TERRIFYING fact about Mannequins in The Sims 4!

[@keiko431]

Ah so EA/Maxis took the Bethesda approach to mannequins literally trapping NPC frozen in time as mannequins

[@onlyabidoang]

Pretty much

[@becciKeks]

I still have ptsd from the mannequins suddenly following you bug in Skyrim

[@hannahw7023]

In Oblivion, a statue of the player character appears during the main questline, but it's also a frozen NPC, similar to the mannequins in Skyrim. But if the player is a vampire, the STATUE is also a vampire takes sun damage and has smoke coming off of it during the day Never change, Bethesda

[@lettuce_soup5557]

Just like the Bethesda train

[@dinolandra]

surprisingly a lot of games with mannequins do this. animal crossing does it, as well as stardew valley. it's probably just easier for the devs lol

[@shanellemurrey9300]

A mannequin sim called “Manny Quinn”

[@urieldaboamorte]

ladies and gentlemen please welcome to the stage Manny Quinn

[@OctopusWhoSeesAll]

Reminds me of that one Wizards of Waverly Place episode

[@daerincakes]

​@@urieldaboamortedrag name

[@chelseathomason4957]

Manny Sim 😂

[@urieldaboamorte]

@@daerincakes she's dusted for the bog

[@thedanielefuly]

They could've added a special spell in Realm of Magic which allowed sims to bring to life mannequins and to add them to current household. So many interesting interactions ahah

[@rosahettinga7248]

Omg that would have been such a cool addition, I always love when 2 sims packs ineract

[@SeventyTinyWyverns]

This sounds like it leads into the modern version of Pygmalion, but okay.

[@azria250]

EA is not that creative unfortunately haha

[@hihi_0906]

The sims team isn't that creative unfortunately. They're all blinded by money.

[@Laurajlithgow25]

This is what I thought he was going to say, like some way as part of gameplay that you could make mannequins come to life

[@cuphrt]

WAIT IMAGINE AN ALIEN SIM AS A MANNEQUIN DISGUISE CUZ THEY THOUGHT THATS HOW HUMANS LOOK

[@TheSkinnyLegend1997]

That would actually be so cool for a potential Alien storyline!!! 😆🙉 I had an idea for it, it would be a challenge of an alien trying to be human then they start out not knowing anything about humans and dress like a mannequin, the challenge would end with them successfully blending into human society and have a baby with a human Sim. 😊

[@roxassora2706]

​@@TheSkinnyLegend1997Reminds me of Dr Who

[@ghastlyweather1750]

It reminds me of that one Instagram arg

[@Vulpes-Atlantic]

@@ghastlyweather1750 YESSS sabrina miller!

[@GojoswifeTojissugarmamaChosogf]

@@TheSkinnyLegend1997 ohhhh, Ty for a new game idea

[@AedeusLeonora]

It happened to me as a bug once! My sim had a clothing store, and suddenly some of the customers turned into mannequins walking out of the store in their regular clothes but looking like mannequins! It was really freaky... 🤯

[@sage5786]

@@AedeusLeonora that's so funny and terrifying wtf! 😭😭

[@kirbysuperstaruhh3769]

A cursed clothing store that transforms its costumers into mannequins..

[@Gisellenid]

😂😂😂😂

[@beatriceladouce965]

Had a similar bug except I don't know where the fuck they were coming from! Sooo many mannequins roaming the streets and I thought it was one of my mods making my sims bug aha ^^"

[@Camarron69]

Sounds like the mannequin bug of Skyrim 😂😂😂

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

Finally a good base for sexy shiny slenderman

[@5unnyb0t]

YOU CHANGED MY LIFE, THIS IS A BRILLIANT IDEA

[@user-mf3bv2td4t]

but I couldn't use it in whicked whims🥺

[@melanie_luv2_sew]

no sir no sir no sir. I wanna sleep at night. between this and lilsimsie stretched dog/fox I'm not gonna get much sleep tonite.

