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The level 29 walkthrough (part 1)

By TSTO Tips
May 12, 2013 //
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Agnes Skinner arrives in New Springfield with the level 29 update to make Seymour’s life miserable – and just in time for Mother’s Day in the US and other parts of the world, too. (Mother’s Day is May 12 in the US and many other countries.)

If everything were behaving normally, the level 29 quests should begin right after Fat Tony’s quest finishes. With the current glitch in quest progression still in play, it’s difficult to know whether that’s still the case. Either way, you’ll need to be at level 29 for everything to begin. And Luigi and Skinner should be free to kick things off:

1. Principaling Around Everything is going wonderfully in New Springfield and Seymour Skinner has a spring in his step, something that Luigi notices:

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Skinner: Who wouldn’t smile in this wonderful, new Springfield? Nothing could ruin it.
Bart: Hey Seymour, your office is full of anteaters. Also ants. Also you need to tell the cafeteria to order more honey because your office is full of that too. Heh heh.
Skinner: Delightful! I needed some busy work for Willie. When he has nothing to do, he keeps inviting me to play board games. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to relax and take in the avian grandeur of our fair town.
Luigi: And I will-a-romance the air with a-beautiful sounds of the accordion, the bagpipe of Italy.
Skinner: Terrific. Hopefully, there aren’t any trees near your restaurant.
So Skinner goes off to watch birds for 24 hours, while Luigi spends 12 hours outside his restaurant playing the accordion. Remove all nearby trees for Skinner’s sake and keep Milhouse free as Skinner finishes his task.

2. Hey Milhouse — Eureka! Milhouse his missing his parents…

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Milhouse: For dinner last night, I sucked on pasta shells until they got soft in my mouth.
Bart: Hmm, Springfielders do tend to appear when we build a new building. That gives me an idea…
Milhouse: To help me not to be an orphan?
Bart: No, to really prank Skinner! We need to bring back the one thing that can get inside his head and ruin his happiness. His mother.
Milhouse: Okay. But if we’re going to build Skinner’s house, we’re going to need a lot more pillows.
This prompts the build of the Skinner House ($196,500 and 24 hours) and unlocks Agnes Skinner. Keep Seymour free as the build finishes.

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3. There are Skinners and Winners Part 1 Skinner instantly notices the change…

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Agnes: Thought you’d gotten rid of me, did you. Now put on an apron and tidy up. Turns out limbo is pretty dusty.
Skinner: But Mother…
Agnes: No buts, Seymour. Get to work! When I get back from Bingo tonight, the table top better be clean enough for me to see my disapproving face in it!
And Agnes goes off to spend 4 hours hustling at bingo. Keep Skinner free as she finishes.

4. There are Skinners and Winners Part 2 Agnes appear to be great at multi-tasking as Seymour notices a few more changes now that she is back.

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Agnes: You’re darn tooting. There are a lot of naughty pictures in the Wikipedia.
Seymour: I don’t have time to fight you right now – I have to get to work… where no one can tell me what I can and can’t look at, because we don’t have any computers.
Seymour heads off to the relative peace and quiet of a 12-hour day monitoring the halls. Keep Comic Book Guy and Agnes free as he finishes.

The walkthrough will continue…

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Categories Agnes Skinner, Bart, Comic Book Guy, Gameplay, Level 29, Luigi, Milhouse, Principal Skinner, Skinner House, Tasks, There are Skinners and Winners, Update, Walkthrough

There’s still a glitch in the joint tasks (Agnes and Comic Book Guy update)…

By TSTO Tips
May 12, 2013 //
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The update doesn’t seem to have fixed the glitch affecting many of the joint tasks – and that means that the level 29 task for Agnes and Comic Book Guy to go on a date is also affected. I’ll, tell you what you can do for this particular task in a moment because it’s relatively easy to deal with, but first a recap…

The glitch was first noticed right back at the beginning of Whacking Day, and you can see a post on that here. It became a bit more frustrating when the Rich Texan couldn’t stay on his mechanical bull (as the task is so long and he’s a premium character) and appeared again with Legs and Louie’s level 28 task to interrogate a squealer. You can read about the tasks affected by this glitch here, where you can also see a video that Mike made illustrating the problem, which I’m reposting below:

It seems that joint tasks are likely to be interrupted by a few things – building, decorating and cracking eggs are the main culprits, although snake whacking can sometimes cause the task to stop as well. And it seems that some tasks involving props, like the Rick Texan and his mechanical bull and some of the performances on the Open Air Stage, are affected in the same way.

