Henri LeStanc
Gender	Male
Species	Skunk
Family
Owners	None
Other information
Game	The Sims: Unleashed
Playability	NPC

Stinky Skunk
Gender	Male
Age	Adult
Species	Skunk
Other information
Game	The Sims 2 Pets
Playability	NPC
Neighborhood	Pets

The Sims: Unleashed

Henri LeStanc is an NPC skunk that was added in The Sims: Unleashed. He will appear randomly when Sims have poor hygiene levels, and wander around their lot smelling their flowers. If a Sim tries to pet Henri, they will be sprayed and lose all of their hygiene. To make Henri leave, Sims can call animal control (for a fee) or simply alleviate their hygiene problem.

His name may be a nod to the Warner Bros. cartoon character Pepé Le Pew, in that it is intended to appear French, though it is not.

The Sims 2: Pets

Stinky Skunk is an NPC introduced in The Sims 2: Pets. He will randomly appear on a residential lot, and Sims can either pet, watch, or chase him off the lot. If a skunk is trapped in fences or walls, multiple skunks may appear on a lot, though all skunks on the lot will have the name of Stinky Skunk.

The skunk will usually leave if chased off, but may become annoyed and spray. The skunk may initially tolerate being watched by a Sim or followed by a pet, but will eventually become annoyed and spray. According to the Prima guide for Pets, a werewolf has a better-than-even chance of being able to pet a skunk without being sprayed, but other Sims only have a 5 percent chance of not being sprayed.

The skunk will threaten before spraying, so a Sim or pet that is watching or following him may decide to move on, though that will not always keep them from being sprayed. Genius pets and pets who have been sprayed before are more likely to recognize that the skunk is preparing to spray, as are Sims with high logic. When a Sim or pet is sprayed, his or her hygiene meter will drop to zero. The comfort and fun meters will also drop slightly, but it may pass unnoticed unless the player is looking at the meters. Sims and pets will also receive a negative memory of being sprayed by skunks.

Warning

Do not attempt to add skunks to a household, or interact with them in any way outside of their in-game designated purposes. Doing so can cause game corruption, fixed only by uninstalling and reinstalling the game.

Personality

Personality
None
Genius		Doofus
Hyper		Lazy
Independent		Friendly
Aggressive		Cowardly
Pigpen		Finicky

Trivia

• Internally, Stinky Skunk is a male cat, as an inspection with SimPE concludes.
  • The body of Stinky Skunk is technically an animated object aligned to a cat skeleton. As he is internally a cat, if the skin object cannot be shown by the game (for example, in a family picture or game icon, which is possible if Stinky is added to any household with the use of the Tombstone of Life and Death), he will appear as a black furred cat with orange eyes.
    • The animated object is handled by another NPC named Skunk Skin, who is also internally considered a male cat and has the same personality as Stinky Skunk. Skunk Skin also shows up as a cat if his mesh can't be shown by the game, but unlike Stinky Skunk, he will appear as a black cat with white markings on it. Like Stinky Skunk, players should not attempt to add Skunk Skin to a household as this will cause game corruption.
  • Adding Stinky to a family and using the 'controlpets' cheat makes it so he can be ordered to do normal cat interactions with Sims and other pets, such as playing or being hugged; however, other pets and Sims can only perform skunk-related interactions towards him.
  • Strangely, it is possible to attempt to "register" Stinky Skunk as a breed, but the game will not allow the player to progress past the "Name your new breed" screen.
• Sims may have a fear of getting sprayed or that a pet they own or know will get sprayed.
• Servos and PlantSims can be sprayed with no ill effects (unless the Sim has a fear of being sprayed).
  • However, they will sometimes emit a green cloud and wave towards the camera about needing a shower, but both effects will disappear after a while.
• Stinky Skunk has the Romance Aspiration, which can be proven through SimPE, once he has spawned in-game. However, he will appear to have no aspiration, just like any other pet.
• Skunks are also featured in The Sims Castaway Stories.
• The Sims 2: Pets for home consoles and PSP has a fur marking for cats that adds a skunk stripes pattern, allowing cats to appear similar to skunks, though this does not change their functionality.
• The leaked trailer for The Sims 3: Pets suggested that skunks would have returned in that expansion pack, but there are no actual skunks in the released version of The Sims 3: Pets. However, a skunk-like pattern can be created in the PC version, and a skunk birman pattern can be applied to make a cat look like a skunk in The Sims 3: Pets for console.

Gallery

Two Stinky Skunks on the same lot in The Sims 2: Pets.

A cat that looks like a skunk in The Sims 3: Pets.