Landgraab family

The Landgraab family is a wealthy family dynasty that resides in Bluewater Village in The Sims 2, Sunset Valley in The Sims 3, and Oasis Springs in The Sims 4. The family name is occasionally spelled "Landgrabb", mostly in The Sims and The Sims Bustin' Out (console). Which spelling is used depends on which game or expansion pack introduced the object or place, and the Sim that used it.
Landgraab Industries is featured prominently in both building names in SimCity 3000 and brand names for objects in The Sims. Most of the family's wealth appears to come from property and real estate (In SimCity 3000, they are associated more with residential property building, a role which resurfaced in The Sims: Bustin Out when most of the town seemed to fail to pay their rent.) In other Sims games, they are more associated with commercial property, giving the Landgraab name a literal meaning of "grabbing the land".
==History==
===Origins===
The Landgraab fortune, or at least a sizable part of it, presumably dates back to a historical figure named Gregory Landgraab, who does not appear in any known version of the Landgraab family tree. If The Sims 2: Seasons is installed, a chance card for the adventurer career reads as follows:
Around the turn of the century, Gregory Landgraab, a humble school teacher, suddenly came into a great deal of money and became one of the wealthiest landowners around. This was never explained, though many theories suggest foul play and the Ministry of Adventure has tasked (name) with solving the case, once and for all. After a great deal of research, (name) believes one of two people will have the answers he/she needs: Spencer Oswald, the Landgraab's accountant or the local fortune teller, the gypsy. Who should (name) bring in for questioning?
The mentioned Gregory shares the same name as Gregory Landgraab of Oasis Landing. This could be a coincidence, as it's highly unlikely that they're the same person; alternatively, the Gregory from Oasis Landing could be named for the original Gregory.
===Demetrius and Dacian Landegraab===
In The Sims Medieval: Pirates & Nobles, a family under the name of Landegraab appears. They own the city of Tredony, known as one of the richest cities in the kingdom. There are only two family members, father and son Demetrius and Dacian. Tredony and a neighboring city, Aarbyville, are at war and the player has the choice of choosing sides in the war.
If Demetrius and Dacian were direct ancestors of the Landgraab family, they would be the oldest known family members.
===Admiral Landgraab===
In The Sims, The Sims: Hot Date, and The Sims: Vacation, Admiral Landgraab is mentioned as another historical figure with an extensive background. Wren's Fens National Park on Vacation Island is described as one of his first colonial acquisitions, an Admiral Landgraab nutcracker can be bought on Vacation Island, and some items refer to him. His portrait, which is available in buy mode, includes a short bio. Admiral Landgraab's first name is not given, and his relationship to Malcolm Landgraab IV of Bluewater Village and the Landgraabs of Sunset Valley is unknown. He likely lived after Gregory, as that would give the family time to gain prestige, but this is not confirmed. However, Admiral Landgraab might also be Gregory himself instead.
His exploits are much further elaborated on in The Sims 3: World Adventures. Despite being his descendants, the Landgraab family has no easier time navigating his chateau in Champs Les Sims. They also get no bonuses for doing so.
===The Sims 3===
In The Sims 3, the Landgraabs are seen living in one of three mansions (the other two being the Goth mansion and the Alto mansion) and are already very wealthy. Nancy is a Landgraab by birth, born to Chester and Queenie Landgraab, and followed the family legacy by becoming vice president of the business district. At one point before the game, she married a modest, artistic doctor named Geoffrey, who took his wife's name for its privileged status. They had a son named Malcolm, a smart child whom Nancy is attempting to make a proper heir. However, it is stated that Nancy is too busy with work and publicity to dote on Malcolm, so although he is friends with his parents, he has a better relationship with his father than his mother and constantly dreams of being a doctor every time his father gets a promotion.
It is unknown how he is related to the other Malcolms in The Sims: Bustin' Out and The Sims 2, but his parents do not fit into the family tree given in The Sims 2. While Malcolm III might have been a child during the Sunset Valley time frame, he would not be this Malcolm. However, he could be Malcolm in The Sims: Bustin' Out and/or The Sims (console). Regardless of their relationship with the rest of the family, they also are very well off. They live in a large home and have §75,000 in household funds.
It is also mentioned several times in The Sims 3 that Nancy's family, helped start the town. It says in the family bio that "Nancy's family more or less founded the town", while the description of Sunset Valley states that "before Pleasantview, the town was founded by the Goths and built up by the Landgraabs". They have a business feud with the Altos, and are enemies with them, though young Malcolm and Holly Alto do not quarrel with each other.
