Belladonna Cove

Belladonna Cove
From far and wide, Sims have been drawn to beautiful Belladonna Cove! Some are looking for a quiet place to settle down, others to tango with the hustle and bustle of the more exciting districts and a distinct few who have been drawn by rumors of mystical energies. Will they all be able to get along?
Name	Belladonna Cove
Game	The Sims 2: Apartment Life
Onomatology

Belladonna Cove ( /ˌbɛləˈdɒnə koʊv/) is a neighborhood included in The Sims 2: Apartment Life. It may be named after Bella Goth, as there is a statue of Bella holding a PlumbBob in the center of the city. Additionally, "bella donna" in Italian means "beautiful lady," which may refer to Bella Goth. Belladonna is also another name for deadly nightshade, a highly poisonous plant that was allegedly used by witches, so the name might allude to the fact that witches are now introduced into the game.

The neighborhood contains apartment lots as well as normal residential and community lots. Belladonna Cove is the largest neighborhood of The Sims 2, both in population and physical size. Belladonna Cove has many distinct districts: slums, a trailer park, an industrial zone, a Central Park, the city's core, the suburbs, a modern district, and the Hills, a fancy neighborhood where the high-class residents live. One thing often unnoticed about Belladonna Cove is its relative wealth. On average, Sims living in the poorer area of Belladonna Cove have around §13,000, while those living in the wealthy area have §50,000 to §227,000. In contrast, most families in Pleasantview start out with around §1,000.

Lots

Residential lots

Inhabited

• 108 Bella Park Road, owned by Green
• 218 Bay View Drive, owned by Cordial
• 310 Bay View Drive, owned by Contender
• 340 Audrey Avenue, owned by Rutherford

Uninhabited

105 Bella Park Road 109 Bella Park Road 120 Siena Street 121 Tech Drive 189 Geary Avenue

240 Desmond Drive 241 Desmond Drive 245 Main Street 314 Bay View Drive 315 Bella Park Road

318 Bay View Drive 319 Bella Park Road 322 Bay View Drive 400 Audrey Avenue Watervista Palace

Apartments

Audrey Manor Bella Park Condominiums Bella's Belles Townhomes City Center Lofts Cornerstone Condominiums

Main Street Mobile Homes Ocean View Apartments Parkview Condominiums Seaside Manor Seaspray Apartments

Sentinel Apartments Tech Center Flats Tech Terrace The Crossroads Apartments

Community lots

Archimedes Arcade Belladonna Cove Art Museum Belladonna Cove Groceries Belladonna Cove Public Library Center Drip Coffee Shop Central Park

Central Park East Central Park Pavilion Central Park West Cratus Gym Desprit Deals Clothing Store Finer Fare Market

Freya's Raiments Gamesend Grounds I N Clothing and Apparel Swift N Thrift Mini Mart

Families

An aerial view of the urban Belladonna Cove.

Playable families

• Baldwin family Tech Terrace

§58,297

Benjamin Baldwin, Isabel Baldwin, Sofia Baldwin, Marcus Baldwin

Isabel and Benjamin have a great life together – things are next to perfect right now. Will Isabel’s uncle, Carlos, (and his wild exploits) bring shame to the family name?

• Cho family Sentinel Apartments

§16,221

Vivian Cho, Etsu Cho

Vivian finds being a single Mom challenging. Work is demanding and when she gets home Etsu wants all of her attention. Vivian still wants to find true love again. She wonders if she can find time to spend time with that nice man down the hall.

• Cleveland family Bella Park Condominiums

§42,768

Jason Cleveland, Marissa Cleveland, Justin Cleveland

Jason and Martha lead a very comfortable life. They wonder a bit about whether Justin’s friend Tara is “distracting” him from his school work, though, and about Uncle Geoff squandering the family funds. After all, a privileged status should never be taken for grated.

• Contender family 310 Bay View Drive

§83,947

Carlos Contender

Carlos had a career that was the stuff of legends but even more legendary were his romantic pursuits. Now that he’s thinking about retirement he’s trying to focus on his niece Isabel and her family. But his romantic nature is still strong and Belladonna Cove is filled with such interesting possibilities.

• Cordial family 218 Bay View Drive

§27,031

Samantha Cordial, Kimberly Cordial

Samantha and Kimberly had such bad sibling rivalry they were asked to leave the pleasant, little town in which they had grown. Realizing that things between them needed to change they pursued a variety of self help ventures. While trying to find new ways to bond with each other, they made some mysterious new friends. Will calling on the power of their new found friends bind them closer together or pull them more apart?

The statue of Bella Goth holding a PlumbBob in Belladonna Cove

• DeBateau family Cornerstone Condominiums

§227,933

Armand DeBateau, Tara DeBateau

When Jessica left him Armand spent a few months sulking and thinking the sun would never come out again. But when he adopted little Tara, she convinced him otherwise. He couldn’t be more proud of his heir!

• Green household 108 Bella Park Road

§4,262

Gabriel Green, Chastity Gere

Gabriel has known Chastity since elementary school. Now that they are adults they’ve moved to Belladonna Cove and become roommates. Gabriel is so busy trying to learn everything there is to learn he hasn’t noticed that Chastity has become a bit of a wild woman. Will she try to use her wild ways on him?

• Patel family Ocean View Apartments

§25,976

Ramir Patel, Ana Patel

They say women glow when they’re pregnant and Ana is no exception. She can’t wait for her new baby to arrive and is already dreaming about having more of them. Ramir hopes his heir will want to follow him into politics.

