Bella Goth

Bella Goth, or Bella Bachelor in The Sims 3, is one of the pre-made Sims shipped with The Sims game, in which she lives with her husband, Mortimer, and her daughter, Cassandra. Between The Sims and The Sims 2, Bella and Mortimer had one more child, Alexander Goth.

Her biography states: ''Her name in Italian means "beauty" and it fits her better than her red leather corset. Descended from a long line of occultists, mystics and decadents, she has thrown convention to the wind. Her disdain for the pedestrian and normal is only matched by her sense of ennui and isolation. She distracts herself from this world with a little organ practice and exotic gardenings of the lethal variety.''

In The Sims 2, Bella cannot be controlled because between the 25 years that passed between The Sims and The Sims 2, she was abducted by aliens. Bella's marriage to Mortimer does not exist from a program point of view; however, her essence lives on in two ways.

Bella's disappearance from the game is a major component to the background story of Pleasantview. It's theorized that Maxis picked her for this storyline because she is a mysterious, yet elegant, woman. Although her husband, her children and Don Lothario have memories of her being abducted by aliens, the story does not explicitly state what happened to Bella. Many of Mortimer's, Cassandra's, and  Alexander's memories involve Bella. On the family tree panel, Bella's face is not gray, which indicates that the game does not consider her to be dead.

Although the actual Bella is gone, Maxis created a likeness of Bella and used it as a townie in another neighborhood: Strangetown. This version is a little different than the actual Pleasantview Bella, but is acknowledged by Maxis as the same Bella. The only way to send Bella to Strangetown without messing up the game code is to create a new Bella. The fact that the Bella in Strangetown has no memories of her loved ones or past life is simply blamed on alien experiments during her abduction.

In Apartment Life, the new neighborhood, Belladonna Cove, is named in memory of Bella, and a new neighborhood prop shipped in the game is a very tall, gold statue of Bella holding a platinum plumbob.

In The Sims Bustin' Out, Mortimer and Bella made another appearance, with a slightly older character.

Life leading up to The Sims
Bella Goth, her husband, Mortimer Goth, and her daughter, Cassandra Goth, are first introduced in The Sims. She is an elegant, yet athletic, woman who seems to enjoy playing golf. Her activities when you play her will either be painting or playing the piano, which gives creditably to the theory that she may also be a very creative and talented person. She also has quite a high interest in the paranormal.

Life leading up to The Sims 2
By the time the storyline has caught up to The Sims 2, she has disappeared (by being abducted by aliens). She has another child, Alexander Goth. Bella is the sister to deceased Michael Bachelor. She does exist in Pleasantview, but is hidden within the game code and can only be found using cheats or third-party programs.

Some players prefer to play the townie named Bella Goth in Strangetown and consider her the real Bella because she has no connection to Pleasantview and is not tied with the Goth/Bachelor family tree, which lends credence to the theory that the alien experiments left her mind wiped. It is shown in the photo album and memory panel of Don Lothario that Don had attempted to do some romantic interactions with Bella, which she didn't accept before mysteriously disappearing. Her last known whereabouts being Don's deck.

Life leading up to The Sims 3
In The Sims 3, Bella is a child (12/13 days to teen) who lives with her mother Jocasta Bachelor. She wears a red dress because her favorite color is red. Bella Bachelor and Mortimer Goth are best friends (he is one day older than her). Her traits are Good, Brave and Lucky.

The Rumors about Bella Goth
There is a rumor going around that Maxis originally created Bella, but she had gotten deleted while creating the game. To not look stupid, they made up a story that explained her disappearance.

With the Seasons expansion pack, there is a new family, the Roth Family, living in Riverblossom Hills. Like a mirror of the Goth Family, the Roth Family has a Stella,  Morty,  Sandra and  Xander.

Reuniting the Goths
A few people around the Internet have suggested many ways in order to get the original Bella back. Here are a few suggestions:

Pleasantview Bella:


 * This will only work if you have University. First, summon the cheat bar by typing in Ctrl then Shift then C, then type in boolprop testingcheatsenabled true. Hold down the Shift key and left click on a Sim. You will see a menu with many options, you'll want to click on the option called "spawn." There will be many more options. Click on the Tombstone of L and D. Next, click on the Tombstone of L and D, which is a literal tombstone, and you will see many options again. Choose "Add neighbor to family." Go through all the names until you see Bella Goth. Click on her name and she appear. This is important: you should not leave the lot yet because when you load the lot, Bella will be gone. You must find a way to kill her so she will be on the lot in a tombstone form. Summon the cheat bar again (Ctrl then Shift then C) and type in unlockcareerrewards. Click on it, there will be many options, and choose the Resurrect-O-Nomitron. Once it appears, have a family member use it. Make sure you have more than §1408 if you want Bella not to be a zombie. Choose to resurrect Bella and pay more than §1408. Bella will be back.


