Culture Shock

* Sam
* Max
* The Commissioner
* Bosco
* Sybil
* Hugh Bliss (Voice Only)
* TV Voice
* Specs
* Peepers
* Whizzer
* Mr. Spatula
* Hubert
* Jesse James' Severed Hand
* Jimmy Two-Teeth
* Brady Culture
* Unnamed Driver

**Culture Shock** is the first episode of Sam & Max Save The World, the episode was initially released by GameTap on October 17, 2006 and later released by Telltale on November 1, 2006.

## Summary

Sam and Max get a phone ring but soon find the phone taken hostage by their roommate Jimmy Two-Teeth. The two detectives negotiate with Jimmy before threatening him and eventually get a phone call from their commissioner about child stars roaming around in the street. They duo must strategically free Specs, Peepers, and Whizzer from a hypnosis by former child star Brady Culture. After a chasing one the Soda Poppers, Sam must must diagnose himself with Artificial Personality Disorder via Sybil, after doing so he must defeat Brady Culture and save Max.

## Plot

### Sam's Office

Sam and his buddy Max are playing target practice, with Max balancing an apple on his head and Sam trying to shoot it. Just then the telephone rings, but before they have a chance to answer, they find it being held hostage by their roommate Jimmy, who demands swiss cheese in exchange for the phone, and so the dog reluctantly looks around trying to find the requested item. Whilst exploring Sam can do various things.

* Try to exit before finding the cheese.
* Watch a commercial for "Prismatology".
* Shoot with his rifle.
* Observe graffiti from the window.
* Collect the boxing glove.
* Collect "Lou" the bowling ball.
* Observe Jesse James' Severed Hand.
* Look at Hubert.
* Look at Mr. Spatula.
* Look at the donut box.
* Sing about the phone.
* Take off the TV antenna (coat hanger).
* Open an empty closet.
* Look at two pictures, and a calendar.
* Examine files and the locker.
* Examine the pinboard.
* Look at Max's desk.
* Look at the VCR.
* Look at the ant farm.
* Annoy Jimmy.

After exploring everything, Sam will open the closet to find the cheese, however it's not swiss cheese, thus Sam shoots holes in said cheese and finally negotiates with the rat. However Jimmy still politely refuses to give up the phone, so the two cops make another negotiation. Sam tries to reason with the rat whilst Max will threaten him but to no avail. After threatening Jimmy enough times, the rat will mention having a headache, to which Sam will offer help, Jimmy then admits being scared of heights, to which Max uses as leverage to hold him hostage, scaring Jimmy into spitting out the phone, Max then proceeds to drop him as Sam finally answers the phone, it's from the commissioner. The dog receives news about former child stars in the streets to which the duo start their mission and leave the office.

### The Neighborhood

Upon leaving the office, the duo walk around the neighborhood, Sam can look at the graffiti, talk to Max, read "Bad News" and "Worse News", look at the gumball machine filled with cheeseballs, look at a billboard for the band "Liver 'n' Onions", and much more. During exploration, the duo come across what looks to be a kid, but it is revealed to be a former child star named Specs, he is seen painting graffiti of a forgotten celebrity named "Brady Culture", and seemingly idolizes him, they talk about his role in "The Soda Poppers" show and other stuff, Specs keeps bringing up Brady and his "Eye-bo" video tape apparently to help ocular fitness, the conversation ends and the cops enter a store called "Bosco's Inconvenience" which is owned by a clerk named Bosco.

## Trivia

* This is the only episode where Max is voiced by Andrew Chaikin instead of William Kasten.
* Max can make a reference to Cat Stevens.
* If you turn on the TV before meeting any of the Soda Poppers, a commercial about Prismatology will play, foreshadowing Hugh Bliss.
* If you ask Whizzer to sing enough times, he'll eventually but reluctantly do so.
* Bosco makes a joke about militant college students.
* This the only episode where Bosco isn't wearing a disguise due to it being his first appearance.
* One of the posters outside the Black Hole Theater depicts Harry Moleman.
* Each of the Soda Popper knockouts are related to their personalities.
	+ Specs will get hit by a bowling ball trying to fix messed up graffiti.
	+ Peepers gets punched whilst temporarily blind due to the onion launcher.
	+ Whizzer gets knocked out by a robot arm after leaving the washroom.
* The tear gas grenade launcher has no effect on Specs or Sybil.
* Sam and Max can stop various different cars and will have different dialogue depending on who they encounter first.
* Specs and Whizzer can switch roles of who fails to give the full address and who gets scared depending on who is woken up first.
* The list for different symptoms for "Artificial Personality Disorder" is randomized and will give you different required symptoms such obsession with fame/money, violent reactions related to hairstyling/dentistry, and desire to marry one's mother/fear of your friend aging.
* Sam can look at a mini version of himself and Bosco in Mr. Spatula's water cooler during the dream sequence.
* Mr. Spatula is gigantic in Sam's dream.
* Sybil can comment about Max being imaginary.
* Sometimes Sybil may initially appear absent due to a glitch, which can be resolved by clicking near the closet.