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Sam & Max

Television show information

Genre

  • Comedy
  • Satire
  • Detective

Created by

Steve Purcell

Based on

Sam & Max by Telltale Games

Developed by

  • Warner Bros. Animation
  • CGBros

Written by

Kevin Sullivan

Composer(s)

Jared Emerson-Johnson

Country of
origin

United States

Original
language(s)

English

No. of seasons

3

No. of episodes

120 (List of episodes)

Production

Running time

15 minutes

Distributor

Netflix

Broadcast

Picture format

3D Animation

Original release

  • 1th episode - 9 December, 2021
  • Final episode - 10 April, 2022
Chronology

Preceded by

The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police

Followed by

The Amazing and Cool Adventures of Sam & Max in Space!

Sam & Max - This is a new 3D CGI-Animated-comedy-satire-detective-computer animated series created by Steve Purcell and Kevin Sullivan especially for Netflix in 2021. This series includes 3 seasons and a total of 120 episodes. The announcement took place at E3 in 2021 in March.

The series tells the audience about the adventures of a dog named Sam and a white rabbit named Max, who like to solve interesting and sometimes mysterious cases and crimes. The viewer will definitely not get bored, because many episodes will give him the mood for the whole day.

Synopsis[]

Sam and Max, as well as their assistant and friend Sybil Pandemik, never sit idly by. They investigate various cases and crimes, and sometimes they just relax and have fun (Max loves to do this especially). But here's the problem, the old villains and enemies of Sam and Max are returning and they need to constantly get rid of them again.

Characters[]

Main[]

Secondary[]

Supportive[]

  • Darla "The Geek" Gugenheek (Voiced by Tracey Moore)
  • Ms Bosco (Voiced by Cathleen Riddley)
  • Sam's Grandmother (Voiced by Sandra Espinoza)
  • Grandpa Stinky (Voiced by Fred Newman)
  • Timmy Two-Teeth (Voiced by Joey Camen)
  • The C.O.P.S. (Voiced by Computer-Robo voices)

Villains[]

  • Lactose the Intolerant (Voiced by Jim Carrey)
  • General Skun-ka'pe (Voiced by Roger L. Jackson)
  • Jurgen (Voiced by William Kasten)
  • Conroy Bumpus (Voiced by Neil Patrick Harris)
  • Brady Culture (Voiced by Rob Riggle)
  • Chuckles (Voiced by Vegas E. Trip)
  • Myra Stump (Voiced by Dorothy Gallagher)
  • The Mad Thespian (Voiced by Steve Perry)
  • Leonard Steakcharmer (Voiced by Carter Coleman)
  • The Narrator (Voiced by Andrew Chaikin)
  • Hugh Bliss (Voiced by David Boyll)
  • Lee-Harvey (Voiced by Denny Delk)

Production[]

Revival[]

In December 2019, it became known that Sam & Max will receive a reboot show for Netflix, which will also be created by Steve Purcell in 2021. Also in the fall of 2021, it became known that this show in 2022 will receive its own movie, which will also be shown specifically for home viewing and TV.

Animation[]

Two companies are responsible for the animation in each episode: Varner Bros. Animation and CGBros. And in the full-length 3D cartoon for 2022 - Studio SOI.

Episodes[]

See: List of Sam & Max (Netflix Original Series) episodes.

Revival movie[]

See: Sam & Max: Secret of Malice (Netflix Movie).

Trivia[]

  • The opening set for each episode is the opening credits from the original video game about Sam & Max (Sam & Max Save the World).
  • In the pilot of the show (2020), Sam was voiced by John Goodman, and in subsequent episodes by Patrick Warburton.
  • This show features villains from a video game called - Sam & Max: Hit the Road.
  • One episode of this show was banned, as Max jokingly makes fun of former US President Barack Obama. It was offended and the episode never came to fruition.
  • Nickelodeon was originally supposed to have the rights to broadcast the show on TV, but since it was specifically for Netflix, it was decided to revoke their rights to the show.