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Over the course of six episodes (the final one released in May of 2007), our heroes matched wits with former child stars, a bossy talk show host, the Toy Mafia, the U.S. government, the Internet, and a cult leader in order to foil a series of mass-hypnosis plots. ''Sam & Max: Season 2'' (running from November 2007 to April 2008) had the Freelance Police facing demonic possession in Santa's workshop, the Bermuda Triangle, a Goth vampire and his army of club-hopping zombies, a sinister cabal known only as T-H-E-M, and the forces of Hell. The complete Season 1 for Wii was released in 2008. In 2009, Telltale announced that Seasons 1 and 2 would be on UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade, under different names (''Sam & Max Save the World'' and ''Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space'', respectively). Most other places that sell the games online, like Steam and Telltale's official site, have switched to those names, as well.

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Over the course of six episodes (the final one released in May of 2007), our heroes matched wits with former child stars, a bossy talk show host, the Toy Mafia, the U.S. government, the Internet, and a cult leader in order to foil a series of mass-hypnosis plots. ''Sam & Max: Season 2'' (running from November 2007 to April 2008) had the Freelance Police facing demonic possession in Santa's workshop, the Bermuda Triangle, a Goth vampire and his army of club-hopping zombies, a sinister cabal known only as T-H-E-M, and the forces of Hell. The complete Season 1 for Wii was released in 2008. In 2009, Telltale announced that Seasons 1 and 2 would be on UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade, Platform/XboxLiveArcade, under different names (''Sam & Max Save the World'' and ''Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space'', respectively). Most other places that sell the games online, like Steam and Telltale's official site, have switched to those names, as well.



Following the closure of Creator/TelltaleGames, the rights to the episodic series has been acquired by members of the development team, now Skunkape Games. The first season, ''Sam & Max Save the World'', received a remastered release for PC and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in December 2020, with ''Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space'' in December 2021, and ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'' coming sometime in 2024.

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Following the closure of Creator/TelltaleGames, the rights to the episodic series has been acquired by members of the development team, now Skunkape Games. The first season, ''Sam & Max Save the World'', received a remastered release for PC and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Platform/NintendoSwitch in December 2020, with ''Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space'' in December 2021, and ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'' coming sometime in 2024.
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See also ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxThisTimeItsVirtual'', a 2021 project which may or may not be in the same continuity. It's complicated.
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*** ''Ice Station Santa'' has The Corporate Shambling Presence, a demon that was shipped to Santa and attacks the workshop.

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*** ''Ice Station Santa'' has The Shambling Corporate Shambling Presence, a demon that was shipped to Santa and attacks the workshop.

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* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': Invoked in "Abe Lincoln Must Die!". Sam acts as an interpreter for Whizzer due to the President having a hard time understanding him. While same can accurately translate, to progress involve him getting the President to give Whizzer a soda, causing Whizzer to need a bathroom, asking where it is. After that, Sam can translate Whizzer as asking for the Bathroom, President Lincoln's room, or the War Room. Whizzer will go to wherever Sam asks the President without question.

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* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': MistakenForToilet: Invoked in "Abe Lincoln Must Die!". Sam acts as an interpreter for Whizzer due to the President having a hard time understanding him. While same can accurately translate, to progress involve him getting the President to give Whizzer a soda, causing Whizzer to need a bathroom, asking where it is. After that, Sam can translate Whizzer as asking for the Bathroom, President Lincoln's room, or the War Room. Whizzer will go to wherever Sam asks the President without question.question.
--> '''Max''': Sam, did you just make an innocent person defile one of the most famous rooms in U.S. history?
--> (''Whizzer returns, relieved'')
--> '''Sam''': Apparently, I did.
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* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': Invoked in "Abe Lincoln Must Die!". Sam acts as an interpreter for Whizzer due to the President having a hard time understanding him. While same can accurately translate, to progress involve him getting the President to give Whizzer a soda, causing Whizzer to need a bathroom, asking where it is. After that, Sam can translate Whizzer as asking for the Bathroom, President Lincoln's room, or the War Room. Whizzer will go to wherever Sam asks the President without question.
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* MistakenForSanta: In "Situation: Comedy", Sam and Max perform in a sitcom called the Midtown Cowboys where they have to disguise a cow from their landlord Mr. Featherly. If the shaving cream is used, Sam can claim the cow to be Santa Claus. Max ends up being fooled, forcing Sam to remind him that it is just a disguise, [[EpicFail ruining the scene]].
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* StableTimeLoop: Three of these in Season 2: One [[spoiler:is Jimmy Two-Teeth's boxing glove and the disappearance of his wife]] in Episode 201, which turn out to be part of a big time-travel shenanigan, the second is [[spoiler:the uncorked wine bottle, which enabled Sam to eventually reach the part of the game where he uncorks it in the past]], and the third is [[spoiler:the remote-egg trade]] in Episodes 204 and 205. Meanwhile, [[spoiler:Past Sam and Past Max]] explicitly are not part of a stable time loop, which is referenced again in [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse 305]].

