Biting Back

Biting Back
Content Update	Treehouse of Horror XXIX Event
Level Required	5
Release Date	October 3, 2018
Number of Quests	8
Succeeded By	More Curses Whatever, Vampires

Biting Back was a limited-time questline released on October 3, 2018. It was the main questline of Act 1 of the Treehouse of Horror XXIX Event.

Quests

Quest	Requirements	Time	Reward	Triggered By
Biting Back Pt. 1	Make Springfielders Ignore Count Dracula (x5) Make Count Dracula Fail to Scare Springfielders*	6s 6s	100 10	Auto
Biting Back Pt. 2	Make Ned Fend Off Vampires	6s	100 10	Auto
Biting Back Pt. 3	Place Old Ruins Discover a Relic	- -	100 10	Ned
Biting Back Pt. 4	Place Holy Forge Acquire Pickaxes (x3)	- 6s	100 10	Ned
Biting Back Pt. 5	Place Flanders Family Tome Tap the Flanders Family Tome to Cleanse All Monster Minions Clear the Curse on Monster Minions in Friends Towns (x3)	- - -	100 10	Homer
Biting Back Pt. 6	Craft a Decoration Reach 5% Curse Bonus	- -	100 10	Auto
Biting Back Pt. 7	Unlock and Build Dracula-la Land	-	100 10	Count Dracula* OR Auto
Biting Back Pt. 8	Unlock Countess Dracula	-	200 20	Auto

* Only if player already has the character Count Dracula.

Dialogue

Biting Back Pt. 1

Start

Character	Dialogue
	Halloween approaches. The time when my evil powers are at their height.
	Tonight my foul presence will bring terror to the huddled, fearful mortals of Springfield.
	Could you stop off at the Kwik-E-Mart? We need more kitchen trash bags.
	But I’m flying home as a bat! I’ll look like an idiot carrying a shopping bag.
	Do it! Or tonight your foul presence will be bringing terror to the living room sofa.
	Yes, Dear.

Springfielders Start Ignoring Count Dracula

Character	Dialogue
	*hypnotizing stare* I want to drink your blood!
	Really? You look a little old to be a network executive.
	Oh Krusty, if I wasn’t already undead, you’d slay me!

End

Character	Dialogue
	I do not understand. Not a single person in this town is scared by me.
	I even bit this woman and she started coming on to me.
	*laughs sheepishly* I haven't had action like that in years.

Biting Back Pt. 2

Start

Character	Dialogue
	Why is no one scared of me? You’d think people deal with unholy bloodsuckers every day.
	They do: Freemium game designers.
	Our only hope is to use our vampire allure and turn the people of Springfield into our minions.
	But first we’ll have to get rid of the most dangerous and sexy man in town.

Ned at Flanders House

Ned starts Fending Off Vampires at Flanders House.

Character	Dialogue
	Hey, hey, the only woman I let bite my neck is my wife!
	Then what’s the problem. Just like her, I’m dead. *long suck*
	Ooh, I feel like an altar boy who’s been overdoing the communion wine…

End

Character	Dialogue
	Homer, help! Vampires are trying to kill me.
	Don’t worry! Vampires can’t stand garlic. Just hang these cloves around your neck.
	Garlic? That’s awfully French. I’ll stick with the vampires.

Biting Back Pt. 3

Start

Character	Dialogue
	Homer, our city is being stalked by vampires!
	Nooo! They’re so terrifyingly moody and angst-ridden.
	Have no flayvin! Lengthy computer simulations have revealed the way to defeat them.
	We must dig up ancient relics from the old Van Flanders ruins, and use them to summon a mythical ancient power.
	The legends call it “Sky Finger” and apparently it has a mysterious power called “tapping”.

End

Character	Dialogue
	Is this it?
	That's a rock.
	Is this it?
	That's the same rock.
	I’m bored.

Biting Back Pt. 4

Start

Character	Dialogue
	We need to dig up more ancient relics and use them to defeat the evil besetting our town.
	Stupid relics. I’ve already broken three of your shovels digging them up. More shovels please.
	I call upon the sky lord to grant us a forge burning with righteousness, forming metal into pickaxes of holy fury.
	Stupid Flanders! Why didn’t you wish for a beer and a jackhammer!

End

No dialogue.

Biting Back Pt. 5

Start

Character	Dialogue
	Look out! Vampires! Stake ‘em!
	*snarls*
	No, Homer, those monsters are actually our fellow townspeople!
	Definitely stake 'em!
	The vampires have used their “allure” to put a curse on regular people.
	I think I know how to free them from the allure, but we’ll need to use the ceremonies written in the old Flanders family tome.
	Now where did I put that tome?
	I borrowed it to put under the leg of my wobbly coffee table.

Cleansing All Monster Minions

Character	Dialogue
	Wow, that tome of yours has some kickass anti-minion power.
	It also has a mighty good recipe for lemonade. Like to try some?
	We’re allies, not friends.

End

No dialogue.

Biting Back Pt. 6

Start

Character	Dialogue
	You'll never stop my minions. We will scatter to the dark corners of Springfield!
	Hmm, we do have a LOT of dark corners in this town.
	It’s the heart of our latest tourist campaign: “Springfield, Where Lovers Can Watch the Stars”.
	Because we never repair the street lights.
	That's it! If we create a dark and spooky area around the old ruins, it'll attract the vampire minions, and keep them out of the town!
	The Frink Future Predictor gives that plan a nintey-nine percent chance of success!
	But an eighty-seven percent chance the Frink Future Predictor itself is just a worthless piece of junk. Frink away!

Curse Bonus Reached

Character	Dialogue
	*inquisitive growl*
	It's working! The spooky ruins are attracting the minions!
	Once again, the Frink Future Predictor is right!
	Everyone wants into the game.

End

No dialogue.

Biting Back Pt. 7

Start

Character	Dialogue
	Vladdy, dearest, my idiotic minions are hiding in the dark instead of chasing victims.
	Yes, the decision to make them mindless does seem to have some drawbacks.
	On the other hand, I think we can draw them out of the shadows with the one thing mindless people love.
	A shopping district.

Biting Back Pt. 8

Start

Character	Dialogue
	I thought if we could defeat any town, it would be this one.
	No kidding. Last spring, Springfield couldn’t even manage to handle an outbreak of athlete’s foot.
	Still can’t. My toes are itching the hell out of me.
	Stand back, Vladdy. It’s time to see what a three-hundred-year-old lady vampire can do to this town.
	My dear, you don’t look a day over two-fifty.

End

Character	Dialogue
	Well, this didn't go as planned.
	That's Springfield, baby! If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!
	Don’t worry about it, my darling. Go have a nice nap in your coffin.
	I can’t! I drank so much blood I’m too fat to fit in it.
	Aw, you can burn those calories off in no time. Just stay up until the sun comes out.

“	The Vampire invasion has been thwarted. But you can still send Countess Dracula on her job to Create Monster Minions!	”
	— System Message.

“	You have completed the Act 1 story! Keep Springfielders digging and cleansing Monster Minions, Act 2 starts soon!	”
	— System Message.