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Character
Name: Sam
Series: Sam and Max
Timeline: Post-Season 3/The Devils Playhouse. EXPECT SPOILERS
Canon Resource Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_%26_Max#Characters
http://samandmax.net/wiki/Sam
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sam_and_Max
Affiliation: Trainer.
Personality:
On the back of the Season One DVD, it refers to Sam as 'a six-foot tall canine shambus with a love of justice'. This is a good basic description, but it doesn't really go deep enough into his psyche and personality for an application. Sam does love his justice, however. It's heavily implied that Sam is semi-self employed, and not a qualified policeman. His love of justice is second-to-none, and he's not afraid to use comically fun violence to get his perpetrator.
However, he's a lot more laid back than his partner. Except when it comes to 'justice'. It's a bit hard to get him riled up. But as seen below, he'll go really mad over certain things...
An important part of Sam's personality is his relationship with Max, the second member of his comic duo. As shown in 'They Stole Max's Brain', Max helps restrain the harsher parts of Sam. Without him, he'd be a violent detective, in the style of Dirty Harry and Flint Paper.
Or maybe not. When Sam loses Max for-real in the credits of The City That Dares Not Sleep, he became sullen and depressed, knowing that his best friend was dead forever. Max truly is the most important person in the world to Sam.
Either way, the two of them work together, and live together. Max is the closest person Sam has to family (except for his real family, of course), and he almost treats Max like a brother. They have that deep level of trust that not many people have, and less Dog-and-Lagomorph teams have. I suppose you'd call it a nakama.
With other people, Sam is still friendly, but not as close as he is with Sam. And he's still okay with shooting at them or using them in ways to fufill his goals.
As for vocal styles, Sam seems fond of long words, and making long sentences. This also sort-of extends to how he deducts things -- he's overly vocal about them and might miss the obvious in some situations. His ignorance also extends to other things -- such as not knowing he should maintain his treasured DeSoto. In the games, as he's the player character, he's also a slight kleptomaniac, though I feel that only extends into certain situations, such as cases.
The way he solves puzzles is also... zany. For example, in one of the comics, he needed to get to the moon. So he filled the tailpipe with matches and they got to the moon. Puzzles are often solved like this in his mind, either with violence or things that normal people would never, ever do.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths
Sam carries a lot of knowledge in that brain of his, though not all of it is useful.
His aim with his gun, and any projectile (such as a PokeBall), varies, though it may be very good at the moment, seeing as he's from game canon.
He's a nice dog, really. His judgement of what's right and wrong is different from you and me, but it's still okay for his world, and hopefully won't get him into too much trouble in Johto.
Sam is also physically strong, being able to pummel Skun'ka'pe into near-death in They Stole Max's Brain.
Weaknesses
Being the straight-man in the duo, Sam has been called easy to manipulate and control by the villian of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, and that's the case sometimes. He's easy to string on, but that's because of convinience for the player. It doesn't mean that it's not a weakness, however. He'll go on a quest if it's to solve a case.
He also hates being teased about his weight, though he has a very sweet tooth. (He can't resist treats, though doesn't like chocolate, being a dog and all. When he becomes a human, he's still going to not be able to eat chocolate.)
Sam also cannot sing or dance well, and it frightens other characters when he tries. (He only got that recording contract by rigging the show!)
Pokemon
Starter: Nidoran Male. Sam is going to treat this Nidoran as if it were Max, as a sort of coping mechanism while being away from his closest friend. However, it's not going to fully work.
Password: salmon riceballs
Samples
First Person Sample:
Well, here we are on Route 29, surrounded by purple rats and fluffy birds. It's like I'm back in New Orleans!
[Sam looks to his Nidoran Male, expecting it to say something. It chatters a little bit, biting at the grass.]
I've lived in the wild before, Max. Remember that one time, when we got trapped on an island with nothing but the clothes on our back, and an airplane? At that time, I thought we'd die, but then I remembered I can do the doggy paddle.
[Another pause, for Nidoran to look up at Sam. Sam bites his lip a little, with a small whimper.]
