History Characters / SamAndMax

!!The Mole Cultists
The remains of the molemen. The molemen were the ones who deposed Lord Sammun-Mak years ago and guarded the Devil's Toybox. Millennia later, the last of the molemen (Nefertiti, her father, her mother, and her grandfather) emigrated to New York when the box was stolen by Sameth and Maximus, where they once again gained the Devil's Toybox. A century later, the last cultists guard the toybox when Sam and Max find it.

* GenerationXerox: All the molemen look the same except for whatever they are wearing.
* IdenticalGrandson: Either Harry is over a hundred years old, or one of his ancestors has the exact same voice as him.
* LaResistance: To Lord Sammun-Mak's reign.
* NeverMessWithGranny: [[spoiler: Nefertiti lives to modern day and helps take down Sammun-Mak]].
* RippleEffectProofMemory: Were unaffected by Sammun-Mak's changing of history due to their Molemen heritage.

!!The Narrator [[spoiler:/ Max's Super-ego]]
In ''The Devil's Playhouse'', the series gains an actual visible narrator. With not a hint of color on his person excluding the rose on his chest, he shows up at the beginning and ending (and sometimes the middle) of every episode at his grayscale desk in a black room, to remark on the story's progression at every major turning point.

* ActorAllusion: Mentions beat-boxing as one of the finer things in life.
* AffablyEvil
* AndIMustScream: His backstory. [[spoiler: Max doesn't so much personify pure id as completely ignore his superego, which leads to the Narrator feeling neglected and frustrated. Eventually, he grows so tired of being ignored and having no way to express himself that he decides to make it all end - in a fantastic psychic explosion (that will destroy the whole eastern United States), created by pushing Max's mind as far as it can go.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Of the whole Season 3, it turns out.]]
* CollectorOfTheStrange
* TheConscience: [[spoiler:Literally. Subverted in that he's initially out to kill Max for always ignoring him.]]
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: As part of Season 3's [[{{TheTwilightZone}} Twilight Zone]]-esque theme. [[spoiler: [[FridgeBrilliance If you really think about it though]], [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic it also works a bit in its own right]]. He's Max's super-ego, one of the most firmly practical and logic-driven parts of the brain... i.e., "seeing the world in black and white."]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Goes through this before the events of the season due to [[spoiler: never being recognized or listened to, driving him to enact his plan to kill Max, and by extension himself, along with most of the Northeastern US.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: He's tired of getting ignored, [[spoiler: so he's going to kill Max by pushing his mind to its limits and making him actually explode. Then again, considering he's Max's conscience, and Max is, [[HeroicComedicSociopath well]]... See AndIMustScream and DespairEventHorizon]].
* DrivenToSuicide: His master plan is to [[spoiler:finally free himself of the burden of being Max's unappreciated, unused superego by having Max overwork his brain until he can go out in a fantastic psychic explosion that will destroy the eastern United States.]]
** [[spoiler: He changes his mind when he realizes that Max is capable of selflessness, but [[YourHeadASplode still gets his previous wish in the end.]]]]
%%* FakeBrit
* FourthWallObserver: While some other characters have this trait to a degree, he is the one who speaks the most directly to audience. [[spoiler:He even keeps addressing them after the reveal]].
%%* FramingDevice
* GhostInTheMachine: [[spoiler:He's the sentient manifestation of Max's super-ego (conscience), who lives inside his brain. And no, [[AndIMustScream his existence]] [[DrivenToSuicide has not been an easy one]]...]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:May be a subversion or a HeelFaceDoorSlam depending on whether-or-not Max actually exploded at the end.]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: A very odd case here. He's played by Andrew Chaikin, who played Max in the first episode of the Telltale series. Technically, it's HeyItsThatVoice meets TheOtherDarrin meets YouLookFamiliar. [[spoiler: This is actually mostly justified, since he's a part of Max's subconscious, acting as his Super-ego.]]
* InteractiveNarrator: Subverted. [[spoiler:He actually does exist within Sam & Max's universe, since he's really Max's super-ego and lives inside his brain, but continues to narrate somewhat and address the audience beyond the fourth wall even after this is revealed.]]
* LargeHam: Anybody can just narrate a story. This guy throws so much charismatic flair into it that he'd put Rod Serling and Alfred Hitchcock to shame.
%%* MrExposition
* NoRespectGuy: [[spoiler:He's spent God knows how many years trying to guide Max into controlling his most primal urges, appreciate the finer things in life, and act selfless as well as socially acceptable. Of course, it's all in vain, and he is never recognized for his efforts.]]
* SarcasmMode: [[spoiler:If told he's lying about his role in the events of the season, he proceeds to spin [[CrowningMomentOfFunny an absolutely hilarious yarn]] about being an angel or somesuch. He then makes it even funnier by saying that's ridiculous and that his being the manifestation of the super-ego of a talking rabbit who has psychic powers is a [[BlatantLies simpler]] and more believable explanation]]. It doubles as a huge TakeThat to [[spoiler:the fans who were insistent that he was some [[BigGood mighty benevolent force]] acting to help Sam and Max.]]
* SomethingAboutARose: The only bit of color on his person is a single red rose.
%%* SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds:[[spoiler: While not always a particularly popular opinion, definitely a possible and existing one, due to his AndIMustScream backstory. [[note]]Though it's more like "I Have A Mouth And Am Screaming As Loud As I Can But No One Can Hear Me", which may be ''worse.''[[/note]]]]