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* StableTimeLoop: Three of these in Season 2: One [[spoiler:is Jimmy Two-Teeth's boxing glove and the disappearance of his wife]] in Episode 201, which turn out to be part of a one big time-travel shenanigan, the second is [[spoiler:the uncorked wine bottle, which enabled enables Sam to eventually reach the part of the game where he uncorks it in the past]], and the third is [[spoiler:the remote-egg trade]] in Episodes 204 and 205. Meanwhile, [[spoiler:Past Sam and Past Max]] explicitly are not part of a stable time loop, which is referenced again in [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse 305]].



** In Chariots of the Dogs, the aliens are revealed to be [[spoiler: illegal aliens.]]

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** In Chariots of the Dogs, the aliens are revealed to be [[spoiler: illegal [[spoiler:illegal aliens.]]



** In "What's New, Beelzebub?", it's revealed that the [=DeSoto=] has a soul, and is forced to drive slowly for the rest of eternity. The only comments made are based around how the punishment is so torturous.[[spoiler:[[GhostInTheMachine A ghost]] resides in this here machine.]]

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** In "What's New, Beelzebub?", it's revealed that the [=DeSoto=] has a soul, and is forced to drive slowly for the rest of eternity. The only comments made are based around how the punishment is so torturous.[[spoiler:[[GhostInTheMachine A a ghost]] resides in this here machine.]]
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* StableTimeLoop: Two of those in the Season 2: One [[spoiler:is Jimmy Two-Teeth's boxing glove and the disappearance of his wife]] in Episode 201, both caused by Sam and Max through time travel shenanigans, and the second is [[spoiler:Mr.Featherly's egg]] in Episodes 204 and 205. Meanwhile, [[spoiler:Past Sam and Past Max]] explicitly are not part of a stable time loop, which is referenced again in [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse 305]].

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* StableTimeLoop: Two Three of those these in the Season 2: One [[spoiler:is Jimmy Two-Teeth's boxing glove and the disappearance of his wife]] in Episode 201, both caused by Sam and Max through time travel shenanigans, and which turn out to be part of a big time-travel shenanigan, the second is [[spoiler:Mr.Featherly's egg]] [[spoiler:the uncorked wine bottle, which enabled Sam to eventually reach the part of the game where he uncorks it in the past]], and the third is [[spoiler:the remote-egg trade]] in Episodes 204 and 205. Meanwhile, [[spoiler:Past Sam and Past Max]] explicitly are not part of a stable time loop, which is referenced again in [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse 305]].
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*** Later on in the same episode, Sybil spray paints this over her store window.

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*** ** Later on in the same episode, Sybil spray paints this over her store window.

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*** Later on in the same episode, Sybil spray paints this over her store window.



*** Later on in the same episode, Sybil spray paints this over her store window.
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* RandomizedTitleScreen: Title sequences end with the duo making some kind of gesture (high-five, "right back atcha", etc.) In the season finale, the sequence ends with Max pointing upward and the car flies to the moon. Then the following seasons use [[MythologyGag the couch gag from the comics]] (as mentioned on the CouchGag/ComicBooks page).

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* RandomizedTitleScreen: Title sequences end with the duo making some kind of gesture (high-five, "right back atcha", etc.) In the season finale, the sequence ends with Max pointing upward and the car flies to the moon. Then the following seasons use [[MythologyGag the couch gag from the comics]] (as mentioned on the CouchGag/ComicBooks page).comics]].
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* FrustratingLie: In "The Mole, The Mob, and The Meatball", Sam and Max meet a lying cheat named Leonard Steakcharmer who challenges them to "Indian Poker" in which he cheats by looking at a mirror to see his card. After being beaten, Leonard steals the Toy Mafia's meatball sub which Sam and Max become tasked to find, running into Leonard who threatens to shoot the two of them if they move. Of course, they only show to be slightly annoyed with his bluff after Max points out that Leonard is threatening them with a cap gun before tying him up.
-->'''Max:''' Excuse me. Are you chance holding us at gunpoint with a harmless cap gun?\\
'''Sam:''' Once a cheat, always a cheat. Eh, Leonard?
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** In 202, the famous "Snake? SNAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!" line from the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' series can be heard on one of the radio stations.

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** In 202, the famous "Snake? SNAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!" line from the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series can be heard on one of the radio stations.
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* NoodleIncident: Almost everything in each game. Whenever Sam clicks on an item the player frequently gets a dialog about some weird or ghastly incident involving it, usually due to Max. A perfect example in Episode 103 is Sybils standing fan. Sam says Max almost lost a finger in one of these. Max says "yeah but it wasn't my finger". Almost none of these little stories is ever explained or referenced a second time.
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Following the closure of Creator/TelltaleGames, the rights to the episodic series has been acquired by members of the development team, now Skunkape Games. The first season, ''Sam & Max Save the World'', received a remastered release for PC and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in December 2020, with ''Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space'' in December 2021, and ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'' coming sometime in 2023.

