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

''No shady leaves upon the family tree!'' }}

** In 304, you can read Sam's mind in Bosco-tech, and he's thinking something along the lines of: "Some people might be ''afraid'' to be tied to an id-driven psychopath with psychic powers, but not me. And I'm not just thinking this because Max is reading my mind right now."

** In the same episode, while talking to {{spoiler|Charlie Ho-Tep during the finale}}, Sam accuses him of being evil and crazy. He angrily retorts that he's not evil or crazy, OR illiterate.

** Also from The Penal Zone:

* [[Symbol Swearing]]: And don't forget the writing lessons of Timmy Two-Teeth in "What's New, Beelzebub?"

'''Max:''' How many times have I told you not to use the "b-word", Sam? }}

* [[Take That]]: In 'Reality 2.0', while examining a ballet poster:

'''Sam:''' [[Discontinuity Nod|*with emphasis*]] Yes. Yes they are. }}

'''Sam:''' Good point. We already had that kind of trouble when we went into that [[The Phantom Tollbooth|tollbooth.]] }}

** Also, the jab at [[John Romero]] in "Night of the Raving Dead"

** In "Moai Better Blues", there are "[[Crate Expectations|crates full of video games about crates]]" depicting an oddly familiar muscular action hero with sunglasses... and the initials [[Duke Nukem Forever|"D.N.E."]]<ref>Does Not Exist, and yes, the [[Duke Nukem]] franchise features plenty of crates in every entry</ref>

'''Elf''': ...You've got to be kidding. }}

* [[Taking You with Me]]: {{spoiler|Max}} goes out with a bang, but he doesn't do it alone.

* [[Temporal Paradox]]: {{spoiler|One of these is used to explain how Max will still be there when another season arrives. The problem is, Past Max also talks about having to go through on Sam what present Sam had to go through on Max, making you wonder, how exactly ''is'' Sam alive in Season 3 if what past Max says is true?}}

** It seems that, in the Sam and Max universe, time travel works off a divergent timeline kind of a deal. However, this is contradicted by the whole thing with {{spoiler|Bosco.}}

** Look it works like this: {{spoiler|Remember in The Chariots Of The Dogs when Sam and Max from the First Season stole the time machine of the Second Season Sam and Max? And then when the alien ship started to blow up, Season One Sam and Max stole it again, leaving Season Two Sam and Max on the ship? Season One Sam and Max became Sam X and Max X when they made those choices. Sam X got the powers instead, and Max X had to blow him up. From there, he somehow got the time machine to go to the canon Sam's timeline. The End.}}

*** In addition, {{spoiler|Past Max doesn't say that Past Sam had ''psychic'' powers. He had ''[[Psycho Electro|electromagnetic]]'' powers. Something ''crazy'' presumably went down, leading to Past Sam getting those electromagnetic powers. This didn't happen in Current Sam's timeline, so he didn't become a monster. Presumably, Past Max also has The Gift, but didn't encounter any Toys of Power.}}

** In "The Tomb of Sammun-Mak:

Sameth: [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Because most people are * bleep * ed , Maximus.]] }}

** In "What's New, Beelzebub?", {{spoiler|Hugh Bliss}} works as a *bleep*er. Specifically, he applies [[Sound Effects Bleep|Sound Effects Bleeps]] to any and all profanity. Even innocuous stuff like "doo-doo", "freakin'", {{spoiler|"peacock", and the name "Dick"}}. Eventually, his list of swears gets replaced with {{spoiler|Satan's grocery list}}, causing him to start bleeping words like "vanilla" and "soda". And yes, this does cause the Soda Poppers to be referred to as the "*bleep* Poppers" for the rest of the game.

** Averted in The Penal Zone. Since the episodes aren't isolated incidents, it follows more of a narrative sense, usually only having one trial at a time. Maybe two.

** "The Tomb of Sammun-Mak" plays with this. On the surface, Sam and Max are just changing the reels on the projector to skip to different parts of the movie. But the way Sammeth and Maximus use clues from later reels to solve puzzles in earlier reels - for example, {{spoiler|their toy idea}} - definitely draws a parallel to straighter uses of time travel. Maximus's menu of psychic powers ''does'' refer to the movie reel as "Astral Projection", so there's definitely ''something'' going on...

* [[Title Drop]]: The earliest is Episode 4 of the first season:

'''Sam:''' Isn't it obvious, Max? Abe Lincoln must die! }}

** Done in EVERY episode in Season 3. Lampshaded in ''The City that Dares Not Sleep.''

** Done by Max in ''What's New, Beelzebub?''

** {{spoiler|This is an actual location}} in ''The Devil's Playhouse.''

* [[Undercover As Lovers]]: In "Beyond the Alley of the Dolls." When Flint Paper demands to know who Girl Stinky's mysterious Mr. S is, she claims that it's Sam and that they've been carrying on a torrid love affair for years, all before Sam can come up with a different story. Since he's trying to figure out what Stinky's actually up to, he [[Embarrassing Cover Up|has to go along with it.]] Cue [[Fake-Out Make-Out|what may qualify]] for the [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] of that episode.

{{quote|'''Flint Paper:''' I don't know what kinda game you're playing here, Sam, but now that I've seen you and Stinky smooching, all I really wanna do is [[I Need a Freaking Drink|climb into a bottle]] and [[Brain Bleach|wipe out a few brain cells.]]

