The Simpsons: Tapped Out Whacking Day 2013 content update

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The seventeenth content update was released on April 10, 2013 and is the long awaited Whacking Day update. It will not end on May 2, 2013 as originally thought, but a week later on May 9, 2013.

The cutscene menu.

This is the first update to offer prizes, and the second requiring the player to tap on a non-playable character to kill them - the first was zombies during the Halloween Update in 2012.

The update comes with a new splash screen and a new icon. The update now allows players to watch every cutscene from the game in a special "Cutscene" section of the build menu; the cutscenes are "Kaboom", "Home Alone", "Treehouse" and "True Love".

The update for Google Play came with Origin, enabling Android players to add friends and visit their towns.

This update also added a new maximum building and decoration count to the game. If the player has too many buildings and decorations a notice will appear: "Too Many Buildings", then the description "Building overload! You currently have [number of buildings and decorations] buildings and decorations in your Springfield. To ensure stability, the game now has a maximum building and decoration count of 3000. You need to store or sell some things if you want to build more."

The update introduced the ability to store characters in the player's inventory, as well as a long wished for confirmation button to prevent the accidental use of donuts.

The update also added new phrases for many of the game's characters, as well as a new sound for the Gilded Truffle.

The player receives "Whacking Day Pt. 1", which is to "Make Lisa do Next Week's Homework" and to "Send Homer on a Snake Hunt!". Lisa's task rewards the player with 600 and 150 when completed on its own; Homer's task also rewards the player with 600 and 150 when completed on its own. Upon completing the quest, the player receives 100 and 10.

Then:

Ned: I know the whole town loves Whacking Day, but, Homer, snakes are God's creatures.

Homer: Really? What about that one who was a total jerk to Adam and that girl he was seeing?

Ned: I guess if any animal does belong to the devil, it is the serpent.

Homer: See, stupid Flanders, it's what Jebus would want.

A sound of a snake hissing then sounds and the "Whacking Guide" opens up, which allows all the Whacking Day features in-game to be unlocked.

Then the player receives two tasks in their taskbook, one of them being "Whacking Day Pt. 2", which is to "Whack [50] Snakes". To whack snakes, the player must tap on the snake icon in the corner of their screen. Whacking snakes will give the player either 1 or 1 Snake Egg. Upon whacking 50 and completing "Whacking Day Pt. 2", the player receives 100 and 10.

After tapping on Apu's exclamation mark:

Apu: Welcome to your official whacking day headquarters. I've hidden a snake somewhere in the store. The first one to whack it gets a free SQUISHEE.

Then the player receives "Whacking Day Pt. 3", which is to "Make Apu Hold a Whacking Day Promotion". The task takes 24 hours and rewards the player with 10 Snakes and 150 when completed on its own. Upon completing the quest, the player receives 25 and 10.

After tapping on Apu's exclamation mark:

Apu: Hey! Hey! Oh, I should have put more thought into my promotion. It will take me hours to clean up this mess.

Then the player receives "Whacking Day Pt. 4", which is to "Make Apu do a Kwik-E-Mart 8hr Shift". The task takes 8 hours and rewards the player with 275 and 70 when completed on its own. Upon completing the quest, the player receives 25 and 10.

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark:

Homer: Grab a stick, Flanders, and get whacking!

Ned: Oh I couldn't. Killing defenseless animals is wrong.

Homer: Just pretend you're Ehud, and the snakes are Eglon, king of Moab.

Ned: I don't know where you got such an obscure Biblical reference, but it works for me! Let's kill some snakes!

Then the player receives "Whacking Day Pt. 5", which is to "Make Ned Send Snakes back to Hell". The task takes 24 hours and rewards the player with 10 and 150 when completed on its own. Upon completing the quest, the player receives 25 and 10.

After this:

Cletus: Dang! I clean forgot about Whacking Day. Where'm I gonna get a stick at this hour?

Homer: If you need a weapon, what about that shotgun in your back pocket?

Cletus: Doesn't seem very sporting...

Homer: Oh, Cletus. Whacking Day is just like any other beloved tradition: the point is to murder as many snakes as possible. By any means necessary.

Cletus: Well said, fat man.

Then the player receives "Whacking Day Pt. 6", which requires the player to "Reach Level 6 and Build Cletus's Farm" and to "Make Cletus Shoot Snakes". The task takes 12 hours and rewards the player with 5 and 100 when completed on its own. Upon completing the quest, the player receives 25 and 10.

After tapping on Lisa's exclamation mark:

Lisa: That's it! I can no longer sit by as our un-limbed brothers and sisters are whacked into non-existence for no other crime than being different!

Homer: They also committed the crime of being slimy. And the crime of scaring Indiana Jones.

Lisa: Those aren't crimes!

Then the player receives "Whacking Day Pt. 7", which is to "Send Lisa to Release Snakes from Another Town". The task takes 5 hours and rewards the player with 3 and 50. Once the task is set, the player's town list pops up - with only those towns that have taken part in the Whacking Day update appearing. Underneath the player's name is the amount of snakes they have whacked. The player must select a town for Lisa to release snakes from. Whichever town you pick's whacked snake count will reduce, and yours will increase. After the player selects a town, Lisa goes to the Simpson House to start her task. Note: Other Springfield has a non-changing whacked snake count of 20.

Prize gameplay

For more information on the prizes, click here.

After the Whacking Day features are unlocked in game, two tasks appear in the player's taskbook. One of them is "Be Sensible when Whacking", which is to "Collected [150] Whacked Snakes". Collecting 150 unlocks Fort Sensible, the first prize. To get the building immediately, the player must pay 15. To whack snakes, the player must tap on the snake icon in the corner of their screen. Whacking snakes will give the player either 1 or 1 Snake Egg.

Upon collecting whacked 150 snakes, the player unlocks Fort Sensible, which takes 24 hours to build. The player then receives "008: License to Whack", which is to "Collected [400] Whacked Snakes". The prize for collecting whacked 400 is the "Expert Whacking License". After unlocking the Expert Whacking License, a notice appears saying "You are now licensed to whack 5 snakes in each friend's Springfield every day so if you're a hermit, start making friends!".

Then the player receives "Little Girl in the Big Ten Pt. 1", which is to "Collected [1000] Whacked Snakes". The prize for collecting whacked 1,000 is Gymnastic Lisa, Lisa's first outfit, and a Balance Beam.

Characters

Ninja Homer - unlocked with Ninja Homer Practice Snake
Lugash - unlocked with Lugash's Gym
Lumpy - 55

Characters unlocked with whacking prizes

Gymnastic Lisa - unlocked with balance beam and costume for Lisa
Pet Snake
Bare Chested Willy - costume for Willy
Drederick Tatum - unlocked with Springfield Coliseum
Miss Springfield - unlocked with Sleep Easy Motel

Buildings

Lugash's Gym - 175
Fort Sensible - prize, unlocked after collecting whacked 150
Duff Stadium - prize, unlocked after collecting whacked 4,250
Springfield Coliseum - prize, unlocked after collecting whacked 10,000
Sleep-Easy Motel - prize, unlocked after collecting whacked 12,500 Snakes

Decorations

Basket of Snake Eggs - 3
Snake Speakers - 50
Ninja Homer Practice Snake - 120 - unlocks Ninja Homer
Green Practice Snake - 10
Purple Practice Snake - 10
Red Practice Snake - 10
Yellow Practice Snake - 10
Snake Rocks - 40 / prize, unlocked after collecting whacked 2,000 - task "Hatching Snakes" - 10 snakes every 4 hours
Snake Stump - 55 - task "Hatching Snakes" - 20 snakes every 4 hours
Hollow Snake Trunk - 75 - 30 snakes every 4 hours
Whacking Day Banner - 1,000
Whacking T-Shirt Stall - 4,500
Whacking Mugs Stalls - 10,000
Whacking Stick Stall - 15,000
Wind Sock - 19,000

Ninja Homer Practice Snake

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After unlocking Ninja Homer and tapping on his exclamation mark:

Lisa: Dad? Everyone loves Whacking Day but I hate it. Is there something wrong with me?

Ninja Homer: Yes honey.

Lisa: Then what should I do?

Ninja Homer: Just squeeze your rage into a bitter little ball and release it at an appropriate time. Like that day I hit the referee with a whiskey bottle. Remember that?

Lisa: Yeah...

Then the player receives "Wing Chun for Dummies", which is to "Place Practice Snake" and to "Make Ninja Homer Fake-Whack Pretend Snakes". Homer's task takes 60 minutes and rewards the player with 1 Snake and 26 when completed on its own. Upon completing the quest, the player receives 25 and 10.

After tapping on Ninja Homer's exclamation mark, if the player only has the Ninja Homer Practice Snake:

Ninja Homer: I'm tired of hitting the same practice snake. Someone needs to buy me more!

The player receives the quest again and the player must buy and place another practice snake to send Homer on the quest. Upon completing the quest, the player receives 25 and 10.

After tapping on Ninja Homer's exclamation mark:

Ninja Homer: I'm tired of whacking just snakes. It's time for bigger game!

Then the player receives "Getting Carried Away Pt. 1", which is to "Make Ninja Homer Smash Up Flanders House". The task takes 4 hours and rewards the player with 4 and 70 when completed on its own. Upon completing the quest, the player receives 25 and 10.

