Lothario family

The Lothario Family is a premade family first found in The Sims 2. The last living member of this family is the Pleasantview womanizer, Don Lothario, who is largely involved in the Pleasantview love web. Don Lothario is probably based on Don Baxter from early preview of the game, who had different appearance and still chasing after Dina. The differences were that he was married to a woman named Sarah, had a toddler son named Alex who was about to age, and lived in a sprawling estate with a large pool.

Through a teleporter mishap, Don spent an unspecified amount of time in Riverview. He remembers women laughing and standing on a teleporter, and then waking up in the new town. Because of his recurring age, time travel is likely to have been involved. He seem to have been given an abandonned granery owned by the McDermott Family to live in. He is wondering if he should continue his old romancer ways, and in his bio, it refers to his engagement to Cassandra Goth and romances with Dina Caliente, Nina Caliente and Kaylynn Langerak from The Sims 2.

His ancestors appear to be just like him, as some of them are Romance Sims, and also appear to have an Italian heritage.

Don's house is styled in the fashion of a 1990s bachelor's condo, with pictures of girls (including the Bella Squared painting), a hot tub and a bar. The brick walls on the first floor further adds to the feeling of a '90s condo.

If Don invites Cassandra over and she marries/moves in with him, instead of the other way around, she will bring with her around fifty thousand simoleons, which often leaves the player with more money then they would ever need, since Don lives in a small condo and doesn't have a lot of space for additional investments.

At the game's start, the family is set up for disaster, similar to the setup when the Pleasants are first played. The game will suggest inviting Nina over for a hot tub soak, and will shortly after suggest hiring Kaylynn to clean Don's messy house. Both Nina and Kaylynn are Don's lovers, and when they are both there with him, Don will often get caught. Usually, he will lose one of these lovers (more often he loses Kaylynn).

Although one possible gameplay sequence may hint that the scenario is set up for disaster, the "disaster" may never occur if a different sequence is followed. For example, if Don first invites Nina over for a soak in the hot tub and does a woohoo with her privately, he can ask her to leave and then clean up the mess. When he has cleaned up the first mess, the message will appear, saying that he needs to hire a maid. So, he hires a maid, which is likely to be Kaylynn. At this point, Don still has Nina and Kaylynn as his lovers. Disaster depends on how the game is played and how the situation is interpreted.

Also of note, inviting Nina over in the beginning will often result in her asking if she can bring a friend. Since she will usually bring Dina with her, this could create another bad scene if Don agrees to Nina's request.

Trivia

 * Primo Fiorello and Isabella Fiorello look like Patrizio and Isabella Monty.
 * Don is the only one in the family to have been playable at all.

Notes and References
Bigoli familie Familia Tenorio Famille Lothario Familien Lothario pt-br:Família Lotário Семья Лотарио