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{{Missing-info|The Sims 4}}
{{Infobox Sim1
|image = [[File:Bob Newbie (The Sims).jpg]]
|caption = Bob is new to the neighborhood. He needs help getting familiar with his new environment. Can you help him get through this tutorial?
|sex = Male
|age = Adult
|career = Unemployed
|hair = Brown
|skin = Light
|body = Fat
|family = [[Newbie family]]
|spouse = {{Spouse|[[Betty Newbie]]|Wife}}
|maritalstatus = Married
|sign = Aquarius
|game = The Sims
|play = Playable
|neighbor = Neighborhood 1
}}
{{Infobox Sim1
|image = [[File:Bob Newbie (The Sims console).jpg|250px]]
|sex = Male
|age = Adult
|hair = Brown
|skin = Light
|body =
|family = [[Newbie family]]
|spouse = {{Spouse|[[Betty Newbie]]|Wife}}
|maritalstatus = Married
|sign = Gemini
|game = The Sims (console)
|play = Playable
|neighbor = Willville
}}
{{Infobox Sim2
|image = [[File:Bob Newbie (The Sims 2).jpg|250px]]
|game = The Sims 2
|sex = Male
|age = Elder
|state = Ghost
|asp = Romance
|sign = Libra
|hair = Grey
|eye = Brown
|skin = Light
|body = Thin
|family = [[Newbie family]]
|parents = {{Relative|[[Robert Newbie]], [[Mags Newbie]]|Both Deceased}}
|spouse = {{Spouse|[[Betty Newbie]]|Wife}} [[File:Deceased.png|16px|Deceased]]
|maritalstatus = Married
|child = {{Relative|[[Brandi Broke]]|Daughter}}
|play = Deceased
|neighbor = Pleasantview
}}
{{Infobox Sim2
|image = [[File:Bob Newbie (The Sims 2 console).png|250px]]
|caption =
|game = The Sims 2 (console)
|sex = Male
|age = Adult
|career = Unemployed
|family = [[Newbie family]]
|roommates = [[Betty Newbie]]
|asp = Romance
|sign = Gemini
|hair = Black
|eye = Grey
|skin = Dark
|body = Thin
|play = Playable
|neighbor = Pleasantview, Strangetown, and Melbourne
}}
{{Infobox Sim2
|image = [[File:Bob Newbie (The Sims 2 Pets console).jpg|250px]]
|caption = Bob Newbie was an odd child who insisted on speaking only in short, step-by-step sentences. He transformed this quirk into a job skill when he lent his talents to the company "Map This". Famous for helpful retorts like "Turn left" and "watch out for that moose," he soon became a legend in both mapping and verbal instruction.
|game = The Sims 2 Pets (console)
|sex = Male
|age = Adult
|career = Unemployed
|asp = Family
|sign = Virgo
|hair = Black
|eye = Brown
|skin = Dark
|body = Thin
|family = [[Newbie family]]
|spouse = {{Spouse|[[Betty Newbie]]|Wife}}
|maritalstatus = Married
|pets = [[Buddy Newbie]]
|play = Playable
|neighbor = Whiskerton
}}
{{Infobox Sim3
|image = [[File:Bob Newbie (The Sims 3).png|250px]]
|caption = Bob Newbie loves to lie around and read. He's a good kid but he can't seem to clean up his room. He doesn't know what he wants to do with his life.
|game = The Sims 3 Store
|sex = Male
|age = Teen
|school = High School
|grade = B
|trait1 = Artistic
|trait2 = Bookworm
|trait3 = Good
|trait4 = Slob
|music = Latin
|food = Fruit Parfait
|color = Grey
|hair = Light Brown
|eye = Brown
|skin = Light
|body = Thin
|family = [[Newbie family]]
|parents = [[Robert Newbie]], [[Mags Newbie]]
|play = Playable
|neighbor = Riverview
}}
{{Infobox Sim4
|image = [[File:Bob Newbie (The Sims 4).png|250px]]
|caption =
|game = The Sims 4
|sex = Male
|age = Young Adult
|trait1 = Slob
|trait2 = Lazy
|trait3 = Bookworm
|trait4 = Animal Affection
|asp = Friend of the Animals
|hair = Brown
|eye = Brown
|skin = Light
|body = Fat
|family = [[Newbie family]]
|spouse = {{Spouse|[[Betty Newbie]]|Wife}}
|pets = [[Buddy Newbie]]
|play = Gallery
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Newbie, Bob}}
'''Robert "Bob" Newbie, Jr.''', is a [[Sim]] who makes his first appearance (along with [[Betty Newbie]]) in the player tutorial in ''[[The Sims]]''. After the completion of the tutorial, he can be played like any other Sim. [[Timeline of events in The Sims series|Due to the in-game chronology]] in ''The Sims'' series, he appears as a teen in ''[[The Sims 3]]'', living with his parents [[Robert Newbie|Robert]] and [[Mags Newbie]] in Riverview. Bob is not alive in ''The Sims 2'', though he is present in the [[family tree]] of the [[Broke family]]. Aside from main title releases, Bob appears in several console games. He and Betty are some of the most popular Sims of all time. Because of that, two families appear to be based on them; these are the [[Pancakes family]] and the [[Andrews family]].