!!Doctor Norrington
A disembodied voice that gives advice to Max when he is trapped as a brain. He wants to return home and is more than happy to work with Sam and Max to do that.

%%* AffablyEvil
* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:He has mellowed into this by the time we meet him, and seeks to preserve the real world rather than destroy it.]]
* BigBad: Subverted. Though his actions in the backstory drive the plot of the season and the story seems to set him up as one, [[spoiler: he never serves as an antagonist and actually helps Sam and Max.]]
* CelebrityImpersonator: He sounds remarkably like Creator/TonyJay. Perhaps justified, since this is the type of role he often takes. [[spoiler:Considering what he is, it could be a ShoutOut to Jay's role in ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain''.]]
%%* CoolOldGuy
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally. Mostly towards Papierwaite and his near constant whining from Episode 4 on.
--> ''"Walk it off, Princess."''
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: [[spoiler:He's surprisingly suave and personable... for an Elder God.]]
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: A very washed-up one though]].
* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler: He was the creator of the Toys of Power, and stresses several times that they need to be destroyed in order to preserve the boundaries between the real world and the Dark Dimension.]]
* IWasQuiteALooker: He claims this if you examine a certain object in Papierwaite's office while he's present.
* LargeHam: By way of PurpleProse.
* RetiredBadass: He once [[spoiler:ruled the entire universe and savored the taste of human misery along with the other Elder Gods]], but has since claimed age has mellowed him.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: To Max's chagrin.
* StopWorshippingMe: [[spoiler:He never wanted anyone to summon him. He was perfectly content being left alone in the Dark Dimension with the other Elder Gods, and now all he wants to do is to go back home. Papierwaite's awe-struck reverence seems to get on his nerves, too.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Max:''' You look like something my non-existent cat coughed up!]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Papierwaite:''' Curb your tongue, rabbit--]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Yog-Soggoth:''' No, no, Papierwaite, the naked one is right! This debased form is but a pathetic shadow of my former glory!]]
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: [[spoiler:Or so he thinks. He states most humans go mad upon seeing him, but none of the characters who have been known to have seen him seem affected. He is [[CameBackWrong significantly depowered]], however, so that might be a factor.]]

!!Sybil Pandemik
Sybil is a very multi-talented woman. So talented that she has mastered many jobs, able to fill out five roles of a seven person team. She's also the wife of the Lincoln Monument.

* LongestPregnancyEver: [[spoiler: Justified, as she's carrying some sort of human-golem hybrid in her. That sounds like it would take longer to develop. That doesn't change the fact that she's in her ''fifth trimester.'']]
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Provides the page image.
* OnlySaneMan: For a little while, she appears to be the only rational, although a little scatterbrained, character in the series. Then she [[CrackPairing falls in love with]] [[spoiler: and [[CargoShip marries]]]] the Lincoln Memorial.
* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler:In the Season 3 finale.]]
* PunnyName: It appears to be a play on the term "civil pandemic".
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: She's still at her honeymoon in Season 3. [[TheBusCameBack But she returned in time for the finale]].]]