The easy solution where the task is short, like Agnes and Comic Book Guy’s date, is to make setting up the task the last thing you do before you exit the game, and then to go and do something else for the two hours it takes to complete. When you return to your game, it should have finished normally. You could always spend donuts to speed over the task, I suppose, but this way is just a little easier and doesn’t require any expense.

Hopefully, this will all be resolved with the App Store/Google Play update we should get once Whacking Day is finally over.

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Categories Agnes Skinner, App Store, Bugs and glitches, Comic Book Guy, Donuts, Google Play, Legs, Level 28, Level 29, Louie, Rich Texan, Task stopping, Tasks

Why doesn’t Agnes Skinner have a voice – and why does she date Comic Book Guy?

By TSTO Tips
May 11, 2013 //
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Agnes Skinner is unlocked with the Skinner House at recently-added level 29 – and she’s another unvoiced character. The reason is, of course, because she’s voiced in the series by Tress MacNeille rather than one of the big 6 cast members. You can read about characters and voices and why some have them in the game and others don’t here. And you can find out all about Tress MacNeille and her work here.

And why does Agnes go on a date with Comic Book Guy as one of her tasks? That’s becauses they dated way back in season 12 in an episode entitled “Worst. Episode. Ever.” And you can read about that right here.

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Categories Agnes Skinner, Characters, Comic Book Guy, Level 29, Skinner House, Voices

What decorations add extra tasks for characters (an update)?

By TSTO Tips
May 4, 2013 //
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A couple of months ago, I wrote a post highlighting that certain decorations give your characters additional tasks. The limited time Limo available as part of the Respectable Moe episode promotion is a good reason to update it and try to produce a definitive version.

Decorations not only make your town look nice. Like Moe’s Limo, they sometimes give your characters extra tasks to do, as well. So, what are those value-adding decorations, and which of your characters get those extra tasks?

Regular Decorations:

Decoration Character Task Length
Kiddie Pool Homer Lounge in the pool 6 hours
Tree Skinner Go Bird-watching 24 hours
Tree Lisa Read a book 45 seconds
Shrub Moe Spy on Midge 12 hours
Snapdragons Martin Smell the roses 10 minutes
Bench Grampa Simpson Take a nap / Feed the birds 6 hours / 8 hours
Dumpster Cletus Dig through garbage 12 hours
Gazebo Lisa, Martin, Principal Skinner, Comic Book Guy, Sideshow Mel, Professor Frink Attend a Mensa meeting 3 hours
Lawn Chair Kent Brockman Relax 1 hour
Water Shauna (no longer available) Tease the ducks 8 hours
Water Legs and Louie Interrogate a squealer 1 hour

Premium Decorations:

Decoration Character Task Length
Limo (limited-time) Moe Fun in the Limo 1 hour
Hot Tub Fat Tony Relax in the Hot Tub 10 hours
Piece of Crap Car Nelson Shoot B-B gun 30 minutes
Cannon Sideshow Mel Shoot from a cannon 30 minutes

It’s also worth mentioning that the Channel 6 News Van and the Worldwide Satellite Dish give extra tasks for Channel 6.

If there’s anything I missed, let me know.

Update: I haven’t included Gymnastic Lisa’s Balance Beam or Ninja Homer’s Practice Snake as they come as part of a set with the character (although buying more Practice Snakes gices Ninja Homer even more snakes to acrobatically whack).

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Categories Cannon, Cletus, Decorations, Donuts, Dumpster, Episode promotions, Frink, Gazebo, Grampa Simpson, Hot Tub, Lawn Chair, Legs, Limited time, Limo, Lisa, Louie, Martin, Nelson Muntz, Piece of Crap Car, Premium characters, Principal Skinner, Shauna, Sideshow Mel, Snapdragons

Should I spend my donuts on Swanky Fish?

By TSTO Tips
April 10, 2013 //
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At 90 donuts and with “something bigger” on the way, Swanky Fish has given many players pause. So, is it worth sending your precious donuts on? Here are a few reasons why it might be:

1. It’s a restaurant, and those are surprisingly few and far between.
2. It helps your Gluttony rating.
3. The animation looks really good.
4. It’s an easy size and shape to fit anywhere into your town.
5. It has its own quest (although we won’t know if Principal Skinner, Comic Book Guy or Kent Brockman will still be able to dine there until it’s no longer available).
6. It’s a limited-time item, and that means that you will probably never be able to buy it again.