==Biography==
===Life leading up to The Sims 3===
Bob had a hard time adjusting to life in [[Riverview]] until he met his new best friend, [[Betty Newbie|Betty Simovitch]]. When he is not spending time with her, however, he mostly spends time lounging around indoors, leaving his parents concerned.{{confirm}} It is said that his father disapproves of his laziness, though Bob's relationship with his parents are great ones. He is a lot thinner in this game and has light brown hair and no facial hair. Bob's face is almost identical to his father, Robert's. However some details have been customized. At the start of the game, Bob is 13 days from becoming a young adult.

Even though the chronology of the series places Betty Simovitch as his future wife, if left alone with story progression on, he may form relationships with other women. However, he can easily be directed to start a romance with Betty if the player desires, due to their high friendship level.

===Life leading up to The Sims 2 Pets (console)===
Bob Newbie appears in ''[[The Sims 2 Pets (console)]]'' wearing something similar to what he wore in ''[[The Sims 3]]''. He lives with Betty and their dog [[Buddy Newbie]]. He starts out unemployed. As in other games he appears in, he is quiet and a loner. However, it is possible that this may be a different Bob Newbie because he looks nothing like the way he does in any of the other Sims games.

===Life leading up to The Sims (console)===
Bob Newbie appears in ''[[The Sims (console)]]'' wearing the same clothes as in ''[[The Sims]]''. He and his wife [[Betty Newbie]] live in 7 [[Sim Avenue]]. They both share a 20+ relationship, so it is unknown if they are really married. Neither one has a job, but it may be best to get them into the [[Military]] Career Track, since they are both very active. He likes to read books and water the plants, but doesn't like noise - he always turns down the TV and Stereo.

===Life leading up to The Sims===
Bob Newbie is one of the pre-made Sims in ''The Sims'', and was one of the tutorial characters. He and his wife Betty had just moved into the neighborhood at the start of the game. They are inhabitants of [[Neighborhood 1]] and live at [[7 Sim Lane]]. They often make up the welcome wagon. Bob is bald, but has a mustache and full beard. He is pudgy, and starts out wearing dingy, greasy clothing.<ref group="n">This is easily changed with a dresser, but may require the use of custom [[skins]], as Maxis did not provide a very good selection for fat Sims.</ref> Bob likes to spend time reading. Although he is married to her, his relationship with Betty are only at the friendship level.

A different version of Bob appeared in Japanese copies of the game, with a fit physique, tan skin, black hair and a goatee (almost identical in appearance to [[MAHUIZOH "Jimmy" Maximus]], differing only by his mint green shirt and blue pants).

According to [[Tools|SimEnhancer]], Bob Newbie was the first created Sim in Neighborhood 1.