!!Philo Pennyworth / Mr. Featherly
A trained Shakespearean chicken actor.

* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Mild example. He's obviously doing roles far beneath his talent, but doesn't seem all that bothered about it. Once ''Midtown Cowboys'' becomes a smash hit in Germany, he's actually quite happy with it.
* LiveItem: In ''Chariot of the Dogs''.
* MoneyDearBoy: The reason he's fine with starring in such an awful sitcom, especially once it finds a huge audience overseas. He's not selling out his principles for money... [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} He's selling them out for a SHITLOAD of money!]]


!!The Director
The cranky, short-tempered [[ShapedLikeItself director]] at W.A.R.P. studios. She despises Myra Stump for hypnotizing almost all of her cast and crew, forcing her to take whatever talent she can get to keep the rest of the studio running.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: No name is ever mentioned. She's just "The Director."
* OffscreenTeleportation: She can appear in every room just before you enter, but refuses to tell how that's possible. Industry secret.
* PrimaDonnaDirector: Subverted, surprisingly. The Director is cranky and short-tempered, but mostly because of the extreme stress of running an entire TV studio with only a skeleton crew. She's actually pretty patient with Sam and Max, even when they're actively trying to annoy her, and will do as many takes as are needed without blowing her top.
* ProductPlacement: She's a huge fan of the revenue they bring in, and works them into the ''Midtown Cowboys'' script no matter how inappropriate or bizarre they might be.

!!Sameth and Maximus
Sam and Max's great-grandfathers from the 1910s. They win a trip to Egypt and are tasked with retrieving the Devil's Toybox for Mr. Papierwaite. They succeed, fight off Papierwaite's betrayal, and get killed by a passing curse in their basement, where Sam and Max find them years later.

* FingerlessGloves: Maximus. The Hobo Gloves version.
* GenerationXerox
* [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Great Grandfathers]]
* NiceHat: Sameth's Bowler Hat. Maximus also would've had a Newsie Cap, but it was removed since it kept clipping through his ears. You can still see it on the concept art that appears on the transition cards for the episode though.
* TheSlacker: Unlike their Great Grandsons, who apparently have a job, they don't seem to do anything more than sneak into theaters and steal ketchup bags from restaurants.

* ArcVillain: Of "Beyond The Alley of the Dolls".

* DemonicDummy: [[spoiler: It's a toy that belongs to an ancient EldricthAbomination]].

* ArcVillain: Of "They Stole Max's Brain".

* ClimaxBoss: The fourth episode in general clarifies most of the backstory of the Devil's Toybox, the game's McGuffin. His defeat is caused by [[spoiler: the box being destroyed]].

* DemonicDummy: [[spoiler: It's a toy that belongs to an ancient EldrichtAbomination]].

%%* EldritchAbomination]]

%%* HeelFaceTurn

The BigBad of "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", Charlie Ho-Tep is one of the Toys of Power, the one that enables ventriloquism. He was played with by Junior, the first owner of the Toys of Power, for one hour before being discarded. In the present, he brainwashes Sal and Girl Stinky and uses Mamma Bosco's cloning technology to create the Samulacra so he can find the Toys of Power.

%%* ChekhovsGunman
%%* CreepyDoll

%%* DemonicDummy

* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: He's been a chef, two varieties of security guard, and a crate-stacker so far.

* JerkAss: Even though him and Max are best friends, he seems to abuse him quite often when rushing for the phone or just out of the blue. But who knows, Max probably enjoys it.
** He also busted the tail light on some random and unfortunate driver's car, pulled him over and fined him $10,000 for driving with a broken tail light that Sam caused.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However, he does still try to help others intentionally, even if it doesn't benefit him at times.

* NiceHat: His trademark Fedora is so slim, it sits on top of his head. Some time between episode one and two of the first season he managed to fit an anti-hypnosis device (a coat hanger on top of a colander) in it.
** It's his buy-in item in ''VideoGame/PokerNight2'', and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' fans can win it for their very own, where it's called the "Bloodhound." It's wearable by both Sniper and Spy.

