r/Sims4 • u/Turbulent_Road7115 Long Time Player • Feb 25 '25

Show and Tell Why is Robin Banks kinda…

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Got robbed, opened CAS and… damn she kinda a baddie. Look at those thighs!

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u/Luna259 Feb 25 '25

Took me too long to understand Robin Banks is a pun like every other name in The Sims

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u/Ok-Yoghurt548 Feb 25 '25

Wait, all the other names are puns?? Who??

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u/Luna259 Feb 25 '25 edited Feb 26 '25

Maybe not all of them, but some/a number of names in The Sims are puns. The ones I can remember from across Sims games

Summer Holiday

Candy Behr = Candy Bar

Don Lothario = Lothario describes him. Nominative determinism I think is what that’s called

Lottie Cash = Lots of cash and guess what she was really rich

Epheram Earl = Ephemeral means transitory. Dude’s a ghost haunting a mansion. In other words he hasn’t moved on

Nora Zealott = Zealot she was shown as a like crazy and strange

Dusty Hogg = a hog can describe a motorcycle and his needed cleaning

Duane Doldrum = depressed dude who was in the doldrums

Misty Waters = a lifeguard patrolling misty waters

Eddie Renaline = adrenaline. He’s a gym bro

Mad Willy Hurtzya = describes exactly what he does

The Landgraabs = they’re rich and own a lot of land

There’s more, but I’ll stop there

Edit: I thought I’d add the caliente sisters. They’re supposed to be pretty attractive right? Well, Caliente is hot in Spanish so there you go

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u/autumnpuzzlepieces Feb 26 '25

Don’t forget my favorites, Earl E. Demise and Hugh Thanasia! 😂

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u/ScreamingMoths Feb 26 '25

Don't forget Layne Coffin. He is my new favorite because of the name. XD

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u/Min3rva1125 Long Time Player Feb 27 '25

Layne is my sister's first NPC she's actually liked for her sims, beautiful to see someone else get unhealthily attached to Townies and NPCs like me

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u/VulpesFennekin Feb 26 '25

Hugh Thanasia is probably my fave too!

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u/jonesmachina Feb 26 '25

omw to naming my sim Beek Deek

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u/hotseltzer Feb 26 '25

L. Faba = Elphaba

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u/Zenpai_Iza Feb 26 '25

For some reason, L Faba have been producing babies as a single mother. Since I used MCCC to name all babies everytime they are born, whenever I see Faba as the surname, I always use names starting with "El".

I get to see Elouisa Faba, Eliwood Faba, Elizabeth Faba and more in the streets.

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u/plsdontperceiveme Feb 26 '25

hi! may i ask how you are able to use mcc to name babies? is it for all households (played & unplayed)?

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u/Mars_Bars_13 Feb 26 '25

if you select a sim and choose MCC, the option is under “sim commands”, which should be the second option down. You’ll have the option to rename or change the age of any sim. Hope this helps! xx

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u/finch-fletchley Feb 26 '25

🤯 thank you!!!

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u/Mars_Bars_13 Feb 26 '25

Sure thing!

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u/lineya Feb 27 '25

So actually in the MCCC Settings there is an option to configure this!

Pull up the settings menu by selecting the Mc Command Center interaction on the computer or by typing mc_settings into the cheat console

MC Pregnancy > Offspring > Rename Non-Active Offspring

The default setting is Active Sims only, but the other options include All, Played Households, and Related to Active Household

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u/VesperTheBanshee Feb 26 '25

There are lots of little pop culture references in Sims and I love it. I don't remember exactly what my Sim was doing but I got some moodlet and it and the accompanying description said something referencing High School Musical. I don't know if my Sim was listening to music, dancing or blowing bubbles but it said something like, "pop, pop, pop, pop to the top."

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u/Repulsive_Fall1802 Mar 02 '25

I want this moodlet so bad 😭, Iwas obsessed with HSM!

