Non-playable character

NPCs (Non-playable Character) are usually non-playable sims in both The Sims and The Sims 2, but it is possible to play them through the use of Mods.

There are two main types of NPC. Ones that through relationships and simple cheats will be able to be playable characters without any programming errors and ones that were specifically not meant to be played.

Sims 1 NPCs
There are several NPCs who appear in the game besides services you can phone up (maid, policeman, pizza delivery guy etc) and the burglar. Most of them are listed below:


 * Paper Delivery Girl: She is the most common NPC in the game since she appears at 9am every morning to deliver the papers.


 * Postal Woman: She appears every 3 days to deliver the bills and places them in the mailbox.


 * Repo Man: If you don't have enough money to pay your bills, the repo man will show up and use his reporising gun to absorb some of the objects in your house to pay for the bills.


 * Social Worker: If you don't take care of the Sim babies by feeding and playing with them, the social worker will appear to take them away.


 * Strippers: The Stripper is introduced in House Party. If you buy the large cake under Miscellaneous and click on the command, 'Buy Male/Female Entertainer'. The strippers will emerge from within and start, er, entertaining the guests. Be careful, though, because the entertainer might stir some jealousy from other people at the party.


 * Mime: Introduced in House Party, the Mime will show up at your party if you are boring your guests to death. While he will try to raise the mood a bit, the Mime is known to steal objects around the house. He will leave only when the party gets better.


 * Party Crasher: Also introduced in House Party, party crashers will arrive during mediocre to fairly good parties, and tend to destroy a lot of objects.


 * Drew Carey A real life celebrity who shows up as a reward for a great party


 * Santa Clause: If you have a Christmas tree up, and you place a plate of cookies just a little before midnight on a table near the fireplace, Santa Clause will show up whilst your Sims are sleeping. He'll leave a gift for each of your Sims, plus an extra special present, which could be any item.


 * Obsessed Fan: Introduced in Superstar, your Sims can attract unwanted attention if they achieve 3 star of fame or more. The obsessed fans will stalk your Sims wherever they go, and at home or at work, they leave 'special presents' for your Sims - black roses. They also paw through your dustbins.

Sims 2 NPCs
Sims 2 NPCs are much more colourful. For starters, basic NPCs could be talked to, befriended, married (among other things). Each had a different face, hair colour and name, there were male and females and they made more logical decisions, mostly.

Playable NPCs

 *  The maid: Mostly a woman, but theres a couple of men, at a ratio of about 2:1.
 *  The exterminator:
 *  The police man: He'll fight a burgalar or fine you about 200 simolions if you ring him other wise 4:1 ratio of being a man to a woman
 *  The fireman:
 *  The burglar: Doesn't always come at nightime
 *  The gardener:
 *  The nanny: Can be very irritating. Always elder woman
 *  Professors: From University. You meet them at class and when you talk/phone them your semester thingy goes up
 *  University Mascots: Theres the evil mascot (the cow) and good mascot (llama)
 *  Cheerleaders:
 *  The Coach:

Non-playable NPCs

 * The anthropormorphic personification of Death/ Grim reaper: Stereotypical death. Scythe, cloak, mobile phone, clipboard ect.
 * Mrs. Crumplebottom: Downtowns favorite old prude. Hits you with her handbag if you kiss/flirt in front of her
 *  Social Worker: Takes your children away #sob#
 *  Social Bunny:
 *  Skunk:
 *  Pack leader: A black wolf with glowing yellow eyes, if you raise the relationship level high, teens and older will be bitten and turned into a werewolf!
 *  Repo man: (evil)
 *  Carpool driver:
 *  The Pickpocket: