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In the premade neighborhoods, families come with "storytelling albums" which contain pictures of the members of that family at various points in their life. These pictures were taken while the game was still in active development, and as such contain scrapped, unused, or early versions of hairstyles and clothing.
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- Brandi Broke, the young girl, has a hairstyle that isn't available in the game.
- Brandi is also thinking about the unused firstReadToGold memory.
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- Dina, the blonde girl, has a hairstyle that was scrapped before release.
- Nina, the redheaded girl, uses an earlier texture for the "Meg" hair that can be seen here.
- Nighat, the adult, has an unused variant of an outfit that is present in the game.
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- Nighat Caliente, the redheaded adult woman, has an early version of a hairstyle that does appear in the final game.
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- Brandi Broke, now an adult, has an early version of the hair she wears in the final game.
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- A closer view of the early version of Brandi Broke's hair.
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- Another view of Brandi's early hair.
- Dustin Broke, the little boy, also has an early version of a hairstyle used in the game.
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- Another closer of Brandi and Dustin's early hairstyle.
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- Mortimer Goth, the groom, has a hairstyle that isn't available in the game.
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- Another view of Mortimer's scrapped hairstyle. Also worth noting is Cassandra Goth, the toddler, has a hairstyle that was scrapped prior to release.
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- The same hairstyle on Mortimer Goth, except gray.
- The mugshot of Bella in the thought bubble appears to be from the early 2004 build.
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- The man on the far left has the same hairstyle that Mortimer Goth had in other storytelling pictures, although here it is shown in brown.
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- Another view of elderly Mortimer's scrapped hairstyle.
- Don Lothario, the adult man, has a hairstyle that was scrapped before release.
- Cassandra Goth, now an adult, has an early version of the hairstyle she wears in the final game. She also wears an early version of her dress.
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- A more detailed view of Cassandra's dress. It is a replica of the real Alexander McQueen dress.
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- Again, Cassandra Goth's hairstyle nor dress isn't available in the game.
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- Darleen Dreamer, the woman on the picnic blanket, has a hairstyle that was scrapped prior to release.
- An older version of the marriage icon is shown in the thought bubble.
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- Same scrapped hairstyle, except closer.
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- Chloe Singles, the redheaded alien girl, also has an early version of the "Meg" hair, amazingly also in red. There are no front-facing portraits in the final game like shown with the man in the speech bubble, although similar ones did exist during development.
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- Jill Smith, the toddler in the alien's arms, has a hairstyle that was scrapped prior to release.
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- Loki Beaker's hairstyle isn't available in the game.
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- Vidcund Curious, the blond boy playing chess, has a hairstyle that was scrapped prior to release.
- Jenny Smith, the blond teenager in the back, wears an unused variant of a tank top available in-game.
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- Another view of Jenny Smith's unused tank top.
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- Olive Specter's dress was hidden in the game until the Seasons patch.
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- Tank Grunt, the teen in the blue shirt, is wearing an outfit that cannot be recreated in the base game.
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This image is not assigned to any family in the game, and instead comes from the prerelease Waterside neighborhood.
- Sarah Baxter, the woman holding a toddler, also has an early version of the "Meg" hair.
- The icon for the pacifier in the speech bubble also looks different.
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Introduced in The Sims 2: FreeTime Expansion Pack.
- Katerina Una, the woman at the dining table, wears an outfit that was included with The Sims 2: University Expansion Pack, which was not included as a holdover unlike some other elements.