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The Man Who Knew Too Little

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The Man Who Knew Too Little
Tapped Out Quest Information
Level: 5
Update: Secret Agents
Requirement(s): myPad
Required characters: Homer
Optional characters: Apu, Cletus, Krusty, Skinner, Marge, Moe
Next quest(s): Eye Spy, You Spy Pt. 1

The Man Who Knew Too Little is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the Secret Agents content update.

Dialogue[edit]

Pt. 1[edit]

After starting the update
Homer Hey, look at this classified ad for the Arcturus Modelling Agency. I'm a shoo in!
Lisa - Deadpan "Seeking fat, middle-aged, bald man with background in nuclear safety". Dad, don't you think this ad is suspiciously targeted at you?
Homer - Serious Just because I have one of those things -- a background in nuclear safety?
Lisa - Curious Also, since when do we get the newspaper? When does ANYONE get the paper?
Homer - Happy Well, I can't ignore a tiny ad in a dead paper. I'm off to catch my big break!
Task: "Make Homer Try Out for the Modelling Gig". The job takes place at a Brown House and takes 6 seconds.
STEM-antha V'elcome, Mr. Simpson. Vee have been expecting you.
Homer - Surprised How did you know vy name?!
STEM-antha How many Mr. Simpsons can there be in the world?
Homer - Thoughtful Umm...
STEM-antha You don't have to answer that.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10

Pt. 2[edit]

After completing Pt. 1
Homer So what kind of nude modelling is this?
STEM-antha No one said anything about nude: please put your pants back on.
Testost-Irene Come with me, Mr. Simpson. We must get you in hair and makeup.
Homer - Sarcastic Good luck improving on this beefcake.
Homer - Dreamy Mmm... beef cake.
Task: "Make Homer Go to Hair and Makeup". The job takes place at a Brown House and takes 6 seconds.
Homer Not that I'm not into it, but what's with all the restraints?
STEM-antha Silence! Focus on the screen. Soon you will find yourself hypnotized against your own government...
Homer - Furious Death to the G-men!
STEM-antha I haven't started the hypnosis yet.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10

Pt. 3[edit]

After completing Pt. 2
Homer Hair and muzzle makeup wasn't so hard – I don't see what all those models are complaining about.
Secret Voice Homer, you must initiate Project Lazarus. Gather minions and form your own superpower.
Homer - Scared Oh, no! I've developed a judgmental inner voice, like all models!
Secret Voice The voice you hear is coming from the headset we gave you.
Homer - Guilty Phone I THOUGHT you were different from the voices I usually hear.
Task: "Make Homer Gather Minions". The job takes place at a Brown House and takes 6 seconds.
Task: "Trick Springfielders Into Being Brainwashed" (x3). The jobs take place at a Brown House and take 6 seconds.
Secret Voice Well done. Now we will brainwash the masses into hating their own government.
Homer Way ahead of you, creepy voice. I already told people postage stamps were going up two cents.
Homer - Guilty The masses are collecting pitchforks and lighting torches now.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10

Characters that can do the task are:

Apu, Cletus, Krusty, Skinner, Marge, Moe

Pt. 4[edit]

After completing Pt. 3
Secret Voice It's time to establish a base of operations: somewhere to conduct our various acts of subterfuge.
Homer How 'bout Krusty Burger? They've got free WiFi and a new seven-patty burger, called the Widowmaker. It makes funerals fun again!
Secret Voice This will be a brand new state-of-the-art facility, not some slop factory. I've set up an account for you with near-unlimited funds.
Homer - Sarcastic Thanks, but I'll just get Sky Finger to pay for it.
Task: "Build the Agency Headquarters". It takes 6 seconds.
Task: "Send Agents to Collect Intel on the Widowmaker" (x3). The jobs take place at the Agency Headquarters and take 4 hours.

Pt. 5[edit]

After completing Pt. 4
Secret Voice You've done well, Homer. I think it's time we met. Look behind you.
Homer - Surprised A talking car?! I knew they were real!
Hank Scorpio No, Homer, over here.
Homer Mr. Scorpio? I thought you... you know... died.
Hank Scorpio You can't kill an idea, Homer – just break many of its bones, collapse some of its organs and force it into hiding. But I'm back, and I want you to be my number two.
Homer - Guilty A fella always dreams of meeting a number one who needs a number two!
Task: "Tap the Men in Tan" (x10).
Hank Scorpio - Pleased Look out, Martin Shkreli! I'll be back on top of Forbes Most Evil Employers list in a heartbeat.
Lisa - Nagging They just call that "Top CEOs" now.
Quest reward: Cheap Intel100/Personal Intel100/Corporate Intel100 and XP10

Pt. 6[edit]

After completing Pt. 5
Hank Scorpio The key to any intelligence agency is the intelligence: you've got to have more eyes than Mississippi.
Hank Scorpio That would be four. We'll need more than that.
Willie Willie can hide cameras everywhere and watch 'em all from me custodian's closet.
Hank Scorpio I appreciate the disturbing offer, but we need to think bigger. I'm talking global positioning satellite levels of peeping tomfoolery.
Grampa In my day, we used to just root through people's garbage.
Gil - Sad Hey, you're talkin' about my home there!
Task: "Build the Surveillance Post".
Task: "Launch the Drone Scan".
Homer - Guilty Uh oh, I think I broke something.
Hank Scorpio What, that flash? Drones have a tendency to overload like that.
Hank Scorpio Lucky for us, it also wipes the memory of anyone who looks at it and sends them packing.
Hank Scorpio - Annoyed You did cover your eyes for that, didn't you?
Homer - Glassed Eye Um... what answer doesn't make me look stupid...?
Quest reward: Cheap Intel100/Personal Intel100/Corporate Intel100 and XP10

Next Quest: Pretty Fly for a WiFi

Pt. 7[edit]

Previous Quest: Pretty Fly for a WiFi
After completing Pretty Fly for a WiFi
Hank Scorpio - Sad We're wasting too much time and energy on putting out fires.
Homer - Confused So we should be starting fires?
Hank Scorpio When the heat is on, one needs to be a master of disguise and hide in plain sight.
Homer - Beard Way ahead of you.
Hank Scorpio - Annoyed Take that off, Homer.
Homer - Beard Homer who? I'm Admiral Troutpuncher of Her Majesty's Royal Navy.
Hank Scorpio - Annoyed Oh, brother.
Reward: Schematic40
Task: "Build the Hidden Research Facility". It takes 6 seconds.
Task: "Spend Schematics on Research".
Hank Scorpio From here, we can construct an arsenal of everyday items, that are secretly something else.
Homer Like that toilet in your office that's also a water fountain.
Hank Scorpio - Sad My office doesn't have a toilet.
Quest reward: Cheap Intel500/Personal Intel500/Corporate Intel500 and XP50

Behind the Laughter[edit]

The quest name is a reference to the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much.