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!Pleasantview
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Presumed to be located within VideoGame/SimCity, Pleasantview is your typical suburban neighborhood with your average families living average, peaceful lives... right?

[[SarcasmMode Well, if only that were the case.]]

In the twenty-five years that have since passed between ''The Sims'' and ''The Sims 2'', a lot of things have changed. Mortimer is now old and his daughter Cassandra has grown into a beautiful woman engaged to the town's local [[TheCasanova womanizer]], Daniel and Jennifer are now adults with families of their own, and Michael Bachelor passed away an unspecified amount of time before the start of the game. The Newbies have left a daughter, Brandi, who is struggling to raise her two sons, and a few new families have joined the descendants of the original ''The Sims 1'' cast, each with their own ambitions and desires.

One of the neighborhood's most, if not the most, prominent storyline involves the disappearance of Bella Goth, who has not been seen since she was last spotted scaling the deck of Don Lothario's condo. The Caliente sisters are said to have arrived on the eve of her disappearance, raising rumours that they may have been involved in her disappearance; Unfortunately their interest in Mortimer does nothing to help matters. Accompanying this is a messy LoveDodecahedron centered around a majority of the cast.
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* BettyAndVeronica:
** Darren Dreamer is the Betty and Don Lothario the Veronica to Cassandra Goth's Archie.
** Cassandra the Betty and Nina Caliente the Veronica to Don's Archie.
** To Daniel Pleasant's Archie, his workaholic wife Mary-Sue is the Betty and his maid-turned-mistress Kaylynn Langerak is the Veronica.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Dustin Broke and Angela Pleasant give off this dynamic.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Unlike all the other characters from ''The Sims 1'' base game (i.e. the Goths, the Newbies, the Pleasants, and Michael Bachelor), there's no mention of what happened to Chris and Melissa Roomies.
** Counting the characters introduced in expansions to ''[=TS1=]'', this also extends to the Hick family, the Mashugas, Claire Charming, and all the free [=DLC=] characters. Initially, only the Burbs and the members of the extended Goth clan made the cut; Ginia Kat's daughter eventually turns up in one of the expansions, however.
* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: Played with, as far as "teams" go. The playable Teens form a loose ensemble.
** Angela: The Optimist - [[ParentalFavoritism The preferred daughter of Mary-Sue and Daniel Pleasant]], described as patient and dutiful, and exploring her very first relationship with the teenage {{Delinquent}} Dustin.
** Lilith: The Cynic - TheUnfavourite of the Pleasant twins, a brooding {{Goth}} who was ignored in favour of her older twin Angela and [[TheRunaway is in danger of running away from the family]].
** Dustin: The Conflicted - A troubled young boy who's turned to crime to help his struggling mother after his father's demise, only wishing to be told what to do.
** Dirk: The Realist - Darren's only son and an ambitious kid who's managed to bounce back from his mother's unexpected death.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Natch.
* LoveDodecahedron: [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130704060804/sims/images/d/d6/Love_web.JPG Don't even start.]]
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Dustin appears to be the "manlier" guy compared to Dirk, the only other playable teenage guy in the neighborhood. Darren Dreamer and Don Lothario fit this dynamic as well.
* StepfordSuburbia: Downplayed. According to the description, Pleasantview used to be a rather pleasant place to live in. Now, however, the neighborhood isn't quite as happy as it looks. Every family (with the notable exception of the Burbs and the Oldies) has their own problems.
** The Brokes, as their name implies, are short on money, with recently widowed mother Brandi having to deal with her oldest son turning to crime to make a living, worrying about raising her youngest right, [[spoiler:and coming to terms with having a third child.]]
** The Dreamers have been stuck in a financial crisis ever since the death of Darren's wife and the loss of his job, with his paintings barely bringing in enough money to pay the bills. Darren himself has fallen in love with his long-time best friend Cassandra, but she's off-limits, and worse, engaged to the local Casanova.
** The Pleasants are your average stereotypical middle-class family, except there's more to it than one might think. Daniel is starving for intimacy, [[spoiler:so he's started an affair with the household maid right under his workaholic wife's nose]]. Meanwhile, his twin daughters Angela and Lilith are caught up in an intense enmity while trying to navigate their very first relationships.
** Don Lothario is the neighborhood's local womanizer, who's involved with four different women at the start of the game. He's engaged to Cassandra Goth, although there's no telling who whether the marriage will even go through.
** The Caliente sisters came to the neighborhood on the eve of Bella's disappearance and find themselves struggling financially after a visit from the Repoman. Dina seeks to rectify the problem by seducing the aging Mortimer.
** The Goths are trying to deal with Bella being gone from their lives. Cassandra is now engaged to womanizer Don Lothario, but no one knows if the marriage will even go through in the first place.
* TangledFamilyTree: Assuming the player obeys the various pop-up prompts ''and'' manages not to [[spoiler:cause Don to leave Cassandra at the altar]], one of these forms in combination with the LoveDodecahedron, with Dina becoming the stepmother of her niece and nephew from her first marriage, and Cassandra marrying the man who also has romantic interest in her aunt/stepmother, the twin of said aunt/stepmother, and even her own mother.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Lilith and Angela Pleasant have this dynamic, as well as Nina and Dina Caliente.

!!The Goth family
See the Goth family on ''[[Characters/TheSims1 The Sims 1]]'' page for more.

!!The Pleasant family
See the Pleasant family on ''[[Characters/TheSims1 The Sims 1]]'' page for more.

!!The Dreamer Family
!!!'''Prominent family members:''' Darren Dreamer, Darleen Dreamer, Dirk Dreamer
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' | ''VideoGame/TheSims3''
The Dreamer family first appears in ''The Sims 2'' with widowed single father Darren Dreamer and his only son Dirk. Though only present in ''2'' and ''3'', the Dreamers' claim to fame in the franchise is Darren's love for Cassandra in ''The Sims 2'' despite her being engaged to the local ladykiller Don Lothario. He reappears again ''The Sims 3'' as an aspiring painter, engaged in a relationship with his high school sweetheart Darleen before her death years later in ''2''.

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Darren is a middle-aged widower raising his teenage son, Dirk. After his wife's death, Darren quit his nine-to-five in order to pursue his dream of becoming a famous painter. His model and muse is Cassandra Goth, whom he's secretly in love with.
* AlliterativeFamily: Darren Dreamer, Dirk Dreamer and the late Darleen Dreamer. Additionally, all of Darren's ancestors have first names beginning with "D".
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Averted. Darren doesn't seem to have any problems with the fact that his only son is dating the rebellious black sheep Lilith Pleasant.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Dirk's memories show that his school performance suffered after his mother's death, and he has the "Grew Up Badly" token on his age transition memory from child to teen, implying he had a bad few years. However, his bio implies that he's working hard to overcome it, and he's well on his way to becoming an overachiever by the time the game starts.
* DummiedOut: There is a hidden version of Darleen that can be found in the game files, with a scrapped haircut, a face that's a lot more similar to Dirk's and a different outfit.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Darren is this to his best friend Cassandra, who's engaged to [[TheCasanova Don]] [[MeaningfulName Lothario]]. He's implied to be far too decent to try to break up their relationship, despite his distrust of Don.
* MayDecemberRomance: {{Downplayed}}, but Cassandra's age bar shows she's quite a bit younger than Darren. Following the evidence in the back story [[ContinuitySnarl as far as possible]], she's probably around thirty, while he's maybe mid-to-late forties.
* MissingMom: Darleen passed away some time before the events of the game and is buried in the family lot.
* OnlyFriend: As Lilith's boyfriend, Dirk is her only friend, since the rest of her family has neutral to terrible relationships with her.
* OnlySixFaces: Often going unnoticed because of differences such as facial hair, skin color and glasses, but Darren Dreamer and Daniel Pleasant have very, very similar faces and the same haircut.
* {{Retcon}}: Darren's memories show that he was employed in the Business career before quitting to become a painter. However, when he appears in ''[=TS3=]'', he's already working as a painter before meeting Darleen and having Dirk. (It could be reconciled that he chose to get a more stable job after getting married and becoming a parent, though.)
* StarvingArtist: Darren's financial situation has been on the rocks since Darleen's passing.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Dirk is extremely similar to the aforementioned scrapped Darleen, though oddly, not at all to the version of Darleen buried in their backyard.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: Not really to an extreme degree, but Dirk is a lot more focused on school, and future job prospects, while Darren quit his normal job to try and make it as an artist.
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!!The Broke Family
!!!'''Prominent family members:''' Brandi Broke, Skip Broke, Dustin Broke, Beau Broke
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' | ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' | ''VideoGame/TheSims4''

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The daughter of Betty and Bob Newbie, Brandi hasn't had much luck since her husband passed away in a pool accident, and with the advent of another child and two kids growing up and one turning to crime, things are only going to get tougher for Brandi and the Broke family.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Brandi is only in the first few days of the adult life stage, nowhere near old enough to have a teenage son unless she had access to the Elixir of Life aspiration reward or cheats that allowed her to become pregnant as a teen. {{Fanon}} often seems to regard her as a former [[TeenPregnancy teen mother]].
* AloofBigBrother: At the start of the game Dustin and Beau don't have the highest starting relationship, possibly implying this.
* DisappointingOlderSibling: Given that Skip died and Brandi's heavily pregnant, Dustin's the man of the house, though given that he's also a juvenile delinquent, not a very good one.
* {{Delinquent|s}}: Dustin. He works in the crime career and is friends with a burglar, Gordon King, who was also implied to have been arrested along with Lilith Pleasant at one point, judging from her memories.
* DummiedOut: There is a hidden version of Skip that can be found in the game files, with blue eyes instead of green, and a slightly different face.
* DisappearedDad: Skip Broke is deceased before the start of the game, and the family bio mentions him having been involved in a "suspicious pool ladder accident".
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: As mentioned above in the AbsurdlyYouthfulMother entry, she's only into the first few days of her adult stage, yet has a teenage son. This would suggest her as being a former teen mother, even though such a thing isn't possible in gameplay without player-created mods.
* LegoGenetics: Neither Dustin or Beau look much like their parents, aside from having their dad's hair color. Most famously though, Brandi's unborn son has all of her genetics, and literally none from Skip.
* MeaningfulName: Among the poorest families in the game.
* MayDecemberRomance: If ''The Sims 3'' is to be believed, Skip was only a couple days (years) younger than Brandi's own parents.
* OppositeSexClone: Unless the player tampers with Brandi's pregnancy in some way, her unborn child will always be male. This is because the child has no genetics from Skip, and since his only genetic parent is Brandi, the game will spawn him as the other sex.
* PunnyName: Skip's parents, Flo and Flat Broke.
* TroubledButCute: Dustin works in the criminal career and is said to be acting out. He looks fairly cute as a teenager. Interestingly, he also happens to be dating [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Angela Pleasant]], the neighborhood's Goody two-shoes.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Several of the story pictures seem to exist just to show how happy Brandi and Skip were together.
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!!The Caliente Twins
!!!'''Prominent family members:''' Nina Caliente, Dina Caliente, Katrina Caliente
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' | ''The Sims 2 (console)'' | ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' | ''VideoGame/TheSims4''

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Was it just coincidence that the Caliente sisters arrived on the eve of Bella's disappearance? And is their interest in Mortimer physical... or fiscal?"'']]
The lovely sisters of Pleasantview, made up of the gold-digging Dina and the maneater Nina. Both sisters have it rough after Nina losing her job, Dina's husband Michael's untimely passing and the Repoman taking what they had from their inheritance.

