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Sam & Max The Devil'S Playhouse
The game begins with a narrator, who explains to the audience that Sam and Max have discovered the "Toys of Power", seemingly harmless toys that grant Max various psychic abilities. They first use them to stop the alien General Skun-ka'pe, who has come to Earth seeking the Toys, and banish him back to the interdimensional prison known as the Penal Zone. During this mission, the Freelance Police encounter a Mole Man cult who have been watching over a mysterious artifact called the Devil's Toybox in the basement of Sam and Max's office. By watching some dusty film reels, they learn that their great-grandfathers, Sameth and Maximus, were chosen by the cryptic Mr. Papierwaite to retrieve the Toybox from the Tomb of Sammun-Mak, an ancient Pharaoh. However, when they successfully recovered it, Papierwaite attempted to use Maximus' psychic powers and the Toybox to summon the Elder God, Yog-Soggoth, and bring about the apocalypse. Sameth and Maximus managed to trick Mr. Papierwaite and stop the ritual, and then tasked the Mole Men with watching the Toybox while accidentally perishing due to a failed protection spell.
Just before the last reel, Sam goes to the bathroom and returns to find someone has stolen Max's brain and the Devil's Toybox. Sam tracks the thief to the Museum of Mostly Natural History, where he temporarily reanimates Max's body by putting Sammun-Mak's brain into Max's head. Together, they discover Skun-ka'pe has escaped the Penal Zone and is fighting the curator, the still-living Mr. Papierwaite, for possession of the Toybox and Max's brain. Sammun-Mak uses Max's body to activate the Toybox, creating an alternate reality where he rules over all, with Max's disembodied brain among the only ones to remember the previous reality. With help from the mole cultists and the mysterious Dr. Norrington, Max guides Sam into removing Sammun-Mak's brain, and reality is restored. Sam returns Max's brain to his body, but they find themselves surrounded by an army of Sam clones, who recover the Toybox.
Taking shelter in Stinky's Diner, Sam and Max uncover a cloning chamber where the "Clone Master" is using the clones to gather the remaining toys of power. They encounter Mr. Papierwaite and Dr. Norrington, revealed to be the elder god Yog-Soggoth. The two explain that they were fused together when Sameth and Maximus disrupted Papierwaite's ritual, and that they have been trying to destroy the Devil's Toybox to prevent its use in a ritual to summon Yog-Soggoth's grandson, Junior, which would destroy reality. After discovering Momma Bosco was paid to build the cloning machines and restoring her to life, Sam and Max follow the clones to the Toybox. Before they can recover it, they are stopped by Charlie Ho-Tep, one of the Toys of Power, who reveals himself as the Clone Master. Sam and Max are captured and taken to the Statue of Liberty, where Charlie Ho-Tep plans to complete the ritual in hopes that Junior will play with him. With Yog-Soggoth and Papierwaite's help, Max unleashes his psychic powers and tricks Charlie into destroying the Toybox and himself. However, Max accidentally swallows some of Junior's demonic essence, turning him into a giant eldritch beast.
Sam forms a strike team, alongside Sybil Pandemik, Yog-Soggoth and Papierwaite, to enter Max's body and reverse the changes. Inside, Sam takes control of Max's body and meets the narrator, revealed to be Max's Superego, who plans to blow up Max's brain and the city due to Max's crude instincts and lack of morals. While Girl Stinky and Skun-ka'pe form an evil alliance, Sam attempts to stop the Superego, but is disrupted when Sybil goes into labor. Max's subconscious suddenly shows a desire to save Sybil, and the Superego realizes he has been wrong and decides to make amends, telling Sam and the others to escape. Unable to stop the explosion, the Superego teleports Max to Skun-ka'pe's ship, with Skun-ka'pe, Girl Stinky, and Max perishing in the blast. Despite Momma Bosco's best efforts, they cannot clone Max and Sam walks off alone. At the last moment, he is greeted by the parallel universe Max[c] whose Sam was destroyed under similar circumstances, and the two head off on another adventure.
Just before the last reel, Sam goes to the bathroom and returns to find someone has stolen Max's brain and the Devil's Toybox. Sam tracks the thief to the Museum of Mostly Natural History, where he temporarily reanimates Max's body by putting Sammun-Mak's brain into Max's head. Together, they discover Skun-ka'pe has escaped the Penal Zone and is fighting the curator, the still-living Mr. Papierwaite, for possession of the Toybox and Max's brain. Sammun-Mak uses Max's body to activate the Toybox, creating an alternate reality where he rules over all, with Max's disembodied brain among the only ones to remember the previous reality. With help from the mole cultists and the mysterious Dr. Norrington, Max guides Sam into removing Sammun-Mak's brain, and reality is restored. Sam returns Max's brain to his body, but they find themselves surrounded by an army of Sam clones, who recover the Toybox.
Taking shelter in Stinky's Diner, Sam and Max uncover a cloning chamber where the "Clone Master" is using the clones to gather the remaining toys of power. They encounter Mr. Papierwaite and Dr. Norrington, revealed to be the elder god Yog-Soggoth. The two explain that they were fused together when Sameth and Maximus disrupted Papierwaite's ritual, and that they have been trying to destroy the Devil's Toybox to prevent its use in a ritual to summon Yog-Soggoth's grandson, Junior, which would destroy reality. After discovering Momma Bosco was paid to build the cloning machines and restoring her to life, Sam and Max follow the clones to the Toybox. Before they can recover it, they are stopped by Charlie Ho-Tep, one of the Toys of Power, who reveals himself as the Clone Master. Sam and Max are captured and taken to the Statue of Liberty, where Charlie Ho-Tep plans to complete the ritual in hopes that Junior will play with him. With Yog-Soggoth and Papierwaite's help, Max unleashes his psychic powers and tricks Charlie into destroying the Toybox and himself. However, Max accidentally swallows some of Junior's demonic essence, turning him into a giant eldritch beast.
Sam forms a strike team, alongside Sybil Pandemik, Yog-Soggoth and Papierwaite, to enter Max's body and reverse the changes. Inside, Sam takes control of Max's body and meets the narrator, revealed to be Max's Superego, who plans to blow up Max's brain and the city due to Max's crude instincts and lack of morals. While Girl Stinky and Skun-ka'pe form an evil alliance, Sam attempts to stop the Superego, but is disrupted when Sybil goes into labor. Max's subconscious suddenly shows a desire to save Sybil, and the Superego realizes he has been wrong and decides to make amends, telling Sam and the others to escape. Unable to stop the explosion, the Superego teleports Max to Skun-ka'pe's ship, with Skun-ka'pe, Girl Stinky, and Max perishing in the blast. Despite Momma Bosco's best efforts, they cannot clone Max and Sam walks off alone. At the last moment, he is greeted by the parallel universe Max[c] whose Sam was destroyed under similar circumstances, and the two head off on another adventure.
