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When asked whether Sam and Max were in love with one another, Steve Purcell answered “Like Butch and Sundance”. Y’know, two men who spent all their time with one another, may have died together, and both knowingly dated the same woman at the same time.

THE FUCKING TOONTOWN CHARACTER IM CRYING

I always thought it was extra funny because theres a few other cartoony pairings like this where you can sort of debate one way or other the nature of their relationship, but to have one of them be canonically gay via a running gag just really....slims the chances even more of the committed life partners who go everywhere and do everything together NOT being together 😂

even if they creators say they aren’t gay, they’re still made roommates that literally love each other and are proven to be soulmates 😭

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this is by far the best video ive watched in months thank you so much LOL

TWO SUPERMARY64 VIDOES IN A MONTH LET ALONE A WEEK? JACKPOT!

I had my sound off and didn't realize so at first I thought you were just staring at the first episode in complete silence for a good 40 seconds and I didn't even question it because... I mean same (it's good but the ENDING. WHY😭)

I too really hated that they made the Guinea pigs racial stereotypes, if it was like a mole men or a cult situation I think it would have been better executed and not as racist

And much like cosmo and wanda, sam and max are the definition of being "Two halves of a whole idiot"

I like their relationship cause they’d look you straight in the eye and say „we’re not gay“ then act insanely fruity with one another. When Sybil found out they are each others perfect match Sam goes, „what an unjust universe“ then goes on to imagine a entire scene where he proposes to max

Sam is the type of guy to say something witty and educational before you die by max's reign of terror

Yes yes!!! I use to play that game on wii! It been like long time also I watch that show to! :D 🐕🐇❤❤❤Also yes they are gay lol

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And they were roommates

ANOTHER ASPEC WHO PLAYS TOONTOWN???

Sam imagines himself proposing to max in one cut scene of devil's playhouse, i think ive got my answer.

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I personally think of them as in love with each other, but they're too dumb to realize it.

Quick Summary of the video. Sam and Max's sexual orientation is a topic of debate because the original comics and adaptations don't clearly label them as gay or bisexual. Despite this, their close bond has led to various fan theories and discussions about their relationship. In a simple answer: its Unknown. To Certain Fans: Their gay. In my opinion, I say pick your own poison.

What I love the most is that Sam and Maxe effectively have NO CANON (Events, stories, things that happened, things that didn't) except that they like each other and have a close relationship. You as a fan could literally make anything with them and wouldn't be out of reach as long as Sam and Max stay in character, the creator even says you can think and say about them "Whatever makes it funnier". So lets feel free to put them in any kind of dynamic without needing to justify or explain to anyone. People that argue "But they're not gay!!!" Or "They're gay and that's canon!!!" just dont get the TRULY unique piece of media Sam and Max truly is. PD: Awesome video, I like that you are well versed in their story and "lore", youve got a new subscriber.

They just have amazing chemistry and care about each other so deeply that it's irreplaceable. But they're not gay because they don't define themselves as gay, like Achilles and Patroclies aren't gay because they didn't have that relationship dynamic in Ancient Greece. Clearly, they're Partners For Life.

wake up supermary64 just posted another Sam & Max video essay

There's no straight explanation for these two men. Ofcourse their gay or at least romantically into eachother.

Their like those 2 friends that are oddly close but your to awkward to ask if there dating or just really close friends…. and then you get invited to their wedding 10 years later

Yes, totally. No doubt

(This is about to be horribly written because I’m winging it and English is not my foreign language, so bear with me :’)) I love this video. I wrote an analysis a while back about my theories on their relationship, and to summarize, this is what I think Sam’s deal/problem is: I feel like he was scared to openly admit the romantic side of his love for Max because he’s afraid to either (1) be shot down and flat out rejected by Max, only being seen as a best friend, or (2) is afraid that if he and Max DID get together, some stupid miscommunication or argument would end their 30-some year friendship and they’d fall out on bad terms; which he dreaded the the thought of because, y’know, not many relationships (whether platonic or romantic) last that long. Therefore, he went about trying to find other people to fill that ‘romantic’ aspect of his life, because Max is not a romantic, and Sam very clearly is written to be one within the franchise, particularly in the cartoon. Hence, the mention of former and (implied) current partners. I think that it got to the point where, no matter how many parters Sam had, he still felt unfulfilled, because none of them owned the qualities that he so cherished within Max. His ‘bond’ with those former/current partners were purely physical, because his emotional bonds lay within what he saw in Max. Subconsciously, he looked for Max in each of his partners, because no matter how much he attempted to mask his love to Max, he couldn’t bring himself to just completely disregard his feelings and it played into virtually everything he and Max did. I think it sums up to this: they are both emotionally unavailable, Max more than Sam. They both really love each other, but are horrible about clarifying in which WAY they love one another. I believe this is evident in 305, when past Max returns in the Time Machine and doesn’t know how to reciprocate Sam’s feelings on what had happened in Sam’s timeline regarding Max’s death. Whenever they ‘open up’ about their emotions, it’s play off as a joke, because they don’t know how to take their own feelings, let alone their counterpart’s, seriously, and that’s played a heavy role on as to why they’ve never established a relationship with one another. TLDR: they need couple’s therapy. Kiss and make up, boys. They are also demisexual methinks

