List of non-controllable characters

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[]

See also: Category:Boardwalk Performers

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

Bob Clones[]

Main article: Bob Clone (disambiguation)

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[]

See Bandits.

Disco Zombie[]

See Nightmares.

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

Not to be confused with the Formless Terrors (plural) NPC currency from the Treehouse of Horror XXVI Event.
At the end of the event, a Formless Terror (singular) NPC was available for purchase.

Helter Skeleter[]

See Nightmares.

Prospector[]

Main article: Prospector

See Prospectors.

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[]

Appears during Quinn Hopper's task "Insult Student's Code".

Bunnies[]

They were seen roaming around your town during the Easter 2014 Event. Could be zapped or tapped to receive Eggs.
One pops out of the Natural Faberge Egg.

Dr. Hibbert's daughter[]

Appears during Lindsey Naegle's task "Fend off Children".

Ducks[]

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

Dummy[]

Appeared during Kearney's Other Son's task "Beat up a Dummy".

The Hounds[]

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

Kids[]

The two kids saw beating up Cocoa Beanie.

Maggie Simpson[]

Prior to the Winter 2015 Event, a non-playable Maggie had appeared for Marge's task Take Maggie for a Walk if the player didn't have the playable version.

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[]

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[]

Tasked "Chase PBS" for Homer Simpson

Reverend Lovejoy's Dog[]

Saw when you send Reverend Lovejoy to walk the dog.

Tiger[]

Appeared when Drederick Tatum does his 4-hour task: Walk the Tiger.

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

They were part of the Burns' Casino 2016 Event. They came in four variants.
Tapped them rewarded event currencies.

Criminals[]

Main article: Criminals

Were wandering around during the Superheroes 2015 Event.
When tapped players received event currency.

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

Were wandering around during Act 1 of the Terwilligers 2015 Event.
When tapped players received event currency.

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[]

They appeared in the Treehouse of Horror XXV Event. They could be tapped to get Probes, Ray Guns or Long Protein Strings.

Star Spawn[]

Star Spawn were a part of the Treehouse of Horror XXVI Event.
They appeared in the player's town after defeating M'nthster for the first time.
They could be tapped for event crafting currencies.
After the event ended, a Star Spawn NPC was available for purchase.

Zombies[]

They came out of the Springfield Cemetery during the Treehouse of Horror XXIII Event. When tapped the player received Treats.

Cameo/mentioned[]

Ben[]

Appeared during Cool Lisas main questline "Cool Intentions".

Bender[]

Bender's dialogue icon.

Appeared during the Clash of the Clones quest chain.
Was mentioned during numerous pieces of dialogue between Matt Groening and Homer.

Bill and Marty[]

They could be broadcasted on KBBL radio.

Birch Barlow[]

He could be broadcasted on KBBL radio.
He was released as a playable character during The Buck Stops Here 2018 Event.

Blinky[]

He could be seen appearing in rivers.
Blinky also appeared as the Blinky Balloon during the Thanksgiving Event.
He could also be seen in the fountain outside the Writers Building when the building was in use.
A Blinky-type fish appeared on top of the Three-Eyed Sushi.
Blinky could be seen swimming near the Private Island, unlocked with Springfield Heights.

Clancy Bouvier[]

Appeared to Homer as a talking ghost during the Ghouls and Gluttons questline from the Treehouse of Horror XXVI Promotional.

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[]

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

Elves[]

Main article: Elves

Were producing Presents during part 1 of the Christmas 2014 Event
Were roaming arong the player's town during part 2 of the event. Shooting them with the Elf Cannon rewarded Elf Bells.

Felons[]

Main article: Felon

Were produced by the Burns State Prison during the Superheroes 2015 Event.
Players could fight them to receive event currency.

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[]

They were featured when the Freak Show Tent was made in quest in the Treehouse of Horror XXIV Event after Lisa and Moe had finished watching the freaks. They looked like Lenny and Carl.

Gil[]

Main article: Gil

He tried to sell you deals that encourage the player to buy donuts.

Gypsy[]

The Gypsy appeared during the main Treehouse of Horror XXIV Event quest when you build the Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop. She helped the Simpsons come up with ideas to stop the ghosts from appearing in Springfield.

Happy Little Elves[]

Saw when you tap the Elf Home (during the Christmas 2013 Event) for collection. They would fly around collecting Gift Bags and Gift Cards from other houses.
Saw on the Happy Little Elves Ride
Also saw in beginning clip on Homer's "Mypad".

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[]

She was mentioned during the "Hobo You Didn't!" questline.

M'nthster[]

M'nthster was a part of the Treehouse of Horror XXVI Event.
He was the main antagonist of the storyline of the event.
During Act Three of the event, the player could battle him using Bart, Lisa, Milhouse and Martin at the Spooky Campfire, or tap him multiple times at the Sunken Temple.
After Event, could be seen in one of the views of the Sunken Temple, tapping on the temple switched the view.

Madam Wu[]

Her dialogue icon appeared during the "Parental Guidance" questline.

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[]

They appeared as two of the children eaten by Lumpy, with the other one being Milhouse.
A counterpart of Lewis appeared as one of the Worker Elves.

Royce McCutcheon[]

Level 50 level-up message.
Random post-Level 60 level-up messages.

Rusty the Clown[]

He appeared as a parade balloon during the Thanksgiving 2013 Event event.

Sarah Wiggum[]

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

Mentioned during the This Little Wiggy questline.
Mentioned during the Bad Cops questline.
Mentioned during the La Dolce Morte questline.

Sideshow Bob[]

Main article: Sideshow Bob (non-controllable character)

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[]

People rode the Escalator To Nowhere.

Swimming Zombie[]

He could be seen swimming in rivers in the Treehouse of Horror XXIV Event.

The Order[]

A different secret organisation was roaming around the player's town during the Stonecutters 2014 Event. By tapped them one received 4 Emblems.

Trailer Appearances Only[]

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

Bill Clinton