Skip Broke

Not to be confused with Skip Broke (hidden).

Skip Broke is a pre-made Sim featured in The Sims 2 as a deceased relative and The Sims 3 as a playable child.

He was reintroduced as a playable Sim in The Sims 4: Adventure Awaits, where he resides in the world of Gibbi Point with his roommates, Agora Tchotchke, Jane Addam, and Star Addam.

• The Sims 4: Adventure Awaits
• The Sims 3
• The Sims 2

Skip Broke
Gender	Male
Age	Adult
Life state	Sim
Education and employment
Career	Freelance Programmer
Family
Family	Broke family
Marital status	Single
Household
Household	Addam Commune household
Roommates	Agora Tchotchke, Jane Addam, Star Addam
Personality
Traits	Active
	Slob
	Snob
	Business Savvy
	Seasoned Fitness Retreat Guest
Aspiration	Fabulously Wealthy
Appearance
Fitness
Weight
Other information
Game	The Sims 4: Adventure Awaits
Playability	Playable
World	Gibbi Point

Simology

• Skills
• Relationships
• Likes and Dislikes
• Relationship Preferences

Skills
	Charisma
	Fitness
	Gourmet Cooking
	Handiness
	Logic
	Violin

Skills				Charisma
	Fitness
	Gourmet Cooking
	Handiness
	Logic
	Violin

Relationships
	Agora Tchotchke	Acquaintance
15/100
	Jane Addam	Acquaintance
15/100
	Star Addam	Acquaintance
15/100

Relationships
	Agora Tchotchke	Acquaintance
15/100
	Jane Addam	Acquaintance
15/100
	Star Addam	Acquaintance
15/100

Activities Fitness Guitar Pottery Colors Black Music Classical

Conversation Topics Arguments Deep Thoughts Characteristics Argumentative Sims Cerebral Sims Funny Sims

Relationship Preferences
	Romance Men		WooHoo Women & Men
	Romantic Exploration Yes		WooHoo Triggers Jealousy
	Physical Romance Triggers Jealousy		Non-Physical Romance Triggers Jealousy
	Romantic Boundaries Exploring

Skip Broke
Gender	Male
Age	Child
Life state	Sim
Biography
Skip Broke wishes his mom and dad would clean up more often. But he knows he is loved.
Education and employment
School	Elementary School
Grade	C
Family
Family	Broke family
Parents	Flat Broke, Flo Broke
Siblings	Ruby Broke
Personality
Traits	Daredevil
	Light Sleeper
	Neat
Favorites	Kids
	Hot Dogs
	Grey
Appearance
Hair color	Blond
Eye color	Blue
Skin color	Light
Body shape	Fit
Other information
Game	The Sims 3 Store
Playability	Playable
World	Riverview

Biography

Skip is a child living in Riverview with his parents, Flo and Flat, his older sister Ruby, his uncle Buck, and his cousins Trigger and Susie. He is four days away from aging up to a teen.

Skip is a daredevil and a light sleeper who wishes his parents would clean up after themselves, but he knows he is loved by them. Although he marries Bob and Betty Newbie's child, he is only seven days younger than they are. As a result, the teenage Newbies and Skip are all teens at the same time.

He is good friends with everyone except for Flat and Ruby, who are his friend and acquaintance, respectively. He starts with no skills. Skip carries a foot-and-hand-ball and a book in his inventory.

Oddly, when aged up, his muscle slider will be close to maximum without player intervention. Child Sims cannot build muscle, possibly meaning that Skip was aged up at some point, either during development or in Create-A-Sim, and had his body type modified.

Skip Broke
Gender	Male
Age	Adult
Life state	Ghost
Family
Family	Broke family
Parents	Flat Broke, Flo Broke
Marital status	Married
Romances	Brandi Broke
Children	Dustin Broke , Beau Broke , Unborn baby Broke
Personality
Zodiac sign	Aries
Aspiration	Romance
Appearance
Hair color	Blond
Eye color	Green
Skin color	Light
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 2
Playability	Deceased
Cause of death	Drowning
Neighborhood	Pleasantview

Biography

By the time the storyline has reached The Sims 2, Skip is already deceased. His death by drowning is explained as a "suspicious pool ladder accident" and is believed to have happened in the pool in the back of the family's house, which has no ladder. "Suspicious" hints that his death was not necessarily an accident, but it is unknown who did it; this leaves it as an open-ended mystery. Although he has no gravestone, he can still be resurrected by linking him in SimPE.

Skip's past life is explained in the Broke family's photo album. When he met Brandi, he immediately fell in love with her, and they eventually got married. Judging by pictures in the album, it appears that they lived at the Newbies' for some time. It is not clear whether they moved out or rebuilt Betty and Bob's old house. Skip left behind his pregnant wife and their young children, Dustin and Beau.

