Dina Caliente

Dina Caliente
Gender	Female
Age	Adult
Life state	Alien-Sim hybrid
Biography
It is often said that Dina has a mind of her own, but she is quick to disagree. She likes chocolate and dreams of making it big.
Education and employment
Career	Unemployed
Family
Family/Families	Caliente family
Parents	Flamenco Caliente, Nighat Caliente
Siblings	Nina Caliente
Marital status	Widowed
Romances	Michael Bachelor  , Mortimer Goth , Don Lothario
Personality
Zodiac sign	Sagittarius
Aspiration	Fortune
Appearance
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Green
Skin color	Medium
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 2
Playability	Playable
Neighborhood	Pleasantview

Dina Caliente
Gender	Female
Age	Adult
Life state	Sim
Biography
Dina and her sister Nina gained a measure of popularity with their 2004 Hand Tool Calendar, "Wrenches of Summer". Since then, Dina has concentrated on her career in law enforcement.
Education and employment
Career	Unemployed
Family
Siblings	Nina Caliente
Household
Household	Jugen House
Roommates	Nina Caliente, Don Lothario, Toothless Joe
Personality
Zodiac sign	Gemini
Aspiration	Romance
Appearance
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Grey
Skin color	Medium
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 2 (console)
Playability	Playable
Neighborhood	Pleasantview, Strangetown, and Melbourne

Dina Caliente
Gender	Female
Age	Young Adult
Life state	Sim
Biography
The Sims 2 Sisters are back! Can Dina break hearts in Barnacle Bay like she did in Pleasantview? She wants to find out.
Education and employment
Career	Line Cook
Family
Siblings	Nina Caliente
Marital status	Single
Romances	Alec Trebo , Jeff Smith , Juan Jr Inkbeard , Richie Radan
Household
Household	Caliente household
Roommates	Nina Caliente, Luisa Libros
Personality
Traits	Charismatic
	Commitment Issues
	Flirty
	Hot-Headed
	Schmoozer
Lifetime wish	Jack of All Trades
Favorites	Classical
	Grilled Salmon
	Orange
Appearance
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Green
Skin color	Medium
Body shape	Thin
Social standing
Celebrity status
Other information
Game	The Sims 3 Store
Playability	Playable
World	Barnacle Bay

Dina Caliente
Current Original
Gender	Female
Age	Young Adult
Life state	Sim
Education and employment
Career	Assistant Dishwasher
Family
Parents	Katrina Caliente
Siblings	Nina Caliente
Marital status	Single
Household
Household	Caliente household
Roommates	Katrina Caliente, Don Lothario, Nina Caliente
Personality
Traits	Materialistic
	Ambitious
	Romantic
	Business Savvy
Aspiration	Fabulously Wealthy
Appearance
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Hazel
Skin color	Medium
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 4
Playability	Playable
World	Oasis Springs

Dina Caliente (previously Bachelor) is a pre-made, playable Sim who first appeared in The Sims 2. She is the daughter of Flamenco and Nighat Caliente, and is the twin sister of Nina Caliente. She used to live at 170 Main Street in Pleasantview, along with Nina. Then an unknown event happened, which is hinted at in Don Lothario's bio as an "accidental teleportation", which might have teleported the Caliente sisters back in time to Barnacle Bay. Dina lives at 25 Coral Flats in Barnacle Bay alongside her sister, Nina, and her roommate, Luisa Libros.

In the alternate universe of The Sims 4, Dina has a different mother, Katrina Caliente, and lives at Sultry Springside in Oasis Springs, alongside her mother, her sister, and Don Lothario.

Biography

Life leading up to The Sims 2

She lives in a small condo in Pleasantview, along with her twin sister, Nina Caliente. Dina is presumably the younger twin, as both their memories show that Nina always grew up first. Dina starts the game wanting to get engaged to Mortimer Goth. She is implied to be a gold digger, as a message pops up when the family is first played saying "Dina is digging for gold..."

