List of Easter eggs in The Sims

An Easter egg is a message hidden in the object code of a program, movie, book, CD, DVD, or video game as a joke, intended to be found by persons disassembling or browsing the code.

There are many Easter eggs in The Sims series. Some of these are hidden in the actual game play and others are hidden in the code.

The Sims

 * The Yeti from the Vacation expansion pack and the mascot of winter wonderland appears in the TV-cartoons and if Superstar is installed, a Betty Yeti film-poster is added to the game.
 * The Loch Ness Monster appears for a few seconds in the neighborhood screen in the water. The monster also appears in Downtown and Vacation Island.
 * If you have a Christmas tree, Fireplace, and a table with cookies in the same room late at night, Santa Claus will come, and leave your family a present.
 * There are some real people starring in The Sims, for example Drew Carey, Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, Avril Lavigne, and Christina Aguilera.
 * A highway was named after Gunther Goth; it is called the Gunther Goth Highway.
 * There are many Easter eggs with the Crumblebottom family such as the court house next to the Goth Sr, the prune tree, and the park.

The Sims 2

 * Bella Goth: There are many references to this mysterious Sim in the game. Bella Goth appears on the milk cartons and newspapers in the game. In the texture files of the fireplace, there is a small hidden picture of Bella in the right hand corner. It is rumored that Bella is hidden in the hot air balloon neighborhood object/event neighborhood object in the game; others suppose this is the Blond Bombshell from the Sims Hot Date expansion pack. Bella appears in many of the decorative photographs of the game, one being a picture of herself named the "Bella Squared". She can be seen at community lots in Strangetown. If you have the Belladonna Cove expansion, the neighborhood has a statue of Bella holding a plumb bob. In The Sims 2 for Playstation 2, the name of a refrigerator is "Chow Bella Bachelor"
 * Onomatology: Several pre-made Sims in the game have names that allude to a meaning. Such as Olive Specter's ghosts, 'Rigger Mortis' and 'Earl E. DeMise'.
 * The Pleasant Sisters: While watching Simstation Dance on a TV, a clip can be seen of two girls fighting. The girls look just like Angela and Lilith Pleasant.
 * Freezer bunny: Almost as common as the Bella Goth Easter eggs is the freezer bunny, representing a pink bunny cartoon and first appearing on the back of a juice carton in the community lot freezers.
 * Simpsons house: A house on the train table in free time bears a striking resemblance to 742 evergreen terrace, the house of the Simpsons family.
 * The flying pig: A neighborhood object/event released with Open for Business. Appears in neighborhoods with a water tower. It is a reference to Pink Floyd, who often used inflatable pigs as props at their concerts.
 * The spaceship: A neighborhood object/event released with Pets. When a crashed spaceship is placed in the neighborhood, a spaceship arrives with a searchlight to find the crashed ship.
 * The spaceship's number plate: Says 'anm8er' (It sounds like "animator"). When an abduction occurs on the lot and the UFO comes to return the Sim, the numberplate can be seen.
 * House Of Fallen Trees: We have not been able to confirm whether or not this is an Easter egg, but there appears to be a house in the menu that if you select and put down somewhere in the neighborhood, there will be a basement with two coffins underwater. The closest one is found in Downtown. A large house towards the West has a basement. In it are two coffins, but they're not underwater. The house in Downtown also has the graves of some of the Tricou family members in the backyard. (House of Fallen Trees).
 * The pig balloon usually seen in the neighborhood view can also be seen popped and lying on a tree when your Sim adds trees to a model train set from FreeTime.
 * Furthermore, if you use the  cheat, the Grim Reaper's bio says that his favorite band is Styx.
 * If you have the Apartment Life expansion pack you have to move the camera towards the sea then press TAB and move the camera to the upper left corner and you can see a Baba Yaga hut from Bon Voyage.
 * When reading the buyable tree trunk in Bon Voyage, messages can appear saying: DL+CG, DL+DC, DL+NC, DL+KL, a refrence to all of Don Lothario's loves in Pleasantview. (Don Lothario+ Cassandra Goth, Don Lothario+Dina Caliente, Don Lothario+Nina Caliente and Don Lothario+Kaylynn Langerak).
 * Career reward: If you have the career reward for the Medical career on the lower part on the 3rd mat you can see the Sims 2 Logo
 * Maxis Outfit for Girls: In The Sims 2, there is an outfit for girls with Will Wright on front and a Maxis logo on the back.
 * Using SimPE or another third party editing program to open the character files of several pre-made male Sims in Veronaville (e.g. Kent Capp, Cornwall Capp,Patrizio Monty etc.) reveals that they have a slight gender preference for males at the beginning of the game, despite the fact that they are involved in heterosexual romantic storylines. This is possibly a reference to the ongoing critical debate over the possible sexuality of William Shakespeare, on whose life and plays the neighbourhood is based. Also could be referring to the fact that in those times only men were allowed to act.
 * On the counter of hot dog stand in Apartment Life, you can see some recognizable pictures. The pictures include the photos from the photo album of The Smith Family, The Grunt Family, The Lothario Family, The Broke Family, and many more. There are also the pictures of Romeo Monty and Bella Goth.