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Probably, but spoiler alert Sam was maybe gay for the original Max.

FINALLYY

WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY ARE

They married each other two times canonically- THEY SO GAYYY

When you say "We're not gay" a thousand times and jokingly make two characters a couple over and over again for the entirety of an entire franchise, it starts to read like you're actually gay and just in denial. Like... the number of times the writers have made the two characters so incredibly gay for each other makes me genuinely shocked whenever I have to remember that the writers never meant for them to be actual queer icons. It is literally just that EASY to interpret their relationship as romantic because of how much the writers try to null it from the audience's, players', and viewers' minds.

I prefer asexual representation, but I don't really care either way. Also why did this get recommended to me?

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They aren't gay, they are freelance police, which is gayer than gay. But not as gay as Jurgen, but that's a given.

the only thing i've seen out of this franchise is the best clip ever "what do nightmares taste like anyway?" "pepsi!"

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yay new supermary64 video!!!!! i agree about the telltale games having a lot more of those "no homo" type jokes than a lot of the other s&m media, but tbh those types of gay jokes are so present in the whole franchise that it's a big reason why we all see sam and max as gay in the first place. as much as i love the wedding moments between them in HTR and the cartoon, it's obvious they were written as a "haha two men getting married! laugh!!!!" joke which is lame. but like you said, it doesn't matter what the intentions were because we have interpreted them in our own way and i love that. also anecdote: i wear sam & max pins on my backpack, and one time a guy i was eating lunch with saw them and IMMEDIATELY asked me if sam and max were actually gay. so even non-fans see it lol

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<3333 !! Speak the truth! Aspec queer Sam & Max

I refuse to believe them being a couple wasn't intended. Definitely not an average couple, but it had to be on purpose.

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I dont particularly care whether or not they are or aren't a couple. I think they just work well together and are in some kind of relationship that goes beyond just friendship. Maybe platonic life parters would be a good word for it? Personally I like how weird and nebulously defined their relationship is. I think its far more interesting than them just being an outright couple. One thing, though, i get why you dont like some of maxes characterization in the Telltale games, but i dont see how it would be particularly out of character for him to say insesative and / or offensive things. It's pretty consistently shown through most of his appearances that he's almost completely lacking in empathy, impulse control, self-awareness, and also just general awareness. Neither of them are really shown to be particularly good people in both the comics and the first game. If anything, the cartoon is something of an outlier that somwhat tones back their casual propensity for cruelty. Basically, every depiction of them characterizes them slightly differently, but I'd still say the cartoon deviates most. Point being him being kinda insesative is pretty consistent with most of his other traits.

YES! DEFINITELY! ABSOLUTELY!

BREAKING NEWS: fork in kitchen awesome video btw thank you for fueling the sam&max brainrot 🫡

I haven’t actually heard much criticism of the telltale games. They were my first real exposure to the characters and I fell in love with them through those games. But I also was in a very different place in my life when I played through them for the first time, so it’s possible I may not like them as much anymore. Still, it’s hard for me not to think of them as the definitive versions of the characters. I do like Freelance Police, but given how kid-friendly that series is, I always felt like it lacked the Bite I really like from Sam and Max. I’ve not read much of the comics or finished Hit the Road, so maybe my Sam and Max literacy is too limited. I would love to see a breakdown and deep critique of the Telltale games though.

In other shocking news, fork spotted in kitchen

To me, Sam and Max are peak QPR. Soulmates in every sense of the word. I love their bond.

'the creators didnt make them gay but we have' is honestly such a good summary of the whole situation and it goes so hard