Right then, you’ve got your Rundown and Turbo Tappin’ up so lets take a look at the premium offering for this act …
Mother Cactus and Cactus Lisa and Cactus Bart
(Building and Two Characters)
As ever this isn’t exactly a Should I Buy, more like it’s a look at what you get if you decide to spend those Donuts so you can make your own minds up.
Here’s what’s in this post:
• Basic info
• Questline with Dialog
• Permanent tasks
– Joint Tasks
– Cactus Lisa
– Cactus Bart
Lets get started then, shall we . . .
Basic info:
● Mother Cactus and Cactus Lisa and Cactus Bart
(Building and Two Characters)
Cost: 150 Donuts
● Cactus Lisa
• Premium: Yes
• Voiced: 3 clips
• Questline: Yes
• Animated Job(s): only the joint 8 and 24 hour tasks
Note: Earns event currency for Act 4
Sound Effect(s):
• Tapped:
• Bad Job:
• Job Done:
● Cactus Bart
• Premium: Yes
• Voiced: 4 clips
• Questline: Yes
• Animated Job(s): only the joint 8 and 24 hour tasks
Note: Earns event currency for Act 4
Sound Effect(s):
• Tapped:
• Good Job:
• Bad Job:
• Job Done:
Bundled with:
● Mother Cactus
• Unique: Yes
• Built: 6 seconds
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 105 $$s and 11 XP every 3 hours
• Job(s): Yes, Cactus Lisa and Cactus Bart
Sound Effect(s):
• Tapped:
Questline with Dialog:
This is made up of a joint questline with two individual quests after part 2 before it completes:
• Growing Pains part 1 (Joint)
• Growing Pains part 2 (Joint)
• Cactus Bart’s Excellent Adventure (Cactus Bart) **
• A Thorn Among Roses (Cactus Lisa) **
• Growing Pains part 3 (Joint)
• Growing Pains part 4 (Joint)
** these 2 individual quests show up and can be completed at the same time, but you will need to do both to continue with the joint quest.
Growing Pains part 1:
Cactus Lisa: Ahh. Another beautiful day!
Cactus Bart: Uh-huh.
Cactus Lisa: The sun, and the warm breeze…you couldn’t ask for anything better than this.
Cactus Bart: Yup.
Cactus Lisa: What’s wrong?
Cactus Bart: I’m BORED! All we ever do is stand here in the sun and stare at chameleons.
Cactus Lisa: We’re…cacti. What do you want to do?
Cactus Bart: We could go to Springfield and check out the Squidport!
Cactus Bart: Ooh, or we could go to Krustyland! Or we could try the Devil’s Deluge at Mt. Splashmore!
Cactus Lisa: …you know what? Let’s do it!
Cactus Bart: Wait, really?
Cactus Lisa: Sure, it could be fun!
Cactus Bart: Awesome! Let’s go!
Cactus Lisa: Hold on! Before we go, we should probably store up some energy for the trip.
Cactus Bart: Uh, and how do you propose we do that?
Cactus Lisa: Let’s stand here in the sun and stare at the chameleons!
Cactus Bart: Oh boy.
• Make Cactus Lisa and Cactus Bart Grow Together – 4 hours
Cactus Bart: Can we go now?
Cactus Lisa: I still have a few hours left in my job.
Cactus Bart: Quit lying. It was a dual job. We ended at the same time.
Cactus Lisa: Oh, alright.
Growing Pains part 2:
Bart: Lis! Lis, you gotta see this!
Lisa: I’m not falling for that again. Find someone else to throw scorpions at.
Bart: No, Lis! For real! Look!
Lisa: Is that a cactus? That looks just like me?
Cactus Lisa: I take some offense to that. I’m my own person. I-I mean cactus.
Lisa: And she talks?
Bart: Oh man, does mine talk too?
Cactus Bart: Nope.
Bart: Aw, man.
Lisa: Is your cactus brother always so gullible?
Cactus Lisa: You should see our Cactus Dad.
• Make Cactus Bart Laugh at Bart – 4 hours
• Make Bart Realize What Happened – 4 hours
• Make Lisa Try to Apologize – 4 hours
• Make Cactus Lisa Roll Her Eyes – 4 hours
Bart: Okay, fine. You got me.
Cactus Bart: Hey, you’re from Springfield, right?
Bart: Yeah.
Cactus Bart: Great! Can you take us there?
Bart: …take you to Springfield?
Cactus Bart: Yeah! I want to jump across Springfield Gorge on a skateboard and write something a hundred times on the chalkboard!
Bart: Man, this is gonna be awesome.
Cactus Lisa: And while they’re out being jerks, could you show me some of the nature in Springfield?
Lisa: Really? Don’t you want to see the tire fire?
Cactus Lisa: Ew, gross.
Lisa: No one has ever answered that question correctly before.
