Grim Reaper

When someone dies, the Grim Reaper will appear to take them away. This concept was first introduced in The Sims: Livin' Large.

If no one is around when the Reaper comes to call Death stays on the lot for a little while, uses the toilet and watches television. If the Sim that died is the last Sim on the lot an amusing dialogue will appear.

The Grim Reaper is also thought to be the father of Nervous Subject in Strangetown.

Appearance
The Grim Reaper, in any depictions, is always shown with his black robe and cloak. In The Sims, the skeletal figure inside the Grim Reaper can be seen, as the head icon of the Grim Reaper is a gray skeleton. In The Sims 2, he is only seen as a floating gray cloak. Only his skeletal hands are shown in The Sims 3.

In the original, the Grim Reaper seemed less ominous due to the fact that his robe was more revealing. In The Sims 2, he becomes more floaty and ghostlike and less skeletal. In The Sims 3, his appearance becomes much darker and he is more evil-looking than before.

Plead with Death
If another family member wants to, they can plead with Death to spare the Sim's life. There is no way to save someone who died of old age, also while pleading to spare the life of a Sim who has drowned, it is very hard due to the fact unless the death occurred near the edge of the Pool (So the Sim doing the pleading can stand on the ground) interacting with the Reaper is impossible, so be warned.

The Sims
The Grim Reaper only appears if a Sim dies. He appears near the mailbox in the front part of a lot. A twisting skull will appear, and the Grim Reaper comes fading in. He will immediately teleport to the place of the dying Sim. He then will do an animation much like a summoning while chanting Simlish words. When pleading, if Death is in a bad mood, he will take the corpse anyway; if Death is in a good mood, he will play rock, paper, scissors with that Sim, or put a dice under three cups mix them up. The Sim will have to try to pick which holds the dice. If the Sim wins/picks right cup, the deceased is brought back to life for a second chance (and a choir music plays), but if the Sim loses/picks wrong cup, Death will either take the corpse or, be nice and, create a zombie.

The Grim Reaper appears too if you have about four Jack-O-Lanterns in your lot. He will appear near the mailbox, walk to your front door, ring the doorbell, run away and disappear. This is a reference to trick or treating.

The Sims 2
A Sim with a good relationship with the deceased has the chance to plead for their life. Death will hold his hands behind his back, hiding the sim's life in one fist, and the Sim must choose left or right. If the Sim chooses incorrectly, the person will die. However, if they choose the correct one, the other Sim will come back to life with some of their Motives actually up. The higher relationship they have with that sim, the more chance they will win.

Note: There is also a way of having babies with the Grim Reaper, in 4 steps.

1) Spawn the tombstone of L and D through boolprop testingcheatsenabled true. 2) Kill a Sim, preferably not the Sim who you want to have babies with the Grim Reaper. You can use cheats like Rodney's Death Creator and kill them properly. 3) When the Grim Reaper appears, click on the Tombstone of L and D and select 'Get Pregnant By...' 4) Select the Grim Reaper from the menu that comes up.

If you like, you can choose 'Speed up Pregnancy' also.

The Grim Reaper can also come before the Sim dies and kills the Sim even if it is perfectly healthy. This has only been proved in Sims 2 double Deluxe

The Sims 3


There is a statue** of Grim Reaper in the Sunset Valley Cemetery. The non-statue variety also comes when your Sim meets their end. He is playable through the use of cheats. In a recent interview with The Sims 3 associate producer Grant Rodiek, it is confirmed that Sims can have a conversation with the Grim Reaper or challenge him to a game of chess. If they win they live and if they lose they die. (This is a reference to the film "The Seventh Seal").

It has been reported by many simmers on the Sims 3 website that Grim stays for a while after a death, thus making it easier to have a conversation with Grim, or even create a Grim-Sim hybrid.

When a sim dies, the Grim will chant in his simlish way, then the dead sim will glow with a golden light, and stand up as a ghost. The Grim will then have a talk to the ghost, shake hands and the sim will be gone. You can however plead with the Grim, and there will be a chance you might win against him.

If you want your sim to be resurrected, take your sims gravestone to the lab, your dead sim will be revived, but as a playable ghost.

** How to get one of these for your own household: send a sim with a kleptomaniac trait to the cementery, tell him/her near the statue to steal. Back at your household you may not want a stolen statue standing around so place it and then copy via the buildmenu. Send the original statue back to the cementery.



