Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
Springfield is on a Red Alert as a nuclear missile is headed their way! Can you and The General help save the day? Only time…and donuts…will tell!
Remember, this event is designed to follow a series of tasks via the questline to unlock prizes. For each of the parts of the Panic at the Silo questline, you’ll have to earn
via various character tasks in order to unlock the prize for that part.
So let’s take a look at the first prize for this mini-event, The General…
The General is a brand new character for Springfield and part of the Red Alert Character Collection:
How You Unlock it:
Panic at the Silo Pt. 1
Make Springfielders Be Impressed by The General- x5. 1hr
Make Milhouse Bugle Reveille to Welcome The General- 3hrs
Make Quimby Break Speeding Laws Driving Out of Town- 4hrs
Collect Air Raid Sirens- x155.
Once achieved you’ll unlock The General…
Other Info:
Voiced?: Yes
WDTCF: “Paths of Glory”, S27, E8
The General does come with a full questline, here’s a look at that questline:
Cold War Blues Pt. 1
The General starts
The General: Students of Springfield, I’m here to talk to you today about the incredible career opportunities available in the U.S. military.
Bart: Hmmmm. Get woken up at 4am to do pushups in the mud…or sit on the couch and watch my Shiba Inu go up.
The General: You know, there’s a lot more to being happy than just making money. For example, being a part of something bigger, pushing yourself to the limit, and defending your country!
Nelson: Spoken like a true paper hands.
The General: Aren’t you kids worried about the global threat posed by countries like Russia?
Milhouse: Well, they do have 11% of the world’s crypto mining capacity.
The General: They do?! Is that more than us?
Make The General Talk About the Cold War- 4hrs
Make Students Check Crypto Prices on Their Phones- x3. 4hrs
The General: All right, fine. What if I told you that by signing up for the military, you’ll get exclusive access to our new NFTs of highlights from the Spanish-American War?
Milhouse: I’d say, “OK Boomer”.
The General: If none of you young people will fight for our country, then who will?
Bart: You worry about the country, I’ll worry about where to put all my tendies.
Cold War Blues Pt. 2
The General starts
The General: Hey, you in the clown suit! How’d you like to pick up some extra cash by joining the National Guard?
Krusty: I’m all good. Collecting PPP!
The General: What about you, Homer? With that extra National Guard cash, you could upgrade to premium beer!
Homer: I’m all good. Collecting SSS!
The General: SSS?
Homer: Sim Simpson Support.
The General: It’s like you folks won’t realize how important military service is until your country is actually invaded. Why am I seeing a lightbulb floating over my head?
Make The General Stage an Invasion- 4hrs
Make Springfielders Ignore Military Service- x5. 4hrs
Cold War Blues Pt. 3
The General starts
Rasputin The Friendly Russian: Psssssst!
The General: Huh?
Rasputin The Friendly Russian: Psssssst! Over here, comrade. I want to discuss a recruitment opportunity.
The General: Sorry, only US citizens can serve in the military.
Rasputin The Friendly Russian: I’m talking about recruiting YOU!
The General: You want me to betray my country?!
Rasputin The Friendly Russian: No, I want you to become wrestling’s newest supervillain!
Make The General Ponder a Career Change- 4hrs
Make Rasputin the Friendly Russian Measure The General for Tights- 4hrs
The General: So what would my character name be?
Rasputin The Friendly Russian: “General Sanders”.
The General: Isn’t that too much like “Colonel Sanders”?
Rasputin The Friendly Russian: Not when you’ve just signed a cross-promo deal with a national chicken-focused fast casual chain! What size fake beard are you?
Cold War Blues Pt. 4
The General starts
The General: I’ll have another, Moe. Actually, make it a double.
Moe: Recruitment not going so hot, eh?
The General: I only got one person to take a meeting with me…and he cancelled when he found out I wasn’t “The General” from car insurance and couldn’t help him meet Shaq. Hey, why’d you take my drink away?
Moe: No zero-deductible collision coverage for me, no free shots for you.
Make Moe Get Quotes From GEICO and State Farm- 4hrs
Make The General Try to Get a Buzz From Popcorn Salt- 4hrs
Moe: Come on, General, spill the beans! I wanna hear about some of these cool secret weapons the military has. I heard you have this one weapon that can—
The General: —read your mind?
Moe: WHOA!
The General: Ha, we don’t have that.
The General’s Permanent Tasks:
| Task | Length | Earns | Location |
| Read New Orders | 1hr | $70, 17xp | Town Hall/Missile Bunker/Simpson House |
| Talk About the Cold War | 4hrs | $175, 45xp | Outside/Visual |
| Get Uniforms Dry Cleaned | 8hrs | $275, 70xp | Twelve Day Dry Cleaners/Shops in Springfield |
| Stage an Invasion | 12hrs | $420, 100xp | Outside/Visual |
| Look for Soldiers to Boss Around | 24hrs | $600, 150xp | Sgt Thug’s Mtn Top Command Post/Town Hall/Homes in Springfield |
And that’s it my friends, the details on The General (remember, he can’t help you meet Shaq)!
Up Next? The rest of the mini-event prize track! I’ll break down those prizes a little later.
Thoughts on The General? Questline? Tasks? Event? Sound off below.
All my characters are so impressed with the General that they are all stuck in the Town Hall…..any ideas as to how I get them out?
Store and replace it
That’s sorted it – many thanks
Voiced Character with clever Visual Character Tasks (and he’s free!) Character comes from an interesting Episode, the same Episode where I’ve longed to see Amelia Vanderbuckle added to the Game App! 👍🏻