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Sam & Max

Sam & Max, the main characters of the series.

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Sam & Max is a media franchise focusing on the fictional characters of Sam and Max, the Freelance Police, created by Steve Purcell. It was created as a comics series, but was also adapted into a series of videogames and a cartoon series.

Comics[]

  • Sam & Max: Freelance Police - Special Edition (1987), it includes the stories Monkeys Violating the Heavenly Temple, Night of the Gilded Heron-Shark and the Getting Along in the Joint activity page.
  • Sam & Max: Freelance Police in: Night of the Cringing Wildebeest (December 1987), short story within issue 19 of Critters.
  • Sam & Max: Freelance Police in: Fair Wind to Java (November 1988), short story in the Munden's Bar series within issue 52 of Grimjack.
  • Sam & Max: Freelance Police Special (1989), it includes the stories On the Road (with related special pages, including the official board game) and Our Bewildering Universe.
  • Sam & Max: Freelance Police in: The Damned Don't Dance (December 1990), a Christmas special within issue 50 of Critters.
  • Sam & Max: Freelance Police (1992), it includes the story Bad Day on the Moon and the Disguise'o'rama activity page.
  • Sam & Max: Freelance Police Special Color Collection (1992), a full-color compilation of stories, including five new stories and five reprints. These are: Beast From the Cereal Aisle, Terror on the Tanbark, Monkeys Violating the Heavenly Temple, Night of the Gilded Heron-Shark, Getting Along in the Joint, The Magic Of Clumsy, Amateurish Animation, Night of the Cringing Wildebeest, The Damned Don't Dance, Ponderings of the Ages, and Fair Wind to Java.
  • Sam & Max: Freelance Police (1990 - 1996), 13 comic strips published on LucasArts' promotional magazine The Adventurer. Instead of a strip, issue 7 included a colored version of the board game from On the Road, relabeled into the official Sam & Max Hit the Road board game.
  • The collected Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway (1995), it includes all stories published up to that point, except Our Bewildering Universe, Terror on the Tanbark, and Ponderings of the Ages.
  • Sam & Max: Freelance Police in: Belly of the Beast (1997), a Halloween special within issue 50 of Wizard Magazine.
  • Sam & Max (1997 - 1998), three short comics published in issues of the Totally Fox Kids magazine to promote the TV show.
  • Sam & Max Skeptical Investigators (1998), a 1-page comic within issue 10 of Oni Double Feature.
  • Sam & Max: The Big Sleep (December 9th, 2005 - April 18th, 2007), a 12-page webcomic made available for free at Telltale's website to promote their game.
  • Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway (2008), 20th anniversary edition of The collected Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway, it includes all stories published up to that point except The Big Sleep, and some extra contents.

Video Games[]

  • Sam & Max Hit the Road (November 1993) for PC
  • Sam & Max Season One, later renamed Sam & Max Save the World, released for PC in 6 episodes, and as a full game for Wii and Xbox 360. The original releases of the episodes are:
    • Culture Shock (October 17th, 2006)
    • Situation: Comedy (December 20th, 2006)
    • The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball (January 25th, 2007)
    • Abe Lincoln Must Die! (February 22, 2007)
    • Reality 2.0 (March 29th, 2007)
    • Bright Side of the Moon (April 26th, 2007)
  • Sam & Max Season Two, later renamed Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space, released for PC in 5 episodes, and as a full game for Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation Network, and iOS. The original releases of the episodes are:
    • Ice Station Santa (November 8th, 2007)
    • Moai Better Blues (January 10th, 2008)
    • Night of the Raving Dead (February 12th, 2008)
    • Chariots of the Dogs (March 13th, 2008)
    • What's new, Beelzebub? (April 10th, 2008)
  • Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, released for iPad, PC, and PlayStation Network in 5 episodes:
    • The Penal Zone (April 15th, 2010)
    • The Tomb of Sammun-Mak (May 18th, 2010)
    • They Stole Max's Brain! (June 22nd, 2010)
    • Beyond the Alley of the Dolls (July 20th, 2010)
    • The City That Dares Not Sleep (August 30th, 2010)
    • Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Remastered is scheduled to release in 2024 for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch

Two more games were produced between Hit the Road and Season One, but cancelled before being published: Sam & Max Plunge Through Space and Sam & Max: Freelance Police.

TV[]

  • The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police (October 4th, 1997 - April 25th, 1998), an animated show based on the comics that ran for a total of 24 episodes. It's also known as Sam & Max: Freelance Police!!! or simply Sam & Max.