And some reasons why you may decide to pass:

1. It doesn’t come with any characters.
2. For a stand-alone building, it’s quite expensive.
3. There’s no guarantee that it will be used by your characters at the end of the promotion.
4. You want to save your donuts for whatever the “something bigger” on Thursday might be.

I bought it, of course, and I’m not dissatisfied with it. After a quiet period in the game, it was great to add a quest. But unless you’re a completist, it’s probably not an essential purchase.

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Categories Comic Book Guy, Donuts, Episode promotions, Gluttony rating, Kent Brockman, Limited time, Principal Skinner, Swanky Fish

What happens in the Swanky Fish quest?

By TSTO Tips
April 10, 2013 //
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The Swanky Fish quest begin as soon as you hand over your 90 donuts and build the limited-time Swanky Fish sushi restaurant and, as it only takes 6 seconds to build, that happens very quickly. Lisa needs to free to kick things off.

1. Swanky Fish Part 1 Lisa is impressed by your new restaurant:

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Lisa: Wow, the ornate interior and new age looking exterior of the Swanky Fish is so impressive.
Homer: But I thought this was a seafood place. What’s with all this rice, avocado and…yuck! Is this seaweed?
Lisa: It’s called Nori wrap. Sushi really is an art form.
Homer: But I don’t want my food to be an art form. I want it to be food.
Lisa: Can’t we at least try it once?
Homer: Okay, but I get to choose the restaurant the next 10 times.
So Homer and Lisa got to dine at the Swanky Fish (5 hours – keep Principal Skinner free as they finish).

2. Swanky Fish Part 2 It’s Skinner’s turn and he’s looking forward to it. He hasn’t tasted sushi since his days in Nam – when he fled to Japan to avoid the fighting. And he just loves the smell of wasabi in the morning. (5 hours – keep Comic Book Guy free as he finishes).

3. Swanky Fish Part 3 Comic Book Guy is as excited as everyone else (although he’ll later question why all of his jobs involve eating):

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Comic Book Guy goes to dine at the Swanky Fish (5 hours – keep Kent Brockman free as he finishes).

4. Swanky Fish Part 4 Kent Brockman does a live news report on the opening of the Swanky Fish, telling everyone to check it out, then:

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Brockman goes to eat his free meal at the Swanky Fish (5 hours).

And that’s where the Swanky Fish quest ends.

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Categories Comic Book Guy, Donuts, Episode promotions, Homer, Kent Brockman, Limited time, Lisa, Principal Skinner, Swanky Fish, Swanky Fish

Does the Swanky Fish restaurant give permanent tasks for any of the characters?

By TSTO Tips
April 9, 2013 //
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Update: Great to see that Swanky Swish didn’t go the way of Howard’s Flowers and the other Valentine’s buildings – except for Homer and Lisa, the characters all kept their tasks!

Unlike the Aztec Theater, Lard Lad’s and the Springfield Observatory, the three other stand-alone premium buildings, Swanky Fish may not permanently give any of your characters any additional tasks. In fact, even Homer and Lisa lose their Swanky Fish tasks as soon as they’ve eaten there as part of the premium quest – and that’s likely to happen at the end of the promotion for Principal Skinner, Comic Book Guy and Kent Brockman as well. That really says a lot about the quality of its food. While it’s too soon to know for sure, don’t be surprised if it goes the way of O’Flanagan’s Pub.

So Swanky Fish may well be doomed to join El Chemistri and Pimento Grove on Springfield’s list of expensive but unpopular restaurants. At least the other two stand a chance of featuring in future questlines, as we saw with Carl and his one-time only visit to El Chemistri with Kent Brockman. But as it’s a premium restaurant, and a limited time one at that, I seriously doubt whether another diner will ever again pass through Swanky Fish’s doors.

And if you’re thinking about whether to part with 90 donuts and buy Swanky Fish, maybe that decides it for you. So, if you haven’t taken the poll yet, why not do so and find out what others have decided to do about this exclusive restaurant that’s apparently so unloved by the citizens of Springfield (note that the poll won’t register a second vote from the same IP address).

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Categories Characters, Comic Book Guy, Donuts, Episode promotions, Homer, Kent Brockman, Limited time, Lisa, Principal Skinner, Swanky Fish, Tasks, Update

How do you unlock Skip’s Diner and Luigi’s?