===Life leading up to The Sims 2===
By the time the storyline has caught to ''[[The Sims 2]]'', he and his wife Betty are already deceased, though he left a daughter, [[Brandi Broke]] to raise her family. She is the mother of two sons, Dustin Broke and Beau Broke, and is pregnant with her third son at the start of ''The Sims 2''. She is the widow of [[Skip Broke]]. Bob, his wife, his parents, and his in-laws can be resurrected with [[Package editor#SimPE|SimPE]]. He also has an unused beard and hairstyle that are very similar to available ones. Storyline pictures show him with black hair, and SimPE shows he has [[genetics]] for black hair, which different from ''[[The Sims]]'' and ''[[The Sims 3]]'' where his hair is brown and light brown respectively. His counterpart in the tutorial for ''The Sims 2'' is [[Bob Sim]].

Interestingly, in one of the story-telling images, it shows Bob giving Betty a massage, also clearly showing that he lost weight, as he is no longer fat. According to his age data in SimPE Bob had 33 days left in the [[elder]] [[life stage]] when he died.

{{ncd}}

===Life leading up to The Sims 2 (console)===
Bob lives here with his roommate, Betty. But, they are very different from the usual light-skinned Bob Newbie and Betty Newbie. Whether they are canonical in their appearance, as by the time of [[The Sims 2]], both Bob and Betty are deceased, or they are entirely different people, is unknown.

===Life leading up to The Sims 4===
An official [[Maxis]] [https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/8BB80D6B317311E98E64795DCB646EBF recreation] of Bob, Betty, and their dog [[Buddy Newbie|Buddy]] from the console version of ''The Sims 2: Pets'' was uploaded to the [[Gallery|''The Sims 4'' Gallery]] on February 15, 2019, marking the 19th anniversary of ''[[The Sims]]''. Bob is unemployed, has no skills, and is 22 days from becoming an adult.

==Bob Newbie in ''Other Games''==
Bob Newbie is also an available character on ''[[w:c:simcity:SimCity 4|SimCity 4]]''. (Note: The selectable people like him are sort of like the [[NPC]]s of ''[[The Sims 2]]''. They can be selected, and you can change their names, signs, and houses. However, the houses are extremely limited, and you can't play as them.)

==Trivia==
*Bob Newbie, along with [[Bella Goth]], [[Mortimer Goth]], [[Betty Newbie]], and [[Daniel Pleasant]] are the only pre-made Sims to appear in all four of the main series games.

==Simology==
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|-|Skills=
;The Sims<ref group="n">In Asian locales of the game, Bob Newbie does not have any skills.</ref>
{{SkillTable
|cooking = 3
|mechanical = 2}}
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{{SkillTable
|cooking = 3}}
;The Sims 3
{{SkillTable2
|painting = 1}}
|-|Relationships=
;The Sims
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!Image
!Name
!Relationship score
!Relationship level
|-
|-
|[[File:Betty Newbie thumb.png]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: large;" | '''Robert "Bob" Newbie Jr.'''
|[[Betty Newbie]]
[[Image:Robert_Bob_Newbie_Junior]]
|55/55
|Friend
|}
;The Sims (console)
{|class="wikitable heading-blue"
!Image
!Name
!Relationship score
!Relationship level
|-
|-
|[[File:Betty Newbie icon.png]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <br> "Robert "Bob" Newbie Jr.
|[[Betty Newbie]]
|-
|20/20
! Gender:
|Acquaintance
| Male
|-
|}
;The Sims 2 (console)
! Life Stage:
{|class="wikitable heading-blue"
| [[Elder]] (deceased)
!Image
|-
!Name
! Neighborhood:
!Relationship score
| [[Pleasantview]]
!Relationship level
|-
|-
|[[File:Betty Newbie (The Sims 2 console).png|50px]]
! Aspiration:
| [[Romance]]
|[[Betty Newbie]]
|20
|Acquaintance
|}
;The Sims 2 Pets (console)
{|class="wikitable heading-blue"
!Image
!Name
!Relationship score
!Relationship level
|-
|-
|[[File:Betty Newbie (The Sims 2 Pets console).jpg|50px]]
! Sign:
|[[Betty Newbie]]
| Libra
|20
|Acquaintance
|-
|-
|[[File:Buddy Newbie.png|50px]]
! Sim Type:
|[[Buddy Newbie]]
| Maxis-Created Character
|60
|Friend
|}
;The Sims 4
{|class="wikitable heading-blue"
!Image
!Name
!Relationship level
|-
|-
|[[File:Betty Newbie (The Sims 4).png|50px]]
! Parents:
| [[Bob Newbie Sr.]], [[Mags Newbie]]
|[[Betty Newbie]]
|Sweethearts, Spouse
|-
|-
|[[File:Buddy Newbie (The Sims 4).png|50px]]
! Spouse:
| [[Betty Newbie|Elizabeth "Betty" Simovitxh]]
|[[Buddy Newbie]]
|-
|
! Children:
| [[Brandi Broke]]
| colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller;" | {{{footnotes|}}}
|}
|}
|-|Personality=
;The Sims
{{PersonalityTable
|sign = Aquarius
|neat = 3
|outgoing = 6
|active = 4
|playful = 6
|nice = 6}}
;The Sims (Asia only)
{{PersonalityTable
|sign = Aquarius
|neat = 4
|outgoing = 4
|active = 4
|playful = 7
|nice = 6}}
;The Sims (console)
{{PersonalityTable
|sign = Gemini
|neat = 4
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|active = 8
|playful = 3
|nice = 3}}
;The Sims 2
{{PersonalityTable
|sign = Libra
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|active = 2
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|nice = 7}}
;The Sims 2 (console)
{{PersonalityTable
|sign = Gemini
|neat = 4
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|playful = 3
|nice = 3}}
;The Sims 2 Pets (console)
{{PersonalityTable
|sign = Virgo
|neat = 10
|outgoing = 1
|active = 5
|playful = 3
|nice = 6}}
|-|Interests=
;The Sims 2
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|food = 3
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|fashion = 5
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|crime = 7
|sports = 7
|entertainment = 6
|animals = 4
|work = 0
|school = 4
|toys = 4
|scifi = 0}}
</tabber>


