Goth family

The Goth family is considered the most famous and reputable family overall in The Sims series. In fact, there are only a few installments in which the Goths have not been included. The Goth name is one that even any novice gamer will recognize with ease. As well as being one of the few families that appears in all three main games (The Sims, The Sims 2 and The Sims 3); the Goths also appear in The Sims 2 for GameBoy Advance, and Bella Goth exists in SimCity 4 and The Sims 2 for PlayStation Portable.

The Sims Series
First appearing in The Sims, Mortimer Goth (an enthusiastic businessman/scientist) and his wife Bella had entered the town with their young daughter Cassandra. Twenty-five years later, in The Sims 2, they are located in Pleasantview. In the course of those twenty-five years, Mortimer and Bella have had a second child, Alexander; Mortimer has grown to an elder; Cassandra, to an adult; and Bella has ... disappeared. In the most recent game (The Sims 3), Mortimer and Bella are only children, since the game is a prequel to the first two. Obviously, Cassandra and Alexander had not yet been born in the third game.

The appearances of Goth family members throughout the tree indicate a long lineage of wealthy businessmen, politicians, and scientists. Most male Goths are seen in suits and business clothes, while the women usually prefer long and elegant dresses.

In The Sims, the Goths (Mortimer, Bella and Cassandra) live in a small house at 5 Sim Lane and have §2,542 in funds.

The Sims Bustin' Out
In the The Sims Bustin' Out on console, the Goth family only consists of Mortimer Goth and Bella Goth. Considering the fact that there are no children in this The Sims game, it would be rather problematic (as well as superfluous) to include Cassandra and Alexander. One could assume they had not been born yet or that reproduction just does not exist in that world of the Sims.

The Sims 2
In The Sims 2, the Goth family is the richest pre-made family in Pleasantview (and all of The Sims 2)! The family is worth around §640,000 and unlike most pre-made families, the bulk of it is in cash. The house and furnishings at 165 Sim Lane are worth around §124,000 and the family has §511,000 in funds. Normally, it wouldn't be possible to to reach this amount without cheats, but Gunther started out rich and got richer, and with Mortimer being his only child, it's likely that much of it was inherited. It's also possible that some of the cash came from selling the house at 77 Maple Street (which cost 160,000 simoleons), or at least, from selling the furnishings and fixtures.

The Sims 3
In The Sims 3, which is set years before The Sims 2, the family consists of Gunther, Cornelia, and young Mortimer, in Sunset Valley. They are "old money", which means that they have inherited their wealth from earlier generations. They have §50,000 in funds and live in a large Victorian manor by the cemetery; it is the first house built in Sunset Valley and was built so that it presides over the town.

In the description of Sunset Valley, we learn that the town was "founded by the Goths and built up by the Landgraabs." The "uptown ideals" of the new Alto family clashed with the more traditional views of the Goths, forcing the townspeople to choose sides. However, this is contradicted by the fact that the Goths start out as friends with Vita Alto.

In The Sims 3, the Goth family seems more literally gothic- which their name refers to- than they seem in previous games in The Sims series. The Goths seem more gloomy in many ways. For example, their appearance in The Sims 3 is of more of a gothic nature, as Cornelia, Gunther Goth, and Agnes Crumplebottom all wear a lot of dark purple and black (for Agnes, this also may be related to mourning the death of her husband). Mortimer and his father also prefer the color black, while Cornelia prefers purple- both of which are typically gothic colors.

The strongest evidence, however, is the prevalence of the Grumpy trait in this family. There are only 6 sims in Sunset Valley that are Grumpy, and 4 of them are related to the Goth family. It appears that the Grumpy trait is a Goth family trait, at least among its living members. However, the pattern doesn't seem to apply to the deceased relatives, like Gretle Goth and Victor Goth.

They live on 13 Skyborough Blvd in Goth Manor - 3br, 3ba. "Antiquated Victorian elegance has been preserved exquisitely in this landmark home. The first home built in this town, Goth Manor presides over the town and is in convenient proximity to the local graveyard."

Trivia

 * The main Goth family, consisting of Mortimer, Bella, Cassandra and Alexander, may have been inspired by The Addams Family.

The Goth Home
Because the Goth family has featured in so many different games, there have been a variety of different homes for them. See the page above for a listing.

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