How could Rick's parents ever understand what he's going through? They've never had to deal with the stresses of being a teenager! The only person that seems to "get" him is his best friend, Violet.
Rick Contrary is a pre-made playable teenSim residing in Desiderata Valley, the neighborhood shipped with The Sims 2: FreeTime. His hobby is Games. He lives with his parents, Edward and Opal, yet at the beginning of the game they have a not so great relationship, due to the fact that his parents don't "get" him. He has a close friendship with Violet Jocque. In Italian, his name is Bastian Contrario, an idiomatic expression which indicates someone who takes as a bias opinions and attitudes contrary to those of the majority.
Rick's troublesome nature is shown through his personality, although he starts off with a B report card. His fitness level indicates that he is supposed to be overweight, though the correct body shape flag has not been reset. When the game starts, the player can direct him to do a fitness activity before the game has a chance to reset his body flag and make him fat. When the family is first played, Rick is 12 days from being an adult. Rick's predestined hobby is Sports, like his mother, though, he has hobby enthusiasm in Games. The predestined hobby can be changed, via a mod, such as the SimBlender. Due in part to the fitness error, his lifetime want may also be an error too. A mod can change it to Become Game Designer, Become Hall of Famer, or something else, entirely.
When viewing Rick's character data in SimPE, it can be seen that he doesn't have a gender preference at the start of the game. This is also the case for Daniel Bell, Pauline Aspir and Natasha Una. His SimDNA shows that his dominant genetics are for black hair and brown eyes, while his recessive genetics are for brown hair and light blue eyes. Even though his father is homozygous for medium skin, Rick himself is homozygous for tanned skin.