YMMV / MySims

• Adorkable: Buddy is very popular with fans for his dorkiness. Cute may not be one of his interests, but Geeky certainly is.
• Cargo Ship: Buddy x Floor has become a popular joke ship due to how often Buddy trips and falls flat on his face.
• Cult Classic: The series' popularity is hindered by having no releases since 2010 (with developer Visceral Games shuttering in the meantime) and having all but the first game (which got an updated rerelease on PC) be exclusive to seventh-generation consoles^note Furthermore, only SkyHeroes is available for PS3 and Xbox 360 players. However, the series has plenty of devoted fans despite its limited reach.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Buddy the Bellhop is by far one of the most memorable and endearing characters in the game to the point where he has larger roles in Kingdom and Agents.
  • The same could also be said for Goth Boy and Violet who have fairly minimal roles in all their appearances but are very popular. All spooky sims seem to have a following of some kind.
  • In Kingdom there's Leaf and Rusty. Leaf is popular for his hilarious rock star persona, while Rusty is popular for his sympathetic character. There's also their looks.
  • The Chaos Pirates, most notably Raphael however all the members have fans. They're loved for their cool designs, badass skills, and their ties with the protagonist.
  • The Royal Academy students (Travis, Liberty, Summer, and Chaz) are incredibly popular in the fandom most likely for the popular High School AU aspect of their storyline in Kingdom as well as the love triangle present. If someone talks about Kingdom, the Royal Academy is probably their favorite island.
• Evil Is Cool:
  • Spooky sims tend to be placed on the "evil" scale when in a story based game but some have fans because of that.
    • The most obvious is Morcubus. An unabashedly evil, narcissistic person who once tried to own the skies so he can hold a month long air parade for himself. And yet he's beloved by the fandom because he revels in his villainy and is incredibly hilarious.
    • Another common villain is Vincent Skullfinder. He's a shady, greedy man who will gladly sell out the entire resistance if it means he'll be on top. But his dapper appearance and polite disposition has also given him a few fans.
  • The Chaos Pirates. They are mercenaries who gleefully attack and bully the more inexperienced fliers and yet they are SO COOL.
• Fan Nickname: A few people on Tumblr have given Ray the nickname Edgelord McBeltbuckle.
• Fanon:
  • Almost every fan has their own headcanons about the characters. A very common one is that Goth Boy's real name is Herman, since it was going to be his real name, as seen in this screenshot◊ from the first game's beta.
  • It's also assumed the Poppy's last names is Nightshade, since that's her sister's last name. It's also believed that Liberty, Summer, and Travis' full names are Liberty Lee, Summer Holiday, and Travis Scott based on their appearances in The Sims 4 (even though Travis' name was originally Travis Boulevard).
  • How every game is connected is up to the fans too. Some choose a linear, if unrealistic, timeline while others use an AlternateUniverse theory.
  • The ages for the characters are also up to interpretation however it's commonly assumed that Buddy is a teenager.
• Fan-Preferred Couple:
  • Buddy/Lyndsay was a very popular ship. It helps that you can interpret some of Lyndsay's comments (such as her getting upset that Buddy didn't ask her for a dance during the Royal Academy storyline) as being a Tsundere.
  • Goth Boy/Ray was popular in the original game because they were two Spooky sims with similar appearances. There's also Goth Boy/Yuki since their interactions in Spookane can make a very cute dynamic.
  • In the Royal Academy storyline, Liberty/Travis and Chaz/Summer are the most popular choices (whoever didn't get asked to dance with Travis becomes prom queen and dances with Chaz) and are almost always Ship Mates. This also seems to be considered the best ending for them as Chaz will sincerely compliment Summer if she is queen while Liberty will call out Chaz's behavior and demand he do better with no indication of a romance at all.
  • On the more Ho Yay side, Chaz/Travis is quite popular due to Chaz's strange obsession with beating Travis in Kingdom which can be interpreted as a schoolkid bullying his crush.
  • Along with Chaz/Travis, Liberty/Summer is also commonly shipped with alongside them. The two girls are very friendly with each other and when the girls find out that they both have a crush on Travis, they don't fight at all and focus more on the girl having a crush. When Travis dances with one girl, the other will note the winning girl's happiness and not mention Travis at all. Instead they internally congratulate the girl and watch from afar.
• Genius Bonus:
  • The password to Dr. F's lab in Agents is binary code for "F".
  • In the same game, Carl's role as a butler is similar to real life zombies, who are humans exposed to a blow fish-based poison and used to perform chores and household work.
• Growing the Beard: Most fans agree that the series improved a lot when the games started becoming more story-driven (like with MySims Kingdom) and a bit more mature (like MySims Agents).
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Madame Zoe's appearance, voodoo practices, and (somewhat) antagonistic role in Agents make her seem like a female, much less villainous version of Dr. Facilier.
  • The villain in the DS version of Kingdom is named Dr. Nefario.
• Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales: Goths seem to like Goth Boy, despite the fact that he employs a few goth stereotypes and is even based on the common misconception that goth is emo (which is often a Berserk Button for both communities). Most likely, it's because he's still an interesting and likable character, some people can relate to him (regardless of whether or not they are goth), and because the other Spooky Sims aren't stereotypical.
• Moe: The Video Game Series. The series is just pure, concentrated adorable; heck, even the Spooky Sims are cute!
• Older Than They Think: It's not the first Sims spinoff to not have romance. The Urbz did it first.
• Periphery Demographic: Quite a few fans who've played these games are teens and young adults due to brand recognition, a refreshingly different take on the Sims formula, and lack of serious bugs; this is especially the case with later games, when stuff started getting Darker and Edgier.
• Polished Port: The PC version of the first Wii game dramatically shortened the loading time, and it added a few new characters (though aside from Alexa and Wendalyn, they were never seen again) and essences.
• Surprisingly Improved Sequel: One can't really stress this enough, there was virtually nothing more to do anymore in the original game once the credits roll. Every additional game would include new and better plots, actions, and adventures.
• That One Sidequest: A lot of players aren't exactly fans of repairing and analyzing tasks in Agents.
• Tear Jerker: In Agents, in the final dispatch mission "One More Time" (where you get to save Evelyn), the agents you sent will text you about what they see in the Nightmare Realm, i. e. their greatest fears. Most of them are mild, even comical in some cases, but if you send Violet, she'll tell you about how she thought she saw Morcubus trying to steal Poppy's dog. Sad on it's own, even sadder when you remember that this is what starts the game.
• Ugly Cute: Even if some of the Sims in this game are supposed to be homely/creepy, they come off as this, since the game is just filled to the brim with cuteness.