Vengeance Is a Dish Best Microwaved

Vengeance Is a Dish Best Microwaved

Tapped Out Quest Information Level: 5 Update: The Simpsanos Required characters: Wise Guys, Lisa Optional characters: Costas Becker, Lenora Carter, Wiggum, The Cropfather, Fat Tony, Marge, Quimby Previous quest(s): Everything Old Is Legal Again Next quest(s): Zen and the Art of Relationship Maintenance

Vengeance Is a Dish Best Microwaved is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in The Simpsanos content update.

Dialogue

Pt. 1

Between May 7, 2024 and May 15, 2024 *driving at high speed* Homer, would you care to explain why this Costas Becker maniac is chasing us? I have no idea! And I have no idea why the police are chasing him, or why the FBI is chasing both of them! I believe they're all chasing us. What makes you think that? Because they're all chasing us! Uh-oh! That's the Grand Chasm up ahead and you're not slowing down! No, I am not. Is this a "They'll never take me alive!" thing? Because I'm definitely okay with being taken alive. Task: "Collect Handcuffs" (x85). If Costas Becker is owned: Task: "Make Costas Becker Chase the Cropfather". The job takes place at Surveillance Van, FBI Van, Police Station, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Lenora Carter is owned: Task: "Make Lenora Carter Chase the Cropfather". The job takes place at Surveillance Van, FBI Van, Police Station, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Wiggum is owned: Task: "Make Wiggum Chase the Cropfather". The job takes place at Surveillance Van, FBI Van, Police Station, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If The Cropfather is owned: Task: "Make The Cropfather Scream Like a Child". The job takes place at Surveillance Van, FBI Van, Police Station, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Fat Tony is owned: Task: "Make Fat Tony Drive Off a Cliff". The job takes place at Surveillance Van, FBI Van, Police Station, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. *driving intensely* They'll slow down. They've got to! You're going awful fast, Lou! That's 'cause one of your day-old donuts is jammed under the gas pedal! Don't get it dirty! Lemme-get-it! Brace yourself, Homer. *drives off the cliff* *driving menacingly* Driving off a cliff won't save you! *drives off cliff* *pulls donut from under gas pedal* Annnnd...got it! AAAAAAAAAAH! *screeches to a halt* Is that a parachute coming out of the back of Fat Tony's car? Parachutes are for cowards! *fiery crash* Aw, Lou, thanks a lot. Your foot squeezed the jelly all out of my donut! A fiery crash won't stop me from getting what is mine! Quest reward: 100 and 10 Grand Chasm

Pt. 2

After completing Pt. 1 Committing the ONLY crime in this town is harder than keeping our noses clean! Boss, why is Costas Becker after us? You never crossed paths with him before. True. I have never done business with this gentleman. You, Homer? Borrow money from a psychotic loan shark and forget to pay him, and then forget that I had borrowed money in the first place... Nah, that doesn't sound like me. It sounds EXACTLY like you! Task: "Collect Handcuffs" (x105). If Fat Tony is owned: Task: "Make Fat Tony Worry About Where This Is Going". The job takes place at the Grand Chasm or Visitable Homes and takes 4 hours. If The Cropfather is owned: Task: "Make The Cropfather Try to Remember What He Had for Lunch". The job takes place at the Grand Chasm or Visitable Homes and takes 4 hours. If Costas Becker is owned: Task: "Make Costas Becker Track Down The Cropfather". The job takes place at the Grand Chasm or Visitable Homes and takes 4 hours. Quest reward: 100 and 10 Riot Police

Pt. 3

After completing Pt. 2 Holy cannoli! Holy stromboli even! Our tomacco crops are all on fire! Mah barn is burnin' too! That's where I keep my moonshine and my meth lab. Don't be surprised if'n we hear a hiss, a pop, and a couple kabooms. This is the work of Costas Becker! I'm sure he hates us, but does he "torch us to the ground" hate us? *reads letter left on Cletus' doorstep* "Dear Deadbeats, until my book is balanced, I will burn down everything you hold dear — along with a lot of stuff that you don't. Yours in hate, Costas Becker". I'm sorry but it's hard to be angry at someone who takes the time to write a physical letter these days. Task: "Collect Handcuffs" (x115). If Costas Becker is owned: Task: "Make Costas Becker Set Things on Fire". The job takes place at Cletus' Corn Field, Cletus's Farm, or Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Wise Guys Go to the Mattresses" (x2). The job takes place at Cletus' Corn Field, Cletus's Farm, or Brown House and takes 4 hours. If The Cropfather is owned: Task: "Make The Cropfather Try to Nap". The job takes place at Cletus' Corn Field, Cletus's Farm, or Brown House and takes 4 hours. This disrespect will not go unpunished! I hate when he gets this way. Buckle up, boys! We're going to the mattresses. Oh, good. I'll take a plush pillow top please. Quest reward: 100 and 10 Mafia Front