By TSTO Tips
March 21, 2013 //
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The quest that leads to building Skip’s Diner begins straight after Miranda Rights concludes, when Wiggum has done his second Springfield patrol. It begins level 18 in your regular gameplay (although I well beyond this on my XP bar due to playing the game and visiting friends – but that’s perfectly normal, so don’t worry if this happens to you!).

Homer and Comic Book Guy should have been free as Chief Wiggum finished Miranda Rights Part 4 (while Marge isn’t really needed, keep her free as well to be safe):

1. The Only Sport America Still Dominates Something’s happening at Krusty Burger that’s got Homer excited:

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Homer: I’m gonna win it!
Marge: If we lived somewhere else, you’d be a shoe-in. But Springfield is the obese-est American town not in Mississippi!
Homer: I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t try!
The hamburger-eating contest begins and Homer, Comic Book Guy, and Chief Wiggum all enter. Comic Book Guy and Wiggum eat at the Krusty Burger 4 times and Homer eats there 5 times to complete this quest (each visit goes for 30 minutes – keep Comic Book Guy free as Homer finishes his final visit):

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Naturally, Homer beats out Chief Wiggum and Comic Book Guy and wins the grand prize – five more Krusty Burgers!
2. As American as Apple Pie Part 1 Comic Book Guy is still hungry, though and goes to eat at Krusty Burger one more time (30 minutes)
3. As American as Apple Pie Part 2 Still hungry, Comic Book Guy goes to Gulp ‘n’ Blow to satisfy his superhero-like super-appetite (60 minutes)
4. As American as Apple Pie Part 3 Still hungry and convinced that Springfield needs somewhere classy to eat, Comic Book Guy prompts the build of Skip’s Diner ($35,500 and 24 hours)
5. As American as Apple Pie Part 4 Satisfied, and comparing Skip’s to that diner in the monie “Diner”, where everyone dined at a diner, Comic Book Guy goes to dine at Skip’s Diner (4 hours and apparently the Worst. Quest. Ever. Keep Homer free as he finishes)
6. It’s A-Me-Luigi! Despite all the hamburger eating, Homer’s in the mood for pizza – as long as he doesn’t have to build anything. That’s the cue to begin the Luigi’s build ($51,000 and 24 hours, unlocking Luigi when the build finishes)

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Categories As American as Apple Pie, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Gameplay, Homer, Level 18, Luigi, Luigi's, Marge, Skip's Diner, Tasks, Walkthrough

Should I spend my donuts on the Aztec Theater?

By TSTO Tips
March 20, 2013 //
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Springfield’s movie theater, the Aztec Theater is a premium item that, like Springfield Observatory, is one that many people overlook. If you’re one of them, it may be worth thinking again – and here’s why:

1. It earns you a solid $200 and 20 XP every 8 hours.
2. It boosts the Obedience rating on your Conform-o-meter.
3. It’s a similar size and shape to Moe’s Tavern (although just slightly bigger), making it very easy to place anywhere in your town.
4. It gives Bart something extra to do – a 3-hour task that earns more than his 4-hour task, as you can see here:

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5. It also gives Comic Book Guy what he would probably call the “Worst.Task.Ever.” – but it’s a 6-hour task that earns more than his regular 8-hour task:

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6. If you have Squeaky-Voice Teen, it also gives him something else to put on his résumé:

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And here are a couple of reasons why you may decide not to buy it or you may decide to put it off until later:

1. No new characters come with it, which is always a bit disappointing for a building.
2. You don’t have Bart, Comic Book Guy, or Squeaky Voice Teen yet, which would mean that it sat unused and unloved.
3. Bart really shouldn’t be allowed to see R-rated movies.

On balance, I think it’s a good purchase – and this is mainly because, like the Springfield Observatory, it helps a regular character do a task at a premium rate. I’m still waiting for the Itchy and Scratchy Movie, though.

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Categories Aztec Theater, Bart, Cash, Comic Book Guy, Conform-o-meter, Consumerism rating, Donuts, Tasks, XP

What happens in the St. Paddy’s Day quest (part 2)?

By TSTO Tips
March 9, 2013 //
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This stage of the quest involves most of your Springfielders. You may have noticed that Homer, Principal Skinner, Edna Krabappel, Apu, Cletus, Comic Book Guy, Willie, Ned Flanders, Grampa Simpson and Barney all have an additional 4-hour task to drink at O’Flanagan’s Pub (that it’s at the top of their task lists probably means it won’t be there after St. Patrick’s Day). Don’t worry if you don’t have some of these characters. You can still get through the quest. In fact the only characters you really need to complete the quest are Homer, Willie and Tom.

