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Seasoned Ace

2 years ago

What Happened to Your Pancakes?

I know, I know...this game has been out for a decade, but I've never played with the Pancakes. Until now. I'll be honest, I always disliked how to community loves Bob and hates Eliza because I've been that wife who has to clean up behind a lazy slob and I feel sorry for her. However, in my game, neither is a likeable character.

First, they got a makeover to be more cartoony, which is my character style.

Bob
https://i.imgur.com/ZGLDuWf.jpg

Eliza
https://i.imgur.com/GuMN7jE.jpg

Iggy
https://i.imgur.com/nQOl0Rv.jpg

They live in a townhouse and it's not very clean. With For Rent, I added the mold lot challenge, which made playing with them so much more fun.
https://i.imgur.com/ZBKB0M8.jpg

The Setup - I decided to let them have their random new traits and random likes and dislikes that pop up as you play. They ended up being really in character. In my game, Bob is a piece. On his own, he ignores both Eliza and Iggy and just sets up shop in front of the telly until he sleeps. He took a bath on his own after 3 days. Eliza loves Iggy. I mean, she spends 100% of her free time with him and in his room. I love that about her. She avoids Bob and spends a good majority of her time cleaning since she has the neat and perfectionist traits. She does most of that on her own. Iggy is a charming toddler. He's adorable as all tots are.

The first day of playing them was the last time they were ever together doing activities because I was trying to set them on course to be a happy family...it was short lived.
https://i.imgur.com/mNw8eu8.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/d70HWpJ.jpg

During the welcome wagon, Bob managed to make everyone hate him and Eliza did the same, except for the guy in the cap. They have a low level friendship now.
https://i.imgur.com/Ay5zQHT.jpg

Bob did make friends with the landlord and they watch tv together most evenings.
https://i.imgur.com/faKvhOt.jpg

Here's Eliza hiding from Bob and spending time with Iggy
https://i.imgur.com/Dvk1VDS.jpg

This is how to house looks a lot and Eliza spends all her time cleaning it - thanks to the grody and mold lot challenges, this is actually a great way to play a slob and a neat sim together.
https://i.imgur.com/4kWVlts.jpg

Eliza is part of a club called the Moral High Horse Ladies who meet at a bar. :D
https://i.imgur.com/w1MlFDm.jpg

Eliza adores Iggy - when I see her in his room, I usually make them do activities together
https://i.imgur.com/xAlxwKu.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/B0fUSUn.jpg

Using the TOOL mod I have some off lot activities for my toddlers to enjoy
https://i.imgur.com/dj3T4BX.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/jrHp1ZL.jpg

Eliza eventually rolled high maintenance as a new trait...great...now she's never in a good mood. :(
https://i.imgur.com/KS6bEai.jpg

Bob is disgusting. 3 days...THREE. He still hasn't taken a shower.
https://i.imgur.com/xDxrA1D.jpg

Bob is starting to burn out from work and...checks notes...watching too much tv. But he finally took a bath the night before!
https://i.imgur.com/eXZjcZr.jpg

MOLD!
https://i.imgur.com/QR3chNL.jpg

What!? They're all together in the kitchen??
https://i.imgur.com/mUh6PRY.jpg

Welp...both adults have the mold disease. Eliza is doing what she can. I possibly had a bug because the mold was on the bed?
https://i.imgur.com/cUOqXSg.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/CY6tnaV.jpg

I used her mold suit to go finish a mural at the Magnolia Market
https://i.imgur.com/MEqY61x.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/6IPGSR6.jpg

And now every few days...this is their lives
https://i.imgur.com/t573t1T.jpg

And if you reached the end of all this, I hope you enjoyed the beginning of their story. I would love to hear about and/or see pics of what happened to them in your game. Happy Simming everyone!

stories

66 Replies

handelgamer
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
I had played them once in my randomized file. I put Eliza through college and through her skills, she became a stylist! (Oh and Bob made good work on his career) ...and then I never played them again so they fell off the played households into the unplayed households list. And Neighborhood Stories killed off Bob. ALAS AND WOE! And it ignores Eliza so I see who it favors.

