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| Brandi was left to raise two boys alone following her husband's suspicious pool ladder accident. With Dustin acting out, can Brandi teach young Beau to make the right choices in life? | |
| Name | Broke family |
| Members | Brandi Broke, Dustin Broke, Beau Broke, Unborn baby Broke |
| Number of generations | 3 generations |
| Family connections | Newbie family, Simovitch family |
| Lot | 55 Woodland Drive |
| Funds | §929 |
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| Game | The Sims 2
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| Playability | Playable |
| Neighborhood | Pleasantview |
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| When Flo and Flat met in high school, sparks flew. Life has never been easy but as long as they are together they find a way to have fun. When Flat's brother Buck showed up with two kids and no wife, they just invited him to move in. The more the merrier. | |
| Name | Broke family |
| Members | Flat Broke, Flo Broke, Ruby Broke, Skip Broke, Buck Broke, Trigger Broke, Susie Broke |
| Number of generations | 2 generations |
| Lot | 49 Ely Road |
| Funds | §600 |
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| Game | The Sims 3 Store
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| Playability | Playable |
| World | Riverview |
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| Name | Broke family |
| Members | Octavia Broke |
| Number of generations | 1 generation |
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| Game | The Sims 3 Store
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| Playability | Townie |
| World | Lunar Lakes |
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| Name | Broke family |
| Members | Dustin Broke |
| Number of generations | 1 generation |
| Funds | §20,000 |
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| Game | The Sims 4: Get Famous
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| Playability | Townie |
The Broke family is a playable family who appear in Pleasantview, the town shipped with The Sims 2, Riverview and Lunar Lakes, two towns purchasable from The Sims 3 Store, and in The Sims 4: Get Famous. In most games, as their last name suggests, they are fairly short on Simoleons.
The Sims 2
In The Sims 2, the Broke family resides in Pleasantview. It consists of Brandi Broke, widow of Skip Broke; Dustin Broke, a rebellious teen street hawker going steady with Angela Pleasant; and Beau Broke, a toddler who is not well learned in his essential toddler skills. When the household is played for the first time, the game provides the following instruction:
"Beau Broke is growing fast, and Brandi wants to teach him all the skills he needs to stay out of trouble. Click on Beau to teach him to Walk, and fulfill wants for both Sims."
When the family is first played, Brandi is pregnant with her third child from the deceased Skip. Brandi is also the daughter of Bob and Betty Newbie, a married couple that was introduced in The Sims. However, she does not appear in The Sims, likely because she hadn't been born yet at the time.
As the name suggests, they have a monetary situation, supposedly because Brandi has just lost her husband and source of income. The family has around §930 in funds, which wouldn't be so bad if it had any source of income other than Dustin's teen job. The family has a net worth of around §25,000, and Brandi does have one or two things which can be sold for cash, but that's not a long-term solution to the family's financial problems.
The Broke family has a box of pizza in their house at the start of the game, though in some releases the box will be empty.[confirmation needed]
The Sims 3 Store
Riverview
In The Sims 3, the Broke family lives in a small "caravan park" in Riverview. They are the poorest family in the town and their caravans are very cheaply decorated. They share a similar economic status to the Crosby family. In the Riverview graveyard, there is a grave of Bernard Broke, who drowned as an adult. He may be the father or brother of Flat and Buck, but he does not appear in the family tree.
During their time in Riverview, it is clear that Flat, Flo, Ruby, and Buck only work part-time jobs with low pay. This could be an explanation for their poverty.
Of all of the family members in The Sims 3, only Flat, Flo, and Skip are mentioned in The Sims 2. What happened to the others is not known. No members of the family appear in The Sims, though all of them except Flat and Flo are young enough to have been alive during that time.
In The Sims 3, almost all Brokes have either the Slob or Party Animal traits. This is probably why none of the adults can hold a full-time job. Skip and Mary Lu (who is a Broke by marriage) are the only ones who don't have either of those traits. All Brokes, with the exception of Ruby and Skip, wear cheap clothes and enjoy electronica music.
Lunar Lakes
Octavia Broke is a homeless Sim who resides in Lunar Lakes. It is plausible that she is a descendant of the Broke family due to her surname and the fact that many other Sims in Lunar Lakes are descendants of other SimNation Sims. She, however, lacks the slob and party animal traits and appears to be of a different ethnicity. This could be possibly be, because she was married into the family, rather being a blood relative of them.
The Sims 4
Dustin Broke is a homeless sim introduced as a celebrity in The Sims 4: Get Famous. He appears to be different from Dustin Broke from The Sims 2, as they have a different body type, eye color, and different age.
Unlike The Sims 2 and The Sims 3, he has a decent amount of simoleons.
Onomatology
Broke: "to become destitute of money or possession."
- Brandi: "burning wine," "brandy".
- Skip: "master of a ship".
- Dustin: "Thor's stone".
- Beau: "handsome".
- Flat: pun meaning "completely penniless".
- Flo: "flower," "prosperous," "flowering," "blossoming," "charming," "flourishing".
- Buck: a nickname that simply means "buck" (a male deer).
- Mary Lu: from Mary and Louisa, meaning "beloved" and "famous warrior," respectively.
- Trigger: possibly from "trigger," a finger-operated lever used to operate a gun.
- Susie: from Susan, meaning "rose".
- Ruby: simply means "ruby," the precious stone.
Family tree
 Robert Newbie (Deceased) |  Mags Newbie (Deceased) |  Vadim Simovitch (Deceased) |  Fatima Simovitch (Deceased) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mary Lu Broke (Deceased) |  Buck Broke (Possibly Deceased) |  Flat Broke (Deceased) |  Flo Broke (Deceased) |  Bob Newbie (Deceased) |  Betty Newbie (Deceased) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Trigger Broke (Possibly Deceased) |  Susie Broke (Possibly Deceased) |  Ruby Broke (Possibly Deceased) |  Skip Broke (Deceased) |  Brandi Broke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Dustin Broke |  Beau Broke |  Unborn baby Broke (Unborn) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Members
- Brandi Broke
- Dustin Broke
- Beau Broke
- Unborn baby Broke
- Dustin Broke (The Sims 4: Get Famous)
- Skip Broke (Deceased)
- Flat Broke (Deceased)
- Flo Broke (Deceased)
- Buck Broke (Possibly Deceased)
- Ruby Broke (Possibly Deceased)
- Mary Lu Broke (Deceased)
- Betty Newbie (Deceased)
- Bob Newbie (Deceased)
- Mags Newbie (Deceased)
- Robert Newbie (Deceased)
- Vadim Simovitch (Deceased)
- Fatima Simovitch (Deceased)
- Trigger Broke (Possibly Deceased)
- Susie Broke (Possibly Deceased)
- Bernard Broke (Deceased)
Gallery
Trivia
- The original last name for the Broke family in The Sims 2 was Newbie, it was changed to Broke prior to release at some point during development.
| The Broke family |
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| Flat - Flo - Buck - Mary Lu - Trigger - Susie - Ruby - Skip - Brandi - Dustin - Beau - Unborn Baby |