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Too Much of a Good Thing is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the Christmas 2013 content update.

Dialogue

Pt. 1

After starting the update The Holidays are here again? It seems like only yesterday I was tapping on my house and changing the design from “Christmas” to “plain.” And so much snow! Hey, EA! Ever hear of global warming? The whole “White Christmas” thing doesn’t really happen anymore. Lisa, everyone knows EA is overrun with global warming deniers. Every cent of profit from their games goes to support anti-environment think tanks. Fun fact! There's a big crate outside our house addressed to “Resident.” Is that for us? Well, I don’t mean to brag, but… yeah, it’s true. Your old man is a “Resident.” Been one my whole life. It’s pretty sweet. Sorry we never told you you’re descended from Residents. Your mother and I didn’t want it to go to your head. You’d naturally want to lord it over other, less-fortunate kids at school. Yeah, thanks a bunch. I really just want to know what’s inside the crate. Task: "Build the Present Depot". Place: Present Depot Two thousand bucks shipping and handling for just a funny-looking metal coat rack? It's a Christmas Tree… I think. Quest reward: 20 and 10

Pt. 2

After completing Pt. 1 There's a memo attached to the bottom of the purchase order slip. “Dear Resident, due to a stack overflow error with the Naughty/Nice record of one Bartholomew J. Simpson, all of Springfield has been erroneously rated “Naughty” for the last ten years.” “To rectify the situation, Claus Co. is required to provide presents for the town of Springfield until this deficit have been made up.” “Please accept this present delivery depot. Best Regards, The Claus Co. Public Relations Department. Also, Global Warming is a hoax.” Stupid stack overflow errors! Hey programmers, give your recursive functions the correct termination conditions! Sheesh! Uh, Dad? How do you know any of those words? I don’t! But the people who write for me are colossal nerds. They think stuff like that’s hilarious. Stupid nerds! Task: "Collect Presents" (x10). Quest reward: 20 and 10

Pt. 3

After tapping on Lisa's exclamation mark They're full of gift cards… I love getting gift cards! They let me choose the gift I want. Or, I can put them in a dresser drawer, forget they exist, and get nothing. Which is what happens 99.9% of the time. The choice is mine! They say they’re redeemable at a store called “Claus Co.” Claus Co.? Never heard of them. But then again, there’s lots of things I’ve never heard of. Like the Higgs Boson, for example. I’ve sure never heard of that thing! Anyway, free stuff is free stuff. Let’s celebrate! Task: "Make Homer Make a Snowman". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 16 hours. Task: "Make Lisa Make Snow Angels". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 6 hours. Quest reward: 20 and 10

Pt. 4

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark Hey, Apu! Can I pay for stuff at your store with Claus Co. gift cards? Do you think me a fool? Those gift cards are a totally unknown commodity. They could be worthless tomorrow. The U.S. dollar, on the other hand, is worthless today. Of course I’ll take your mystery cards! I’d be a fool not to! Task: "Make Apu Set up a Gift Card Promotion". The job takes place at a Kwik-E-Mart and takes 8 hours. Quest reward: 20 and 10

Pt. 5

After tapping on Ned's exclamation mark Yee-haw! Look at all this money! I’m rich! Rich, rich, rich! And I’ll use my newfound wealth to help the needy! Because they’re poor! Poor, poor, poor! Mr. Flanders, your charitable impulses are admirable. But everyone is being bombarded with free money. Why not spend those gift cards on yourself for once? Well, there is one purchase I’ve been dreaming of. But it’s so totally indulgent… Task: "Make Ned Buy New Throw Pillows". The job takes place at Flanders House and takes 12 hours. Quest reward: 20 and 10

Pt. 6

After tapping on Apu's exclamation mark Ah, Christmas. That frenetic orgy of desperate, credit-ruining spending. How it warms the heart of the non-Christian shop owner. If these Jesus Boosters just enjoyed the season, it would be fine. But they’re miserable. Every last one of them. Yoo-hoo! Christians! Your silly holidays make no sense! Now, in honor of the Hindu celebration of Pancha Ganapati, I leave this offering of fruit to the five-faced elephant god, Ganesha. Because that’s just common sense. Task: "Make Apu Celebrate Pancha Ganapati". The job takes place at a Kwik-E-Mart and takes 8 hours. Quest reward: 20 and 10

