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{{TB|You're trying to get me to write a school essay for you, aren't you?}}
 
{{TB|You're trying to get me to write a school essay for you, aren't you?}}
 
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Sad}}
 
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Essay writing is hard for me, Lisa. I'm not like you. You know… boring.}}
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{{TB|Essay writing is hard for me, Lisa. I'm not like you. You know... boring.}}
 
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Annoyed}}
 
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Annoyed}}
 
{{TB|Best be on your way to the library, brother. The Dewey decimal system is a tough nut to crack.}}
 
{{TB|Best be on your way to the library, brother. The Dewey decimal system is a tough nut to crack.}}
 
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Scared}}
 
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Scared}}
 
{{TB|I'd rather die!}}
 
{{TB|I'd rather die!}}
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{{TB|I've got it! Why read about the Presidents, when I can go speak to them myself?}}
 
{{TB|I've got it! Why read about the Presidents, when I can go speak to them myself?}}
 
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Curious}}
 
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Curious}}
{{TB|You mean… use Dad's toaster to travel back in time and collect America's greatest leaders?}}
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{{TB|You mean... use Dad's toaster to travel back in time and collect America's greatest leaders?}}
 
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Shocked}}
 
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Shocked}}
{{TB|That's actually… kind of… brilliant!}}
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{{TB|That's actually... kind of... brilliant!}}
 
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon}}
 
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon}}
 
{{TB|Be back soon. Just need to set this thing to the date of America's founding -- One million B.C.}}
 
{{TB|Be back soon. Just need to set this thing to the date of America's founding -- One million B.C.}}
 
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Deadpan}}
 
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Deadpan}}
{{TB|Try 1789. But wait… something's nagging at me. The Fourth of July… U.S. Presidents… augh, what is it?}}
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{{TB|Try 1789. But wait... something's nagging at me. The Fourth of July... U.S. Presidents... augh, what is it?}}
 
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon}}
 
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{{TB|Don't know, don't care. Like I said -- you're boring. Bye!}}
 
{{TB|Don't know, don't care. Like I said -- you're boring. Bye!}}
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{{TB|That was quick.}}
 
{{TB|That was quick.}}
 
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{{TB|Several months from my point of view. I‘m eleven now, by the way.}}
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{{TB|Several months from my point of view. I'm eleven now, by the way.}}
 
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{{TB|I figured out what was bothering me. Each year at this time, a different ex-President appears in Springfield.}}
 
{{TB|I figured out what was bothering me. Each year at this time, a different ex-President appears in Springfield.}}
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{{TB|[[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]], [[George Washington|Washington]], {{Ch|Theodore Roosevelt|Roosevelt}}, {{Ch|Richard Nixon|Nixon}}. And now we know why. YOU brought them all here. With Dad's toaster.}}
 
{{TB|[[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]], [[George Washington|Washington]], {{Ch|Theodore Roosevelt|Roosevelt}}, {{Ch|Richard Nixon|Nixon}}. And now we know why. YOU brought them all here. With Dad's toaster.}}
 
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Confused}}
 
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|It IS pretty hard to get the return year right when your only time machine control is a “doneness” knob.}}
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{{TB|It IS pretty hard to get the return year right when your only time machine control is a "doneness" knob.}}
 
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Dreamy}}
 
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Dreamy}}
 
{{TB|If you'll excuse me, I want to freshen up for whichever ex-Prez is coming this year!}}
 
{{TB|If you'll excuse me, I want to freshen up for whichever ex-Prez is coming this year!}}
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{{TB|Plans are nothing, planning is everything!}}
 
{{TB|Plans are nothing, planning is everything!}}
 
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{{TB|Oh… “Ike”. Not “Mike”, dummy. As in “I like Ike”.}}
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{{TB|Oh... "Ike". Not "Mike", dummy. As in "I like Ike".}}
 
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Annoyed}}
 
{{Tapped Out Bart Icon|Annoyed}}
 
{{TB|Well, so far Cue Ball hasn't written word one of my essay. You can like Ike all you want. I am NOT a fan.}}
 
{{TB|Well, so far Cue Ball hasn't written word one of my essay. You can like Ike all you want. I am NOT a fan.}}

Latest revision as of 17:45, September 18, 2024


Essay on the Principle of Procrastination
Tapped Out Quest Information
Level: 5
Update: 4th of July 2017
Required characters: Bart, Lisa
Previous quest(s): It's About Time Pt. 3

Essay on the Principle of Procrastination is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the 4th of July 2017 part of the Time Traveling Toaster content update.

Dialogue[edit]

Pt. 1[edit]

After starting the update
Bart - Sneaky Lisa! Betcha you can't tell me, in five paragraphs, your favorite thesis and supporting statements about an American President?
Lisa - Nagging You're trying to get me to write a school essay for you, aren't you?
Bart - Sad Essay writing is hard for me, Lisa. I'm not like you. You know... boring.
Lisa - Annoyed Best be on your way to the library, brother. The Dewey decimal system is a tough nut to crack.
Bart - Scared I'd rather die!
Task: "Make Bart Plan a "Life Hack" for Writing an Essay". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 6 seconds.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10

Pt. 2[edit]

After completing Pt. 1
Bart - Happy I've got it! Why read about the Presidents, when I can go speak to them myself?
Lisa - Curious You mean... use Dad's toaster to travel back in time and collect America's greatest leaders?
Lisa - Shocked That's actually... kind of... brilliant!
Bart Be back soon. Just need to set this thing to the date of America's founding -- One million B.C.
Lisa - Deadpan Try 1789. But wait... something's nagging at me. The Fourth of July... U.S. Presidents... augh, what is it?
Bart Don't know, don't care. Like I said -- you're boring. Bye!
Task: "Make Bart Travel to the Past to Collect Presidents". The job takes place at Homer's Workbench and takes 6 seconds.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10

Pt. 3[edit]

After completing Pt. 2
Lisa - Curious That was quick.
Bart Several months from my point of view. I'm eleven now, by the way.
Lisa I figured out what was bothering me. Each year at this time, a different ex-President appears in Springfield.
Lisa - Deadpan Lincoln, Washington, Roosevelt, Nixon. And now we know why. YOU brought them all here. With Dad's toaster.
Bart - Confused It IS pretty hard to get the return year right when your only time machine control is a "doneness" knob.
Lisa - Dreamy If you'll excuse me, I want to freshen up for whichever ex-Prez is coming this year!
Task: "Make Bart Wait for Presidents to Arrive". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 6 seconds.
Task: "Make Lisa Dress to Impress Presidents". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 6 seconds.
Lisa Who's coming this year, Bart?
Bart Mike.
Lisa - Curious President Mike?
Dwight D. Eisenhower Plans are nothing, planning is everything!
Lisa Oh... "Ike". Not "Mike", dummy. As in "I like Ike".
Bart - Annoyed Well, so far Cue Ball hasn't written word one of my essay. You can like Ike all you want. I am NOT a fan.
Quest reward: Cash200 and XP20