[@evan_ramlie99]

Ngl the stretched animals sound kinda funny. Gonna need to look up the vid forbthat

[@wafflebaeee]

​@melanie_luv2_sew omg which lilsimsie vid

[@melanie_luv2_sew]

@@wafflebaeee it is a yt short she did from a few days ago.😯

[@eziaaxx]

​@@melanie_luv2_sew lmaooo it was so funny but yeah it scared me for a sec😅😂

[@melanie_luv2_sew]

@@eziaaxx ngl had me a few dreams that night. ok ok they were nightmares. I'm sensitive

[@unwantedjeans1506]

"Don't blink! Don't blink or you're dead!"

[@jagothegamer5750]

Wrong monster

[@DXTRIPLEHBK]

@@jagothegamer5750 He a little confused but he got the spirit. 😂

[@Myne1001]

These are Autons, not Weeping Angels

[@sesidonkor]

@@unwantedjeans1506 My man doesn't even have eyes.

[@sesidonkor]

My man doesn't even have eyes.

[@caspenbee]

JUST LIKE IN DOCTOR WHOOOO

[@kindacrazed]

Came to the comments to see if anyone else's brain went there 😂

[@ty-zz9ic]

That was such a corny episode lmaoo

[@AramatiPaz]

​@@ty-zz9icit hino that was the first of the new era, right?

[@_The.Queen.In.Pink_]

weeping angels are statues, not mannequins, however, mannequins that act like weeping angels have been done before.

[@Myne1001]

@@_The.Queen.In.Pink_ no they're referring to Autons, the plastic mannequins that come to life because of the Nestene Consciousness.

[@romaindelorme5371]

That's creepy but pretty cool actually, feels kinda like imaginary friends from sims 3 generation

[@HJHWolf]

Skyrim also made mannequins with NPC human. It seems it's quite a common habit among video games.

[@Dragonmistress83]

I didnt need to scroll that far to see Skyrim mentioned lol.

[@CindyLooWhovian]

Every Whovian on here is like 👁👄👁

[@Artemiswitchcosplay]

NOPEEEEE NOPPPEEE

[@buttercuup02]

Trauma

[@SailorSetsuna7]

Yeah, only one way it can all end

[@williek08472]

_panik_

[@TheMya1988]

The mannequin skintone first appeared in TS2:H&M, and can be accessed when enabling the CAS debug mode. While technically they are not considered a different life state, in the same manner that TS2 aliens are merely aesthetically different, they do not have the needed textures to reproduce properly (game will crash, without mods). Like aliens in TS2, their skintones are dominant, and will have a higher chance of passing on the mannequin gentics, except with aliens (which is 50/50). I do know that TS3:ITF also has the mannequin objects, but with even just the basegame, the mannequin skintone is available, as some of the residents of TS3:Store World, "Midnight Hollow," have the mannequin skintones. The creepy part about TS4, the devs never bothered to animate their facial movements, and while one could say that makes them more unique, I conclude, it just makes them more lazy, and unfinished, as most of TS4 is.

[@dahlrjay63]

I like their un animated faces. Esp since they 1) aren't meant to be used this way anyways 2) It makes for great story telling. In fact, the only way they could be better would be if their animation was a bit... Off. From. Regular Sims. Like either slightly janky, missing frames, or overly smooth.

[@TheMya1988]

@@dahlrjay63 The unanimated faces kind of gets defeated by their normal dialogue, normal animations and normal genetics. I do not know how people keep claiming TS4 makes for great Storytelling? TS4 is still missing even basegame features from all its predecessors (including TS1). And even the stand out features that it does have, multiple packs are needed to even begin to compete, but instead of implementing more animated features (for a better expressed "show, don't tell"), even they all have to be manually implemented, while mods are needed to attempt proper facial animations, as the story slugs on with a plethora of massive exposition dumps. Take away its push and pull CAS and easy building, and it's just a mere shell of its predecessors. Mods and CC can even make TS2/3's graphic designs far better (especially TS2, as it has even more animations to work with than the others). In my opinion (not even a minority opinion among TS veterans), TS4 left the Life Simulator genre, even prior to its botched launch; it is nothing more than an overpriced DLC Simulator (coming as close to its original intended MMO F2P, P2W version).

