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The Sims 2 Nightlife comes with two new aspirations. '''Pleasure Aspiration''' and the '''Grilled Cheese Aspiration'''. This article reviews them both.


==[[File:TS2N Pleasure Icon.jpg|40x40px]] Pleasure Aspiration==
The '''Grilled Cheese Aspiration''' is generally considered undesirable, but confers some minor, unique benefits. It is not available in any of the Aspiration menus (which pop up when a Sim is created, grows into a teen or finishes junior year at university). However, it can be gained using a cheat code or when the ReNuYuSenso Orb fails.
[[File:TS2N LowPleasure.jpg|thumb|A depressed Pleasure sim]]
The Pleasure Aspiration is a brand new aspiration that can be chosen in the normal ways. The lifetime wants a pleasure sim can have are as stated in the images below.


The wants and fears of a Pleasure sim generally revolve around having fun. They enjoy most of the things Nightlife has to offer including [[The Sims 2: Nightlife/Dates|dating]], outings, bowling, cards and karaoke.  
It has been suggested that the Aspiration was inspired by the frequency with which some Sims made the sandwiches autonomously in the original ''Sims 2''. Alternately, the inspiration may have been the [http://thesims2.ea.com/mysimpage/blog.php?user_id=2790389&date=2006-06 Maxis tradition] of making grilled cheese sandwiches for all employees when a milestone approaches.


But Nightlife isn't the only source of their wants. Other wants include jumping on couches, juggling, getting into their PJs, taking bubble baths, watching T.V. and even skipping class if [[The Sims 2: University|University]] is installed.
==Aspirational monikers==


As well as that, they experience wants for buying objects just like fortune sims. These wants don't follow want paths like fortune sims i.e. they don't recur with increasing value. Instead they just want fun objects like games.
{| class="wikitable"
!Level
Their fears revolve around getting booed, having horrible dates and getting rejected for outings.
!Teen
 
!Adult
They are best suited to the Slacker career and should spend time improving their charisma and creativity.
!Elder
 
When the motive gets red, they put on a lampshade and dance around just like in this picture.
<gallery>
File:TS2N 50 First Date Icon.jpg|Have 50 1st Dates
File:TS2N 50 Dream Date Icon.jpg|Have 50 dream dates
File:TS2U CulinaryLW.jpg|Reach top of Culinary Career
File:TS2U SlackerLW.jpg|Reach top of Slacker Career
File:TS2S GamerLW.jpg|Reach top of Gamer career ([[The Sims 2: Seasons|Seasons]] only)
</gallery>
===Aspirational Monikers===
The following tables list aspirational monikers for the Pleasure aspiration.
{|{{prettytable}}
!Level!!Teen!!Adult/Young Adult!!Elder
|-
|-
|'''Low Red'''||Delightless Downer||Narcissistic Knucklehead||Grave-faced Grumbler
|'''Platinum'''
|Juvenile [[wp:Monterey Jack|Jack]] Genius
|[[wp:Munster (cheese)|Munster]] Munching Maniac
|Senior [[wp:Stilton (cheese)|Stilton]] Sorceror
|-
|-
|'''High Red'''||Bummed-out Bore||Downfaced Drag||Dried-up Discontent
|'''Gold'''
|[[wp:Cheshire cheese|Cheshire]]-Chomping Champion
|Exceptional [[wp:Edam (cheese)|Edam]] Eater
|Legendary [[wp:Limburger|Limburger]] Lover
|-
|-
|'''Low Green'''||Callow Contentment Craver||Common Comfortlover||Satisisfied Silvermane
|'''Upper green'''
|Precocious [[wp:Parmesan|Parmesan]] Preparer
|[[wp:Gouda (cheese)|Gouda]] Gobbling Gourmet
|Excellent [[wp:Emmental (cheese)|Emmental]] Elder
|-
|-
|'''High Green'''||Feshfaced Funlover||Hearty Hedonist||Fossilized Funmeister
|'''Lower green'''
|[[wp:Jarlsberg cheese|Jarlsberg]] Using Youth
|Common [[wp:Camembert (cheese)|Camembert]] Coveter
|Grill Greasin' Granny/Grandpa
|-
|-
|'''Gold'''||Junior Joy Jockey||Frolisking Freespirit||Grey-haired Glee-grabber
|'''Mild red'''
|Frustrated [[wp:Feta (cheese)|Feta]] Fondler
|[[wp:Cheddar cheese|Cheddar]] Lacking Chucklehead
|Mature [[wp:Mozzarella|Mozzarella]] Mangler
|-
|-
|'''Platinum'''||Euphoric Youth||Primo/Prima Pleasureseeker||Long-lived Levity-liker
|'''Deep red'''
|Wayward [[wp:Wensleydale cheese|Wensleydale]] Whelp
|Bumbling [[wp:Brie (cheese)|Brie]] Burner
|Run-down [[wp:Roquefort (cheese)|Roquefort]] Ruiner
|}
|}