Resurrection
In The Sims, if a Sim has been turned into a zombie, you can't resurrect it, unless you have Unleashed. Then you can go to any Old Town lot which has a shop that sells candles, and find a woman named Miss Lucille, who wears a yellow dress and a big fancy sunhat. You can then ask her to resurrect the zombie (for a price), but this interaction is only available if you have Livin' Large and Unleashed. Sometimes, when the zombie's mood is bad, she wouldn't resurrect it, and she will say that the zombie does not want to be resurrected now. The same goes for cats and dogs.

In first person mode on certain games, as the ghost, you can either pay the Grim Reaper §100, or challenge him to a fiddle contest (kind of a reference to the song "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by The Charlie Daniels Band). Paying will automatically give your Sim back their life, while, the Fiddle contest can take time. The best way to ensure that your deceased Sim will win, is if you fill their wants and needs bar. When your Sim returns to life, all of their needs will be half-way full. Your Sim will not look any different, or act any differently than they did before they 'died'.

On The Sims 2 for PC, the Resurrect-O-Nomitron from the Paranormal career track can bring back the dead, by phoning the Grim Reaper and paying him. You must have the University Expansion Pack installed to get the Resurrect-O-Nomitron. If you pay under §996 your Sim won't come back and Grim will just take your money. Paying the Grim an amount between §996 - §1408 will make the resurrected Sim a zombie and if you pay the Grim Reaper more than §1408, he'll bring your Sim back as a human.

Zombies
In The Sims, sometimes the Grim Reaper will be nice and turn the deceased into a zombie. A zombie has a bluish hue, walks funny and has no personality points. A Zombie's need also lows faster than a normal sims and it's moves are slower than normal sims. Using the Resurrect-O-Nomitron on The Sims 2 for PC, and paying between §998 and §4,127 can create a disturbed zombie.The zombie has a blueish skintone, distorted facial features and a set personality. In Apartment Life, the evil witch can resurrect sims as a Zombie.

Grimwear
You can dress a sim as the Grim Reaper by using cheats. While in the neighborhood, bring up the cheat box (press ctrl+shift+c) and type "boolProp testingcheatsenabled true" without quotes. Then go to make-a-sim mode and press shift+n. This will bring up debugging mode (says in top left corner). Press shift+m to undobug. The Grim Reaper suit should be at the end of "everyday clothing".

Sim/Grim Reaper Hybrids
Sim/Grim Reaper hybrids are very rare, but possible. To get a hybrid, one must somehow get the Grim Reaper to remain on the lot after a death, then have a WooHoo with him when he relaxes on a bed. However, because an actual "relationship" with the Grim Reaper is next-to-impossible, the event is incredibly unlikely to occur. Nervous Subject from Strangetown is further proof that these hybrids exist. Hybrids have very erratic personality points, such as Nervous having no points but a full bar of being active. They have droopy eyes and sallow skin, or may have the first default face you see in CAS. It is also possible to have a baby by the Grim Reaper by using boolprop testingcheatsenabled true, but he must be on the lot at the time. Also, the inSIMenator offers an option that can do the same as boolProp, but the Grim Reaper does not have to be on the lot.

Someone had a child with the Grim Reaper by using boolprop. Type in boolprop testingcheatsenabled true into the cheat commmand box, and right click on a sim and click on Spawn...Tombstone of L and D. Click on the tombstone. Click on Add to Family...Grim Reaper. You will have to pause the game, because he only stays for a few seconds. Click on the sim you want the Grim Reaper to have kids with, and select Have Child With...Grim Reaper. Voila! You'll have the child of the Grim Reaper. However, beware - the Grim Reaper you have added to the family WILL NOT LEAVE.

It is also possible to impregnate the Grim Reaper via the boolProp cheat. First, you must add the Grim Reaper to your family by using Spawn... Tombstone of L and D, click on the Tombstone and then Add to Family... Grim Reaper. The Grim Reaper will be playable but only for a few seconds. Click on the Grim Reaper icon and click on the Tombstone again, then click More..., Make My Sim Pregnant With and then click the sim you wish to have the Grim Reaper be pregnant with. However, the Grim Reaper will vanish soon afterwards, before falling pregnant. The next time you see the Grim Reaper (when a sim dies)he will be a female sim with black hair (the first default hair in the Sims 2) and be maternal clothes (usually pink). However, he will have no head, except he still has hair. He will presume his normal tasks as the Grim Reaper and even have his scythe, paperclip board and cellphone. Despite being pregnant, he will not have a baby and will disappear soon after appearing in a storyline event or being added to a family. However, beware - the Grim Reaper you have added to the family WILL NOT LEAVE.