Gunther Goth
Gender	Male
Age	Adult
Life state	Sim
Biography
Gunther brought his family from the old country when his son, Mortimer, was just a lad. Having amassed quite a fortune, he is founding father of the neighborhood.
Education and employment
Career	College Dean
Family
Family	Goth family
Marital status	Married
Romances	Cornelia Goth
Children	Mortimer Goth
Household
Pets	Hecuba Goth, Menelaus Goth
Personality
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Appearance
Hair color	Greying
Skin color	Light
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims: Unleashed
Playability	Playable
Neighborhood	Old Town

Gunther Goth
Default Refreshed
Gender	Male
Age	Elder
Life state	Ghost
Family
Family	Goth family
Parents	Victor Goth, Gretle Goth
Siblings	Frida Goth
Marital status	Married
Romances	Cornelia Goth
Children	Mortimer Goth
Personality
Zodiac sign	Aries
Aspiration	Popularity
Appearance
Hair color	Grey
Eye color	Brown
Skin color	Light
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 2
Playability	Deceased
Cause of death	Fire
Neighborhood	Pleasantview

Gunther Goth
Gender	Male
Age	Adult
Life state	Sim
Biography
You can tell just by looking at him that Gunther Goth comes from old money. But he doesn't seem arrogant or greedy, just comfortable with the fact that he has been rich all his life.
Education and employment
Career	CEO
Family
Family	Goth family
Parents	Victor Goth, Gretle Goth
Siblings	Frida Goth
Marital status	Married
Romances	Cornelia Goth
Children	Mortimer Goth
Personality
Traits	Brave
	Charismatic
	Frugal
	Grumpy
	Workaholic
Lifetime wish	Renaissance Sim
Favorites	Custom
	Spaghetti
	Black
Appearance
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Green
Skin color	Light
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 3
Playability	Playable
World	Sunset Valley

Gunther Goth is a pre-made, playable Sim in The Sims that premiered in the Unleashed expansion pack along with his wife, Cornelia Goth, and their two cats, Hecuba and Menelaus. He is the patriarch of the Goth family and Pleasantview.

In The Sims 2, Gunther is one of the pre-created, yet unplayable Sims featured as ancestors of playable, pre-created Sims. Though deceased when the game begins, the player can see him in the relationship tree of playable Sim Mortimer Goth, who is his son, as well as those of his grandchildren, Cassandra and Alexander Goth.

Gunther was born in the Old Country, and then he moved to (and founded) Pleasantview. He is the father of Mortimer Goth, husband of the now famous Bella Goth. Gunther was the husband of Cornelia Goth, and the son of Victor Goth and Gretle Goth, both of Pleasantview; he has one sibling, Frida Goth.

Biography[]

Life leading up to The Sims 3[]

In The Sims 3, Gunther lives with his family, Cornelia and Mortimer Goth, in a large house located by the graveyard. There is no specific mention of him being the founding father of the neighborhood, but he has many good friends and on the Goth Manor is described as the first house built in town. Instead of the Goths being "heads" of the town, the Landgraab and Alto families seem to have more control over the town, though Goths appear to have been influential in creating the town's ethics.

Gunther has long brown hair, and wears a flamboyant top hat. He also wears some eyeliner. He is a CEO in the business career track, and although married to Cornelia, he does not have an outstanding relationship with her, as their relationship levels aren't high enough to make them WooHoo with each other. This however contradicts Mortimer's bio, which says: "The Goths' strong marriage has produced a healthy boy named Mortimer." Also, it appears that he has never even met Cornelia's sister Agnes Crumplebottom, even though Agnes is Cornelia's best friend. At the start of the game, Gunther is 5 days from becoming an elder.

Gunther's eyes are in a very dark hue of green^[1], but due to the way the eyes are textured, they appear completely black in-game.

Life leading up to The Sims[]

Gunther and his wife Cornelia Goth, along with their two cats, Hecuba and Menelaus, first appeared in The Sims: Unleashed. He is the founding father of the neighborhood, which made him very rich indeed. His hair is grey or white around the edges, and black on top, which is a bit odd since his hair in The Sims 3 is brown, but it's possible because he is supposed to represent an elder Sim and not an adult Sim.

He wears a phantom-like dark grey tux with tails and a light grey bow tie. He is a Dean in the education career track, in contrast to his CEO job in The Sims 3. The reason for this is left to the imaginations of individual players, although the most likely reason for this is because the education career was not introduced until The Sims 3: Ambitions and was not present in the base game. His relationship with his wife appears to have improved greatly and scores a 98/100.

When first played in Neighborhood 1, he will have no relationships with Mortimer, Bella, and Cassandra.

Life leading up to The Sims 2[]

In The Sims 2, Gunther and Cornelia had lost their lives in two separate fires. He died when his second grandchild, Alexander, was born. His wife died a bit later, just before their son, Mortimer, retired. He is buried in the new Goth home with Cornelia, his parents, father in-law and sister in-law.

