Sam's Promise is a an episode of Everyday Craziness in Pontypandy.
Following up on the events of "Lightning Flu Blues", Sam promises a sickly Elvis that he will come home safely after work.
In the video game manual
, this episode was adapted into the quest "Flu Blues".
Tropes:
- Continuity Nod:
- Svetlana thanks Elvis for teaching Gabby the first aid that saved her life back in "Valentine's Daze".
- The holly blue butterfly from "Lightning Flu Blues" is referenced when the girls are chasing one in the fields.
- Heroes Love Dogs: Svetlana is able to calm down Radar from his zoomies, and explains that she spent a lot of her childhood playing with dogs due to her father's frequent volunteer work at an animal shelter.
- Lemony Narrator: During a practise with the floppy shovels, the narrator mentions beating the heads on the ground, and clarifies that she means the heads of the floppy shovels and not that the firefighters smashed their own heads onto the ground.
- Nightmare Sequence: The episode opens with Elvis having a nightmare of losing Sam in a fire.
- Sleep Cute: In the epilogue, Sam and Elvis fall asleep together on the couch.
Exclusive to the game version
- And Your Reward Is Edible: Completing the entire quest will give you two pieces of cottage pie as a reward.
- Medicinal Cuisine: In the third objective, three of the five people you can go to for advice will recommend a food/drink item that will help Elvis feel better; Tom recommends apple juice, Helen recommends plain water, and Svetlana recommends chicken soup.