The Landgraab family is "old money", so they likely inherited their money from the earlier generation of Landgraabs that founded the town. However, it does not specify who exactly founded the town. It is possible that Admiral Landgraab, being the earliest mention of the Landgraab family from The Sims, is the town founder. However, he is not listed in the Landgraab family tree for The Sims 3, so Kermit Landgraab and/or Kitty Landgraab would be primarily who built up the town since The Goths founded Sunset Valley and Pleasantview.
====Magnus Landgraab====
If a Sim is level 10 in the thief branch of the criminal career, they can get a random event mentioning Magnus Landgraab. The event reads:
(Sim Name) was scoping out another job when he noticed that Magnus Landgraab was getting a delivery of expensive solid platinum induction coils for some nefarious purpose. Using his/her incredible skills he/she managed to snag one of these coils for free money. Magnus will never notice, especially since his plans never work anyways.
From the description of the event it can be concluded that Magnus is male thief or evil inventor whose "plans never work".
In addition, if a Sim works in a law enforcement career at level 10, another random event might occur, where the Sim will foil Magnus' plan to take over a small nation.
===The Sims 3 (console)===
In The Sims 3 for PS3/XBOX360, Malcolm Landgraab is an adult who has grown up and moved to Moonlight Bay. He has a wife named Hannelore Landgraab and a son named Adrien Landgraab.
===The Sims (console) and The Sims: Bustin' Out===
In console versions of The Sims, a character named Malcolm Landgraab is the richest man around who gives the main character real estate opportunities (fixing up each house they live in to sell at a higher price), and later marries their mom.
His children are Dudley Landgraab and Mimi Landgraab, both slackers, party animals, and heirs to his vast fortune. In the sequel, The Sims Bustin' Out, Malcolm and Mom divorce and he flies into a rage of repossessing everyone's money and goods before the player stops him. Depending on the player's choices, a senator named Malcolm Landgraab can be killed as part of a government conspiracy. In the final stage, Mom chases Malcolm Landgraab out of his mansion. It is unknown how this Malcolm is related to the Malcolm in The Sims 3. It is theorized that they are the same person, but Bustin' Out's Malcolm's malevolent behavior contradicts The Sims 3's Malcolm's Good trait, making this unlikely.
===The Sims 2===
In The Sims 2, the Landgraabs are mentioned in the first expansion pack, University. One of the dorms at Sim State University is named "Landgraab House", and the secret society there is known as the Landgraab Society. The connections, whether past or present, between the family and Sim State are not mentioned.
In the Open for Business expansion pack, Malcolm Landgraab IV is introduced as a bachelor in a very large mansion in Bluewater Village. His family tree reveals exactly who his parents and grandparents are, but only dates back to Malcolm II and not Malcolm I. Malcolm Landgraab IV owns Club Dante and the Electronics Supercenter in Bluewater Village. While he is rich, most of his money is tied up in the house and its furnishings. The neighborhood view shows that his initial net worth is around §197,000, but he starts with around §28,000 in funds.
===The Sims 3 Store===
In Lunar Lakes, the Landgraab household consists of elder scientist Christina and her three clone children, young adult Chris, and teens Chrissie and Christa. While they live in a large and expensive house, they start with §10,000 in funds.
In Midnight Hollow, the Landgraab household consists of just Todd Landgraab. He is a rich gentleman, but it's unknown whether he is related to the Landgraab family or only shares their surname.
===The Sims 3: Into the Future===
The Landgraab family reappeared in Oasis Landing. The household consists of Gregory, Cheryl, Timothy, Lara, and the family Plumbot, Model U. Unlike the Landgraab families from other worlds, the family is unplayable at the start of the game.
Gregory shares the same name as Gregory Landgraab who is mentioned in the chance card of adventurer career in The Sims 2: Seasons, as stated above.
===The Sims 4===
The Landgraab family appears in The Sims 4, which takes place in an alternate universe from previous games in the series. The family can be found living in a mansion in Oasis Springs, and is made up of the same three family members who appeared in The Sims 3: Geoffrey, Nancy, and Malcolm. Like their former incarnations, Geoffrey and Nancy are adults; Malcolm, however, has been aged up from a child to a teen. One notable difference between the universes is that while Malcolm in The Sims 3 had the good trait, Malcolm in The Sims 4 is evil; and Nancy, who was portrayed as a snobbish but overall kind businesswoman in the former, is a career criminal in the latter. Meanwhile, though Geoffrey's personality remains almost unchanged, his career is changed from medicine to secret agent, something which the family bio implies will create tension in his marriage to Nancy, once it emerges that they operate on opposite sides of the law.
