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The Simpsons: Tapped Out Showbiz Showdown content update

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This article is about the Showbiz Showdown content update. For other Multi-Events, see TSTO Multi-Event Content Updates.
225 "Splash and Burn"
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"Showbiz Showdown"
"Tenth Anniversary" 227
"Springfield is certainly NOT ready for its close-up but it's happening anyway! Polystar Pictures has returned to film their next new original idea - a reboot of the reboot of 'The Sands of Space.' Just one problem - Krusty is signed on to direct. Little does he know (since he hasn't read the script) that Polystar plans to retcon Marble Universe characters into the film. Can Krusty deliver a hit or will it be egomaniac vs egomaniac until the studio calls cut on the entire production?"
―Event description on app store.
Splash Screen.
App Icon
Store Panel.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out Showbiz Showdown is the two hundred and twenty-seventh content update. It was released on August 10, 2022 and ended on September 14, 2022. It requires Level 12 to start. It is based on the season 30 episode "The Clown Stays in the Picture".It adds 2 new characters, 4 new building-characterer combos, 1 new decoration-character combo, 2 new buildings and 12 new decorations.

Note[edit]

Yearbook Mystery Box.png All items with this icon on the last column of the table are also available for just Donut Tapped Out.png30 in the Yearbook Mystery Box!

Characters[edit]

Image Name Unlock image Notes
Black Voodoo.png Black Voodoo Black Voodoo Unlock.png Unlocks after completing Dog and Phony Show Pt. 5.
Magnesium Man.png Magnesium Man Magnesium Man Unlock.png Unlocks after completing Crossover Chaos Pt. 5.
Polystar Executive.png Polystar Executive Polystar Executive Unlock.png Unlocks with Polystar Pictures.
Airshot.png Airshot Airshot Unlock.png Unlocks with Fractured Moon.
Hydrangea.png Hydrangea Hydrangea Unlock.png Unlocks with Cosmic Wars Ranch.
Moby Man.png Moby Man Moby Man Unlock.png Unlocks with Ginormous Pictures.
Chinnos.png Chinnos Chinnos Unlock.png Unlocks with Vindicators Base.
Quetzelica.png Quetzelica Quetzelica Unlock.png Unlocks with Tray of 132 Donuts.

Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image
Scotty Boom.png Scotty Boom Donut75 Scotty Boom Unlock.png

Character skins[edit]

Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image
Clockwork Bart.png Clockwork Bart Donut60 Clockwork Bart Unlock.png
Filmmaker Lisa.png Filmmaker Lisa Filmmaker Lisa Unlock.png

Buildings[edit]

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes
TSTO Stage 4.png Stage 4 4h Cleaning the Motion Capture Suits Unlocks after completing Dog and Phony Show Pt. 4.
Film Director's Trailer.png Film Director's Trailer Restocking the Pharmaceutical Drugs Unlocks after completing A Recipe for Distress Pt. 1.
TSTO Polystar Pictures.png Polystar Pictures Donut150 6s Ruining Another Franchise Unlocks Polystar Executive.
TSTO Cosmic Wars Ranch.png Cosmic Wars Ranch Pumping Out More Merchandise Unlocks Hydrangea.
TSTO Ginormous Pictures.png Ginormous Pictures Making a New McBain Movie Unlocks Moby Man.
TSTO Vindicators Base.png Vindicators Base Donut250 Recruiting Top Secret Custodians Vindicators Base Gil Deal.png
Unlocks Chinnos.

Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Build time Task Yearbook MB
The Screens.png The Screens Donut50 6s Reselling Popcorn From Under the Seats
TSTO The Reality Channel.png The Reality Channel Donut55 Telling It Like It Is NOT
Roger Meyers Story.png Roger Meyers Story 4h Remembering that Parody is Protected by Law Yearbook Mystery Box.png
One Week Wonder Films.png One Week Wonder Films Donut100 Seeking the Next Big Summer Movie

Decorations[edit]

