Goth family

The Goth family is a family that has amounted fame throughout The Sims (series). 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 The Sims: Bustin' Out for console; and Bella Goth exists in SimCity 4, The Sims 2 for PlayStation Portable and in the Facebook online game The Sims Social.

Overview
First appearing in The Sims, Mortimer Goth (an enthusiastic businessman/scientist) and his wife Bella had entered the town with their young daughter Cassandra. Mortimer's parents, Gunther and Cornelia Goth, the town's founders, appeared in The Sims: Unleashed along with their two cats, Hecuba and Menelaus.

Twenty-five years later, in The Sims 2, they are located in Pleasantview. In the course of those twenty-five years, Mortimer and Bella has had a second child, Alexander; both of Mortimer's parents has perished in two separate fires; Mortimer has grown into an elder; Cassandra, to an adult; and Bella has ... disappeared.

In 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.

In The Sims 3, Sims can obtain a book called "Murder in Pleasantview", which was written by Alexander Goth. However, it is not established that it was written by the Alexander Goth who is a child at the start of The Sims 2.

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.

The Sims 3
In The Sims 3, the family lives in Sunset Valley, which is set about 50 years before The Sims 2 and 25 years before The Sims. At this time, it consists of Gunther, Cornelia, and young Mortimer. 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. 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 are typical colors used in Gothic fashion.

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 - These are Agnes, Cornelia, Gunther and Mortimer. 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."

The Sims 3: Supernatural
Gunther's recently deceased spinster sister Frida Goth had decided to move to Moonlight Falls (before her demise from a fire) after her family suggested a marriage to a member of the Landgraab family, joining her eccentric paternal uncle Samuel Goth, who died when he ate a magic jelly bean, and his youthful, trashy wife Olivia Goth, who electrocuted herself to death and setting the house ablaze, killing Frida along with it. The household was later joined by a fortune-telling band manager, Helen Hall.

The Sims Bustin' Out
In the The Sims Bustin' Out on console, the Goth family only consists of Mortimer Goth and Bella Goth. One could assume they had not had children yet. They live in the Goth Manor, where there are 2 tombstones at their backyard. Sims will need to exorcise the ghosts that haunt them. The manor, however, has a graveyard visible at the background, behind their backyard.

The Sims (console)
In The Sims for console, the family takes place before The Sims and consists Mortimer Goth, Bella Goth and Cassandra Goth. They live at 5 Sim Avenue, a one story version of their house from The Sims.

The Sims
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 2 (Game Boy Advance)
In The Sims 2 (Game Boy Advance), the family takes place right before The Sims 2, when Bella has not yet been abducted. They are unplayable, and they don't have a major role. They only appear when a new episode starts and ends. They rate your episode when you finish it.

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 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.

By this point in the game, Mortimer is an elder nearing death. His wife Bella Goth has mysteriously disappeared and never returned, having been abducted by aliens. Since her disappearance Mortimer has been seeing Dina Caliente, a much younger woman who is only with him for his money. Cassandra Goth, his daughter, is engaged to Don Lothario, the local womanizer (who is romantically involved with three other women, Dina being one of them). Alexander Goth is Mortimer's only son.

The Sims 3 (Nintendo DS)
The Goth family re-appears in The Sims 3 for Nintendo DS. It takes place after The Sims 2. Alexander is a young adult, and married to a woman named Cecilia Goth. They have §50,000 and appear to be a very gloomy couple, due to Alexander having to grow up with a father named Mortimer. They both wear all black clothing and top hats, with Alexander looking very much like how Gunther Goth did in The Sims 3. Alexander has orange hair, meaning that he may have dyed it. While Mortimer is mentioned in the family bio, Cassandra and Bella are nowhere to be found, along with Gunther, Cornelia, and the other relatives. They may have died.

Trivia

 * The main Goth family, consisting of Mortimer, Bella, Cassandra and Alexander, may have been inspired by The Addams Family. This may be evident in The Sims 3 version of Mortimer, where as a child, he is dressed in similar clothing to Pugsley Addams. Additionally, the last name of Mortimer's maternal relatives (the Crumplebottoms) sound similar to "Frump", Morticia Addams' maiden name. This is also evident in that the architectural design of the Goth family home in The Sims 3 is identical to the Addams family home in Addams Family Values.
 * If a player chooses the Goth Household to start out with in The Sims 3, all their needs indicate a fair mood, yet all of them are sad.
 * The Grumpy trait is a common trait in Goths and Crumplebottoms. Mortimer, Gunther, Cornelia, Frida, Samuel Goth, Agnes, and Beatrice Crumplebottom all share it.

The Goth home
Because the Goth family has featured in so many different games, there have been a variety of different homes for them. Most of them have their own graveyard. Each of the PC games, plus all the console editions, have shown ghosts haunting the mansions and scaring the inhabitants.

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