So, continuing from part 1 of the walkthrough (which you can find here), Homer and Tom should be free at the end of their pub promotion and jig dancing to open O’Flanagan’s Pub. Before you can get on with that, though, there’s a conversation involving Cletus and Lisa promoting the Wishing Well and Leprechaun that goes something like this (neither Cletus nor Lisa needs to be free for this):

Cletus: Saw me a little green fella this morning – and not a drop if moonshine the night before.
Lisa: That must be a Leprechaun. According to Irish folklore, they’re miniature old men that frequently have pots of gold.
Homer: By “gold” do you mean grind currency or donuts?
Lisa: Neither. I just mean gold.
Homer: But that’s worth nothing in our world!
Lisa: Still, it would be nice to have a leprechaun in our town. We should build a wishing well to entice one.
Leprechaun: Premium character, am I. Ain’t that a fine thing!

After that little promotional diversion, the quest continues:

1. St. Paddy’s Day Part 4 Hoping that Americans have as unhealthy a relationship with alcohol as his countrymen, Tom goes to open his bar and serve drinks (4 hours). At he same time, you need to send your Springfielders in for the full Irish pub experience. It doesn’t matter who goes, you just need to rack up 12 visits in all and you can send the same character in more than once (4 hours per visit – keep Tom free at the end of the 12th visit)
2. St. Paddy’s Day Part 5 After working so hard pouring pints of Guiness for thirsty Springfielders, Tom decides to put his feet up for a while and watch some old horse races (60 minutes – keep Homer free as he finishes)
3. St. Paddy’s Day Part 6 Homer had such a great time that he decides to do it all again, encouraged by Tom. So it’s back to the bar for Tom to serve drinks (4 hours) and time for your other pub-loving characters to enjoy another party (12 more visits by any of the characters and as many times as you need to send them for each character – 4 hours each visit and keep Homer and Willie free as the party winds up)

More to come…

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Categories Apu, Cletus, Comic Book Guy, Edna Krabappel, Grampa Simpson, Groundskeeper Willie, Homer, Leprechaun, Lisa, Ned Flanders, O'Flanagan's Pub, Principal Skinner, Quests, St Patrick's Day, St. Paddy's Day, Tasks, Tom O'Flanagan, Tom O'Flanagan

Which decorations add tasks for my characters?

By TSTO Tips
March 6, 2013 //
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Decorations not only make your town look nice – they occasionally also give your characters extra things to do. Some you are asked to place as part of your game progress, but there are a couple that you won’t know about until you place them.

At some point, you have to place a dumpster, a park bench, a shrub, and trees. These all give tasks for Cletus, Grampa, Moe and Principal Skinner – and you don’t have much choice about placing these. You can’t make progress until you do.

But you do have a choice about the Gazebo – and it gives a 3-hour task for Lisa, Principal Skinner, Comic Book Guy, Martin, Sideshow Mel, and Frink to have a Mensa meeting. And the Piece-of-crap Car (a 30-donut premium decoration) gives Nelson a 30-minute task to shoot his B-B gun at it.

For more, see the comments section of this post (and thanks to all the contributors! :-) )

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Categories Characters, Cletus, Comic Book Guy, Donuts, Gameplay, Gazebo, Grampa Simpson, Martin, Moe, Nelson Muntz, Piece-of-crap Car, Principal Skinner, Sideshow Mel

How do I unlock Moe’s (part 3)?

By TSTO Tips
February 20, 2013 //
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This walkthrough aims to get new players to level 15 before the Valentine’s Day event ends. You can read the previous part here.

We left off just after building the First Church of Springfield and unlocking Reverend Lovejoy. Make sure that Homer and Ned are free when the build finishes.

So, to find out what happens next, read on:

1. Passion of the Flanders Part 2 Homer and Ned attend church and Reverend Lovejoy gives a sermon – appropriately enough, all at the same time (12 hours – keep Bart, Lisa, and Milhouse free as they finish)
2. Passion of the Flanders Part 3 Bart, Lisa, and Milhouse all go to Sunday School (12 hours – keep Ned free as they finish; also keep Comic Book Guy doing any tasks that come up for him as he will need to have them done and be free once the kids have finished attending Sunday School to prompt the Java Server build)
3. Making up for Lost Time Ned goes to Church 3 times in a row (12 hours each time)
4. They Have Internet on Computers Now? Part 1 Comic Book Guy prompts you to build the Java Server ($26,500 and 24 hours – keep Comic Book Guy free as it finishes)
5. They Have Internet on Computers Now? Part 2 Comic Book Guy visits the Java Server (8 hours – keep Homer free as he finishes)
6. Is there an Al Coholic Here Part 1 Homer prompts the building of Moe’s Tavern ($32,000 and 24 hours, unlocking Homer and Midge… er… Marge – keep Homer free as it finishes)