When first played, she has no memories of Mortimer (nor Mortimer of her), despite the two being in love. She will usually have a want to have a child when first played. When the family is first played, she and her sister are 28 days from becoming elders. She is voiced by Gerri Lawlor.

Both Dina and her sister are romantically involved with the engaged town womanizer, Don Lothario; apparently each without the other's knowledge. If she catches her sister with Don, her relationship with Nina can be mended quickly, however it may take some time with Don. Another notable relationship is that she and Brandi Broke are just short from becoming friends. Her sister Nina is like this as well.

Dina is very interested in money, fashion, entertainment, arts, and travel. She starts the game with long blonde hair and her everyday outfit is a short, low-necked black dress. When first played, she is in a black bikini, having just been in the hot tub on the roof of their condo. She likes playing in the bathtub and does so frequently.

Though currently single and on the prowl, Dina is the widow of Michael Bachelor; brother to the missing Bella Goth. According to the family album, Dina married Michael when he was an elder, which some players have taken as proof she married him for money. However, she does not have the memory of marrying a rich Sim, and she has a memory of falling in love with him. An apparent anomaly is that, according to her memories, she had her very first kiss with him when she was a teen - even though this could not be accomplished in-game due to the difference in their ages. She had an affair with Don Lothario while married to Michael, but it never went any further than a single kiss. It is not known if Dina took Michael's surname and went back to Caliente after he died, or if she kept the Caliente surname all along (neither of which are possible without the use of hacks or a third-party program such as SimPE.). If Dina adopts a child, Michael will appear on the family tree as the father, though the child will have Dina's last name.

Dina is the daughter of Flamenco Caliente and Nighat Caliente (née Al Mahmoud), now deceased. Their mother died when the twins were children, and their father Flamenco died when the twins were adults. Dina has the same facial structure as their father, while Nina bears a close resemblance to their mother. The sisters are of Arab descent from their mother's side and Spanish descent on their father's side. They are also part alien in their paternal lineage: their grandfather, Nestor Caliente, gave birth to their father after being abducted and impregnated by Pollination Technician 7.

An interesting glitch is that she has a positive memory for Nina Caliente growing up badly, even though this isn't possible without hacks, although this could be a mistake by developers. Dina bears a striking resemblance to her step-grandmother, Dulcinea Caliente, in her adult years. She has the same personality as Herb Oldie.

Despite being one quarter alien, Dina and her sister lack any genetics for the alien skin tone. In the Russian version of The Sims 2, the origin of Dina and her sister's surname is Georgian rather than Spanish. Interestingly, she shares her surname with the assassinated Georgian-Ukrainian journalist, Georgiy Gongadze.

If The Sims 2: Freetime is installed, Dina's predestined hobby will be nature, due to her sloppy and playful personality.

Life leading up to The Sims 2 (console)

According to her biography, in The Sims 2 for console, she works in the law enforcement career. Despite this, opening the career tab will show she is unemployed. She is also very ill-mannered and romantic, but has a good relationship with her sister Nina. Like the PC version of The Sims 2, she has long blond hair, but she has the Romance aspiration instead of Fortune.

Life leading up to The Sims 3

Dina appears in the downloadable world, Barnacle Bay, along with Nina. She and her sister are young adults. An unknown event happened, which is hinted at in Don Lothario's bio as an "accidental teleportation", where several women were present. It is very likely that some of these women were the Caliente sisters, as they were both love interests of Don. The Caliente sisters might have used this teleporter to travel back in time to Barnacle Bay.

Dina is in love with Alec Trebo, Jeff Smith, and Juan Jr Inkbeard. They are the same men her sister and her roommate have romantic relationships with, which causes some tension in the household. Her appearance is similar to what it was in The Sims 2, though her clothes and hairstyle have changed, slightly.

What's even more odd is that her sister has the mooch trait, but she doesn't, even though she had the fortune aspiration and an in-game want to marry a rich Sim. She also has the commitment issues trait, despite her wish to get married and her positive memory of marriage to Michael. Hot-headed is also off the mark, as the original Dina had moderately nice personality points, and thus would usually respond positively to social interactions. It is possible the commitment issues is due to her being with more than one man, at once, with Don and Mortimer. This also could have happened, as a result of her losing Michael. Hot-headed is probably a reference to her name meaning hot in Spanish.

