Cast of Sharknado Character Pack

The Cast of Sharknado Character Pack (a.k.a., the Cast of Sharknado Story Pack and Sharknado Paraphernalia Pack) is a 2-part set of uploads on Dozerfleet Labs, introducing custom content for download for The Sims 4 inspired by the Asylum's films Sharknado and its sequel Sharknado 2: The Second One.

Cast of Sharknado
Now you can download these Sims, based on the cast of The Asylum's original Sharknado film from 2013!

Fin Shepherd
After a bitter divorce, Fin wants to salvage what's left of his career in surfing and start a bar. But when sharks attack, he rises to the occasion to save those he loves.

April Wexler
Fin's ex-wife. She complains a lot and doesn't do much initially. But by the second movie, she gets some much-needed character development.

Claudia Shepherd
Claudia doesn't think her dad loves her all that much. She will be proudly proven wrong.

Nova Clarke
It's not her real name, but Nova wants a new life after sharks killed her grandfather. Too bad a sharknado tries to kill her!

Baz Hogan
He's from down under, and just might return to it — if sharks don't rain down from the sky and eat him first!

Sharknado 2 "I Survived" T-Shirts
Some of you may be old enough to remember that in 2006, Snakes on a Plane was hyped a lot online. And a year after its release, CC for The Sims 2 was available for that franchise.

Well, that era has come and gone. But fortunately, something even better took its place in 2013: Sharknado! Nobody expected that film to become the hit that it has, only a year after its initial release. But it became quite the cult classic. Given it is one of the most successful Asylum films to date, it seemed inevitable that SyFy would put its full weight behind the sequel.

And put weight behind it they did! In fact, perhaps as homage, the first five minutes of Sharknado 2: The Second One could easily be described as Sharks on a Plane! A nice touch, indeed!

But it only got better from there! Sharknado 2 rose to fame rapidly in the summer of 2014, even though its formula basically consisted of copying most of the first film's tropes verbatim - and then executing them better, but in a different city.

What wasn't expected, however, was how large the merchandising would be for part 2. NBC Universal knows gold when they see it, even if it's covered in CGI shark blood!

It seemed that with all the real-life merch available, it only made sense that Sims should enjoy some of it too. And so, without further adieu, here comes the "I Survived" series of Sharknado 2 T-shirts for men and women, now in Sims 4 format! Most notably, there is an impaled shark on top of the Chrysler building - for all who pay close attention.

Have fun, and don't get eaten by sharks!

Special credit goes to SyFy, the Asylum, and NBC Universal for the shirt design.

Package contents

 * Cast of Sharknado.zip (310 KB)
 * Sharknado 2 T-shirts.zip (201 KB)

Requirements
All materials in this pack are base game-compatible.

Development
While several mods and CC packs were being experimented with heavily in 2014, nostalgia at Dozerfleet Labs for the Snakes on a Plane Paraphernalia Pack led to a lightbulb moment: Since Sharknado 2 essentially copied the plot to Snakes on a Plane in its first five minutes, a Sharknado mod made more sense for Sims 4 than a rehash of the old Snakes on a Plane material would. The cast were all easily re-created using the base game.

Not long after the cast was re-created, the "I Survived" Sharknado 2 promo shirts being put out by NBC Universal at the time were made.

Distribution
On October 5th of 2014, a promo card was submitted to DeviantArt of the pack, later followed by a link to the files on MediaFire. By October 19th of 2014, Utterly Sims began hosting the cast re-made as Sims. The shirts were submitted to Mod the Sims on October 27th. The whole set was re-uploaded to DzMD on May 29th of 2020.

Reception
On DzMD, the pack has only been downloaded once as of August 16th of 2021. The shirts were downloaded on Mod the Sims from 2014 until 2021 a total of over 480 times. It was thanked 17 times and favorited by 7 total downloaders.