[@dahlrjay63]

@@TheMya1988 I said that THIS feature makes for good storytelling. I didn't say anything about this itineration of the game being better or even as good as the older ones for doing so.

[@TheMya1988]

@@dahlrjay63 I apologize if I was too broad. How does the mannequin skintone add to storytelling, when there are no new animations (they act like normal Sims, only glitched facial expressions), there also are no mannequin genetics, plus wouldn't actions like "eating" just make them seem even more nonsensical? I do find dolls and mannequins irl kind of creepy (a lot of good TS2 and TS3 machinimas), but for me, without facial expressions (especially, without mouth movement when speaking), just seems to break the immersion. TS4 is unlike TS2, whereby you can just mute sound, and still get a basic idea of social interactions through facial expression and thought bubbles, but even with speech volume on in TS4, actual emotions are never clear (again, all of this is defined through an exposition dump, instead of proper animations: "tell, don't show"). So, I am curious how it adds any type of storyline?

[@dahlrjay63]

@@TheMya1988 Think of a mannequin, automaton, or some other uncanny valley entities being brought to life... Or conversely, a Sim that's been cursed to go in the opposite direction.

[@dasgrauel]

Creepypasta fans are gonna go feral with this one.

[@d3xb0x]

@@dasgrauel slenderman gonna look 10x better now

[@didosquarepants]

This sounds like that creepy horror movie in which people are inside wax figures😅

[@shaylanacub2978]

House of Wax😂

[@shaylanacub2978]

And they aren’t in them, they are made into them.

[@ShiverThermal]

Damn it Emily for using living, breathing sims to create mannequins

[@oOoMiSSBiRDoOo]

I want to give one a bizarre fruit

[@placeforNothing]

@@oOoMiSSBiRDoOo bro that is nightmare fuel. Genius.

[@firlasty]

Genius

[@Kurkanos]

what is it

[@elodie95]

This is an episode of Doctor who that terrified me

[@thearchon5013]

This is the stuff of nightmares

[@crucio_]

Once my sim transformed into a mannequin without me doing anything.. I'm not sure if I was crying of laughter or horror

[@laurenimani26]

did you figure out how to change it back?

[@PhoenixWytch]

Mannequins used to just scare me. Now because of Sims 4 and Doctor Who, they terrify me.😱

[@simbellaz]

Okay WHAT???? I don't think there's anything creepier than this in the sims 4 now... The ghost horse in Horse Ranch, the stone head under the water in My Wedding Stories, the sexy dance in Lovestruck are all things relatively creepy to me. But they don't compare to this mannequin thing! .. and that's why you can only have a limited number of them... dang.

[@Gemski]

Doctor Who had living Mannequins. Likely won't be using them but thanks

[@user-hd9nc7zp1v]

Just like the Autons in Doctor Who

[@queencleopatra007]

Well that's not horrifying at all 😅

[@L1lith1]

Time for me to start a dystopian save using this

[@Kateiscute]

Slender man in the sims 4 lmoo♡♥︎❥

[@glitch84-]

Time to recreate the beloved nuwho pilot episode: "Rose"

[@relaxingsleepstudyaudio7378]

Makes me think of that doctor who episode with the mannequins, the living plastic.

[@Scarene]

Omfg, this is nightmare-ish from a Doctor Who viewpoint

[@evan_ramlie99]

If you can edit the mannequin to be silver you technically can play as the Silver Surfer

[@Lord_Medieval_Pizza]

You learn something new every day… I thought I had been told every little secret about the sims at this point, but I guess not 🤷‍♂️

[@se5922]

so i’m gonna make a retail store with mannequin workers

[@Gumbier_Than]

I just used the mannequins to re-enact "I am Legend". 😂

[@yaddakinglet]

It's giving early "Doctor who" vibes.