She has a job in the culinary career at level 5, with 4 skill points in cooking, being 4 points far from the level required for a promotion. This might be a take-off on her original bio, where she's stated to have a liking for chocolate. Since she starts The Sims 2 with no cooking skill, this suggests that Barnacle Bay comes after Pleasantview. This can also be proven in her own bio.

She has the exact same traits as Don Lothario. If Late Night is installed, she and her sister will be 4 star celebrities.

Life leading up to The Sims 4

Dina appears in Oasis Springs and lives with her sister Nina, her mother Katrina, and Don Lothario. She is a young adult, 24 days away from becoming an adult. She is friends with her mother and sister, and acquaintances with Don. The family bio implies that Don and her mother are romantically involved, however this is not actually the case in game. The bio carries the further implication that Don may eventually become involved with Dina and/or Nina as well, as in other games.

Dina works in the culinary career at level 1 (Assistant Dishwasher). She has two skill points each in the fitness and mixology skills. Like her sister, she has one major personality difference from the original timeline: this version of Dina is active, whereas her original version was very lazy. She does, however, share her romantic inclinations and (as of The Sims 3) her job in the culinary career.

In May 2023, Dina and the rest of the Caliente household were given an official makeover with new outfits, facial features, skin tones, traits, and aspirations in patch 145 of the base game. Dina's Mixology aspiration has been replaced with Fabulously Wealthy.

Simology

• Skills
• Relationships
• Personality
• Interests
• Memories
• Likes and Dislikes

• The Sims 2
• The Sims 2 (Console)
• The Sims 3
• The Sims 4

Skills
	Charisma
	Creativity

Skills
	Cooking

Skills
	Cooking

Skills
	Fitness
	Mixology

• The Sims 2
• The Sims 2 (console)
• The Sims 4

Relationships
	Mortimer Goth	Lover
	Don Lothario	Crush
	Brandi Broke	Acquaintance
	Nina Caliente	Acquaintance

Relationships
	Billy Specter	0, Acquaintance
	Don Lothario	20, Acquaintance
	Nina Caliente	60, Friend
	Toothless Joe	20, Acquaintance

Relationships
	Katrina Caliente	Mother, Friend
	Nina Caliente	Sister, Friend
	Don Lothario	Acquaintance

• The Sims 2
• The Sims 2 (Console)

Personality
Sagittarius
Sloppy		Neat
Shy		Outgoing
Lazy		Active
Serious		Playful
Grouchy		Nice

Sign / personality mismatch

A Sim with this personality would normally be a Libra.

Dina's personality in The Sims 2 is the exact inverse of her twin sister Nina's: for example, Dina has 2 Neat/Sloppy points while Nina has 8, Dina has 8 Shy/Outgoing points while Nina has 2, etc.

Personality
Gemini
Sloppy		Neat
Shy		Outgoing
Lazy		Active
Serious		Playful
Grouchy		Nice

• The Sims 2

Interests
	Politics
	Crime
	Food
	Sports
	Work
	School
	Money
	Entertainment
	Health
	Paranormal
	Weather
	Toys
	Environment
	Culture
	Fashion
	Travel
	Animals
	Sci-Fi

• The Sims 2

Memories
	Potty Trained by Flamenco	Positive
	Learned to Walk from Nighat	Positive
	Learned to Talk from Nighat	Positive
	Nina Grew Up Well	Positive
	Grew Up Well	Positive
	Met Mystery Sim	Positive
	Nighat Died	Negative
	Nina Grew Up Well	Positive
	Grew Up Well	Positive
	Made Best Friends with Michael	Positive
	Had Very First Kiss with Michael	Positive
	Kissed Michael for the First Time	Positive
	Nina Grew Up Badly	Positive
	Grew Up Well	Positive
	Fell in Love with Michael	Positive
	Flamenco Died	Negative
	Got Engaged to Michael	Positive
	Got Married to Michael	Positive
	Did WooHoo with Michael	Positive
	Kissed Don for the First Time	Positive
	Had an Affair with Don	Positive
	Burglar! - Gordon King	Negative
	Michael Died	Negative
	Inherited Money from Michael	Positive
	Repo Man!	Negative

