Napoleon Dynamite Career

I have actually been working on this career off and on for about six months. I thought it would be fun to play through. It is based on several of the characters from the movie Napoleon Dynamite. There are levels based on most of the main characters. Uncle Rico, Kip, Pedro, Deb, and Napoleon's Grandma are all represented in addition to Napoleon. It is an adult career even though several of the characters it's based on are teenagers in school. Sometimes I had to sacrifice a little logic to make it work as a career. Several of the chance cards mention being in school even though adult sims obviously aren't. If you can get around things like that you might get a laugh out of this career. Also, there's a level I based on Uncle Rico, "Faded Football Star," that I had to do a little thinking about what the female equivalent should be. I eventually decided on "Faded Cheerleader Captain" but I wasn't entirely happy with it. I spent quite a while trying to come up with a good career reward, and for a while I wanted it to be a plate of food because I thought it would be funny. But I couldn't get that to work for whatever reason. What I ended up with was a recolored SensoTwitch Lie Finder (the criminal career track reward) that doubles as Uncle Rico's fake time machine. I have no ability to make objects, so it doesn't resemble the one from the movie, but at least it gives out electric shocks from time to time. And, obviously it confers upon the sim no ability whatsoever to travel backwards in time. All that being said, I hope you find this career amusing.

Details:
-- Complete chance cards, all based on situations in the movie
-- EP ready
-- Custom icons (they look a little fuzzy in the picture below, but that's because they're magnified so much)
-- Custom uniforms for two of the levels
-- Doesn't overwrite any career that I know of
-- Semi-custom career reward (recolored and renamed Lie Detector)

Levels:
1. Happy Hands Club Member ($154)
You have what it takes. You have been chosen. You will be among the select group of people designated to inspire the masses by performing carefully selected hand gestures and body movements to perfectly complement any song. Coupled with the most moving songs ever written, there will not be a dry eye in the house as you and your club perform. So, you pop your tape of The Rose in your cassette deck and prepare to wow. (And if you're lucky, someone will drop a coin in your cup.)

2. Fantasy Creature Artist ($243)
You are moved to commit the creations of your mind's eye to paper. You are responsible for such awe-inspiring fantasy animals as ligers, the part-lion, part-tiger creatures that are bred for their skill in magic. And, of course, barbarian warriors drawn by you would easily outmatch Beowulf or even Conan. If only a medium other than notebook paper were available to you. Still, maybe if you started drawing some portraits as well, you might could make a little money selling them.

3. ATV Dune Hopper ($409)
This is the life! You ride your four-wheeler over the sand dunes as fast as it will carry you. You breathe the fresh desert air as it whips by your head, you experience the thrilling sensation of leaving your stomach behind every time you come down from a jump, you wipe the grit of sand out of your eye as it flies into your face, you spit the bugs out of your teeth.... Well, maybe it does have a little room for improvement. At least there is a little money to be made in dune racing contests.

4. Faded Football Star / Cheerleader Captain ($525)
You used to be great. Why, back in '82 you used to be able to throw a pigskin a quarter mile. Your team almost made state champions. Almost. Now, well, you're not great. But there are many around who recognize your almost-greatness. And these are generally the people who are willing to loan you money. Maybe if you can save enough you would be able to start some sort of sales business to capitalize on that near-achievement.
(This is the male version of the text, the female version is, of course, slightly different but identical in theme.)

5. Rex Kwan Do Student ($630)
You know that you are destined to be a cage fighter. Someday. First, though, you have to learn the skills it takes to take on the toughest opponents. To that end, you enroll in an eight week program designed to give you the strength of a grizzly, the reflexes of a puma, and the wisdom of a man. Rex promises that if you discipline your image, you will make it. In the meantime, maybe you can pick up a little loose change by hiring yourself out as a sparring partner (punching bag).

6. Nupont Salesman / Saleswoman ($756)
Your ship has come in. This is how you can make some serious moulah. You have finally scraped up enough money to invest in some sets of quality Nupont Fiber-Woven Bowls and you got a great deal on a large lot of model ships. It's time to take advantage of your near-fame around town and sell some Nupont door-to-door. Each customer purchasing the 32 piece set could get a free model ship. How does that dealio sound?

7. Fashion Photographer ($896)
You have discovered you have "the eye" and it's time to take advantage of it. You find yourself a small storefront and set up shop as a fashion photographer. There you use your masterful techniques to coax really nice portraits out of people that beautifully show off their best qualities. Of course, that alone won't pay all your bills, so you make a little extra money peddling your photography and some lovely homewoven handicrafts door to door.

8. Chicken Wrangler ($921)
Lucky! You got yourself a job on a chicken farm. You have many duties including moving the chickens from one place to another, making sure they have food and water, and disposing of the poor unfortunates who will never be Kentucky fried. This kind of thing sure does work up an appetite, so it's a good thing your kind employer provides you with free meals of sandwiches and egg-enriched juice. Sure would be a lot more convenient, though, if he didn't pay you in change.

9. Cage Fighter ($1045)
All that training has paid off and now you have accomplished your dream. You are a flippin' sweet Cage Fighter! Of course, you are still local, but you have no doubt that you will make it to the majors. Sure, the other fighters have muscle mass and reach and all those other qualities that are supposedly advantageous, but what they fail to realize is how small a target a person presents when they're as skinny as a rail. At least you have some money coming in until you hit the big leagues.

10. Class President ($1214)
After a tough campaign and what, at one time, seemed a sure defeat, you have won the class presidency. Now you can make everyone's wildest dreams come true. Just like yours has.

Cooking, Creativity, and Cleaning are the required skills.

There are five files in the .rar: the career, the reward, my version of Napoleon's brown suit that he wears to the dance, and two uniform files modified from Vagrant's custom uniform templates. Place all five files in your downloads folder if you want the career to work properly.

Here's a screenshot:


Modify this career as you see fit, but please don't upload it anywhere else.

Additional Credits:
Maxis for the game
SuperFly for the career tutorials
Bidou for the career editor
Vagrant for the uniform templates and information
Skiingiggy for the reward information
Everyone at MTS2 and SimPE BarryChalky, Christin Kirby, and my wife for ideas and guidance