...aliens stole my sim's parents 

STANLEYS ORIGIN STORY This is why he always tries to make money! He's just incredibly traumatized by his teenhood!

Backstory Idea: When Stanley was 16, on Halloween, his mom was abducted by aliens. He was forced to raise his little sister and get ransom for the aliens. Because Stanley didn’t know how to do the laundry he was stuck wearing a hot dog costume and his sister had to wear a bear costume. Eventually, he was able to get his mom back, but the experience was traumatic. Years later Stanley finally broke. He ran away from his life in his old Halloween costume, thinking that he needed to get money to get his mom back. After a few days Stanley remembered that he did get his mom back and he headed home. A few months later this happened again and again, he kept trying different ways to get the money while buying things he needed to stay alive. He’s cheated on his wife and had children all without realizing it. What’ll happen next to Stanley? No one knows.

Stacy NEEDS to come back as Stanley’s companion

I took the description of the scenario as the parents basically running away, lying and saying they got abducted, as a way of making the kids be better kids/work harder/etc.

Kayak always apologizes for someone mowing or a storm outside.. girl, we can't hear anything 😂😂😂

I love how the Stanley-verse is evolving, every member of Stanley's family has to wear some sort of costume.

Imagine being a parent who leaves their kids for few days and they renovate the entire house 😳

I was playing this scenario, and did something with the mailbox (maybe “fill household needs” with mccc?) and it brought the mother back to the house with full needs… but kept the scenario going, so I have the mother to help with cooking and cleaning, while I actually play with the teenager and child 🤣

This scenario kinda reminds me of the big sister challenge that Kayak did back in the day, and ultimately just feels like a realistic scenario, minus the aliens part 😅😂

i love this scenario, its so fun and quirky compared to the other scenarios

The fact that the aliens never take the money when the mom returns, AND the fact that you don’t see the alien abduction animation (i know that comes with get to work, but still) makes me think that no aliens exist, the mom was just like “these kids suck. Lazy, bad grades, never help around the house, I’m gonna teach them a lesson hehehe” and lies about getting abducted but is really at a rental in Sulani just chillin.

"Imagine getting dragged to (Batuu)...I can't think of anything worse..." Meanwhile somewhere in Australia James just gasped out loud in outrage 😂

pro-tip: use the good schools lot trait. stacey and stanley would’ve been A students after just two schooldays

I was playing a sim today who had been bitten, had just turned into a werewolf and raced outside for my first enraged...and got abducted by aliens. I felt sooo sorry for those poor aliens, trapped on their ship for a couple hours with a brand-new werewolf feral-izing all over their high-tech home! XDDD

You should totally do a CAS challenge where you make Stanley in all of the different life stages. (toddler, kid, elder, etc.) We need more to add to the Stanley Humphrey lore!!

this scenario was really good! the only thing i'd improve is to use the abducting animation from the aliens. it's already in the game, it would be cool

The sims having scenarios is so cool, I love storied gameplay, I love making and expanding my characters, and I’ve seen many people who feel the same

"Imagine getting dragged _there."_ I laughed. A lot.

My parent sim just so happened to be a story sim, so they had a job, and somehow managed to go to work despite being kidnapped by aliens, and I was given $206 every other day or so 😂

I did this challenge! 15,000 is A LOT. Took me awhile. Ended up getting a roommate (which didn’t really help) and selling all of the stuff we didn’t really NEED to live 😂

Complaining about how Stacy isn't contributing enough to the challenge while she's a literal child encompasses everything I love about the sims

We definitely need Stanley’s family tree… pedigree? Menu…? Dishfamile…? Food tree? I definitely want this

Simsie naming Stanley’s mom Susan brought me back to her high school content

Just a casual day in the Sims 4 when your parents get taken away by aliens.

Pro tip: If you have city living, there’s a item that you can find in activities (I don’t know what it’s called) that sort of looks like a canvas, and you can hang up paintings in it and have a yard sale. At the yard sale, you can mark up the prices by 300% and make SO much money it’s a lifesaver

I played this scenario when it first came out, I didn't want to cheat but I had the "bright" idea of doing it in an apartment. It practically removed all the usual ways of making quick bucks like tiny home, gardening, picking up collectibles, farming etc. We were constantly broke and fainting because the kids couldn't sleep due to the noisy neighbours, bed monsters (we were so broke we had to pick between monster light and food lmao), etc. I almost went insane but yeah, definitely a CHALLENGE. In the end I scrambled all the money we had, bought moodlet potions and had them travel to Selvadorada to dig up those 10k plates so we could make it to the money requirements.

stopped watching your 24 hour stream to watch this, can’t get enough simsie 🤩

I played that scenario with a family of two parents, a teen and a kid. The aliens forgot one of the parents... Also, the kid got created with only 3 days before aging up, on medium life span☹ I used the social aspiration. Taking photos of random Sims is overpowered at building friendship. Also, I don't have tiny living. Get a yoga mad and have the kid practice yoga. It will build BOTH the mental and motor skills at the same time. Also, kids seems to like practising yoga.

