Grunt family

Grunt family Description Tank has always lived under the hard thumb of his father, General Buzz Grunt. In this domesticated boot camp, can Tank prove his worth to this demanding Dad? Name Grunt family Members General Buzz Grunt, Tank Grunt, Ripp Grunt, Buck Grunt Number of generations 4 generations Family connections Specter family, Curious family Lot 51 Road to Nowhere Funds §7,225 Other Information Game The Sims 2 Playability Playable Neighborhood Strangetown

The Grunt family is a military family from The Sims 2. They live in Strangetown, a neighborhood that comes with the base game. General Buzz Grunt is the father of three sons named Tank, Ripp and Buck Grunt. Tank Grunt wants to be more like his father, while Ripp Grunt just wants some romance, and little Buck Grunt is just left out. His wife, Lyla Grunt, divorced him and was later electrocuted under mysterious circumstances. She is buried in the Specter family graveyard.

General Buzz and Tank have a grudge against the Curious family for being so strange, and the Smith family due to them being aliens, but Ripp and Buck have positive relationships with, Johnny and Jill Smith respectively.

The family picture to the right can give a pretty good image of the family members' personalities, and why they clash so much: Tank and Buzz are clearly domineering and tough. Ripp just seems lazy, while Buck appears to be more sensitive, thoughtful, and studious. Out of all their deceased relatives, only Lyla and Mary Melons can be resurrected.

When the family is first played, it is a Sunday morning.

Onomatology

Grunt -- Means to grunt. "Grunt" is also a derogatory slang term for "infantry". (US Military Slang from the Vietnam War)

General Buzz Grunt : his proper name could be Edwin, after Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, but that is speculative. (Edwin means rich, blessed friend). The name Buzz also might have something to do with the "buzz cut" haircut that a lot of army recruits get.

Lyla Grunt (Gen. Buzz's ex-wife) : Persian for "dark princess'", Hebrew for night.

Tank Grunt (Gen. Buzz's oldest son): Probably a reference to his father being in the Army.

Ripp Grunt (Gen. Buzz's middle son): To rip or to tear. Possibly short for Tripp, means travel.

Buck Grunt (Gen. Buzz's youngest son): A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man. Also refers to the male deer.

General Chip Grunt (Gen. Buzz's father): Means a lot of things, such as French Fries.

Missy Grunt (Gen. Buzz's mother): A young female; It also mean's Miss Grunt

Mike Steel (Missy's father): Mike is short for Michael, means "who is like god", and steel as in steel, a metal alloy of mostly iron plus carbon, harder than pure iron but malleable when hot.

Mary Melons (Missy's mother): Mary means "to be bitter", while Melons as in melon, a type of fruit. So her name means, "bitter fruit," possibly a reference to the fact that they probably didn't mean to have Missy as she was born illegitimate, therefore making her a "bitter fruit." The reason why Mary does not have the same last name as Mike is that Missy was an illegitimate child. She was born outside marriage.

Family tree

Members

• General Buzz Grunt
• Lyla Grunt (Deceased)
• Tank Grunt
• Ripp Grunt
• Buck Grunt
• General Chip Grunt (Deceased)
• Missy Grunt (Deceased)
• General Rock Grunt (Deceased)
• Wanda Grunt (Deceased)
• Mike Steel (Deceased)
• Mary Melons (Deceased)
• A.P. Vandermorgan (Deceased)
• Jacqueline Vandermorgan (Deceased)

Gallery

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  Buzz training with a young Tank

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  Lyla Grunt leaving forever

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  Buzz encouraging Tank

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  Buzz disdaining Ripp

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  Buzz and PT9 fighting

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  The Grunt family

Trivia

• The military base in Lunar Lakes is named after this family, Grunt Military Base.

The Grunt Family
Rock - Wanda - Chip - Missy - Buzz - Lyla - Tank - Ripp - Buck