Mrs. CrumpleBottom/theories

Who is Mrs Crumplebottom


Due to the same family name as Mortimer Goth's maternal relatives, it has been proposed that Mrs. Crumplebottom is a relative of Mortimer. It is sometimes said that she is a distant cousin, though many believe she is Prudence Crumplebottom because of her similar appearance and the fact that Prudence's grave cannot be found in the Goth Family Graveyard. It is also possible that she is Prudence's sister or cousin.

There is also some speculation that Agnes Crumplebottom (Prudence's daughter) could also resemble Mrs. Crumplebottom, although she never married. But some nights if you are playing the Goths Agnes' ghost appears from the tombstone.

Mrs. Crumplebottom's niece, Elmira Clamp, appears in MySims for Wii as a strict Librarian. This proves that Mrs. Crumplebottom had/has a sibling.

This could mean that Agnes Crumplebottom (one of two daughters of Prudence Crumplebottom) is the sister of Mrs. Crumplebottom and Elmira Clamp is a daughter of Agnes, although she is not in the family tree or stated as a child of Prudence because she may have been taken away by a social worker and adopted again. Presumably by Mrs. Crumplebottom.

But Mrs. Crumplebottom may not be related to them at all. She may just have the same surname.

Theory #2
Or she probably was married to both Simon Crumplebottom and Robert Crumplebottom. Maybe she was married to Simon first and had Cornelia and Agnes But Simon died early so it turns out she was a widow.

And Prudence Crumplebottom changed her name to Mrs. Crumplebottom.

And life went on and she married the famous puppteer Robert. See it turns out Simon's last name was Crumplebottom and he married Mrs. Crumplebottom So Robert got the Crumplebottom name.

(And it counldn't be the other way around because Cornelia Goth and Agnes Crumplebottom were already born in The Sims 3)

(And your not gonna belive it but Agnes Crumplebottom is the blond girl at the grave stone in the gravyard and she is really Mrs. Crumplebottom!) As for Elmira Clamp she's probably not in The Sims 3 she was probably just for MySims

And soon leading up to The Sims 3 after Robert Crumplebottom died she changed her personality along with it because she could have no love. At least that's probably what she thought. And that's why she is the way she is (Either that or they have no relation they just have the same name. If this is not it I don't know what is. This is probably the best theorie yet.)



Theory #3
Robert Crumplebottom could have been the son of Prudence and Simon Crumplebottom. He could have married Mrs. Crumplebottom and she took his last name, therefore, becoming Mortimer Goth's aunt through marriage. Sometime after, Robert died, leaving Mrs. Crumplebottom heart-broken. She then became the Mrs. Crumplebottom today, breaking up love-birds because she lost the only one she loved.

As for Elmira Clamp, Mrs. Crumplebottom's maiden name could have been Clamp, before she married Robert. If that's the case, then she had a brother who had Elmira. Or Mrs. Crumplebottom's last name wasn't Clamp, then she had a sister, who married a man whose last name was Clamp and then she had Elmira.

Theory #4
Robert Crumplebottom could have been the brother of Simon Crumplebottom. He could have married Mrs. Crumplebottom and she took his last name. Eventually, Robert died, leaving Mrs. Crumplebottom heart-broken, so she can't stand the sight of love.

As for Elmira Clamp, I belive the same as theory 3

Theory #5
My theory is a little more elaborate (but, i think, more realistic);Robert Crumplebottom is Simon Crumplebottoms nephew. Because if you think about it Mrs.Crumplebottom is an elder in sims 2 and so she has to be younger in sims 3. I know she was an elder in sims and sims 2 but stranger things have happened in the sims world (Bella's dissaperance!)

As for Elmira Clamp I belive like the previous entries that Mrs.Crumplebottoms maiden names was Clamp and she had a brother who past the Clamp name onto Elmira. I also have another Mrs.Crumplebottom theory though...

Theory #6
Another brainbuster of a conundrum is in the sims 2 family tree it says Agnes crumlebottom was never married! So how can she be married in the sims 3? Why wouldn't the Sims 2 make that connection?

You know what it is? The developers heard that some ppl wanted to know why the Crumplebottom in downtown was very cranky. The Sims 1 hinted on it but the Sims 3 is before everything and anything, so they wanted to give players answers. It is fustrating becasue in the process they made her story not make any sense.

Theory # 7 answers my questions to some extent and so having that answered, I have come to the conclusion that The distisnct realtive featured in nightlife( which makes sense btw :how long do you think she can live? In the sims 1 she is already old,so she would probably die of old age. NOT live another 25 years! And I caculated her life expectancy by sims years. Even if in theory Sims had a life expectancy feature of 1000 days. she could only live for 11 more years than regular life expecatncies of 90 days, not 25 more years(sims 2 regular lifespan)!)is a whole different Crumplebottom all together. Yes,meaning I believe Maxis's explanation, although they made it up to make the Sims3 make sense(I'm on to them!). By the Crumplebottom name & Etymology itself can tell you to why she is cranky (In story books ppl anmes ending in --Bottom tend to act thesame way Mrs. Crumplebottom), they all who bear the name seem to uptight and oldfashioned. The Nightlife Crumplebottom being of that distinct but none the less true family line carries on the legacy of crankines & prudeness, for reasons of her just wanting to be that way. Nobody had to tell Elimira clamp to be that way, she just is. In addition, the Unsavory Charlatan, would never be able to flirt witht agnes b/c she would be busy being cranky over her husbands death to want to be swayed by the come ons by a local pickpocket (aka  a rascal roughian, which she dislikes).Although is is not traditional of Robert Crumplebottom to have changed his last name, and keeping in mind the Crumplebottoms are quite traditional, maybe it was just a really badly embrassing last name.Lastly, Anybody think the Nightlife Crumplebottom could be Ms. Crumplebottom" instead ofMrs. Crumplebottom", it would sure make alot more sense.

Now leaves a few questions : Will this mean there will never be another NPC Mrs Crumplebottom. Knowing her storyline ends in death already( knowingshe can dieing of oldage b/c she playabe and putting an NPC with likeness of her will mess the storyline up) And I know they can't add another "distinct realtive" and call her "Mrs Crumplebottom" b/c that would be just ridicilous. Will the family trees be larger, deeper, and more complex than we remember or know of them? ie.will Simon & prudence crumplebottom'sparents and other unknown realtives be shown? What if the sims 2 never showed distant realives like 3rd cousins and such? In relevance to importance of course, will sims really care to know their 8th-half cousin -on- their- father's side? The Sims 3 already shows distant friends, its most likely they will show distant family members.Does this mean sims can now die by chandeliers falling on them?! that would be so awesome,I mean, In order to help the stories believability, of course;) So That will probably answer the questions that we have about the orgin of the Nighlife Crumplebottom.

Theory #7
Everyone thinks that the person in the sims 3 photos with the ghost husband is Mrs.Crumelbottom but what if it was Agnes Crumplebottom?... After all we don't know if she married for sure! I belive that Agnes is Mrs.Crumlebottom. When someone dies you don't always see who they were married to on the family tree(!) and so Agnes could have been married to Robert Crumplebottom all along and no one knew!

Mrs Crumplebottom Theories End
It has been confirmed by The Sims 3 Hands-On Event: Day that Mrs. Crumplebottom was none other than Agnes Crumplebottom. It was not Prudence Crumplebottom because she was already married, but she is the mother of Mrs. Crumplebottom

Mrs. Crumplebottom Theories Continues
The Mrs. Crumplebottom from the Sims 2 is a distant relative. But who is she? The Mrs. Crumplebottom Theories continues.