- For the reference to the novel, see The Old Man and the Sea.
| The Old Man and the Sea
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| Tapped Out Quest Information
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The Old Man and the Sea is a questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the Squidport content update. It unlocks the Sea Captain and the Houseboat.
Dialogue[edit]
| After completing Squidport Pt. 4
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Uh-oh, did I blow another brain vessel? I think I'm hallucinating a house out there... in the ocean.
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No, it's real! It's some kind of house/boat hybrid! Hmmm, I wonder what you call that?
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| Task: "Place Sea Captain's Houseboat".
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| If the player does not place the houseboat in the water:
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Even if that boat is a house, it still goes in the ocean
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| Place: Houseboat
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| New Character: Sea Captain
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Quest reward:  100 and  10
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| After tapping on Sea Captain's exclamation mark
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Y'arr, who be doing all that squalling and cussing at the sea? Ye made me sailors blush. Seriously, some of them cried.
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Sorry, sometimes I have a potty mouth. Anyhoo, who the F@#& are you?
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Captain McCallister. Just let in from a long haul at sea.
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Been at Madagascar and at Malabar and spent half a hundred days floating 'round that giant garrrbage patch in the Pacific.
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Y'arr, that last one tweren't intentional.
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But sit ye down and have a yarn with the Captain. I'll tell of a ship that near went under, her belly laden with conterfeit Kindle Fires.
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Eh, I'm not really much for listening to people.
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Did I mention thar'd be rum by the bucketfull?
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Yarn away! Don't leave anything out!
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| Task: "Make Sea Captain Tell a Tall Tale". The task takes 4 hours.
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| Quest reward: 100 and 10
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| After tapping on Sea Captain's exclamation mark
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Now, me hearties, bring her about and get her braced in a broach and ye can lay to that!
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Because... um, at three bells... as the crow flies... er... sextant...
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Is everything okay, Sea Captain?
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I've been running out of nautical jargon to pepper me conversation with. Which is hard because, ye know, it's my thing.
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You could pick up jargon from classic tales of the sea like, "Treasure Island" or "Moby Dick".
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Brilliant! Yoiu're like one of them, ye know, light... buildings that shine for boats and stuff when the weather is... not good...
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Y'arr, I'd best get to readin'.
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| Task: "Make Sea Captain Read Nautical Literature". The task takes place at Springfield Library and takes 24 hours.
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| Quest reward: 100 and 10
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| After tapping on Sea Captain's exclamation mark
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When ye're crossing a great ocean and ye got miles of time ahead of ye, it's the perfect opportunity to hone new skills.
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Like what? Knot tying, knife throwing, shark punching?
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Nay! I was able to work up a solid stand up set.
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Here's my opener: We all know the difference between a Quartermaster and Boatswain, right? 'Bout 20K a year! Ba-dum-bump!
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hat language are you speaking?
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Y'arr, I'm still workshoppin' a lot of this.
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| Task: "Make Sea Captain Practice Standup Routine". The task takes 60 minutes.
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| Quest reward: 100 and 10
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| After tapping on Sea Captain's exclamation mark
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Y'arr, I have depleted the ocean of all her delicious sea life.
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What Homer did to my restaurant, I did to Poseidon's endless wonderland. So, I can see how he'd be sore at me.
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It's going ta take a bit o' sweet talkin' to get the bounty of the sea flowing again.
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| Task: "Make Sea Captain Pray to Poseidon". The task takes place at the First Church of Springfield and take 12 hours.
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| Quest reward: 100 and 10
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