* [[AloofBigBrother Aloof Big Sister]]: Neither sister is particularly close to one another.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde[=/=]DarkSkinnedRedhead: Dina and Nina, respectively.
* DummiedOut: There is a hidden version of Michael that can be found in the game files, with a very different personality, the medium skintone and a purple tracksuit.
* TheFashionista: Both sisters adore fashion. YMMV on the stylishness of their normal attire, however, given that their sense of dress (and all of ''Sims 2'''s fashion) comes from the TurnOfTheMillennium.
* FirstLove: Nina is this to Don and vice versa: They've been romantically involved since adolescence.
** Despite being a very obvious gold digger in regards to Mortimer, Michael seems to be this for Dina, as she ''does'' have the memory of falling in love with him, not to mention that they kept his urn in their condo.
* FamilyThemeNaming: The sisters father was Flamenco, and his half-brother went by Tango.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Nina's a very serious person, Dina is the complete opposite. Notably, Nina's the only one of the two to have had a job, while Dina seems to be banking on marrying Mortimer instead of an actual career.
* GoldDigger: Dina only wants Mortimer for his money. It is not clear if this was the case with her former husband, Michael, since he's never been shown to be super wealthy.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Dina's supposed to be a shallow gold digger, but given the mechanics of romance and marriage in The Sims, both she and Mortimer are as much in love with each other as any other married couple.
* TheHedonist: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Nina, surprisingly enough. One might assume that, being a romance Sim, it would be Nina who'd rather spend her life having as much fun as possible and living it up, but judging by the sisters' interests, personalities, and memories, it's rather ''Dina'' who falls more strongly under this trope. By all accounts, Nina is the sister who's actually held a job, she's neat and organized compared to Dina, enjoys exercise and will, if the player follows the prompt, move out to strike out on her own should Mortimer be married to Dina, potentially letting her become a [[SelfMadeMan Self-Made Woman]]. Dina, on the other hand, is lazy and sloppy, has maxed out interests in several materialistic things such as toys, entertainment and travel, and doesn't seem to have any long-term ambitions beyond marrying a rich man and 'making it big', whatever that means.
* HiddenDepths: Hilariously enough, both sisters have high interest in Sci-Fi, which makes sense given that they're both alien hybrids.
* MayDecemberRomance: Dina is still barely into the adult life stage and seems to be no older than her mid-twenties, but her late husband Michael died naturally of old age. Her new love interest, Mortimer Goth, is also in the elder stage. Dina's actually a little ''younger'' than Mortimer's daughter.
* MalMariee: Dina can potentially become this if married to Mortimer, since she simultaneously has a crush on Don Lothario.
* MeaningfulName: Not only does their surname mean "hot" in Spanish (which they [[MsFanservice most certainly are]]), but it also hints at their alien heritage (C'''alien'''te).
* TheMistress: Both Dina and Nina (Nina is more likely) have the potential to become this if Don does end up marrying Cassandra. Who's probably going to be none the wiser.
* MsFanservice: [[InUniverse In-Universe]] and among the fandom, the sisters are considered this.
* PassionateSportsGirl: Aside from being very active, Nina also has maxed out sports interest and some body skill points.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Though it isn't mentioned in any descriptions, their personality points are perfect opposites of each other.
* RedOniBlueOni: While not readily apparent, Nina is far more introverted and serious, while Dina is very playful and extroverted. [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience Nina's bedroom is also blue, whilst Dina's is coloured red]].
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Nina's the tomboy, Dina's the girly girl. It's subtle, but Nina seems to be interested in mechanics and exercise, while Dina's more preoccupied with other endeavors.
* SecondLove: Dina is this to Mortimer Goth. The Caliente's family description throws the possibility of Dina reciprocating into ambiguity by asking if the sisters' interest in Mortimer is "physical... or fiscal?"
* SiblingTriangle: Both are romantically involved with Don Lothario, though they don't seem to know it (yet). Also, Mortimer Goth has starting wants to flirt with both of them, meaning that another triangle will form around him if the player chooses to follow this prompt.
* SiblingRivalry: Not really a rivalry, but Nina and Dina don't get along. Their personalities are diametrically opposed, they're unknowingly seeing the same man and their starting relationship is not very friendly.
* SiblingYinYang: Nina's athletic, introverted and not interested in commitment, while Dina's lazy, outgoing, and very willing to commit, should the other Sim be wealthy.
%%* SpicyLatina
* SweetTooth: Dina loves chocolate and has considerable interest in food overall.
* {{Uneven Hybrid}}s: Their grandfather Nestor was abducted by aliens and later gave birth to their father Flamenco. Unusually, neither the sisters or their father have any alien characteristics.
* WrenchWench: Both sisters in the console version; their back-story mentions that they modelled hand tools for a local hardware store in a calendar entitled "Wrenches of Summer", [[InvokedTrope Invoking]] this trope almost verbatim. The same bio mentions that Nina is genuinely interested in mechanics, hoping to work in medicine one day.
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!!Lothario family
!!!'''Prominent family members:''' Don Lothario, Nicolo Lothario, Adriana Lothario
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' | ''The Sims 2 (console)'' | ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' | ''VideoGame/TheSims4''
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Who is Don Lothario? Is his engagement to Cassandra Goth genuine? And what about the rumor that her mother, Bella, was last seen scaling the deck of his condo?"'']]
The single bachelor of Pleasantview and womanizer extraordinaire, currently engaged to Cassandra but has issues about sealing the deal.

* BagOfSpilling: Despite being fit, because he got zapped, he forgot his body points.
* TheCasanova: Of the Neighborhood. [[SarcasmMode As if it weren't obvious enough already]].
* CommitmentIssues: [[CaptainObvious What do you mean, the handsome nurse with four different lovers won't settle down?]]
* FirstLove: Don's memories indicate Nina is his first lover, and has been so since they were teenagers. She also seems to be his favorite lover out of the four women he's involved with at the start of the game.
* GuysAreSlobs: Don's house is absolutely filthy when you first play him. The player is instead encouraged to call for a maid... [[spoiler:who also happens to be one of his paramours.]]
* HandsomeLech: Ultimately, Don's shameless womanizing, CommitmentIssues and sloppy nature push him in the direction of this trope.
* HospitalHottie: He's employed in the Medical career.
* LadykillerInLove: Has the potential to be this depending on what the player chooses to do about his engagement to Cassandra Goth.
* MeaningfulName: Well, he is a womanizer, with 'Lothario' indicating a man that chronically seduces women and 'Don' being a reference to another classic libertine, Don Juan. By the start of the game he has four different lovers.
* MrFanservice: He's considered quite handsome by many players.
* MenCantKeepHouse: Quite fittingly, the stereotypical bachelor lives in a condo littered with trash that he's very unwilling to clean up by himself.
* NaughtyBirdwatching: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]]. Taking a tour through his house reveals that Don has a telescope on the deck of his condo. Seems innocent enough, except for the fact that he's a romance Sim that has absolutely no interest in Sci-Fi, [[EatingTheEyeCandy and his neighbors happen to be the very attractive Caliente twins]]...
** Looking at his family album also shows that Don has used the telescope to, at the very least, invite girls over as a pretense for seduction, if his failed attempt to make out with Bella is anything to go by.
* NoodleIncident: All we know of his role in Bella's abduction is that it was his condo that she was last hanging out at. We're not really shown how he reacted to this or whether he was present to see her disappearing at all, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking except that he was sad about his advances being rejected]].
* OppositesAttract: Somehow, Don's managed to woo the shy, family-oriented Kaylynn.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Don hasn't let any of his lovers know that he's seeing different women. This, of course, is bound to lead to a shitstorm sooner or later. [[spoiler:At the start of the game the player is encouraged to hire a maid (Who will always be Kaylynn Langerak unless she's been made a playable Sim at that point) to clean Don's house whilst also encouraging them to invite Nina over for... ahem, [[UnusualEuphemism WooHoo]]. Unless the player is very careful or good at micromanaging Don and one lover away from the other lover, a shit ton of screaming and fighting is going to happen. ''[[OhCrap And it will be ugly]]'' ([[VideoGameCrueltyPotential Or amusing]]).]]
* [[RunawayBride Runaway Groom]]: [[spoiler:Don is very likely to run away from his wedding if the player ignores the game's advice when the Goth mansion is first loaded. If he initiates the wedding on his own lot, though, Cassandra might be the one leaving him at the altar. And either of these can be averted if their relationship is strong enough.]]
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Don and his father Nicolo look extremely alike, down to the same beard and hairstyle.
* UnknownRival: He has an adequate relationship towards Darren at the start of the game, while Darren considers him to be an enemy.
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!!The Burb Family
See the Burb family on ''[[Characters/TheSims1 The Sims 1]]'' page for more.

!!The Oldie Family

Mary-Sue's adoptive parents have decided to move back into Pleasantview to live near their daughter and her family, but they don't know that Mary-Sue's facade of a happy family life is cracked at the seams. They start the game inside the Family Bin and do not yet have a house.

* ExtremeDoormat: Coral is heavily implied to be one.
* GrannyClassic: In terms of her appearance, Coral fits this archetype.
* HappilyMarried: {{Played with}}. Herb has the Romance aspiration and it's implied that he cheated on Coral several times in his youth, and will definitely roll wants to do so again during game-play; however, he's one of the few romance Sims in-game to have a positive memory of getting married, and he and Coral have a high starting relationship, and are eligible to celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary.
* StepfordSmiler: Coral's bio calls her "the picture of maternal perfection", but hints that she regrets dedicating her life entirely to her husband and daughter instead of pursuing her own dreams as well.


!Strangetown
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Truth-seekers move to Strangetown hoping to discover the secrets the town holds. Do aliens live among us? Do missing Sims mysteriously appear here? In this town nothing is what it seems."'']]
Ah, Strangetown. A small town in the middle of nowhere, where they say strange things happen and no one ever knows if it was [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs your mother, your father, or your mother and your father]] that were abducted by these strange aliens that seem to constantly pop up around the town. The inhabitants of the neighborhood are themselves rather off-the-rocker, and nothing here's ever quite as normal as they claim.

Strangetown's central theme is... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, exactly that]]: Strange. The overall storyline of the town is mostly focused on the many mysteries and unusual occurrences that are connected with the various families residing in Strangetown. Unlike Pleasantview, there's no huge love web to supplement the drama - rather, the drama itself is from the town's inherent wackiness and its mysterious charm.
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* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: Somewhat. If you live in Strangetown, chances are you're not really that normal.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Curious siblings (with Jenny), loosely.
** Pascal: Leukine
** Vidcund: Melancholic
** Lazlo: Choleric
** Jenny: Sanguine
* TangledFamilyTree: See the Curious' entry below. [[SchmuckBait Try to make sense of it.]]

!!The Curious Family
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"In search of truth and mystery, the Curious brothers got more than they were "expecting." Can Pascal, Lazlo, and Vidcund cope with their new roles as cosmic parents?''"]]

The family of three brothers and three sisters with alien connections. Long before the events of the game, Glarn found himself abducted by aliens and had twin girls, before dumping them with his ex-wife while running off with another woman named Kitty, with whom he fathered four children: Jenny, Pascal, Vidcund and Lazlo. Today, the sons live together in a lab on top of a hill, with Pascal being abducted by aliens and carrying an alien child of his own.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Vidcund in the PSP version.
* AgentScully: Pascal
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Lazlo and Pascal have dark hair, medium skin and vaguely asian facial features, though Vidcund and Jenny somehow ended up with light skin and blonde hair.
* BrilliantButLazy: Lazlo has a very lazy and sloppy personality, despite this, he has the Knowledge aspiration and a well paying job in the Science career.
* BigOlEyebrows: Vidcund has a really pronounced brow.
* {{Expy}}: The Curious Brothers are basically The Lone Gunmen from ''Series/TheXFiles'' and ''Series/TheLoneGunmen''.
* DisappearedDad: The family album strongly implies that Glarn abandoned his two eldest daughters (Chloe and Lola) to be raised by Glabe, in order to marry Kitty and have a "normal" (i.e. not half-alien) family. This is supported by the fact that his two oldest and four youngest children don't recognise each other as siblings, suggesting that they didn't meet growing up and may not even know of the connection.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Chloe is the foolish to Lola's responsible.
** Also, Vidcund, Pascal and Jenny are the responsible to Lazlo's foolish.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Lazlo, due to his outgoing nature and playfulness.
* DummiedOut: The Curious siblings' grandfather Notzo wears a pair of glasses that are unavailable in-game without the use of mods.
** Pascal's glasses can only be used on adult men by aging up a child sim with them.
* GenerationXerox: Pascal being abducted by aliens and being impregnated by one. His old man went through the same thing [[spoiler: which lead to his divorce from his first wife]].
* TheHedonist: Chloe's bio implies her to be this.
* HotBlooded: Vidcund, as the [=PSP=] version confirms. This is the reason why he got kicked out of being a firefighter.
* HasTwoMommies: Lola and Chloe have ''five'' parents: their human father Glarn; their alien father Pollination Technician 9; Glarn's (assumed to be) ex-wife Glabe, [[DisappearedDad who raised them]]; Glarn's second wife (and Jenny and the brothers' mother) Kitty; as well as [[TangledFamilyTree their own half sister Jenny, who is Pollination Tech 9's wife and therefore also their step-mother]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Vidcund, due to his zodiac sign putting him close to grouchy. Chloe is also quite grouchy.
* LegoGenetics: Vidcund looks nothing like any of his ancestors, Jenny looks like her mother, but still has her skin and eye colors unaccounted for. Pascal and Lazlo heavily resemble their father Glarn, however.
** Lola and Chloe don't resemble their human father, for [[HalfHumanHybrid obvious reasons]]. Though, their facial features are far more human and definitely more conventionally attractive than their alien father.
* LongLostRelative: It's implied Chloe and Lola are unaware of their relationship to the Curious Brothers and Jenny and vice-versa, as they do not count them as relatives.
* LoveInterest: Vidcund and Lazlo towards Circe Beaker and Crystal Vu, respectively. [[spoiler: We actually find out that Vidcund and Circe dated as teenagers, but she ultimately left him for Loki]].
* MisterSeahorse: Pascal starts off as this, and should give birth the next morning. Meanwhile, your first action upon loading this family is to get Vidcund to look into his telescope [[spoiler: which will trigger his abduction and get him impregnated.]]
* NoodleIncident: Vidcund has a memory for wetting himself... as a teenager.
* NoSocialSkills: The brothers don't have many friends, particularly Vidcund.
* NotBloodSiblings: {{Inverted}}. Lola and Chloe ''are'' biological half-sisters to the Curious boys (as well as their sister Jenny and [[TangledFamilyTree her kids Johnny and Jill]]), but the relationship isn't recognised in-game and it's implied that Jenny and her brothers don't know that their new neighbours are their long-lost sisters, or even that they ''have'' long-lost sisters. Subsequently they can date, marry, and even start a family together.
** Johnny and Jill ''do'' recognise Lola and Chloe as their sisters, however.
* ParentalAbandonment: The Curious photo album heavily implies that Glarn abandoned Lola and Chloe (along with Glabe), likely because of their origins as the spawn of an alien pregnancy. [=PT9=] is also absent from their lives, though this seems to be the norm for Pollination Technicians.
* PolarOppositeTwins: [[MarriedToTheJob Lola]] and [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Chloe]].
* SiblingRivalry: Implied in the [=PSP=] version, due to Vidcund [[spoiler: abducting Pascal's child]].
* RememberTheNewGuy: One character introduced in the [=PSP=] version is confirmed to be a cousin of Lazlo (and thus, Jenny, Pascal and Vidcund), but he does not appear in the family tree in the PC version. He could be a descendant of Bunny, their great-aunt.
* TangledFamilyTree: Possibly the worst offenders in the franchise. Glarn Curious was married to Glabe, but was abducted and impregnated by Pollination Tech#9. He gave birth to twins, Lola and Chloe, but abandoned them and their step-mother when they were children. He then married Kitty, with whom he had four children: Jenny, Pascal, Vidcund and Lazlo. Jenny then married Pollination Tech#9, who had gone native and retired to Strangetown, and together they had two children, Johnny and Jill. This means that Jenny's children are also half-siblings to her half-sisters, and Lola and Chloe are both aunts and half-sisters to Johnny and Jill, meaning that Jenny is technically her half-sisters' step-mother. Trying to figure out whether she's therefore also an aunt-by-marriage ''and'' step-sibling to ''her own children'' at this point can induce a headache.
** Seriously, just take a look at the family tree [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111113020213/sims/images/6/6d/Curious-Smith_Family_Tree.png here]], if your brain [[MindScrew hasn't already exploded from the amount of confusion.]]
** Additionally, should the player follow the game's prompts and have Vidcund abducted and impregnated, you'll additionally have to deal with both Pascal's and Vidcund's babies sharing the same father, making them both half-brothers ''and'' cousins, quite similar to their own situation with the Singles girls.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Pascal's basically a lighter-skinned clone of the brother's father Glarn while Lazlo's basically identical.