Shorts[]

  • Sam & Max: Our Bewildering Universe (2001), a flash short produced in 2001 and published on Telltale's site.
  • Sam & Max: Season One shorts (November 30th, 2006 - April 19th, 2007), a series of shorts was produced to promote using the same engine from the game. A total of 15 shorts were produced and released on Telltale's official site in groups of three, with each group released between one episode and the next one.
  • Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa (November 2007), a 20 minute adaptation of the Sam & Max: Season Two episode produced in the same style as the previous ones to promote the game, being released on Telltale's official site.
  • Sam & Max Secret Origins: Skun'kape (2010), a Flash short in the same style of Our Bewildering Universe produced to promote Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse and published on Telltale's site.

Links to Other Series[]

Direction Series Date Description Type


5 Critters (Fantagraphics Books) 198712 December 1987 Two Sam & Max stories were published in issues 19 and 50 of Critters. 2
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Munden's Bar 198811 November 1988 Sam & Max: Freelance Police in: Fair Wind to Java was published as part of the Murden's Bar series. 1
5 Monkey Island 199010 October 1990 Sam and Max make appearances as an idol, as costumes and as shadows in the first three episodes of Monkey Island, and are referenced in Escape from Monkey Island; the Sam & Max: Freelance Police stories on issues 1 and 14 of The Adventurer are parodies of The Secret of Monkey Island, and there also is a reference to the game in Sam & Max Hit the Road. 2
4 Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe 199104 April 1991 The Sam & Max: Freelance Police story on issue 2 of The Adventurer is a parody of Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe. 3
4 Indiana Jones 199110 October 1991 The Sam & Max: Freelance Police story on issue 3 of The Adventurer is a parody of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and there also are references to Indiana Jones movies in Sam & Max Hit the Road. 3
4 Rawhide 199104 April 1991 The Sam & Max: Freelance Police story on issue 5 of The Adventurer features a reference to Rawhide. 2
4 Full Throttle (LucasArts) 199407 July 1994 The Sam & Max: Freelance Police story on issue 7 of The Adventurer is a parody of Full Throttle. 3
4 Afterlife (LucasArts) 199501 January 1995 The Sam & Max: Freelance Police story on issue 11 of The Adventurer is a parody of Afterlife. 3
5 Torin's Passage 19951031 October 31, 1995 There are two skunks called Sam and Max in Torin's Passage.
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5 Outlaws (LucasArts) 19970407 April 07, 1997 Max appears in a secret area in the Lucasarts game Outlaws. Additionally, the Sam & Max: Freelance Police story on issue 12 of The Adventurer is a parody of Outlaws. 1
5 Star Wars 1997930 September 30, 1997 The game Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II features Max The Bunny, who can team up with the player. Before, both series have made various references to each other. 1
4 Beany and Cecil 19971220 December 20, 1997 A parody of Cecil is seen in The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police episode "It's Dangly Deever Time". 3
4 Fallout 2007118 November 8, 2007 Stimpacks and radiation chems are mentioned in Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space. 3
4 Duke Nukem 2008110 January 10, 2008 In the second episode of Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space there are crates underwater with an image of Duke Nukem and the initials "D.N.E." parodying the still-unreleased at the time Duke Nukem Forever. 2
4 Bill & Ted 20080314 March 14, 2008 The Sam & Max video games "Chariots of the Gods" and "What's New Beelzebub" feature references to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. 2
5 Team Fortress 20100415 April 15, 2010 Team Fortress 2 features three promotional items based on Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse and unlocked by pre-purchasing the game. 1
4 Zero Wing 20100622 June 22, 2010 The third episode of Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, titled They Stole Max's Brain!, features a reference to the phrase "All your base are belong to us!" 3
5 Poker Night at the Inventory 20101122 November 22, 2010 Poker Night at the Inventory features Max from Sam & Max as one of the main characters, while Poker Night 2 features Sam; other characters make cameos in the two games as well. 1
5 Monica's Gang 20126 June 2012 Sam and Max appear in Clássicos do Cinema - Turma da Mônica #32. 2
5 Borderlands 20130424 April 24, 2013 Borderlands 2 features an unlockable mask of Max from Sam & Max. 2
5 Nostalgia Critic 2015616 June 16, 2015 The Nostalgia Critic reviews "Sam & Max: Freelance Police". 2
5 Paradigm (Jacob Janerka) 201745 April 5, 2017 The glam nun has a tattoo of Max the rabbit in Paradigm. 2
5 Eddsworld 202141 April 1, 2021 In "Beaster Bunny", Billy wears a Sam and Max shirt. 2
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