Sim State University
The prestigious Sim State University prides itself on its intellectual prowess and for producing many brilliant Alumni over the years. This university Subhood is commonly regarded by Fanon as the canonical university for Pleasantview. There are three playable households to chose from, as well as three other households in the family bin: The Tri-Var Sorority and Urele-Oresha-Cham Fraternity, and the Bright, Freshman, Phoenix, and Swain households. This sub-neighborhood is only available with The Sims 2: University.
The story of SSU focuses mostly on the lives of the three campus households living there. The Tri-Var sorority wants to expand, but they're having trouble finding willing pledges, the Bright household wants to get away from the craziness of campus life but fears boredom and loneliness, and the Urele-Oresha-Cham Fraternity wants to keep its prestigious reputation, but its members find themselves in a dilemma over their drastically different personalities.
- Betty and Veronica: Heather is the Archie to Martin's Betty and Castor's Veronica. Conversely, Castor is the Archie to Tiffany and Allegra's Betty and Heather and Brittany's Veronica.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Martin is the responsible sibling to Joshua's foolish.
- Four-Philosophy Ensemble:
- Castor Nova is the Realist.
- Kevin Beare is the Optimist.
- Joshua Ruben is the Conflicted.
- Ashley Pitts is the Cynic.
- Light Feminine Dark Feminine: Allegra (Dark) and Jane (Light).
- Love Dodecahedron: In the same vein as Pleasantview. All of it can be traced back to Castor Nova, whom almost every playable female student (except Jane Stacks) has a crush on.
- Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Tiffany is nice, Brittany is mean, and Heather is somewhere inbetween.
- Two Girls and a Guy: The Bright household, without the childhood part.
The Tri-Var Sorority
Prominent household members: Heather Huffington, Tiffany Sampson, Brittany Upsnott
Appearances: The Sims 2
As the only Sorority on campus, the Tri-Var sorority takes great pride in being a lavish Greek house. Unfortunately, they can't seem to find anymore people wanting to join, as potential canditates are often intimidated by the Queen Bee Brittany and up-and-coming maneater Heather. Only Tiffany seems to be the only sane person among the trio.
- Alpha Bitch: Brittany is described as a popular bitchy girl and the 'Queen Bee' of the sorority.
- Beneath the Mask: ... However, her biography explains that this outward meanness stems from a general insecurity and the fact that no one will spend time with her.
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Debatable on the "drinking" part, since The Sims 2 universe doesn't appear to have any kinds of alcohol, but Heather definently loves to party and goes by the motto of "So many parties, so little time".
- I Just Want to Have Friends: This is ultimately what Brittany wants.
- It's All About Me: Brittany appears to be the most self-centered of the Sorority.
- Jerkass: Brittany only has one point in niceness. Thanks to this, she'll usually end up autonomously annoying or irritating others to the point of making several enemies, the most likely candidate being Allegra Gorey, who dislikes Brittany the most out of all three sorority girls.
- Lonely at the Top: It's said that even though Brittany is the leader of the sorority, no one wants to hang out with her willingly. Tellingly, none of her fellow sorority sisters are friends with her, and the only friends she has are Kevin Beare, the resident Nice Guy, and Castor Nova, whom she's crushing on alongside the rest of her household.
- Maneater: Heather's biography states that she "could have any guy she wanted". Her attentions are currently fixed on the local nerd, Martin Ruben.
- Meaningful Name: Brittany's surname already appears to be a pun on "stuck-up" and "snotty," but in the German version her surname is actually "Arrogant."
- Only Sane Woman: Good lord, poor Tiffany. She has to deal with an egocentric, insecure Jerkass and a careless, lazy maneater. Her bio also states that she doesn't "like to make waves" and that she enjoys keeping things calm at the Sorority.
- Really Gets Around: Heather has the romance aspiration, is described as being able to get any guy she wanted, and starts out with two different men in her romantic sights.
- Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy: All of them want Castor Nova. It's a ripe setup for house drama. Whoever ends up getting him is up to the player. Or you could pair him up with either Allegra Gorey or Jane Stacks.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Subverted. In addition to Castor, Heather is also crushing on Martin Ruben, the local nerd, but he's explicitly referred to as her next "conquest", rather than any genuine attraction on her part.
