History Videogame / TheSimsBustinOut

* ArtificialStupidity: The AI does not have the slightest idea on how to navigate Malcom's Mansion properly without you navigating it yourself, almost always deciding the long way around is also the only way around. If you fence off the long way around, Sims will often just walk around confused until they fall asleep despite the myriad doors in front of them.

** Which doubles as a GeniousBonus, since the historic Goths from Germany were indeed name "Godos" in Spain --and "Godó" is actually a really illustrious name in Spain.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Malcom Landgraab is the richest man in the neighborhood, and serves as the BigBad as he snatches away the items of its residents.
** You can become one yourself via the Swindler path in Free Play, though it's not available in Bustin' Out.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Should the player choose the criminal career as a Gangster. See VillainProtagonist below for more information.

* DrillSergeantNasty: General Payne from the Octagon level, who hits just about every top military officer trope in the book and whose everyday outfit at home is his uniform, complete with a helmet.

* [[invoked]]HumiliationConga: Malcolm Landgraab gets hit with this once they player becomes successful. [[spoiler:Each penultimate house has a main objective of screwing over Malcolm in some way (i.e. having him sign a deal to produce a BoxOfficeBomb with Fanny Adoré and Humphrey Hawks). Then, when the player moves into his mansion, the player character's mom will arrive and chase Malcom off his own property, letting the player have it all to themselves. Afterward, completing each career path will show a cutscene of him clumsily climbing onto the yacht the player is on, attempting to schmooze with the player, then being violently rejected by the other characters. In the final cutscene, he snatches the gnome statue intended for the player, which then rockets into the sky before exploding, sending him plummeting into the sea.]]

** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the residents of Tinsel Bluffs, whom work as big-name actors, but live in a house that's plastered in wood, red velvet, and stainless steel.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The ''player character'', should they pursue a life of crime through the Gangster career track.
* VillainProtagonist: The player can pursue a life of crime through the Gangster career track. They start off as a petty vandal and work their way to the top through increasingly severe forms of theft, guarding their boss, [[{{Pyromaniac}} arson]], [[ProtectionRacket extortion]], and even ''[[ProfessionalKiller contract killing]]''. [[spoiler:And by the time you took Malcolm's Mansion you decide to ''off'' your previous boss for [[DisproportionateRetribution attempting to stiff your pay]] and [[KlingonPromotion took the title of don]] for themselves, taking both the fortune, and their assets at their disposal.]]

* [[invoked]]WhiteDwarfStarlet: Fanny Adoré was once an A-list movie star, but has since been reduced to a mere sitcom actor by the time the player meets her. She's still convinced she has her former status, as can be seen in her {{pride}}ful remarks, and wants the player to encourage Malcom Landgrab to sign a movie deal with her and her husband (which the game tells the player is doomed to be a BoxOfficeBomb). Given her prominence in the ending cutscenes, it seems she has [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned her happy ending]] with the player's help.

''The Sims Bustin' Out'' is a sequel to the console version of ''VideoGame/TheSims1'', released in late 2003 for [[{{UsefulNotes/Xbox}} Xbox]], [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGamecube Gamecube]], and [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]]. It was eventually followed by a direct sequel, ''VideoGame/TheUrbz'', and eventually the console versions of ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' and ''VideoGame/TheSims3''.

''Bustin' Out'' improved on a number of things from the first console version, including dozens of new social interactions, improved graphics and gameplay, and overall more depth and character. It also spawned a mobile versions for the [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance GBA]] and [[Platform/NGage N-Gage]], which was more in the AdventureGame genre, but still had standard Sims elements such as fulfilling needs and building relationships with other characters.

''Bustin' Out'' improved on a number of things from the first console version, including dozens of new social interactions, improved graphics and gameplay, and overall more depth and character. It also spawned a mobile versions for the [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance GBA]] and [[UsefulNotes/NGage N-Gage]], which was more in the AdventureGame genre, but still had standard Sims elements such as fulfilling needs and building relationships with other characters.

* BlinIdiotTraslation: The Spanish version of the game had a different team than the PC game. Some of the stats had different names and, most blatantly, the Goth family was named "Godó" --on PC they were the "Lápida" ("Gravestone"). The latter was not a direct translation, but it retained the notion of the Goths being a spooky and, well, Gothic family --a point completely missed in the foremost. Mortimer and Bella ("Homero" and "Elvira", respectively), retained their English names.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Mentioned in Charity Grant's background, as she is the creators of the so-called Anti-Meaning Movement of art.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: When you eventually move into Malcolm's Mansion, Malcolm himself will occasionally show up as an uncontrollable NPC who mostly loafs about without contributing.

* NoAntagonist: The handheld version lacks a true villain. The closest thing is Giuseppi Mezzoalto, who admittedly tries to murder your Uncle Hayseed while robbing his house, but he doesn't do much during most of the game besides being a questionably legal character.

*** The Miss Memo Sleep Chamber bed can refresh Sims faster than any other furniture, with a sleep rating of ''[[UpToEleven 11]]'', and its comfort rating is decent enough as well. This requires the player character to advance in the Paramilitary career.

* VillainProtagonist: The player can pursue a life of crime through the Gangster career track. They start off as a petty vandal and work their way to the top through increasingly severe forms of theft, guarding their boss, [[{{Pyromaniac}} arson]], [[ProtectionRacket extortion]], and even ''[[ProfessionalKiller contract killing]]''. [[spoiler:And by the time you took Malcolm's Mansion you decide to ''off'' your previous boss for [[DisappropriateRetribution attempting to stiff your pay]] and [[KlingonPromotion took the title of don]] for themselves, taking both the fortune, and their assets at their disposal.]]

* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Bing Bling, a white rapper who is featured quite prominently in the game.

* VillainProtagonist: The player can pursue a life of crime through the Gangster career track. They start off as a petty vandal and work their way to the top through increasingly severe forms of theft, guarding their boss, [[{{Pyromaniac}} arson]], [[ProtectionRacket extortion]], and even ''[[ProfessionalKiller contract killing]]''. [[spoiler:And by the time you took Malcom's Mansion you decide to off your previous boss for [[DisappropriateRetribution attempting to stiff your pay]] and [[KlingonPromotion took the title of don]] for themselves, taking both the fortune, and their assets at their disposal.]]

* VillainProtagonist: The player can pursue a life of crime through the Gangster career track. They start off as a petty vandal and work their way to the top through increasingly severe forms of theft, guarding their boss, [[{{Pyromaniac}} arson]], [[ProtectionRacket extortion]], and even ''[[ProfessionalKiller contract killing]]''. [[spoiler:And you take the title of don after whacking your previous boss for [[DisappropriateRetribution attempting to stiff your pay]], taking both the position, fortune, and assets for yourself.]]

* VillainProtagonist: The player can pursue a life of crime through the Gangster career track. They start off as a petty vandal and work their way to the top through increasingly severe forms of theft, guarding their boss, [[{{Pyromaniac}} arson]], [[ProtectionRacket extortion]], and even ''[[ProfessionalKiller contract killing]]''.