Pt. 4

After completing Pt. 3 Now we've got no-law-abiding citizens shooting it up in our streets! Someone needs to do something. Sorry, Marge. We'd love to but gang wars aren't illegal anymore. And I don't even get a kickback for turning a blind eye! If you're gonna complain about the lack of laws, I'm gonna have to arrest you...I think. The no-law is very gray in this area. Homer, where are you going with our bed? Fat Tony said we're going to the mattresses. I think it's a mob sleepover. *annoyed murmur* Task: "Collect Handcuffs" (x105). Task: "Make Springfielders Complain About Mob War". The job takes place at a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours. If The Cropfather is owned: Task: "Make The Cropfather Try to Steal a Mattress". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 4 hours. If Marge is owned: Task: "Make Marge Stop Homer From Taking Their Mattress". The job takes place at the Simpson House and takes 4 hours. If Costas Becker is owned: Task: "Make Costas Becker Fight Gangsters". The job takes place at Businessman's Social Club, Fat Tony's Compound, Cletus's Farm, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Wise Guys Fight Becker" (x2). The job takes place at Businessman's Social Club, Fat Tony's Compound, Cletus's Farm, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Quimby is owned: Task: "Make Quimby Complain About Lack of Kickbacks". The job takes place at Town Hall or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Where did Costas Becker get all of these guys to fight for him? They'z former tomacco growers. They put down their pitchforks and picked up their double-barrels. They're pointing those guns every which way. It's also openin' day of possum huntin' season. Quest reward: 100 and 10 Springfield Penitentiary Bus

Pt. 5

After completing Pt. 4 Okay, enough of this pointless conflict. I have decided to send a payment to Costas Becker to settle our beef. *drooling* Mmm, beef... Wait. Boss, you're giving up by giving Costas money?! You really don't know me, do you, Louie? There's also a big fat bomb in the package. Task: "Collect Handcuffs" (x105). If Quimby is owned: Task: "Make Quimby Get Tough on Crime". The job takes place at Town Hall or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Lisa Encourage Quimby Not to Get too Tough". The job takes place at Town Hall or the Simpson House and takes 4 hours. If Fat Tony is owned: Task: "Make Fat Tony Seemingly Blow Up Costas Becker". The job takes place at Businessman's Social Club, Fat Tony's Compound, Cletus's Farm, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Costas Becker is owned: Task: "Make Costas Becker Get Seemingly Blown Up". The job takes place at Businessman's Social Club, a Visitable Home or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Bombs are illegal again, Fat Tony. Hand it over...nice and easy. Mr. Mayor, don't tell me you're bowing to public pressure. I'm bowing to my need for campaign kickbacks. They've dried up. I have private jets, country club memberships, and mistresses to pay for. Once again it's time to get tough on crime! Okay, Cropfather, you and your gang are under arrest for attempted deployment of a kaboom thingy. D'oh! I'm sure there's a way we can come to an understanding with the Mayor and his boys in blue. I accept all kickback payment forms: Venmo, PayPal, Diner's Club... And I'll accept any cool jetpack that can lift my weight! Quest reward: 100 and 10 Fly Jetpack (animated job for Wiggum)

Currency-earning jobs

Task Character(s) Time Location(s) Reward Buy Handcuffs Homer, Bart, Lisa, Quimby, Wiggum, Fat Tony, Cletus 4h Police Station, Jails, Springfield Penitentiary, or Brown House 5, 45 Find Old Handcuffs Kickback Quimby, Lenora Carter, Mike Wegman, Uncle Zio, Dr. Dog, Snitchy the Weasel Capital City Con Center, Surveillance Van, The Elegant Scoundrel, Mike Wegman Center, Springfield Sardi's, Jails, or Springfield Penitentiary 8, 70

The Simpsons: Tapped Out The Simpsanos quests
Everything Old Is Legal Again • The Made Men Who Made Us • The Cropfather • Law & Disorder • Vengeance Is a Dish Best Microwaved • Zen and the Art of Relationship Maintenance
Uncle Zio	The Trial Blazer
Dr. Dog	Canine Confidential
Mike Wegman	Goodpizzas
The Cropfather	The Crops of Wrath
Lenora Carter	Escape From New Work
Snitchy the Weasel	Once Upon a Weasel in Springfield
Costas Becker	The Loan Ranger
Kickback Quimby	All the Mayor's Funds