This is followed by the last of the cutscenes (for now, at least) showing Homer and Marge being reunited. Here it is, as uploaded to YouTube by koetje31:

By now, you should well and truly be at level 15 and, if you’re playing the Valentine’s Day quest, able to build Sir Putt-a-lot’s (where Homer and Marge can go for a reunion snuggle).

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Categories Bart, Buildings, Characters, Comic Book Guy, First Church of Springfield, Gameplay, Homer, Java Server, Level 15, Lisa, Marge, Milhouse, Moe, Moe's Tavern, Ned Flanders, Quests, Reverend Lovejoy, Sir Putt-a-lot's, Tasks, Walkthrough

How do I unlock Moe’s (part 2)?

By TSTO Tips
February 19, 2013 //
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This is the second part of a series of walkthroughs leading you towards unlocking Moe’s, together with Moe and Marge (level 15). You can read the first part here.

By this stage, you’ll be getting lots of random tasks that are not associated with the main quests. You should do these anyway to allow the task you are looking for to come up.

1. Just Like Mom Used to Make Making Willie have haggis is one of a couple of tasks that are likely to come up while the library is being built (8 hours)
2. Death by Squishee Making Bart and Milhouse shop at the Kwik-E-Mart is another (1 hour)
3. Quicky at the Kwik-E-Mart Making Skinner shop at the Kwik-E-Mart is yet another (1 hour)
4. My Glorious Return! Martin arrives and you’ll be asked to place Snapdragons so that he can carry out his first task, smelling the roses (snapdragons, actually, for 10 minutes – Bart should be free as he finishes)
5. Allies At Last! Pt. 1 Bart and Martin interact so that they can help each other – beginning with Martin riding a bike (8 hours)
6. Allies At Last! Part 2 Martin and Bart both study all night for meaningless test (24 hours – keep Principal Skinner free as they finish)
7. The Dungeon Keeper Part 1 Principal Skinner prompts Bart to go to school, presumably to do his meaningless test (6 hours)
8. Fun At Your Expense Bart and Martin both go and play paintball in the Brown House (2 hours)
9. The Dungeon Keeper Part 2 Bart prompts the building of the Android’s Dungeon ($30,000 and 24 hours, unlocking Comic Book Guy – you may get a Bart and Martin sleepover while it’s being built)
10. The Dungeon Keeper Part 3 Right away, Bart goes to loiter at the Android’s Dungeon (30 minutes – keep Lisa free as he finishes)
11. The New Evergreen Terrace Part 8 Lisa prompts you to build the Orange House ($24,500 and 24 hours – and not at all useful until you have Dr. Hibbert and he uses it to deal organs on the black market; keep Apu free as the build finishes)
12. Long Kwik-E-Shift Make Apu do a Kwik-E-Mart 12-hour shift
13. Nerds ‘R’ Us If you have a Gazebo, you’ll be asked to make Comic Book Guy attend a Mensa meeting (3 hours)
14. Let’s Stay Up All Night Watching TV Bart and Milhouse have a sleepover (24 hours)
15. A Quick Snack Between Snacks Comic Book Guy eats at Gulp ‘n’ Blow (1 hour)
16. An Apu’s Work is Never Done Apu works a 24-hour shift at the Kwik-E-Mart (keep Ned Flanders free as he finishes)
17. I’m a Super Hero Comic Book Guy does some cosplay (12 hours)
18. Passion of the Flanders Part 1 Ned prompts you to build the First Church of Springfield ($32,500 and 24 hours, unlocking Reverend Lovejoy)

To be continued…

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Categories Android's Dungeon, Apu, Bart, Comic Book Guy, First Church of Springfield, Gameplay, Martin, Milhouse, Orange House, Prices, Principal Skinner, Quests, Reverend Lovejoy, Tasks, Walkthrough

Should I spend my donuts on Krustylu Studios and Sideshow Mel?

