Strangetown

Strangetown 'Truth-seekers move to Strangetown hoping to discover the secrets the town holds. Do aliens live among us? Do missing Sims mysteriously appear here? In this town nothing is what it seems.' Name Strangetown Game(s) The Sims 2 Onomatology

Strangetown is a pre-made neighborhood in The Sims 2. It is also the smallest of the three neighborhoods shipped with The Sims 2; there are 11 lots, one of which has not yet been built on, and 187 Sims. Strangetown is the neighborhood used in the The Sims 2 for Nintendo DS and GBA versions of the games, although only Tank Grunt and Johnny Smith make an appearance. The Sims 2 on PSP, however, takes place wholly in Strangetown with much of the same cast and added Sims. According to Deputy Duncan, Strangetown was named after his great-great-great-uncle on his mother's side; a lawman called Sheriff Paul Strange.

Strangetown is also connected with the Pleasantview storyline, in which Bella Goth has been abducted by aliens, and then left in Strangetown. However, the 'Strangetown Bella' is "fake", many fans remain determined to get the real Bella back. It is possible for Bella to return to her family, (see below) but the actual storyline remains that Bella in Strangetown is the "real" one. Also there is a broken down spaceship in a giant hole that looks like it was caused by a meteor (Most probably the spaceship's impact), suggesting the spaceship crashed when returning to Pleasantview with Bella Goth. The spaceship could also probably be Pollination Technician #9 Smith's spaceship though.

For information how to bring Bella back, see Reuniting the Goths.

The Sims 2

Lots

A picture of Strangetown. The power plant chimneys are from Pets.

Residential lots

Inhabited

• 1 Tesla Court, owned by Beaker
• 13 Dead End Lane, owned by Specter
• 101 Road to Nowhere, owned by Smith
• 2 Cover Up Road, owned by Curious
• 51 Road to Nowhere, owned by Grunt

Uninhabited

• 57 Road to Nowhere
• 73 Road to Nowhere
• 91 Road to Nowhere
• 188 Road to Nowhere

Community lots

• 88 Road to Nowhere
• 94 Road to Nowhere

Families

Playable Families

• Beaker family 1 Tesla Court

What experiments are the highly secretive and less than neighborly Loki and Circe Beaker performing on poor Nervous Subject? Will this secrecy affect Circe's career ambitions?

§2,466

Loki Beaker, Circe Beaker, Nervous Subject

• Curious family 2 Cover Up Road

In search of truth and mystery, the Curious brothers got more than they were "expecting." Can Pascal, Lazlo, and Vidcund cope with their new roles as cosmic parents?

§4,242

Pascal Curious, Lazlo Curious, Vidcund Curious

• Grunt family 51 Road to Nowhere

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?

§7,225

General Buzz Grunt, Tank Grunt, Ripp Grunt, Buck Grunt

• Smith family 101 Road to Nowhere

After a fruitful career, Pollination Technician 9 has retired to his favorite planet. But can his son Johnny make friends and fit in, or is this family just too strange for Strangetown?

§6,129

Pollination Tech#9 Smith, Jenny Smith, Johnny Smith, Jill Smith

• Specter family 13 Dead End Lane

Who is buried in Olive Specter's garden? Will the mysterious, aging outcast leave her fortune to her niece Ophelia, or, as rumored, to an unnamed heir?

§41,365

Olive Specter, Ophelia Nigmos

Family bin families

• Loner family

Ajay has come to Strangetown hoping to find himself. Will he be successful in his new home or will the odd things that always seem to happen here drive him away?

§20,050

Ajay Loner

• Singles household

Has there ever been a group of roommates so different from one another? As if living in Strangetown isn't hard enough, will these girls be able to accept their differences and be friends or will the tension tear the house apart?