!!The Smith Family
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"After a fruitful career, Pollination Technician 9 has retired to his favorite planet. But can his son Johnny make friends and fit in, or is this family just too strange for Strangetown?"'']]

Jenny Curious was lucky enough to actually marry the alien who impregnated her father. She became a mother of two children through him legally, and when the game begins, it's her oldest child's birthday. Pollination Tech#9 is also the only one in town strong enough to [[spoiler: win a fight with Buzz Grunt, who managed to curb-stomp Jenny's younger brothers and Loki as teenagers]], which triggers the family rivalry.
* AlliterativeFamily: Jenny, Johnny, and Jill.
* ArchNemesis: General Buzz Grunt is this to Pollination Tech#9.
** Tank Grunt is one for Johnny, and they will often have a want to fight each other.
* BeePeople: Looking back at [=PT9=]'s family tree, it appears Alien society functions like this, with all his male ancestors being numbered "Colony Drones", and all his female ancestors being "Birth Queens".
* CoolOldGuy: [=PT9=] is one of the nicest Sims in all of Strangetown, and has a positive relationship with everybody he knows, except General Buzz.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Jill has no physical alien traits, which in genetic terms is incredibly rare because alien genes are very dominant.
* GenderEqualsBreed: Jill has no alien features whatsoever, even though green skin and black eyes are dominant in the game.
** Averted in the [=PSP=] version; she's got eyes in the back of her head!
** Definitely averted, should the player produce more children in-game. Alien genetics are almost universally stronger than human ones, no matter what gender.
* HappilyMarried: [=PT9=] and Jenny adore each other, share the same aspiration goals, and have a high starting relationship.
* HumanoidAlien: Not only is [=PT9=]'s race human enough to survive, and live like Sims, they are apparently similar enough that they can ''have children'', the traditional way with normal Sims.
* MeaningfulName: The ''Smiths''. Probably the most common last name in the English speaking world, and quite fitting for a family that's (ignoring the alien thing) the most stereotypical nuclear family you can find.
* LovableJock: Johnny
* LikeFatherLikeSon: [=PT9=] and General Buzz are fierce rivals, just like their sons Johnny and Tank.
* ParentalAbandonment: [=PT9=] was absent from the lives of his and Glarn Curious' daughters, which seens to be the norm for pollination technicians.
** [=PT9=] himself has no memories of his parents, and it seems to be the norm in the alien society for the parents to not have any relationship to their mate or children.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Despite half of them having green skin, the Smiths are generally the most normal, functional family in all of Strangetown.
* KillItWithFire: Jill can actually set other Sims on fire in the [=PSP=] version.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Jill and Jenny look near identical when comparing adult Jill to Jenny.
* MayDecemberRomance: Jenny and [=PT9=], according to their memories although [=PT9=] is implied to have met Jenny as an adult, not to mention the fact that Jenny is pretty close to becoming an elder herself.

!!The Beaker Family
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"What experiments are the highly secretive and less than neighborly Loki and Circe Beaker performing on poor Nervous Subject? Will this secrecy affect Circe's career ambitions?"'']]

The Beakers are a secretive and ambitious family who're willing to take some unsavoury measures in the name of Science. Poor Nervous Subject's been reduced to a gibbering wreck because of this, and he can't seem to catch a break from all the experiments they're performing on him. Circe has her sights set on a promotion, but the couple's secrecy might just prove a hindrance to her ambitions.

* AerithAndBob: Loki and his younger sister... Erin.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Circe. Her name and family tree suggests Greek ancestry.
** Nervous too, even though he has pale skin, every one of his relatives are dark-skinned. Wonder how he became so ''bone'' white...
* AmbiguouslyGay: Nervous' relationship with Pascal could be interpreted as this. Nervous is set as gay and flirts with Pascal when free will is on, so this seems to be canon.
** TheBeard / HideYourGays: Nervous has a girlfriend in the [=PSP=] version, though.
*** Circe is set as Bi.
* BornUnlucky: Nervous.
* BlondesAreEvil: Loki.
* BigOlEyebrows: Loki's browline literally covers ''half'' of his eyes.
* [[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation: Nervous is deceased in the [=PSP=] version]]
* DivineParentage: Nervous is implied to be the son of the Grim Reaper.
* DummiedOut: Loki and Circe have memories of a different looking Nervous than the one in the household. The hidden Nervous can be found in the game files although his character data was deleted.
** He did appear in a trailer for the game, however.
* EvilEyebrows: Loki. In fact, his eyebrows are permanently shaped in a angry or evil expression.
* EvilRedhead: Circe.
* FaceOfAThug: Loki's got a ridiculously sharp/pointy face with his eyebrows somehow permanently locked in evil-mode and an even pointier goatee.
** Circe's got a pretty sharp face as well, along with tinted shades that cover whatever soul you would see in her eyes.
* FaceHeelTurn: Loki in Aurora Skies is [[UsedToBeASweetKid a very nice kid]]. But here in Strangetown? He is mean and dead serious in the name of science.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Circe's got sleek, orange-tinted shades, which really adds to the whole "creepy doctor/mad scientist" vibe.
* ForScience: The couple's justification for their experiments on Nervous.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: It's said that the Beakers adopted Nervous, which in-game isn't at all the case since a) Nervous isn't connected to them at all and b) they aren't that much older than Nervous to begin with.
** All the weird contrapments that poor Nervous is forced to test are really just career rewards, that actually ''help'' the person using them, provided something doesn't go wrong.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Nervous (half-human, half-GrimReaper), ''allegedly''.
* ObviouslyEvil: They live in a huge castle, have permanent angry faces and are pretty much automatically mean to everyone they meet.
* OnlySixFaces: Due to the infamously buggy nature of Strangetown, almost every dead ancestor to both Loki and Circe (bar one or two) have the exact same default face template, with no eyebrows.
* [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]]: All three of them.
* LegoGenetics: Compare the incredibly pale and weird-looking Nervous to his mother and cousin.
** Also, compare the very obviously evil-looking Loki to his sister and ancestors.
* MadDoctor: Circe.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: Loki's family seems to be Scandinavian or Icelandic, based on their names and appearances. The world they live in during The Sims 3, Aurora Skies also happens to be very heavily based on Iceland.
* MadScientist: Loki.
* NervousWreck: [[MeaningfulName Nervous Subject]].
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Loki's permanent angry eyebrows, pointy face and big nose definitely give him a more cartoonish vibe compared to other Sims.
** Nervous as well. While his face is fairly normal, aside from being very long and thin, with oddly angled eyes, his huge black mohawk really does make him stand out.
* NightmareFetishist: Circe knows ''238'' different ways to make people scream, implying this.
* NoNameGiven: Nervous Subject.
* SiblingYinYang: Loki's younger sister Erin lives elsewhere in the neighbourhood, and is incredibly sweet and harmless, if a bit eccentric. Despite this, they seem to have no trouble maintaining a good relationship.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The Beaker family all love some kind of sandwich, Loki's is Grilled Cheese.
* TrulySingleParent: In the third game's ''Into the Future'' Expansion'', you can run into Loki's twin "children", two identical clone "siblings" called Atom and Ceres, who were somehow sent into the future.
* TragicVillain: Nervous isn't really a villain, but is still very rude and mean, which makes sense when you realize that the Beaker's experiments permanently wiped almost all of his personality.

!!The Specter Family
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Who is buried in Olive Specter's garden? Will the mysterious, aging outcast leave her fortune to her niece Ophelia, or, as rumored, to an unnamed heir?"'']]

Olive Specter is known for her garden, which contains mostly gravestones [[spoiler:implied to belong to people she murdered]]. She's been married many times, but almost all of her romances have ended in death. Her graveyard includes the tombstones of [[spoiler: her own parents, her sister, her brother-in-law, her husbands and runaway fiancé, and even Lyla Grunt]]. She also had one child through the Grim Reaper who was taken away from her as an infant [[spoiler: who was later taken in as the test subject of the Beaker family]]. When you first play as her, she is living with her niece, Ophelia.

* AdaptationalNameChange: The official recreation of this family released for ''Videogame/TheSims4'' changes Ophelia's last name to Specter to match her grandmother. The most common theory is that the [[ScunthorpeProblem word filter]] on the Gallery would have flagged her original surname, ''Nig''mos.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Olive is strongly hinted to have [[spoiler:murdered all of the Sims whose graves rest in her yard]], and her biography paints her in a suspicious and violent light, but ultimately it was up to the players to choose their own explanations.
** One town in ''The Sims 3'' features a younger Olive and offers an explanation: [[spoiler:She didn't kill anyone, or at least not her husbands; she's just a magnet for bad luck, even having the Unlucky trait. She didn't meet the Reaper until she furiously tracked him down to call him out on the deaths of her husbands. This doesn't say anything about what happened to all the ''other'' dead people, though...]]
* ArchNemesis: Olive to Buzz Grunt, due to the latter being upset with the [[spoiler: presumed murder of his ex-wife]]. Due to one of her wants being to invite him over when you first play the household, many fans believe that [[spoiler: Olive is targeting Buzz as her next victim]].
* BlackWidow: Olive. She had three husbands and almost married a fourth, all but one of these men died early.
* BlackSheep: Olive, again. Although most of her family is dead, they seem to have been fairly normal people, no huge graveyards and multiple marriages.
* CainAndAbel: Olive's sister Willow seems to have been a fairly well adjusted person, who just happened to be one of the people that mysteriously died and were buried in Olive's garden.
* CartwrightCurse: What ''The Sims 3'' offers for an explanation for her husband's death's. Is it any wonder that she eventually wound up with the GrimReaper? It might also be extended for her familial relations.
%%* [[CreepyUncle Creepy Aunt]]: Olive.
%%* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Ophelia Nigmos.
* DecemberDecemberRomance: The album, as well as Olive's memories, also indicate that she married Ichabod Specter when they were both elders. Notably, he's the only Sim buried on her lot who died of old age.
* DivineDate: Olive has a memory of [=WooHooing=] the Grim Reaper, and he's notably also the only person she remembers having [=WooHooed=].
%%* EvilOldFolks: Apparently Olive.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Olive seems to be rather kind to Ophelia, all things considered.
** Also implied to be the case with her last husband Ichabod, who was the only Sim in her graveyard to die of natural causes. To further this theory, his grave is right next to Olive's chair.
* FacialHorror: As listed below, most Sims in Olive's graveyard are really, ''really'' buggy. As such, a lot of sims buried on her lot suffer from really nasty-looking facial corruptions, some pretty much look ready to fall apart.
* GameBreakingBug: The deceased Sims in Olive's graveyard are notoriously buggy, with issues ranging from mismatched ages and genders, dummied-out aspirations, and corrupted facial features. While fans have attempted to recreate a less glitched version of the cemetery that's safe to mess around with, it's considered unwise to resurrect anyone there in an unmodified Strangetown, or else risk corrupting the neighborhood.
* MayDecemberRomance: The family album indicates that Olive and Rigger Mortis married while she was an adult and he was an elder.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: Judging by her family tree, her family comes from somewhere in subsaharan Africa, and her parents names are a mix of traditional African and Swahili names, yet her and her sister's names are European, and her house decor is Moroccan.
* TheParanoiac: Ophelia's bio paints her as someone who worries ''a lot''.
* PunnyName: Olive Specter, Hugh Thanasia, Lou Thanasia, Earl E. [=DeMise=], Tim Lee [=DeMise=], Ichabod Specter and Rigger Mortis
* {{Jerkass}}: Ignoring possibly being a mass murderer, Olive's got a very low Nice score, meaning she's most likely gonna pick fights for the hell of it.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Implied, as Olive's parents died early.
* SiblingRivalry: Implied, as Olive can actually kick her [[spoiler: dead sister's]] grave and will enjoy it.
* SilverFox: Olive is generally considered to be one of the most attractive elders in the game.
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler: Earl E. [=DeMise=] leaving Olive at the altar probably started her serial killings]].
** It might have started even earlier, since Olive's memories feature a pizza delivery woman that died mysteriously when she was a teenager.
* WouldHurtAChild: Some of the dead included ''teenagers''. Maybe. (As hinted in GameBreakingBug, those particular Sims are actually considered adults by the game. However, their appearances suggest they might be intended to be teens.)
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Olive doesn't have many days in the game before it's set to have her die of old age.

!!The Grunt Family
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Tank has always lived under the hard thumb of his father, General Buzz Grunt. In this domesticated boot camp, can Tank prove his worth to this demanding Dad?"'']]

Buzz Grunt is the local General of town. His son, Tank, wants to follow in his footsteps, but his other sons Ripp and Buck show no interest in pursuing a career in the military. Buzz also has a large hatred for [=PT9=] and his family.