Pt. 7

After tapping on Cletus's exclamation mark I done collected me a truckload of these here gift cards. I’s got more money than God! I refer, of course, to the Hillbilly God. His name is Zeb, and he’s poor on account of his best pig got hit by lightning. This year I can buy something for all my kin. All my 1,549 siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews, nieces and various combinations of the above. Task: "Make Cletus Count Up Family Members". The job takes place at Cletus's Farm and takes 24 hours. Quest reward: 20 and 10

Pt. 8

After tapping on Krusty's exclamation mark What, so now everyone’s rich? Not just me? How is that fair? I worked hard my whole life, stealing from talented comics everywhere. How am I gonna know I’m better than everyone else if I don’t have loads more money? In what sense are you rich? You owe millions to the mob! How do you know about my gambling debts? You’ve been very frank about it in your act. It’s fertile comedic ground. I’m not sure why the children respond to it, but they do. Task: "Make Krusty Use Credit to Pay Off Credit". The job takes place at a Krusty Burger and takes 16 hours. Quest reward: 20 and 10

Pt. 9

After tapping on Milhouse's exclamation mark Gift cards everywhere! This year, I can afford to have the kind of Christmas I’ve only dreamed of! Halls decked to perfection, figgy pudding bursting with figs, wassail freaking everywhere. Everybody donning their gayest apparel, songs of good cheer around the piano, until Dad says something that Mom mishears as a crack about her weight, and then the mood gets icy real fast… Actually, it all sounds pretty terrible. Think I’m going to find another use for these cards. Task: "Make Milhouse Build a House of Gift Cards". The job takes place at the Van Houten House and takes 12 hours. Quest reward: 20 and 10

Pt. 10

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark Come on, kids! The Simpsons are eating out tonight! What's the occasion? The happiest occasion there is: money. Only a colossal sucker eats at home when he has money! I thought you liked mom’s cooking. I love it! And wherever we go, the food won’t measure up. It will taste worse, yet be loaded with calorie-rich, high-fat gunk from parts of animals we’d rather not know exist. Yet none of that matters. Because I will be served by someone who laughs at my jokes and pretends I’m wonderful. All because they want some of my charming money. And don’t forget -- the kiddies get off-brand crayons! And paper placemats with word searches, and mazes… I do like mazes… Task: "Make Springfielders Eat at a Restaurant". The jobs take place at an Eatery and take 4 hours. After sending Homer To speed up the evening, I’d like a table close to the kitchen, and an ambulance parked right outside. After sending Apu Come on, octuplets. Let’s go put another “Kids eat Free!” restaurant out of business! After sending Ned Even Jesus ate out once in a while toward the end. After sending Cletus I hope they prepare my Possum tableside. After sending Skinner Don’t expect me to thank you. An evening with Mother is joyless no matter the setting. After sending Krusty Gimme the most expensive item on the menu, smothered in melted the-second-most-expensive-item-on-the-menu. After sending Willie If I’ve had enough whiskey, I’ll believe anything is haggis. Remember this simple rule, and the evening will go better. After sending Comic Book Guy I will have the Soylent Green. And a bottle of your finest Slurm. After sending Moe I have never tasted un-turpentined wine. After sending Profesor Frink I am working on a nutricious, lab-grown, food-replacement powder that will render restaurants obsolete. Full disclosure. After sending Otto I’ll start with a bowl of the color blue. For my main course, I’d like to watch “Strange Brew” with your coolest busboy. For dessert, the entire world holding hands and experiencing perfect knowingness. After sending Kang There’s something magical about being served your food by your food. After sending Kodos I ENJOY PAN-ASIAN CUISINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After the task is complete I’m pretty sure that was the meal that kills me. And I couldn’t be happier. No offense, Dad, but watching you and everyone in that restaurant gorge themselves was kind of disgusting. Couldn’t be happier… Quest reward: 20 and 10

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