...Right, you wouldn't remember. It was one of our most harrowing cases, with many unpredicatable twists and turns, only topped by our latest one!
I still wonder if we'll get to kick up our feet and rest at the conclusion of this case. The Commisioner didn't tell his hired old man with a strange odor anything about how long this would take, or what our mission was exactly. Something about 'Gym Leaders'?
Come on Max, let's find a vehicle. The DeSoto was eaten last case, and we've got to get more instructions.
Third Person Sample:
Tap... tap... tap...
Sam sat at the Pokemon Center in Cherrygrove, tapping absentminded-ly on the table in front of him, his thoughts with Max. The new Max. That strange purple rabbit that had started to follow him around just like Max had. It didn't stand on two feet, sure. But it could fight like him.
Sam let out an impatient huff. There must be crimes happening out there that he wasn't stopping in his own unique way. But, there was a problem with that crime-stopping way. Sam was missing his gun, and without that, he was a lot weaker than normal. He could still punch well... but he didn't have his Freelance Police idetification, either. As he had woken in this world, all of his inventory had been emptied. That made Sam angry, he'd spent ages collecting whatever he could find for many different puzzles. He was going to clean it out in a few days -- honest!
With a whimper, Sam sunk slightly into his chair. Who knew how long it would be until his little buddy was better? That Sentreat had been deadly to Max. If it were the real Max...
No. It wasn't time to get bogged down in things like that. Max might still be out here, somewhere.
It was a few minutes later, that a Nurse Joy brought out his little Nidoran♂. It let out a few cries, and Sam's ears pricked up.
"Sam! I mean Max!" Sam then said, running over. The Nurse informed him that Max would need a few days of rest, however. Picking him up, Sam had a smile on his face.
"Come on Max, I found a place to rest tonight, and tomorrow we'll go to Violet City." he said, placing one of his hands on the head of the poisonous rabbit. It cowered a little, chattering again.
Name: Kururu
Livejournal Username: blizaga_kururu
E-mail: firion2j@gmail.com
AIM/MSN: vinciolol
Timezone: +10
Current Characters in Route: pollyanna_boy
Character
Name: Sam
Series: Sam and Max
Timeline: Post-Season 3/The Devils Playhouse. EXPECT SPOILERS
Canon Resource Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_%26_Max#Characters
http://samandmax.net/wiki/Sam
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sam_and_Max
Affiliation: Trainer.
Personality:
On the back of the Season One DVD, it refers to Sam as 'a six-foot tall canine shambus with a love of justice'. This is a good basic description, but it doesn't really go deep enough into his psyche and personality for an application. Sam does love his justice, however. It's heavily implied that Sam is semi-self employed, and not a qualified policeman. His love of justice is second-to-none, and he's not afraid to use comically fun violence to get his perpetrator.
However, he's a lot more laid back than his partner. Except when it comes to 'justice'. It's a bit hard to get him riled up. But as seen below, he'll go really mad over certain things...
An important part of Sam's personality is his relationship with Max, the second member of his comic duo. As shown in 'They Stole Max's Brain', Max helps restrain the harsher parts of Sam. Without him, he'd be a violent detective, in the style of Dirty Harry and Flint Paper.
Or maybe not. When Sam loses Max for-real in the credits of The City That Dares Not Sleep, he became sullen and depressed, knowing that his best friend was dead forever. Max truly is the most important person in the world to Sam.
Either way, the two of them work together, and live together. Max is the closest person Sam has to family (except for his real family, of course), and he almost treats Max like a brother. They have that deep level of trust that not many people have, and less Dog-and-Lagomorph teams have. I suppose you'd call it a nakama.
With other people, Sam is still friendly, but not as close as he is with Sam. And he's still okay with shooting at them or using them in ways to fufill his goals.
As for vocal styles, Sam seems fond of long words, and making long sentences. This also sort-of extends to how he deducts things -- he's overly vocal about them and might miss the obvious in some situations. His ignorance also extends to other things -- such as not knowing he should maintain his treasured DeSoto. In the games, as he's the player character, he's also a slight kleptomaniac, though I feel that only extends into certain situations, such as cases.