By TSTO Tips
February 19, 2013 //
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Like Barney and his Bowlarama, Krustylu Studios with Sideshow Mel was released as part of he Christmas update. Unlike Barney, Mel has always been a premium character and available for a not insignificant 140 donuts. While, he’s a purchase you should think about, he’s worth buying – and here’s why:

1. The studio is a great addition to the town and earns a fairly decent $150 and 17XP every 5 hours. And of course, Mel earns the regular 50% more than standard characters for each of his jobs.
2. Sideshow Mel has a quest, although a short one, that runs something like this:
a. Krusty’s Sidekick As soon as you have built his studio (24 hours), Sideshow Mel goes for rehearsals (1 hour)
b. Death of a Salesman After rehearsals, Sideshow Mel stoops to juggling (8 hours)
c. Taking the Bone Wanting to be taken seriously, he de-bones his hair (12 hours – and if you haven’t also bought a Cannon for 20 donuts, that’s where it ends; if you have bought one…)
d. The Human Cannon Ball Sideshow Mel fires himself from a Cannon (30 minutes and pretty funny)
3. Mel is a Mensa member, raising the IQ level of your town and letting you organize group meetings in the Gazebo (if you have one) involving him, Comic Book Guy, Principal Skinner, Martin, and Lisa.
4. Krusty would be lost without a sidekick (okay, he has the monkey, but it’s not the same, really).

And here are a couple of reasons you may decide not to buy him:

1. The studio is quite large, making it awkward to place if you’re short of land. Here’s a screenshot:

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2. Unlike some of the other premium buildings, Krustylu Studios doesn’t add any extra tasks for any other characters.
3. For him to do his funniest task, you really need to spend another 20 donuts and buy a Cannon.

On a personal note, I like the studios and I’m glad I added Mel to the game. At 140 donuts, he’s a fun and not overly-expensive addition. And the Cannon was worth it, too!

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Categories Cannon, Comic Book Guy, Donuts, Gameplay, Krustylu Studios, Lisa, Martin, Principal Skinner, Sideshow Mel, Tasks, Walkthrough, XP

What happens in the “Executive Lackey” quest?

By TSTO Tips
February 17, 2013 //
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This post walks you through the Smithers quest, Executive Lackey, and takes you up to the end of the quest and unlocking the Wiggum House. It continues from the Hibbert level (level 24), which you can read here.

Remember that your XP may have taken you to level 25 faster than you have progressed through the tasks. You also need to have unlocked all the buildings prior to it on the list before Burns Manor will unlock.

Here, then is what happens during Executive Lackey:

1. Executive Lackey Part 1 Burns should have been free at the end of the previous level so he can tell Homer to work at plant (16 hours – keep Burns free as he finishes)
2. Executive Lackey Part 2 Wanting a rich man’s house, Burns initiates the building of Burns Manor ($120,500 and 24 hours to build, unlocking Smithers – but keep Burns free as he finishes to be safe)

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3. Executive Lackey Part 3 Smithers checks mail at the post office (the first time a character has used this building – 4 hours and keep Comic Book Guy free as he finishes)
4. Executive Lackey Part 4 Smithers writes his Malibu Stacy newsletter (6 hours) then whips it (8 hours – these tasks can be done in either order, but keep Burns free as he finishes both of them)
5. Executive Lackey Part 5 Burns decides that he can doesn’t really need Smithers to run the plant, so Smithers becomes a hideous drunken wreck (he needs to do this twice at 12 hours each – keep Chief Wiggum free as he finishes for the second time)
6. Executive Lackey Part 6 Chief Wiggum makes Smithers sleep it off (24 hours – keep Burns free as Smithers sobers up)
7. Executive Lackey Part 7 Burns, who we now know has an enchanting musk, decides he needs Smithers to handle his laces and initiates a task for Smithers to attend an AA meeting (2 hours – keep Burns free as the meeting finishes)
8. Executive Lackey Part 8 Re-hired,Smithers exercises for Mr. Burns (this task has confused lots of people but Smithers and Burns simply need to be free at the same time and the screenshot below shows why – 1 hour and keep Principal Skinner free and Chief Wiggum, to be safe, as they finish to begin the next quest, which you can find here)

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Categories Burns, Burns Manor, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Executive Lackey, Gameplay, Homer, Level 24, Level 25, Level 26, Principal Skinner, Smithers, Walkthrough, Wiggum House

I’m having trouble building the hospital. Can you help me out with a walkthrough?