==Gallery==
[[Category:Pleasantview (Sims 1)]]
<gallery widths="120">
[[Category:Deceased Sims]]
File:Bob Newbie TS3.jpg|Bob as a teenager in ''The Sims 3''
File:Bob_Newbie_in_his_home.jpg|Bob in his new home
File:Bob_getting_something_to_eat.jpg|Bob getting food from his refrigerator
File:Bob_getting_a_job.jpg|Bob picking up the newspaper
File:Bob_and_Sad_Clown.jpg|Bob looking at the portrait of [[Tragic Clown]]
File:Bob Newbie.jpg|Cleaning the toilet.
File:BOB NEWBIE.jpg|Bob in ''The Sims (console)''
Bob and Betty Newbie in TS3.jpg|Bob Newbie and Betty Simovitch in ''The Sims 3''
Newbie_1_0008.jpg|Bob and [[Betty Newbie]]
Bob Newbie (asian).png|Bob's alternative appearance in ''[[SimPeople]]''.
Bob Newbie CAS.png|Bob Newbie CAS Downloadable from Gallery
</gallery>


==Other Languages==
'''Bob Newbie''' was one of the Pre-Made Sims in [[The Sims]], he and his wife [[Betty Newbie]] had just moved into the neighborhood at the start of the game. They are inhabitants of '[[Neighborhood 1]]' and make up the welcome wagon. He is characterized by dingy, greasy clothing and a bald head. Although his and [[Betty Newbie|Betty]]'s relationship is not very good, by the time of [[The Sims 2]], Bob and Betty have both passed away, but left a grown daughter to raise her family.
{| class="prettytable"

!Language
Bob's daughter [[Brandi Broke]] is the mother to two sons, [[Dustin Broke]] and [[Beau Broke]], and is pregnant with her third son at the start of Sims 2. She is the widow of [[Skip Broke]].
!The Sims
[[Image:Bob|frame|Bob Newbie cleaning the toilet in The Sims]]
!The Sims 2

