Popularity

The Popularity aspiration is one of the five aspirations in The Sims 2 base game. Sims that have the Popularity aspiration want to make many friends and throw parties.

When editing in SimPE, Popularity aspiration has a different name, which is Reputation.

Premade Sims With Aspiration

For a complete list, see Category:Popularity Sims.

Pleasantview

• Lilith Pleasant
• Angela Pleasant

Strangetown

• Johnny Smith
• Tank Grunt
• General Buzz Grunt
• Erin Singles

Veronaville

• Tybalt Capp
• Mercutio Monty
• Puck Summerdream

Riverblossom Hills

• Stella Roth
• Jacob Martin
• Patricia Wan
• Alexandra O'Mackey
• Jules O'Mackey
• Priya Ramaswami
• Sanjay Ramaswami
• David Ottomas

Desiderata Valley

• John Mole
• Issac Bell
• Violet Jocque

Belladonna Cove

• Benjamin Baldwin
• Justin Cleveland
• Carlos Contender
• Ramir Patel

Bluewater Village

• None

Aspiration Meter Levels

Level	Teen	Adult	Elder
Platinum	Teen Idol	Local Hero(ine)	Senior Socialite
Gold	Mr./Ms. Popularity	Noted Notable	Gray Eminence
High Green	Stylin' Scenester	Woman/Man About Town	Long-time Luminary
Low Green	One of the Gang	Real Somebody	Aging Acquaintance
Low Red	Maladjusted Misfit	Left-Out Loner	Has-Been
High Red	Abject Reject	Wretched Outcast	Forgotten Fogie

Wants & Fears

The wants are the same for all age groups except Young Adult Sims have the want to become the Big Sim on Campus and Join Greek House.

Wants

• Make a friend
• Become best friends with Sims
• Win a fight
• Beat the Grim Reaper
• Throw a party
• Have a great party
• Fight Sim
• Go on Outing (Nightlife)
• Make a pet friend
• Make a BFF (Freetime)
• Become friends with Sim
• Become BFF with Sim (Freetime)
• Have # friends
• Have # best friends
• Have # BFFs (Freetime)
• See the ghost of enemy

Fears

• Lose Sim as friend
• Lose Sims as best friend
• Throw a lousy party
• Make an enemy
• Have an accident at a party
• Friend dies

Lifetime Wants

Base Game

• Become Celebrity Chef
• Become Captain Hero
• Become General
• Become Hall of Famer
• Become Mayor
• Have 20 simultaneous best friends

Pets

• Have 20 simultaneous pet best friends

Open for Business

• Own 5 Top-Level Businesses

Seasons

• Become Media Magnate
• Become Rock God
• Become The Law

Aspiration Desperation

When a Sim reaches aspiration desperation, they pull out a paper cup with a face on it that is on a stick and play with it.

FreeTime Aspiration Benefits

Level 1 - Hospitality

Level 2 - Slower Bladder and Energy Motive Decay

Level 3 - Three way calling

Level 4 - Fast Friends

Careers

Base Game

• Athletic
• Politics
• Culinary
• Military

Seasons

• Journalism
• Music
• Law

Tips & Tricks

• It is not recommended for a Popularity Sim to have children, unless you want a challenge; as children and toddlers have a fear for a party and popularity sim wants to have parties.