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Following the closure of Creator/TelltaleGames, the rights to the episodic series has been acquired by members of the development team, now Skunkape Games. The first season, ''Sam & Max Save the World'', received a remastered release for PC and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in December 2020, with ''Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space'' in December 2021, and ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'' coming sometime in 2023.
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Per TRS, Feelies is now Trivia.


* {{Feelies}}: The case files, available on the Telltale website, contain several nice little items from or inspired by each episode.

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Legitimate Businessmens Social Club TRS cleanup, disambiguating when appropriate.


* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: Ted E. Bear's Mafia-Free Playland And Casino.
-->'''Theme song''': "No mafia here (What mafia? Please!) We're mafia free (No mafia here) (No mafia mugs) Just doin' business legitimately!"


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* TotallyNotACriminalFront: Ted E. Bear's Mafia-Free Playland And Casino.
-->'''Theme song''': "No mafia here (What mafia? Please!) We're mafia free (No mafia here) (No mafia mugs) Just doin' business legitimately!"
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Following the closure of Creator/TelltaleGames, the rights to the episodic series has been acquired by members of the development team, now Skunkape Games. The first season, ''Sam & Max Save the World'', received a remastered release for PC and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in December 2020, with ''Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space'' in December 2021, and ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'' coming sometime in 2024.

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Following the closure of Creator/TelltaleGames, the rights to the episodic series has been acquired by members of the development team, now Skunkape Games. The first season, ''Sam & Max Save the World'', received a remastered release for PC and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in December 2020, with ''Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space'' in December 2021, and ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'' coming sometime in 2024.
2023.
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Following the closure of Creator/TelltaleGames, the rights to the episodic series has been acquired by members of the development team, now Skunkape Games. The first season, ''Sam & Max Save the World'', received a remastered release for PC and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in December 2020, with ''Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space'' in December 2021, and ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'' coming sometime in 2023.

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Following the closure of Creator/TelltaleGames, the rights to the episodic series has been acquired by members of the development team, now Skunkape Games. The first season, ''Sam & Max Save the World'', received a remastered release for PC and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in December 2020, with ''Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space'' in December 2021, and ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'' coming sometime in 2023.
2024.
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* GenkiGirl: Baby Amelia Earhart, also a MotorMouth and LittleMissBadass.
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** Mr Featherly, actually (in-universe). Germans treat him as the main character, since [[GermanHumour his existence is one of frustration and suffering]]. Anything endorsed on Midtown Cowboys instantly becomes a top seller in Germany. This proves to be Jurgen's downfall.

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** Mr Featherly, actually (in-universe). Germans treat him as the main character, protagonist of his show, Midtown Cowboys, rather than the antagonist, since [[GermanHumour his existence is one of frustration and suffering]]. Anything endorsed on Midtown Cowboys the show instantly becomes a top seller in Germany. This proves to be Jurgen's downfall.
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** Mr Featherly, actually (in-universe). Anything endorsed on Midtown Cowboys instantly becomes a top seller in Germany. This proves to be Jurgen's downfall.

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** Mr Featherly, actually (in-universe). Germans treat him as the main character, since [[GermanHumour his existence is one of frustration and suffering]]. Anything endorsed on Midtown Cowboys instantly becomes a top seller in Germany. This proves to be Jurgen's downfall.

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Sybil wasn't the only female character in Season one, there was Myra (and the AI based on her), the director and the voice of the internet


*** After Sam starts a fire to heat up a kettle, Max claims [[Music/ArthurBrown "I am the god of hellfire!"]]



* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Sybil Pandemik in Season 1.

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* %% TheSmurfettePrinciple: Sybil Pandemik in Season 1.
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That trope is for season 3


* AnimatedActors: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QplgWcQs2a4 The entire cast is this for]] the HilariousOuttakes.
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* MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: The staff at Ted E. Bear's [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Mafia-Free]] Playland And Casino would like to remind you that the establishment is not owned by the mafia, nor does the mafia occupy the area. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gk2Yzru3OM They even wrote a song to remind you.]]

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* MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: The staff at Ted E. Bear's [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Mafia-Free]] Playland And Casino would like to remind you that the establishment is not owned by the mafia, nor does the mafia occupy the area. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gk2Yzru3OM com/watch?v=xvZO1z3P9lE They even wrote a song to remind you.]]
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* CallForward: The remastered version added two new items to Sam & Max's closet in the future seen in "Chariots of the Dogs", items that would only been seen in ''The Devil's Playhouse''; Sameth's skull and the bust of Sammun-Mak.

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* TheBermudaTriangle: Appears in ''Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space'', though here it is a triangular portal through space. In ''Moai Better Blues'', it takes the duo to [[EenieMeenieMinyMoai Easter Island]].

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* TheBermudaTriangle: Appears in ''Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space'', though here it is a triangular portal through space. In ''Moai Better Blues'', it takes the duo to [[EenieMeenieMinyMoai Easter Island]].UsefulNotes/EasterIsland.



* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: "Moai Better Blues", is set on Eater Island, and features Moai heads.

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