!The Sims 3

|-
== Player stories ==
!English
My story on Bob Newbie Jr. is that both his parents are deceased and he has so callously stored their urns in his house rather than burying them in the Goth's Cemetary.
|Bob Newbie

|Bob Newbie
His wife Betty left him and had a love affair with her lawyer and when Betty had 7 children, she left the lawyer, naming the first Born Bob Newbie. (now the kids are all 10 years old and they moved back into the same neighborhood with their mom and had discovered that Bob wanted NOTHING to do with the children anymore.) Bob went on to quote that "My wife was a fool for leaving me (and she dressed the part too)" Betty Newbie unfortunately died in a house fire conducted by 8 cult members, the cult members were trying to tell her to leave cause they didn't want her involved in their rituals, she stubbornly stuck around and payed the price of life. As a result of her death, her 7 children slacked off to the point that they were ALL shipped off to Military School, then the house (which was right across from Bob Newbie was sold to another family.) Because learning of his ex-wife's death, Bob Newbie slipped into a sleep-induced coma and woke up 2 years later. Then Bob Newbie heard about Betty Boop and her 7 kids moving into the neighborhood and is trying to cort her, however since theres a limit of 8 ppl to a household and they are 1 over, Bob is stuck with a hard choice, kill one of Betty's kids or ship them ALL off to military School.
|Bob Newbie
|-
!Brazilian Portuguese
|João Novato
|João Novato
|João Novato
|-
!Chinese (Simplified)
|实习家庭 鲍勃
|鲍勃 纽贝
|
|-
!Chinese (Traditional)
|
|鮑伯 新手
|鮑伯 紐碧
|-
!Czech
|
|Bob Novák
|
|-
!Danish
|
|Martin Nybegynder
|
|-
!Dutch
|Gijs Groentje
|Gijs Groentje
|Gijs Groentje
|-
!European Portuguese
|
|Rafael Novato
|
|-
!Finnish
|
|Perttu Alkavainen
|
|-
!French
|
|Jojo Nouvot
|Jojo Nouvot
|-
!German
|Willi Neuling
|Bob Neuerling Jr.
|
|-
!Hebrew
|
|בוב ניובי הבן
|בוב ניובי הבן
|-
!Italian
|
|Roberto Antonellini
|Roberto Antonellini
|-
!Japanese
|ボブ 新入り<br />(Bob Shin'iri)
|ボブ ニュービー<br />(Bob Newbie)
|
|-
!Korean
|신 기해
|밥 뉴비
|
|-
!Norwegian
|
|Bob Newbie
|
|-
!Polish
|Jan Nowak
|Robert Nowak
|Robert Nowak
|-
!Russian
|
|Боб II Новчикс
|Боб Новчикс
|-
!Spanish
|Roberto Novato
|Roberto Novato
|
|-
!Swedish
|Robert Nyby
|Robert Newbie
|Robert Newbie
|-
!Thai
|
|บ็อบ นิวบี้
|
|}


==Notes==
Bob Newbie's daughter Brandi Broke drowned in her boyfriend's pool so her urn is with THAT family.
<references group="n" />[[fr:Jojo Nouvot]]
[[no:Bob Newbie]]
[[nl:Gijs Groentje]]
[[pt-br:João Novato]]
[[ru:Боб Новчикс]]
[[Category:Bald Sims]]
[[Category:Newbies]]
[[Category:Sims wearing glasses]]
[[Category:Sims who may have dyed their hair]]
[[Category:Sims with diminutive names]]
[[Category:Sims with facial hair]]
[[Category:Sims with short hair]]
[[Category:Sims with unused accessories]]
[[Category:SimValley Sims from The Sims (console)]]
[[Category:Sims who appear in all of The Sims games]]

