Ezra McDaniels

**Ezra McDaniels** is a creative kid whose life is all about his band. Or, what's left of it... After his girlfriend, Clover, broke up with him at the end of the year, he's putting all of his energy into music. Oh, and Ezra is very very rich. His mom is the CEO of Thayer Group, a PR firm, and his dad was former senator Doug McDaniels, of the famous McDaniels lineage. With his scheming little sister coming to Crumplebottom and his mom getting married to Headmaster Kirkland, this year is going to be like no other for Ezra.

## Onomatology

The name Ezra means "help" in Hebrew, which suits him because he is a very empathetic and caring sim. Ezra's middle name, Virtue, comes from his Uncle Virtue, father of Apollo. Although he comes from the Goth lineage, Ezra's last name is McDaniels. The name McDaniels is of Irish and Scottish origin.

## History by Season

### Season 1

In **Episode 2**, Ezra makes his first speaking appearance and his romantic relationship arc with Clover Reynolds begins. Ezra takes Clover on an adventure to the pet cemetery on Deadgrass Isle.

Afterwards, they go to the beach and Ezra asks Clover to go to the Fall Ball. They lose track of time and Ezra realizes he needs to go to his weekly family dinner. He asks Clover to come along, which is a big deal because his family rarely allows guests. Clover thinks this is a sign that Ezra is taking their relationship seriously. But when Ezra introduces Clover as a friend, it hurts her feelings. After dinner, in the treehouse, they talk about how things are changing now that they're getting older, and Ezra gets anxious about losing his friend.

In **Episode 3**, Ezra takes his beau Clover Reynolds to the Fall Ball dance. Clover is ready to take their friendship to the next level, but Ezra isn't. Clover says she's okay with this, but deep down she is not.

The next time we see Ezra is in **Episode 4** when he runs for 8th grade class president against Sean Romeo. He feels the pressure to win, with his late father being a former senator.

Clover and Yuri convince Ezra to throw a campaign party, going against the campaign budget rules. Sean crashes the party and argues with Ezra, calling his dad a fake politician who didn't actually care about his constituents. Ezra takes this to heart, and realizes why Sean is so upset. After winning the election, Ezra asks Sean to be his vice president, starting their friendship arc.

In **Episode 9,** Ezra begins to experience anxiety around his relationship with Clover. Through therapy, he discovers that he connects the death of his father to his friendship with Clover, and is afraid to lose her. After confronting these feelings, he plans a late-night picnic for Clover to ask her to take their relationship to the next level. In **Episode 14**, Ezra's unresolved feelings of loss around his father reappear when his mom gets engaged to Headmaster Kirkland. However, after Clover gives him a talking to at the science fair, Ezra sucks it up and accepts the engagement for the sake of his mother.

By the middle of season one, Ezra starts to take music more seriously. He forms the band Very Very Rich Town with his brother and friends in **Episode 18** and continues to work on music and book gigs throughout the rest of the season.

At the end of season one, in **Episode 31**, Clover breaks up with Ezra after she feels he's more upset about Sean leaving Crumplebottom than her going to equestrian camp all summer.

## Appearance

Ezra has a clean-cut appearance, a preppy wardrobe, and he seems to favor sweaters and jeans. He also occasionally wears band t-shirts or clothes with university logos.

## Quotes

* "You think your mom was embarrassing? What about when my mom was talking about our first fixed-rate mortgage?" - (Season 1 Episode 3)
* "Clo, tell me why you smell like my mom's book club when they let loose?" - (Season 1 Episode 4)
* "Did you know that last year we held two separate fundraisers for the Willow Creek Yacht Club regatta?" - (Season 1 Episode 4)
* "I'm too busy imagining Becky Jank with a straw hat and a pitchfork." - (Season 1 Episode 9)
* "For what it's worth, I'm a direct descendent of Bella Goth, and I'm excited to see the play!" - (Season 1 Episode 11)
* "Yeah, mom. You've been kind of weird lately. Have you been spending too much time with your book club?" - (Season 1 Episode 14)
* "Don't go yet, Clover's trying to bond with Sean. It's hilarious." - (Season 1 Episode 16)
* "It was Becky Jank's idea... we have to throw her a win every once in a while or she'll revolt" - (Season 1 Episode 23)
* "If you weren't around, who would Clover talk to about clothes? Or makeup? Or overthrowing the government? I don't really know what teen girls talk about..." - (Season 1 Episode 24)

## Relationships

 Yuri and Ezra
 Apollo and Ezra
 Sean and Ezra

## Trivia

* Ezra is the lead singer for the band Very Very Rich Town.
* Ezra loves to have Deep and Meaningful Conversations (aka DMCs) with his friends.
* Ezra is a descendent of the famous Goth family, with his great great grandmother being Cassandra Goth.
* Ezra's mom is the illustrious Meadow Thayer of Sims 2 fame. She is now the CEO of a boutique PR firm and gained fame from being married to her late husband Doug McDaniels.
* His first kiss was with Yuri during a game of truth-or-dare, a point of contention with Clover who had feelings for him at the time. Ezra will sometimes tease Clover about this, and Clover even writes a song about it in Season 1 Episode 18.
* He is one of the only people who knew that Dorothy and Yuri started Ask Agnes.
* Despite being the protagonist of sorts of Crumplebottom Academy, Ezra doesn't speak until the second episode of season one.
* Ezra and Clover used to play pretend family when they were kids, and they had two babies named Penelope and Mango. Ezra was a space accountant and Clover was a stay-at-home-mom.
* His mom, Meadow Thayer, is part of a neighborhood book club that spends more time gossiping and drinking martinis than reading books.
* Ezra hates Orange Bailey-Moon's eyebrows and has trouble keeping his hatred to himself when he meets him.
* He believes his family is cursed, starting with Bella's disappearance and continuing with the death of his father and grandfather.
* He has been a vegetarian since Season One Episode Thirty One, inspired by Sean's dietary choice.
* In Season 1 Episode 29, Ezra promised to be Achilles's senior prom date if he didn't have one.

## Ezra McDaniels

### Relatives

Montgomery (younger brother) Sabrina (younger sister) Meadow Thayer (mother) Doug McDaniels (father, deceased) Headmaster Kirkland (future stepfather) Apollo (cousin)

### Clubs

Archaeology club, chess club, orchestra, reporter on the Crumplebottom Daily, basketball, and soccer team