 * This is the only way to get Bella back if you have anything past Nightlife. Bella has a Dead Token, which means she will die as soon as she comes to any lot, and when you try to resurrect her, no names will come up. You need to download | SimPe on your computer if you want Bella back. To guide you through the process, | go to.


 * To get Bella without cheats or SimPE, you will need everything up to FreeTime (or everything up to Apartment Life) and the ability to download from | ModTheSims2. Download the | MegaHood (or | Uber-MegaHood if you have Apartment Life). Go to the Goth Manor and wait until Bella Goth and any member of the Goth Family to meet. After building a relationship with her, have someone invite Bella over. When she appears on the lot, greet her and ask her to move in.

Strangetown Bella:


 * First go into the Strangetown neighborhood and make a new family in CAS. When Bella visits the lot (or you meet her another way), talk to her. Become friends with her, having a high enough relationship to ask her to move in, or have her fall in love with a Sim and propose to her, asking her to move in. Then have her move out if you don't want her and your Sim living together. Place her into a house and move that house into the catalog. Now you can place her wherever you want to.

Poems and songs about Bella Goth
Bella, Bella, Bella Goth, What a pleasant name you've got, Every gamer wants to find Pleasant Bella in the mind.

Bella, where did you go? Where do you live now? Everybody misses you now, How to find you, Bella, how?

Lovely Bella flew away, Never to be seen again, People search day after day, To find the missing lovely dame. Bella Goth is missing, It is the fault of Don, But we will remember her, Even though she is gone.

Bella on an alien ship, Always on a really long trip. Will she ever come home, When that alien ship has flown? Bella, you're my favorite one, Then you flew up past the sun. I hope you're happy way out there, With all the green men with no hair.

Probably the most sought-after Sim, Oh, lovely Bella, where have you been? Did you really go on an outer-space trip And now you can't get out of that alien ship? Oh, Bella, dear Bella, do we need SimPE? If not so, why did Maxis not just let you be? Maybe the mystery will be solved in The Sims 3? Oh, Bella, answer me, from wherever you are, Bella, please answer me, from near or far.

Bella Goth Trivia & Easter Eggs
There are many Easter eggs involving Bella Goth (for more info see Easter Eggs). Here is a list so far:


 * Bella Squared: Bella Squared is a portrait of Bella Goth you can hang in your Sim's house. Allegedly, if in Strangetown, you hang the Bella Squared portrait in your house, the Strangetown Bella Goth will eventually show up.
 * Marketing Print by Seph Eia: If you have the highest graphic quality set (allowing you to see portraits clearly), you will see that the last two portraits in the marketing print are of Bella Goth.
 * Pianist: On SimStation Dance, some people say the pianist in the R&B song is Bella Goth. This woman has brown hair and glasses.
 * Milk: A "missing persons" photo of Bella Goth can be seen on the milk cartons in the game.
 * Hot Air Balloon: A little graphic that looks a lot like Bella Goth can be seen inside of the hot air balloon's basket with Don. Some people say that the Sims in question are the Dreamboat and Blonde Bombshell.
 * Belladonna Cove Statue: Easily the most conspicuous Easter egg, this is a huge golden statue of Bella holding a platinum plumbob.
 * Broken Bella and Mortimer snow globe: One of the many hidden files found and posted on | Modthesims2.
 * Fireplace: In the Goth Family album, there is a picture of Cassandra and a modern looking fireplace. In another picture, you see Don kissing Cassandra, but the fireplace is changed to the most expensive one. If you look at the textures of the modern looking fireplace, there is a picture of Bella.
 * Music: There is a song under the Jazz section on the radio entitled "Good Evening Bella." There is also one called "Mortimer's Touch."

Appearance
Bella's hair didn't changed much in The Sims and The Sims 2, and neither did her red dress (except they gave her a green necklace in The Sims 2). In The Sims Bustin' Out, she is seen wearing a red leather corset gown. In The Sims 3, as a child, she wears two different outfits: a purple t-shirt with white arms and camouflage shorts, and a red dress similar to the one she wears in The Sims and The Sims 2.

Bella Goth in Other Games
Bella Goth is perhaps one of the most well known Sims. She appeared in The Sims Bustin' Out along with her husband Mortimer, she was in the TV family in The Sims 2 for Gameboy Advance, she appeared in The Sims 2 for PSP, and she appeared in SimCity 4.