Difference between revisions of "The Rocket's Red Glare Redux"

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The Rocket's Red Glare Redux is a premium questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the July 4th 2014 content update. It requires Rex Banner to be obtained.

If All-American Apu is owned, Apu's jobs are done by All-American Apu instead.

Dialogue[edit]

Pt. 1[edit]

After tapping on Rex Banner's exclamation mark Citizens of Springfield, fear not! No longer will airborne displays of fireworks-related Technicolor splendor haunt your nights! Federal agent Rex Banner!? Here to stop the flow of illegal fireworks into Springfield and bring the Bottle Rocket Barons to their knees. Well, that'll be nice. They're kind of a nuisance. Nuisance? You call sporadic incidents of mild to moderate noise pollution a NUISANCE? They're the greatest threat to the American way of life since loitering! And nothing will stop me from ending this scourge! Unless it is my debilitating addiction to refined sugars! Task: "Make Rex Banner Interrogate Flanders". The job requires Ned and takes 8 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 2[edit]

After tapping on Apu's exclamation mark Sales of fireworks are up 3,000%! This holiday is proving most profitable! I've traced the fireworks to this Kwik-E-Mart. Time to see what we can see... Great Ganesh! Super-cop Rex Banner is hot on my trail! I'd better hide the evidence. Task: "Make Apu Hide the Fireworks Behind the Malt Liquor". The job takes place at a Kwik-E-Mart and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Rex Banner Stake Out the Kwik-E-Mart". The job takes place at a Kwik-E-Mart and takes 12 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 3[edit]

After tapping on Rex Banner's exclamation mark Reach for the sky, Nahasapeemapetilon! I know you're the gunpowder-drunk mastermind of this fireworks racket! Come clean -- you're the one they call the Rocket Rajah. The Bengal Blaster. Pyrotechnic 'Pu. I see. Because of my ethnicity and name, you assume this person must be me. That, sir, is profiling! I'm an old-timey cop. Profiling is ninety percent of my skill set. And we call it by its proper name: good ol' red-blooded, American racism. Task: "Make Apu Hide the Fireworks Behind the Malt Liquor". The job takes place at a Kwik-E-Mart and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Rex Banner Stake Out the Kwik-E-Mart". The job takes place at a Kwik-E-Mart and takes 12 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 4[edit]

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark Release Apu, Rex Banner! I've discovered the true identity of the fireworks smuggler -- Ned Flanders! Arrest him and interrogate him for hours and hours! Let's go, boys! And... he's gone. Woo-hoo! Come on, everybody -- the coast is clear! Let's buy some boom! Task: "Make Rex Banner Interrogate Flanders". The job takes place at Ned and takes 8 hours. Task: "Send Springfield Residents to Buy Fireworks" (x15). The jobs take place at a Kwik-E-Mart and take 60 minutes. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Characters that can do the "Buy Fireworks" task are:

Pt. 5[edit]

After tapping on Rex Banner's exclamation mark Hands where I can see them, Apu! I'm taking you in! Wait! That man is innocent! I've just found an old town law from 1803 which expressly permits "the sale and detonation of pyrotechnic devices for one month following June 4." What's so special about the Fourth of June? June 4th was King George III of England's birthday. Springfield was the only town in the nation that voted 182 times to return to British rule. We've always been America's cowards. Well, at least there's one thing this town is still good for. Task: "Make Rex Eat a Banana Kaboom". The job takes 4 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 6[edit]

After tapping on Apu's exclamation mark Now that this awful business with the authorities has blown over, it's time to restock! Task: "Make Apu Stock Up on Illegal Fireworks". The job takes place at a Kwik-E-Mart and takes 24 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pt. 7[edit]

After tapping on Apu's exclamation mark I am happy to announce I am open for business once again! Woo-hoo! I haven't blown anything up in a couple of hours, this was starting to feel like a Canada Day celebration... Task: "Make Apu Turn a Profit". The job takes place at a Kwik-E-Mart and takes 12 hours. Task: "Send Springfield Residents to Buy Fireworks" (x15). The jobs take place at a Kwik-E-Mart and take 60 minutes. Quest reward: 200 and 20

Characters that can do the "Buy Fireworks" task are: