Newbie family

Description 'Newbie Family in The Sims' Members Bob Newbie, Betty Newbie Other Information Neighborhood Neighborhood 1

Members Bob Newbie, Betty Newbie, Buddy Newbie (Dalmatian) Family connections Possibly Oakley family

Description They may be new in town, but they feel like they've found the place they were destined to live. Will their son stay and make his life in Riverview? Or will he find somewhere more... pleasant? Members Robert Newbie, Mags Newbie, Bob Newbie. Family connections Broke Family, Simovitch Family Other Information Neighborhood Riverview

The Newbie family are the family used for the tutorial in The Sims. The tutorial home, located at 7 Sim Lane in Neighborhood 1, includes Bob Newbie and Betty Newbie, and can be played as usual after the tutorial is complete.

Bob and Betty do not appear as playable Sims within a neighbourhood in The Sims 2 family of games apart from The Sims 2: Pets (console). As former residents of Pleasantview , the now-deceased Bob and Betty appear in the family tree view as mother and father of the playable Sim Brandi Broke, and as the grandparents of her two sons.

In The Sims 3, the family lives in Riverview, and consists of teenage Bob and his parents Robert and Mags. Their house is small but expensively and fashionably decorated, and they own a middle-range car. However, they only have 2000 simoleons in their household funds and neither Robert nor Mags earns much money. Their first bill payment will usually cost more than half of the money they have, suggesting that they may be living beyond their means. This may be the reason why the Newbies are poor later in the series chronology.

Onomatology

Newbie – "a newcomer or novice, an inexperienced user of computers in general." A reference to the fact they are the tutorial family in several games.

Bob (Brandi's father) – Short for Robert, meaning "bright fame."

Betty (Brandi's mother) – Short for Elizabeth, meaning "my god is oath."

Brandi – May refer to brandy, the alcoholic drink; possibly a feminine version of Brandon, which originates from the English place name.

Mags (Brandi's paternal grandmother) – Short for Margaret, meaning "pearl".

Buddy – Means "companion", and is therefore a popular name for dogs.

The Newbie family is the one used in The Sims by "novice and inexperienced" players. When the player first begins the game, they are prompted to go to the Newbie household. Bob's name suits him, seeing as he is famous in the sense that all Sims players are aware of him.

Family tree

Members

• Buddy Newbie (dog)
• Bob Newbie (Deceased)
• Betty Newbie (Deceased)
• Brandi Broke
• Robert Newbie (Deceased)
• Mags Newbie (Deceased)
• Fatima Simovitch (Deceased)
• Vadim Simovitch (Deceased)
• Skip Broke (Deceased)
• Dustin Broke
• Beau Broke
• Unborn son Broke
• Flat Broke (Deceased)
• Flo Broke (Deceased)
• Ruby Broke (Possibly Deceased)
• Buck Broke (Possibly Deceased)
• Mary Lu Broke (Deceased)
• Trigger Broke (Possibly Deceased)
• Susie Broke (Possibly Deceased)
• Bernard Broke (Deceased)
• Pat Newbie (the default name in The Sims Bustin' Out in CAS, could be a relative)
• Chris Newbie (the default name in The Sims 2 for consoles in CAS, could be relative)

Gallery

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  The Newbies move in

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  The Newbies' daily lives

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  The Newbies kissing each other.

Glitches

• In TS1, the player can start the tutorial at 7 Sim Lane and end it before the introduction of Betty Newbie so that life goes on for Bob without her. Bob can be played as a normal Sim character then, free to marry another Sim.
• If one rushed through the tutorial too quickly you can encounter the section about finding a job before the papergirl arrives which causes the tutorial to end on an error.