[@IExistAndMyNameIsKawaiiAngel]

How come i never knew this :c I though you were using cc whenever you had a mannequin character in videos

[@christinaify]

Awesome! Man made horrors beyond my comprehension.

[@Zenetic.]

I honestly thought it was going to be like “there’s a limit because they come to life if you do x, y and z” 😂

[@jager35]

Wasn't this a Dr Who episode? Like, twice? Man, id have two nickles then wouldn't i

[@Myne1001]

More like four times. Autons were in Classic Who originally.

[@takarifan]

This should be a life state.

[@lexvstheworld9611]

lol I thought they came to life if your sim talked to them enough, like the scarecrow from seasons.

[@steggopotamus]

I feel like the vibe of the sims is some sort of seudonrral world like stepford wives, pod people, that scene from a wrinkle in time, etc. so, manequin people actually feels really thematic

[@kiwicatnip]

There is something so visually appealing about the lack of detail in the mannequins in the sims 4 world. It almost adds back that cartoonish-ness that sims lost as they made sims characters more lifelike/realistic looking in 3 and 4

[@blakedawson944]

As someone with a mannequin phobia, I hate this. I'mma keep my mannequins as inanimate thank you very much

[@jamiew624]

Man that would have been a really cool life state to have

[@GreenyLJ246]

I made a haunted mannequin household and now I'm scared to play

[@Aiden.thegay.bcsyas]

It's giving: Doctor Who (New Who) S1 Ep1 Rose

[@sharing569]

when i was kid i was so terrified by mannequins because i tought they would come alive and chase me

[@katherinenunez4883]

Imagine putting a bunch of mannequins in strange ville or forgotten hollow on a lot that’s a forest and they have all the bad traits and also make the lot haunted good for a gameplay adeventure

[@ctdaniels7049]

Ah. The Tourists. The Tourists from Pacific Drive. Perfect.

[@sesidonkor]

Took "froze to death" to a whole new level.

[@1000WaysToGame]

Now I'm totally making a love story of a fashion designer falling in love with a mannequin

[@Grey_SpaceLover]

If Graystillplays found out about this it would end up being something crazy

[@MeVsTheWorld01]

Okay, now we need a hero to show us Simmers on how to bring these Mannequins to life!

[@CyberAesthetic]

This reminds me of Skyrim, the mannequins on there were also frozen NPCs, I believe there was a bug where they’d move for a bit before the code that froze them kicked in, so it’d look like a horror movie where you think you’re going crazy wondering if they really moved.

[@naomitaylor2356]

Anyone else getting #9 flashbacks?

[@yoteddybaby]

I noticed recently that the nutcrackers have thought bubbles over their heads insinuating they are alive somehow 😳😅🙃

[@manicbeyond]

"My child is half mannequin, and half vampire. All the paleness you could ever want." -Someone hopefully.

[@sroeupsteffensen]

omg imagine creating a save file where its mannequins as townies, a mannequin world

[@zou1507]

Weeping angels in their free time:

[@renzgeffrey429]

all my ghosts are mannequins! I dress them in old victorian clothes and the fact that they’re faceless makes it more spooky! highly recommend playing mannequin ghosts wearing old school clothes!

[@williek08472]

Oh no, Autons!

[@user-zm4ro7yh4e]

It's the Slenderman!

[@TheGrimjackfromCPT]

Sims 4 conspiracy:mannequins are actually aliens that are observing human behavior and picking out potential abduction victims

[@WierdArtistMarcell]

Sims mannequin: I have no mouth, and I must scream.

[@Daenerys1986]

Why do I have the one christmas episode of bobs burgers coming to my mind? 😂

[@glitch84-]

Omg yes! It's so weird and amazing!

[@catwithevilintentions2632]

That explains why the slenderman I downloaded from the gallery looked so perfect

[@RandomGirl-gx6ev]

This is like that Toy Story/toy corpse meme

[@abbosimmo]

I was today years old when I learned that mannequins can have sentience in the sims 4 and I can’t believe I didn’t know this as such an avid fan

[@sugarblunt]

Yeah, you definitely be editing them in create a sim that woman's knockers were the size of the sun.