Image Name Cost Notes
Movie Light.png Movie Light Donut2 Unlocks after completing Dog and Phony Show Pt. 1.
Buyable after unlocking it.
Sands of Space Interior Set.png Sands of Space Interior Set Unlocks after completing Dog and Phony Show Pt. 2.
Movie Camera.png Movie Camera Donut3 Unlocks after completing Asleep at the Reel Pt. 1.
Buyable after unlocking it.
Sands of Space Billboard.png Sands of Space Billboard Unlocks after completing Asleep at the Reel Pt. 2.
Sands of Space Exterior Set.png Sands of Space Exterior Set Unlocks after completing Asleep at the Reel Pt. 4.
Robot Walker.png Robot Walker Unlocks after completing Asleep at the Reel Pt. 5.
Sands of Space Costume Rack.png Sands of Space Costume Rack Donut5 Unlocks after completing Crossover Chaos Pt. 1.
Buyable after unlocking it.
Sands of Space Battle Car.png Sands of Space Battle Car Unlocks after completing Crossover Chaos Pt. 2.
Sands of Space Spaceship.png Sands of Space Spaceship Unlocks after completing Crossover Chaos Pt. 4.
Sands of Space Laser Drill.png Sands of Space Laser Drill Unlocks after completing A Recipe for Distress Pt. 2.
Tundra Hopper.png Tundra Hopper Unlocks after completing A Recipe for Distress Pt. 4.
Sands of Space Crystal Monument.png Sands of Space Crystal Monument Unlocks after completing A Recipe for Distress Pt. 5.
Fractured Moon.png Fractured Moon Donut150 Unlocks Airshot.

Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Yearbook MB
Tapped Out Walk of Fame Star.png Walk of Fame Star Donut5
Roger Meyers Sr. Statue.png Roger Meyers Sr. Statue Donut20
Award Show Enforcement Bot.png Award Show Enforcement Bot Donut25
Network Headquarters.png Network Headquarters Donut40
Tapped Out Milhouse's Trailer.png Milhouse's Trailer Yearbook Mystery Box.png

Bundles[edit]

Image Name Cost Content
Tray of 132 Donuts + Quetzelica.png Tray of 132 Donuts Tray of 132 Donuts Donut132 and Quetzelica

Consumables[edit]

Image Name Content Cost Screen
Dozen Donuts.png Dozen Donuts Donut12 Mystery Box Token1
Shattered Token.png Shattered Token Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token1 Event completed
Daily challenges
Dozen Donuts
2 Shattered Tokens Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token2 Stack of 60 Donuts
3 Shattered Tokens Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token3 Tray of 120 Donuts
5 Shattered Tokens Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token5 Truckload of 300 Donuts
10 Shattered Tokens Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token10 Store Full of 900 Donuts
15 Shattered Tokens Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token15 Boatload of 2400 Donuts
Gold Box Token.png Showbiz Showdown
Mystery Box Token
Mystery Box Token1 Donut60
Dog and Phony Show Pt. 3
Asleep at the Reel Pt. 3
Crossover Chaos Pt. 3
A Recipe for Distress Pt. 3
Showbiz Showdown Mystery Box.png Showbiz Showdown
Mystery Box
Aztec Theatre, Drive-In Theater w/ Space Mutant, Radioactive Man Movie Scene w/ Sidekick Milhouse, Wild West Film Set w/ Buck McCoy, KTV Building, Refrigeratorium w/ Ice Bishop of Beverly Hills, Cartoon Set w/ Scratchy, Nickel 'N' Dime Animation Studios w/ Jeremy, UPA Talent Agency w/ June Bellamy, Picnic Spot w/ Mrs. Scratchy, Reality Channel Van w/ Roy, Old Theatre District w/ Abbey, Robot Rumble Arena w/ Robot Rumble Announcers, Cookie Castle w/ Princess Jules, The Heartmark Channel w/ Mary Tannenbaum, ESBN Sports Desk w/ Anger Watkins, Shary Bobbins, Diane, Itchy Mystery Box Token1 Showbiz Showdown Mystery Box Screen.png
Shattered Dreams Mystery Box.png Shattered Dreams
Mystery Box
Shattered Dreams Mystery Box: Food Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token1 Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Screen.png
Gold Box Token.png 5 Showbiz Showdown
Mystery Box Tokens
Mystery Box Token5 Donut240

Permanent item sale[edit]

Image Name Cost Yearbook MB
Krustylu Studios Tapped Out.pngTapped Out Unlock Sideshow Mel.png Krustylu Studios w/ Sideshow Mel Donut100 Yearbook Mystery Box.png

Gameplay[edit]

Please note: if the questline seems stuck, move the quest tasks up and down to reveal more.

