Broke family

Broke family
Description
Brandi was left to raise two boys alone following her husband's suspicious pool ladder accident. With Dustin acting out, can Brandi teach young Beau to make the right choices in life?
Name	Broke family
Members	Brandi Broke, Dustin Broke, Beau Broke, Unborn baby Broke
Number of generations	3 generations
Family connections	Newbie family, Simovitch family
Lot	55 Woodland Drive
Funds	§929
Other information
Game	The Sims 2
Playability	Playable
Neighborhood	Pleasantview

Broke family
Description
When Flo and Flat met in high school, sparks flew. Life has never been easy but as long as they are together they find a way to have fun. When Flat's brother Buck showed up with two kids and no wife, they just invited him to move in. The more the merrier.
Name	Broke family
Members	Flat Broke, Flo Broke, Ruby Broke, Skip Broke, Buck Broke, Trigger Broke, Susie Broke
Number of generations	2 generations
Lot	49 Ely Road
Funds	§600
Other information
Game	The Sims 3 Store
Playability	Playable
World	Riverview

Broke family
Name	Broke family
Members	Dustin Broke
Number of generations	1 generation
Funds	§20,000
Other information
Game	The Sims 4: Get Famous
Playability	Townie

The Broke family is a playable family who appear in Pleasantview, the town shipped with The Sims 2, in Riverview, a town purchasable from The Sims 3 Store, and in The Sims 4: Get Famous. In most games, as their last name suggests, they are fairly short on Simoleons.

The Sims 2

In The Sims 2, the Broke family resides in Pleasantview. It consists of Brandi Broke, widow of Skip Broke; Dustin Broke, a rebellious teen street hawker going steady with Angela Pleasant; and Beau Broke, a toddler who is not well learned in his essential toddler skills. When the family is first played, Brandi is pregnant with her third child from the deceased Skip. Brandi is also the daughter of Bob and Betty Newbie, a married couple that was introduced in The Sims. However, she does not appear in The Sims, likely because she hadn't been born yet at the time.

As the name suggests, they have a monetary situation, supposedly because Brandi has just lost her husband and source of income. The family has around §930 in funds, which wouldn't be so bad if it had any source of income other than Dustin's teen job. The family has a net worth of around §25,000, and Brandi does have one or two things which can be sold for cash, but that's not a long-term solution to the family's financial problems.

The Broke family has a box of pizza in their house at the start of the game, though in some releases the box will be empty.

The Sims 3 Store

Riverview

In The Sims 3, the Broke family lives in a small "caravan park" in Riverview. They are the poorest family in the town and their caravans are very cheaply decorated. They share a similar economic status to the Crosby family. In the Riverview graveyard, there is a grave of Bernard Broke, who drowned as an adult. He may be the father or brother of Flat and Buck, but he does not appear in the family tree.

During their time in Riverview, it is clear that Flat, Flo, Ruby, and Buck only work part-time jobs with low pay. This could be an explanation for their poverty.

Of all of the family members in The Sims 3, only Flat, Flo, and Skip are mentioned in The Sims 2. What happened to the others is not known. No members of the family appear in The Sims, though all of them except Flat and Flo are young enough to have been alive during that time.

In The Sims 3, almost all Brokes have either the Slob or Party Animal traits. This is probably why none of the adults can hold a full-time job. Skip and Mary Lu (who is a Broke by marriage) are the only ones who don't have either of those traits, possibly due to them not being actual Brokes by genetic value. All Brokes, with the exception of Ruby and Skip, wear cheap clothes and enjoy electronica music.

Lunar Lakes

Octavia Broke is a homeless Sim who resides in Lunar Lakes. It is plausible that she is a descendant of the Broke family due to her surname and the fact that many other Sims in Lunar Lakes are descendants of other SimNation Sims. She, however, lacks the slob and party animal traits and appears to be of a different ethnicity.

The Sims 4

Dustin Broke is a homeless sim introduced as a celebrity in The Sims 4: Get Famous. He appears to be different from Dustin Broke from The Sims 2, as they have a different body type, eye color, and different age.

Unlike The Sims 2 and The Sims 3, he has a decent amount of simoleons.

Onomatology

Broke: "to become destitute of money or possession."

• Brandi: "burning wine," "brandy".
• Skip: "master of a ship".
• Dustin: "Thor's stone".
• Beau: "handsome".
• Flat: pun meaning "completely penniless".
• Flo: "flower," "prosperous," "flowering," "blossoming," "charming," "flourishing".
• 'Buck: a nickname that simply means "buck" (a male deer).
• Mary Lu: from Mary and Louisa, meaning "beloved" and "famous warrior," respectively.
• Trigger: possibly from "trigger," a finger-operated lever used to operate a gun.
• Susie: from Susan, meaning "rose".
• Ruby: simply means "ruby," the precious stone.

Family tree

Members

• Brandi Broke
• Dustin Broke
• Beau Broke
• Unborn baby Broke
• Dustin Broke (The Sims 4: Get Famous)
• Skip Broke (Deceased)
• Flat Broke (Deceased)
• Flo Broke (Deceased)
• Buck Broke (Possibly Deceased)
• Ruby Broke (Possibly Deceased)
• Mary Lu Broke (Deceased)
• Betty Newbie (Deceased)
• Bob Newbie (Deceased)
• Mags Newbie (Deceased)
• Robert Newbie (Deceased)
• Vadim Simovitch (Deceased)
• Fatima Simovitch (Deceased)
• Trigger Broke (Possibly Deceased)
• Susie Broke (Possibly Deceased)
• Bernard Broke (Deceased)

Gallery

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  Loading screen of Broke family in The Sims 2

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  Betty Newbie reading to a young Brandi Newbie

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  Brandi kissing Skip while Bob is massaging Betty in the background

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  Skip proposes to Brandi

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  Dustin blows out the candles

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  Brandi is about to give birth

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Trivia

• The original last name for the Broke family was Newbie, it was changed to Broke prior to release at some point during development.