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|caption = Life in their new home seems to agree with newlyweds Brent and Brant. The small-town bustle inspires Brent’s painting, and Brant loves to explore the Bay's beautiful neighborhoods. But will they ever agree on who gets to take their beloved Rosie with them?
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|caption = Life in their new home seems to agree with newlyweds Brent and Brant. The small-town bustle inspires Brent's painting, and Brant loves to explore the Bay's beautiful neighborhoods. But will they ever agree on who gets to take their beloved Rosie with them?
 
|members = [[Brent Hecking]], [[Brant Hecking]], [[Rosie]]
  
|members = [[Brent Hecking]], [[Brant Hecking]], [[Rosie]]
 
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|lot = [[Sable Square#It.27s A Good House|It's A Good House]]
  
|lot = [[Sable Square#It.27s A Good House|It's A Good House]]
 
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The '''Hecking family''' is a pre-made family residing in [[Brindleton Bay]], from ''[[The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs]]''. It consists of [[Brent Hecking|Brent]] and [[Brant Hecking]], and their dog [[Rosie]].
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The '''Hecking family''' is a pre-made family residing in [[Brindleton Bay]], the [[world]] introduced in ''[[The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs]]''. It consists of the married couple [[Brent Hecking|Brent]] and [[Brant Hecking]], and their dog [[Rosie]]. They live in the [[Sable Square#It.27s A Good House|It's A Good House]] lot and start off with 30,522 [[Simoleon]]s.
   
 
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'''Brant''': Derived from the Old Norse name Brandr, which means "sword" or "fire".<br>
  
'''Brant''': Derived from the Old Norse name Brandr, which means "sword" or "fire".<br>
 
'''Rosie''': Diminutive of the English name Rose.<br>
  
'''Rosie''': Diminutive of the English name Rose.<br>
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Brant and Brent having dinner.png|The Hecking family having dinner in the Cats and Dogs trailer.
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Hecking-official.jpg|SimGuruJM shared this screenshot before the EP was launched.
  
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Brant-Brent Hecking wedding trailer.png|The Hecking family at their wedding in the Cats and Dogs trailer.
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Hecking-official.jpg|A screenshot of the Hecking couple shared by SimGuruJM.
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Hecking.jpg|The Hecking family as seen in the gallery.
 
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==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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*This is the first pre-made LGBT couple in ''[[The Sims 4]]'' and the second one in the series.
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*Brant and Brent are the first pre-made LGBT couple in ''[[The Sims 4]]'' and the second one in the series, after the [[Shear family]] in [[Roaring Heights]] from [[The Sims 3 Store|''The Sims 3'' Store]].
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*In promotional material the Hecking family also had a cat named Joaquin, which didn't make it into the final game.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SimGuruJM/status/928696541686013952 Just in the advertisements - Catarina Lynx also has different cats in-game then those from her ad. We're hoping to release the marketing pets on the gallery some time after launch :)] by [https://twitter.com/SimGuruJM SimGuruJM] (Retrieved March 16, 2018)</ref>
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*In promotional material for ''Cats & Dogs'', the Hecking family also had a cat named Joaquin, which didn't make it into the final game.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SimGuruJM/status/928696541686013952 Just in the advertisements - Catarina Lynx also has different cats in-game then those from her ad. We're hoping to release the marketing pets on the gallery some time after launch :)] by [https://twitter.com/SimGuruJM SimGuruJM] (Retrieved March 16, 2018)</ref>
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*The family is a reference to a meme "they're good dogs Brent" from the Twitter user, [https://twitter.com/dog_rates WeRateDogs<sup>TM</sup>], who were tweeting to a user to the user @Brant about his complaints of giving illogical ratings to dog pictures.<ref>[https://twitter.com/dog_rates/status/775410014383026176 they're good dogs Brent] by [https://twitter.com/dog_rates @dog_rates] (Retrieved December 4, 2018)</ref><ref>[https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/11/the-sims-4-now-has-good-dogs-brent/ The Sims 4 Now Has Good Dogs, Brent]</ref>
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*The family is a reference to a meme "they're good dogs Brent" from the Twitter user, [https://twitter.com/dog_rates WeRateDogs<sup>TM</sup>], who were tweeting to the user @Brant about his complaints of giving illogical ratings to dog pictures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/dog_rates/status/775410014383026176|title="they're good dogs Brent"|author=[https://twitter.com/dog_rates @dog_rates]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922064640/https://twitter.com/dog_rates/status/775410014383026176|archivedate=22 Sept, 2017|date=12 Sept, 2016|format=Tweet}}</ref><ref>[https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/11/the-sims-4-now-has-good-dogs-brent/ The Sims 4 Now Has Good Dogs, Brent]</ref>
 
**The family name "Hecking" is a reference to the common word @dog_rates would use to describe dogs.
  
**The family name "Hecking" is a reference to the common word @dog_rates would use to describe dogs.
 
**The lot the family lives on is called "It's A Good House" referencing the phrase "they're good dogs Brent".
  
**The lot the family lives on is called "It's A Good House" referencing the phrase "they're good dogs Brent".
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Latest revision as of 18:10, 9 December 2023

The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs


Hecking family
Hecking family
Description
Life in their new home seems to agree with newlyweds Brent and Brant. The small-town bustle inspires Brent's painting, and Brant loves to explore the Bay's beautiful neighborhoods. But will they ever agree on who gets to take their beloved Rosie with them?
Name Hecking family
Members Brent Hecking, Brant Hecking, Rosie
Number of generations 1 generation
Lot It's A Good House
Funds §30,522
Other information
Game TS4 Cats and Dogs Icon The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs
Playability Playable
World Brindleton Bay

The Hecking family is a pre-made family residing in Brindleton Bay, the world introduced in The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs. It consists of the married couple Brent and Brant Hecking, and their dog Rosie. They live in the It's A Good House lot and start off with 30,522 Simoleons.

Onomatology

Hecking: "Heck" is a word used to censor "hell".
Brent: Possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "hill".
Brant: Derived from the Old Norse name Brandr, which means "sword" or "fire".
Rosie: Diminutive of the English name Rose.

Family tree

Hecking family tree

Members

Gallery

Trivia

  • Brant and Brent are the first pre-made LGBT couple in The Sims 4 and the second one in the series, after the Shear family in Roaring Heights from The Sims 3 Store.
  • In promotional material for Cats & Dogs, the Hecking family also had a cat named Joaquin, which didn't make it into the final game.[1]
  • The family is a reference to a meme "they're good dogs Brent" from the Twitter user, WeRateDogsTM, who were tweeting to the user @Brant about his complaints of giving illogical ratings to dog pictures.[2][3]
    • The family name "Hecking" is a reference to the common word @dog_rates would use to describe dogs.
    • The lot the family lives on is called "It's A Good House" referencing the phrase "they're good dogs Brent".
    • Brant and Brent are both names referred to the user @Brant, to which @dog_rates jokingly replied with their name as Brent instead.

References

  1. ↑ Just in the advertisements - Catarina Lynx also has different cats in-game then those from her ad. We're hoping to release the marketing pets on the gallery some time after launch :) by SimGuruJM (Retrieved March 16, 2018)
  2. ↑ @dog_rates (12 Sept, 2016). "they're good dogs Brent" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 22 Sept, 2017.
  3. ↑ The Sims 4 Now Has Good Dogs, Brent
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