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{{Era|TS2|TS3RV|TS4GF}}
{{Family-start
{{Infobox family2
|image =
|captionname = Broke family
|connectimage = [[Newbie Family]],= [[CalienteFile:The Family]], [[Pleasant Family]], [[SimovitchBroke Family.jpg|250px]]
|caption = 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?
|members = [[Brandi Broke]], [[Dustin Broke]], [[Beau Broke]], [[Unborn baby Broke]]
|generations = 3
|connect = [[Newbie family]], [[Simovitch family]]
|lot = [[55 Woodland Drive]]
|funds = 929
|play = Playable
|neighbor = Pleasantview
|game = The Sims 2
}}
{{Infobox family3
{{Family2
|imagename = [[Image:The_Broke_Family.jpg|220px]]Broke family
|image = [[File:Broke Family (The Sims 3).png|250px]]
|caption = ''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?''
|caption = 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.
|members = [[Brandi Broke]], [[Dustin Broke]], [[Beau Broke]]
|members = [[Flat Broke]], [[Flo Broke]], [[Ruby Broke]], [[Skip Broke]], [[Buck Broke]], [[Trigger Broke]], [[Susie Broke]]
|neighbor = Pleasantview
|generations = 2
|connect = [[Newbie Family]], [[Caliente Family]], [[Pleasant Family]], [[Simovitch Family]]
|lot = [[49 Ely Road]]
|economicstatus = Poor}}
|funds = 600
{{Family3
|difficulty =
|image = [[File:Broke Family (The Sims 3).png|250px]]
|captionplay = Broke Family in ''The Sims= 3''Playable
|neighbor = Riverview
|members = [[Flat Broke]], [[Flo Broke]], [[Ruby Broke]], [[Skip Broke]], [[Buck Broke]], [[Trigger Broke]], [[Susie Broke]]
|neighborgame = RiverviewThe Sims 3 Store
}}
|connect = [[Newbie Family]], [[Simovitch Family]]
{{Infobox family4
|economicstatus = Poor}}
|name = Broke family
{{Family-end}}
|image = [[File:DustinBrokeSims4Household.png|250px]]
In ''The Sims 2'', the '''Broke family''' resides in [[Pleasantview]]. It consists of [[Brandi Broke]], widow of [[Skip Broke]]; [[Dustin Broke]], a [[teen]] going steady with [[Angela Pleasant]]; and [[Beau Broke]], a [[toddler]]. When the family is first played, Brandi is pregnant with her third, and last, child from Skip. Brandi is also the daughter of [[Bob Newbie]] and [[Betty Newbie]], a married couple introduced in ''[[The Sims]]''. However, she does not appear in ''The Sims''.
|members = [[Dustin Broke (The Sims 4: Get Famous)|Dustin Broke]]
|generations = 1
|funds = 20,000
|play = Townie
|game = The Sims 4: Get Famous
}}
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 [[Unborn baby Broke|third child]] from the deceased Skip. Brandi is also the daughter of [[Bob Newbie|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.
In ''The Sims 3'', the Broke family lives in [[Riverview]]. In the Riverview graveyard, there is the grave of [[Bernard Broke]], who died as an adult from drowning. He may be the father or brother of Flat and Buck, but he is not featured in the family tree.
 
== 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 Broke|Flat]], [[Flo Broke|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'', thealmost all Brokes appear to have either the traits of [[Slob (The Sims 3)|Slob]] andor [[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 ===
{{FamilyPage
[[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.
|etymology = '''Broke:''' "to become destitute of money or possession."
 
== The Sims 4 ==
* '''Brandi:''' "burning wine," "brandy."
[[Dustin Broke (The Sims 4: Get Famous)|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.
* '''Skip:''' "master of a ship."
 
* '''Dustin:''' "Thor's stone."
Unlike ''The Sims 2'' and ''The Sims 3'', he has a decent amount of simoleons.
* '''Beau:''' "handsome."
 
