The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police: Difference between revisions

A long-awaited sequel to ''Sam & Max Hit the Road'' was announced by Lucasarts in 2002, but in March of 2004, the project was [[Vaporware|unceremoniously canceled]]. Fans were incensed, as were several members of the Lucasarts team, who left to found their own game company: [[Telltale Games]]. In 2005, Telltale announced they would be working with Steve Purcell to produce an episodic ''Sam & Max'' adventure game, and in late 2006, the first episode of ''Sam & Max: Season 1'' was released.

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 and 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 [[Xbox Live Arcade]], 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. The third season ''The Devil's Playhouse'' ran from April to August 2010, and saw the Freelance Police embroiled in a plot to collect "Toys of Power" that grant those with the ability to wield them (including Max, conveniently enough) awesome psychic powers. Said plot involves [[Killer Space Monkey|evil gorillas from space]], [[Eldritch Abomination|eldritch horrors]] and mole-men.

=== ''Sam & Max Hit the Road'' ===

=== The Telltale Seasons ===

* [[The Chosen One|The Chosen Ones]]s: "We appear in so many prophecies that we should start charging royalties!"

* [[Generation Xerox]]: The main characters of "The Tomb of Sammun-Mak" are Sameth and Maximus, the Great-Grandparents of Sam and Max. As you expect, apparently their only difference is they aren't Freelance Police, they don't have a car, <ref>Though Sameth has a pony that Maximus is itching to get his hands on -- same new story this generation.</ref>, and they don't have guns. Also, Sameth has a mustache, and Maximus has clothes.

** The president's (evidently rather lewd) letter in "Chariots of the Dogs" is involved in two [[Red Herring|Red Herrings]]s: one, it's addressed to {{spoiler|a "Maxine". By talking to Little Sam, you learn that girls like to dress Little Max up in their dolls' clothes, which sounds like useful information in the context. You also have access to time travel during the episode. Unless they're saving it for Season 4, nothing ever comes of this obvious setup}}. Two, you use it to {{spoiler|finally make Superball spit so you can collect his DNA sample, only to find out it wasn't his DNA you needed}}.

*** Also in episode 304, when you explore the cloning facility, you find a mysterious [[Team Fortress 2|Dispenser]], containing "health, ammo, cupcakes, clues, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and]] [[Inverted Trope|enlightenment]]" (except it's empty). If you examine it twice, Sam will pull a wrench from no-where and whack it. If you examine it repeatedly until Sam has whacked it eight times,<ref>The minimum number of wrench-hits required to upgrade a Dispenser in ''Team Fortress 2''</ref>, it opens and dispenses a bottle of [[Running Gag|Banang]]. Max unplugs the thing to keep the [[Berserk Button|Banang]] from Sam.

* [[Weaponized Landmark]]: The Lincoln Memorial—andMemorial -- and the {{spoiler|Intercontinental Ballistic Washington Monument}}—from -- from "Abe Lincoln Must Die!".