'''Sam:''' I know, little buddy, but it'll be worth it if we can track Stinky to the REAL Mr. S who's controlling all these Sam clones. }}

* [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]]: Jurgen, {{spoiler|after he is turned}}:

* [[Video Game Geography]]: The Disorient Express in Episode 302 runs between New York and Egypt. Don't ask how it got over the Atlantic Ocean. [[Lampshaded]] if Sameth talks to Maximus and chooses to talk about the journey; Maximus asks when they're going to arrive, and Sameth's answers all have the train passing over a body of water (the Denmark Straits, the North Sea, etc.).

* [[Villain Decay]]: Skunkape. Good lord, ''Skunkape.'' For most of Episode 301, he's a force to be reckoned with, {{spoiler|especially after using Future Vision to see how he would be defeated and working things accordingly.}} And then {{spoiler|he's tricked back into the Penal Zone by a toy he knows is fake.}} In every appearance thereafter, he just gets more and more pathetic. {{spoiler|Specifically, his team up with Papierwaite falls apart, he is defeated by Sam and a bunch of Mole Men, is dragged off by a zombie-esque army of Sam clones, and gives up the last Toy of Power for an obviously fake Devil's Toybox.}}

* [[Villain Song]]: {{spoiler|The Time Mariachi's song in "Chariots of the Dogs". It's actually subverted, because they're actually pretty nice guys, and they're only sending souls of the dead because it's their job.}}

* [[Voices Are Mental]]: Averted in 305 {{spoiler|with Grandpa Stinky and one of Skunkape's minions}}.

** Played straight in 203 and 303, though.

* [[The War Room]]: In Episode 104.

* [[Wasn't That Fun?]]: Often invoked by Max, such as this example from ''Sam and Max Hit the Road'', after the "Cone of Tragedy" ride has given Sam a cardiac arrest {{spoiler|but in reality all of his stuff has been thrown off the ride.}}:

'''Max''': Let's do it again! }}

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

** Cuddly Bear from ''The Mole, the Mob and the Meatball'' parodies this trope as his only response to just about any dialogue tree choice is "Wanna play cards?"

* [[We Want Our Jerk Back]]: Sam's response to {{spoiler|Max's getting his bliss separated.}}

** [[Your Mileage May Vary|Players' reactions to Max in this state varied.]] Some found him annoying and unfunny, while others giggled like a maniac at [[Tastes Like Diabetes|blissed-out Max.]]

'''Max:''' I don't need my earthly stomach any more, Sam. I'm on Hugh Bliss's cleansing fast of water, lemon, and sunshine! }}

*** Episode 301: {{spoiler|Finding the corpses of what appears to be you.}}

*** Episode 302: {{spoiler|We find out that aliens may not be the only thing to worry about, and Max gets his brain stolen.}}

*** Episode 304: {{spoiler|Max turns into an [[Eldritch Abomination]].}}

*** Episode 305: {{spoiler|Several characters '''die'''. ''Including Max!'' He doesn't get better, either, but fortunately, his time-travel-created duplicate shows up out of nowhere at the last minute.}}

* [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]: Played with in "The Penal Zone," when Max asks Sam what could possibly go wrong by following the crime-tron's directions.

** The joke is that [[Anticlimax|the game is really easy to win]], but {{spoiler|the actual solution is to deliberately lose, which is no easy feat.}}

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: By the C.O.P.S. to Sam at the end of the first part of "They Stole Max's Brain!"

* [[What the Hell, Player?]] : In Episode 305, if you try put "Sam Jr." in the food processor, Sam will look at you, the player, and say "How dare you even think about putting my sweet little angel in there!"

* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: Often in Season 3, when Max has one or two psychic powers, all puzzles will be solved with the same power, ie, the Teleporter through most of "The Penal Zone", the Can o Nuts in "The Tomb of Sammun-Mak".

* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: Sybil, and Harry Moleman

* [[The Worm That Walks]]: {{spoiler|Season 1 [[Big Bad]] Hugh Bliss, a colony of space-faring sentient... [[Camp Gay|''Bacteriaaaaaa!'']]}}

* [[Worst Whatever Ever]]: In Season 1, Episode 5 ('Reality 2.0') [[Visual Pun|dirty rat]] [[You Dirty Rat|Jimmy Two-Teeth]] has set himself up in Bosco's Inconvenience Store as an Arms Merchant, but refuses to sell his only product (a miniature cannon) to the Freelance Police:

* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: In "The City That Dares Not Sleep," Sam claims that he's never seen Max cry on his own except to lure his prey into a false sense of security.

* [[Yandere]]: {{spoiler|Charlie Ho-Tep}} isn't crazy, evil, [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|or illiterate.]] He's [[Monster Sob Story|LONELY.]]

{{quote|Sam: I didn't think Max ''had'' a {{spoiler|superego.}}

{{spoiler|The Narrator:}} Yes. Well, you're fat. It would seem that [["No Respect" Guy|neither of us get the respect or attention we deserve.]]

Sam: You don't have to be a jerk about it. }}

** You break Leonard's will in Episode 103 with a barrage of "yo mama" jokes.

** And played straight with zombies in Episode 203.