The Sims 2 Pets (PSP)
When going to Town Square, you may get the message "Today is the Cat Day!". Oddly, this may also appear in The Sims Castaway at random times when looking inside a bottle.

The Sims 3
Tragic Clown Several of the Easter eggs have to do with the Tragic Clown - first seen in The Sims. His picture seems to have taken the place of Bella Goth on the back of the milk carton. A parody fish has the name the Tragic Clownfish. Probably the biggest Easter egg is the Tragic Clown's grave in Pleasant Rest Graveyard.

Books Many books make reference to games by EA Games. A complete list of books follows: Decorations Some paintings and sculptures have to do with both The Sims and The Sims 2. Other Other Easter eggs include: On a TV set there is a box cover of 'The Sims 2 castaway' and "Mysims'
 * "Where's Bella?" this might be a reference to the famous Bella Goth's disappearence
 * "Murder in Pleasantview," by Alexander Goth.
 * "The Crumplebottom Legacy." This might be a reference to Miss Crumplebottom or Mrs. Crumpelbottom.
 * "Point Farmer: The Grant Rodiek Story" {Grant Rodiek is one of the producers.}
 * "Herding Cats: Music Edition" {Herding Cats is an album by Gaelic Storm who recorded a Simlish version of their song "Scalliwag" for The Sims 2: Bon Voyage.}
 * "The Goth Account" a business opportunity book to read.
 * Some created paintings in The Sims 3 are famous paintings in real life.
 * There is a buyable painting of the social bunny from The Sims 2.
 * There is a buyable statue of the Laganaphyllis Simnovorii- the cowplant- from The Sims 2: University.
 * There is a statue of a Servo in the Science lab.
 * If Sim is painting on an easel, they can paint a picture of Bella and Cassandra Goth.
 * A Large painting includes a couple on a balcony, The man has a suit and the woman has an elegant Red dress which could be Mortimer and Bella.
 * One of the large paintings your Sim can paint closely resembles a creature from Spore.
 * There is a buyable shelf that comes full of mementos and curios, one of which is a photograph of the young man and woman on the cover of The Sims 2: University box.
 * If you look at a poster named 'Detention Hall', You will see that it & its description parody 'The Breakfast Club'.
 * Under the buydebug menu, there is a small miniature version of The Sims 2 Goth Manor.
 * Vincent Skullfinder, from MySims, is buried in the graveyard.
 * There is a record with a "Bella Squared" painting as the cover.
 * A playable song is named Flamenco Fever, perhaps a reference to the Caliente Family.
 * All the T.V. shows are made with The Sims 2.
 * One of the community's player found an airplane in the sky of Sunset Valley ([])
 * A double bed is made by the Lothario Family.
 * Several objects appear made by Landgraab Industries.
 * There is a werewolf in a cave with alien writing
 * The Lucky Door is said to be made by Mr. McMann, from Pleasantview after he won in Bingo seven days in a row.
 * There is another door called Mags' Door, the door is in the style of the 50s and it might be a reference to Mags Newbie.
 * On the door to the Bistro, there is what appears to be a blue credit card sticker. When flipped horizontally, it can be recognized as the original EA games logo. (Seen in Sunset Valley)
 * There is a channel on the TV called 'Halls of History', which when turned on shows a Authoritarian city from Simcity Societies.
 * One of the space rocks is named Sporecite, possibly a reference to the EA Game, Spore.