- Unknown Rival: Allegra Gorey dislikes all of them, but only Tiffany doesn't seem to be aware of her ill feelings towards them. Consequently, all the girls are this to each other regarding Castor Nova.
The Urele-Oresha-Cham Fraternity
Prominent household members: Castor Nova, Joshua Ruben, Ashley Pitts, Kevin Beare
Appearances: The Sims 2
Frat brothers Castor, Joshua, Kevin, and Ashley live together in a spacious mansion. Castor is the "cool guy" on campus that every girl wants, Kevin is the quintessential Nice Guy and cuddle bear of the bunch, Joshua is the bumbling college student with no clear lifegoals, and Ashley is the self-centered Casanova Wannabe Jerkass.
- All Guys Want Sorority Women: Joshua's easily distracted by the Sorority girls.
- Ambiguously Brown: Joshua
- Ambiguously Jewish: Joshua Ruben has Jewish or Hebrew first and last names.
- Be Yourself: Castor "marches to the beat of his own drum."
- Big Man on Campus: Castor Nova. Christ, every playable female student (with the notable exception of Jane Stacks) has a crush on him.
- Book Dumb: Joshua is implied to be this.
- Casanova Wannabe: Since Ashley has the romance aspiration and is described as self-centered, it wouldn't be hard to imagine him attempting to unsucessfully woo ladies. Depending on the player's interpretation, this could put him in the position of being jealous of Castor's success as a Chick Magnet and/or his Unknown Rival.
- Clueless Chick-Magnet: Castor Nova. He has no idea that half the campus has the hots for him.
- Distracted by the Sexy: A major reason for why Joshua can't decide what major he wants to study. (Alongside pizza, apparently.)
- Dumb Jock: Joshua fits the mold, as unfocused as he is on his studies. He's also got maxed-out interest in sports.
- Fratbro: Joshua is the most stereotypical frat member out of the four.
- Gender-Blender Name: Ashley Pitts.
- It's All About Me: Ashley spends an awful amount of time staring at himself in the mirror, according to his biography.
- Jerkass: Ashley, like Brittany, has only one point in niceness.
- Love Triangle: Joshua and Castor are in one with Tiffany Sampson. Joshua likes Tiffany, who is oblivious to his crush and wants Castor instead. Castor himself has no feelings for anyone.
- Nice Guy: Kevin Beare. His biography describes him as the "nice guy who just can't seem to get the girl".
- Overshadowed by Awesome: The other brothers can't seem to match Castor's popularity on campus.
- Single Man Seeks Good Woman: Initially averted for Castor. Despite being surrounded by a host of crush-struck girls, Castor starts out with no visible feelings for any of them, making it so that the player is free to either choose his future partner or let autonomous free-will do it's thing. With Nightlife installed and free will on, he'll usually tend to gravitate towards girls who share the same aspiration as him, like Tiffany and Allegra.
- Played straight by Joshua, who has a one-sided crush on the mild-mannered Tiffany. Unlike Castor above however, Joshua and Tiffany's different personalities, interests, and aspirations make it less likely that she'll autonomously reciprocate.
The Bright Household
Prominent household members: Allegra Gorey, Jane Stacks, Martin Ruben
Appearances: The Sims 2
The Bright Household banded together to get away from the crazy campus life and have some peace and quiet. Sadly, they can't always avoid being permanently isolated from the silly drama and shenanigans that often encompases College life, but they still hope to have a solid college experience.
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Allegra looks down on the Tri-Var Sorority and generally acts more reserved than her other two housemates.
- All Guys Want Sorority Women: Averted for Martin. Unlike his brother [[Fratbro Joshua]], whom he can "hardly believe he's related to", Martin makes a point of avoiding the Tri-Var sorority and is far more interested in getting his degree. He's still friends with Heather, however, and completely oblivious of her intentions to make him her next conquest.
- Ambiguously Jewish: Martin has a Jewish surname.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Martin is the responsible sibling to Joshua's foolish sibling.
- Geek: Martin is described as one, as he has posters of aliens hung up on his bedroom and his interests lean strongly towards the Paranormal and Sci-Fi.
- Light Feminine Dark Feminine: Allegra (Dark) and Jane (Light).
- Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy: Allegra has a crush on Castor Nova, unsurprisingly. Averted in the case of Jane, although strangely enough, her biography implies that she might fall for him in the near future.
La Fiesta Tech
La Fiesta Tech is a college located within the desert. Fanon often regards it as the canon university for Strangetown, although it can be attached to any neighborhood. Like Sim State University, the story of the neighborhood has no central plot tying it together, and each household has its own plot.
Living on Campus is the Tri-Fruhm Sorority, the Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity, a local Garage Band named The Shifting Paradymes, and the uptight Francis J. Worthington III.
This subneighborhood is available with The Sims 2: University.
- Distaff Counterpart/Spear Counterpart: The Fraternity and Sorority of La Fiesta Tech are this to the ones in Sim State University - Oresha-Hoh-Var is Tri-Var's male counterpart, and Tri-Fruhm is Urele-Oresha-Cham's female counterpart.
- Four-Girl Ensemble: Tri-Fruhm Sorority.
- Four-Temperament Ensemble:
- Sarah Love is Phlegmatic.
- Jessie Pilferson is Sanguine.
- Monica Bratford is Choleric.
- DJ Verse is Melancholic.
- Four-Temperament Ensemble:
- Rock Trio: The Shifting Paradymes.
- Gunnar Roque on the Guitar.
- Jasmine Rai on Drums.
- Zoe Zimmerman on Bass.
Tri-Fruhm Sorority
Prominent household members: DJ Verse, Monica Bratford, Jessie Pilferson, Sarah Love
Appearances: The Sims 2
The Tri-Fruhm Sorority is known as one of the coolest houses to join - and with good reason. The sisters are quite chill in their own ways, but with so many events to show up to, they worry over being able to complete their studies. To top it off, Jessie Pilferson is showing interest in Sarah's boyfriend Matthew.
- Betty and Veronica: To Matthew Hart's Archie, Sarah is the Betty, being his high school sweetheart and a Country Mouse, while Jessie is the Veronica, having the romance aspiration and hoping to steal him away from Sarah.
- Country Mouse: Sarah came from a small town to a big campus.
- High-School Sweethearts: Sarah Love and Matthew Hart apparently were this before they came to college.
- Hypocrite: Monica is a political activist who protests against deforestation and animal testing for cosmetics... while handing out stacks of fliers and free make-up samples.
- It's All About Me: Implied in DJ's biography. The biography describes her as creative and talented - but she's only staying in the sorority until she can find a place of her own. Sarah Love is her only friend in the sorority.
- Love Triangle: Jessie has a crush on Matthew Hart, but he's dating her housemate Sarah Love.
- Nerd Glasses: Monica has them. They're exclusive to her and will be lost if you remove them.
- Passionate Sports Girl: Jessie wants to become a professional sports star.
- Punny Name: Jessie Pilferson. As she has a crush on Sarah's boyfriend Matthew and has the romance aspiration, this implies she might want to steal him away from her.
- Soapbox Sadie: Monica, though her brand of "newfound" political activism is described as being somewhat fake.
- Tomboyish Name: DJ Verse isn't your typical girl name.
Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity
Prominent household members: Matthew Hart, Guy Wrightley, Micky Dosser
Appearances: The Sims 2
The Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity is the only Frat house on Campus and is inhabited by Guy Wrightley, Matthew Hart, and Mickey Dosser. It was founded by Guy's great-grandfather decades ago and holds high academic standards, but no one knows if Guy can keep up with his Frat legacy or get too distracted by frat life.
- The Ace: Guy seems to be this.
- Country Mouse: Like his girlfriend Sarah, Matthew came from a small town.
- Fat Slob: Mickey is fat and very sloppy.
- Held Back in School: When you first play the Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity Mickey is on Academic Probation and would actually be in his second semester of Freshman year.
- High-School Sweethearts: Matthew and his girlfriend Sarah seem to be this.
- Lazy Bum: Mickey Dosser
- Love Triangle: Matthew is unknowingly in one with Jessie and his girlfriend Sarah.
- Nice Guy: Matthew seems to be this among the trio.
- Punny Name: Guy Wrightley hints at Guy being a litertaure major, Matthew Hart for his status as The Heart among the group, and Mickey Dosser hints at his lazy nature.