[[spoiler: It should be noted that at the end of "The City That Dares Not Sleep," Max [[KilledOffForReal dies.]] Any future installments in the Telltale series would be starring the Past Max from "Chariots of the Dogs," who joins Sam after the 305 credits.]]
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* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice:]] In 305,[[spoiler: The Narrator]] promises to stay behind and get Max back to normal in five minutes - but they only have ''four'' minutes before the last Maimtron is fired. For once, there is no magical DeusExMachina to help them at the last minute, so [[spoiler: when Max's powers finally overwhelm him and he's on the verge of actually exploding, he teleports away to Skun-ka'pe's ship to save the city.]]

*** There's quite a bit of evidence to suggest the hive mind's existence actually in-game though, one of the most specific examples being the Mole Cultist's prophecy from 301, which includes the lines that Max will "merge with the collective unconscious to become one with infinity." So while there are hints to it, until if/when it's explained more explicitly in Season 4, your mileage still may vary on whether or not you take Telltale's word for it

* MagicFeather/ TheMagicWasInsideYouAllAlong: For once, played completely straight in 304's finale.
* [[EveryoneHasStandards Max Has Standards]]: In ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 the Heavy]]'s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFAMTBxJ8yM story]] makes even Max gape; or during Max's conversation with Tycho about what happened during "Chariots of the Dogs."
** "...are you asking me if I ever ''schtupped'' Momma Bosco?!"

* [[spoiler: NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Sam and Max never get a chance to say farewell to each other before [[BittersweetEnding 305's finale,]] because Max never returns to normal after all. All they get is one last wave.]]

* PsychoSupporter: Of Hugh Bliss
** He's also a huge fan of Flint Paper, and once explicitly states that what he respects about him is the fact that he's really insane. He even writes FanFiction about him.

* [[spoiler: ReplacementGoldfish: After Max's death in 305's finale, Sam attempts to clone him from his DNA to replace him. He fails. Soon after, though, Sam meets Past Max from "Chariots of the Dogs" and decides that that's good enough for him.]]

* WouldntHurtAChild: Max actually seems to really like kids, even though they're obviously terrified of him. Even just having him wave to them reduces them to tears.
** In 305, when [[spoiler: Sybil goes into labour]], he instinctively manages to regain enough control of himself to order everyone the hell out so that she can [[spoiler: give birth safely.]] This is what ultimately proves to [[spoiler: The Narrator]] that yes, he's capable of being selfless and is worth living. This is despite the fact that he was [[spoiler: minutes away from exploding]] and if they'd stayed a little longer, they could have saved him.

* NighInvulnerable: His character description states flat-out that he cannot be killed, though a briefly glimpsed (and quickly averted) BadFuture in "The Penal Zone" does show him taking a hatchet to the back of the head.
** In episode 305, during a fight with Skun-ka'pe's clone ape army, he takes a knife to the back of his shoulder. He quickly pulls it out without any indication of bleeding or pain.
*** That could be considered a ShoutOut, because Flint was often seen with a knife in his shoulder in the comics. He's probably used to it.

* PsychoSupporter: He sets up a DeathCourse for Sam and Max to conquer and fakes his kidnapping so he can be "saved" by them.
** Of course, Sam and Max being [[HeroicComedicSociopath who they are]], that just finally earns him a few points in their good books.

Bosco is the owner of Bosco's Inconvenience store and the the Freelance Police's usual go to guy for information or (very overpriced) gadgets. He's cripplingly paranoid of whoever walks in, and in most cases has every right to be. [[spoiler:His father is implied to be UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, which might explain some of his paranoia]].

* ConspiracyTheorist
** Although subverted in that even though most of his theories end up being right, he's still portrayed as a [[TooDumbToLive complete idiot]] who is terrible with money, hides behind [[ClarkKenting very unconvincing]] disguises, and doesn't seem to realize that all of his conspiracies could be solved in a day if he'd just [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts give Sam and Max the items already.]]