* ArchNemesis: Pollination Tech#9 is this to Buzz, while Johnny Smith is this to Tank.
* BlackSheep: Ripp.
** Possibly Buck as well, though he actually does get along with everyone in his family.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Buck is nowhere to be found in the PSP version of The Sims 2.
* DysfunctionalFamily: A hot-headed, perfectionist military that runs his home like a boot camp, while his two eldest sons fight constantly and his youngest just kinda ends up forgotten.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: though not a definite thing, fans often pair Buck with Jill Smith when he grows up.
%%* DumbassTeenageSon: Ripp Grunt.
* FamilyThemeNaming: All the Grunt men have rugged, short military names like "Ripp", "Chip", "Rock" and "Tank".
* FacialMarkings: General Buzz and Tank both wear military face paint.
* FacialHorror: The brothers' mother Lyla's facial data is corrupted, meaning that her face will be deformed, not to mention the fact that her bad data may corrupt the town if you bring her back to life.
* FantasticRacism: Probably the reason the General hates the alien family.
* FatAndSkinny: Buzz and Tank are (of course) incredibly fit, Ripp is skinny and Buck is chubby.
* GameBreakingBug: Lyla Grunt, like everybody else who is buried in Olive Specter's graveyard has a lot of corrupted/junk data and can cause some pretty freaky glitches if you bring her back.
* GenerationXerox: The game clearly pushes this in Tank's case. Not only is he the only one actively interested in following his father's footsteps, he also carries on a rivalry with Johnny Smith that started with their fathers.
** The family as a whole seems to have have a pretty consistent track record of this, General Buzz is the son of General Chip, who's the son of General Rock and so on.
* HiddenDepths: Buzz's bio mentions that he used to enjoy barbershop quartet singing.
** Tank's bio makes it clear that there's more to him than just a military brat, and that he really just wants to have friends like any other boy.
* InTheBlood: The Grunts have been a military family for a long time when the game starts. Both General Buzz's dad and grandfather were Generals as well.
* MilitaryBrat: Tank, Ripp and Buck. Buzz is implied to have been one himself as a child, since his family tree shows that his father was also a General, as was his grandfather.
* MissingMom: Lyla disappears sometime before the game begins after divorcing Buzz. [[spoiler: She's actually dead, and is buried in Lady Specter's garden, which explains her feud with Buzz]].
* TheBully: Buzz's memories imply he was this as a teenager to the Curious Brothers and Loki. Nowadays, they're more or less acquaintances.
* SiblingRivalry: Ripp and Tank don't get along. They don't actively hate each other, but they tend to mess with each other autonomously.
* TheSlacker: Ripp, which is implied to be the reason for the tension between him and Buzz.
%%* TheUnfavourite: Ripp is heavily implied to be this.
* {{Jerkass}}: General Buzz. He's only got two nice points, making it very likely that he's gonna make enemies, wether you command him to or not.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tank. He's aggressive like his father, but he's got a nicer personality, and his bio seems to indicate he'd rather just have friends.
* WellDoneSonGuy: The family and personal bios imply this for Tank, and possibly Buck.
* InTheBlood: Looking at the family tree, it appears that it is a tradition for all Grunt men to join the military, given that Buzz's father and grandfather both appear to have been Generals.
* OlderThanTheyLook: General Buzz certainly doesn't look like a man in his forties.

!!The Loner Family
Consists solely of Ajay Loner, a newly moved in resident Ajay Loner
* AmbiguouslyBrown: He has brown eyes, black hair and medium skin. His, along with his family's names suggest they are of Indian heritage.
* MeaningfulName: Ajay ''Loner'', the guy that just moved to town and doesn't know anybody.
* TheNewGuy: Ajay's schtick. He is new in town, and not really used to the strangeness of Strangetown.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Compared to everybody else in Strangetown, Ajay comes off as this.

!!The Loste Family
Kristen Loste, who at the start of the game, is living with Erin Beaker and the Curious Twins as part of the Singles Household.
* AmbiguouslyBrown
* MeaningfulName: Kristen ''Loste'', a normal woman who's somehow found herself in a town full of mad scientists, aliens (two of which are her roommates) and potential serial killers.
* SmallTownBoredom: Her bio says she has little interest in Strangetown and doesn't see herself saying there long.
* TheGenericGuy: Compared to the Curious twins, who are aliens, and Erin, who is the sister of a mad scientist.

!Veronaville
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Capps and Montys have been feuding for years, but that hasn't stopped the younger generation from crossing boundaries and falling in love. Will their actions lead to ruin or bring the families together?"'']]

Veronaville is an idyllic small town based off Europe. Arguably the smallest of the Pre-made base game neighborhoods in terms of population, Veronaville nonetheless has a myriad of houses located in two separate districts, one with a more classic English theme, the other a traditional Italian style.

As its name implies, Veronaville is based off Verona, the central location of Shakespeare's famous ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. The storyline itself is a blatant ShoutOut to the plot: The Capps and the Montys have been feuding bitterly for years, but love and friendship has blossomed among the younger generation, something that the older clan members disapprove of. Most of the adults and elders of both families fiercely despise each other, but the teenagers and younger kids have found friendship and even love despite these complications. Caught in the middle of the conflict is the Summerdream family, who are based off Shakespeare's ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''.
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%%* {{Expy}}: Of Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet.
* FatAndSkinny: The clean-cut Capps are all thin or fit, while the food-oriented Montys tend to be overweight.
* FeudingFamilies: The Capp and Monty enmity is at the heart of the neighborhood's conflicts.
* {{Foil}}: The Capps and the Montys are this to each other; Whilst the Monty family line is patrilineal, the Capp family line is matrilineal.
* LoveTriangle: Two interwoven ones among the Veronaville teens: Hermia Capp likes both Mercutio Monty and Puck Summerdream, both of whom reciprocate. Mercutio is also being crushed on by Hermia's cousin Miranda, but he doesn't return her feelings.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: The Capp side is obviously based off northern Europe and the Monty side is obviously a stand-in for Italy/southern Europe, but there is no in-game indication that Veronaville is located in a different country compared to the other neighborhoods.
* RevengeByProxy: Implied. Many of the Capp and Monty ancestors died as adults, with no explanation given. And since the two families in question are feuding...
* ShoutOut: In addition to the obvious ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' references, the family trees of the Montys and the Capps both are littered with names alluding to many other plays by Creator/WilliamShakespeare.
%%* StarCrossedLovers: Romeo and Juliette.


!!The Capp Family
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Juliette Capp has fallen for Romeo, golden child of the rival Monty clan. Can the Capps set aside their grudge and put Juliette's happiness first?"'']]

The Capps live on the English side of Veronaville, and to no one's surprise their bitter enemies are the Montys just across the town. It was once known that Consort was an associate of Patrizio, but no one knows what caused their friendship to end and if it can even be salvaged. Although Juliette's love for Romeo might pave the way to undoing years of resentment and hatred, Tybalt's pride and Consort's disapproval may just get in the way and prevent her from being able to bring the families together.

* ApronMatron: Contessa Capp would be this if she weren't dead. Interestingly, she may have been intended to be alive, as she's one of three deceased Sims in Veronaville to have a pre-made biography that describes her as a strong matriarch who can hold a grudge.
* ArrangedMarriage: Implied to be a Capp tradition; Cordelia's husband Caliban was closer in age to her own parents, Goneril and Albany aren't overly fond of each other, in addition to also having a sizeable age difference and Cornwall and Regan have a similarly low, and seemingly financially motivated marriage.
* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: Kent is barely out of his teens, going by the age bar, yet Contessa has already died from old age, and Consort's pretty close behind her.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Ariel Capp, though only a toddler at the start of the game, is notable for having positive attraction to both men and women; in practice, this will kick in when she becomes a teen.
** Albany and Cornwall are implied to have both married for money rather than love, have a better relationship with one another and with their respective wives, and [[EveryoneIsBi like most men in Veronaville]] have positive attraction to men, to the point where they may begin an affair with autonomy set to high.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Kent Capp is the object of both Bianca Monty's and Titania Summerdream's crushes. However, at the start of the game he has only friendly feelings towards them, and checking with Sim [=PE=] will show that his gender preference defaults to men.
* ArchEnemy: Patrizio Monty to Consort Capp. Hell, the entire Monty family is this to the Capps.
* BigOlEyebrows: Consort, Tybalt, Kent and Cornwall all have very pronounced brows.
** In a rare female example, Goneril's browline isn't anything to scoff at either.
* BlackSheep: Kent, who's on friendly terms with some of the Montys, and not remotely interested in business.
** The obvious ones are Juliette and Hermia, both of whom are crushing on/involved with Montys.
** Suprisingly, Regan also has shades of this. Her hatred for the Montys is definitely not as strong, and her bio makes it explicitly clear that she wants to succeed without any help from her family.
* BloodKnight: Tybalt starts out with a want to win a fight against Mercutio. As a grouchy {{Jerkass}}, he'll also readily poke, slap, or try to beat up any other Montys in sight.
%%* TheCynic: Miranda Capp.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A lot of players seem to view Consort as this, based on his personality. Looking at his and Patrizio's memories it's also obvious that the two were in business together, until Patrizio suddenly lost his job, while Consort gained favor both in his career and with Contessa.
* ContinuitySnarl: Like with the Montys, the Capp birth order is royally screwed up. Supposedly, Cordelia was the ''youngest'' Capp child, despite having the oldest children, and being married to a clearly middle-aged man. To put things into perspective, her brother Kent is only a few days older than her teenage children.
** According to the family tree and some memories, Goneril's teenage daughter Miranda is the ''youngest'', despite her other siblings being either toddlers or very young children.
** Things were made even more messy with ''The Sims 3'', where Goneril and Regan are the oldest, Contessa is pregnant with Kent, and Cordelia not even being conceived.
* ChickMagnet: Kent. The game is clearly pushing him and Bianca but Titania Summerdream, who has a partner and kids has a crush on him as well, though he does not seem to reciprocate either one's affection.
* CoolMask: Tybalt wears a red domino mask.
* GameBreakingBug: Some of the ancestors buried at Capp Manor are buggy (glitched faces, some don't have personality points or even aspirations), but unlike those buried in Strangetown, they're still generally safe to bring back.
* GoldDigger: Surprisingly, only male examples are shown. Albany very obviously married Goneril strictly for the purpose of having her money, and a lot of children. Likewise, Cornwall seems to be very financially motivated.
* DeadSparks: Goneril and Albany are not in love at the start of the game, because it is implied that Albany married Goneril to have her children and/or money.
** The same with Cornwall and Regan. Judging by Cornwall's personality and aspiration, it is quite likely that Cornwall only married Regan for money.
** Possibly averted with Cordelia and Caliban, as they are noted to have good chemistry when resurrected.
* DeadpanSnarker: Hermia often wonders "what sort of rock her brother Tybalt crawled out from under".
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Juliet is dating Romeo Monty, the grandson of her father's rival. This could also become the case with Kent Capp.
** Hermia and Miranda both show interest in Mercutio as well.
* {{Expy}}: Of the Capulet family.
* FacialHorror: Certain ancestors suffer from weird facial glitches such as long strings coming out of their jaw, as well as disturbingly large teeth and gums.
* FaceOfAThug: A lot of Capps have low nice scores, and those that do also tend to have ridiculously sharp/pointed faces, as well as prominent brows.
%%* FieryRedHead: Tybalt
* GenerationXerox: Tybalt and Mercutio Monty are very much their grandfathers, being the only ones in their generation to be particularly interested in their feud.
%%* HotBlooded: Tybalt, much like his namesake.
* MayDecemberRomance: Goneril and Albany are over ten days removed from each other age-wise, which in The Sims counts as way over a decade. Goneril's still fairly young, while Albany's middle-aged.
** Cordelia Capp was supposedly the youngest Capp child, while her husband Caliban had a receding hairline and was ''one'' day away from elderhood, making him basically the same age as Cordelia's parents.
* MarriageBeforeRomance: It's implied that Albany and Goneril never married for love.
* MyNaymeIs: Juliette's name is spelt quite differently than her namesake.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite her love for Romeo, Juliette is enemies with several Montys at the start of the game.
* LoveTriangle: Hermia and Miranda are both interested in Mercutio, but Miranda's feelings are unrequited.
** At the start of the game, Hermia is also involved in one with Mercutio and Puck.
* LegoGenetics: Kent and Regan sort of resemble their mother, other than that, none of the Capp children, or grandchildren really look anything like each other or their parents.
* PermaStubble: Tybalt and Consort both have this.
* PerkyGoth: Hermia dresses in a fairly Goth way, but nothing else about her is really gloomy or goth-ish.
* ParentalAbandonment: Juliette and her siblings are orphans, which is the reason why they live with their grandfather.
* RebelliousSpirit: Notably, Hermia and Miranda are the only ones not involved in the family feud and seem to even oppose it, and Miranda wants to get out of her parent's crowded home.
* BlackSheep: Kent Capp. He dosen't care about business unlike his family, has no problems with the Monty family and is in fact directly referred to as a black sheep.
* {{Jerkass}}: Consort is implied to be the main aggressor of the feud, considering the fact that Patrizio lost his job in the Business career around the time he and Consort became enemies, not to mention Consort basically stealing Contessa from him afterward. He is also very mean in-game with only 2 nice points.
** Tybalt is just as mean as his grandfather personality wise, and it is implied through the family photos that he has been picking on Mercutio since they were children.
** Albany has a tendency for this kind of behavior, considering that he has only one nice point, which is even fewer than Consort and Tybalt.
** Cornwall is nicer than the aforementioned three, but he's still a very greedy person, and since he's not fond of Kent he's usually gonna end up picking on him a lot.
* JerkJock: Tybalt is very mean, and he is both physically fit and has very high body skill.
* VillainousCheekbones: Depends on how you see things, but most Capps have ridiculously sharp features.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: When looking at photos and memories, it becomes clear that Consort and Patrizio Monty were best friends and colleagues before becoming bitter rivals, it is also shown that Patrizio and Consort's wife Contessa were dating at one point.
* LoveTriangle: Apparently, Patrizio Monty dated Consort's wife Contessa before they got married. The possible love triangle could be the reason why the Capp and Monty families hate each other.

!!The Monty Family
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Patrizio Monty never forgot Consort Capp's broken promise. But now his grandson Romeo has fallen for the Capp heiress. Will the Elders live to see the two families united?"'']]

