Alexander Goth

Alexander Goth
Gender	Male
Age	Child
Life state	Sim
Biography
As a child of older parents, Alexander often wonders if he missed out on anything. His hobbies include optometry and number theory.
Education and employment
School	Private School
Grade	A
Family
Family/Families	Goth family
Parents	Mortimer Goth, Bella Goth
Siblings	Cassandra Goth
Personality
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Aspiration	Grow Up
Appearance
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Skin color	Light
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 2
Playability	Playable
Neighborhood	Pleasantview

Alex Goth
Gender	Male
Age	Young Adult
Life state	Sim
Family
Family/Families	Goth family
Marital status	Married
Romances	Cecilia Goth
Personality
Traits	Ambitious
	Brave
	Neurotic
	Outgoing
Lifetime wish	The Tinkerer
Appearance
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Brown
Skin color	Light
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 3 (Nintendo DS)
Playability	Playable
World	Beacon Bay

Alexander Goth
Gender	Male
Age	Child
Life state	Sim
Education and employment
School	Grade School
Grade	C
Family
Family/Families	Goth family
Parents	Mortimer Goth, Bella Goth
Siblings	Cassandra Goth
Personality
Traits	Bookworm
Aspiration	Whiz Kid
Appearance
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Skin color	Light
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 4
Playability	Playable
World	Willow Creek

Alexander Goth ( /ˌælɪɡˈzændər ɡɑːθ/) is a pre-made, playable Sim that shipped with The Sims 2. The youngest child of Mortimer and Bella Goth, Alexander was born after the events of The Sims and lives with his aging father and older sister, Cassandra at 165 Sim Lane in Pleasantview. Shortly before the start of The Sims 2 Bella went missing, having been abducted by aliens, and hasn't yet returned.

Alexander and his family return in The Sims 4, albeit in an alternate timeline, where they live at Ophelia Villa in Willow Creek.

Biography

Life leading up to The Sims 2

Alexander first appears in The Sims 2, where he lives in Pleasantview with his father and older sister. He has pale skin and round glasses. He seems to share his father's intelligence, despite his young age, and is enrolled in private school. This could be the reason most players give him the knowledge aspiration when he grows up. Due to the apparent age gap between him and his parents, it is believed that he was born just before Mortimer had aged to an elder, resulting in a large age difference between him and his sister, Cassandra Goth. However, there is a picture in the family album of Alexander being held as a baby by Cassandra when she was a teenager, and Mortimer is shown as an adult, so it's likely he was born a day or two before Mortimer aged.

Despite the family pictures that show otherwise, the memories of both Cassandra and Mortimer clearly state that Alexander was born when Cassandra was a child (not a teenager). It is also apparent that Alexander was born long before the Pleasant twins, Angela and Lilith, but is quite a few days younger than them when the game is first loaded.

He has a memory of being taught how to talk by Bella (however, Mortimer has memories of teaching him all three of his toddler skills), so she was probably abducted shortly before he became a child. He likes to play with toys, play chess, and occasionally play piano. When the family is first played, he is four days away from becoming a teenager.

If Mortimer is already dead by the time Alexander goes to college, his mother will be the parent who drops him off at his dormitory, even though she's supposed to be missing. This could hint that she is, in fact, alive somewhere, but it may just be the game mechanics.

Through SimPE, it is possible to see that he has a hidden fortune aspiration token, hinting at the aspiration EA wanted for him, though the player can choose any aspiration they wish when he becomes a teenager. Alexander and his father have exactly the same personality.

His facial structure is almost identical to Goopy GilsCarbo's, the only differences being the chin and underneck. Using the 17th face template in Create a Sim, Alexander's face can be replicated by moving the chin back by three clicks, and putting the underneck up by one click.

Life leading up to The Sims 3 (Nintendo DS)

Alexander (referred to in-game as Alex) re-appears in The Sims 3 for Nintendo DS, this time with a very different appearance and personality. He lives in the town of Beacon Bay, and is married to Cecilia Goth. His family bio states that he and his wife have lived in the town since the beginning, and that their gloominess is a result of having a father named Mortimer, and it can be assumed that his father is already dead in the game. He wears a top hat and suit, looking very much like his grandfather in The Sims 3. Strangely, his hair is orange, meaning that he may have dyed it. He is an acquaintance of Holly Alto, and his traits are neurotic, brave, outgoing, and ambitious. Unlike his father, and like his grandfather, he chose to work in the business career instead of science, and is a CEO at the start of the game. (In The Sims 2, his bio and skills give the idea that he is destined to be a scientist like his father.) He has two skill points in painting and charisma. He and Cecilia start off in the game with §50,000.

