Melissa Sims

Melissa Sims is a deceased Sim from Strangetown. Her grave is located on Olive Specter's lot. It is unknown if Olive killed her, but it is a strong possibility. There is no evidence that she is related to the Pleasantview townie Amin Sims, or Vicki Sims, another Sim who died on Olive Specter's lot. She died from starvation.
Like most pre-made deceased Sims from Strangetown, Melissa is very glitchy. Though her headshot depicts a teenage girl, she is recognized by the game as an adult male on his last day before becoming an elder. She has no aspiration or personality points, is at max fitness even though she appears to be thin, and has no eye color or eyebrows. This is because her Sim Description was deleted, which is also the case for Vicki Sims, Luc Smith, and Patrick Jones, who are also buried on the Specter lot. In earlier versions of the game, Melissa's hair will turn bald upon resurrection. 
If the player changes her appearance in the mirror, she may appear with a skintone that does not match her body. If her appearance is changed a second time, she will have the 20th face template, and green eyes. The same goes if she becomes a vampire or is aged to something different. Melissa has an unused hairstyle in her adult and elder thumbnails, which is not pictured in her teen headshot. The unused hairstyle can be seen in the picture below, which is found in SimPE.
There are two pictures of her as an adult and an elder hidden deep in her character files. They can only be seen in SimPE. It is unknown why the images exist. Due to incomplete character data, she will be given a random hairstyle and outfits, and will either have a randomized face, or will "steal" the face of a nearby living Sim. Therefore, depending on which expansion packs and stuff packs are installed, her hair and clothes may be different from what is shown in her headshot. Apparently Melissa's headshot depicts her to wear an outfit consisting of a dark red jersey, and dark blue jeans. The hair in her hidden images is used as the female's hair in the official The Sims 2 trailer in 2003.
Strangely, when trying to open Melissa's SimDNA in SimPE, the page will appear blank. This happens with almost all of the Sims who died on Olive Specter's lot. She has the 20th face template in her adult and elder thumbnails. It is possible to fix Melissa in SimPE, and it's also possible to make a replica of her by extracting her appearance with this method. It is possible the resurrection method that makes her appearance the least glitchy is by evil witch's spell, then using this mod to cure her zombification.
Her gender preference states that she prefers None. Her voice in-game sounds like an adult male voice, and if she wishes to procreate, she must Try for Baby with an adult female, effectively making her a male in all but appearance. The game also refers to her using male pronouns, as seen when moving her grave. Possibly due to her appearance as a teen girl, a glitch occurs when there is an attempt to have her abducted by aliens that immediately cancels the action. When aged up, Melissa will have the appearance of an elder woman. 
Contrary to popular belief, while Melissa herself is a very glitchy sim and may not work correctly, this poses no real harm to your game or neighborhood, and she is safe to resurrect in spite of her glitchiness.https://www.reddit.com/r/sims2/comments/15d66qn/comment/ju2vwt9/?context=3 
==Simology==
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==Gallery==
Melissa Sims Adult.png|Melissa's hidden adult thumbnail
Melissa Sims Elder.png|Melissa's hidden elder thumbnail
Mel.png|Melissa's intended appearance in The Sims 2 based off of hidden images
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Melissa Sims Adult Intended.png|Melissa's intended Adult appearance based on the hidden images but with her real intended face
Melissa Sims Elder Intended.png|Melissa's intended Elder appearance based on the hidden images but with her real intended face
==Other Languages==
Language 	The Sims 2
English 	Melissa Sims
Brazilian Portuguese 	Melissa Grandson
Chinese (Simplified) 	梅利 西米
Chinese (Traditional)	梅莉莎 席斯
Czech 	Melissa Simík
Danish 	Signe Simsen
Dutch 	Melissa Sims
European Portuguese 	Melissa Sims
Finnish 	Miina Simola
French 	Mélissa Sims
German 	Melissa Sims
Italian 	Melissa Sims
Japanese 	メリッサ シムズ
Korean 	멜리사 위
Norwegian 	Melissa Simsen
Polish 	Melisa Sim
Russian 	Melissa Simson (Мелисса Симсон)
Spanish 	Marisa Sims
Swedish 	Melissa Sims
Thai 	อลิชา ซิมส์
==References==
es:Marisa Sims
fr:Mélissa Sims
no:Melissa Simsen
ru:Мелисса Симсон
pt-br:Melissa Grandson
nl:Melissa Sims
Category:Glitchy Sims
Category:Sims who died on the Specter lot
Category:Sims with long hair
Category:Sims with mismatched fitness
Category:Sims with unused accessories