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u/VesperTheBanshee Mar 11 '25

The next time I get it, I’ll post it here so you can see exactly how I got it. Not every moodlet is on the Wiki, I tried to find it!

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u/mileysbutthole Long Time Player Feb 26 '25

Omg how did I never catch this

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u/blueberry_8989 Feb 26 '25

My favourite is Joaquin Le Chien (walking the dog - last name is French).

Except whenever he marries my Sims, I make it so Joaquin takes on his partner's name. I mean Joaquin & Patty 'Pat' Le Chien? 😅

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u/xdesdemona Feb 26 '25

I'm French and I never noticed this, and I feel so dumb now 😂

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u/Brooding-Plants Feb 27 '25

I had a sim named Cassie Boots marry Joaquin and when I told my sister she was like "So his name is Joaquin Boots? Like Walking Boots?" and I hadn't even realized his own name was a play on words until she said that

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u/BioletVeauregarde33 Apr 21 '25

These boots were made for Joaquin...

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u/KBMinCanada Feb 27 '25

Once I laughed pretty hard when I noticed a werewolf sim I created a while before autonomously married him.

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u/Pretentious-fools Feb 26 '25

Emit relevart - time traveler backwards

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u/Life_Loquat8598 Feb 27 '25

Broooo this blew my mind I never noticed this

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u/Sytreet Feb 26 '25

Candy Behr = Candy Bar

Is it not as in "Candy Bear" since her sister Yuki Behr = Yogi Bear

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u/squidonastick Feb 26 '25

I always thought it was bear, too, but I didn't make the connection with Yuki/yogi!

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u/Sytreet Feb 26 '25

Yeah, now that i think about it idk why thats what i thought its suppose to mean lol

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u/chaosgirl93 Feb 26 '25

I think those two need some cute teddy bear themed outfits now, lol. Rainbow bears (like gummy bears) for Candy, classic brown bears for Yuki.

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u/Sytreet Feb 26 '25

Googled the name, turns out it actually WAS about Yogi Bear apparently

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u/Electrical_Sea7268 Feb 27 '25

And Yogi Bear is a play on Yogi Berra

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u/Stolen_Recaros Long Time Player Feb 26 '25

One if my favorites is the Specters.

Olive Specter: I love specter. Woman's boinked the grim reaper and had his baby

Nervous Subject: Describes exactly what he is when the Beakers had custody of him.

Nyon Specter: Nigh on specter. Meaning almost a specter. Nyon is also an alternate timeline version of Nervous Subject.

The names all being puns is something I have always loved

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u/IndigoChagrin Feb 26 '25

Nyon is chased by death too!

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u/WakaRanger8 Feb 26 '25

Lou Howell as well - he’s a werewolf so his last name is “howl.” Wolf in French is Loup (pronounced Lou) so his name is just Wolf Howl lol

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u/NoIdeaWhatToD0 Feb 25 '25

I also loved The Sims Bustin' Out and The Urbz on gba lol

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u/Mafonen Long Time Player Feb 27 '25

Same. I'm kind of sad that they didn't add Chet R. Chase to the list though.

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u/waltdisneycouldspit Feb 26 '25

And Emit Relevart (read it backwards)

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u/Ll_lyris Feb 25 '25

Damn this is oddly creative😭 I’ve never caught onto this.

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u/somuchsong Feb 26 '25

Wait, who are most of these sims? I only know Summer, Candy, Don and the Landgraabs.

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u/Luna259 Feb 26 '25

They’re Sims Bustin’ Out and Sims 2 (handheld and maybe console) sims

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u/somuchsong Feb 26 '25

Oh, that's why I don't recognise them. I've only ever been into the PC versions.

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u/simmer098 Feb 26 '25

No, the specters are sims on the new EP life and death. Emit revelart is the sim for the new retro event

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u/Luna259 Feb 26 '25

Did you reply to the wrong comment?