His hairline has receded since The Sims, and his hair has gone completely grey. He wears a navy blue suit with a striped blue tie. According to his SimDNA in SimPE, his hair was black before it turned grey, implying that he dyed his hair brown in The Sims 3. According to his age data, he had 17 days left in the elder life stage when he died. Oddly, he has partial relations to multiple dead Sims such as ancestors to the Pleasant, Burb, Caliente, Lothario, Dreamer and Oldie families as well as NPCs such as the Hula Zombie and the Grim Reaper. His deceased family members, as well as some other dead ancestors also share this quirk.

Resurrection tip

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

Simology[]

• Skills
• Relationships
• Personality
• Interests
• Inventory

• The Sims
• The Sims 3

Skills
	Cooking
	Charisma
	Logic
	Creativity

Skills
	Cooking
	Charisma
	Logic
	Creativity

Skills
	Charisma
	Painting
	Writing

Skills
	Charisma
	Painting
	Writing

• The Sims
• Sims 3

Relationships
	Cornelia Goth	98/100, Love
	Hecuba Goth	74/74, Friend
	Menelaus Goth	73/73, Friend

Relationships
	Cornelia Goth	98/100, Love
	Hecuba Goth	74/74, Friend
	Menelaus Goth	73/73, Friend

Relationships
	Mortimer Goth	Good Friend
	Vita Alto	Friend
	Boyd Wainwright	Friend
	Cornelia Goth	Spouse
	Malcolm Landgraab	Acquaintance
	Nick Alto	Acquaintance
	Nancy Landgraab	Acquaintance
	Geoffrey Landgraab	Acquaintance
	Agnes Crumplebottom	Acquaintance

Relationships
	Mortimer Goth	Good Friend
	Vita Alto	Friend
	Boyd Wainwright	Friend
	Cornelia Goth	Spouse
	Malcolm Landgraab	Acquaintance
	Nick Alto	Acquaintance
	Nancy Landgraab	Acquaintance
	Geoffrey Landgraab	Acquaintance
	Agnes Crumplebottom	Acquaintance

• The Sims
• The Sims 2

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

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

• The Sims
• The Sims 2

Interests
	Travel
	Money
	Politics
	The 60's
	Weather
	Sports
	Music
	Outdoors
	Exercise
	Food
	Parties
	Style
	Hollywood
	Technology
	Romance

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

• The Sims 3

Inventory
	XS 4258p Laptop from Landgraab Industries (x2)	§4,000
	Charisma Vol.1: Fixing the Friend Problem	§350
	The Economy	§310

Inventory
	XS 4258p Laptop from Landgraab Industries (x2)	§4,000
	Charisma Vol.1: Fixing the Friend Problem	§350
	The Economy	§310

Homes[]

Main article: Goth home

In The Sims: Unleashed, Gunther lived with Cornelia and their cats Hecuba and Menelaus in a large mansion at 77 Maple Street of Old Town, a little further from Sim Lane. The home has a small graveyard (like almost all Goth homes) but there are no ghosts so it is not known who is buried there. Perhaps, Gunther died in a fire in the mansion, then Cornelia died in the Goth home, which then was reconstructed into a new and improved house for Mortimer, Cassandra and Alexander Goth in The Sims 2. In The Sims 3 Gunther, his wife Cornelia and son Mortimer live in a big house by the cemetery.

Trivia[]

• A highway was named after Gunther, which was called the Gunther Goth Highway.
• Gunther's career track being changed from education in The Sims to business in The Sims 3 may be because the education track is not present in The Sims 3 base game.
• Interestingly, in the The Sims, a Minister of Education will eventually switch careers and become a President in the business track. Gunther's switch from business to education mirrors that.
• In The Sims 2, Gunther uses an earlier version of a character portrait pose that was altered to a front facing view in the final game. If his appearance is changed using the mirror, and no expansion packs are installed, his character portrait pose will change to the front facing view version that Kent Capp uses. This also happens with Simon Crumplebottom.
• His lifetime wish in The Sims 3 is to master 3 skills. He appears to be close to achieving that wish in The Sims, as he almost maximized his charisma, creativity, and logic skills.
• In The Sims: Unleashed, Gunther is referred to as Gunther Goth Sr even though there is no Gunther Goth, Jr. This is because "Goth Sr" is the household name (used to differentiate Gunther and Cornelia's household from the pre-existing one in Neighborhood 1 containing Mortimer, Bella, and Cassandra), and The Sims uses the household name as the surname for every character within that household.
• Like many characters who appear in several generations of the game, Gunther's hair color is different in every game. In The Sims 3, Gunther's hair is auburn, while in The Sims: Unleashed, he has black hair heavily streaked with grey. In The Sims 2, his hair is fully grey, the only color available to elders in that game.
• Interestingly, while Gunther is an adult very close to becoming an elder in The Sims 3, he apparently lived at the time of his grandchild Alexander's birth, something that is very unlikely to happen in-game.
• In The Sims 4: Storybook Nursery Kit, the "Heirloom Crib" is described as an exact replica of one carved by Gunther.

Gallery[]

• The Sims
• The Sims 2
• The Sims 3

Gunther's wardrobe

Gunther near the pond

Gunther in a bad mood

Gunther reading to Mortimer

Gunther and Cornelia

Gunther talks excitedly with Iqbal Alvi

Gunther talking to a Sim

Other languages[]

References[]

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