After tapping on Ninja Homer's exclamation mark:

Ned: Glass on the front lawn. It looks like someone vandalized my house! Did you see anything, Homer?

Ninja Homer: Ummm... no... Although I did see some snakes loitering outside your house. I think they were in a snake gang.

Ned: Looks like these snakes are getting too big for their boots. It's time to take action.

Ninja Homer: Yay! I'll rally the troops.

Then the player receives "Getting Carried Away Pt. 2", which is to "Make Ninja Homer Steer the Mob in Wise Directions". The task takes 8 hours and rewards the player with 8 and 105 when completed on its own. Upon completing the quest, the player receives 25 and 10.

After tapping on Ninja Homer's exclamation mark:

Ninja Homer: All fake snakes fake fear the power of the ninja!

Then the player receives "I Am Bruce Lee And Snakes Are My Chuck Norris", which is to "Make Ninja Homer Twirl Whacking Stick". The task takes 12 hours and rewards the player with 10 and 150 when completed on its own. Upon completing the quest, the player receives 25 and 10.

After tapping on Ninja Homer's exclamation mark:

Ninja Homer:

Oh Whacking Day!

Our hallowed snake

skull-cracking day!

We'll break their backs!

Gouge out their eyes!

Their evil hearts we'll pulverize!

Oh Whacking Day!

May God bestow his grace on

thee...

*sobbing* I love this time of year.

Then the player receives "Oh Whacking Day", which is to "Make Ninja Homer Polish Stick for Whacking". The task takes 24 hours and rewards the player with 15 and 225 when completed on its own.

Prizes

Unlike during previous seasonal events, the unlocking of a prize doesn't require the player to actually spend their snake currency. Prizes are unlocked by just having the required amount of snakes in your account. Missing snakes can be replaced by spending donuts, at a rate of 5 donuts for each 50 snakes missing.

Fort Sensible - 150 or 15 - takes 24 hours to build
Expert Whacking License - 400 or 25
Gymnastic Lisa Costume and Balance Beam – 1,000 or 60
Snake Rocks – 2,000
Jebediah Springfield and Snake Statue – 3,000
Duff Stadium – 4,250
Pet Snake – 5,500
Bare-Chested Willie Costume – 7,500
Springfield Coliseum and Tatum – 10,000
Sleep-Eazy Motel and Miss Springfield – 12,500
Whacking Day Box 1 – 13,500
Whacking Day Box 2 – 14,500
Whacking Day Box 3 – 15,500
Whacking Day Box 4 – 16,500
Whacking Day Box 5 – 17,500
Whacking Day Box 6 – 18,500
Whacking Day Box 7 – 19,500
Whacking Day Box 8 – 20,500
Whacking Day Box 9 – 21,500
Whacking Day Box 10 – 22,500

Whacking Licenses

The Expert Whacking License, a prize, is unlocked after the player collects whacked 400 and completes "008: License to Whack". It allows the player to whack 5 snakes in a friend's town each day.

The Elite Whacking License, which is not a prize, is available for purchase after the player completes "008: License to Whack". It costs 50 and allows the player to whack 10 snakes in a friend's town each day.

Snakes

Below are the whack-able snakes that appear in a player's town:

Orange Snake
Green and Purple Snake
Purple and Blue Snake

Notices

New notices that appear during the event, and notices that were introduced during the event.

Image/Notice	Description
	The notice appears once the player tries to place an egg in their friend's town but has no more collected.
	The notice appears after a friend has planted egg(s) in the player's town. Note: '11' refers to the amount of snake eggs planted in the player's town.
	The notice appears after the player tries to spend a certain amount of donuts, but only if "Confirm Donut Spend" is turned on in the player's options. Note: '40' refers to the amount of donuts the player would spend if they tapped on 'YES'.
	The notice appears if the player tries to place a building/decoration and is over the 3000 building/decoration limit.
	The notice appears if the player has reached the 3000 building/decoration limit.
"Tap on free areas of ground to place snake eggs in your friend's town."	The notice appears before the player places an egg in a friend's town for the first time.
	The notice will appear if the player wants to store a character unlocked with a building into the inventory. Note: 'Sideshow Mel' refers to the character being stored and 'Krustylu Studios' refers to the building being stored if the player taps 'Store'.
	The notice will appear if the player wants to store a character not unlocked with a building into the inventory. Note: 'Squeaky Voice Teen' refers to the character being stored.
	The notice will appear if the player tries to hatch a snake from a snake egg but has too many snakes in their Springfield to do so.
	The notice appears after the player unlocks the Expert Whacking License.