* '''Flat:''' pun meaning "completely penniless."
{{FamilyPage
* '''Flo:''' "flower," "prosperous," "flowering," "blossoming," "charming," "flourishing."
|etymology = '''Broke''': "to become destitute of money or possession."<br>
* ''''Buck:''' a nickname that simply means "buck" (a male deer).
* '''Brandi''': "burning wine," "brandy".
* '''Mary Lu:''' from Mary and Louisa, meaning "beloved" and "famous warrior," respectively.
* '''Skip''': "master of a ship".
* '''Trigger:''' possibly from "trigger," a finger-operated lever used to operate a gun.
* '''Susie:Dustin'''from: Susan, meaning"Thor's stone"rose."
* '''Ruby:Beau''' simply means: "ruby,handsome" the precious stone.
* '''Flat''': pun meaning "completely penniless".
|tree = [[File:Newbie-Broke Family Tree.png|650px]]
* '''Flo''': "flower," "prosperous," "flowering," "blossoming," "charming," "flourishing".
|listmembers =
* ''''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.
|tree = [[File:Newbie-Broke Family Tree.png|650px]]
|listmembers =
*[[Brandi Broke]]
*[[Dustin Broke]]
*[[Beau Broke]]
*[[Unborn Sonbaby Broke]]
*[[SkipDustin Broke]] (''Deceased'')The Sims 4: Get Famous)]]
*[[FlatSkip Broke]] (''(Deceased)'')
*[[FloFlat Broke]] (''(Deceased)'')
*[[BuckFlo Broke]] (''Possibly (Deceased)'')
*[[RubyBuck Broke]] (''(Possibly Deceased)'')
*[[Mary LuRuby Broke]] (''(Possibly Deceased)'')
*[[BettyMary NewbieLu Broke]] (''(Deceased)'')
*[[BobBetty Newbie]] (''(Deceased)'')
*[[MagsBob Newbie]] (''(Deceased)'')
*[[RobertMags Newbie]] (''(Deceased)'')
*[[VadimRobert SimovitchNewbie]] (''(Deceased)'')
*[[FatimaVadim Simovitch]] (''(Deceased)'')
*[[TriggerFatima BrokeSimovitch]] (''Possibly (Deceased)'')
*[[SusieTrigger Broke]] (''(Possibly Deceased)'')
*[[BernardSusie Broke]] (''(Possibly Deceased)'')
*[[Bernard Broke]] ''(Deceased)''
 
|gallery = =<gallery>
Loading screen of Broke family.png|Loading screen of Broke family in The Sims 2
<gallery>
File:Betty_Newbie_and_Brandi_Broke.jpg|Betty Newbie reading to a young Brandi Newbie
Image:New_Broke.jpg
File:Brandi_Broke_and_Skip_Broke.jpg|Brandi kissing Skip while Bob is massaging Betty in the background
Image:Birthday02.jpg
ImageFile:Engagement.jpg|Skip proposes to Brandi
File:Birthday02.jpg|Dustin blows out the candles
Image:Brandi_Broke_and_Skip_Broke.jpg
File:New_Broke.jpg|Brandi is about to give birth
Image:Betty_Newbie_and_Brandi_Broke.jpg
BrokeRiverviewHome.png
Image:55_Woodland_Drive_Pool.jpg|The pool in which Skip drowned
DustinBroke.jpg
55 Woodland Drive 3.jpg
Green Eyed Skip Broke's Original Appearance in TS2.jpg
55 Woodland Drive.jpg
</gallery>
}}
 
==Trivia==
*The ''original'' last name for the Broke family was '''Newbie''', it was changed to Broke prior to release at some point during development.
*The Broke Family in The Sims 2 has an odd residential lot. Instead of ordinary lot which has to be adjcent to one road, The Broke house has to be in the corner where two roads are adjacent to the lot.
 
{{Broke Family}}
 
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