There is a book in The Sims 3 and one in The Sims 3: Supernatural entitled Murder in Pleasantview and Baron Graff Van Gould. Both are written by an Alexander Goth, although it could not be the same Alexander, since Alexander's parents are children in The Sims 3, unless he had access to a time machine or time portal. There is a possibility that the title of the first book is a hint as to more realistic ideas about dealing with the mystery of Bella Goth's disappearance, for players who wish to connect their story as close to The Sims 2 as possible, as alien abduction wasn't present in The Sims 3 until The Sims 3: Seasons.

Life leading up to The Sims 4

Alexander returns in The Sims 4, living at the Ophelia Villa in Willow Creek with his parents and older sister. It has been confirmed that this version of Alexander exists in a separate continuity to the versions present in previous games.

Alexander is a child who is 13 days away from becoming a teen. He is a grade school student with a C grade when first played. He carries a homework book in his inventory and has one point each in the creativity, mental, motor, and social skills. He is friends with his parents and older sister, but has no relationships outside of his household. He has only one trait, bookworm, and has the Whiz Kid aspiration.

This version of Alexander is much closer in age to his sister Cassandra than he was in The Sims 2, and his parents are still at the beginning of the adult life stage. This would seem to imply that Mortimer and Bella had Alexander much earlier in The Sims 4 continuity than in the main previous timeline, when Alexander was apparently born shortly before his parents aged up to elders.

Simology

The Sims 2

Image	Name	Relationship level
	Mortimer Goth	Acquaintance
	Cassandra Goth	Acquaintance

The Sims 4

Image	Name	Relationship level
	Mortimer Goth	Father, Friend
	Bella Goth	Mother, Friend
	Cassandra Goth	Sister, Friend

The Sims 2

Personality
Cancer
Sloppy		Neat
Shy		Outgoing
Lazy		Active
Serious		Playful
Grouchy		Nice

Sign / personality mismatch

A Sim with this personality would normally be a Taurus.

The Sims 2

Image	Interest	Level
	Environment
	Food
	Weather
	Culture
	Money
	Politics
	Paranormal
	Health
	Fashion
	Travel
	Crime
	Sports
	Entertainment
	Animals
	Work
	School
	Toys
	Sci-Fi

The Sims 2

Image	Memory	Type
	Potty Trained by Mortimer	Positive
	Gunther Died	Negative
	Cassandra Grew Up Well	Positive
	Learned to Walk from Mortimer	Positive
	Learned to Talk from Bella	Positive
	Grew Up Well	Positive
	Had an Accident	Negative
	Mortimer Grew Up Well	Positive
	Cassandra Grew Up Well	Positive
	Cornelia Died	Negative
	Got into Private School	Positive

Gallery

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  Bella Goth sending a teenage Alexander to college. This may hint that Bella is still alive somewhere.

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  Alexander in a render of Get Together.

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  Alexander Goth in the process of becoming frozen.

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  A frozen Alexander Goth.

Other languages

Language	The Sims 2	The Sims 4
English	Alexander Goth	Alexander Goth
Brazilian Portuguese	Alexandre Caixão	Alexandre Caixão
Chinese (Simplified)	亚历山大 高斯	哥特亚历山大
Chinese (Traditional)	亞力山大 高斯
Czech	Alexandr Goth
Danish	Alexander Spøgh	Alexander Spøgh
Dutch	Alexander van de Kerkhof
European Portuguese	Alexandre Goth
Finnish	Aleksanteri Goottila	Aleksanteri Goottila
French	Alexandre Gothik	Alexandre Gothik
German	Alexander Grusel
Hebrew	אלכסנדר גות'
Hungarian	Alexander Goth
Italian	Alessandro Alberghini	Alessandro Alberghini
Japanese	アレキサンダー ゴス
Korean	알렉산더 고트	알렉산더 고트
Norwegian	Alexander Goth
Polish	Aleksander Ćwir	Aleksander Ćwir
Russian	Александр Гот	Александр Гот
Spanish	Alejandro Lápida	Alejandro Lápida
Swedish	Alexander Spökh	Alexander Spökh
Thai	อเล็ก•ซาน•เดอร์ โกธ

Trivia

• It is possible to give birth to Alexander in The Sims as there is a head skin very similar to Alexander's, but this is extremely complicated as the head skin is randomized once the baby grows up into a child and there are no genes in the game.
• Alexander Goth is the only member of the Goth family whose life stage is always the same in all the mainline games he appears in, although it should be noted that in The Sims 3 Nintendo DS version, he appears as an adult.
• In one of The Sims 4: Get Together renders, a Sim resembling Alexander can be seen.
• Alex may be a spoof of Pugsley Addams, Eddie Munster, or a mix of the two.

See also

• List of Sims with parodies

References

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