...honestly, I do have the idea to turn the lot into a Maker-Community Space at some point. I have space folks and I realized that would probably be the most fitting lot to put a rocket-ship on. Feels weird rocket ships are mostly just thought of as just a singular personal transport considering the amount of work it takes to make one in reality. That being said, most of the rocket-ship owners are still the type to have their own personal one anyway. :P Still, it would require Eliza moving out and another household (the BFF's) moving into another lot I have an eye on for them specificlly. Then by the power of TWO space-journeying households, can we make a community lot for SPACE EXPLORATION! That being said, Eliza's not going to move out automatically. It would only take her death... (Also the BFF's haven't been played in a bit sooooo yeah)

I did also play that Juneteenth-inspired limited scenario with them as well in another file, since it felt fitting for them to do. The one with the extra grilling stuff and the grill party. Bit of a shame we don't have any other cookouts than the Outdoor Retreat one. Eliza had an affair with...I think Sergio Paolo. Been awhile, don't quite remember.

Still have a fondness for this face-of-the-Sims-4 family. Wonder if Iggy will ever be patched in.
Gamer_Cat24
Rising Scout
2 years ago
Haven't played them yet, but in one of my PC saves, while waiting for a Sim to have their baby, I checked Neighborhood stories.
The Pancakes in that save adopted a child into their family.
In most saves they always tend to adopt, rarely do I get the notification that Eliza is pregnant with another baby, but is has happened. The adoption notification for them is the most normal.
Ironically, Bella and Mortimer Goth always has Bella pregnant with their next baby, and never adopt.
DiscipleOfDuat
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
Wow, very cool! I love your style and the house they're living in. They have a lot of character already with so very few words. It is so incredibly different from what I did in my save file, it is super refreshing to see!

I leaned very heavily into Eliza's snobbish (imo controlling) character, secretly desiring to be some sort of wine-mom or rich bored housewife she sees on tv. But this wasn't written in the stars for her. Bob's passion for cooking sort of fizzled out, feeling a lot of pressure from his wife ánd his work life no doubt - working in a kitchen is stressful. I let his hair grow out a bit, he has a nice afro. He wears clothing he feels comfortable in, but at parties he's got to follow Eliza's styling directions.

Eliza adopted a poodle (Lady) and she became a teacher, which I thought was perfect for her character. Probably not everyone's favourite teacher. I gave her a perm and a suit to wear. She reminds me of a 90's teacher. Heavy framed glasses. She's far more ambitious and does aim to reach the top of her career. She preferably rubs shoulders with the rich people, and definitly not the unwashed masses.

They have a child, Iggy of course.

Eliza is, coincidentally (not really), also a walking plasmabag for Vlad.
JesLet40
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
Other than a make-over I never did anything actively with them myself, but the game has done several fun things. With MCCC, they almost always divorce right off the bat in my game. In the save I played the longest, Bob fairly quickly found a new wife who had a child and they then had a bunch of kids themselves. Eliza was single for a long time, but then one day she was suddenly married to one of the rich widows in town. So in my head, a part of their unhappy marriage is due to Eliza not being ready to admit that she's really gay and would prefer living with a woman. I like to think that they were both happy in their own way. Eliza got rich, found her true self and the love of her life and lived to a very old age, Bob had lots of kids and grandkids.
PixelsaurusWrex
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
You guys convinced me to get MCCC...seems like it helps make things more lively. I've been so scared of that mod since I play rotational and don't like story progression, but the other features swayed me. I can't believe the townies that thing is creating! Like what!?

Anyhow, thank you all for sharing your stories. I read them all last night before I went to bed. I love how different we all play and how different their lives can be.
JesLet40
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
As long as you keep your rotational sims as played characters, MCCC won't touch them, so there is no need to worry about that. You can also adjust the settings to fit what you're comfortable with.