Cactus Bart’s Excellent Adventure:
Cactus Bart: *spraying paint on a wall* El…Cacto…was…here…
Bart: Now let’s get out of here before Wiggum finishes that box of donuts!
Cactus Bart: But we gave it to him two minutes ago!
Bart: You’re right. We gotta move!
Wiggum: Hey! What kind of filling is this, Lou?
Lou: Looks like some sort of green jelly.
Wiggum: You don’t think it’s… kryptonite?
Lou: If it was, would you spit it out?
Wiggum: Nah, probably not.
• Make Bart Run for It – 4 hours
• Make Cactus Bart Run for It – 4 hours
• Make Wiggum Decide Not to Chase Them – 4 hours
Bart: So uh…what DID you put in that donut?
Cactus Bart: Oh, just some Cactus Jelly.
Bart: What’s that?
Cactus Bart: I make jelly out of my cactus juice. It makes the scorpions hallucinate.
Bart: What do you think it would do to Homer?
Cactus Bart: Only one way to find out…
A Thorn Among Roses:
Cactus Lisa: That’s the biggest tree I’ve ever seen! And what are those green things growing on it?
Lisa: You mean leaves?
Cactus Lisa: Leaves… And where are its spines?
Lisa: You have a lot to learn about nature outside of the desert. Would you like to go see Springfield Lake?
Cactus Lisa: What’s there?
Lisa: Well, a lot of water and —
Cactus Lisa: Wa-ter?
Lisa: Okay, you’re in for the trip of a lifetime.
• Make Cactus Lisa Go to Springfield Lake – 4 hours
• Make Lisa Be Thrilled to Have an Outdoor Friend – 4 hours
Lisa: So, what do you think?
Cactus Lisa: It’s so beautiful. I love water.
Lisa: If you want to see water, we could stop by the Squidport or the Ornate Pier to look at the ocean.
Cactus Lisa: I probably shouldn’t. I’m already feeling woozy.
Lisa: Ooh, that’s right. Maybe we should see what our brothers are up to.
Cactus Lisa: Knowing mine, he’s probably pulling a prank on some unsuspecting victim like…
Lisa: Homer!
Growing Pains part 3:
Homer: Wow man, look at all the colors!
Bart: This is the best day ever.
Cactus Bart: It was until now. Here come the girls.
Homer: Liiiisa! There’s two of you! And one’s all greeeeen.
Lisa: Bart, what did you do?
Bart: We just gave Homer a donut! He looked like he wanted it!
Homer: Jelly donut, jelly donut, jelly jelly jelly jelly…
Lisa: What kind of donut?
Cactus Bart: A homemade Cactus Jelly donut!
Cactus Lisa: Oh no.
• Make Homer Hallucinate – 4 hours
• Make Cactus Bart Look Totally Innocent – 4 hours
• Make Cactus Lisa Glare at Her Brother – 4 hours
• Make Bart Roll on the Floor Laughing – 4 hours
• Make Lisa Worry About Her Father – 4 hours
Homer: Where’d all the pretty colors go?
Lisa: Dad, are you feeling better?
Homer: I’m not sure. Are there still two of you? And is one of you still green?
Cactus Lisa: Yeah, he’ll be fine.
Cactus Bart: I told you! Cactus Jelly is perfectly safe!
Homer: Cactus Jelly? Was that the yummy green stuff that made the walls melt?
Cactus Bart: Yup! I make it myself.
Homer: Woohoo! Gravy train!
Homer: I mean “Cactus Jelly train”!
Growing Pains part 4:
Cactus Lisa: There you go. Four more jars of Cactus Jelly.
Homer: Aww. Only four?
Cactus Lisa: That’s all we have the juice for right now.
Cactus Bart: We could always make more…
Cactus Lisa: No. I hate it.
Homer: Pleeeeeease?
Cactus Lisa: Ugh, fine.
• Make Cactus Lisa and Cactus Bart Get Cactus Juice From the Source – 4 hours
Cactus Lisa: All right. That’s four cases of Cactus Jelly.
Homer: Woo hoo!
Cactus Bart: We should probably get back to the desert before it gets dark.
Cactus Lisa: Wait, you want to go back?
Cactus Bart: Look, pulling off my own head and dripping into a bucket may sound like fun but, after four hours, it can get kind of boring.
Cactus Lisa: More boring than standing in the sun and staring at chameleons?
Cactus Bart: I’ll race you home to find out.
Cactus Lisa: You’re on!
Permanent tasks:
Cactus Lisa + Cactus Bart joint tasks:
Unusually there’s a version for both these characters to start both these tasks, so it doesn’t matter who you find if you want to use these jobs.
Do remember though that the Unemployment Office ignores joint tasks. Use that and you’d get their individual jobs that follow later, so if you want to use these joint tasks set them first.