• The Sims 4

Activities
	Fishing
	Fitness
	Gardening
	Handiness
	Mixology
	Piano
Colors
	Black
	Green
Music
	Pop
Characteristics
	High Energy Sims

Trivia

• A Sim with a similar name and appearance to Dina appears in a developer's walkthrough for The Sims 2.
• It is possible that Dina was inspired by Debbie Jellinsky - a character from "Addams Family Values" - as Debbie, similarly to Dina, tried to seduce a member of a gothic-themed family to steal their fortune; their names also begin on the same letter.

Gallery

• The Sims 2
• The Sims 2 (console)
• The Sims 3
• The Sims 4

Dina as she appears in the mirror

Dina's wardrobe

Dina and Nina as babies being taken care of by their parents

Dina looking sad as a child while Nina plays with Nighat

Newlywed Dina cutting her wedding cake with Michael

Dina cheating on Michael with Don

Dina and Nina in Don's hot tub

Dina and Nina visit Mortimer with a cake after Bella's disappearance

Don thinking of Dina, Nina, and Cassandra

Dina thinking of marrying for money while Nina thinks of WooHoo

Dina on her family's loading screen

Early game footage depicting Don angry at Dina in his bedroom

Early game footage of Dina, Nina, Mortimer, and Don on the Calientes' deck

Dina and Brandi Broke gossiping in the game guide for The Sims 2: Glamour Life Stuff

Dina in Create A Sim

Dina's icon in-game icon

Dina and Toothless Joe watching Don play chess with a chicken

Dina and her household in Edit Town mode

Dina preparing drinks for Luisa at The Wanderer's Watering Hole

• Post-Patch 146
• Pre-Patch 146 (2014 - May 2023)

Dina using her phone and thinking about money

Dina from the Lovestruck Cupid's Corner Find your match quiz

Dina as she appears in Manage Worlds

Dina and her household as they appear in Manage Worlds

Dina in Create A Sim

Dina's wardrobe

Dina on The Sims' series 16th anniversary render

A promotional image for The Sims 4: Growing Together, showing Dina as an infant.

Other languages

Language	The Sims 2	The Sims 3	The Sims 4
English	Dina Caliente	Dina Caliente	Dina Caliente
Brazilian Portuguese	Dina Caliente	Dina Caliente	Dina Caliente
Chinese (Simplified)	蒂娜 卡琳特
Chinese (Traditional)	迪娜 卡琳特	迪娜 克萊恩媞
Czech	Dina Calientová	Dina Calientová	Dina Calientová
Danish	Dina Varmblohd	Dina Cold	Dina Caliente
Dutch	Dina Heethart	Doris Caliente	Dina Heethart
European Portuguese	Dina Caliente
Finnish	Tiina Terhakainen		Tiina Terhakainen
French	Dina Caliente
German	Dina Caliente	Dina Caliente	Dina Caliente
Hebrew	דינה קליינטה	דינה קליינטה	דינה קליינטה
Hungarian	Dina Caliente
Italian	Dina Caliente	Dina Caliente	Dina Caliente
Japanese	ディナ カリエンテ
Korean	다이나 칼리엔테	다이나 칼리엔테	다이나 칼리엔테
Macedonian	Дина Калиенте
Norwegian	Dina Caliente
Polish	Dina Kaliente	Dina Kaliente	Dina Caliente
Russian	Дина Гонгадзе (Dina Gongadze)	Дина Гонгадзе (Dina Gongadze)	Дина Гонгадзе (Dina Gongadze)
Serbian	Дина Калиенте
Spanish	Mina Caliente	Mina Caliente	Mina Caliente
Swedish	Dina Caliente	Dina Caliente	Dina Caliente
Thai	ดิ•น่า คา•ลี•เอน•เต้