History VideoGame / PajamaSam

** Sam originally wore a mask as part of his superhero alter ego in the first game, a quirk he dropped entirely from the second onward. A line of dialogue in the second game suggests Sam ditched the mask because it was getting itchy. In addition, the first game is the only one that ''doesn't'' start with you looking for his cape, rather you actually search for the three items that eventually become the key items you need to retrieve.

Sam is a young boy who likes to dress up in his pajamas with a cape and a mask and pretend to be his favorite superhero, Pajama Man. Most of the games each have AnAesop.

%%* BeYourself: The [[AnAesop Aesop]] of the TieInNovel ''Pajama Sam: The Magic Hat Tree''.

The series is now available on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

** The UsefulNotes/PlayStation version of ''You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet'', if [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KViLMruOK7w these]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBFgvZrloF0 three]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o5ty4zSPyE videos]] on Website/YouTube are anything to go by.

''Pajama Sam'' is a series of point-and-click children's games originally made by Creator/HumongousEntertainment, which was later bought by Creator/{{Atari}}. The series spans four {{Adventure Game}}s and four {{Gaiden Game}}s.

Sam is a small child who likes to dress up in his pajamas with a cape and a mask and pretend to be his hero - Pajama Man. Most of the games each have AnAesop.

*** Normally Sam gives a generic "I don't think that will work" message if you try to use an item in the wrong spot. However, Sam has a few select lines in this particular game. For example, if you try to use the rope to get into Darkness' house, Sam comments the rope isn't long enough to reach. If Sam tries to use a dangerous item (like a pickaxe) on a character, he says that it wouldn't be very nice. If Sam tries to do this on the snooty trees who blocks the path to the garden, he'll say "Violence is never a good solution."

* NobodyPoops: There's a hidden animation in ''Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening'' that makes Pajama Sam unbutton his pajamas, exposing his butt to the viewers, take a dump and wipe with his cape. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQF6l_NBBV0 Can be seen here]]. Warning: May ruin your childhood.

* CheekCopy: Actually attempted by Pajama Sam in the second game if the photocopier is clicked, but it doesn't result in anything (and thankfully, Sam does it fully clothed). He notes that his skin is must be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-photo_blue non-photocopy blue]].

* AnAesop

* NoOSHACompliance:
** [[RollercoasterMine The mines]] in ''No Need to Hide''. Lava everywhere, tons of broken tracks, tracks that stretch when King rockets over them, low-hanging light fixtures...
** Don't forget the entirety of ''Thunder and Lightning Aren't So Frightening''. Even inside most of the rooms and areas of the World Wide Weather complex, they have no railings and/or are open to the sky. Just imagine Sam tripping over his own cape like he does in an early cutscene...

** And that doesn't hold a candle to the mines in ''No Need to Hide'', which not only have wooden tracks in a lava-filled cavern, but in some places have the wooden supports submerged ''into'' the lava.

** Don't forget the entirety of ''Thunder and Lightning Aren't So Frightening''. Even inside most of the rooms and areas of the World Wide Weather complex, they have no railings and/or are open to the sky. Just imagine Sam tripping over his own cape...

* NoOSHACompliance: [[RollercoasterMine The mines]] in ''No Need to Hide''. Lava everywhere, tons of broken tracks, tracks that stretch when King rockets over them, low-hanging light fixtures...

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* CheekCopy: Actually attempted by Pajama Sam in the second game if the photocopier is clicked, but it doesn't result in anything (and thankfully, Sam does it fully clothed).

* BrokenAesop: In the fourth game, the dirty sock is judged by the other clothes, who are all in pairs. This is meant to be a lesson in accepting others, but the musical number really comes across more as teaching that people who are alone are freaks of nature:

* AllThereInTheManual
** The Steam trading cards also clarify that Thunder and Lightning are sisters.

** In the second game, there's a board meeting where all the members of the board...are boards. There's also a chair as the chairman.