actually, we hacked the app and acquired a reservation to tonight's late seating. Of course you did. Task: "Collect Pasta Bowls" (x155). Task: "Make Bart Roll for Initiative". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Database is owned: Task: "Make Database Cast a Protection Spell on the Party". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Heya Homer, wanna get some frosty chocolate milkshakes for old times' sake? Sorry, boy, but I already agreed to drive Lisa and Milhouse to get gelato. They pre-ordered forty-three of them for me. Maybe we can hang out tonight? Just mother and son. And Maggie. *suck suck* No thanks. I'll just be up in my room binge watching anime until my eyes fall out. Have fun! Quest reward: 100 and 10 1

Pt. 2

After completing Pt. 1 Hey Lisa! Boy, have I got a special surprise for you tonight! Really? What is it? We get to pick up my Nana from the airport. Didn't we just spend hours with your grandmother? That was my Dad's mom. This is my Mom's mom. She arrives at the INTERNATIONAL terminal. From Italy! *sigh* Bellissimo. Task: "Collect Pasta Bowls" (x110). Task: "Make Milhouse Wait for Nana at the Airport". The job takes place at Springfield Airport or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Lisa Wait With Milhouse at the Airport". The job takes place at Springfield Airport or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10 Solvang Air

Pt. 3

After completing Pt. 2 Welcome to Springfield, Nana! What I tell you about speaking English? But we're in America! That's what we speak here. Fine. But use your hands so I understand what you say. And who's this? Bella ragazza! Much too pretty for you. What does her family owe us? Nothing, Nana. This is my girlfriend, Lisa. *wildly waving hands* It's nice to meet you. Ah! I like her! *squeezes Lisa's cheeks* Bella! Bella ragazza! Task: "Collect Pasta Bowls" (x150). Task: "Make Milhouse Introduce Lisa to His Nana". The job takes place at Springfield Airport or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Lisa Meet Milhouse's Nana". The job takes place at Springfield Airport or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Nana Sophie Mussolini is owned: Task: "Make Nana Sophie Mussolini Examine Milhouse". The job takes place at Springfield Airport or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Milhouse, take my bags inside. And be careful! They are entirely full of wine from my vineyard. Take them straight to your wine cellar. Milhouse, do you think maybe we could go do something now, just the two of us? Well, as soon as the feeling is back in our cheeks we could get gelato. I can't see what you're saying. Raise your hands! Nana, Lisa and I only need to buy two more gelatos to get a free— Gelatos? Stupido! More than one gelato is gelati! Bring those cheeks right over here now! Quest reward: 100 and 10 Nana Sophie Mussolini's Vineyard

Pt. 4

After completing Pt. 3 Milhouse, I think we should stop hanging out. Why? Was it Nana? No, I liked Nana. She had very strong pinching fingers. Much stronger than your other grandma's. It's just that I realized that, just because other people think you're cool, doesn't mean I have to. I learned a lesson, too. That it isn't important what others think of me. Just what you think of me. Oh, Milhouse, that's sweet. Sweet enough to change your mind about hanging out with me? No. But sweet enough to make me pity you. I'll take that. Task: "Collect Pasta Bowls" (x150). Task: "Make Lisa Break Up With Milhouse". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Milhouse Cry and Run Home". The job takes place at the Van Houten House or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Nana, Lisa doesn't want to hang out with me! What am I gonna do? *shakes him* You could act like a Van Houten! Alright. I'll try to suck it up. No! Cry! Cry like a bambino! Get used to it. This is the Van Houten Curse. What is? All Van Houtens have a short time when they become popular. How do you think your Papa won over my Luann? I thought he could crush beer cans on his forehead. And remember — the Van Houten popularity never comes back after it leaves. Ever. Never? NEVER. Now, come. I'm going to get you the best gelato Springfield's Little Italy has to offer. Not that good, but I have a coupon. Buy ninety-eight... Quest reward: 100 and 10 Springfield's Little Italy

Pt. 5

After completing Pt. 4 Did you guys see Milhouse crying earlier? Yeah, Lisa broke up with him. So, does that make Lisa even more popular now? Maybe if Milhouse was still cool. But since he cried like a baby, he definitely isn't cool anymore. So, by the transitive properties of coolness, Lisa's just Lisa again. I don't think I follow... Me neither. Let's just say they're both uncool now. C'mon, let's go jump rope! Hey Bart, let's go to my house. There may be some Squishee syrup left over from the last of my parties. That sounds great! But you know what sounds even greater? We go to MY house. Task: "Collect Pasta Bowls" (x190). Task: "Make Bart Invite Milhouse to His House". The job takes place at the Simpson House or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Milhouse Play at Bart's House". The job takes place at the Simpson House or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. So how come your Nana is so cool but she's still related to you? She's not a Van Houten. She's a Mussolini. Oh. That's a name to be proud of. No one is cooler than an authentic Italian. I wonder if I inherited anything from that side of the family. I could shoot you with the Go-Go Ray and see if you dance the tarantella. Worth a try! Quest reward: 100 and 10 Italian Milhouse

Currency-earning jobs

Task Character(s) Time Location(s) Reward Load Up on Pasta From the Salad Minibar Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Grampa, Milhouse, Skinner, Willie 4h Luigi's, Brown House 5, 45 Order a Family Style Pasta Meal Kirkedemious Van Houten, Milhoose, Milford Van Houten, Grandpa Van Houten 8, 70

The Simpsons: Tapped Out The Van Houtens quests
Claim to Fame • Birthday Party for One • Sidekicked Aside • The Most Popular Girl in School • The Van Houten Curse • True Friend
Annika	Fall From Grace
Grandma Van Houten	RV Getting a Divorce?
Grandpa Van Houten	The Great Indoors
Kirkedemious Van Houten	Salting the Books
Milhoose	Loove At First Sight
Milford Van Houten	A Squopping Good Time
Secretary Van Houten	Damage Control
Muscular Milhouse	The Hardest Place to Add Mass
Cool Milhouse	Happy Daze
Italian Milhouse	A Family Man