** "I AM BECOME DEATH!!"

** TheBusCameBack: Buster Blaster came back from his trip to Las Vegas, though without Bosco, in ''Beyond the Alley of the Dolls''.
*** He's gone again by 305, having run off with Carol.

The remains of the Lincoln Memorial, animated by hydraulic motors with the purpose of running for president. ItMakesSenseInContext. After losing to Max in the election, he went on a rampage through the US and was blown up by a nuclear warhead, leaving only his disembodied head. He later [[spoiler: marries Sybil Pandemik, whom he met when when Sam arranged a date between the two of them to scandalize him and lower his ratings in the aforementioned election]].

The remains of the molemen. The molemen were the ones who deposed Lord Sammun-Mak years ago and guarded the Devil's Toybox. Millennia later, the last of the molemen (Nefertiti, her father, her mother, and her grandfather) emigrated to New York when the box was stolen by Sameth and Maximus, where they once again gained the Devil's Toybox. A century later, the last cultists guard the toybox when Sam and Max find it, and later [[spoiler: they help Max overthrow Sammun-Mak]].

In ''The Devil's Playhouse'', the series gains an actual visible narrator. With not a hint of color on his person excluding the rose on his chest, he shows up at the beginning and ending (and sometimes the middle) of every episode at his grayscale desk in a black room [[spoiler:inside Max's brain]], to remark on the story's progression at every major turning point.

* [[spoiler:BigBad: Of the whole Season 3, it turns out.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: He's tired of getting ignored, [[spoiler: so he's going to kill Max by pushing his mind to its limits and making him actually explode.]]
** [[spoiler:Then again, considering he's Max's conscience, and Max is, [[HeroicComedicSociopath well]]... See AndIMustScream and DespairEventHorizon]].

* [[spoiler: GhostInTheMachine: He's the sentient manifestation of Max's super-ego (conscience), who lives inside his brain. And no, [[AndIMustScream his existence]] [[DrivenToSuicide has not been an easy one]]...]]
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: May be a subversion or a HeelFaceDoorSlam depending on whether-or-not Max actually exploded at the end.]]

* NoRespectGuy / DudeWheresMyRespect: [[spoiler:He's spent God knows how many years trying to guide Max into controlling his most primal urges, appreciate the finer things in life, and act selfless as well as socially acceptable. Of course, it's all in vain, and he is never recognized for his efforts.]]
* SarcasmMode: [[spoiler:If told he's lying about his role in the events of the season, he proceeds to spin [[CrowningMomentOfFunny an absolutely hilarious yarn]] about being an angel or somesuch. He then makes it even funnier by saying that's ridiculous and that his being the manifestation of the super-ego of a talking rabbit who has psychic powers is a [[BlatantLies simpler]] and more believable explanation]].
** It doubles as a huge TakeThat to [[spoiler:the fans who were insistent that he was some [[BigGood mighty benevolent force]] acting to help Sam and Max.]]

!!Doctor Norrington [[spoiler:A.K.A. Yog-Soggoth]]
A disembodied voice that gives advice to Max when he is trapped as a brain. Later revealed to be [[spoiler: Yog-Soggoth, who has become embedded in Papierwaite's chest following his summoning]]. He wants to return home and is more than happy to work with Sam and Max to do that.

* CelebrityImpersonator: He sounds remarkably like Creator/TonyJay. Perhaps justified, since this is the type of role he often takes.
** [[spoiler:Considering what he is, it could be a ShoutOut to Jay's role in ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain''.]]

* [[spoiler: [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu Did We Just Have Tea With Yog-Soggoth?]]: He's surprisingly suave and personable... for an Elder God.]]

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: To Max's chagrin
* [[spoiler: StopWorshippingMe: He never wanted anyone to summon him. He was perfectly content being left alone in the Dark Dimension with the other Elder Gods, and now all he wants to do is to go back home.]]
** [[spoiler: Papierwaite's awe-struck reverence seems to get on his nerves, too.]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Max:''' You look like something my non-existent cat coughed up!]]\\

Sybil is a very multi-talented woman. So talented that she has mastered many jobs, able to fill out five roles of a seven person team. She's also the [[spoiler: wife of the Lincoln Monument]].