• Peterson family Main Street Mobile Homes

§14,325

Jessica Peterson

When Armand DeBateau demanded an heir Jessica Peterson knew it was time to leave. She just didn’t want to be tied down when Belladonna Cove was so filled with romantic possibilities. Of course when she left Armand she also left his vast fortune and standing in society. Can she make her own way?

• Riley family Sentinel Apartments

§32,785

Timothy Riley, Sally Riley

When Timothy Riley moved to Belladonna Cove he wanted to start a new life and make a solid future for his daughter. Then, he met Vivian Cho and now he hopes they can join forces. He thinks Sally would enjoy having a little sister.

• Rutherford household 340 Audrey Avenue

§72,085

Geoff Rutherford, Connor Weir

Geoff Rutherford knows all the right people but he’s a bit of a rebel. He and Connor Weir became roommates so they could afford a place in the best part of Belladonna Cove. But sometimes they are at odds. Connor wants the party days to end so he can find his true path and start the family of his dreams. Geoff just wants to have fun.

Townies and NPCs

Townies

Adults Solveig Bachman Heidi Bradshaw Jordan Centowski Lora Copur Victor Corsillo Solveig Enriquez Sam Hart Houston McCarthy Barbara Miceli Don Okuma

Adults (Cont'd) Sierra Phillips Vanessa Royce Blair Seavey Kent Seifert Diane Shahan Vincent Thomason Shannon Todd Glen Deppiesse (Bohemian) Toby Siew (Bohemian) Cristopher Tsang (Bohemian)

Teenagers Simon Brown Heath Butler Allyn Chung Andrzej Harris Cathy Miller Lilly Seavey Elizabeth Sell Pierce Walter

Children Todd Johnston Sunny Patch Luc Shin Diane Smith Claire Tellerman

NPCs

Ralph Baity (Bartender) Adriana Cameron (Bartender) Cole Sicat (Bartender) Shanna Centowski (Burglar) Nery Royce (Burglar) Curtis Steele (Burglar) Jaqueline Centowski (Cashier) Zoe Kimbrell (Cashier) Ryker Ternynck (Cashier) Lydia Jung (Delivery Person) Vamsi Stompel (Delivery Person) Sean Thayer (Delivery Person)

Kiera Fancey (Driver) Sabastian Go (Driver) Seth Goldman (Driver) Alejandro Darga (Exterminator) Stephen Wilkie (Exterminator) Uma Louie (Exterminator) Elle Huffman (Firefighter) Andrzej Raymond (Firefighter) Michael Sims (Firefighter) Kenya Byall (Gardener) Phoenix Carlson (Gardener) Destry Inada (Gardener)

Shane Jones (Headmaster) Nawwaf Leelaporn (Headmaster) Vince Gothier (Headmaster) Phoebe Adams (High Good Witch) Frances McCullough (High Evil Witch) Amber Barthelet (Maid) Samantha Larrea (Maid) Andrea Shin (Maid) Hun Cho (Mail Carrier) Ravi Kody (Mail Carrier) Lilly Reamon (Mail Carrier) Nerissa Bendett (Nanny)

Theresa Hogan (Nanny) Mona Kim (Nanny) Ratna Jayapalan (Newspaper Delivery Boy) Seth Wade (Newspaper Delivery Boy) Kerie Long (Newspaper Delivery Girl) Simon Gonzaga (Pizza Delivery Boy) Calvin Rodriguez (Pizza Delivery Boy) Kaylynn Tang (Pizza Delivery Girl) Rosemarie Bertino (Police Officer) Toby Riley (Police Officer) Roger Wood (Police Officer) Addison Johnston (Repairman) Justin Macarevich (Repairman) Jerome Rodriguez (Repairman)

Trivia

• Belladonna Cove bears many similarities to New York City, especially the Central Parks (Central Park), the BC Public Library (NY Public Library), the wealthy district overlooking the park (Upper East Side), and the statue of Bella Goth (Statue of Liberty). Furthermore, the Bella Statue is in a lake, while the Statue of Liberty is in an ocean, both of which are bodies of water.
• Many of Belladonna Cove's pre-made families have recent memories of moving out and in to a new home.
• Unlike the pre-made deceased Sims of Pleasantview and Strangetown, most pre-made deceased Sims in Belladonna Cove have some memories, but not a complete set of life memories.
• It is interesting to note that there is a "secret" lot in a corner of the map, which can be accessed by playing with the view mode, or by pressing 'tab'. The house on this lot looks like some retreats in Bon Voyage, and it has a value of around §36,000.
• Unlike the other neighborhoods, there are no male maids in Belladonna Cove.
• Unlike the other neighborhoods, there are no female social bunnies in Belladonna Cove. This can be proven with SimPE.
  • However, all Belladonna Cove Social Bunnies must be manually moved to the NPC Sim Bin using SimPE in order for them to show up in-game, since none of them are placed in the NPC Sim Bin at the start of the game.
• There are no pre-made repo-men in Belladonna Cove. They will be generated by the game once a Sim's red bills explode.
• The industrial factory and pig balloon is likely based on the Pink Floyd album Animals.
• A strange glitch occurs in Belladonna Cove where most of the ancestors of pre-made families cannot be married to their former wife/husband. This glitch applies to all the families in the neighborhood with the exception of the Green, Gere, Weir, and Cordial families.
• A glitch in the neighborhood exists where the gravestones that were originally supposed to appear in the neighborhood would simply vanish, likely due to a developer's oversight. This can be corrected with the fixed neighborhood templates and the Hoodchecker tool.