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Several characters in The Simpsons: Tapped Out had appeared, had been mentioned in the game or been found in the files, but were not controllable (i.e. you could not make them perform actions or jobs). They could not be interacted with, and carry little importance to the gameplay of the game. Below were listed the various non-controllable characters.

Walking characters[]

Birthday Spuckler[]

Main article: Birthday
  • Reward for completing Brandine's 90d task "Birth Another Spuckler"
  • Gain money by pick pocketing, a process similar to that of the unnamed Krustyland characters.

Boardwalk Performers[]

  • They were all unable to be controlled, yet unlike the other characters on this list, one could purchase them.

Bob Clones[]

  • Were wandering around during Act 2 and 3 of the Terwilligers 2015 Event.
    • When tapped players received event currency.
  • At the end of the event, three of them could be purchased to permanently stay in the player's town.

Brutus[]

Disco Zombie[]

Dubya Spuckler[]

Main article: Dubya
  • Reward for completing Brandine's 90d task "Birth Another Spuckler"
  • Gain money by pick pocketing, a process similar to that of the unnamed Krustyland characters.

Formless Terror[]

Main article: Formless Terror

Helter Skeleter[]

Prospector[]

Main article: Prospector

Whitney Spuckler[]

Main article: Whitney
  • Reward for completing Brandine's 90d task "Birth Another Spuckler"
  • Gain money by pick pocketing, a process similar to that of the unnamed Krustyland characters.

In character's tasks[]

Buck-toothed boy[]

Bunnies[]

Dr. Hibbert's daughter[]

Ducks[]

  • Appeared with Shauna during her task "Tease the Ducks".

Dummy[]

The Hounds[]

BurnsHounds
  • Saw when Mr. Burns performs the task: "Walk The Hounds".


Kids[]

Maggie Simpson[]

Newshound[]

ArnieNewshound

Arnie Pye walking Newshound.

  • Saw when Arnie Pye performed the task: "Walk Newshound".


Normal Head Joe Spuckler[]

  • Appeared when Cletus performed the task: "Put the Newest Spuckler to Work".

The Octuplets[]

Octuplets Icon
  • The eight infant children of Apu and Manjula appeared when either Apu was performing his "Feed the Octuplets" task, or Manjula was performing her "Look after the Octuplets" task. They could not both take The Octuplets at the same time (if one of them has The Octuplets, the task with them would be greyed out and at the bottom of the task/jobs list for the other character).
  • Appeared in the Frankincense, Myrrh, and Donuts questline.

Panda Bear[]

  • Appeared during Moe's task "Smuggle Endangered Species".

PBS Mob[]

Reverend Lovejoy's Dog[]

Tiger[]

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Popable[]

Bandits[]

Main article: Bandits
  • Appeared during the Wild West 2016 Event, roaming towns during the event.
  • Tapped them rewarded event prize and trade currency, and sometimes Prospectors
  • At the end of the event, the Brutus (singular) NPC was available for purchase.

Casino Gamblers[]

Main article: Casino Gamblers

Criminals[]

Main article: Criminals

Ghosts[]

  • They appeared during the Halloween 2013 event. They would appear all over the player's town, and one would have to tap them to get rid of them and to get GOO.

Imaginary Bears[]

  • Imaginary Bears appeared during Act 3 of the Winter 2015 Event, roaming towns during the event.
  • Tapped them rewarded event prize currency.

Merrymakers[]

Main article: Merrymakers
  • Merrymakers appeared during Acts 1 and 2 of the Winter 2015 Event, roaming towns during the event.
  • Tapped them rewarded event crafting and prize currencies.

Mutant Seeds[]

Main article: Mutant Seeds
  • Were wandering around during the Terwilligers 2015 Event.
  • When tapped in their own town, players received event currency.
  • Players could also seed some in their Neighbors' Springfields.

Mutant Vegetables[]

Main article: Mutant Vegetables

Nightmares[]

Main article: Nightmares
  • Nightmares were part of the Treehouse of Horror XXVI Event. They came in four variants.
  • They spawned from the Spooky Campfire when Youngsters were sent to Roast S'mores or Hunt Nightmares. They also spawned on their own over time.
  • Tapped them rewarded event crafting currencies.
  • At the end of the event, Disco Zombie and Helter Skeleter NPCs were available for purchase.

Possums[]

Main article: Possums
  • Possums were part of the Monorail 2015 Event.
  • They were appearing on the streets of the Player's Springfield near the monorail's station they escaped from.
  • When tapped in their own town, players received event currency.

Prospectors[]

Main article: Prospectors
  • Appeared during the Wild West 2016 Event, roaming towns during the event.
  • Tapped them rewarded event prize and trade currency.
  • At the end of the event, the Prospector (singular) NPC was available for purchase.

Rigellians[]

Star Spawn[]

Zombies[]

Cameo/mentioned[]

Ben[]

Cool Kid Icon


Bender[]

Bender Icon

Bender's dialogue icon.


Bill and Marty[]

Bill-and-marty


Birch Barlow[]

Birch-barlow


Blinky[]

Clancy Bouvier[]

Clancy Angry Icon

Clancy Bouvier's ghost

Cow[]

  • The cow was an icon seen briefly at the end of the Thankless Thanksgiving questline. When Homer Simpson says that he would eat an entire cow on Christmas, the cow worriedly moos.
  • Booberella milks a cow at Cletus' Farm as her 60m task. However, this cow is never seen, as the task is not visual.

Director[]

Director Icon
  • He directed the McBain movie, he had dialogue during the final part of the quest.


Elves[]

Main article: Elves

Felons[]

Main article: Felon

Frank Grimes's Ghost[]

  • Saw during the main quest of the Treehouse of Horror XXIV Event. His ghost tasked Homer to praise him, but it backfires and Lenny and Carl talked about how would greet Homer instead.
  • The level 51 update introduced Frank Grimes. However he was a living character and not a ghost.

Freaks[]

Gil[]

Main article: Gil
  • He tried to sell you deals that encourage the player to buy donuts.

Gypsy[]

Gypsy Fortune Teller Icon


Happy Little Elves[]

King Homer[]

  • King Homer was an animation of the King Homer's Skyscraper who climbed up the skyscraper, only to fall before reaching the top.

Little Vicki Valentine[]

M'nthster[]

Madam Wu[]

MadamWu Icon


Mr. Bont[]

  • Mr. Bont was the third ghost that wants to be appeased by Homer. He possessed Homer in order to live another day and to go out with Marge.
  • During the Secret Agents 2017 Event he was introduced as a playable character.

​Richard and Lewis[]

Royce McCutcheon[]

Rusty the Clown[]

Sarah Wiggum[]

Sarah Wiggum icon

Sarah's unreleased icon during The Invasion Before Christmas 2017 Event.

Sarah was only mentioned in questlines before she was introduced as a playable character.


Sideshow Bob[]

  • Prior to the Terwilligers 2015 Event, the non-controllable Sideshow Bob could only be found in towns as the player had a 10% chance of seeing him in town or while visiting friends' towns. The reward for catching him was 50 Cash.
  • He was also seen in the mini game Sideshow You.

Stairway users[]

Swimming Zombie[]

The Order[]

Trailer Appearances Only[]

These characters only appeared in trailers, and had not yet made in-game appearances or references.

  • Bill Clinton