History Videogame / TheSims3

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: The [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain Outstanding Citizen]] Warehouse Corporation, which is where the criminal element of the town hides out.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jared Frio is a ''big'' Jerkass who, [[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Jared_Frio: according to his wiki]], is known for befriending people and betraying them as well as teasing and mocking them ([[WithFriendsLikeThese even if they are his friends]]). However, Jared's brother, [[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Connor_Frio Connor Frio]], a ''loner by nature'' [[PetTheDog does not mind Jared's company as he never had tried or tries to mold Connor like their parents and classmates did and actually understands when Connor desires his time alone.]]
** Playable sims can be this, with combinations such as the "Mean-spirited" and "Good" traits, or the "Evil" and "Friendly" traits.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Death will revive Sims with the Unlucky trait, but only because their mishaps provide too much amusement for him to take them away too early.
** Playable Sims with both [[CardCarryingVillain the Evil trait]] and [[JerkAss the Mean-Spirited trait]] certainly qualify.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: A few of the premades, including Margaret Cade from Sims University and Buddy Bailey from Twinbrook.

** From the main menu, loading into the game takes on average about 10 minutes. With performance-improving mods and player actions it can be cut down to 5-6.

* ChildHater: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with the "Dislikes Children" trait. Such Sims usually won't torment or antagonize children ([[{{Jerkass}} unless they're also Evil or Mean Spirited]]); they just don't like being around kids or talking to them.

* CurseOfThePharaoh: In the World Adventures pack, if one disturbs their sarcophagus ornsteals their treasure, the Sim would be subject to their curse. If the curse is not treated for two weeks, they would die, and their ghost color will be dusty black.

** [[NervousWreck Neurotic Sims]] can {{Freak Out}}, where the go into a [[VillainousBreakdown 10 second]] [[HeroicBSOD BSOD]], which can completely disturb other sims around them. After doing so, they end up with the "tranquil" moodlet, where they are completely relieved of their stress, and will instead be happy for a few hours. In ''Supernatural'', the Freak Out action can also happen to sims with the Lunacy moodlet during a full moon, with the same results.

* OffscreenTeleportation: The Mysterious Mr. Gnome secret item moves to different parts of your house lot when you're not looking. A possible ShoutOut to ''Machinima/TheStrangerhood'', a ''The Sims 2'' machinima series from the makers of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''.

** The Supernatural EP and its neighbourhood (Moonlight Falls) take this UpToEleven.

** The Diva trait is basically a Snob trait taken UpToEleven. They are very difficult to be friends with (with even the strongest positive interaction only going up to ''two'' points of relationship boost!) and much easier to be enemies with (only Sims with a Good, Friendly, and Easily Impressed trait can tolerate a Diva).

* CelebrityEndorsement: Music/KatyPerry is a ''huge'' Sims fan, and has collaborated with the Sims 3 team multiple times, including her own stuff pack. (Unfortunately it's often regarded as the worst stuff pack ''ever'', due to the ultra-colorful dessert furniture which TastesLikeDiabetes.)

** Rain Leary, who appears in the [=PS3=]/XBOX 360 version. Has the 'Loner' trait, wears very dark clothing, and she moves out of her family's home and into '[[BigFancyHouse The]] [[OldDarkHouse Clique]]' because she couldn't stand that her old household was all [[TastesLikeDiabetes kittens, puppies, gumdrops, and rainbows run by hippies.]] She's also [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold Artistic]] and [[DarkIsNotEvil Friendly.]]

* WildMassGuessing: Just who the heck is [[CuteGhostGirl Lolita Goth]]? Maybe an ElegantGothicLolita?

* GrumpyBear: "Grumpy" is a trait. The trope is averted if the grumpy sim lives in [[DarkerAndEdgier Midnight Hollow]].

* ContinuitySnarl
** One of the biggest complaints among older fans in ''The Sims 3''. Many characters origins are off, ages are inconsistent with [=TS2=], and the preference for random new Sims and time-travelling [=TS2=] Sims over old fan-favorites from [=TS1=] are some of the reasons as to why [=TS3=] has a large FanonDiscontinuity.
** In ''The Sims: Hot Date'', Agnes' deceased husband was Robert Crumplebottom, a famous puppeteer. In ''The Sims 3'', he's a completely unremarkable man named Erik Darling.
** Frida Goth, Gunther's sister in ''The Sims 2'', does not appear in ''The Sims 3'' until the ''Supernatural'' expansion.
** In ''The Sims Bustin' Out'', Bella Goth's family (the Bachelor family) was described as being made up of "occultists, mystics and decadents" and Bella was the only neighborhood Sim to appear in Magic Town in ''The Sims: Makin' Magic'', strongly hinting that she has magical powers of some sort. This was further hinted at in ''The Sims 2: Apartment Life'', in which a statue of her appears in the mystical town of Belladonna Cove. In ''The Sims 3'', she and her family are as mugglish as possible, and it appears that [[http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:37838&categoryId=13144 the Goths are now the magical ones]].
** Skip Broke appears as a child in Riverview. Not only would that make him over twenty five years older than his wife Brandi, but also has him only slightly younger than Brandi's parents, who both passed away from old age before "The Sims 2".
** The fan favourite Curious family reappears in Twinbrook, but the ages are all messed up. The youngest member of the family, Notzo Curious is a toddler, supposedly fifty years before The Sims 2 and somehow died of old age, had a son who also died and sired several grandkids, one of which is only a few days from ''also'' becoming an elder in The Sims 2.

** The Philosopher's Stone lifetime reward can convert items into [[VendorTrash gold bars for profit]]. The problem is that not only is it very expensive (costs you 40000 lifetime points) you are limited to only converting small, portable items into gold and that gold bars are actually worth ''less'' than some items. Not only that but the Philosopher's Stone has a rather high chance of failing and can end up either deleting your item, or ''turning your Sim into a gold statue and killing them in the process''. [[note]]Sims turned into a statue by the Philosopher's Stone can be sold for a lot of money, so hey, at least their deaths didn't end up being that fruitless. Though your Sim may not even have to die at all if they have the Unlucky trait, or have a Death Flower in their inventory.[[/note]]

** All the large birds you can catch [[AllAnimalsAreDogs act like parrots]], even though they are explicitly classified by the game as another species. You can teach them to talk and safely play with them in your arm. In real life, you can't teach a hawk to talk and it's not a good idea to "play" with one, specially without protective gear.

** Unstable sims regularly receive the "out of sorts" moodlet which threatens to [[CharacterDerailment change their traits]] if not dealt with; The moodlet can be easily resolved by having the sim in question take a few deep breaths or go to the hospital, however. The awesome part is that sims with the unstable trait regularly get easily-fulfilled wishes related to the mechanics associated with this trait.

* FreeRangeChildren: Sim children are able to go everywhere the town alone with a 10:00 pm curfew. (In ''The Sims 2'' kids had to go with an adult or teen.)