 * If you zoom in close enough to the hot air ballon that floats around you can see two figures.If you turn the screen in any direction whilst still looking at the balloon, the figures will always face you. Watch this video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQqpOThKtJA&feature=related
 * On the big rocks near Crystal Springs in Sunset Valley, there are alien carvings on the rocks presenting some form of message.
 * When traveling to the future in Ambitions, Sims can encounter a Mass Effect reference (Some sort of Shepard saving the galaxy from an ancient machine threat), and when traveling to the past a Dragon Age: Origins reference (While traveling through the tunnels, the sim was saved by a Warden who led the sim out safely)
 * If you look at the side of any bookstore, there is a poster of two people that look a lot like Pauline Wan and Hank Goddard. Another person who appears seems to be Jebediah Wilson, dressed in his doctor uniform and in front of a group of heroes.
 * When receiving a certificate for mastering Athleticism, The athletic institute is named "Grodiek Institute", a pun off a creator of the game, G. Rodiek.
 * Premade deceased Sims in Twinbrook and Barnacle Bay are all light-green skinned, grey-haired, barefoot and dressed in similar hues. Also this sims share their last name with some twinbrook families, possibly meaning that they may be related to them but oddly they don't appear in their family tree.
 * The name of the Twinbrook Stadium is Bachelor Stadium, making a reference to the Bachelor Family (perhaps because Michael wishes to be an athlete)
 * There is an easter egg in Twinbrook giving a hint of The Sims 3:Late Night.See this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NCgL20Lqaw
 * In Sims 3 the Goth Family was incomplete, Gunther's sister Frida Goth was exclude of the family, however there is one sim in Goth's graveyard named Lolita Goth and some players belive that she is Gunther's sister, but that is also unprobable since Frida died as an elder and Lolita as a young adult, this allowed some players to belive that she is Gunther's ex-wife. For theories see Lolita Goth/theories.
 * One of the fireplace styles is the Chimenea Muy Caliente.
 * In the theater at Bridgeport, there is a movie poster of a doctor examining a woman, as seen on the Sims 3 Ambitions Box.

Llamas
The Llamas is an old joke from Maxis dating all the way back to SimCity 2000, when the speed names where "Pause","Turtle","Llama" and Cheetah.

Llamas appear throughout most games of The Sims series. The theme appears as the mascot of the college in The Sims 2 University and various pictures. The pirate ship in Bon Voyage (and Hogan's Deep Sea Diner in Barnacle Bay) has a llama figurehead on it as well as the face of a llama and vegetables as the jolly roger on the ship and Mr. Humble´s computer has a picture of a llama on it. Also, in The Sims, if you call to invite a person to your house who doesn't particularly want to accept said invitation, they will sometimes say "I'm sorry. I can't; I have to feed my pet llama," or "I'd rather play Myshuno with a pack of llamas." There is a book in The Sims 3 entitled "Llama's Rights" and you can imply that a Sim's mother is a llama. Another indication of the infamous Llama is on the Foosball table. It can clearly be seen on the sides of it. In The Sims 2 Castaway, the Llama people appear on every island. Also, in the Sims 2, if you are in the Sports Career, you wear a llama costume when you are a team mascot, on the first level of that career.