By TSTO Tips
February 16, 2013 //
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Level 24 seems to have caused problems for quite a few people. That’s because it involves lots of characters, any one of whom can get caught up in random tasks that don’t progress the main quest. To help you get all your characters and tasks synchronized, here’s what’s supposed to happen. As you read through, remember my regular advice that all the tasks need to be done in order and that all the buildings before Hibbert’s Family Practice and the Hospital need to have been unlocked before any of this can take place in your game:

1. Hahahahaha Sucker Principal Skinner kicks off this quest as Bart finishes skipping school. Deciding that Bart needs to visit the doctor, he prompts you to build the Hibbert Family Practice ($75,000 and 24 hours, unlocking Dr. Hibbert – keep Bart free as the building finishes)
2. Bart’s Checkup Bart goes for a checkup (10 minutes)
3. General Practice Dr. Hibbert practices medicine (12 hours – keep Grampa Simpson free as he finishes)
4. My Pills! Grampa goes for a checkup (10 minutes – keep Cletus free as he finishes)
5. The Cletus Condition Cletus goes for a checkup (10 minutes – keep Luigi free as he finishes)
6. Luigi’s Growing Problem Luigi goes for a checkup (10 minutes – keep Mayor Quimby free as he finishes)
7. Mayorital Difficulties Mayor Quimby goes for a checkup (10 minutes – keep Burns free as he finishes)
8. Medical Industry Corruption Hearing suggestions that all these problems may arise from nuclear contamination, Burns hides nuclear waste (8 hours – keep Hibbert free as he finishes)
9. Grey Matter Losing business because Burns cancels health insurance for plant employees, Hibbert deals organs on the black market (finally, a use for the Orange House – 4 hours and keep Kent Brockman free when he finishes)
10. Kent Afford It Because only rich guys can afford doctors now, Kent Brockman goes for a checkup (10 minutes – keep Hibbert free as he finishes)
11. Corporate Sponsor Searching for new sources of income, Dr. Hibbert sacrifices his principles in a drug company uniform (6 hours – keep Kent Brockman and Krusty free as he finishes)
12. Show Biz Life The rich guys, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert, and Krusty dine together at the Gilded Truffle (2 hours)
13. Kramp Krusty Krusty promotes a new product (not a random task but part of the storyline – 8 hours and keep Homer, Comic Book Guy and Chief Wiggum free as he finishes)
14. The Flavormax Homer, Chief Wiggum,and Comic Book Guy all go to try the new burger at Krusty Burger (30 minutes each)
15. Business Is Picking Up The new burger causes Dr. Hibbert’s business to pick up – Homer, Chief Wiggum, and Comic Book Guy all need to go for a checkup (10 minutes each – Dr. Hibbert needs to be free as they finish)
16. General Hospital Dr. Hibbert prompts you to build Springfield General Hospital ($91,500 and 24 hours – keep Hibbert free as the building finishes)
17. Operation! Dr. Hibbert performs surgery (24 hours)
18. Such a Beautiful Day Dr. Hibbert does surgery outdoors (1 hour – keep Homer and Burns free as he finishes ready for the next level)

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Categories Bart, Burns, Chief Wiggum, Cletus, Comic Book Guy, Dr. Hibbert, Gameplay, Grampa Simpson, Hibbert Family Practice, Homer, Kent Brockman, Krusty, Level 24, Luigi, Mayor Quimby, Principal Skinner, Springfield General Hospital, Walkthrough

What’s EL Chemistri and how do I unlock it?

By TSTO Tips
February 15, 2013 //
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El Chemistri, like Pimento Grove, is one of Springfield’s fine-dining restaurants. It first appeared in the episode “The Three Mouthketeers” when Marge, Bart and Lisa were invited to dine there for their food blog.

Molecular gastronomy is the order of the day at El Chemistri, and the menu includes:
- Deconstructed Cesar Salad, where each element comes in its own test tube and has to be consumed in a strict order.
- Pork Chops 100 Ways – 100 tiny pork chops served on a 3-storey platform.
- Apple Pie Ball – a slice of apple pie rolled into a ball and served in a bag woven from the silk from a spider fed on blueberries.

In the game, El Chemistri costs $214,000 and takes 36 hours to build. Unlike Pimento Grove, the build is part of a quest – part 3 of This Little Wiggy. Comic Book Guy prompts the build once Ralph has finished eating crayons. And as you’ll see once the build has finished, it’s also different from Pimento Grove in that at least two of your characters get to eat there!

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Categories Comic Book Guy, El Chemistri, Gameplay, Level 26, Quests, Ralph Wiggum, Update