Sam & Max

From Homestar Runner Wiki

Sam and Max is a long-running series about the adventures of Sam, a six-foot revolver wielding dog, and Max, a hyperkinetic-rabbity-thing. Together they form the Freelance Police and take on many strange cases involving, amoungst other things, washed-up child stars, the mafia, volcano gods, talking space gorrilas and Lovecraftian elder gods. They have been referenced in the Homestar Runner series a few times, mostly through Telltale Games' involvement in Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.

Appearances

• Email secret identity — The disk in the Floppy Disk Container reads "sam and max".
• SBCG4AP Advertisement — Strong Bad refers to Telltale's previous game as "Rabbitdog and Bunnym'n" while crude drawings of Sam and Max appear on screen.
• Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People — The cabinet design of the TROGDOR! arcade game is modeled after Bluster Blaster, the arcade game from the Sam & Max games. Also, the "Item Get!" sound when Strong Bad gets an item is from "Sam & Max Save the World: Episode 5: Reality 2.0".
  • Homestar Ruiner — Homestar Runner's reply of "Yes? Yes. Yes. Yes? Nooooo! Yes. Yes!" to Marzipan on his cellphone is the same as the reply Sam gives the Commissioner in "Sam & Max Save the World: Episode 4: Abe Lincoln Must Die!" Also, if the area of the light right above The Cheat in the Snap Shak is clicked, the pointer changes to the Max crossbones shirt from the Telltale Games store.
  • Strong Badia the Free — If the highest awesomeness rating is achieved, the Max Crossbones shirt is unlocked for Strong Bad to wear in the Snap Shak. Strong Bad describes the shirt as a "cheesy cross-promotional marketing tie in".
  • Baddest of the Bands — One of the backgrounds in the Snap Shak is of the moon from "Sam & Max Save the World: Episode 6: Bright Side of the Moon".
  • Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Dangeresque's office on the map uses the same design as Sam & Max's office. A timecard from "Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space: Episode 4: Chariot of the Dogs" appears in Perducci's deck. Also, The Commissioner from the Sam & Max series calls Strong Bad by accident, resulting in Strong Bad replying "Do WHAT to a rabbit? You've got the wrong number, pal." Additionally, one of the backgrounds in the Snap Shak is Sam & Max's office and Bosco's Inconvenience store from "Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space".
  • 8-Bit is Enough — When you set the machine to high backstage at Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder, Gel-Arshie says "Hi! I'm Gel-Arshie!" in the same way that Hugh Bliss said "Hi! I'm Hugh Bliss!" in "Sam & Max Save the World".
• Poker Night at the Inventory — Max is one of the players along with Strong Bad. Bluster Blaster, the arcade game from the Sam & Max games, is played by Strong Bad after he loses the game. Also, Banang, a running joke in games by Telltale Games that originated in "Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space: Episode 2: Moai Better Blues", is continued in a conversation between Strong Bad and Max (a container of Banang also appears in a room in the opening scene when the elevator is going down to The Inventory).