Jimmy Sprocket

Jimmy Sprocket is a fictional Sim in a very popular series of books in The Sims 3 and expansions.

Overview
Sprocket appears in children's novels at the bookstore and in the markets introduced in The Sims 3: World Adventures. The Sprocket franchise is clearly a modelled on JK Rowling's Harry Potter franchise of child/adolescent fiction.

Titles to date

 * Jimmy Sprocket and the Squishy Stone (§50/bookstore)
 * Jimmy Sprocket and the Chalice of Lichens (§125/bookstore)
 * Jimmy Sprocket the Escape from Funland (§210/bookstore)
 * Jimmy Sprocket and the Mummy's Curse (§2,002/Al Simhara Market, Al Simhara, Egypt)
 * Jimmy Sprocket and the Chalice of Nectar (§1,376/Circle of Knowledge Bookstore, Champs Les Sims, France)
 * Jimmy Sprocket and the Cave of the Dragon (§486/Shang Simla Market, Shang Simla, China)

Trivia

 * In Russian localized version of the game, Jimmy Sprocket is called "Гарик Покер" (Garik Poker - name is a hypocoristic for Western name "Garry" or "Harry"; surname has in Russian the only meaning of a card game). Thus, Sprocket's resemblance with the Harry Potter character is clearly highlighted.