Characters / TS2: Bluewater Village

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Bluewater Village

"Come enjoy an exciting new shopping and entertainment destination! If you're looking to update your closet, your image or your family room, Bluewater Village will have something for you."

Bluewater Village is a shopping district sub-hood that shipped with The Sims 2: Open for Business. There are five families already moved into the town, along with the Gieke and Larson families in the family bin (see the family bin tab for information on them). Bluewater Village doesn't have a long neighborhood story, as the main idea is for the residents to make money and expand their businesses. The community lots are all designed to be run as owned businesses.

The Delarosa Household

"Looking for a way to say “I love you”? Look no further than Delarosa Flowers. Florence’s arrangements are almost as famous as her delicious pasta dishes. The secret to her sauce? Rose-hips!"

The Delarosa Household consists of one sim; Florence Delarosa, who runs a flower shop out of her house called Delarosa's Flowers. She's said to be shy, but that could just be because she's new to the neighbourhood and has been too busy setting up her shop to make friends.

• Caring Gardener: She has a flower garden, and she has a good amount of Nice points.
• Feminine Women Can Cook: According to her household description, Florence's pasta dishes are famous.
• Floral Theme Naming / Meaningful Name: Florence is derived from a Latin word meaning 'to blossom', and Delarosa can mean 'of the rose'. She runs a flower shop.

The Jacquet Household

"The Jacquets left everything they had behind and tried to build a new life in Bluewater Village. Will they go from rags to riches and create a healthy franchise system that goes public? Or will they fail and watch their dreams crumble like a week old croissant?"

The Jacquet Household is made up of elder Denise Jacquet and her grown son Gilbert. Together they own the J'Adore Bakery, which Gilbert inherited from his father, Yves, after his death.

• Everyone Looks Sexier if French: The Jacquets are implied to be French, and Gilbert has the Romance aspiration, meaning he wants to date and Woo-Hoo as many Sims as possible.
• Gratuitous French: The family bakery is named 'J'Adore', which is French for 'I adore'.
• Love Triangle: Gilbert is crushing on two of his female employees at the bakery, Breanna Custer and Trina Dalton (all townies in Bluewater Village have randomised names, these are just their canon names). However, only Breanna returns Gilbert's feelings.
• My Beloved Smother: Denise is implied to be this towards Gilbert.
• The Mourning After: Denise is a widow, but a glitch in her memories makes her not remember Yves' death. So, if she happens to interact romantically with another Sim, she will get a memory of cheating on Yves. This gives the impression that Denise is not ready to move on.

The Landgraab IV Household

"Ruthless. Cunning. Brilliant. Ridiculously wealthy. These are just a few words the locals use to describe the Landgraab family, whose entrepreneurial ambitions can’t be stopped by anything but their own mistakes. When you have this much money, you're your own worst enemy."

Malcolm Landgraab IV is one of the many Malcolm Landgraabs appearing in the Sims series, but he's the first one to appear in a main series PC game.

• Conveniently an Orphan: Starts the game on his own despite being right at the start of his adult life. Though, in all fairness the family backstory seems to imply his parents died early, and that he was raised by his grandparents, making the situation a bit more probable.
• Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: Incredibly wealthy, but described as fairly naive.
• Millionaire Playboy: One of the photos in his family photo album shows him in a hot tub with a woman who resembles Nina Caliente, which implies that Maxis intends him to be this.

The Ramirez Household

"Checo and Lisa Ramirez have worked hard to get their furniture store off the ground. Though salesmanship has always come easy to Checo, running a business has its own challenges. Now that their daughter Tessa is in school, they can concentrate fully on making their business the best."

A three person household consisting of Checoleín "Checo" and Lisa Ramirez and their young daughter Tessa. The family owns a furniture store called 'Ramirez's Fine Furniture'.

• Dead Guy Junior: Tessa is possibly named after her paternal grandmother, Theresa Ramirez, who has passed away before the beginning of the game.
• Dead Sparks: Checo and Lisa only have a mediocre relationship score.
• Good Parents: Both Checo and Lisa are best friends with their daughter Tessa.
• Spicy Latina: Seems to be Averted with both Lisa and Tessa.

The Tinker Household

"Wanda and Stephen hoped their toy shop would be in the family for generations to come, but their daughter seems to have other plans. Can Melody follow her own dreams and still keep her parents happy?"

The Tinker household is made up of parents Stephen and Wanda Tinker - who dream of opening a toy shop out of their house - and their teen daughter Melody.

• Wacky Parent, Serious Child: This trope pretty much describes the Tinker family to a T. Wanda and Stephen are very childish, while their daughter Melody is serious and studious.

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