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. She is portrayed by Cricket Wampler.

## Background

### Personality

Samantha is brave, friendly, funny and optimistic.

## Biography

### Early life

In the Pilot, Samantha revealed that she had a brain injury when she was really little. 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.

### **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

**Olive Cooper (former teammate/friend)**

**Louise Gruzinsky (former teammate/friend)**

**Carolyn Smith (friend/possible crush/teammate)**

**Destiny Winters (friend/teammate)**

**Emma Korn (friend)**

**Holly Barrett (former 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.

**Marvyn Korn (coach/friend)**

### Love Interest(s)

Lucas Gruzinsky (ex-boyfriend)

Samantha and Lucas have known each other for quiet some time. In TCKS, it was hinted that they used to go out or Samantha used to like Lucas when Destiny Winters ask Samantha if she’s okay when she runs into Lucas on the Basketball court. In Kalm Korn it was confirmed that they dated for 6 weeks a long time ago.

**Unnamed boyfriend**

In the Pilot, Samantha claims that she has a boyfriend and that they "love each other very much."

**Carolyn Smith (friend/possible crush/teammate)**

Samantha first met Carolyn at some point before the events of Season 1. One night Samantha said something to Carolyn that made her think that Samantha has a crush on her. In the Pilot, Samantha tells Carolyn that whatever she thinks that she said that night she didn't mean it.

### Enemies

**Coach McCarthy (former coach)**

It was revealed in Carlsbad Crazies, that Samantha used to go to Carlsbad before she transfered over to Westbrook School for Girls. Samantha used to be on the Basketball Team at Carlsbad where she was benched all the time by Coach McCarthy who would make fun of Samantha by calling her "Sit-mantha."

### Other Relationships

**Kelsey (classmate)**

Samantha and Kelsey are classmates. They are both in the same Political Science class together.

**Harper Schapira (classmate)**

Samantha and Harper are classmates. They are both in the same Political Science class.

**Terry Grint (teacher)**

Samantha has Ms. Grint for Political Science. She is in the same Political Science class as Olive Cooper, Emma Korn, Harper Schapira, Carolyn Smith and Kelsey.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* *Pilot*
* The Marvyn Korn Effect
* TCKS
* Great in the Living Room
* This is Our House
* Carlsbad Crazies
* Kalm Korn
* Everything to Me
* Beth MacBeth
* Marvyn's Playbook

### Season 2

* Ava Fever
* BOYS!
* Tipoff
* 17 Candles
* Field Day
* It's Going To Be Okay
* Playing House
* Prom!
* Parent Trap
* Moving On

## 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 originally played Shooting Guard until Holly Barrett decided to switch her and Louise Gruzinsky positions. Now she plays Point Guard.
* She dated her friend and teammate Louise Gruzinsky's brother Lucas Gruzinsky for six weeks.
* 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.
* She has anxiety.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pilot
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Carlsbad Crazies
3. ↑ Kalm Korn
4. ↑ Marvyn's Playbook