I like that you referred to doing this on short lifespan as the extreme version of the scenario. I don’t think I have even seen anyone do it on short lifespan (nor have I tried it), but I do think calling doing a scenario on short lifespan the extreme version is apt...especially scenarios that have a lot to be accomplished. I enjoy learning more about Stanley’s family! He’s such a famous sim outside the simworlds!!

I love this villain origin story of Stanley and his new sidekick

I found the creative aspiration to be the best one to complete quickly. Also, create a club for the siblings. Put homework, shower, painting, and whatever you are doing at the moment (it requires some switching around but it's worth it). Have the club going all the time. You'll get 500 club points before the end of Sunday. Then you can get 'rally the troops' which allows you to skip sleeping, eating and using the toilet altogether. Then get the inspired club auras after that to keep them inspired. Remember you can ask random adults that are wandering around to 'help with homework' and 'assist with project'. It helps them advance faster. You can get the trait that gets you more money for painted items for the teen (I had the teen on the painting aspiration for the points). My Sims got to 'b' student on Tuesday and 'a' on Thursday. Friday, I had them take vacation. The parents were back by end of day Friday. Oh, one thing, there was (maybe still is) a bug where if you save/quit while a club meeting is going, sims will be back from school/work when you return (even if it's not end of day) and it counts against them for leaving early. So, stop the meeting before quitting.

I found out i had covid yesterday and binged two hours of your videos while resting, i was so excited to see you posted since i was feeling super bad. Thanks for making my covid experience a little better simsie!

Top tip: Abstract paintings sell for a lot more than others

for the read with an adult part, I hired a nanny, added her to the household to read for the kid then removed her idk it made sense for the kid to be genius and making the teen read didn't work for me

There's no challenge Stanley can't handle! This is the second of the new scenarios I'm now familiar with and I really like them. They're longer and a bit more challenging plus the storylines have been good. Let's not forget that you managed this on short lifespan. The only thing I'd change if I was continuing to play my game from this scenario is I'd like ransom money to go to get mom back. Either they should have included it or I'd just cheat it down to like 5k.

I just finished this scenario so I can finally watch videos about it! My child sim had the social butterfly aspiration so they ended up talking to a bunch of random adult sims which made sense storywise but was slightly horrifying otherwise, especially because two were random adult sims who showed up at their front door when their older sibling was at work.

i actually like this scenarios thing they're giving us i'm not that imaginative with my storylines to this makes it easier

ive done this scenario, took me about 6/7hours, took a bit longer cos my game crashed at hour 4 and i lost like 2 hours of progress.

Did anyone else have issues with this scenario? I put my family in an apartment and unfortunately my parents were never taken.

i heard someone say they thought that the parents just wanted the kids to get their grades and skills up 😭

Love you simsie. I have so much fun watching your reactions

I have been playing this over and over I love this scenario

Extra special watching this in my Stanley shirt and cuddling with the plushie

So much fun to watch!! Definitely going to start this challenge too. Thank you for a super entertaining video 🤣☀️😎

It took me 23 sim days to complete! lol it was so fun though, made the brother and sister not like each other at first but then they bonded together at the end 🥹 definitely going to do it again. Only drawback was a few glitches , like the mom showing back up, or when my teen sim DIED of starvation. Thankfully his sister pleaded for his life and saved him.

That was fun 😊! Would totally love to see Stacy again. Thank you for the tiny house tip, it made a huge difference when I was working on NSB Gen 5. Had her live in one for the better part of her YA years.

This is my favorite scenario ever. It’s much more creative than the others. I did it as a rags to riches and the kid had the active aspiration, that seems to be the easiest as long as you live near a park.

this is legit the best scenario yet 🤩

16:18 „Also my cat has come here - if you see a tail (grabs tail) don’t be alarmed“ 😂

I loved this challenge! It looks fun :D

I love this please bring back Stanley’s sister 💗💗

i love you simsie ive been watching your videos since 2018!