The way he solves puzzles is also... zany. For example, in one of the comics, he needed to get to the moon. So he filled the tailpipe with matches and they got to the moon. Puzzles are often solved like this in his mind, either with violence or things that normal people would never, ever do.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths
Sam carries a lot of knowledge in that brain of his, though not all of it is useful.
His aim with his gun, and any projectile (such as a PokeBall), varies, though it may be very good at the moment, seeing as he's from game canon.
He's a nice dog, really. His judgement of what's right and wrong is different from you and me, but it's still okay for his world, and hopefully won't get him into too much trouble in Johto.
Sam is also physically strong, being able to pummel Skun'ka'pe into near-death in They Stole Max's Brain.
Weaknesses
Being the straight-man in the duo, Sam has been called easy to manipulate and control by the villian of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, and that's the case sometimes. He's easy to string on, but that's because of convinience for the player. It doesn't mean that it's not a weakness, however. He'll go on a quest if it's to solve a case.
He also hates being teased about his weight, though he has a very sweet tooth. (He can't resist treats, though doesn't like chocolate, being a dog and all. When he becomes a human, he's still going to not be able to eat chocolate.)
Sam also cannot sing or dance well, and it frightens other characters when he tries. (He only got that recording contract by rigging the show!)
Pokemon
Starter: Nidoran Male. Sam is going to treat this Nidoran as if it were Max, as a sort of coping mechanism while being away from his closest friend. However, it's not going to fully work.
Password: salmon riceballs
Samples
First Person Sample:
Well, here we are on Route 29, surrounded by purple rats and fluffy birds. It's like I'm back in New Orleans!
[Sam looks to his Nidoran Male, expecting it to say something. It chatters a little bit, biting at the grass.]
I've lived in the wild before, Max. Remember that one time, when we got trapped on an island with nothing but the clothes on our back, and an airplane? At that time, I thought we'd die, but then I remembered I can do the doggy paddle.
[Another pause, for Nidoran to look up at Sam. Sam bites his lip a little, with a small whimper.]
...Right, you wouldn't remember. It was one of our most harrowing cases, with many unpredicatable twists and turns, only topped by our latest one!
I still wonder if we'll get to kick up our feet and rest at the conclusion of this case. The Commisioner didn't tell his hired old man with a strange odor anything about how long this would take, or what our mission was exactly. Something about 'Gym Leaders'?
Come on Max, let's find a vehicle. The DeSoto was eaten last case, and we've got to get more instructions.
Third Person Sample:
Tap... tap... tap...
Sam sat at the Pokemon Center in Cherrygrove, tapping absentminded-ly on the table in front of him, his thoughts with Max. The new Max. That strange purple rabbit that had started to follow him around just like Max had. It didn't stand on two feet, sure. But it could fight like him.
Sam let out an impatient huff. There must be crimes happening out there that he wasn't stopping in his own unique way. But, there was a problem with that crime-stopping way. Sam was missing his gun, and without that, he was a lot weaker than normal. He could still punch well... but he didn't have his Freelance Police idetification, either. As he had woken in this world, all of his inventory had been emptied. That made Sam angry, he'd spent ages collecting whatever he could find for many different puzzles. He was going to clean it out in a few days -- honest!
With a whimper, Sam sunk slightly into his chair. Who knew how long it would be until his little buddy was better? That Sentreat had been deadly to Max. If it were the real Max...
No. It wasn't time to get bogged down in things like that. Max might still be out here, somewhere.
It was a few minutes later, that a Nurse Joy brought out his little Nidoran♂. It let out a few cries, and Sam's ears pricked up.
"Sam! I mean Max!" Sam then said, running over. The Nurse informed him that Max would need a few days of rest, however. Picking him up, Sam had a smile on his face.
"Come on Max, I found a place to rest tonight, and tomorrow we'll go to Violet City." he said, placing one of his hands on the head of the poisonous rabbit. It cowered a little, chattering again.