Sam (Sam & Max)

Sam is one of the two titular characters of the Sam & Max franchise created by Steve Purcell. Having originally appared in a 1987 comic book series, the character has since been the subject of a graphic adventure video game developed by LucasArts, a television series, and a series of episodic adventure games developed by Telltale Games. A member of the Freelance Police, Sam comes off as more level headed and less violent than his long time partner Max, usually depicted as being very calm, rational and collected, preferring to solve things diplomatically rather than always resorting to violence.

Outside of the main tourney, Sam made his first /co/mpetition victory in the inaugural 2019 Tag-Team tournament.

Tournament History

Mr. /co/lympus

In a similar fashion to Max, Sam is generally perceived as a weak contender. He made his first Mr. /co/lympus year in 2020, taking the 91st seed, and was pitted against the eventual Mr. /co/lympus 2021 winner General Grievous. While Sam would still lose the round and wasn't expected to do very well facing a heavy hitter at the very start of the tourney, he was able to amass a considerable amount of fan art and campaigning, giving him a boost in votes. Sam would fail to qualify the following year.

He qualified once more in 2022. Despite once again losing in the first round, this time to Red Guy from Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, his partner Max would pull a surprise run into the Elite Eight that year. Unfortunately, Sam would fail to earn another tournament berth the year following his partner's success. He wouldn't even be nominated for the 2024 contest and would only return in 2025, where he would reach Round 2.

King of /v/

He was whitelisted to participate in King of /v/ 2022 due to him starring in a series of point and click games developed by LucasArts and Telltale Games. He was defeated in round 2 by Scout. Ever since then, he was grandfathered to be eligible for all future King of /v/ tournaments, although it took until King of /v/ 2025 to make a second appearance.

Tag-Team

Perhaps Sam's most impressive showing to this day is his victory of the 2019 Tag-Team tournament, being one half of the iconic duo Freelance Police, alongside his pal Max.

Sam will eligible to participate again in both Mr. /co/lympus 2026 and King of /v/ 2026.

Results

Mr. /co/lympus

Qualifiers

• Mr. /co/lympus 2021 - 85/104 votes (seed 247)
• Mr. /co/lympus 2023 - 27/36 votes (seed 243)

Mr. /co/lympus
2020 - seed 91
Round	Opponent	Series	Votes	Pct. For
Round 1	(38) General Grievous	Star Wars: Clone Wars	294 - 316	48.2%
2022 - seed 111
Round	Opponent	Series	Votes	Pct. For
Round 1	(20) Red Guy	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared	245 - 261	48.4%
2025 - seed 110
Round	Opponent	Series	Votes	Pct. For
Round 1	(19) Rabbit	Winnie the Pooh	206 - 169	54.9%
Round 2	(46) Dexter	Dexter's Laboratory	132 - 238	35.7%

King of /v/

Qualifiers

• King of /v/ 2024 - 97/109 votes (seed 179)

King of /v/
2022 - seed 111
Round	Opponent	Series	Votes	Pct. For
Round 1	(82) Funky Kong	Donkey Kong	664 - 569	53.8%
Round 2	(18) Scout	Team Fortress 2	508 - 886	36.4%
2025 - seed 121
Round	Opponent	Series	Votes	Pct. For
Round 1	(59) Jacket	Hotline Miami	317 - 456	41.0%

Tag-Team

Tag-Team Tournament
2019: Freelance Police - Sam / Max
Round	Opponent	Members	Series	Pct. For
Round 1	Parental Supervision	Father / Wicked Stepmother	Codename: Kids Next Door / Cinderella	%
Round 2	The Jimmy-Timmy Power Hour	Timmy Turner / Jimmy Neutron	Fairly-Odd Parents / Jimmy Neutron	%
Round 3	Calvin and Hobbes	Calvin / Hobbes	Calvin and Hobbes	%
Round 4	Cracking Cheese Lovers	Wallace / Gromit	Wallace and Gromit	%
Semi-finals	Samurai and Sunglasses	Samurai Jack / Johnny Bravo	Samurai Jack / Johnny Bravo	%
Finals	Duck Dynasty	Donald Duck / Daffy Duck	Disney / Looney Tunes	%