Dog and Phony Show Gameplay
Asleep at the Reel Gameplay
Crossover Chaos Gameplay
A Recipe for Distress Gameplay

Prizes[edit]

Showbiz Showdown Guide.pngShowbiz Showdown Dog and Phony Show Prizes.pngShowbiz Showdown Asleep at the Reel Prizes.png
Showbiz Showdown Crossover Chaos Prizes.pngShowbiz Showdown A Recipe for Distress Prizes.pngShowbiz Showdown End.png

Dog and Phony Show[edit]

Image Name Unlock
Movie Light.png Movie Light Dog and Phony Show Pt. 1
Sands of Space Interior Set.png Sands of Space Interior Set Dog and Phony Show Pt. 2
Mystery Box Token1 Showbiz Showdown Mystery Box Token
Mystery Box Token1
Dog and Phony Show Pt. 3
TSTO Stage 4.png Stage 4 Dog and Phony Show Pt. 4
Black Voodoo.png Black Voodoo Dog and Phony Show Pt. 5

Asleep at the Reel[edit]

Image Name Unlock
Movie Camera.png Movie Camera Asleep at the Reel Pt. 1
Sands of Space Billboard.png Sands of Space Billboard Asleep at the Reel Pt. 2
Mystery Box Token1 Showbiz Showdown Mystery Box Token
Mystery Box Token1
Asleep at the Reel Pt. 3
Sands of Space Exterior Set.png Sands of Space Exterior Set Asleep at the Reel Pt. 4
Robot Walker.png Robot Walker Asleep at the Reel Pt. 5

Crossover Chaos[edit]

Image Name Unlock
Sands of Space Costume Rack.png Sands of Space Costume Rack Crossover Chaos Pt. 1
Sands of Space Battle Car.png Sands of Space Battle Car Crossover Chaos Pt. 2
Mystery Box Token1 Showbiz Showdown Mystery Box Token
Mystery Box Token1
Crossover Chaos Pt. 3
Sands of Space Spaceship.png Sands of Space Spaceship Crossover Chaos Pt. 4
Magnesium Man.png Magnesium Man Crossover Chaos Pt. 5

A Recipe for Distress[edit]

Image Name Unlock
Film Director's Trailer.png Film Director's Trailer A Recipe for Distress Pt. 1
Sands of Space Laser Drill.png Sands of Space Laser Drill A Recipe for Distress Pt. 2
Mystery Box Token1 Showbiz Showdown Mystery Box Token
Mystery Box Token1
A Recipe for Distress Pt. 3
Tundra Hopper.png Tundra Hopper A Recipe for Distress Pt. 4
Sands of Space Crystal Monument.png Sands of Space Crystal Monument A Recipe for Distress Pt. 5

Dates[edit]

Date (All times
are 3pm GMT)
Event
8/10-9/14 Event, Dog and Phony Show, Movie Light, Polystar Pictures w/ Polystar Executive, Tray of 132 Donuts w/ Quetzelica, Showbiz Showdown Mystery Box,
Showbiz Showdown Mystery Box Token, 5 Showbiz Showdown Mystery Box Tokens, Returning items
8/19-9/14 Asleep at the Reel, Movie Camera, Fractured Moon w/ Airshot
8/28-9/14 Crossover Chaos, Cosmic Wars Ranch w/ Hydrangea, Vindicators Base w/ Chinnos
9/6-9/14 A Recipe for Distress, Ginormous Pictures w/ Moby Man
Event completed
or 9/14-9/21
Shattered Dreams Mystery Box, Shattered Tokens

Conform-o-meter impact[edit]

Name Rating Points
Movie Lights, Movie Camera, Sands of Space Billboard, Sands of Space Exterior Set, Robot Walker, Sands of Space Costume Rack,
Sands of Space Battle Car, Sands of Space Spaceship, Sands of Space Laser Drill, Tundra Hopper, Sands of Space Crystal Monument
Vanity 100
Stage 4, Film Director's Trailer 200
Polystar Pictures, Ginormous Pictures, Vindicators Base 400
Fractured Moon Vanity
Bonus $ and XP
200
4%

Other changes made[edit]

August 9th Update (4.57.0; "4_57_ShowbizShowdown")[edit]

  • The app icon and the splash screen were changed to new ones for the event.

August 16th Update ("4_57_TenthAnniversary")[edit]

  • No changes was made.

September 7th Update ("4_57_ShowbizShowdown_Patch1")[edit]

  • Sconewall Bakery was removed from the Shattered Dreams Mystery Box.

Sources[edit]

  • TOUI favicon.png Overview at Tapped Out - Update Information