Stacy's mom has got it going onnnn

Man. Seeing how sad Stanley's childhood was, it really makes sense why he has so much trouble with stability as an adult now 🥺 🤣🤣🤣

I lovage these a Sim scenarios

Good video Kayla. I enjoyed the challenge and the way you made this video.

I love your scenario vids ❤️

Idea for making sure visitors don't eat all your food: Put the fridge in a small closet and lock the door for everyone who isn't a part of the household. I haven't tested this, but I'm guessing it works.

Stanley lore unlocked!

The mom just went on a vacation and scared Stanley and Stacy into making money and getting good grades lol

Stanley only being able to draw the naked man when inspired hits tOO CLOSE TO MY GAY AS- jashdgvsdasdaf

Lots of fun. Will do the challenge too!

this was the scenario that got me into playing sims scenarios 😭💯

And thus, the Stanley lore expands.

I struggled so much with this scenario, I hit everything apart from the money when my child sim aged up and the scenario was complete 🤷🏻‍♀️

love your videos so much

Yes! Stanley Humprey Lore!

Good thinking on actually starting with a house Simsie, I didnt think about that and played this whole scenario as a Rags to riches and it took forever. Oh and I don't have tiny living

Oooooo excited for this

omg the Hot Dog Man, the Mith, the Legend: Stanley Humphrey's lore thinkens!!!! ooh, this is a great day

She could get Money really fast with that item from seasons the attic stuff in bins whatever it’s called and have a sim continuously take out decorations and she could sell them

13:40 why is this so funny

I really enjoyed watching you do this and so I started one of these in my own game, I had so much trouble with it being buggy I’m glad it worked for you but for me I was unable to get my students to check off that they had A’s, or that they completed childhood aspirations despite the fact that I completed five of them.😢😡.

this was great funny and man was I dying

Omg I love Stacy!!!

Not the mom calling herself... Why is that relatable

Not me screaming, “Use the sketch pad instead of the easel”, and almost loosing it when the kid found one and she sold it lol.

I loved your Susan stories

Stanley goes through a lot. lol. Coo scenario. I made an Alien family and their first day in the house, Mom alien gets kidnapped by aliens.

Stanley having a little bear sister is so cute 🤣

i love scenario vids

Your so detailed ! SUBBED

The parents coming back prematurely happened to me too.

I did this challenge and it was really fun

Oh, Stanley lore? I like

if you sell your paintings on plopsy instead of to the gallery, they can go for upwards of 20,000 simoleons

"as long as we don't get struck twice, and what are the chances of that really...?" My sim literally just got struck twice while I was watching this lmao ruh roh

I was really hoping to see the parents get sucked up by the aliens lol but I am also playing this scenario, it is hard! I just have to get the money, grades to A’s and finish the child’s aspiration. Although this is the most I’ve invested into my sims in a while, so I am guessing I will continue to play with them once I finish this scenario especially if I earn extra traits!

I was sobbing watching simsie make non classic paintings 😭 they almost always pay the most the higher skill ones even at lvl ten pay barely anything

A cat would have been both a good and a bad idea. You know it would have immediately run away if you had gotten one, and then they'd both be even more sad. First their parents, now their cat. 🤣

Now that was fun!!!!!!

My gf and I did a rags to riches version with this scenario lol started on an empty lot with no money and we ended up failing

You should def make this a playthrough. I need more Stanley!!

I had to restart this challenge THREE times to finally complete it. First time I set them into an incomplete house not realizing all the money would go poof. My bad! Second time I could not for the life of me get the influencer side gig to make me any type of money. I think I kept running into bugs. So I finally focused on being a streamer and just POWERED thru. It was rough. 10/10 would recommend. The difficulty rating means it 🤣

A non cheat way to stop the monster is to use bunk beds. A child sleeping in the top bunk won't see a monster. Unless there's another child sleeping in a normal single bed. And convinces them it's there.

BTW if you have an adult or teen help a child with homework the child gets focused as long as there isn't another stronger moodlet blocking it

Love your videos

omgg i lovee thiiiisssss

I did this scenario the other day, and the day my sims completed the challenge and got their parents back, that night the teen died from trying to fix the ghost computer they found in the dumpster. I was devastated!!

the new in town scenario is also a good one.