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''Strangetown, Here we Come'' is a ''[[The Sims|Sims 2]]'' [[Machinomic]] started in 2007 by the pseudonymous Strange Tomato, and continuing. The story tells about the lives of the characters from the ''Sims 2'' premade neighborhood Strangetown, focusing on a trio of friends: Johnny Smith, Ophelia Nigmos and Ripp Grunt. As the story has gone on, characters from other neighborhoods have stepped into the story, too.
The story can be read [http://strange-tomato.livejournal.com/26887.html here].
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== It includes examples of: ==
* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: Inverted with Johnny, who planned to wait for marriage. This [[Gender Inverted Trope]] is furthered by the fact that it's Ophelia who doesn't want them to wait any longer. ▼
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Zoe Zimmerman, Beau Broke, and Chloe Curious.
* [[Anal Probing]]: Subverted. It's commonly assumed by sims that the aliens use a probe, but Stella explains (and demonstrates) that their approach to reproduction with sims is more physical.
* [[Anything That Moves]]: Ripp.
* [[The Artifact]]: Jayne Doe started out as something of a main character (or as much as you can get in an ensemble series), even being the focal character of the prologue. [[Word of God]] implies that she was originally supposed to {{spoiler|be Johnny's love interest after he broke up with Ophelia (who would then date Ripp)}} but as the series focused more and more on Johnny, Ripp, and Ophelia as a trio, she got less and less screen time. She was eventually [[Put on a Bus|put on a spaceship]] when it became clear that the original plot for her character would not work with the direction the story was going.
* [[Bi the Way]]: Zoe Zimmerman.
** Chloe Curious (though she seems to prefer the ladies).
** Ripp seemed fairly okay with {{spoiler|having kissed Frances while drunk}} One flashback implies {{spoiler|that he was thinking about Johnny when he let Stella penetrate him with her "pollinator".}}
* [[Big Beautiful Woman]]: Lucy.
* [[Binge Montage]]: Ripp has several of these. One is shared with Jaxy Rai, who has similar issues with substance use.
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Ripp loves nothing more than having sex with as many women who will have him, but he makes a point of never disrespecting any of them unless they want him to pretend like he is. He just likes women too much.▼
* [[Camp Gay]]: Beau.
▲* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Ripp loves nothing more than having sex with as many women who will have him, but he makes a point of never disrespecting any of them unless they want him to pretend like he is. He just likes women too much.
* [[Clones Are People, Too]]: According to Erin Beaker. Circe and Loki seem to disagree.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Ripp Grunt likes to swear.
* [[Coming Out Story]]: Frances J. Worthington {{spoiler|comes out at his big sister's wedding}}.
* [[Creator Cameo]]: Strange Tomato's simself can sometimes be seen as an extra in the background.
* [[Do You Want to Copulate?]]: Stella is a pure alien, with no prior knowledge of sim sexual conventions. As a result, most of her pickup lines are very direct.
* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: Used on Ripp, Jill, Frances, and Tank to show character development.▼
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Olive Specter takes on the Beakers.
▲* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: Used on Ripp, Jill, Frances, and Tank to show character development.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Toward aliens.
* [[Fantastic Slurs]]: The aliens are sometimes referred to as "ass babies."
* [[Flower Motifs]]
* [[Heir Club for Men]]: The reason the Worthington family had three daughters before Frances.
* [[Ladykiller in Love]]: Ripp toward Ophelia.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: The story goes to all three of the main neighborhoods in [[The Sims 2]] and a few of the expansion ones and has a plot for each one. Every character has a story purpose, relationships, a past, and opinions. If they were in the game, there's a 75% chance they'll appear at some point.
▲* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: Inverted with Johnny, who planned to wait for marriage. This [[Gender Inverted Trope]] is furthered by the fact that it's Ophelia who doesn't want them to wait any longer.
* [[Military Brat]]: The Grunts.
* [[Literary Allusion Title|Musical Allusion Title]]: The title is a play on [[The Smiths]]' album ''Strangeways, Here We Come''. The creator is a fan and makes other references to the band in the story. {{spoiler|Mr. Doe, Jayne's father, is a sim based on Morrissey.}}
* [[My Sister Is Off-Limits]]: Johnny is somewhat like this when someone expresses interest to Jill.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: The Grunt boys, Ophelia, and Nervous Subject. This is lampshaded by Ripp in chapter 28.
▲* [[Power Trio]]: Johnny = Superego, Ripp = Id, Ophelia = Ego.
* [[Schedule Slip]]: There haven't been any new updates of the story since March 2010.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The story gives frequent reference to the gameplay of The Sims 2, works that the author is inspired by, and other sim stories (simgaroop's The Broke Legacy is one example).
* [[Smitten Teenage Girl]]: Jill toward Ripp. {{spoiler|She gets over it.}}
* [[Title Drop]]: The title is used as the last line in chapter 28, from Johnny's point of view. {{spoiler|It is in reference to his complicated relationship with both Ripp and Ophelia, which he compares to all the other aspects of his life that are less than perfectly normal.}} The expression is more figurative than literal in this context (Strangetown is used generically, much as "crazytown" would be), though both could apply.
* [[Too Much Information]]: Beau Broke ''is'' this trope.▼
* [[Tragic Villain]]: Don Lothario
* [[Two Guys and a Girl]]: Johnny, Ripp and Ophelia.
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: {{spoiler|Buck to Jill.}}
▲* [[Too Much Information]]: Beau Broke ''is'' this trope.
* [[You Need to Get Laid]]: Ripp's main piece of brotherly advice for Tank.
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