- The Slacker: Mickey has no motivation to work seriously at all. When you first play the Fraternity he's already on Academic Probation (And the only pre-made college Sim to actually be on Academic Probation) but has passed the bare minimum required to move on to his second semester of Freshman year. He also has the Undeclared Major.
The Shifting Paradymes
Prominent household members: Jasmine Rai, Zoe Zimmerman, Gunnar Roque
Appearances: The Sims 2
The Shifting Paradymes are a Rock Trio consisting of Gunnar Roque, Jasmine Rai, and Zoe Zimmerman. They live in their own house on campus. While they dream of creating wonderful music, Gunnar's up in arms about his own awesomeness, and Zoe's first and foremost devotion is to her studies. Jasmine's been dreaming of being a musician, which is why she founded the band, but nowadays she mostly spends her time trying to keep the band together.
- Alliterative Name: Zoe Zimmerman
- Casanova Wannabe: Roque can't seem to understand why his two female bandmates aren't squabbling over him.
- Meaningful Name: Rai is the name of an Algerian music style. Jasmine looks like she could be of Middle-Eastern/North African descent.
- Punny Name: Gunnar Roque (Gonna Rock). "The Shifting Paradymes" is also a play on a paradigm shift
. - Rock Trio
- Gunnar on the Guitar.
- Jasmine on Drums.
- Zoe on Bass.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Gunnar apparently thinks that he's the best thing since sliced bread.
Académie Le Tour
Académie Le Tour is a college sub-neighbourhood made available with The Sims 2: University. Fanon often regards it as the canonical university for Veronaville, although it can be attached to any neighbourhood. While similar in many ways to Sim State University and La Fiesta Tech, there are a few subtle differences: primarily, there are no pre-made sororities or fraternities at the college, strengthening the popular notion that it is linked to the European-themed Veronaville (in Europe, Greek Houses are not a common part of the university system) as opposed to the more American-themed college towns usually associated with Pleasantview and Strangetown.
There are six households at the college when first played: three (the Sharpe, O'Feefe, and Friends households) are already moved in, and another three (the Biggs, Students, and First Year household) are in the family bin. As with other sub-neighbourhoods in The Sims 2, there is little overarching plot, though some drama is created by siblings Edwin and Roxie Sharpe and their respective love interests, Delilah O'Feefe and Jonah Powers.
- Cool School: Académie Le Tour is implied to be a very prestigious school, and its name and architecture wouldn't look too out of place in Europe (in particular France).
- Everyone Is Bi: Several Sims on campus do not have a set gender preference if examined in Sim PE.
- Four-Temperament Ensemble: The Sharpe household and Delilah O'Feefe make a good one:
- Roxie is Sanguine.
- Jonah is Choleric.
- Delilah is Melancholic.
- Edwin is Phlegmatic.
- Shrinking Violet: Marla Biggs. As a bonus, her everyday top is coloured purple.
Sharpe household
Prominent household members: Jonah Powers, Roxie Sharpe, Edwin Sharpe
Appearances: The Sims 2
The Sharpe household is made up of two siblings, Roxie and Edwin Sharpe, as well as Roxie's boyfriend, Jonah Powers. Roxie and Jonah are hobbyist musicians in their free time and popular on campus, but Roxie finds herself horribly embarrassed by her younger, dorkier brother Edwin, who wants nothing more but to move out of his sister's pad. It certainly doesn't help that he and Jonah do not get along well at all, and Roxie is faced with the choice of siding with either her boyfriend or her brother.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Jonah has Roxie as a girlfriend, and his in-game biography states that everyone on campus wants to hang out with him. Presumably this also includes the ladies.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Edwin is at last a year younger than Roxie judging by their respective stages in their college career, and Roxie certainly seems to view him as this.
- Aloof Big Sister: Roxie is only mere acquaintances with her younger brother Edwin and claims to be "tolerant" of him.
- Arch-Enemy: What Edwin and Jonah's relationship inevitably turns into when left to their own devices. Their relationship is already rather strained when first played and Jonah, being the Jerkass that he is, will likely initiate hostile interactions autonomously. Edwin is too much of a Nice Guy to fight back if he's bullied.
- Cool People Rebel Against Authority: In-Universe, Jonah and Roxie are said to be quite popular around Campus.