==[[File:TS2N Grilled Cheese Icon.jpg|40x40px]] Grilled Cheese Aspiration==
==Wants and fears==
[[File:TS2N 200 Grilled Cheese Icon.jpg|thumb|75x75px|Eat 200 Grilled Cheese sandwiches lifetime want]]
 
The Grilled Cheese Aspiration is generally considered undesirable, but confers some minor, unique benefits. It is not available in any of the Aspiration menus (which pop up when a Sim is created, grows into a teen or finishes junior year at university). However, it can be gained using a cheat code or when the ReNuYuSenso Orb fails.
[[Image:Sims2nlgrilledcheese.jpg|thumb|right|A Grilled Cheese Sim, unusual in that he currently has ''only'' three Wants related to grilled cheese sandwiches!]]
 
Grilled Cheese Sims are preoccupied with cooking, serving, being served, eating and talking about [[wp:grilled cheese sandwich|grilled cheese sandwich]]es. They fear burning the sandwiches, eating burnt or spoiled ones, or being rejected for conversations about them. Their Lifetime Want is to eat 200 grilled cheese sandwiches.


Grilled Cheese Sims are preoccupied with cooking, serving, being served, eating and talking about grilled cheese sandwiches. They fear burning the sandwiches, eating burnt or spoiled ones, or being rejected for conversations about them. Their Lifetime Want is to eat 200 grilled cheese sandwiches.
==Cooking and eating Grilled Cheese Sandwiches==
 
Grilled Cheese Sims can cook Grilled Cheese Sandwiches at any time of day (they are normally available only as lunch), and regardless of Cooking skill (they normally require at least 2 points). The sandwiches are more satisfying than most dishes that can be cooked with no skill, but less satisfying than those that require high skill.
 
Grilled Cheese Sims receive a positive memory every time they finish a grilled cheese sandwich.
 
==Talk.../About Grilled Cheese Sandwiches==


Grilled Cheese Sims can cook Grilled Cheese Sandwiches at any time of day (they are normally available only as lunch), and regardless of Cooking skill (they normally require at least 2 points). The sandwiches are more satisfying than most dishes that can be cooked with no skill, but less satisfying than those that require high skill. Grilled Cheese Sims receive a positive memory every time they finish a grilled cheese sandwich.
[[File:Sims2nlgrilledcheese.jpg|thumb|right|A Grilled Cheese Sim. Most of his wants are purely related to grilled cheese sandwhiches]]
[[File:TS2N LowGrilledCheese.jpg|thumb|right|A depressed Grilled Cheese sim]]
The Grilled Cheese Aspiration brings with it the Talk.../About Grilled Cheese Sandwiches social interaction, which Sims will frequently Want to perform. This is accepted by other Grilled Cheese Sims (making the Aspiration primarily compatible with itself, like Popularity) and those with a Nice score of 5 or more.
The Grilled Cheese Aspiration brings with it the Talk.../About Grilled Cheese Sandwiches social interaction, which Sims will frequently Want to perform. This is accepted by other Grilled Cheese Sims (making the Aspiration primarily compatible with itself, like Popularity) and those with a Nice score of 5 or more.


Since Grilled Cheese Sims fear burning grilled cheese sandwiches, they should minimize the chance of this happening (which means a Cooking skill of at least 4). They are best suited to the Culinary career even though they don't have wants to enter that career.
==Career and skill implications==
Since Grilled Cheese Sims fear burning grilled cheese sandwiches, they should minimize the chance of this happening (which means a Cooking skill of at least 4). They are best suited to the Culinary career.
 