Resurrection tip

This Sim can be resurrected with the Tombstone of Life and Death.

Two Skip Brokes

See also: Mysteries and Skip Broke (hidden)

In Brandi's memories, there are two Skip Broke's, but which one is real is debatable because one Skip appears in the family photo album and cannot be resurrected, while the other one appears in the family tree and is resurrectable.

Both Skips wear the same jeans and a similar black and white T-shirt, albeit they are not the same color variant; the hidden Skip uses the gray and white variant, and the other Skip wears the black and white variant. The unresurrectable Skip has light blue eyes and thick eyebrows, while the resurrectable Skip has green eyes, a narrower face, and a different nose. The unresurrectable Skip is the true father of Dustin and Beau, although they are not linked to him in the family tree. This is also proven in Brandi's memories, which show that she met the resurrectable Skip only once, and then married the unresurrectable Skip.

When it comes to their character, both Skips have the Aries zodiac sign, but unresurrectable Skip has the Popularity aspiration, while resurrectable Skip has the Romance aspiration. The resurrectable Skip was voiced by Stephen Kearin, while the unresurrectable Skip was voiced by David Boat.

Simology

• Personality
• Interests

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

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

Timeline Discrepancy Between The Sims 2 and The Sims 3

It has been noted that Skip's age between the two installments of the game in which he appears fails to add up naturally. In The Sims 2, he is shown to have died as an adult, presumably not too long before the start of the game, since his sons are still very young. However, in Riverview, which is set sometime before The Sims, he appears as a child alongside teenagers Bob Newbie and Betty Simovitch, who canonically become the parents of his wife. Some players have taken this to mean that Skip is in fact much older than was initially believed, that there was a significant age difference between him and his wife, and that he must have been close to the Elder life stage when he died. Others, however, have dismissed the discrepancy as an error on the part of the creators.

Interestingly, a 2009 blog post by SimGuruRain on the official The Sims 3 website addresses the issue directly. SimGuruRain, who was the producer responsible for the development of Riverview, makes the following comment about the Broke family:

The Broke family has their roots in the more rustic area of town. If you've played The Sims 2 you'll have a very interesting time telling this story. (Hint: You'll have to Skip twice for it to work.)

While the comment makes it clear that the producers of the game were aware of the discrepancy, the exact nature of the quote is enigmatic. Possible explanations include the Riverview Skip being the father of the Pleasantview Skip (which would place The Sims 3 in an alternate timeline, since in-game both recognize Flat as their father), or Skip somehow becoming involved in time travel that allows him to 'skip' two generations in order to make the ages match - already hinted at by Don Lothario's appearance in Riverview (as Don's bio alludes to the fact that he was involved in time travel or teleportation), and made possible in-game to an extent in Ambitions and Into the Future. Other fan theories have speculated that perhaps the comment refers to Brandi, who would need to skip out and into the neighborhood in order to reach the same age as her husband. Alternatively, the comment may be taken simply as an Easter Egg, referring to the fact that there are two versions of Skip Broke in The Sims 2.

Skip might also have used ways to slow his natural aging, like the fountain of youth.

Gallery

• The Sims 4
• The Sims 3
• The Sims 2

Skip's milk carton from the Blast from the Past Event.

Skip's outfits in The Sims 3

The two Skips from The Sims 2

Skip Broke and Skip Broke (Hidden), side-by-side

Other Languages

Language	The Sims 2	The Sims 3	The Sims 4: Adventure Awaits
English	Skip Broke	Skip Broke	Skip Broke
Brazilian Portuguese	Durango Malpaga	Durango Malpaga
Chinese (Simplified)	斯奇普 布洛克
Chinese (Traditional)	史蒂普 布洛克	史蒂普 布洛克
Czech	Skip Švorc
Danish	Søren Rabunduus
Dutch	Steef Blut	Steef Blut
European Portuguese	Jaime Falido	Jaime Falido
Finnish	Kauko Vähälä
French	Steeve Hasseck	Steeve Hasseck
German	Swen Braun	Swen Braun	Swen Braun
Hebrew	סקיפ ברוק	סקיפ ברוק
Hungarian	Skip Broke
Italian	Calogero Sventura	Calogero Sventura
Japanese	スキップ ブルック
Korean	스킵 브로크
Norwegian	Tom Blakstad
Polish	Sławomir Biedak	Sławomir Biedak	Sławomir Biedak
Russian	Скип Брок	Скип Брок
Spanish	Berto Simblanca	Berto Simblanca
Swedish	Kim Pank (green-eyed) Saga Pank (blue-eyed)	Kim Pank
Thai	สกิพ โบรค

Notes

The Broke family
Bernard - Flat - Flo - Buck - Mary Lu - Trigger - Susie - Ruby - Skip - Brandi - Dustin - Beau - Unborn baby