PlantSim

PlantSim is a life state included with The Sims 2: Seasons. PlantSims are created by overuse of pesticides on crops or fruit trees. Becoming a PlantSim takes time, but more trees and crops in the residence can help, as it's the amount of pesticide a Sim uses over time that can trigger the transformation. If a Sim becomes a PlantSim accidentally, contacting a member of the Garden Club may help to restore them back to normal, a witch may also be able to help, or call the Gypsy Matchmaker and buy the cure.

When a Sim becomes a PlantSim, they can talk to plants (which boosts the plants' health dramatically) and they automatically receive a golden Gardening badge.

History
Although it would seem that PlantSims came into existence recently. as the the advent of pesticides is relatively recent, it would appear that there is a natural society of PlantSims living somewhere in the wild. The family album of the Greenman family implies that Gabe O'Mackey and Jason Greenman went on a hiking trip and discovered this society in the mountains near Riverblossom Hills, where Rose Greenman was discovered.

Needs
PlantSims have only three needs. They have the same needs as all plants.
 * Love - Can be satisfied like social or by talking to plants.
 * Water - Can be satisfied by swimming, drinking water, showering, bathing, splashing in puddles, being in the rain, etc. Toddler PlantSims can also satisfy their water need by drinking from a bottle or eating flowers - which seems a little cannibalistic.
 * Sunlight - Can be satisfied by being in the sun or under a special greenhouse light.

Creation
Due to the need of pesticides to transform, it is safe to infer that the overuse of pesticides genetically alter the Sim in question.

Physiology
Because of the Sunlight need, it can be assumed that PlantSims photosynthesize like any other plant.

PlantSims have shorter lives than normal Sims. Their only life stages are Toddler, Adult and Elder, so PlantSims who enter life as toddlers will never attend school, and cannot go to college. However, this is balanced by PlantSims passing on their skills and talents when they reproduce asexually. PlantSim toddlers may have a shorter lifespan than Sim toddlers, but they get a head start. PlantSims do not have any hair on their heads, and on initial transformation, any that was there before may fall out of the head to be replaced with a growth of leaves and flower saplings, which produce spores which can produce clones or improve the physical conditions of other forms of life in the immediate vicinity, including other Plantsims, which when at least 3 Plantsims do this at once, they may mutually improve each other's needs infinitely, creating the first known actual example of perpetual motion, albeit in a very natural, crude form. With each clone, the appearance of descendants steadily changes to that resembling an elf, which in the Sims universe may place Plantsims as the explanation for the myth. As seen with the Greenman family in their photo album pictures, an entire society of Plantsims seems to exist in the wild, further supporting the theory that they fill the role of mythological elves or pixies.

Reproduction
Unlike other life states which result from the transformation of Sims, PlantSims can reproduce themselves. A PlantSim can "Spawn a Plantbaby" on the spot where they stand, simply by spreading the spores in their heads. The new PlantSim toddler will have the same skills and talent badges as the parent. They will also have an identical personality, but a different star sign.

PlantSims may also reproduce sexually by WooHooing as normal Sims do, and the female PlantSim or Sim will get pregnant. Male PlantSims may father other Sims' children and even alien children. The naturally produced baby will be a normal Sim, even if both parents are PlantSims, which suggests that the PlantSim transformation may not alter Sim genetics, but add an overlay to them.

Appearance
All PlantSims have a default hairstyle and clothing, so they all look very much alike aside from their facial features, but they may change their clothes and outfit if wanted. Child PlantSims will look like their father, the ideal plantsim, a hidden NPC.

Becoming a PlantSim

 * Spraying: After 10 harvestable plants or trees are sprayed for bugs, there is a 10% chance that from that point any further sprays will turn the Sim into a Plantsim.
 * Cheating:  allows the player to shift-click on any harvestable plants to cause them to become infested with bugs, speeding up the process of spraying. Infesting has the side effect of causing the plants to grow to their final state before becoming harvestable.