** Her first name is likely a reference to [[Series/{{Cybill}} Cybill Shepherd]].

* MoneyDearBoy: The reason he's fine with starring in such an awful sitcom, especially once it finds a huge audience overseas. He's not selling out his principles for money... [[{{Spaceballs}} He's selling them out for a SHITLOAD of money!]]

* NiceHat: Sameth's Bowler Hat
** Maximus also would've had a Newsie Cap, but it was removed since it kept clipping through his ears. You can still see it on the concept art that appears on the transition cards for the episode though.

Stinky's granddaughter, and perhaps the laziest creature within a five block radius of the Freelance Police office. Sam and Max suspect she murdered Grandpa Stinky and stole his diner, but don't do anything about it. She tries various half-assed ways of making money in season 2 before Grandpa Stinky reclaims his diner. By season 3 she and Grandpa run the diner together, but argue over how to run it. Then in "The City That Dares Not Sleep" it is revealed that [[spoiler: she and Sal conspiring to murder Grandpa Stinky, because she wants the diner and Sal is under the impression that Grandpa Stinky is evil]].

* StarcrossedLovers: [[spoiler: It looks like that between her and Sal, but she dumps him when Skun-Ka'pe provides a better opportunity to kill Grandpa Stinky.]]
** That, and [[spoiler:Sal had just been eaten by Max.]]

* FreakyFridayFlip: [[spoiler:With one of Skun-ka'pe's mooks in 305]]
** [[spoiler: And after all's said and done, he doesn't get his body back.]]

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Although "Superball" is initially implied to be a nickname, we later learn that there's a Mrs. Superball and a Superball Junior.
** Becomes even more awesome in the German translation, where his name is "Agent Superblocko."

** "Hmm, that's down 10% from last season."

%%* TheStoic

** NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:Max's death]] is too much, even for him, and causes him to [[spoiler:run away while [[InelegantBlubbering crying uncontrollably]]]].
*** SingleTear: He sheds one in a vision of the future, but if it ended up happening, we missed it (most likely along with whatever truly beautiful or tragic thing provoked it).

The creator of "Eye-bo", which claims to be the art of amazing ocular exercises but is in fact [[spoiler:a MassHypnosis ploy... that is actually really effective on individuals but doesn't pan out because the marketing ''sucked'']]. The BigBad of 101.

* AttentionWhore: His plan was to hypnotize the world into worshiping him.
** Sam uses this to his advantage to defeat Brady.

An organized crime family whose members all appear to be wearing giant toy bear heads. They run Ted E. Bear's [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub Mafia-Free Playland and Casino]] and the accompanying toy factory. Collectively, their only appearance is in Episode 103: "The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball", but two of its members - Chuckles and Don Ted E. Bear himself [[spoiler:(Harry Moleman)]] - make appearances in later episodes.

The founder of Prismatology, a self-help guide/cult, Hugh Bliss is a friendly but very creepy albino guru. Max likes him, Sam doesn't. Eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: a sentient collection of bacteria that lives off of happy thoughts that wants to make the entire Earth happy whether they want to or not]]. Later shows up in season 2 [[spoiler: working in Hell]].

* AndIMustScream: See, after every episode, Sam and Max would put an artifact from the last episode into their closet. After the third episode, they put Leonard in the closet, tied up with his mouth taped shut. It's implied that he's been living in that closet for ''months''! Max also makes an off-hand comment that he remembers to feed Leonard regularly... with spiders.
** [[spoiler:Eventually he dies, but just ends up in an identical closet, the same predicament, in Hell. Luckily for him, he shared his personal hell with Sam who, out of pity, releases him... with his mouth still taped shut. Evidently, Telltale felt sorry for him and decided to [[ThrowTheDogABone finally release him]].]]

* VampiresAreSexGods: He's even more "tragically sexy" to Nefertiti after he's turned.

A group of three brothers, Specs, Peepers, and Whizzer, who were the former child starts of the popular ShowWithInAShow ''The Soda Poppers''. In the first episode they get sucked into Brady Culture's hypnosis scheme. They then appear throughout the series, usually in very annoying ways. Eventually they are revealed [[spoiler: to be the [[BigBadDuumvirate Big Bad Triumvirate]] of season 2 and new rulers of Hell, before Sam and Max kill them off.]]