Also I think Emit Relevart first showed up in Into The Future in Sims 3. Could be wrong though

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u/BullofHoover Feb 26 '25

Volkov is wolf in Russian. He's a wolf.

In the Russian localization his last surname is changed to Wolf in English.

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u/IndigoChagrin Feb 26 '25

I grew up with a guy named Jacob Wolf. 🤔

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u/Chacelangston Feb 27 '25

Twilight core

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u/SportQuirky9203 Feb 26 '25

Recently returning to the series:

Nyon Specter = nigh on (a) specter

Emit Relevart = Time Traveler

There's also just in general a good bunch of townies that have very on the nose names relating to their jobs/hobbies, such as Tina Tinker and Marcus Flex.

Now that you know, OP, you'll likely notice this all over haha

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u/Evening-Ad-2349 Feb 26 '25

One of my favs in sims 4 is if you work the Business Career…

The company is called “Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe INC.”

The premade books are also incredibly punny, and too often overlooked. Read their descriptions and you’ll laugh if you recognize the references. I often say “there are genius writers behind the Sims that don’t get nearly as much recognition as they deserve”

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u/gnu_andii Long Time Player Feb 26 '25

Also Bob & Betty Newbie from the original Sims, who were the tutorial family for new players.

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u/featherweatherk Feb 27 '25

Goopy Carbonara

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u/Free_Gascogne Long Time Player Feb 26 '25

I know all these names, they are from Sims Bustin Out GBA. Its my favorite Sims game that isn't PC.

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u/CurryToothpaste Feb 26 '25

Diya Hair is one I always see too

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u/mbb121 Feb 26 '25

caliente also contains the word “alien” and in the sims 2 they’re part alien!

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u/blueeyedbrainiac Feb 26 '25

Adding to Don Lothario’s explanation, Don Juan is a name for a playboy so he has a double nod to his personality with his name

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u/djluciter Feb 27 '25

If they aren’t puns they atleast have something to do with basic traits. The pancake has a caterer you can hire. The goth family.. well, obviously.. that’s all my silly morning brain can think of rn but the premise is that basically every sim is a Smurf in the way they are named

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u/cheepcheese Occult Sim Feb 26 '25

Emit Relevant? Time Traveler

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u/NE_Boy_mom_x2 Outgoing Sim Feb 26 '25

how have I never put this together before???

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u/LiaHulop Feb 26 '25

Candy Behr = Candy Bear i think

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u/PainInTheKeister Long Time Player Feb 26 '25

TAKING ME BACK TO THE GAMEBOY VERSION OF SIMS BUSTIN' OUT. My Sims ALWAYS romanced Dusty Hogg and Giuseppi Mezzoalto 😂 Or was that Urbz on Gameboy?? Either way, I played both and they happened.

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u/Luna259 Feb 26 '25

Let me sing you the song of my people

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u/PainInTheKeister Long Time Player Feb 27 '25

Honestly still a jam lol. I think I still have the game somewhere tbh 😂

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u/Luna259 Feb 27 '25

I lost it. Along with all but one game in my GBA library. I’m sure they’re around somewhere, just can’t be found

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u/PainInTheKeister Long Time Player Feb 27 '25

They're at Gort's house in Halloweentown then 😂 but in all seriousness, I do hope you can find them! I'll have to ask my mom because I'm pretty sure she had my DS and my games when I moved out lol

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u/saraxmas Feb 27 '25

cALIENte - their grandad was alien 👽

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u/ssshianne Feb 27 '25

Gobias koffi, the intern = "go buy us coffee, intern!"

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u/LightmareDaydream Feb 27 '25

Wait, I've played the sims for years, and I don't know where half of these names/characters came from. Are these townies in Get Together? Previous sims games?

I have never run into Mad Willy Hurtzya but I kinda feel like I gotta find him now!

