Over the last twenty years, many players have fallen in love with The Sims franchise. While the games are best known for allowing players to play with life and create their own custom families and houses, each game comes with pre-made families to interact with.

Throughout the main series and its multiple expansions, as well as the console editions, several families that have become fan favorites. Here is a look at five of the best pre-made families that are available to play as or alongside.

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The Goths

Perhaps the most recognizable pre-made family in The Sims franchise, the Goths have appeared in some form or another in every base game. Originally introduced in The Sims, the family consisted of Mortimer, Bella and their daughter Cassandra. However, different expansions and sequels have introduced us to other family members while providing more history for this long-running family.

The Sims 2 introduced Alexander, Moritmer and Bella's son. Cassandra is now a young adult about to wed the town's Casanova, but Bella is nowhere to be found. She has been abducted by aliens, though players may catch a glimpse of her in another town. In the wake of Bella's disappearance, Mortimer has started seeing a much younger woman who is only interested in the Goth family fortune. This version of the Goth family has much intrigue and has been the subject of many fan theories over the years.

Departing from the soap opera drama, the Goths returned in The Sims 3, which takes place earlier in the Sims timeline. Here, we see Mortimer as a child with his parents, Gunther and Cornelia. This version of the family adds more family history and tie-ins to other games and expansion packs. Mortimer's mother is a Crumplebottom by birth, and we also get to meet Bella's family, the Bachelors. Gunter's sister, Frida, and their uncle and aunt, Samuel and Olivia, are featured in The Sims 3: Supernatural expansion, though they are all ghosts.

The Goth family returns, Bella in tow, in The Sims 4, though this game is set in an alternate timeline from the previous installments. Mortimer is now much older than Bella (whereas they were only a few days apart in The Sims 3), Cassandra is a teenager and Alexander is a part of the family unit.

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The Landgraabs

The Landgraabs are another prominent pre-made family whose name first pops up in SimCity 3000, where they are associated with property and real estate. Many objects in The Sims come from Landgraab Industries. The family was featured in the original game, as well as console versions, though they were unplayable until The Sims 2: Open for Business expansion.

Malcolm IV was the first playable Landgraab. He lives alone in a large mansion in Bluewater Village, but his family tree shows up to Malcolm II. The Landgraabs have continued to make playable appearances since then. In The Sims 3, we are introduced to Nancy (a Landgraab by birth), her husband Geoffrey (who took his wife's prestigious surname) and their son Malcolm.

Neither this Malcolm, nor his parents, were featured on the previous installment's family tree, and it is unclear how they are related. Some speculate that the Malcolm featured in this version could be the first of his name, though he could be from another branch entirely. We're also introduced to descendants of the family in Lunar Lakes and in Oasis Springs.

In the alternate timeline of The Sims 4, we are reintroduced to Nancy, Geoffrey and Malcolm once more. There are some notable differences this time: Malcolm is now a teenager, and the Evil trait has replaced his Good side. Nancy, also goes from being a kind (if a little snobby) businesswoman to a career criminal. There is another Landgraab who can be found in the game, though this character does not use the Landgraab name and it is unclear how he is related to the pre-made family.

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The Capps and Montys

Anyone familiar with Romeo and Juliet will see the similarities between Shakespeare's quarreling families and the Capps and Montys of The Sims 2's Veronaville. Despite the generation's old feud, Juliette Capp is involved in a secret romance with Romeo Monty. Each family tree features additional references to Shakespeare, such as Juliette's sister Hermia who's named after the character from A Midsummer Night's Dream.

The families reappeared in different world packs for The Sims 3. The Capp family returns in the world of Roaring Heights with Consort and Contessa Capp (Juliette's grandparents) as young adults with two children and a baby on the way. We also get a look at Romeo's great-grandparents (Silvia and her husband Valentine, although Valentine is a ghost), and his grandparents with a young family of their own (though Romeo's father, Claudio is not present) in the world of Monte Vista.

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The Altos

Despite their introduction in The Sims 3 and the lack of appearance so far in The Sims 4, the Altos are a popular family who serve as rivals for the Landgraab family. Nick and Vita Alto are classic bad guys and clear references to The Sopranos. Both have either the Mean-spirited or Evil personality traits. Their daughter, Holly, on the other hand is nothing like her parents, possessing the Good trait. The two adult Altos are enemies with the two Landgraab adults and live in a mansion across the street from their rivals.

Other Altos have been introduced in world packs and expansions, though the only clear relation is Nick's brother Bert in Hidden Springs. More Altos are present in Lunar Lakes, Sunlit Tides and the Island Paradise expansion, though it isn't clear how they related to the base game's family.

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