§22,901

Chloe Singles, Lola Singles, Erin Singles, Kristen Singles

Townies

Jessica Ebadi Gerard Landry Trista Shaw Quinten McAuley Crystal Vu Cooper Olshfski Margaret Howe Johnson Pai Renee Andrews Gary Walton

Katelyn Goss Matthew Howe Trista Shaw Abhijeet Cho Marion Almassizadeh Joel Jeffress Holly Andersen Tina Roennigke David Gibson Barbara Young

Blair Mace Tiffany Riley Edward Fuchs Kendal Lawson River Smith Kana Thomason Amin Couderc Vicki Hourvitz Samuel Riley Camryn McGaw

NPCs

Esther Tse (Paper Delivery Girl) Marie Mazza (Paper Delivery Girl) Paul Corsillo (Paper Delivery Boy) Payton Wade (Paper Delivery Boy) Vicki Hourvitz (Nanny) Nicole Thompson (Nanny) Petunia Simnitch (Nanny) Sophie Miguel (Nanny) Genesis Lam (Maid) Jessica Ebadi (Maid) (Deceased) Aiyana Dallas (Maid) Xavier Hurt (Maid) Amin Custer (Burglar) Oliver Phelps (Burglar) Chloe Gonzaga (Burglar) Chandler Couderc (Police Officer) Larry Mace (Police Officer) Jenna Cameron (Police Officer) Dorian Miguel (Firefighter) Kimberly Monif (Firefighter) Weldon Tellerman (Firefighter) Daisy Wheeler (Repairwoman) Scot McCullough (Repairman) Seth Zaidi Repairman (Deceased) Benjamin Haggerty (Repairman)

Nancy Philippine (Gardener) Tristen Tan (Gardener) Christy Stratton (Exterminator) Randy Kody (Exterminator) Alvin Jalowitz (Exterminator) Benjamin Cho (Exterminator) (Deceased) Shelby Zaidi (Delivery woman) Daryl Gregory (Delivery man) Gordon Kim (Delivery man) Knut Futa (Delivery man) (Deceased) Andrew Gonzaga (Headmaster) Matthew Gibson (Headmaster) Garrett Nanale (Headmaster) Jan Tellerman (Strangetown) (Mail Delivery) Brenda Zaidi (Mail Delivery) (Deceased) Meredith Lillard (Bartender) Samuel Shahan (Bartender) Colin Straight (Bartender) Jess Shaikh (Pizza Delivery Boy) Marion Almassizadeh (Pizza Delivery Girl) Danielle Greaves (Pizza Delivery Girl) (Deceased) Allison Fuchs (Sales Clerk) Blair Enriquez (Sales Clerk) Brittany Parker (Sales Clerk)

The Sims 2 (PSP)

Map of Strangetown.

Strangetown reappears in The Sims 2 (PSP) for Playstation Portable, although the districts in the game do not exist in the PC version of Strangetown. The location in Strangetown are the Service Station, Paradise Place, Deadtree, Division 47, and the Monument.

The Sims 2 (console)

Strangetown reappears in The Sims 2 for console, although it is just a district of the whole neighborhood.

The Sims 2 (Nintendo DS)

Strangetown reappears in The Sims 2 for Nintendo DS, although only a small portion of it appears. The locations in Strangtown are the Strangetown Hotel, the Strangetown Store, Mamma Hogg's Saloon, the City hall, the Jail, Jebidiah S. Jerky's Cow Pasture, and the desert. The Strangetown Hotel is the biggest area in the game, with 5 floors (including the basement) and many rooms. According to Tristan Legend, Strangetown is constantly invaded by Emperor Xizzle and his minions. Later in the game, it is also invaded by Jimmy the Neck, Crime Spree Bob, and Optimum Alfred.

SimCity 4

Strangetown in SimCity 4.

In the SC4Terrains folder, which can be found in the user data folder of The Sims 2, there's a number of terrains from SimCity 4, including Pleasantview, Strangetown and Veronaville. Strangetown in SimCity 4 is named "Desert Test", probably because it was to see how the Desert terrain would look during the production of The Sims 2.

The Sims 3

The Strangetown Syndrome.

Strangetown does not appear in The Sims 3, however, it is mentioned quite a few times:

• If a Sim throws away perfectly good food, the Sim will get the negative moodlet "wasteful". In the description of the moodlet, it is mentioned that "there are starving children in Strangetown !"
• Sometimes the newspaper will mention people suffering from Strangetown Syndrome.

• The Infectious Disease Researcher level of the Medical Career mentions a contagious "Strangetown Syndrome".

• Also, when a Sim becomes the Leader of the Free World they may get an Opportunity which mentions Strangetown suffering from mud and a heavy blizzard, causing the mud to freeze.

• A particular piece of news that randomly appears in the newspaper refers to researchers in Strangetown investigating a phenomenon.
• In The Sims 3 (DS), there is a location called "Strangetown Apartments".