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Bob Newbie
Gender Male Male
Age Adult
Life state Sim
Biography
Bob is new to the neighborhood. He needs help getting familiar with his new environment. Can you help him get through this tutorial?
Education and employment
Career Unemployed
Family
Family/Families Newbie family
Marital status Married
Romances Betty Newbie Wife
Personality
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Appearance
Hair color Brown
Skin color Light
Body shape Fat Fat
Other information
Game The Sims
Playability Playable
Neighborhood Neighborhood 1
Bob Newbie
Gender Male Male
Age Adult
Life state Sim
Family
Family/Families Newbie family
Marital status Married
Romances Betty Newbie Wife
Personality
Zodiac sign Gemini
Appearance
Hair color Brown
Skin color Light
Other information
Game The Sims (console)
Playability Playable
Neighborhood Willville
Bob Newbie
Gender Male Male
Age Elder
Life state Ghost
Family
Family/Families Newbie family
Parents Robert Newbie, Mags Newbie Both Deceased
Marital status Married
Romances Betty Newbie Wife Deceased
Children Brandi Broke Daughter
Personality
Zodiac sign Libra
Aspiration Romance
Appearance
Hair color Grey
Eye color Brown
Skin color Light
Body shape Thin Thin
Other information
Game The Sims 2
Playability Deceased
Neighborhood Pleasantview
Bob Newbie
Gender Male Male
Age Adult
Life state Sim
Education and employment
Career Unemployed
Family
Family/Families Newbie family
Household
Roommates Betty Newbie
Personality
Zodiac sign Gemini
Aspiration Romance
Appearance
Hair color Black
Eye color Grey
Skin color Dark
Body shape Thin Thin
Other information
Game The Sims 2 (console)
Playability Playable
Neighborhood Pleasantview, Strangetown, and Melbourne
Bob Newbie
Gender Male Male
Age Adult
Life state Sim
Biography
Bob Newbie was an odd child who insisted on speaking only in short, step-by-step sentences. He transformed this quirk into a job skill when he lent his talents to the company "Map This". Famous for helpful retorts like "Turn left" and "watch out for that moose," he soon became a legend in both mapping and verbal instruction.
Education and employment
Career Unemployed
Family
Family/Families Newbie family
Marital status Married
Romances Betty Newbie Wife
Household
Pets Buddy Newbie
Personality
Zodiac sign Virgo
Aspiration Family Family
Appearance
Hair color Black
Eye color Brown
Skin color Dark
Body shape Thin Thin
Other information
Game The Sims 2 Pets (console)
Playability Playable
Neighborhood Whiskerton
Bob Newbie
Gender Male Male
Age Teen
Life state Sim
Biography
Bob Newbie loves to lie around and read. He's a good kid but he can't seem to clean up his room. He doesn't know what he wants to do with his life.
Education and employment
School High School
Grade B
Family
Family/Families Newbie family
Parents Robert Newbie, Mags Newbie
Personality
Traits Artistic
Bookworm
Good
Slob
Favorites Latin
Fruit Parfait
Grey
Appearance
Hair color Light Brown
Eye color Brown
Skin color Light
Body shape Thin Thin
Other information
Game The Sims 3 Store
Playability Playable
World Riverview
Bob Newbie
Gender Male Male
Age Young Adult
Life state Sim
Family
Family/Families Newbie family
Romances Betty Newbie Wife
Household
Pets Buddy Newbie
Personality
Traits Slob
Lazy
Bookworm
Animal Affection
Aspiration Friend of the Animals
Appearance
Hair color Brown
Eye color Brown
Skin color Light
Body shape Fat Fat
Other information
Game The Sims 4
Playability Gallery

Robert "Bob" Newbie, Jr., is a Sim who makes his first appearance (along with Betty Newbie) in the player tutorial in The Sims. After the completion of the tutorial, he can be played like any other Sim. Due to the in-game chronology in The Sims series, he appears as a teen in The Sims 3, living with his parents Robert and Mags Newbie in Riverview. Bob is not alive in The Sims 2, though he is present in the family tree of the Broke family. Aside from main title releases, Bob appears in several console games. He and Betty are some of the most popular Sims of all time. Because of that, two families appear to be based on them; these are the Pancakes family and the Andrews family.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Life leading up to The Sims 3[edit | edit source]

Bob had a hard time adjusting to life in Riverview until he met his new best friend, Betty Simovitch. When he is not spending time with her, however, he mostly spends time lounging around indoors, leaving his parents concerned.[confirmation needed] It is said that his father disapproves of his laziness, though Bob's relationship with his parents are great ones. He is a lot thinner in this game and has light brown hair and no facial hair. Bob's face is almost identical to his father, Robert's. However some details have been customized. At the start of the game, Bob is 13 days from becoming a young adult.

Even though the chronology of the series places Betty Simovitch as his future wife, if left alone with story progression on, he may form relationships with other women. However, he can easily be directed to start a romance with Betty if the player desires, due to their high friendship level.