• Task: Get Cactus Juice From The Source
• Time: 8 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 420 $$s, 105 XP each
• Animated: Yes
• Location: Outside – visual
• Task: Grow Together
• Time: 24 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 1000 $$s, 225 XP each
• Animated: Yes
• Location: Outside – visual
Cactus Lisa permanent jobs:
• Task: Grow Spines
• Time: 1 Hour
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 105 $$s, 23 XP
• Animated: No
• Location: Mother Cactus
• Task: Observe Desert Wildlife
• Time: 4 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 260 $$s, 70 XP
• Animated: No
• Location: Mother Cactus
• Task: Daydream About Tropical Plants
• Time: 8 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 420 $$s, 105 XP
• Animated: No
• Location: Mother Cactus
• Task: Admire Sandstorms
• Time: 12 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 600 $$s, 150 XP
• Animated: No
• Location: Mother Cactus
• Task: Drink a Quarter Ounce Of Water
• Time: 24 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 1000 $$s, 225 XP
• Animated: No
• Location: Mother Cactus
Cactus Bart permanent jobs:
• Task: Grow Spines
• Time: 1 Hour
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 105 $$s, 23 XP
• Animated: No
• Location: Mother Cactus
• Task: Daydream About Roller Coasters
• Time: 4 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 260 $$s, 70 XP
• Animated: No
• Location: Mother Cactus
• Task: Stare Off Into Nothingness
• Time: 8 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 420 $$s, 105 XP
• Animated: No
• Location: Mother Cactus
• Task: Make Cactus Jelly
• Time: 12 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 600 $$s, 150 XP
• Animated: No
• Location: Mother Cactus
• Task: Stare Blankly At Sand Dunes
• Time: 24 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 1000 $$s, 225 XP
• Animated: No
• Location: Mother Cactus
There you have it, over to you. Is this a must-buy, a maybe or a hard-pass?
Your opinions might help any Addict who’s not made up their minds yet so please share your thoughts in the comments.
Back tomorrow with a quick post on the Chameleons.
This was an interesting questline, in that it’s the first I ever remember seeing that sends each of the “coupled” characters off on completely separate tasks, with others (and then brings them back together for the next task). I’m not sure I’ve described this well, but, hopefully, if you’re far enough along in their questline, you’ll get what I mean!
Also, since people are discussing the for-purchase chameleons here, I’ll noy that they can take trips at the airport, which kind of screwed up my routine of sending the unicorn, parrot, and cayote(?) on flights.
Silly question but how do I light my Wicker man, tried tapping but nothing happens ?
I believe Otto has a job there that ignites or lights up the man.
See the notes from this post …
https://tstoaddicts.com/2024/07/01/the-summer-of-our-discontent-act-3-prizes/
Ok thanks I did actually read that but just assumed there would be other ways to set it alight ?
Hoping to get enough donuts to buy these two, currently at 73. Just got chimp refuge though.
Many Thanks, as always, for all the extensive you do for us, Graham.
I bought the 3 chameleon bundle (named Chameleon, Rock Chameleon and Chip Chameleon.) At first it seemed like they all landed together in a bunch on a small, isolated section of road in my town.
I looked right away for all three chameleons but I could only find one that had dropped on that small isolated section of road. I have looked everywhere in and around that landing point and looked all around town for the other two. I’ve gone throughout my entire inventory. No sign of the other two chameleons anywhere.
I’m continuing to try to figure out if there’s a problem with the chameleon purchase or not. I’ll post if I identify for sure that there’s glitch.
They’ll have scattered.
Got the Pet Fair stage from Dog Days ??
Send ’em to get judged, or just see if they show up for the task to confirm you got ’em.
They’re not in the Census but that’s one way to check, and when the task’s done you’ll know where they are for a little while.
I only got ’em after midnight Friday in the one town without a stage, running behind in my 2 older towns, so I’m trying to hunt them to check for the post yet to come.
Plan B – Dialog post earlier than usual on Monday then I can refer to it for the Chameleons post before doing the prizes ( Dialog is usually the final post of an act )
Planning a bonus post on the Buy More too, some is in the permanent store and others are get it now or hope it’s back
How do you get the chameleons? My event is finished and gone. I was never given an opportunity for the chameleons other than the tappables for the quests.
If you finished the prizes from all 4 acts and the Outro check the event panel in your store
I think I somehow missed getting a character! I’m pretty much finished all the way through to getting the mesa. The chameleons came up for purchase as permanent residents, so I bought them, and when the pop up showing the full collection of characters came up, there’s a dog like character that I never saw anything about. It’s early on in the row, like second or third position from the left, so was it from the first act? How did I miss that?? I tried to find mention of this character in the TSTO posts to see how I can get it, but I don’t see it. Does anyone know anything about it? Thanks!
Post from June 6th …
https://tstoaddicts.com/2024/06/06/donut-day-2024/
PS – if you got those NPCs then you completed the event, only way to get ’em
Happy 4th of July everyone! I ended up getting mother cactus, Bart and Lisa cactus. Very cute indeed.