A fourth member of the Landgraab family, Johnny Zest, appears in Oasis Springs in The Sims 4, though he neither lives with the rest of the family nor shares their last name. Johnny's bio explains that the family disowned him when he announced his intention to become a professional comedian, and that subsequently he now uses his stage name all the time. It is not specified whether Johnny is the son of Geoffrey and Nancy, and therefore the brother of Malcolm; a sibling of Nancy's; or a more distant relative. His appearance and the appearance of his home are reminiscent of Dudley Landgraab and Dudley's Trailer in the original timeline's console spin-offs; since it's not clear whether "Johnny" is his real first name or part of his stage name, he may be the alternate universe's version of Dudley.
===The Gallery===
On May 23, 2019, The Landgraab family from The Sims (console) and The Sims Bustin' Out reappears in an official recreation uploaded to the gallery by Maxis.The Landgraab Family by Maxis The Malcolm Landgraab in this family has very similar facial features and traits as the base game Malcolm, implying that they might indeed be the same Sim.
==The Landgraab residences==
===The Sims 2: Open for Business===
In The Sims 2: Open for Business, Malcolm Landgraab IV lives alone in a huge mansion on 74 Gondola Way in Bluewater Village. The house is large by Sims standards and features a large office and balcony, a hot tub, and an indoor swimming pool. Oddly, the house has no television, even though Malcolm owns an electronics store. There is also a strange, empty shed to the left of the house. Its size and placement are just right for it to be a garage, with the addition of a driveway, a garage door, and, of course, a car. Also worth noting is that there are several blank white walls on the upstairs portion of the house, and while they are painted an "off-white", the player might prefer to revamp the second floor to match the rest of the house's interior. The house has very expensive furniture and many of its new mission-style furnishings that are featured in Open For Business. It also has hedges and a few rose bushes to the left and right of the entrance, and some trees and bushes in the back. Malcolm would do well to hire a gardener or butler, especially if Seasons is installed.
===The Sims 3===
In The Sims 3, the Landgraab family lives in a luxurious mansion at 10 Summer Hill Court, in Sunset Valley. Judging by the house and where they live, it is quite obvious that they are wealthy. It is the most expensive lot in town.
An elegant home on the most exclusive circle in town, this stately manor resounds with grandeur. Four fireplaces, a massive kitchen, formal and informal living areas, a large custom pool, two car garage, and elegant neoclassical landscaping round out its elegant features.
File:Landgraab Home 1.JPG|The front.
File:Landgraab Home 2.JPG|The back.
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File:Landgraab Home 7.JPG|The front hall.
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===The Sims 4===
==Landgraab Chateau==
In The Sims 3: World Adventures, Sims can travel to Champs Les Sims, home to a giant tomb known as the Chateau du Landgraab. Unlike most tombs, this tomb is rather unconventional in the sense that, since it is set in a huge mansion rather than an actual underground tomb. Most of the dungeon is actually above ground level. Since players also explore a basement underneath the chateau, it is one of the largest tombs in the game.
Furthermore, it is very hard to get into, since its original inhabitant, Admiral Landgraab, was very paranoid and filled his large estate with booby traps. To fully explore the house, players will need to fulfill several adventures in France that will give them keystones and one keystone is only obtained by doing an adventure in China to explore the cellar area. It should also be noted that Pangu's Axe is required to explore a small underground part behind the house, near the groundskeeper's shack.
Those who hope to complete the tomb should keep in mind it is impossible to complete in one trip and may take (depending on Visa level) multiple trips to round out the exploration of the chateau.
==Trivia== 
*The Admiral's surname, Landgraab, was changed to Landgraaf in the Dutch translation of the game. He is named after the city Landgraaf in The Netherlands. The name "Landgraaf" literally translates to "Land's Duke".
*Japanese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Thai and Korean refers all members in The Sims 2: Open for Business as the fourth.
==References==
it:Famiglia Landgraab
fr:Famille Plènozas
pt-br:Família Quero-Tudo-Que-É-Seu
es:Familia Del Solar
ru:Семья Ландграаб
pl:Rodzina Landgraab
nl:Landgraaf familie
Category:Families with 5 generations
Category:Upper class families
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