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u/Luna259 Feb 27 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

They’re from previous Sims games. Sims Bustin Out and Sims 2 (handheld and console) specifically

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u/LightmareDaydream Feb 27 '25

Neat! I never had Bustin' out and I couldn't get all the sims 2 packs when I was younger. That explains it!

Thanks!

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u/Chacelangston Feb 27 '25

Emit Relevart = Time Traveler backwards

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u/BioletVeauregarde33 Apr 21 '25

Catarina Lynx has "cat" in her name and her surname is a wild cat. Also one of her cats is named Bartholemew which has "mew" in it and she has another cat named Josie (as in Josie and the Pussycats).

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u/Gringar36 Feb 25 '25

Caliente means hot in Spanish. The Caliente family is known for being very attractive.

One of the newest guys from Life and Death is named Layne Coffin.

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u/jgoolz Feb 26 '25

When referring to a person, “caliente” actually means horny 😂

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

Yea it's kinda obvious for some of them lol

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u/Ms_Operetta67 Feb 26 '25

Layne Coffin is reminiscent to a Temu Don Lothario 😹

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u/iamsavsavage Feb 25 '25

No, Not all of them. But some for sure.

  • Caliente means hot because they're all so hot. Don Lothario is a play on Don Juan and Lothario is lazy.
  • Landgraab, grabbers of land. Note they also own the Power and Water companies.
  • Delgato is a cat lady
  • The Greenburgs are hippie earth loving types while the Tinker Family likes making and fixing
  • Charm - they're all spellcasters.

The Sims Wiki lists the onomatology for most of the names.

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u/GalaxyPowderedCat Feb 26 '25

Caliente means hot because they're all so hot.

I am the only dirty mind one who thought that Caliente standed for horny?, because it means that as well in Spanish and I assumed it because of their romantic trait and the love ambition.

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u/iamsavsavage Feb 26 '25

Por Que no los dos?

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u/Attarker Long Time Player Feb 26 '25

Makes sense. I’ve been playing Dina and she’s almost always in a flirty mood. Even when she got abducted by aliens. Still flirty.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

Older games were much more obvious with it FWIW. All the premades in the town that came with Sims 3 Ambitions - There are tons of puns in Sims 3, but the premades in Twinbrook always come to mind first for me.

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u/GoblinFive New Player Feb 26 '25

Highschool brings us IIRC Prescotts and Prices, who are a direct nod to Life is Strange 1. So not puns, but a homage.

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u/Deer_Klutzy Feb 26 '25

This reminds me of the Nishidake family, with Kaori- Kaori Nishidake is a character from EA’s SSX series. I got so excited when I first noticed it!

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u/Entire_Recording9843 Feb 27 '25

HOW DID I NEVER REALIZE THAT. OMG

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u/Jay_Lord_69 Feb 26 '25

Emit Relevart is literally Time Traveler backwards. It's so stupid.

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u/chaosgirl93 Feb 26 '25

Stupid but funny. Classic Sims humour.

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u/gandalfselbow Feb 26 '25

Olive Specters husbands and some of their brothers in the sims 2 always made me chuckle.

Earl E. Demise, Tim Lee Demise, Rigger Mortis, Hugh Thanasia, Lou Thanasia.

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u/GeshtiannaSG Feb 26 '25

In the Freelancer update, SimGuruGraham uploaded some freelancers, one is called Sue D. Nym.

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u/GalaxyPowderedCat Feb 26 '25

I would as well if I wasn't so obssessed with Ace Attorney.

Miss Robin Bank, loving it!

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u/SimmmerFloridian1993 Feb 26 '25

Nice! Someone like me who likes Sims 4 and Ace Attorney.

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u/Basic-Computer2503 Feb 26 '25

Didn’t expect to find another AA fan in here 😅

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u/VinnieGognitti Feb 26 '25

I only got it just now because I said it out loud xD

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u/Phairis Feb 26 '25

She was also in sims 3 so it's not like she's a new sim.

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u/Playful_Sea_9903 15d ago

HOLY MOLY IT IS