Life leading up to The Sims 2 Pets (console)[edit | edit source]

Bob Newbie appears in The Sims 2 Pets (console) wearing something similar to what he wore in The Sims 3. He lives with Betty and their dog Buddy Newbie. He starts out unemployed. As in other games he appears in, he is quiet and a loner. However, it is possible that this may be a different Bob Newbie because he looks nothing like the way he does in any of the other Sims games.

Life leading up to The Sims (console)[edit | edit source]

Bob Newbie appears in The Sims (console) wearing the same clothes as in The Sims. He and his wife Betty Newbie live in 7 Sim Avenue. They both share a 20+ relationship, so it is unknown if they are really married. Neither one has a job, but it may be best to get them into the Military Career Track, since they are both very active. He likes to read books and water the plants, but doesn't like noise - he always turns down the TV and Stereo.

Life leading up to The Sims[edit | edit source]

Bob Newbie is one of the pre-made Sims in The Sims, and was one of the tutorial characters. He and his wife Betty had just moved into the neighborhood at the start of the game. They are inhabitants of Neighborhood 1 and live at 7 Sim Lane. They often make up the welcome wagon. Bob is bald, but has a mustache and full beard. He is pudgy, and starts out wearing dingy, greasy clothing.[n 1] Bob likes to spend time reading. Although he is married to her, his relationship with Betty are only at the friendship level.

A different version of Bob appeared in Japanese copies of the game, with a fit physique, tan skin, black hair and a goatee (almost identical in appearance to MAHUIZOH "Jimmy" Maximus, differing only by his mint green shirt and blue pants).

According to SimEnhancer, Bob Newbie was the first created Sim in Neighborhood 1.

Life leading up to The Sims 2[edit | edit source]

By the time the storyline has caught to The Sims 2, he and his wife Betty are already deceased, though he left a daughter, Brandi Broke to raise her family. She is the mother of two sons, Dustin Broke and Beau Broke, and is pregnant with her third son at the start of The Sims 2. She is the widow of Skip Broke. Bob, his wife, his parents, and his in-laws can be resurrected with SimPE. He also has an unused beard and hairstyle that are very similar to available ones. Storyline pictures show him with black hair, and SimPE shows he has genetics for black hair, which different from The Sims and The Sims 3 where his hair is brown and light brown respectively. His counterpart in the tutorial for The Sims 2 is Bob Sim.

Interestingly, in one of the story-telling images, it shows Bob giving Betty a massage, also clearly showing that he lost weight, as he is no longer fat. According to his age data in SimPE Bob had 33 days left in the elder life stage when he died.

Resurrection tip
This Sim has no character data and cannot be resurrected in-game. For more information, read this guide.

Life leading up to The Sims 2 (console)[edit | edit source]

Bob lives here with his roommate, Betty. But, they are very different from the usual light-skinned Bob Newbie and Betty Newbie. Whether they are canonical in their appearance, as by the time of The Sims 2, both Bob and Betty are deceased, or they are entirely different people, is unknown.

Life leading up to The Sims 4[edit | edit source]

An official Maxis recreation of Bob, Betty, and their dog Buddy from the console version of The Sims 2: Pets was uploaded to the The Sims 4 Gallery on February 15, 2019, marking the 19th anniversary of The Sims. Bob is unemployed, has no skills, and is 22 days from becoming an adult.

Bob Newbie in Other Games[edit | edit source]

Bob Newbie is also an available character on SimCity 4. (Note: The selectable people like him are sort of like the NPCs of The Sims 2. They can be selected, and you can change their names, signs, and houses. However, the houses are extremely limited, and you can't play as them.)