The Montys live in a ranch on the italian side of Veronaville. Patriarch Patrizio has built up a lasting legacy, and Isabella would love nothing more than to heal old wounds, but he's too caught up in his hatred for Consort Capp that he can't fully seem to enjoy his legacy. Meanwhile, Romeo has fallen for Juliette Capp, springing up hopes of reconciliation, but time is running short for the Monty elders...

* ArchEnemy: Consort Capp is this to Patrizio Monty.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: All of them have medium-dark skin and black hair.
* BigOlEyebrows: Patrizio has a very thick and prominent brow.
* CasanovaWannabe: Romeo has the Romance aspiration, but his only relationship when he's first played is with Juliette.
* ContinuitySnarl: A major case when it comes to the adults' ages; before The Sims 3 it was implied that Antonio was the oldest, Claudio the middle child and Bianca the youngest, as the sibling's age bars demonstrated. When Monte Vista was released, the order was changed with Bianca appearing as a child, and Antonio just a toddler. Claudio, despite having two teenage sons in The Sims 2 is not even born when Monte Vista is first played.
** Another issue arose with the release of Monte Vista. In The Sims 2, Patrizio is close to death, and quite a few days older then Isabella, but the Monte Vista Isabella is far older than Patrizio, with only a scant few days left of adulthood.
** A minor one when it comes to Isabella's father Vincentio, who died as an adult, yet lived long enough to see his adult grandson get married, and to add to that, is dead and an elder in The Sims 3, while said grandson isn't even born yet.
** Young Patrizio in the family photos looks nothing like he does in The Sims 3, though it is likely the developers didn't put much thought into it, and just aged him down for that particular picture.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: All but one of Mercutio's memories are negative.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Romeo is dating Juliette Capp, the heiress to a rival family. Could become he case with Bianca if she dates Kent Capp.
* DeadSparks: Patrizio and Isabella aren't shown to be in love, likely because Patrizio is too embittered from his hatred for the Capps, or perhaps because Contessa Capp was his first love.
* {{Expy}}: Of the Montague family.
* FamilyVersusCareer: Antonio either has to quit his well-paying job, or let the social worker take his children away, provided he doesn't hire a nanny, or if another Sim joins the household.
* FirstLove: Contessa Capp was this to Patrizio, which is implied to have been what started the feud.
* GagNose: Patrizio, Antonio, Romeo and Mercutio all have big noses.
* FatBastard: Depending on your interpretation, Patrizio.
* InfantImmortality: Averted with Olivia's unborn child.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Going by the Montys as seen in Monte Vista, it's clear both Patrizio and Isabella were attractive people at one point in time.
* LongestPregnancyEver: If you resurrect Olivia Monty, she will appear pregnant but never actually give birth, this is because the pregnancy is a mesh.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Patrizio, Isabella and both their sons are overweight, and they aren't exactly conventionally attractive to boot. Bianca, Romeo, Mercutio, as well as Beatrice and Benedick (when they grow up) are fit and good looking.
* MissingMom: Hero Monty, Claudio Monty and Olivia Monty.
* ParentalAbandonment: Romeo and Mercutio also lost their parents at a young age, along with an unborn sibling.
* ThePatriarch: Patrizio is the Monty Clan's current Patriarch.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the Shakespeare play, Mercurtio is Romeo's best friend instead of his brother.
* SiblingSwitchSquick: {{Inverted}}. Beatrice and Benedick are named after the [[SlapSlapKiss infamous]] romantic leads of ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'', but are twin siblings (not to mention little kids) in the game.
** Another inversion: depending on your view of the relation between best friends Romeo and Mercutio in the original play, the fact that they're brothers in the game could lead to this as well.
* SupremeChef: Isabella has a secret recipe for the perfect baked Alaska. She also has 10 points in the cooking skill.

!!The Summerdream Family
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Summerdreams' kindly nature and zest for life have cast a romantic spell over Veronaville's youth. But will there be any magic left for Puck?''"]]

The Summerdream family is heavily based upon the characters of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. With their kindness and enthusiasm for life they've managed charm most of the youth into a romantic mood, but while they might be for the most part content, they themselves are missing out on a bit of the magic they've spread: Titania feels restless and wonders if she can regain the happiness she shared with her lover Oberon, Puck sees a companion in Hermia but has no idea that he has a rival in the form of his friend Mercutio, while Oberon is so busy with his job that he's begun to neglect Titania.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Bottom seems to be this to Puck.
* BrattyHalfPint: Bottom often gets into trouble trying to get her parents' and older brother's attention.
* BlackSheep: Puck is serious and shy, and far more active than his adoptive parents and sister.
* ContinuitySnarl: Oberon and Titania show up in ''The Sims 3: Supernatural'' as adults, about 50 years before The Sims 2 takes place.
** {{Justified}}, however in that Oberon and Titania are (or at least were) fairies;[[note]]This life state is not available in ''The Sims 2'', so it's up to the player's imagination whether they renounced or otherwise lost their supernatural powers, or are just not using them anymore for whatever reason.[[/note]] supernatural life states in ''[=TS3=]'' come with the added perk of massively slowed-down ageing.
* {{Expy}}: Of Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''.
* FacialMarkings: Every Summerdream member bar Bottom has face paint on them. This does not extend to deceased ancestors, however.
* FanDisservice: One of Oberon's elderly ancestors wears a hula outfit that leaves very little to the imagination.
* TheHedonist: Oberon and Titania love to party.
* TheFairFolk: Implied. It's said that they've "cast a romantic spell over Veronaville's" youth. Their namesakes are also fair folk themselves. The versions of Oberon and Titania that appear in ''The Sims 3'' are canonically fairies, thanks to this life state being added in the ''Supernatural'' expansion.
* HappilyAdopted: Puck and Bottom.
* HufflepuffHouse: They're neutral in the feud between the Capps and the Montys, being friendly with both sides.
* LoveTriangle: Puck is in one with Hermia Capp and Mercutio Monty. [[spoiler:When you first play the Summerdream family you're encouraged to immediately have Puck have his first kiss with Hermia, which will cause Mercutio to get jealous since he's standing right next to them.]]
** There's also a lopsided one between Oberon, Titania, and Kent Capp, and ''another'' between Titania, Kent, and Bianca Monty.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Oddly, despite both of them being adopted, Puck and Bottom both could pass as Oberon and Titania's biological children.
* PointyEars: Every family member (dead ancestors and adopted kids included) have these.
* UnknownRival: Mercutio and Puck are friends, but they aren't aware that they're both after Hermia.
* DeadSparks: Implied, it is said that Oberon has given his partner little attention due to work. Also, Oberon and Titania's relationship isn't great.

!Sim State University
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Sim State University was founded by a group of Sims wishing to educate future generations. Though it has become a modern social and scholastic hub, the school still maintains its high standards of learning."'']]

The prestigious Sim State University prides itself on its intellectual prowess and for producing many brilliant Alumni over the years. This university Subhood is commonly regarded by {{Fanon}} as the canonical university for Pleasantview. There are three playable households to chose from, as well as three other households in the family bin: The Tri-Var Sorority and Urele-Oresha-Cham Fraternity, and the Bright, Freshman, Phoenix, and Swain households. This sub-neighborhood is only available with ''The Sims 2: University''.

The story of SSU focuses mostly on the lives of the three campus households living there. The Tri-Var sorority wants to expand, but they're having trouble finding willing pledges, the Bright household wants to get away from the craziness of campus life but fears boredom and loneliness, and the Urele-Oresha-Cham Fraternity wants to keep its prestigious reputation, but its members find themselves in a dilemma over their drastically different personalities.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Heather is the Archie to Martin's Betty and Castor's Veronica. Conversely, Castor is the Archie to Tiffany and Allegra's Betty and Heather and Brittany's Veronica.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Martin is the responsible sibling to Joshua's foolish.
* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
** Castor Nova is the Realist.
** Kevin Beare is the Optimist.
** Joshua Ruben is the Conflicted.
** Ashley Pitts is the Cynic.
* LightFeminineDarkFeminine: Allegra (Dark) and Jane (Light).
* LoveDodecahedron: In the same vein as Pleasantview. All of it can be traced back to Castor Nova, whom almost every playable female student (except Jane Stacks) has a crush on.
* NiceMeanAndInbetween: Tiffany is nice, Brittany is mean, and Heather is somewhere inbetween.
* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: The Bright household, without the childhood part.


!!The Tri-Var Sorority
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Tri-Var sorority may be the nicest Greek house on campus but with sisters like Heather and Brittany will Tiffany be able to convince anyone else to join?"'']]

As the only Sorority on campus, the Tri-Var sorority takes great pride in being a lavish Greek house. Unfortunately, they can't seem to find anymore people wanting to join, as potential canditates are often intimidated by the Queen Bee Brittany and up-and-coming maneater Heather. Only Tiffany seems to be the only sane person among the trio.

* AlphaBitch: Brittany is described as a popular bitchy girl and the 'Queen Bee' of the sorority.
* BeneathTheMask: ... However, her biography explains that this outward meanness stems from a general insecurity and the fact that no one will spend time with her.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Debatable on the "drinking" part, since ''The Sims 2'' universe doesn't appear to have any kinds of alcohol, but Heather definently loves to party and goes by the motto of "So many parties, so little time".
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: This is ultimately what Brittany wants.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Brittany appears to be the most self-centered of the Sorority.
* {{Jerkass}}: Brittany only has one point in niceness. Thanks to this, she'll usually end up autonomously annoying or irritating others to the point of making several enemies, the most likely candidate being Allegra Gorey, who dislikes Brittany the most out of all three sorority girls.
* LonelyAtTheTop: It's said that even though Brittany is the leader of the sorority, no one wants to hang out with her willingly. Tellingly, none of her fellow sorority sisters are friends with her, and the only friends she has are Kevin Beare, the resident NiceGuy, and Castor Nova, whom she's crushing on alongside the rest of her household.
* MeaningfulName: Brittany's surname already appears to be a pun on "stuck-up" and "snotty," but in the German version her surname is actually "Arrogant."
* OnlySaneWoman: Good lord, poor Tiffany. She has to deal with an egocentric, insecure {{Jerkass}} and a careless, lazy maneater. Her bio also states that she doesn't "like to make waves" and that she enjoys keeping things calm at the Sorority.
* ReallyGetsAround: Heather has the romance aspiration, and though she's actually somewhat nice personality-wise, she'll still roll wants to flirt and sleep around unless you change her aspiration. [[CommitmentIssues Like all romance sims, she also fears marriage and steady relationships.]] She views her nerdy LoveInterest Martin as nothing more but a fling in the making.
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: ''All of them'' want Castor Nova. It's a ripe setup for house drama. Whoever ends up getting him is up to the player. Or you could pair him up with either [[TakeAThirdOption Allegra Gorey or Jane Stacks]].
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. In addition to Castor, Heather is also crushing on Martin Ruben, the local {{Nerd}}, but he's explicitly referred to as her next "conquest", rather than any genuine attraction on her part.
* UnknownRival: Allegra Gorey dislikes all of them, but only Tiffany doesn't seem to be aware of her ill feelings towards them. Consequently, all the girls are this to each other regarding Castor Nova.

!!The Urele-Oresha-Cham Fraternity
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Urele-Oresha-Cham House is the oldest Fraternity on campus with a long and prestigious history. Can the brothers keep the historic house united or will their drastically different personalities divide them instead?"'']]

Frat brothers Castor, Joshua, Kevin, and Ashley live together in a spacious mansion. Castor is the CoolGuy on campus that every girl wants, Kevin is the quintessential NiceGuy and cuddle bear of the bunch, Joshua is the bumbling college student with no clear lifegoals, and Ashley is the self-centered CasanovaWannabe {{Jerkass}}.
* AllGuysWantSororityWomen: Joshua's easily distracted by the Sorority girls.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Joshua
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Joshua Ruben has Jewish or Hebrew first and last names.
* BeYourself: Castor "marches to the beat of his own drum."
* BigManOnCampus: Castor Nova. Christ, every playable female student (with the notable exception of Jane Stacks) has a crush on him.
* BookDumb: Joshua is implied to be this.
* CasanovaWannabe: Since Ashley has the romance aspiration and is described as self-centered, it wouldn't be hard to imagine him attempting to unsucessfully woo ladies. Depending on the player's interpretation, this could put him in the position of being jealous of Castor's success as a ChickMagnet and/or his UnknownRival.
* CluelessChickMagnet: Castor Nova. He has no idea that half the campus has the hots for him.
* DistractedByTheSexy: A major reason for why Joshua can't decide what major he wants to study. (Alongside pizza, apparently.)
* DumbJock: Joshua fits the mold, as unfocused as he is on his studies. He's also got maxed-out interest in sports.
* {{Fratbro}}: Joshua is the stereotypical frat member.
* GenderBlenderName: Ashley Pitts.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Ashley spends ''an awful'' amount of time staring at himself in the mirror, according to his biography.
* {{Jerkass}}: Ashley, like Brittany, has only one point in niceness.
* LoveTriangle: Joshua and Castor are in one with Tiffany Sampson. Joshua likes Tiffany, who is oblivious to his crush and wants Castor instead. Castor himself has no feelings for anyone.
* NiceGuy: Kevin Beare. His biography describes him as the "nice guy who just can't seem to get the girl".
* OvershadowedByAwesome: The other brothers can't seem to match Castor's popularity on campus.
* [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan Single Man Seeks Good Woman]]: [[AvertedTrope Initially averted]] for Castor. Despite being surrounded by a host of crush-struck girls, Castor starts out with no visible feelings for any of them, making it so that the player is free to either choose his future partner or let autonomous free-will do it's thing. With ''Nightlife'' installed and free will on, [[BirdsOfAFeather he'll usually tend to gravitate towards girls who share the same aspiration as him, like Tiffany and Allegra.]]
** Played straight by Joshua, who has a one-sided crush on the mild-mannered Tiffany. Unlike Castor above however, Joshua and Tiffany's different personalities, interests, and aspirations make it less likely that she'll autonomously reciprocate.

