Bella Goth

Bella Goth was one of the pre-made Sims shipped with the original The Sims game, in which she lived with her husband Mortimer and her daughter Cassandra. Between The Sims and The Sims 2 Bella and Mortimer had one more child, Alexander Goth. In The Sims 2, Bella no longer actually exists (as in, the Bella married to Mortimer doesn't technically exist, from a program point of view); however, her essence lives on in two ways.

Bella's disappearance from the game is a major component to the background story of Pleasantview, the neighborhood where her family lives. The story does not explicitly state what happened to Bella, although her husband, her children and Don Lothario have memories of her being abducted by aliens. Many of Mortimer's memories involve Bella, as do Cassandra and Alexander's. On the family tree panel, Bella's face isn't grayed out. This indicates that the game does not consider her to be dead.

Although the actual Bella is gone, Maxis created a likeness of Bella and used it as a townie in another neighborhood, Strangetown. This version is a little different to the actual Pleasantview Bella Goth, but is acknowledged by Maxis as the same Bella. The only way to send Bella to Strangetown (without messing up the game code) was to create a new Bella, so that's what they did! The fact that the Strangetown Bella has no memories of her loved ones or past life is simply blamed on alien experiments during her abduction. Perhaps Maxis picked her because she is a mysterious yet elegant woman.

In Apartment Life, the new neighborhood, Belladonna Cove, is named in memory of Bella, and a new neighborhood prop shipped in is a (very tall) gold statue of Bella holding a platinum Plumbbob.

In The Sims Bustin' Out, Mortimer and Bella made another appearance, with a slightly older character. This is her bio: "Bella - her name in Italian means "beauty" and it fits her better than her red leather corset. Descended from a long line of occultists, mystics and decadents, she has thrown convention to the wind. Her disdain for the pedestrian and normal is only matched by her sense of ennui and isolation. She distracts herself from this world with a little organ practice and exotic gardenings of the lethal variety".

Life leading up to The Sims 3
There are screenshots that prove Bella Goth, her mom Jocasta Bachelor, Mortimer Goth and maybe Michael Bachelor are in The Sims 3. She and Mortimer are children.

Reuniting the Goths
A few people around the Internet have suggested many ways in order to get the original Bella back. Here are a few suggestions:

First, summon the cheat bar and type in 'boolProp TestingCheatsEnabled true'. Hold shift and click on a sim. After you do that, click 'spawn'. There will be many options. Choose The Tombstone of L (Life) and D (Death). Next, click on the tombstone and choose 'Add neighbor to family'. Keep scrolling down until you see Bella. Click on Bella and she will be back! But, you aren't done yet... This is important: You should not leave to lot yet because when you load the lot, Bella will be gone. You must find a way to kill her. (i.e. Fire, Starvation, etc.) and type in 'unlockcareerrewards'. Go to the career rewards menu and choose the 'Resurrect-O-Nomitron'. Once you get it, have a family member use it and call the grim reaper. Choose to resurrect Bella and pay 10,000. Bella will be back and will not die when you reload the lot. Happy Simming!
 * To get Bella back you must do the following:


 * The only way to get Bella back if you have anything past Nightlife is SimPe. For some reason, Bella dies as soon as she comes to any lot, and when you try to resurrect her, no names come up. This is where you can download SimPe on your computer: http://sims.ambertation.de/.  And this is the website that will guide you through the process: http://community.livejournal.com/thesims2/1009185.html. Bella carries a Dead Token, which means that you can bring her to a lot, but once you get off the lot she dies. Delete the Dead Token and make her personality 7/3/5/3/7 and her sign Cancer, since that was her personality in the Sims 1. Then, change her relationships with her family and (if you want) add her memories.

Poems and songs about Bella Goth
Bella, Bella, Bella Goth,

What a pleasant name you've got,

Every gamer wants to find

Pleasant Bella in the mind.

Bella, where did you go?

Where do you live for now?

Everybody misses you now,

How to find you, Bella, how?

Lovely Bella flew away,

Never to be seen again,

People search day after day,

To find the missing lovely dame.

Bella Goth is missing,

It is the fault of Don,

But we will remember her,

Even though she is Gone.

Bella Goth Easter Eggs
There are many easter eggs involving Bella goth [for more info see Easter Eggs]. Here is a complete list so far:
 * Bella Squared: a portrait of Bella you can hang in your Sim's house. Allegedly, if in Strangetown you hang the Bella Squared portrait in your house, Strangetown townie Bella will eventually show up.
 * Marketing Print by Seph Eia: If you have the highest graphic quality set [allowing you to see portraits clearly], you will see that the last two portraits in the marketing print are of Bella Goth.
 * Pianist: On SimStation Dance, some people say the pianist in the R&B song is Bella Goth, but this is not true. She has brown hair and glasses, her face doesn't match Bella's face too.
 * Milk: When your Sim is making cereal or some other meal involving milk, zoom in and check the carton. A "missing" photo of Bella can be seen. It isn't very clear, though.
 * Hot Air Balloon: A little graphic that looks a lot like Bella can be seen inside of the hot air balloon's basket. Some people say she is in the balloon with Don, but it looks more like Dreamboat from the Sims. Others say the graphic is not Bella at all but Blonde Bombshell. Look for yourself and decide.
 * Belladonna Cove Statue: Easily the most conspicuous easter egg, this is a huge golden statue of bella holding a platinum plumbbob.
 * Broken Bella and Mortimer snow globe: One of the many hidden files found and posted on modthesims2.
 * Fireplace: In the Goth family album, there is a picture of Cassandra and a modern looking fireplace. In another picture, you see Don kissing Cassandra, but the fireplace is changed to the most expensive one. If you look at the textures of the modern looking fireplace, there is a picture of Bella.
 * Music: There is a song under the Jazz section on the radio entitled "Good Evening Bella". There is also one called Mortimer's touch.

Appearance
Bella's hair didn't changed much in The Sims and The Sims 2, and neither did her red dress {except her green necklace in The Sims 2). In The Sims Bustin' Out, she is seen wearing a red leather corset gown. In The Sims 3, as a child, she wears two different outfits, a purple t-shirt with white arms and greeny/grey shorts, and a red dress similar to the one she wears in The Sims and The Sims 2