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This Means Dino War
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Tapped Out Quest Information
Level: 15
Update: Treehouse of Horror XXXII
Required characters: Homer, Adults, Lisa, Bart
Optional characters: Quimby, Sideshow Mel, Grampa, Grampasaurus, Chalmers, Kodos, Kang, Over Under Beast, Mecha-Chalmers, See Currency-earning jobs
Internal name(s): ThisMeansDinoWar
ID(s): 249006 - 249010
Previous quest(s): Everyone Old Is Old Again
Next quest(s): American Holiday


This Means Dino War is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the Treehouse of Horror XXXII content update.

Dialogue

Pt. 1

Between October 15, 2021 and November 10, 2021
Helen Lovejoy - Angry Dinosaurs are destroying this town...not that it wasn't already in ruins!
Grampa - Startled Don't blame me. Blame dinosaur me! And while you're at it, could you put dinosaur me out of its misery?
Quimby - Smug There's no need for anything rash! City Hall has contingencies for situations like this.
Chalmers The Springfield National Guard?
Quimby - Embarrassed Something with even more firepower...the Springfield Militia!
Bumblebee Man - Surprised Son solo cinco hombres en camiones monstruo!
Sideshow Mel Translating for our English-speaking audience: "That's just five guys in monster trucks!"
Cletus - Enthused YEE-HAW! Translating for our non-Hillbilly-speaking audience: "YEE-HAW!"
Task: "Collect Hilarium" (x155).
Task: "Capture Dinosaurs" (x15).
If Quimby is owned: Task: "Make Quimby Unleash the Springfield Militia". The job takes place at the Town Hall, Geriatric Park Dome, Geriatric Park Front Gate, or a Visitable Home and takes 2 hours.
If Sideshow Mel is owned: Task: "Make Sideshow Mel Dramatically Rev His Engine". The job takes place at the Town Hall, Geriatric Park Dome, Geriatric Park Front Gate, or a Visitable Home and takes 2 hours.
Task: "Make Homer Wish He Had a Monster Truck". The job takes place at the Town Hall, Geriatric Park Dome, Geriatric Park Front Gate, or a Visitable Home and takes 2 hours.
If Grampa is owned: Task: "Make Grampa Demand Dinosaur Him Be Killed". The job takes place at the Town Hall, Geriatric Park Dome, Geriatric Park Front Gate, or a Visitable Home and takes 2 hours.
If Grampasaurus is owned: Task: "Make Grampasaurus Chase Monster Trucks Out of Town". The job takes place at the Town Hall, Geriatric Park Dome, Geriatric Park Front Gate, or a Visitable Home and takes 2 hours.
Grampasaurus My dinosaur posse will never be stopped by a bunch of yokels!
Cletus Hey, I resembles that remark!
Sideshow Mel - Annoyed And I take offense! But I shall not be vexed, for I am no yokel!
Grampasaurus - Annoyed Fine, four yokels and one pretentious Shakespearean-trained blowhard.
Sideshow Mel - Happy That's better.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Sideshow Mel Monster Truck

Pt. 2

After completing Pt. 1
Quimby - Embarrassed Maybe we can, er, negotiate with this monstrous Grampasaurus.
Chalmers - Angry This is America. We don't negotiate until AFTER we've dropped bombs.
Chalmers - Happy It's time to mobilize our army base.
Marge - Serious What is this "army" you keep talking about?
Chalmers - Happy We previously equipped an advanced military base to fight off the hideous, slime-ball Rigellians. No offense.
Kodos - Angry We've been on Earth long enough to know that "no offense" means we should very much be offended!
Task: "Collect Hilarium" (x115).
Task: "Capture Dinosaurs" (x15).
If Chalmers is owned: Task: "Make Chalmers Demand a Military Response". The job takes place at the Town Hall, Geriatric Park Dome, Geriatric Park Front Gate, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Homer Chant "USA! USA!"". The job takes place at the Town Hall, Geriatric Park Dome, Geriatric Park Front Gate, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
If Quimby is owned: Task: "Make Quimby Concede to Chalmers' Demands". The job takes place at the Town Hall, Geriatric Park Dome, Geriatric Park Front Gate, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
If Kodos is owned: Task: "Make Kodos Be Deeply Offended". The job takes place at the Town Hall, Geriatric Park Dome, Geriatric Park Front Gate, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
If Kang is owned: Task: "Make Kang Try to Settle Kodos Down". The job takes place at the Town Hall, Geriatric Park Dome, Geriatric Park Front Gate, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Future Military Jeep

Pt. 3

After completing Pt. 2
Quimby - Annoyed Springfield doesn't have a formal military, so who's leading this operation?
Quimby - Embarrassed I'd be happy to lead from my hidden command bunker at 1223 Cowards Lane in Shelbyville.
Quimby - Annoyed Damn it! Wipe that address from your memories.
Chalmers - Happy The Springfield town charter specifically designates all military operations be led by a descendant of Jebediah Springfield, and that means me!
Homer - Confused Is Chalmers really a descendant of Jebediah Springfield?
Carl - Confused He does kind of look like the statue — stone-faced, always up on a pedestal, has pigeon poop on his shoulders...
Task: "Collect Hilarium" (x115).
Task: "Capture Dinosaurs" (x15).
If Chalmers is owned: Task: "Make Chalmers Take Command". The job takes place at Rigel 7 Military Base, Hover-Copter, Attack Helicopter, E.P.A. Hoverjet, WWII Tank, Marine One, the Town Hall, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Springfielders Enlist in the New Army" (x3). The jobs take place at Rigel 7 Military Base, Hover-Copter, Attack Helicopter, E.P.A. Hoverjet, WWII Tank, Marine One, the Town Hall, or a Visitable Home and take 4 hours.
Task: "Make Lisa Review the Town Charter". The job takes place at the Town Hall, Springfield Library, Springfield University, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Mecha-Chalmers Listen up troops...and trolls.
Moe - Annoyed Callin' a troll a troll ain't very nice.
Mecha-Chalmers - Embarrassed Sorry, that's the school superintendent in me.
Homer - Happy When is it going to be time to blow things up?
Mecha-Chalmers We're not blowing things up. We don't want to destroy the town.
Homer - Happy *fires rocket into the library*
Homer - Guilty Oopsie...
Mecha-Chalmers - Annoyed Maybe you should sit this one out.
Homer - Sad Ohhh, I want to shoot more boom-booms!
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
"Ride in an Exploration Pod" animated job

Pt. 4

After completing Pt. 3
Bart - Sneaky Chalmers couldn't lead those clowns to defeat Ralph Wiggum, let alone the dinosaurs — although Dad blowing up the library was cool.
Lisa - Angry No, it's not cool. It's very NOT cool.
Bart Okay. Here's something "cool" — a monster from a trans-dimensional space called the "Over Under" is at the mall.
Bart - Sneaky In order to scare away the monster dinosaurs rampaging around town, we'll use a bigger monster like that to rampage around town.
Lisa - Annoyed There is nothing that resembles logic in that plan.
Bart - Rolling Eyes You have something better?
Lisa - Sad I'm working on it.
Bart - Determined Until then, let's get us a big, scary monster to fight for us!
Task: "Collect Hilarium" (x155).
Task: "Capture Dinosaurs" (x15).
Task: "Make Lisa Go to the Mall With Bart". The job takes place at Rats Court Mall, Springfield Mall, Heavenly Hills Mall, Sprawl-Mart, or a Shop and takes 2 hours.
Task: "Make Bart Try to Recruit the Over Under Beast". The job takes place at Rats Court Mall, Springfield Mall, Heavenly Hills Mall, Sprawl-Mart, or a Shop and takes 2 hours.
If Over Under Beast is owned: Task: "Make the Over Under Beast Try to Eat the Kids". The job takes place at Rats Court Mall, Springfield Mall, Heavenly Hills Mall, Sprawl-Mart, or a Shop and takes 2 hours.
Bart - Scared Hey, there's my guy, Mr. Over Under Beast.
Over Under Beast - Surprised REAAARAGH!
Bart - Scared Right. I have trouble with "hellos" too.
Bart - Sweet We were wondering...could we talk you into chasing some raging dinosaurs out of town?
Over Under Beast - Confused Grohlorg?
Bart - Scared Payment? Uh, I've got...like four dollars.
Over Under Beast - Surprised RHYEAARGHAR!!
Lisa - Alarmed He's going to eat us!
Bart - Sad Maybe you should chip in a couple more bucks?
Lisa - Shouting SHUT UP AND RUN!
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Human Sized Body Bags Truck