- Give Geeks a Chance: Edwin has a crush on Delilah O'Feefe, and seems to hope that this trope will come into fruitition.
- Guys are Slobs: Jonah is one of the worst offenders with only one point in Neatness. Inverted by Edwin, who is very neat in contrast.
- Foil: Edwin and Jonah are diametrically opposed in personality, appearance, and interests:
- Edwin is a nerd who loves Sci-fi, school, the Paranormal, and shows interest in politics. He's very neat, shy, somewhat active, rather serious, and nice. However, he's also very out of shape, starting out as fat in the game, wears nerdy glasses, and has a dorky haircut and clothing style.
- In contrast, Jonah is a Rebellious Spirit who's more interested in money, food, crime, and sports. He's sloppy, outgoing, rather active, playful, and grouchy. Like his girlfriend, Jonah also indulges in Punk aesthetics and has tattoos on his arms and legs.
- Jerkass: Jonah has two points in niceness, only slightly better than SSU's Brittany Upsnott and Ashley Pitts. Roxie is only marginally nicer.
- Nerd Glasses: Edwin wears them. They'll be lost forever if you remove them (unless you use a mod to unlock them).
- Noodle Incident: The family bio states that Roxie resents having her dorky younger brother coming to live with her at college; what's not clear is why they're sharing a house at all if they can't stand each other, since housing at Simlish universities is pretty affordable, and he could easily have gone to live in one of the many on-campus dorms.
- Rebellious Spirit: Jonah and Roxie both fit this trope to a T.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Roxie and Edwin - she's a punky-goth girl who's all about appearing cool, while he's a nerdy guy who's mostly into science, homework, and video games.
Friends household
Prominent household members: Mitch Indie, Max Flexor
Appearances: The Sims 2
Mitch Indie and Max Flexor are two best friends who've recently decided to move in together after meeting on the first school day and striking up a friendship. Mitch loves innovation and is fairly popular around campus, while Max aspires to be like Mitch and absorb some of his "cool" vibes. Now that they're living together, one wonders what they might discover as they deal with the ups and downs of college life.
- Ambiguously Gay: When the household is first played, both Mitch and Max, like a few other sims in Academié Le Tour, do not have a set gender preference. The household description throws even more fuel onto the fire by speculating whether the two might... discover something about themselves.
- Bookworm: Max lists reading among his hobbies.
- Cool Kid-and-Loser Friendship: Max's hobbies are reading and cooking, and it's said that he's trying to absorb some of Mitch's "cool" vibes, pointing towards this trope being in play. Mitch is also Max's only friend on campus.
- Experimented in College: Implied to be a possible outcome of their plotline. The household description vaguely aludes to the pair discovering something new about their friendship. Whether this holds true or not is up to the player.
- Hipster: Mitch is described as a true hipster.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: Max is implied to feel like this towards Mitch to some degree.
- Punny Name: Mitch Indie and Max Flexor. Amusingly enough, if you swap the vowels in Max and Mitch's names, you get Mix and Match.
O'Feefe household
Prominent household members: Delilah O'Feefe
Appearances: The Sims 2
Delilah O'Feefe came to Académie Le Tour to get an art degree and some peace and quiet. Living alone has so far been a blast for her - no annoying roommates, no college drama to deal with, and an entire house all to herself, although she has lately been getting attention from the strange geek-next-door...
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She may not be pale like most examples, but Delilah is described as being aloof in her biography and has dark hair, so she technically falls under this trope.
- Cool Shades: Sports a pair of orange-tinted sunglasses.
- Friendless Background: Downplayed. Delilah isn't absolutely friendless but she doesn't like socializing with others frequently.
- Give Geeks a Chance: Edwin Sharpe has a crush on her. You as the player can choose whether to fulfill this trope or defy it.
- Ice Queen: Said to prefer paintings to people.
- Only Six Faces: She shares one of the default female face templates with Cassandra Goth.
- Only Sane Woman: Implied. It's not outright stated but her household biography states that she does not want to deal with the drama of having roommates, which implies that she may see herself as this compared to the rest of the Académie Le Tour cast.
- The Quiet One: Has three points in her Outgoing personality stat, meaning that she's far more likely to spend her time reading a book or writing in a diary than socializing with others.