!!The Bright Household
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Jane, Martin and Allegra wanted to escape the craziness of campus life and decided to find their own place. Can they still have the "college experience" or will they just get lonely?"'']]

The Bright Household banded together to get away from the crazy campus life and have some peace and quiet. Sadly, they can't always avoid being permanently isolated from the silly drama and shenanigans that often encompases College life, but they still hope to have a solid college experience.

* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Allegra looks down on the Tri-Var Sorority and generally acts more reserved than her other two housemates.
* AllGuysWantSororityWomen: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] for Martin. Unlike his frat brother Joshua, whom he can "hardly believe he's related to", Martin makes a point of avoiding the Tri-Var sorority and is far more interested in getting his degree. He's still friends with Heather, however, and completely oblivious of her intentions to make him into her next conquest.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Martin has a Jewish surname.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Martin is the responsible sibling to Joshua's foolish sibling.
* {{Goth}}: Allegra Gorey.
* LightFeminineDarkFeminine: Allegra (Dark) and Jane (Light).
* {{Nerd}}: Martin is described as one, as he has posters of aliens hung up on his bedroom and his interests lean strongly towards the Paranormal and Sci-Fi.
* NotSoDifferent: Allegra and Tiffany Sampson actually have quite a lot in common, sharing the same aspiration and a few key interests. Fittingly, [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration the game subtly alludes to this by showing that, out of all the sorority girls, Allegra dislikes Tiffany the least.]]
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Allegra has a crush on Castor Nova, unsurprisingly. Averted in the case of Jane, although strangely enough, her biography implies that she might fall for him in the near future.
%%* TwoGirlsAndAGuy

!La Fiesta Tech
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's easy to see why Sims from all over the flock to La Fiesta as their college of choice. But don't be deceived by the quiet desert landscape -- though far from the bustle of city life, the desert setting offers plenty of excitement of its own."'']]

La Fiesta Tech is a college located within the desert. {{Fanon}} often regards it as the canon university for Strangetown, although it can be attached to any neighborhood. Like Sim State University, the story of the neighborhood has no central plot tying it together, and each household has its own plot.

Living on Campus is the Tri-Fruhm Sorority, the Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity, a local GarageBand named ''The Shifting Paradymes'', and the uptight Francis J. Worthington III.

This subneighborhood is available with ''The Sims 2: University''.

* DistaffCounterpart[=/=]SpearCounterpart: The Fraternity and Sorority of La Fiesta Tech are this to the ones in Sim State University - Oresha-Hoh-Var is Tri-Var's male counterpart, and Tri-Fruhm is Urele-Oresha-Cham's female counterpart.
* FourGirlEnsemble: Tri-Fruhm Sorority.
** FourTemperamentEnsemble:
*** Sarah Love is Phlegmatic.
*** Jessie Pilferson is Sanguine.
*** Monica Bratford is Choleric.
*** DJ Verse is Melancholic.
* RockTrio: The Shifting Paradymes.
** Gunnar Roque on the Guitar.
** Jasmine Rai on Drums.
** Zoe Zimmerman on Bass.

!!Tri-Fruhm Sorority
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Tri-Fruhm Sorority girls are known as the coolest house to join. But with all the wild parties and events on campus to attend, will the sisters ever have time for school?"'']]

The Tri-Fruhm Sorority is known as one of the coolest houses to join - And with good reason. The sisters are quite chill in their own ways, but with so many events to show up to, they worry over being able to complete their studies, and to top it off, Jessica Pilferson is showing interest in Sarah's boyfriend, Matthew.

* CountryMouse: Sarah came from a small town to a big campus.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Sarah Love and Matthew Hart apparently were this before they came to college.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Monica is a political activist who protests against deforestation and animal testing for cosmetics... while handing out ''stacks of fliers'' and ''free make-up samples''.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Implied in DJ's biography. The biography describes her as creative and talented - but she's only staying in the Sorority until she can find a place of her own. Sarah Love is her only friend in the Sorority.
* LoveTriangle: Jessie has a crush on Matthew Hart, but he's dating her housemate Sarah Love.
* NerdGlasses: Monica has them. They're exclusive to her and will be lost if you remove them.
* PassionateSportsGirl: Jessie wants to become a professional sports star.
* PunnyName: Jessie ''Pilferson''. As she has a crush on Sarah's boyfriend Matthew and has the romance aspiration, this implies she might want to steal him away from her.
* TomboyishName: DJ Verse isn't your typical girl name.

!!Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity was founded by Guy Wrightley's great-grandfather decades ago. Will Guy maintain his family's strong academic history or allow frat life to be too much of a distraction?"'']]

The Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity is the only Frat house on Campus and is inhabited by Guy Wrightley, Matthew Hart, and Mickey Dosser. It was founded by Guy's great-grandfather decades ago and holds high academic standards, but no one knows if Guy can keep up with his Frat legacy or get too distracted by frat life.

* TheAce: Guy seems to be this.
* CountryMouse: Like his girlfriend Sarah, Matthew came from a small town.
* FatSlob: Mickey is fat and very sloppy.
* HeldBackInSchool: When you first play the Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity Mickey is on Academic Probation and would actually be in his second semester of Freshman year.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Matthew and his girlfriend Sarah seem to be this.
* LazyBum: Mickey Dosser
* LoveTriangle: Matthew is unknowingly in one with Jessie and his girlfriend Sarah.
* NiceGuy: Matthew seems to be this among the trio.
* PunnyName: Guy ''Wrightley'' hints at Guy being a litertaure major, Matthew ''Hart'' for his status as TheHeart among the group, and Mickey ''Dosser'' hints at his lazy nature.
* TheSlacker: Mickey has no motivation to work seriously at all. When you first play the Fraternity he's already on Academic Probation (And the only pre-made college Sim to actually be on Academic Probation) but has passed the bare minimum required to move on to his second semester of Freshman year. He also has the Undeclared Major.

!!The Shifting Paradymes
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Shifting Paradymes have bonded over their love of music and moved into their own place to focus on their art. Will living outside the dorms inspire them enough to create the masterpiece they desire?"'']]

The Shifting Paradymes are a RockTrio consisting of Gunnar Roque, Jasmine Rai, and Zoe Zimmerman. They live in their own house on campus. While they dream of creating wonderful music, Gunnar's up in arms about his own awesomeness, and Zoe's first and foremost devotion is to her studies. Jasmine's been dreaming of being a musician, which is why she founded the band, but nowadays she mostly spends her time trying to keep the band together.

* CasanovaWannabe: Roque can't seem to understand why his two female bandmates aren't squabbling over him.
%%* GarageBand
* MeaningfulName: Rai is the name of an Algerian music style. Jasmine looks like she could be of Middle-Eastern/North African descent.
* PunnyName: Gunnar Roque (Gonna Rock). "The Shifting Paradymes" is also a play on a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm_shift paradigm shift]].
* RockTrio
** Gunnar on the Guitar.
** Jasmine on Drums.
** Zoe on Bass.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Gunnar apparently thinks that he's the best thing since sliced bread.

!Académie Le Tour
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Académie Le Tour prides itself on its careful balance of old traditions and new ideas. With a spacious campus and world renowned professors in every classroom, what more could a Sim want?"'']]

Académie Le Tour is a college sub-neighbourhood made available with ''The Sims 2: University''. {{Fanon}} often regards it as the canonical university for Veronaville, although it can be attached to any neighbourhood. While similar in many ways to Sim State University and La Fiesta Tech, there are a few subtle differences: primarily, there are no pre-made sororities or fraternities at the college, strengthening the popular notion that it is linked to the European-themed Veronaville (in Europe, Greek Houses are not a common part of the university system) as opposed to the more American-themed college towns usually associated with Pleasantview and Strangetown.

There are six households at the college when first played: three (the Sharpe, O'Feefe, and Friends households) are already moved in, and another three (the Biggs, Students, and First Year household) are in the family bin. As with other sub-neighbourhoods in ''The Sims 2'', there is little overarching plot, though some drama is created by siblings Edwin and Roxie Sharpe and their respective love interests, Delilah O'Feefe and Jonah Powers.

* CoolSchool: Académie Le Tour is implied to be a very prestigious school, and its name and architecture wouldn't look too out of place in Europe (in particular France).
* EveryoneIsBi: Several Sims on campus do not have a set gender preference if examined in Sim PE.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Sharpe household and Delilah O'Feefe make a good one:
** Roxie is Sanguine.
** Jonah is Choleric.
** Delilah is Melancholic.
** Edwin is Phlegmatic.
* ShrinkingViolet: Marla Biggs. As a bonus, her everyday top is coloured purple.

!! Sharpe household
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Nothing is worse than having a dorky brother, except maybe having a dorky brother live with you at school! Can Roxie and Edwin create some house rules and get along, or will Roxie have to choose between her boyfriend and her brother to keep the peace?"'']]

The Sharpe household is made up of two siblings, Roxie and Edwin Sharpe, as well as Roxie's boyfriend, Jonah Powers. Roxie and Jonah are hobbyist musicians in their free time and popular on campus, but Roxie finds herself horribly embarassed by her younger, dorkier brother Edwin, who wants nothing more but to move out of his sister's pad. It certainly doesn't help that he and Jonah do not get along well at all, and Roxie is faced with the choice of siding with either her boyfriend or her brother.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Jonah has Roxie as a girlfriend, and his in-game biography states that everyone on campus wants to hang out with him. Presumably this also includes the ladies.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Edwin is at last a year younger than Roxie judging by their respective stages in their college career, and Roxie certainly seems to view him as this.
* [[AloofBigBrother Aloof Big Sister]]: Roxie is only mere acquaintances with her younger brother Edwin and claims to be "tolerant" of him.
* ArchEnemy: What Edwin and Jonah's relationship inevitably turns into when left to their own devices. Their relationship is already rather strained when first played and Jonah, being the {{Jerkass}} that he is, will likely initiate hostile interactions autonomously. Edwin is too much of a NiceGuy to fight back if he's bullied.
* CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: InUniverse, Jonah and Roxie are said to be quite popular around Campus.
* GiveGeeksAChance: Edwin has a crush on Delilah O'Feefe, and seems to hope that this trope will come into fruitition.
* GuysAreSlobs: Jonah is one of the worst offenders with only one point in Neatness. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] by Edwin, who is very neat in contrast.
* {{Foil}}: Edwin and Jonah are diametrically opposed in personality, appearance, and interests:
** Edwin is a {{Nerd}} who loves Sci-fi, school, the Paranormal, and shows interest in politics. He's very neat, shy, somewhat active, rather serious, and nice. However, he's also very out of shape, starting out as fat in the game, wears nerdy glasses, and has a dorky haircut and clothing style.
** In contrast, Jonah is a RebelliousSpirit who's more interested in money, food, crime, and sports. He's sloppy, outgoing, rather active, playful, and grouchy. Like his girlfriend, Jonah also indulges in {{Punk}} aesthetics and has tattoos on his arms and legs.
* {{Jerkass}}: Jonah has two points in niceness, only slightly better than SSU's Brittany Upsnott and Ashley Pitts. Roxie is only marginally nicer.
* {{Nerd}}: Edwin is THE quintessential Nerd in looks, personality, and interests. He even outdoes Martin Ruben in this regard.
* NerdGlasses: Edwin wears them. They'll be lost forever if you remove them.
* NoodleIncident: The family bio states that Roxie resents having her dorky younger brother coming to live with her at college; what's not clear is why they're sharing a house at all if they can't stand each other, since housing at Simlish universities is pretty affordable, and he could easily have gone to live in one of the many on-campus dorms.
* UsefulNotes/{{Punk}}: Roxie and Jonah's fashion choices lean heavily towards a grungy punk palette, and they're presumably also heavily into the genre.
* RebelliousSpirit: Jonah and Roxie both fit this trope to a T.
* SiblingYinYang: Roxie and Edwin - she's a punky-goth girl who's all about appearing cool, while he's a nerdy guy who's mostly into science, homework, and video games.

!! Friends household

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Mitch and Max met the first day of school and struck up a friendship. What will they discover now that they've moved out of the dorms and are on their own?"'']]

Mitch Indie and Max Flexor are two best friends who've recently decided to move in together after meeting on the first school day and striking up a friendship. Mitch loves innovation and is fairly popular around campus, while Max aspires to be like Mitch and absorb some of his "cool" vibes. Now that they're living together, one wonders what they might discover as they deal with the ups and downs of college life.

* AmbiguouslyGay: When the household is first played, both Mitch and Max, like a few other sims in Academié Le Tour, do not have a set gender preference. The household description throws even more fuel onto the fire by speculating whether the two might... ''discover something'' about themselves.
* {{Bookworm}}: Max lists reading among his hobbies.
* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: Max's hobbies are reading and cooking, and it's said that he's trying to absorb some of Mitch's "cool" vibes, pointing towards this trope being in play. Mitch is also Max's only friend on campus.
* ExperimentedInCollege: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] to be a possible outcome of their plotline. The household description vaguely aludes to the pair discovering something new about their friendship. Whether this holds true or not is up to the player.
* {{Hipster}}: Mitch is described as a true hipster.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Max is implied to feel like this towards Mitch to some degree.
* PunnyName: Mitch ''Indie'' and Max ''Flexor''. Amusingly enough, if you swap the vowels in Max and Mitch's names, you get ''Mix and Match''.

!! O'Feefe household

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Delilah enjoys the peace and quiet that living alone offers and moved into her own house as soon as she was able. Who wants to deal with the drama of "roommates"?"'']]

Delilah O'Feefe came to Académie Le Tour to get an art degree and some peace and quiet. Living alone has so far been a blast for her - no annoying roommates, no college drama to deal with, and an entire house all to herself, although she has lately been getting attention from the strange geek-next-door...

* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She may not be pale like most examples, but Delilah is described as being aloof in her biography and has dark hair, so she technically falls under this trope.
* CoolShades: Sports a pair of orange-tinted sunglasses.
* FriendlessBackground: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Delilah isn't absolutely friendless but she doesn't like socializing with others frequently.
* GiveGeeksAChance: Edwin Sharpe has a crush on her. You as the player can choose whether to [[RelationshipUpgrade fulfill this trope]] or [[DefiedTrope defy]] it.
* IceQueen: Said to prefer paintings to people.
* IdenticalStranger: She shares one of the default female face templates with Cassandra Goth.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]]. It's not outright stated but her household biography states that she does not want to deal with the drama of having roommates, which implies that she may see herself as this compared to the rest of the Académie Le Tour cast.
* TheQuietOne: Has three points in Outgoingness, meaning that she's far more likely to spend her time reading a book or writing in a diary than socializing with others.

!Bluewater Village
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[[caption-width-right:292:''"Come enjoy an exciting new shopping and entertainment destination! If you're looking to update your closet, your image or your family room, Bluewater Village will have something for you."'']]

Bluewater Village is a shopping district sub-hood that shipped with ''The Sims 2: Open for Business''. There are five families already moved into the town, along with the Gieke and Larson families in the family bin (see the family bin tab for information on them). Bluewater Village doesn't have a long neighborhood story, as the main idea is for the residents to make money and expand their businesses. The community lots are all designed to be run as owned businesses.

!! The Delarosa Household

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Looking for a way to say “I love you”? Look no further than Delarosa Flowers. Florence’s arrangements are almost as famous as her delicious pasta dishes. The secret to her sauce? Rose-hips!''"]]

The Delarosa Household consists of one sim; Florence Delarosa, who runs a flower shop out of her house called ''Delarosa's Flowers''. She's said to be shy, but that could just be because she's new to the neighbourhood and has been too busy setting up her shop to make friends.

* CaringGardener: She has a flower garden, and she has a good amount of Nice points.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: According to her household description, Florence's pasta dishes are famous.
* FloralThemeNaming / MeaningfulName: ''Florence'' is derived from a Latin word meaning 'to blossom', and ''Delarosa'' can mean 'of the rose'. She runs a flower shop.


!! The Jacquet Household

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Jacquets left everything they had behind and tried to build a new life in Bluewater Village. Will they go from rags to riches and create a healthy franchise system that goes public? Or will they fail and watch their dreams crumble like a week old croissant?''"]]

The Jacquet Household is made up of elder Denise Jacquet and her grown son Gilbert. Together they own the ''J'Adore Bakery'', which Gilbert inherited from his father, Yves, after his death.

* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: The Jacquets are implied to be French, and Gilbert has the Romance aspiration, meaning he wants to date and Woo-Hoo as many Sims as possible.
* GratuitousFrench: The family bakery is named 'J'Adore', which is French for 'I adore'.
* LoveTriangle: Gilbert is crushing on two of his female employees at the bakery, Breanna Custer and Trina Dalton (all townies in Bluewater Village have randomised names, these are just their canon names). However, only Breanna returns Gilbert's feelings.
* MyBelovedSmother: Denise is implied to be this towards Gilbert.
* TheMourningAfter: Denise is a widow, but a glitch in her memories makes her not remember Yves' death. So, if she happens to interact romantically with another Sim, she will get a memory of cheating on Yves. This gives the impression that Denise is not ready to move on.

!! The Landgraab IV Household

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Ruthless. Cunning. Brilliant. Ridiculously wealthy. These are just a few words the locals use to describe the Landgraab family, whose entrepreneurial ambitions can’t be stopped by anything but their own mistakes. When you have this much money, you're your own worst enemy."'']]

Malcolm Landgraab IV is one of the many Malcolm Landgraabs appearing in the Sims series, but he's the first one to appear in a main series PC game.

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Starts the game on his own despite being right at the start of his adult life. Though, in all fairness the family backstory seems to imply his parents died early, and that he was raised by his grandparents, making the situation a bit more probable.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Incredibly wealthy, but described as fairly naive.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Malcolm is this, despite everyone in his family tree having lighter skin than him.
* MillionairePlayboy: One of the photos in his family photo album shows him in a hot tub with a woman who resembles Nina Caliente, which implies that Maxis intends him to be this.
* UnfortunateNames: Because of how the game handles names, his last name ''is'' Landgraab IV, which is incredibly annoying should the player choose to have him have kids or marry someone. Unless you know your way around hacking the game, prepare to have a long line of Landgraab IV's.

!! The Ramirez Household

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Checo and Lisa Ramirez have worked hard to get their furniture store off the ground. Though salesmanship has always come easy to Checo, running a business has its own challenges. Now that their daughter Tessa is in school, they can concentrate fully on making their business the best."'']]

A three person household consisting of Checoleín "Checo" and Lisa Ramirez and their young daughter Tessa. The family owns a furniture store called 'Ramirez's Fine Furniture'.

* DeadGuyJunior: Tessa is possibly named after her paternal grandmother, Theresa Ramirez, who has passed away before the beginning of the game.
* DeadSparks: Checo and Lisa only have a mediocre relationship score.
* GoodParents: Both Checo and Lisa are best friends with their daughter Tessa.
* SpicyLatina: Seems to be {{Averted}} with both Lisa and Tessa.

!! The Tinker Household

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Wanda and Stephen hoped their toy shop would be in the family for generations to come, but their daughter seems to have other plans. Can Melody follow her own dreams and still keep her parents happy?"'']]

The Tinker household is made up of parents Stephen and Wanda Tinker - who dream of opening a toy shop out of their house - and their teen daughter Melody.


* WackyParentSeriousChild: This trope pretty much describes the Tinker family to a T. Wanda and Stephen are very childish, while their daughter Melody is serious and studious.

!Riverblossom Hills
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Many Sims have relocated to the quiet, comfortable countryside, in the hopes that life and family can firmly plant their roots in the middle of nowhere. Fresh crops aren’t the only thing growing in the farming community of Riverblossom Hills – love is in the air and many a relationship is on the verge of blossoming. Unfortunately, problems are bound to sprout in a town this small. Things are looking up, but hearts can always turn cold with the onset of winter."'']]

A rural town that ships with the ''Seasons'' Expansion Pack and functions as a test neighborhood for seasonal functions and activities. There are a total of seven families who reside in the neighbourhood - the Roths, a clear {{Expy}} of the Goths, the Viejos, the O'Mackeys, the Wans, the Greenmans, as well as Leod [=McGreggor=] and Alexandra O'Mackey, the latter of whom can be found in the family bin.

While there is no central plot to tie all the various families together, every playable family has some connection to one another, and there is plentiful of implied backstory to explain the circumstances behind some of the Sims' tense relationships. Riverblossom Hills itself is a small, idyllic countryside town that sees cold winters and mild, brief periods of warmth in spring, though its rural charm may not be enough to dispel the bad blood between some of its inhabitants. Tensions abound as winter rolls in...

* {{Arcadia}}: Riverblossom Hills is an idyllic and peaceful country town.
* ArchEnemy: Sandra Roth and Jules O'Mackey are enemies at the start of the game. While it's not explicitly stated what caused this enmity, it's hinted that it started with Jacob Martin, who Sandra is currently dating, and who Jules used to date. A popular fan interpretation is that Sandra may have used RelationshipSabotage to get Jules and Jacob to break up, although this is contradicted by the fact that Sandra and Jacob met after Jules and Jacob broke up. Another possible interpretation is that Jules simply finds Sandra obnoxious, considering Sandra's penchant for constantly talking about Jacob.
* BettyAndVeronica: Leod is the Archie to Catherine and Betty's Betty and Cleo's Veronica. Oddly enough, there's no hint of any crushes in-game despite the fact that all three women's biographies mention interest in Leod.
* ContinuitySnarl: Riverblossom Hills is infamous for having an extremely inconsistent timeline in regards to several people's ages, such as Sims being depicted on photos being present for events where memories show they would've been younger and so on. Examples include Andrew Martin being an [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Absurdly Youthful Father]] to Jacob and Stella and Morty having inconsistent memories as what age their children were when they moved to the neighborhood.
* HiddenElfVillage: A population of [=PlantSims=] lives in an undisclosed location somewhere in Riverblossom Hills. Jason and Gabe O'Mackey were the first ones to discover them.
* ScotIreland: Leod [=McGreggor=] is implied to be Scottish, judging by his last name and manner of dressing. The O'Mackeys are implied to be Irish by ancestry, and the aesthetic of the town itself suggests that it might be located somewhere on the British Isles.
* SeasonalBaggage: Of a sort. The town description implies that things may get ugly in the coming winter.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Sandra is the {{Tomboy}}, and Jules is the GirlyGirl. [[ArchEnemy They both hate each other]].

!!The Greenman Family
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Jason gave up his name and changed his lifestyle for the love of his green-skinned goddess. Despite the love that they share will they be able to raise a happy, healthy child? Can Rose adjust to living in a town instead of the great outdoors?"'']]
A family consisting of Jason Greenman and his [=PlantSim=] wife and step-daughter, Rose and Daisy. Jason and his brother, Gabe O'Mackey, apparently found Rose along with a colony of [=PlantSims=] in the hills that gave the neighbourhood their name, and it was love at first sight for Jason and Rose.

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The Greenmans' home is a weird greenhouse compound with private indoor interiors baked into the back of the house. From a practical perspective, however, it makes sense that most of the floorplan is relatively open, since both Rose and Daisy are [=PlantSims=] who need sunlight to survive.
* HappilyAdopted: Jason is technically Daisy's adopted father, since [=PlantSims=] reproduce asexually and, according to memories, he and Rose met after Daisy was born. Though there's no formal in-game adoption of a spouse's child and so they have no line on the family tree, their strong relationship in-game hints at this.
* TheMaidenNameDebate: Implied. Greenman is Rose's family name and Jason apparently had to take it as a condition of marrying her, though he seems to not mind it.
* PlantPerson: Rose and Daisy
* RapidAging: As a Plantsim, Daisy will go straight from toddler to adult.

!!The Viejo Household
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Can Catherine and Betty cope with the loss of their close friend and face their own imminent mortality or will they find a way to cheat death? Will Andrew and Jacob find a way to fulfill their dreams in the great game of life?"'']]
Following the death of their good friend, Linda Martin, elders Catherine Viejo and Betty Goldstein, moved into her house to help her son and grandson. Together, they have formed their own family unit and settled amiably into country life - but Catherine and Betty aren't getting any younger, and they're both drawn to that cute young farmer down the road...

* [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Absurdly YouthFul Father]]: Andrew Martin, when first played, is in the early days of his adulthood but has a teenage son. Though this could imply teenage parentage, this is impossible in-game and contradicted by the family photos.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: A variant wherein it's not a ''parent'' that's embarassing, but rather, a ''girlfriend''. It's implied that Sandra's obnoxious attitude and constant gushing over Jacob is making him doubt the relationship.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Betty's surname, ''Goldstein'', is a common Jewish surname.
* AmicableExes: Despite breaking up with her before the start of the game, Jacob and Jules O'Mackey remain friends. No reason is given for the break up itself.
* [[CoolUncle Cool Aunt]]: Catherine is this to her niece, Cleo.
* DirtyOldWoman: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Catherine and Betty aren't shown to be outwardly perverted, but they're said to have an interest in the much younger Leod [=McGreggor=].
* [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Aunt]]: Betty and Catherine to Andrew and Jacob.
* InformedAttribute: Betty and Catherine's attraction to Leod [=McGreggor=]. [[LoveTriangle Both are said to be attracted to him]], but the relationship panel only shows them as mutual acquaintances.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Andrew and Jacob are both into video games and have the same interests.
* MissingMom: Jacob's mother and Andrew's wife, Elena, died when Jacob was young.
%%* MultigenerationalHousehold
* OldFlame: May become the case with Jacob and Jules if one is to believe the implication that Jacob is second-guessing his relationship with Sandra.
* TrueCompanions: Linda, Betty and Catherine were all this when Linda was alive.

!!The [=McGreggor=] Family
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Leod McGreggor has a farm…and an orchard. Will he be so focused on gardening that he forgets to cultivate friendships?"'']]
Leod [=McGreggor=] left his homeland and settled in Riverblossom Hills. He has started his own farm but wonders how he will manage without his family.

* CallToAgriculture: The reason he moved to the town was to start his own farm.
* ChickMagnet: Betty Goldstein, Catherine Viejo and Cleo Shikibu all show interest in him, but he only sees them as acquaintances at the start of the game.
* DeconstructiveParody: Of Don Lothario. He's got the attention of a lot of women, but unlike Don seems completely unaware of it, and seems to prefer keeping to himself.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Comes from a long line of farmers and has now started a farm.
* ManInAKilt: As a sign of his implied native country.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: His actual country is never stated, though most people assume it's Scotland due to his name and clothing.

!!The Wan Household
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Patricia and Cleo moved to town when Cleo's aunt, Catherine, offered Cleo her old home - which they just finished remodelling. Will they find excitement in this quiet town after the dust has cleared? Will Patricia and Gabe make a life together?"'']]
Best friends Patricia Wan and Cleo Shikibu moved to the town after Cleo's aunt, Catherine, offered them her old house. Both are beginning to settle into the town, however, and form connections: Patricia's found herself a partner in the single father Gabe, whilst Cleo is smitten with the newly-arrived farmer Leod.

