Daniel Pleasant

Daniel Pleasant is a pre-made adult who lives in Pleasantview with his family: wife Mary-Sue Pleasant, and their twin daughters, Angela Pleasant and Lilith Pleasant.

He is said to be a community leader.

Life leading up to The Sims
He appeared in The Sims as a child, along with his parents (who are deceased in The Sims 2) and sister Jennifer Pleasant.

Life leading up to The Sims 2
Daniel works in the Athletic career track as an Assistant Coach. Unknown to Mary-Sue, he is having an affair with the family's maid, Kaylynn Langerak. He's also enemies with Angela's boyfriend, Dustin Broke and dislikes her dating him. Daniel has red hair and a red beard, and wears a tan jacket over a white mock-neck shirt, blue jeans and brown dress shoes. When you first play the family, he is 5 days away from becoming an elder. He is also home alone when you first play, with only Kaylynn who comes shortly after. The player must decide what happens when the pop-up asking if Daniel wants to hang out with her. If the player chooses 'Yes', Mary-Sue will return home and catch them together.

His father Jeff died without achieving his dream to be the first man to set foot on Mars, and Daniel feels guilty for it.