Michael Bachelor

Not to be confused with Michael Bachelor (hidden)

Michael Bachelor is a playable character in The Sims and The Sims 3. His family is one of the three famous starter families in The Sims. In The Sims 2, he is the late husband of Dina Caliente and the older brother of the missing Bella Goth. As his last name suggests, he is a bachelor for most of the game.

Life leading up to The Sims 3
In The Sims 3, Michael is a teen Sim living with his parents, Jocasta and Simis Bachelor, and his younger sister Bella. He is somewhat like a jock since he's dressed like one, and he has the schmoozer and athletic traits. His other two traits are Loves the Outdoors and Friendly. Michael's wishes are mostly about athleticism and improving relationships. He can be seen at school and the local gym. His bio states he has lots of friends at school, but it can be assumed that they don't live in Sunset Valley, as at the start of the game, his only friend outside his family is Mortimer Goth. He has a love for the outdoors, so he doesn't mind helping Jocasta in the garden.

Life leading up to The Sims
In The Sims, Michael is similar to the character of "The Graduate" as he recently graduated from college and doesn't know what to do with his life. He starts in Neighborhood 1's Family bin. He wears jeans, blue and white sneakers and a Sim State University shirt. His last name was meant to match his state, which is unmarried and living alone. It is mentioned that he graduated from Sim State University. It should be noted that in this very first game, his relations to Bella Goth are not mentioned and he was treated as a separate character from her family.

It may also be possible that he is not the same Michael Bachelor who was Bella's older brother.

Life leading up to The Sims (Console)
In The Sims (console), Michael has black Mohawk hair, black glasses, blue shirt, brown pants and brown sandals. He is in the Family bin alone and without a home. The player must build him one in order to be played. His sister, Bella Goth, lives with her husband Mortimer Goth and daughter Cassandra Goth in 5 Sim Avenue. Yet again, his relation to Bella Goth is not stated and he is remains as a separate character from her line of the family.

Life leading up to The Sims 2
In The Sims 2, Michael is an elder and already deceased, and is revealed to be Bella Goth's older brother. Before his death, he married Dina Caliente, sister of Nina Caliente. His urn sits on a coffee table in the Caliente sisters' condo. It is believed that Dina married Michael for his money, however she does not have the memory of marrying a rich Sim. There is some speculation that she may have murdered him, but the color of his ghost indicates that he died of old age. Alternatively, in Dina's memories, she first kissed him when she was a teen and fell in love with him before having WooHoo, possibly meaning that their marriage was genuine. She also may have fallen in love with him before his elder transition, though the family album shows her marrying him as an elder. His urn can be found in the Caliente sisters' house.

The Two Michael Bachelors
For some reason, there are two Michael Bachelors. One wears a purple and white track suit and has tan skin, with 13 days left in the Elder stage. The other has light skin, wears a black shirt and has 100 days left in Elder. The Michael Bachelor with light skin has relations with Dina Caliente, Bella Goth, Simis Bachelor, Jocasta Bachelor, Alexander Goth and Cassandra Goth, the tan skinned Michael Bachelor has no relations. The Michael with light skin has the knowledge aspiration, while the other has popularity. The Michael with light skin also has the Leo zodiac sign, and no personality points, while the other one has the Aries zodiac sign and the personality points 5, 8, 6, 3, 3. In SimPE, both Michael Bachelors are ticked as ghosts. Judging by his personality in The Sims 3, the tan-skinned Michael wearing the track suit may be the authentic one.

For memories, tan skin Michael Bachelor has four memories: [invisible] Reputation Aspiration, [invisible]Token- Sim- Initialized, and two [invisible] Token - I Am Dead(s). The light skin Michael Bachelor has three memories - [Invisible] Token-Sim-Initialized, and two [invisible] Token -I Am Dead(s).

Trivia

 * In The Sims 3, he is Bella's older brother. Yet in The Sims, when he has just graduated college, Bella is already married with a daughter (and looks slightly older than him). This might suggest that he went to community college first and took a while to graduate, whereas Bella did not go to college, married Mortimer, and had Cassandra by the time Michael graduated.
 * It is possible that Michael Bachelor in The Sims was not originally supposed to be related to Bella in the first place but was just a separate character. The revelation of Bella's original surname and family being linked to this Michael Bachelor was later coined by Maxis for The Sims 2 to explain what had happened to some of Pleasantview's notable built-in characters because the game was a sequel to the original The Sims game.
 * Also appearance and biography in The Sims suggest a young man in his early twenties, yet the 25 years between the The Sims 3 and The Sims would make him in his late 30s at least. While it's possible for him to have gone to college and graduated later in life, it doesn't really fit with his original portrayal as someone just starting out in life. Even ignoring The Sims 3, there are still plotholes caused by Michael's age; in the original game, Michael should be in his early or mid-20s. Yet by the sequel, set 25 years later, he had died of old age. Based on his age in the original game, this means he died of "old age" at around 50. Even including The Sims 3, he would have died of old age at around 65, which isn't exactly considered Death's doorstep in modern times.
 * In The Sims and The Sims 3, he has brown eyes, but in The Sims 2, his eyes are blue.
 * In The Sims 3, his bio states that he has lots of friends at school. However, he has only one friend at the beginning of the game, which is Mortimer Goth.
 * In The Sims 2, he is still considered as Dina Caliente's husband on her family tree, even though martial statuses are usually lost when a Sim dies. Also strange, Dina has memories of having her first kiss with him when she was a teenager, even though he is much, much older than her. Due to the unfortunate and illegal implications of that relationship, this could not even be accomplished in game. One explanation might be that Dina, like Bella, is older than her lifespan suggests and/or that Michael was prematurely aged. Perhaps they both had access to the Elixir of Life.

The Sims

 * English: Michael Bachelor
 * Russian: Mikhail Kholostyak (Михаил Холостяки)
 * Spanish: Miguel Soltero
 * Polish: Marek Kawaler
 * Dutch: Vincent Vrijevogel
 * Brazilian Portuguese: Marcelo Navarro
 * Finnish: Mikael Vapaala

The Sims 2

 * English: Michael Bachelor
 * Russian: Mikhail Kholostyak (Михаил Холостяки)
 * Norwegian: Mikael Bastiansen
 * Spanish: Miguel De la Soledad
 * Polish: Michał Kawaler
 * European Portuguese: Miguel Solteirão
 * Brazilian Portuguese: Miguel Solteirus
 * Finnish: Mikael Vapaala
 * Czech: Michael Bakalář
 * Dutch: Vincent Vrijevogel
 * German: Michael Junggesell

The Sims 3

 * English: Michael Bachelor
 * Russian: Maikl Kholostyakki (Майкл Холостяки)
 * Norwegian: Mikael Bastiansen
 * Spanish: Miguel De la Soledad
 * Polish: Michał Kawaler
 * European Portuguese: Miguel Solteirão
 * Brazilian Portuguese: Miguel Solteirus
 * Finnish: Mikael Vapaala
 * Swedish: Mikael Ungkarl
 * German: Michael Junggesell
 * Czech: Michael Bakalář
 * Dutch: Vincent Vrijevogel
 * Italian: Luca Bianco

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