* ImprobableAge: Gameplay example. Cleo's at the very start of the adult life stage when you first play the Wan household, making her impossibly young to already be working as a Studio Musician (a job you can't attain right off the bat and need to be promoted to).
* MultiethnicName: Both of them have one.
* TheCityVsTheCountry: The girls were originally working in the city before coming to rural Riverblossom.
* LEGOGenetics: Both Cleo and Patricia's families get hit ''hard'' with this. They both look reasonably Asian enough, but strangely, their own ancestors look nothing like them.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: [[AvertedTrope Averted with Cleo and Patricia]]. Cleo is clearly half-Japanese on her father's side, and Patricia is half-Chinese, half-Japanese.
* NotSoDifferent: Even though Patricia and Jules dislike each other, they're actually not that different, something which the game makes a point of [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]]. They're both interested in journalism and have the popularity aspiration. They even have the same star sign and a nearly identical personality!
* WickedStepmother: Due to her poor relationship with her new boyfriend's daughter, Patricia could become this.

!!The Roth Family
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Having recently moved to Riverblossom Hills has had a wonderful effect on the Roths! Sandra and Xander are doing great in school, Morty found a great job, but Stella seems a bit restless..."'']]
A wealthy family recently moved to Riverblossom Hills from the city. The move was apparently just what the family needed, though it's done little to repair The Roths' marriage.

* AttentionWhore: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Sandra. She's very loud and doesn't hesitate to tell people what she's thinking.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: The way Sandra's biography is written makes her come off as this.
* TheCityVsTheCountry: Stella is apparently restless from moving to such a small town.
* DeadSparks: Stella's barely just above friend level with Morty, and doesn't even remember falling in love with him in the first place.
* DeconstructiveParody: Of the Goths. Morty and Xander are pretty similar to Mortimer and Alexander, Stella has fallen out of love with Morty, as opposed to Mortimer and Bella's strong marriage; Sandra being described as loud and boisterous in contrast the quiet, mysterious Cassandra.
* GentlemanAdventurer: Morty invokes this trope, being employed in the adventurer career and rather rich to boot.
* GoldDigger: Not outright stated, but a common player theory, given the family's wealth, in combinations with Stella's abysmal relationship with Morty. She's notably one of very few sims who doesn't have the memory of falling in love with her spouse.
* GirlishPigtails: Sandra has them braided.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Sandra can't stop talking about Jacob now that they're dating.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For the Goth Family.

!!The O'Mackey Family
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"After his wife left to become a Dread Pirate, it took Gabe a long time to trust again. Is his relationship with Patricia meant to last? Will Patricia and Jules be able to work out their problems and realize how similar they really are?"'']]
Gabe O'Mackey was left to raise his daughter, Jules, alone after his wife, Alexandra, left him to pursue her dream career. However, he has recently found new love with Patricia Wan, much to Jules' displeasure.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Both Gabe and Alexandra's ages are not consistent with having a teenage daughter.
* AmicableExes: Played Straight with Jules towards her ex-boyfriend, Jacob. Averted in the case of Gabe and Alexandra, who are enemies.
* EmbarrassingRelativeTeacher: Jules is embarrassed about the fact that her dad teaches at the same high school she's attending. She still loves him, though.
* GiveGeeksAChance: Gabe is a nerdy school teacher who's dating the beautiful and stylish Patricia.
* FamilyVersusCareer: Alexandra chose to pursue her dream to become a Dread Pirate rather than stay married and raise a family.
* {{Nerd}}: Gabe is explicitly described as a dorky nerd.
* MissingMom: Alexandra walked out on the family when Jules was a child.
* NotSoDifferent: Even though Patricia and Jules dislike each other, they're actually not that different, something which the game makes a point of [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]]. They're both interested in journalism and have the same aspiration, star sign and a similar personality. It's not clear why they don't get along, though one possible interpretation of their mutual dislike is a case of TooMuchAlike.
* ParentWithNewParamour: Jules is not happy about her dad dating Patricia. Whether the relationship will go Type II or III is up to the player.
* SchoolNewspaperNewsHound: Jules starts out with a want to get a job in the journalism career. She wants to become a journalist someday and plans to write a book on her cousin Daisy.
* ScotIreland: Their family name suggests Irish ancestry.

!Desiderata Valley
Described as a peaceful, quiet neighborhood nestled in the hills and an ideal place for the pursuit of many activities, as appropriate for the neighborhood which ships with the Freetime EP as a test neighborhood for hobbies.

!!The Aspir Family
A family considering of husband and wife, Victor and Elizabeth, their young daughter, Pauline, and Victor's father, Luis.
* BackFromTheDead: Using the genie wish, it is possible to resurrect Luis' dead wife
* CameBackWrong: If the above wish goes wrong, Noriko will be revived as a zombie.
* FamilyVersusCareer: Elizabeth is described as a workaholic who doesn't want to increase her family, despite her husband's wishes
* GenieInABottle: There's one hidden in the attic of the family home
* MultiGenerationalHousehold

!!The Bell Family
An artistic family made up of husband and wife Issac and Hannah Bell, their son, Daniel and Hannah's sister, Sharon.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Sharon's foolish to Hannah's responsible
* VicariouslyAmbitious: Daniel's bio implies Hannah could become this to him

!!The Mole Family
A family consisting of the mysterious John Mole.

* ChickMagnet: Already has two love interests when the game begins
* FamilyBusiness: John is said to be a long line of spies
* {{Masquerade}}: John hides his spy activity from the rest of the neighborhood.
* MeaningfulName: John's last name is a term which means a double agent or spy, which is his career.
* RefusalOfTheCall: The family photos seem to imply John resisted the idea of following the family legacy as a teenager.
* ResignedToTheCall: Despite initially refusing the call, he still followed in his family's footsteps.

!!The Una Family
A family consisting of artist Natasha Una, a distant cousin of the Aspir Family
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: As with all people of her aspiration, she loves grilled cheese sandwiches.

!!The Jocque Family
Consists of married couple Marcel and Sophia, and their daughter Violet
* BigEater: Implied with Marcel
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Both Sophia and Violt show an interest in physical activity.
* PassionateSportsGirl: Implied with Sophia, who wears gym clothes and has a bedroom full of sports memorabilia.

!!The Contrary Family
Consisting of married couple Opal and Edward Contrary, who wish to become closer to their teenage son, Rick.
* ParentsAsPeople: Rick's parents want to understand him, but don't seem to be able to do so.

!Belladonna Cove
Famous for its statue of Bella Goth, it features several apartment lots alongside the usual residential and commercial lots.

!!The Peterson Family
* GoldDigger: Jessica
* RagsToRiches: Jessica
* ReallyGetsAround: Implied in Jessica's bio, which states that she "always was a little precocious."

!!The Cordial Family
Consisting of twin sisters Kimberly and Samantha Cordial, who both aspire to learn the ways of magic.
* NaiveNewcomer: Their purpose is to introduce players to the magic system added with Apartment Life as both sisters have befriended the local high witches.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The Cordial sisters to the Pleasant twins. They both are sisters that share the same aspiration (Popularity for the Pleasants, Knowledge for the Cordials), have a SiblingRivalry and a similar "good girl vs bad girl" vibe going on (Samantha Cordial's friends with the Neighborhood's good witch, while Kimberly's friends with the evil one). Also, not only is "Cordial" a synonym to the word "Pleasant", but the floor plan of their house is very similar to the first floor of the Pleasants', albeit reversed.

!Non-Neighborhood specific families
[[folder: Sim Bin Families]]
These families are families that have no canonical neighborhood and can be placed by the players into any hood of their choosing.

!!The Gieke Family
Consisting solely of Chester Gieke. Born into a family of introverted scientists, he wonders if he can break the mold of his family. Installed with Bluewater Village as part of the ''Open for Business'' expansion, but he can be placed in any neighbourhood.
* MeaningfulName: Chester's surname, Gieke, sounds like "geek" and Chester is shown to be interested in robotics and computers. He is also a Knowledge Sim.

!!The Larson Family
Jodie and Jason Larson are twins who recently moved out and wish to build a business together. Installed with Bluewater Village as part of the ''Open for Business'' expansion, but they can be placed in any neighbourhood.
* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: The family and personal bios imply Jodie will try to push her brother around for the sake of their business.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Jodie is said to be ambitious and takes charge of things, while Jason is said to be carefree.
* SiblingSenioritySquabble: Jodie feels its her duty to be in charge as the elder twin, despite it only being by three minutes.

!!The Crittur Family
Two dogs, Sarah and Danny, who came together to face the problems of being strays and are now happy to have a home of their own.
* ButThouMust: A minor example; there is no way, without cheats, to play them unless they are merged with another household.
* GameBreakingBug: Sarah's pregnancy, due to an error in the Sim Bin, is corrupted and allowing her to give birth sometimes causes corruption of the neighborhood or crashing of the game. Fixed in a later patch, but like Samantha Ottomas's pregnancy, it will not help if they have already been placed into a neighborhood.
* SurprisePregnancy: Since pets show no visible sign of pregnancy, Sarah's pregnancy will be unknown to the player until she gives birth.

!!The Roseland Family
A man, Cyd, and his pet dog, Porthos.
* DogsAreDumb: Averted. Porthos holds the record for fastest learned trick and aims to beat his record.

!!Ottomas Family
A large family consisting of married couple, Peter and Samantha, their three children and Peter's mother, Dora. Samantha is currently pregnant with a set of twins. Installed with Riverblossom Hills as part of the ''Seasons'' expansion, but they can be placed in any neighbourhood.
* GameBreakingBug: An infamous one. Like Sarah Crittur, Samantha's pregnancy is bugged, and if her twins are born, it is possible Peter will not be their father. Instead, they will receive a random Sim as the father, which could be anything from another woman, to a child to a ''pet'' or even a Sim who is ''in another neighborhood entirely''. This causes a corruption so deep the entire neighborhood will have to be reset. Though a later patch addresses this, it will not help if the family has already been put into a neighborhood.
* {{Gonk}}: Dora Ottomas isn't much to look at. Due to the afformentioned bug, the Ottomas twins are often born like this, with faces ranging from "merely" ugly to borderline BodyHorror.
* GrannyClassic: Dora Ottomas, who is said to enjoy caring for others and is a comfort to Samantha in rearing her children.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Peter and Samantha have three children but are expecting two more, and Dora's lifetime wish would require them to have a sixth.

!!The Ramaswami Family
A husband and wife, Sanjay and Priya. Both having dreams of pursuing successful careers, in music and writing respectively. Installed with Riverblossom Hills as part of the ''Seasons'' expansion, but they can be placed in any neighbourhood.
* FamilyVersusCareer: Priya worries about balancing her career ambitions once she has children.

!!The Traveller Family
A former lawyer, Trent quit his job to go around the world with his wife, Trish and daughter Tina.
%%* AlliterativeFamily
%%* MeaningfulName

!!The Picaso Family
A newlywed couple, Matthew and Jessica. Installed with Desiderata Valley as part of the ''Free Time'' expansion, but they can be placed in any neighbourhood.
* BattleCouple: they're both athletic and in the military
%%* HappilyMarried

!!The Cooke Family
A struggling chef, Julien, who moved away from his old home after losing his recipe to a rival. Installed with Desiderata Valley as part of the ''Free Time'' expansion pack, but he can be placed in any neighbourhood.
* MeaningfulName: Both Julien's surname and his rival's name, Zebest Quizine.
* PointyEars: Often going unnoticed, Julien has slightly pointy ears, though not to the extent of the Veronaville Summerdreams.

!!The Goodie Family
An elderly couple, Faith and Herbert, who are traveling following their retirement. Installed with Belladonna Cove as part of the ''Apartment Life'' expansion pack, but they can be placed in any neighbourhood.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Herb and Coral Oldie from the base game. Herb and Herbert even share their first name, while their surnames combine to form the phrase "an oldie but a goodie".

!!The Gavigan Family
A married couple, Nathan and Mary, who have moved to a new town with their son, Isaiah. Installed with Belladonna Cove as part of the ''Apartment Life'' expansion pack, but they can be placed in any neighbourhood.

!!The Newson Family
A family consisting of two teens, two children, and two toddlers who lost their parents and now struggle to stay together. Installed with Belladonna Cove as part of the ''Apartment Life'' expansion pack, but they can be placed in any neighbourhood.
* DontSplitUsUp: They chose staying together and living as a family rather than returning to foster care and splitting up
* FosterKid: They all were this at one point.
* HalfIdenticalTwins: Garrett and Georgia, the twin toddlers who are the only biological siblings in the family, seem to have identical genetics, with only their respective genders accounting for any differences.
* HappilyAdopted: They were this, until they lost their adoptive mother.
* MissingMom: Their adoptive mother, Gloria, is dead for unknown reasons.

!!The Kat Family
A family consisting of Tara Kat and her three pet cats.
* KindheartedCatLover: Tara has three pet cats, dreams of owning a pet shop and has a high level of niceness.
* SpinOffspring: She is implied to be the daughter of Ginia Kat from ''The Sims 1''.

!!The Kim Family
A family of former actors, Robert, Cynthia, and Justin who are starting a normal life following their show being cancelled.
* FormerChildStar: Justin Kim

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* {{Adorkable}}: The brothers have weird interests, but are still likeable. Their [[{{EnsembleDarkhorse}} popularity]] with the fanbase resulted in their ancestors being playable in ''The Sims 3 Ambitions''.

* {{Adorkable}}: Nervous. He's arguably UglyCute and a Family Sim who only receives bad treatment. Sometimes you just want to give him a hug.

* {{Adorkable}}: Edwin is fairly nice and dorky to boot, and his shyness serves to make him endearing.

** The Pleasants are your average stereotypical middle-class family, except there's more to it than one might think. Daniel is starving for intimacy, so he's started an affair with the household maid right under his workaholic wife's nose. Meanwhile, his twin daughters Angela and Lilith are caught up in an intense enmity while trying to navigate their very first relationships.
** Don Lothario is the neighborhood's local womanizer, who's involved with four different women at the start of the game. He's engaged to Cassandra Goth, although many doubt his ability to stay faithful.

!!Don Lothario

* YourCheatingHeart: Don has already been cheating on Cassandra ever since their engagement. [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential The player is encouraged to further indulge in his infidelity.]]

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