Laganaphyllis simnovorii: Difference between revisions

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The '''''Laganaphyllis Simnovoriisimnovorii''''' (commonly known as the '''Cowplant''' or '''Cow Plant''') is a bizarre, partly carnivorous bovine form of vegetation that is large enough to swallow a Sim whole. The Cowplant first appeared as the [[career reward]] for the [[Natural Science]] career in ''[[The Sims 2: University]]''. A similar plant, simply called the "[[mutant plant]]", appeared in [[The Sims Bustin' Out (console)|''The Sims Bustin' Out'' for console]], and may be a relative or precursor of the Cowplant.

<blockquote class="note">This bizarre bovine vegetation is large enough to swallow your next-door neighbor whole. In fact, it WILL eat your neighbors. Your friends will be hard-pressed to resist the tantalizing vine-cake of the carniverouscarnivorous{{sic}} Laganaphyllis Simnovorii. After it has consumed some prey, milk it for sweet, rejuvenating nectar of life. A swig of this liquid refreshment will add precious days to a Sim's life and wash away any regret they may have over their visitor's fate.</blockquote>

It{{Info|Note|If ''[[The Sims 2: Open for Business|Open for Business]]'' is installed, the Cowplant '''can''' eat a [[Servo#The Sims 2|Servo]]. This is one of the few ways in which a Servo can die.}}A Cowplant can be fed by clicking on it and selecting "Feed". When this is done, the Sim will take out a Leg 'O' Lamb, (thiswhich costs §35), and throw it to the plant; sometimes playing with it or teasing it first. This action is not autonomous. Household Sims will ignore the plant unless it killsconsumes someone or the player directs them to interact with it.

Not being fed does not appear to have any negative effects on the Cowplant. However, it will attempt to capture and eat Sims if not fed every in-game 12 Sim hours. The Cowplant will stick out its tongue, which contains a slice of cake, luring an unwary Sim close to the plant. It then devours the Sim, who dies immediately. Unusually, the [[Grim Reaper]] does not appear; the Cowplant simply spits out the grave. The Sim's [[Ghost#The Sims 2|ghost]] will be green.

This is a quick and easy way to kill off unwanted Sims. Controllable Sims can be ordered to "Grab Cake", and will die if not stopped. However, the Cowplant will not eat Sims who stink due to low hygiene, even if they were told to take the cake.<ref group="n">The Cowplant has been known to reject Sims who do not have low hygiene. The reason for this has not been determined. See [[Talk: Laganaphyllis Simnovoriisimnovorii#Cowplant (TS2) rejecting a Sim]] for discussion.</ref> Ungreeted walkbys will ignore the plant, as will most service [[NPCNon-playable character|NPCs]]s who are on the job. However, service NPCsSims such as [[Nanny|nannies]] who have idle time during their work day may be drawn to the Cowplant during that idle time. Since a locked gate may not stop anservice NPCSims such as a nanny, it may be a good idea to feed the Cowplant before they arrive.

After a Cowplant has itseaten lunch (a Sim)sim, members of the owner's household can milk the plant. The "milk" is actually a life-extending drink similar to the  [[Elixir of Life]], extending the Sim's lifespan by five days. Unlike the Elixir of Life, children can drink fromit. Drinking the "milk" is sometimes referred to as drinking that Sim, and doing it gives the drinker a special [[memories|memory]]. Sims may have a [[Wants and fears|want]] to "drink" a certain Sim that they are unhappy with. A Sim still can be resurrected if the cow been milked.

<blockquote class="note">Our fan favorite Laganaphyllis Simnovorii returns, as diabolically fun as you remember and with new gameplay you’llyou'll never forget! A swig of the milk of the Cow Plant adds days to your Sims’Sims' lives and washes away any regret you may have at the fate of the unsuspecting Sim from whom its created. Feed it, pet it, play with it, give it a treat, praise it and scold it to create a loving pet, or a ruthless henchman, the choice is yours, and the fate of your friends and neighbors is yours too.</blockquote>

In ''[[The Sims 3]]'', the Laganaphyllis Simnovorii can be bought as a premium content item as part of the Killer Classics set from [[TheSims3.com|''The Sims 3'' Store]] for 600 SimPoints. In-game, the plant costs 475 [[simoleon]]s.

When feeding the plant, Sims give it a swordfish, which, unlike the Leg O' Lamb in ''[[The Sims 2: University]]'', that doesn't cost anything. The plant will display its cake when it has not been fed for 3 days, and Sims will be instantly drawn to it. Unlike ''The Sims 2: University'', the Cowplant will die if it is not fed for 7 days.<ref>httphttps://modthesims.info/archive/index.php?t-464226.html</ref>

<blockquote class="note">This Galactic marvel makes an excellent source of food, cuddles and Lifelonglifelong friendship. Become the envy of the Neighborhood! justJust remember to feed it.</blockquote>

*Mature stage - In this stage, the Cowplant is fully matured. Sims can Feedfeed it, play with it, or pet it. If a Cowplant successfully devours a Sim, other Sims can milk the Cowplant for a special potion.

*Death - Twelve Simin-game hours after a Cowplant shows its cake tongue, and is not fed, it will die,. A dead Cowplant has a dead stem with a hanging Cowplant skull. Cowplants cannot be saved after this stage.

When a Sim is eaten for the first time, the Cowplant will spit them out, and they will receive athe negative''Drained'' moodlet, saying that the Sim "feels like an emotionless shell." This negative moodlet will last two days. If thea Sim with this moodlet attempts to eat the cake with this moodlet, the Cowplant will devour the Sim for surethem. When this happens, the Grim Reaper will come and confront the Cowplant before checking his list. A gravestone of the dead Sim will appear, and the Reaper will then leave. The [[ghost]] of a Sim eaten by the Cowplant will make plants grow when happy but kill them when in a bad mood.

When a Sim is devoured, a notification will pop up.: "''(Sim name) is being devoured by a cow plant! Will he/she make it out alive?!''"

As in previous games, a Cowplant that has successfully devoured a Sim can be milked. After milkingMilking a Cowplant, yields a drink called "Essence of Life", which adds extra days to the Sim's life and instantly makes them instantly happy.

Sims who survive being eaten by the Cowplant can milk it and receive a potion, which will give them the emotions they had before being eaten. The name of the potion will be "''(Sim name)'s potion of (emotion that Sim was in)''".

* The final class in the Biology [[Majors|major]] in ''The Sims 2: University'' is entitled "Senior Thesis: The Laganaphyllis Simnovorii".

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* The Cowplant is reminiscent of Audrey II, the plant in the 1986 comedy horror musical film ''[[wikipedia:Little Shop of Horrors (film)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'', starring Rick Moranis and, Steve Martin, and Levi Stubbs. People on YouTube use the plant for spoofs of the film.{{fact}}

* In terms of color, the Cowplant also resembles the ''Tomeato'' (A crossbreed of the tomato plant and a cow, which grew into a square shaped fruit) from The Dilbert Animated series. However, the Tomeato was designed as a harvestable crop which was easy to stack due to its rectangular shape, while the Laganaphyllis Simnovorii is a carnivorous plant.

* In ''The Sims 2: University'' and ''The Sims 3'', the Cowplant's scientific name (''Laganaphyllis Simnovorii'') is incorrectly capitalized; rules of [[Wikipedia:Binomial nomenclature#Writing binomial names|binomial nomenclature]] state that only the first name should be capitalized, not the second. Thus, the correct name for the plant would be ''Laganaphyllis simnovorii''.

** The genus name is derived from the words [[wiktionary:lagana|lagana]] (Latin for cake) and [[wiktionary:Phyllis|phyllis]] (Greek for foliage), while the species name means '"Sim eater'".

* In ''The Sims 3'', sometimes the Grim Reaper will milk the Cowplant.

* In ''The Sims 3'', the players can watch a Cowplant eating a florist in Got Garden? channel on [[TVtelevision]].

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