==Household items needed==
Grilled Cheese Sims should [[The Sims 2/Buy Mode|buy]] the three items needed to cook the sandwiches: a refrigerator<ref>The most expensive fridge is desirable, because it means paying the grocery delivery charge less often. A Grilled Cheese Sim should avoid going out, since it wastes valuable time and rarely provides Aspirational satisfaction. Grilled cheese sandwiches cannot be made on [[The Sims 2/Strategy/Community lots|Community lots]], and can only be eaten at restaurants.</ref>, a stove and a clear section of countertop. If they do not already have these, they will have Wants to buy them. The more expensive the stove and counter, the more satisfying the sandwiches will be, and thus the better. The most expensive fridge is useful, as it has a larger capacity and means fewer delivery call for groceries. A smoke detector or fire sprinkler in the kitchen is also desirable, as frequent cooking increases the risk that the stove will catch fire.
 
Although it has no ''particular'' strategic advantage, the painting ''Grilled Cheese'' by Renu Tumush increases the Environment score and carries the aspirational theme into the décor.
 
==Hints==
 
Grilled Cheese Sims have very few high-scoring Wants, but can satisfy small Wants more frequently.
 
When the “Serve Grilled Cheese Sandwich” is present, which it almost always is, simply have another Sim eat the sandwich your Sim has prepared, and you'll net 1,500 Aspiration points. Since this want repeats almost endlessly, and six sandwiches can be prepared at once, this allows for the fastest possible scoring. This will allow a Sim to buy more Aspiration Rewards, and (if desired) successfully use the Orb to return to a “normal” Aspiration, keeping the extra rewards.
 
===Making a sandwich count twice===
 
The “Eat Grilled Cheese Sandwich” Want (always present) is satisfied when a Sim ''starts'' eating a Grilled Cheese Sandwich, not when they finish. This means if a Sim stops eating a sandwich and starts again, the Want will be satisfied a second time for the same sandwich. This provides easy Reward points without fattening the Sim, requiring additional cooking or depleting the fridge any faster; however, it has two disadvantages:
 
#The Sim must take time to put the plate down and pick it up again, and/or stand up and sit back down. (This takes an unrealistically long time!)
#It does not bring the Sim any closer to satisfying the Lifetime Want. This is based on Memories of eating grilled cheese, for which sandwiches ''are'' only counted when they're finished.


Grilled Cheese Sims should buy the three items needed to cook the sandwiches: a refrigerator, a stove and a clear section of countertop. If they do not already have these, they will have Wants to buy them. The most expensive fridge is useful, as it has a larger capacity and means fewer delivery call for groceries. A smoke detector or fire sprinkler in the kitchen is also desirable, as frequent cooking increases the risk that the stove will catch fire. Grilled Cheese Sims have very few high-scoring Wants, but can satisfy small Wants more frequently.
==Footnotes==
<references/>


When the “Serve Grilled Cheese Sandwich” is present, simply have another Sim eat the sandwich your Sim has prepared. Since this want repeats almost endlessly, and six sandwiches can be prepared at once, this allows for the fastest possible scoring. This will allow a Sim to buy more Aspiration Rewards, and successfully use the Orb to return to a “normal” Aspiration, keeping the extra rewards.
==External links==
{{wikipedia|Grilled Cheese Aspiration}}


When a Grilled Cheese sim experiences red aspiration they bring out a piece of cardboard with a grilled cheese sandwich drawn on and they attempt to eat it. They also act like it's a baby.
*[http://compsimgames.about.com/od/nightlifestrategytips/qt/grillledcheese.htm Grilled Cheese Aspiration on compsimgames.about.com]
{{-}}
*[http://www.atforumz.com/showthread.php?t=275893 Forum post about the Grilled Cheese Aspiration, with a quote from the PrimaGames official strategy guide]
===Aspirational Monikers===
Here are the aspirational monikers for grilled cheese sims.  
{|{{prettytable}}
!Level!!Teen!!Adult/Young Adult!!Elder
|-
|'''Low Red'''||Wayward Wensleydale Whelp||Bumbling Brie Burner||Run-down Roquefort Ruiner
|-
|'''High Red'''||Frustrated Feta Fondler||Cheddar Lacking Chucklehead||Mature Mozzarella Mangler
|-
|'''Low Green'''||Jarlsberg Using Youth||Common Camembert Coveter||Grill Greasin' Granny/Grandpa
|-
|'''High Green'''||Precocious Parmesan Preparer||Gouda Gobbling Gourmet||Excellent Emmental Elder
|-
|'''Gold'''||Cheshire-Chomping Champion||Exceptional Edam Eater||Legendary Limburger Lover
|-
|'''Platinum'''||Juvenile Jack Genius||Munster Munching Maniac||Senior Stilton Sorcerer
|}
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