Fanon:PleasantView (The Sims 2 Series)
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Name: |
PleasantView (The Sims 2 Series) |
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Original Run: |
July 5, 2016 - Present |
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Created By: |
CrazeSimGaming |
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Genre: |
Drama/Mystery |
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Number of Episodes: |
9 (1 Special Episode) |
PleasantView is a Sims 2 drama-mystery series, That was created and produced by CrazeSimGaming on YouTube, The series premiered on July 5th 2016. The series takes place in Pleasantview where the show follows the lives of the residents and the variety of mysteries hidden within Pleasantview.
PleasantView has so far received positive reactions from people on YouTube that the creator has announced on March 3, 2017 that the series has been renewed for a second season and is due to come out this summer.
Production
Origin of PleasantView
The show first came into mind for Max Z (CrazeSim), in 2011 when he watched a variety of different series made by fellow Sims players, such as Doons99P when she was still doing her own series revolving around the town of Pleasantview. When her last episode was published in 2012, Max (CrazeSim) considered doing his own series. He created the first episode of the PleasantView Series on May 24, 2014, but due to it not getting enough activity he gave up on the idea and forgot about the series. During the release of his channel CrazeSim, he had thought about making his own series. But was too busy with his school work in order to write a script. After he noticed that his first episode had about over one hundred views in two years, he thought about rebooting the series, and making it so that it would benefit his viewers and his channel's current status. On January 1, 2016 he tweeted that his two year hiatus on his PleasantView Series is ending and he's rebooting the series in September 2016. Since then he has wrote so many scripts and the series has got positive reviews from variety of people.
Writing
The scripts for the PleasantView Series started in January 2016, done by CrazeSimGaming himself. Originally Episode 5 was supposed to be the second episode to come out, since that's the first script he has worked on. But it didn't make sense for Episode 2 to go straight to the wedding, CrazeSim considered it to be Episode 5. Only about 80% of the characters have been written onto the first season, since the Burbs and the Oldies have no current place in Season 1 as they're optional characters, they might come in sometime at the end of Season 1 or the start of Season 2. Bella Goth was written into the story as she's the face of the series as well as her clone Kathryn Sampson. The story-line revolves around the center of the game. Which means that the story follows all of the characters previous and present background. Such as Daniel's mistress, Don in Riverview, Dina the Gold Digger etc. Season 1 is basically how new Simmers begin playing The Sims 2 for the first time. CrazeSim also thought of adding The Sims 3 storyline into the series. One of it was being that Pleasantview was once called Sunset Valley, the creator made sure that the story made sense. Since Vita Alto was the Local Representative in Sunset Valley, her next promotion would be her being the Mayor as followed in the Politics Career in The Sims 3. The mayor can theoretically change the name of the town, using a petition or a permission from the Leader of the Free World. It was wrote into the story that she was behind the idea of renaming the town to Pleasantview.
Filming & Editing
There were some difficulties with the filming of the episodes, firstly the in-game recording option was the first choice of recording the series. But due to the quality being so awful. CrazeSim had an idea to film the entire game using Nvidia Shadowplay, and removing all the games interference using Sony Vegas. The 'Similish' Language and editing is done through Sony Vegas, and the subtitles are added in Movie Maker.
All Characters
The Characters that are listed here are fictional and not real, any similarities to real persons is unintentional and not related to any real life event.
Characters |
First Appearance |
Background |
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Mortimer Goth |
Season 1, Episode 1 |
Mortimer was always a cheerful person. He's smart and thoughtful. Bella's disappearence has broken his heart. But he keeps on going. |
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Bella Bachelor-Goth |
Season 1, Episode 3 (mentioned) Season 1, Episode 4 (appeared) |
Bella has lived quite a life, all of that changed the minute she started getting invloved with Donald. She went from an elegant person who plays golf on weekends to an alien test subject. |
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Kathryn Sampson (Strangetown Bella) |
Season 1, Episode 4 |
The mysterious clone of Bella Goth. Kathryn Sampson was abducted by aliens in the early 70s, but she's still in her 30s. The aliens work in mysterious ways. The only thing she wants is to know who she was. |
| Michael Bachelor (Mike Sullivan) | Season 1, Episode 7 | Mike Bachelor, the son of Jocasta and Simis Bachelor and a brother to Bella Goth. He faked his death due to Dina's failed plan to take his money. He has been AWOL for 12 years, but can he ever come out of the tree? |
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Alexander Goth |
Season 1, Episode 4 |
Alex was the second child of the Goth family, raised without a mother. The fifth-teen year old struggles with his teenage life and wonders what had happened to his mother every day. |
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Cassandra Goth |
Season 1, Episode 1 |
Cass has a dream, to be a wife and a mother. She followed her father to the Science carrer and never thought of anything but her long-awaiting wedding and her long-lost mother Bella. |
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Darren Dreamer |
Season 1, Episode 2 |
Dartist, his nickname from high school, he's trying to cope through his dream of being an artist. But paying the bills and taking care of his teenage son seems to be stopping him. |
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Dirk Dreamer |
Season 1, Episode 3 |
Dirk strives to cope with his own life better than his own father. He gives it all his got to be the best in class including keeping up with his relationship with Lilith. |
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Mary-Sue Pleasant |
Season 1, Episode 2 |
Mary's long time dream is to become the mayor of Pleasantview. She has deidcated her entire life into two things, Family and Carrer, a pretty tough road. |
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Daniel Pleasant |
Season 1, Episode 3 |
Daniel is the main athlete of the family, he is the only parent his kids feel comfortable talking to. Dan and Mary have grown apart since the day they had kids. He feels like something is missing in their marriage but he always stands by her side. |
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Angela Pleasant |
Season 1, Episode 3 |
Angie is the golden child of the family, all her life she wanted to do something special. She was the only child to be focused on. Never had her first kiss with Dustin. |
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Lilith Pleasant |
Season 1, Episode 3 |
Lilith is the trouble maker of the family, she's always out parting and drinking. Never focuses on her studies and argues with her sister continuesly because of her jealousy. |
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Donald Lothario |
Season 1, Episode 1 |
Don the Cassanova, since he was little he knew Cassandra from the start. They have developed their relationship through the course of their livelihood. But someting changed in him. He started going out with other women. And he liked it. |
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Dina Caliente |
Season 1, Episode 3 (mentioned) Season 1, Episode 4 (appeared) |
Dina the Gold Digger, she never had a rich family. All she wants is to find a man who can fulfil her every need. That means bring her the cash. |
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Nina Caliente |
Season 1, Episode 2 |
Nina is quite different from her sister, all she ever wanted was to find a man who can treat her well. But will she find that in Don? |
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Brandi Broke |
Season 1, Episode 4 |
Brandi the Cook, she has a dream of becoming a chef. The Newbies spend their entire life savings in order to put her through education. But was it really worth it? |
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Dustin Broke |
Season 1, Episode 4 |
Dustin the Criminal, ever since his father's death he strives to support his family through tough financial times. He's the main provider after his mother. |
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Beau Broke |
Season 1, Episode 9 |
Beau tries to learn the way of life from his mother, but can she set a good example for him? |
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Kaylynn Langerak |
Season 1, Episode 3 |
She was the maid for the Pleasants for years. But she and Daniel had been going on for a year. How long will it stay that way? |
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Herb Oldie |
(To make an appearance soon...) |
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Coral Oldie |
(To make an appearance soon...) |
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Jennifer Burb |
(To make an appearance soon...) |
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John Burb |
(To make an appearance soon...) |
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Lucy Burb |
(To make an appearance soon...) |
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Seasons and Episodes
*Warning* All episode lists have spoilers.
The First Season (2016-17)
It is confirmed that Season 1 will contain 10 episodes in total. With one episode being released each month.
The first season mainly focuses on, Don and Cassandra's Wedding, Bella Goth's disappearance and her clone, and Don's mysterious arrival to Riverview.
| Ep No. | Episode Title | Episode Air Date |
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| #1 | Wedding Plans | July 5, 2016 |
| #2 | The Affair | September 18, 2016 |
| #3 | The Truth's Upon Us | October 23, 2016 |
| #4 | A Friend in Need | November 30, 2016 |
| #5.1 | The Bella Dissapearance | December 26, 2016 |
| #5.2 | The Goth-Lothario Wedding | December 27, 2016 |
| #6 | The Don Disappearance | January 31, 2017 |
| #7 | Madness | February 20, 2017 |
| #8 | The Return of The Dead | March 27, 2017 |
| #9 | Unleashed | April 21, 2017 |
| #10 | May 2017 |
The Second Season (2017)
The 2nd season of PleasantView was confirmed March of 2017, and is due to air between June and September 2017. In April 2017 it was confirmed that the second season is going to have 7-9 episodes maximum.
Links
Link to the PleasantView Series Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqNlwJMSPdzomqaqml9uPx0uMZt3_dQW9
Link to CrazeSimGaming's Twitter for any updates on the episodes: https://twitter.com/CrazeSim