Genie

The Genie is an NPC that Sims can summon by cleaning an Antique Lamp or rubbing the "Dusty Old Lamp". The Genie will grant wishes which can have good or bad consequences.

The Sims
The Genie will give a Sim two choices for a wish, and these wishes can have good or bad consequences. Once the lamp has been cleaned, it cannot be cleaned again for the rest of the day, but it can be cleaned once a day for as long as it is on the lot. However, the player can sell a lamp after a wish has been made (but not for full price) and buy a new one with another wish, with no waiting and no limit. This sounds much better than it is, as in The Sims, the genie is not particularly adept, and wishes almost always go wrong. Also, the wishes that could be chosen sometimes had names like "Air" and "Fire", so players often did not know just what they were wishing for in the first place.

The Sims 2
The Genie was introduced in FreeTime and is found in the "Dusty Old Lamp". He grants 3 wishes to the object (not per Sim). The Genie can grant wishes such as wishes for money or even to resurrect dead Sims. The Genie has violet skin and wears a waistcoat. After the 3 wishes are made, he disappears. (Even if all three are failures.) His full name in The Sims 2 is Genie Midlock.

To be awarded the Genie, several Sims in the household must have enthusiasm in a hobby and high Lifetime Aspiration, which will summon the Gypsy Matchmaker to deliver the lamp. However, the chance of getting the lamp is small. There is a 2% chance (per day) the matchmaker will bring the lamp for each Sim with a 7 or higher in their Lifetime Aspiration (so if two Sims had that score, the chance would be 4%). However, in Desiderata Valley's Aspir household, there is already a Genie Lamp in the house.

Wishes
After summoning the Genie, there are six options to choose from:

 Give Me Wealth


 * Success: Money is distributed over time to the Sim who gave the wish in bags that fall from the sky, totaling §23,000.
 * Immediately: §10,000
 * The next day: §7,000
 * Two days after: §5,000
 * Three Days after: §1,000


 * Failure: You have a better chance of getting a burglar over the next few Sim days.

Give Me Beauty


 * Success: It acts as a love potion--your Sim is more attractive to others.


 * Failure: NPCs ring your doorbell at all times.

Resurrect


 * Success: Resurrects a selected dead Sim.


 * Failure: Resurrects a selected dead Sim, but as a zombie.

Give Me A Long Life


 * Success: Extends the Sim's life by 4 days.


 * Failure: Shortens the Sim's life by 3 hours.

Give Me Power To Cheat Death


 * Success: This allows the Sim who has wished for Cheating Death to allow themselves to plead for their own life, and at first, this will be successful.


 * Failure: However, after each successful plead with the Reaper, the success rate is decreased 10%. Note by pleading death while dying of old age, you will only prolong the Sim's life for another day.

Give Me Peace of Mind


 * Success: Gives the Sim permanent Platinum mood


 * Failure: Appliances, plumbing, and electronics will break all the time.

Give me Youth (Hidden from play)


 * Success: Adult or elder transitions in reverse to the previous age state. Adults will become teenagers and will have to reattend public school and elders will become adults, nullifying retirement or their 3-stage elder job.


 * Failure: If the wisher is an adult, they will become an elder. If they are an elder, it will be their time to die.

 
 * Can only be activated with the assistance of a third-party mod.

The Sims 2 (console)
Genies also appear in The Sims 2 for Console, though nothing usually happens when Sims interact with one. Also, when a Sim awakens a Genie, all that will appear is the Genie's head. Genies can be untrustworthy, and will sometimes trick Sims into giving them their money. Good results of summoning the genie could be, raised motives, a plate of food, or money. If the Genie has red smoke rising from the head, it is in a bad mood and can summon fires or burglars, decrease the Sim's mood, and even strip the Sim of his/her clothes for a few seconds.