Mrs. Crumplebottom
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| Mrs. Crumplebottom | |
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| Full Name: | Mrs. Crumplebottom |
| About: | In TS and TS2 |
| Life Stage: | Elder |
| Basic Function: | Stop people from flirting, general killjoy |
| Where It's Found: | Community lots |
| EP Needed: | NL |
| Can be Married/Adopted? | No |
| See other NPCs |
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[edit] About
The legendary Crumplebottom bloodline continues to traumatize sims of all sizes, shapes and colors on community lots with her purse full of stockings and knitting gear. If you've followed The Sims games for a long time, there's a good chance you've already familiar with the name and know what the "Crumplebottom" name stands for, which is everything anti-PDA (Public Displays of Affection). Basically, that means if two sims get lovey dovey when she's around, she'll come over and beat the ont that started over the head with her purse.
[edit] History
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So what exactly is it that sim fans have come to love or hate so much about the Crumplebottom name? In the original The Sims Hot Date, it was Miss Crumplebottom who came to community lots to assault any sims getting their groove on with each other, but due to popular demand, or perhaps the reverse, Maxis has placed her (or at least a continuation of her character) in The Sims 2 Nightlife, going by Mrs. Crumplebottom. Apparently, the joys of domestic wifehood haven't made her any friendlier.
[edit] What can be surmized about her
A brief history of the Crumplebottom family bloodline: The Crumplebottoms are actually ancestors of the ever popular Goth family that was around since the first game and who still reside by default in Pleasantview. You can actually see the deceased Crumplebottoms' pictures in the family history dialogue (right), and their tombstones are on the Goth lot and resurrect them with the Resurrect o' Nomitron, but don't expect anything ground breaking to surface, they are basically just empty shells.
The oldest known member of the Crumplebottom family was Simon, who married a fine lady by the name of Prudence and grew old together. They had two children before passing away, Agnes and Cornelia. Cornelia went to marry Gunther Goth from a long line of Goths and had Mortimer, Agnes on the other hand, apparently never got married and died in obscurity. As to why she never got married, it is a mystery, but being old and single can't be good for your view on public displays of affection, unlike Cornelia who clearly did get it on with her husband at least once.
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Here's where the theories collide. In Hot Date, it was actually "Miss Crumplebottom" who would come to harass you on the community lots, however, there is an object description that mentions a Mrs. Crumplebottom as the widow of a famous puppeteer. The most likely scenario is that it was either Prudence or Cornelia who was the Mrs. Crumplebottom, and Anges was the infamous Miss Crumplebottom of morality policing fame.
Since Agnes never had children or got married, she's already pretty much ruled out for having descendants, but the strange thing is this, since Cornelia was married to Gunther Goth, all of her descendant's surnames would have been Goth, not Crumplebottom, so where did the new Mrs. Crumplebottom come from? There are three possibilities: The first possible scenario is that Mrs. Crumplebottom in The Sims 2 is a very, very distant cousin of the original Miss Crumplebottom with a histoty dating way past Simon's; the second one is that she's a clone; the third is that the developers of the game had no idea that she would become such a hilarious running joke and left loopholes the size of the Grand Canyon in the continuity of the Crumplebottom bloodline. Actually, Maxis pretty much said it themselves that Mrs. Crumplebottom is a distant relative. There can be all sorts of other theories depending on what evidence you choose to believe and which you choose to ignore, and that's why fans are so great right?
[edit] Function
[edit] Interaction
All right, enough of the history lesson. So what exactly is it that Mrs. Crumplebottom does? She beats down any sim in her vicinity with her purse full of socks whenever they perform a PDA which is basically anything under the kiss, hug, or flirt menus. The rule is if it looks like romantic fun, she'll come undone; she just loves to hate lovers. She cannot be befriended, married, or even MAKE SELECTABLE-'d by boolprop testingcheatsenabled true. She is actually just a complex object, not a sim! Mrs. Crumplebottom also seems to have an inherent hatred of Swimwear and Underwear as well, and will cause lecture and cause your sim to automatically return to their default everyday outfit if she gets to them. Children also won't have anything to do with her, which is actually pretty smart if you really think about it.
Nothing good comes out of Mrs. Crumplebottom; If your sim tries to be nice and hug her, or perform any interaction for that matter, she will cancel it out and lecture them for no apparent reason. Getting smacked by Mrs. Crumplebottom's purse also decreases rating scores on dates slightly, which can get annoying when you are strapped for time.
[edit] Action
Mrs. Crumplebottom also does a few surprisingly interesting things despite her decrepit appearance. She drinks juice like a fish at the bars, she bowls terrifficly, and she plays poker like a dog, which is a pretty good distraction from her lover hunting hobby. Mrs. Crumplebottom also always carries her knitting gear in her purse wherever she goes, and
occasionally takes the time to work on her wool stocking project. Mrs. Crumplebottom also does not act like a typical sim, in that she has no motive meter, and she can spend what seems like an eternity on a community lot and she never has to use the washroom despite her old age. Again, this is because she is actually just a complex object, not a sim! She specifically seems to be attracted to places with poker, bowling and bars though, so if you want a Crumplebottom free crumple buffer zone, avoid putting those objects on your community lots, although she seems to come anyway if you wait long enough.
Actually, Mrs. Crumplebottom isn't all bad, she's actually got a bit of a hidden love animal side to her if you know how to play your sim's cards right, and by that, I mean glitch the game to Saskatchewan and back. Read the "Mrs. Crumplebottom Gives Lots of Love" trick for more information.
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