[@FMB_Player]

There must be a mod where Mannequins act like Mannequins around sims but act alive in empty rooms or when not being seen in any capacity by a sim, right? Call it a lot trait that allows Mannequins to become Sims when unnoticed. When the player is away from the lot, some Mannequins could appear o disappear from the lot and be in all kinds of places, possibly blocking other objects for being interacted with (Suggesting they were using them until the Sim arrived) and giving a scared moodlet if a nearby mannequin has been able to move near a Sim for a long period of time (would make "Scared" capable of doing something other than preventing kids from sleeping)

[@BonaparteBardithion]

If you don't need them visibly walking around, someone could probably make something similar by cloning the garden gnome.

[@platinumdudunsparce_98]

This video reminded me of how The Sims 2 has a mannequin, with only a unique skin and eye color, when using Boolprop TestingCheatsEnabled True in CAS, to unlocks these, making them playable. Besides being mostly only used in BodyShops, they can't have babies without a mod, if I remember correctly, the game crashes when game is trying to create a baby, because they don't have their own skin and eye color in the game. Even though I don't use mannequins in my game, I still have the mod, just in case.

[@HyperfixHighway]

I'd love to be able to make a hybrid mannequin-alien. So he looks like a mannequin in his disguise then turns into an alien!

[@d4ngerd4n]

Damn the mannequin Sim at 0:40 got the BAZONKAS

[@peachdoesart7175]

Babe wake up new occult sim dropped

[@ivoryarrow7075]

I wanna make this the basic skin for every sim in my world. That'd be hilarious but creepy at the same time

[@sugawarakoshi4938]

Now I need my sims to woohoo a mannequin and see what happens

[@baeZipster]

literally the plot of the first episode of new who (2005)

[@fireandicegaming5674]

This is some night at the museum type stuff

[@SashaRicky]

Oh no no no I'm actually freaked out by mannequins in real life. This is terrifying. 😬

[@adlerm.661]

In game slender man, gonna build the slender mansion now

[@catgirlcat1618]

i played a clothing store and their was a creepy mannequin glitch. the buyers would turn into mannequins

[@Mxd_hatter072]

Thats the most amazing yet horrorfying thing i have seen today

[@dogeville5852]

The night of living mannequins

[@user-ns1yk6vi7e]

I hear 9 running there for sure ofiuihrer

[@lort8334]

I noticed the mannequin skins just the other day while looking through stuff in sims 4 studio as shown in the beginning too.

[@chinita2463]

Like that episode from Doctor Who. Living plastic

[@Zafaruss]

Knowing they’re just frozen sims is horrifying

[@StevieRockerMusic]

That’s creepy

[@caryinsheppard8003]

Now I have the urge to fill the town with them and make it a mannequin world........

[@numberse7en233]

ok, now a can make a sims band in the game called "Manesquin"

[@Nehu_22]

I remember that in The Sims 2 there was a mannequin skin, but it was only all white, it had eyes so it wasn't as creepy/cool as this

[@Angelique24118]

Markiplier’s nightmare 😂

[@marcialaboo3996]

It's like the House of Wax or the Twilight Zone episode The Elegy

[@Only1WithAnE]

Wasn't aware you could make them plus size, that's so cool

[@karmaslyrics]

Somebody quick! Create a mannequin town!

[@snaileriepimpson]

Omg in elementary school I had a book from the series American chillers (dope series, also michigsn chillers were the GOAT) but there was one about mannequins coming to life at the mall of America and it TERRIFIED me. And this reminds me of that terror lol thank you for unearthing that memory from my psyche

[@Kardinaalilintu]

Lol, I suppose it's faster (cheaper) to create a meannequin skin than an object with new interactions.

[@KaiLucasZachary]

Almost like how the “animals” in the horse expansions are just the dogs with different skins….

[@ADHDoodle]

Markipliers worst nightmare lmao

[@curtisholliman5290]

This makes me think of the 80s movie mannequin!