Mrs. CrumpleBottom

Mrs. Crumplebottom is an elderly NPC sim-woman featured in The Sims: Hot Date and The Sims 2: Nightlife. She frequents Downtown lots in both games, and is usually considered an obstacle in the lives of Sims.

Personality
Mrs. Crumplebottom is a very old-fashioned, stern, and strict woman who appears to abide by a moral code from the late-1800s. She detests when two Sims do any romantic interactions in public, including hugging, kissing, and flirting. When Mrs. Crumplebottom sees any of these actions taking place on a community lot, she will promptly scold the Sims, smack them, or worst of all, beat them with her purse! If a Sim innocently wanders out in underwear or bathing suit, Crumplebottom will lecture him until he changes back into his everyday clothes.

Appearance
Mrs. Crumplebottom almost always wears her signature outfit. This includes a long, straight, dress with a button-up overcoat, along with tight shoes, pearls, a pillbox-hat with a small daisy pinned on, a tight bun, and her large, dark purse. Her dress is a tan/cream color.

Personal Life
One question that is often wondered by inquisitive simmers is "If her name is Mrs. Crumplebottom, then who was her husband?" There are many rumors around the community, and here are some of the most prominent:


 * She was married to the famous puppeteer, Robert Crumplebottom (mentioned in The Sims: Hot Date).
 * She was married to the founder of SimCity/Downtown.
 * She was married to a rich Sim who put a lot of money into the community, and she feels that she runs the town because of it.
 * She was married to a Sim who was crushed by a chandelier, and afterward despised love forever because of the tragic incident.
 * Also it is rumored that she is married to the Grim Reaper. That's why she's still alive, he made her immortal.
 * She was never married. No man would take her because of her grouchy self. She hits people with her purse from pure envy.

Relation to the Crumplebottom Line


Due to the same family name as Mortimer Goth's maternal relatives, it has been proposed that Mrs. Crumplebottom is a relative of Mortimer. It is sometimes said that she is a distant cousin, though many believe she is Prudence Crumplebottom because of her similar appearance and the fact that Prudence's grave cannot be found in the Goth Family Graveyard. It is also possible that she is Prudence's sister or cousin.

There is also some speculation that Agnes Crumplebottom (Prudence's daughter) could also resemble Mrs. Crumplebottom, although she never married. But some nights if you are playing the Goths Agnes' ghost appears from the tombstone.

Mrs. Crumplebottom's niece, Elmira Clamp, appears in MySims for Wii as a strict Librarian. This proves that Mrs. Crumplebottom had/has a sibling.



Distractions
If you have the Bon Voyage expansion pack installed in the game, a new character is introduced. The Unsavory Charlatan, a venturing scam artist, just seems to be attracted to sweet 'ol Mrs. Crumplebottom and if you are lucky enough to have both of these characters in the same lot he will try to have his way with her and serenade the "sweet" old lady. Sometimes it will work or sometimes he'll end up being beat by one of Mrs. Crumplebottom's famous purse-whippings. Now, how does this help you? It might give you some time to finish up in the lot and head home to safety.

She loves bowling more then she hates love, so you are safe in bowling alleys. She will play a game and never stop.

The Sims 3
A trailer shows that she will make an appearance in The Sims 3. Producers have also confirmed this but with Sunset Valley being a prequel neighbourhood to The Sims we may be seeing a younger Mrs. Crumplebottom. So far she is going to be living in a modern house. Mrs Crumplebottoms husband is supposed to be a ghost, and the reason she is so mean to people. 