Samantha Finkman

Samantha “Giggles” Finkman is one of the main characters in the Disney+ Original Series Big Shot. She is currently a student at Westbrook School for Girls. She is a Point Guard for the Westbrook School Basketball Team. 
==Background==
===Personality===
Samantha is brave, friendly, funny and optimistic.
==Biography==
===Early life===
When Samantha was little, she suffered a brain injury.Pilot (Big Shot) Samantha used to go to Carlsbad Prep before she started attending Westbrook School for Girls. She used to play Basketball for Carlsbad Prep where she had Coach McCarthy as her Basketball Coach who would make fun of her for always being benched.Carlsbad Crazies
===Season One===
====Pilot====
Samantha first meets her new Basketball Coach Marvyn Korn when he first arrives to practice on his first day as the new Basketball Coach at Westbrook School for Girls. Samantha makes a squeaky noise that sounds almost like a laugh, who defends herself against the tough coach, telling him she can’t help it, it’s related to a brain injury when she was a child.
==Relationships==
===Friends===
Holly Barrett (coach/friend)
Samantha most likely sees Holly as a mother figure in the Basketball world. In Everything to Me, during Basketball Practice when Holly and Marvyn Korn are fighting she says "Think mom and dad are fighting" to Olive Cooper.
==Gallery==
===Promotion===
====Season One====
Samantha Finkman Big Shot Poster.jpg
Big Shot (2021) Poster 1.jpg
Samantha Finkman Big Shot Clipboard.jpg
Big Shot (2021) Poster 2.jpg
Big Shot (2021) Westbrook Basketball Team Season 1 Promo 4.jpg
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Pilot (Big Shot) Promotion 1.jpeg
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The Marvyn Korn Effect Promotion 1.jpeg
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The Marvyn Korn Effect Promotion 8.jpeg
TCKS Promotion 4.jpeg
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This is Our House Promotion 3.jpeg
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Carlsbad Crazies Promotion 1.jpeg
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Marvyn's Playbook Promotion 1.jpeg
==== Season Two ====
Big Shot (2021) Season 2 Poster 1.jpg
Ava Fever (Big Shot) Promotion 6.jpg
Boys (Big Shot) Promotion 5.jpeg
Tipoff (Big Shot) Promotion 1.jpeg
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Playing House (Big Shot) Promotion 2.jpeg
Prom (Big Shot) Promotion 3.jpeg
Moving On (Big Shot) Promotion 1.jpg
===Miscellaneous===
==== Season One ====
Big Shot Basketball Team S1 Social Media Promotion 1.jpg
Buckle Up Quotes.jpg
Big Shot Back to School This Week and Last Week.jpg
Disinsider Awards 2021 Best Original Series Big Shot.jpg
Pilot (Big Shot) Social Media Promotion 4.jpg
Pilot (Big Shot) Social Media Promotion 5.jpg
The Marvyn Korn Effect Social Media Promotion 2.jpg
The Marvyn Korn Effect Social Media Promotion 4.jpg
The Marvyn Korn Effect Social Media Promotion 5.jpg
The Marvyn Korn Effect Social Media Promotion 7.jpg
TCKS Social Media Promotion 1.jpg
TCKS Social Media Promotion 2.jpg
TCKS Social Media Promotion 3.jpg
TCKS Social Media Promotion 4.jpg
Carlsbad Crazies Social Media Promotion 5.jpg
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Everything to Me Social Media Promotion 2.jpg
Marvyn's Playbook Social Media Promotion 1.jpg
Marvyn's Playbook Social Media Promotion 2.jpg
==== Season Two ====
Big Shot Season 2 Group Social Media Promotion 1.jpg
Tipoff (Big Shot) Social Media Promotion 1.jpg
Playing House (Big Shot) Social Media Promotion 1.jpg
Prom (Big Shot) Social Media Promotion 1.jpg
===Behind the Scenes===
Big Shot BTS 1.jpg
Big Shot S1 BTS 1.jpg
Big Shot S1 BTS 2.jpg
Pilot (Big Shot) Samantha and Destiny BTS 1.jpg
Pilot (Big Shot) Samantha and Olive BTS 1.jpg
Pilot (Big Shot) Mouse and Samantha BTS 1.jpg
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Tipoff (Big Shot) BTS 1.jpg
==Trivia==
*She has Pseudobulbar Affect (PBA).
**She had a brain injury when she was little.
*Her Jersey Number is 11 which is also Savannah Gibson’s Jersey Number too.
*She used to go to Carlsbad Prep.
*Coach McCarthy was her Basketball Coach when she used to play for Carlsbad Prep when she used to go there.
*She dated her friend and teammate Louise Gruzinsky's brother Lucas Gruzinsky for six weeks.Kalm Korn
*She faked spraining her ankle because Carlsbad was harassing her on Social Media. Marvyn Korn knew she was faking the injury because she taped the wrong foot two days in a row.Marvyn's Playbook
*She has anxiety.
==References==
==External links==
Samantha Finkman Big Shot Wiki
Category:Athletes
Category:Big Shot characters
Category:Disney characters
Category:Females
Category:Live-action characters
Category:Students
Category:Teenagers