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Simology[edit | edit source]

;The Sims

Image Name Relationship score Relationship level
Betty Newbie 55/55 Friend
The Sims (console)
Image Name Relationship score Relationship level
Betty Newbie 20/20 Acquaintance
The Sims 2 (console)
Image Name Relationship score Relationship level
Betty Newbie 20 Acquaintance
The Sims 2 Pets (console)
Image Name Relationship score Relationship level
Betty Newbie 20 Acquaintance
Buddy Newbie 60 Friend
The Sims 4
Image Name Relationship level
Betty Newbie Sweethearts, Spouse
File:Buddy Newbie (The Sims 4).png Buddy Newbie

;The Sims

Personality
Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius
Sloppy 3 Neat
Shy 6 Outgoing
Lazy 4 Active
Serious 6 Playful
Grouchy 6 Nice
The Sims (Asia only)
Personality
Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius
Sloppy 4 Neat
Shy 4 Outgoing
Lazy 4 Active
Serious 7 Playful
Grouchy 6 Nice
The Sims (console)
Personality
Gemini
Gemini
Gemini
Sloppy 4 Neat
Shy 7 Outgoing
Lazy 8 Active
Serious 3 Playful
Grouchy 3 Nice
The Sims 2
Personality
Libra
Libra
Libra
Sloppy 2 Neat
Shy 8 Outgoing
Lazy 2 Active
Serious 6 Playful
Grouchy 7 Nice
The Sims 2 (console)
Personality
Gemini
Gemini
Gemini
Sloppy 4 Neat
Shy 7 Outgoing
Lazy 8 Active
Serious 3 Playful
Grouchy 3 Nice
The Sims 2 Pets (console)
Personality
Virgo
Virgo
Virgo
Sloppy 10 Neat
Shy 1 Outgoing
Lazy 5 Active
Serious 3 Playful
Grouchy 6 Nice

;The Sims 2

Image Interest Level
Environment 2
Food 3
Weather 7
Culture 1
Money 8
Politics 3
Paranormal 1
Health 4
Fashion 5
Travel 5
Crime 7
Sports 7
Entertainment 6
Animals 4
Work 0
School 4
Toys 4
Sci-Fi 0

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Bob as a teenager in The Sims 3

    Bob as a teenager in The Sims 3

  • Bob in his new home

    Bob in his new home

  • Bob getting food from his refrigerator

    Bob getting food from his refrigerator

  • Bob picking up the newspaper

    Bob picking up the newspaper

  • Bob looking at the portrait of Tragic Clown

    Bob looking at the portrait of Tragic Clown

  • Cleaning the toilet.

    Cleaning the toilet.

  • Bob in The Sims (console)

    Bob in The Sims (console)

  • Bob Newbie and Betty Simovitch in The Sims 3

    Bob Newbie and Betty Simovitch in The Sims 3

  • Bob and Betty Newbie

    Bob and Betty Newbie

  • Bob's alternative appearance in SimPeople.

    Bob's alternative appearance in SimPeople.

  • Bob Newbie CAS Downloadable from Gallery

    Bob Newbie CAS Downloadable from Gallery

Other Languages[edit | edit source]

Language The Sims The Sims 2 The Sims 3
English Bob Newbie Bob Newbie Bob Newbie
Brazilian Portuguese João Novato João Novato João Novato
Chinese (Simplified) 实习家庭 鲍勃 鲍勃 纽贝
Chinese (Traditional) 鮑伯 新手 鮑伯 紐碧
Czech Bob Novák
Danish Martin Nybegynder
Dutch Gijs Groentje Gijs Groentje Gijs Groentje
European Portuguese Rafael Novato
Finnish Perttu Alkavainen
French Jojo Nouvot Jojo Nouvot
German Willi Neuling Bob Neuerling Jr.
Hebrew בוב ניובי הבן בוב ניובי הבן
Italian Roberto Antonellini Roberto Antonellini
Japanese ボブ 新入り
(Bob Shin'iri) 		ボブ ニュービー
(Bob Newbie)
Korean 신 기해 밥 뉴비
Norwegian Bob Newbie
Polish Jan Nowak Robert Nowak Robert Nowak
Russian Боб II Новчикс Боб Новчикс
Spanish Roberto Novato Roberto Novato
Swedish Robert Nyby Robert Newbie Robert Newbie
Thai บ็อบ นิวบี้

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ This is easily changed with a dresser, but may require the use of custom skins, as Maxis did not provide a very good selection for fat Sims.
  2. ↑ In Asian locales of the game, Bob Newbie does not have any skills.

fr:Jojo Nouvot

no:Bob Newbie nl:Gijs Groentje pt-br:João Novato ru:Боб Новчикс

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