Pt. 5

After completing Pt. 4
Homer - Happy Yell Go, Team Springfield! Blow those dinosaurs back to the Flintstones age!
Mecha-Chalmers - Angry Do what the bald lout says! Attack!!
Skinner - Flashback We're doing it, sir! They're falling back!
Mecha-Chalmers - Happy One more push and we'll have won the—
Mecha-Chalmers - Surprised Why is my mech suit shutting down?
Barney - Scared And my machine gun just stopped working!
Bumblebee Man - Surprised ¡Ay, ay, ay! ¿Por qué mi tanque no se mueve?
Barney - Drunk I agree with whatever the bee said. *burp*
Femme Fatale - Angry Quimby's running away!
Quimby - Embarrassed No, I'm not. I'm er...going on a fact-finding trip to Aruba!
Task: "Collect Hilarium" (x195).
Task: "Capture Dinosaurs" (x15).
Task: "Make Springfielders Battle Dinosaurs" (x3). The jobs take place at Cretaceous Park, Parking Lot Lot Lot, Grass Field, Large Parking Lot, Parking Lot, Catfish Lake, or a Visitable Home and take 4 hours.
If Mecha-Chalmers is owned: Task: "Make Mecha Chalmers Watch Equipment Fall Apart". The job takes place at Cretaceous Park, Parking Lot Lot Lot, Grass Field, Large Parking Lot, Parking Lot, Catfish Lake, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
If Chalmers is owned: Task: "Make Chalmers Watch Equipment Fall Apart". The job takes place at Cretaceous Park, Parking Lot Lot Lot, Grass Field, Large Parking Lot, Parking Lot, Catfish Lake, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
If Quimby is owned: Task: "Make Quimby Try to Duck Out on the Battle". The job takes place at Cretaceous Park, Parking Lot Lot Lot, Grass Field, Large Parking Lot, Parking Lot, Catfish Lake, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
If Grampasaurus is owned: Task: "Make Grampasaurus Lead Dinosaurs to Victory". The job takes place at Cretaceous Park, Parking Lot Lot Lot, Grass Field, Large Parking Lot, Parking Lot, Catfish Lake, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Mecha-Chalmers - Annoyed Not so fast, Quimby! What happened to all of our anti-Rigellian military equipment?
Kang - Angry Awkward! Rigellians in the room.
Mecha-Chalmers Uh, sorry. I mean, what happened to all of our "anti-dinosaur" military equipment?
Quimby - Embarrassed Well, er...I, er...may have, er...diverted some equipment funds to, er...build hotel rooms for, er...Geriatric Park, er...
Mecha-Chalmers - Annoyed That's a lot of "ers" Quimby!
Quimby - Sad Hotel rooms are very important to my, er, constituency outreach efforts.
Miss Springfield Am I a constituency effort, Joe?
Quest reward: Cash200 and XP20
Geriatric Park Pond

Currency-earning jobs

Task Character(s) Time Location(s) Reward
Collect Hilarium Mr. Burns, Smithers, Homer, Bart, Lisa, Grampa, Professor Frink, Skinner 4h Hilarium Pool, Rigellian Queen, Rigellian North Pole, Visitable Homes Hilarium5, XP45
Try Not to Drink Hilarium Grampasaurus, Mecha-Chalmers Hilarium8, XP70