The second BigBad of season 3, Papierwaite is the one who gave Sameth and Maximus the task of getting the Devil's Toybox so he can summon his master Yog-Soggoth. He survives to the present day [[spoiler: because he succeeded]], where he teams up with Skun-ka'pe to gain the Toys of Power again [[spoiler: to get Yog-Soggoth out of his chest]]. [[spoiler: Later mellows out (thanks in part to Yog-Soggoth) and helps Sam save Max.]]

The original finder of the Devil's Toybox, Sammun-Mak used them to take over ancient Egypt, only to be deposed by the molemen and have his brain put in a jar. In "They Stole Max's Brain" the pharaoh borrows Max's empty head and acts as a substitute Max for Sam. [[spoiler: Until he gets his hands on the toys and rewrites reality to make himself pharaoh of New York. Is eventually deposed again by Sam, Max, and the molemen.]]

* [[spoiler: FamilyUnfriendlyDeath:]] [[spoiler: He's ultimately defeated (for the second time) when Max tricks Sam into literally ''stabbing him in the face'' with the brain screw.]]
** [[spoiler: His [[BrainInAJar brain]] survives, though. Only to be blown up a week later by Giant Max's explosion]]
* FindersRulers: A variation. He only became Pharaoh because [[spoiler: he had the Gift, and, using the Toys, altered reality so that he was in a position of power.]] He does the exact same thing a thousand years later.

The BigBad of "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", [[spoiler: Charlie Ho-Tep is one of the Toys of Power, the one that enables ventriloquism. He was played with by Junior, the first owner of the Toys of Power, for one hour before being discarded.]] In the present, he brainwashes Sal and Girl Stinky and uses Mamma Bosco's cloning technology to create the Samulacra so he can find the Toys of Power [[spoiler: to bring back Junior so he'll play with him again]].

* [[spoiler:[[TheDogWasTheMastermind The Doll Was The Mastermind]]]]
* HiveQueen: To the Sam's Clones

* [[WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs Why Can't You Keep A Job]]

* OnlySaneMan: For a little while, she appears to be the only rational, although a little scatterbrained, character in the series. Then she [[CrackPairing falls in love with]] [[spoiler: and [[CargoShip marries]]]] the Lincoln Memorial.

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: She's still at [[spoiler: her honeymoon]] in Season 3. [[TheBusCameBack But she returned in time for the finale]].
* LongestPregnancyEver: Justified, as she's carrying some sort of human-golem hybrid in her. That sounds like it would take longer to develop. That doesn't change the fact that she's in her ''fifth trimester.'']]
* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: Provides the page image.

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** Her first name is likely a reference to Cybill Shepherd's character in the show ''Series/{{Cybill}}''.

** [[spoiler:Considering what he is, it could be a ShoutOut to Jay's role in ''LegacyOfKain''.]]

Bosco is the owner of Bosco's Inconvenience store and the the Freelance Police's usual go to guy for information or (very overpriced) gadgets. He's cripplingly paranoid of whoever walks in, and in most cases has every right to be. [[spoiler:His father is implied to be JohnFKennedy, which might explain some of his paranoia]].

* ExospeakGag: Sam will nearly always say something elaborate and overly erudite apposed to simple. Him saying something complicated and having Max lampshade is the cornerstone of his wordplay.

** When back in ''The City That Dares Not Sleep'' on Skun'ka-pe's flagship, he is having trouble controlling his thoughts enough, having to tell Sam to stop talking about certain thing to keep himself from diverting his attention towards said object. Sam still manages to eventually outsmart him by saying "[[BugsBunny Rabbit Season]]".

* LetsGetDangerous: "Time to boil the haggis!"

[[spoiler: It should be noted that at the end of "The City That Dares Not Sleep," Max [[KilledOffForReal dies.]] Any future installments of the franchise would be starring the Past Max from "Chariots of the Dogs," who joins Sam after the 305 credits.]]

* AntiHero: Type IV
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