Sammy Lawrence (ink form)

## Sammy Lawrence

* BatIM
* Maskless

## Incarnation Navigation

**"***Sheep, sheep, sheep, it's time for sleep. Rest your head, it's time for bed. In the morning, you may wake, or in the morning, you'll be dead.***"**
— **Sammy Lawrence,*Bendy and the Ink Machine*: *Chapter 2: The Old Song***

The **ink form of Sammy Lawrence** is the result of ink-corruption after becoming addicted to the Ink Machine's ink bottles. Thanks to this, he became insane of the character Bendy and also sacrifices other of the former employees such as Norman and Dave.

He was the tertiary antagonist of *Bendy and the Ink Machine*, appearing as the main antagonist in *Chapter 2: The Old Song* and as a minor boss in *Chapter 5: The Last Reel*. He reappeared in *Boris and the Dark Survival* as an unlockable playable character. He also makes two brief cameos in *Bendy and the Dark Revival*.

## Overview

### Physical Appearance

Sammy's ink form appears as a black, slightly muscular human figure wearing a smudged Bendy mask with a hole punched into the mouth, presumably to help him speak without his voice being muffled. He has no visible hair, most likely due to the ink.

Besides wearing no shirt, he also wears pants with suspenders that somewhat resemble the overalls Boris wears, with a patch sewn over the left knee. His shoes and lower parts of his pants are coated with ink.

Under his mask, he is almost faceless. He lacks most facial features, including ears, leaving only his eye sockets, and a nose.

In *Bendy and the Ink Machine*, Sammy originally had four fingers on each hand in a similar manner to cartoon characters. This was changed in *Bendy and the Dark Revival*, where he now has five fingers.

### Personality

Unlike his human personality, Sammy has become fanatical and rather mentally unstable, as well as somewhat psychotic and unhinged, to the point of worshiping The Ink Demon as his "savior" and offering him sacrifices to appease him in a method similar to Satanic rituals. As a human, Sammy did not appear homicidal in his earlier recordings but appears to have become maddened by unnatural corruption prior to Henry returning to the workshop 30 years later.

Sammy seems to suffer from severe memory loss. He has been shown to suddenly forget what he was talking about mid-sentence and is so forgetful he can no longer remember his significant other or even the color of his hair. The only thing he can almost remember is Henry, as he felt Henry looked familiar to him when he saw his face, although this may be a result of them being in a cycle, but ends up disregarding it and instead continues calling him a "Sheep".

After being attacked by The Ink Demon, Sammy's calm nature completely disappeared and had regressed to an insane shadow of his personality. Thus, his voice disturbingly changed, from breathless and calm to full of anger in tone with the additional demonic effect. His insanity was so great that he even believed Henry to be his former "savior", who he was bent on killing. However, when his mask was knocked off of his face, Sammy was apparently terrified of Henry looking at his face, though this proved to be a façade that eventually leads to his own downfall.

## History

### *Boris and the Dark Survival*

Sammy is playable as a character once Buddy Boris has collected four candles and his mask in Symphony of Shadows. He has the ability to walk through inky walls. He is also required in solving a music puzzle to reveal a hidden audio log.

### *Bendy and the Ink Machine*

#### *Chapter 2: The Old Song*

Sammy's audio log is located in utility shaft 9 at the beginning of the chapter. From the audio, Sammy mentions the encounter of The Ink Demon, who is referred to as being Sammy's "savior". Sammy stated that he still sings the old cartoon songs he previously wrote, supposedly meant to please The Ink Demon. Sammy also thinks that The Ink Demon will come to save him. He starts believing that love only requires a sacrifice, then ends the message with "*Can I get an amen?*".

After the audio log ends, Sammy's voice is heard out of nowhere, repeating the same question from the message in a sarcastic tone.

Sammy's ink form first appears as he walks by in front of the end of the inky corridor, carrying a Bendy cutout while quietly speaking some poetry to himself:

"*Sheep, sheep, sheep, It's time for sleep. Rest your head. It's time for bed. In the morning, you may wake. Or in the morning, you'll be dead.*"
Henry sees him and tries to get attention from Sammy, asking for help. Once approached, however, he disappears, assumed to pass through the anonymous symbol as if it contains some dark magic.

After activating the first flow pump in his sanctuary, Sammy can be seen above in the balcony, with his gaze constantly following Henry. Sammy will disappear later on if Henry walks farther away after wiping the second wave of Searchers out.

While in the flooded sewers, it is possible to see Sammy's shadow through a grating in the wall. Soon after Henry collects the second valve, however, Sammy disappears.

Later after activating the ink pump in Sammy's office, he is seen knocking Henry senseless in a single strike with Wally's dustpan at the Music Department hall, preventing Henry from heading to the stairwell to escape the studio. Before taking Henry to the sacrifice room, Sammy looks down at him and says, "*Rest your head, it's time for bed.*" while Henry is losing consciousness.

Finally, in the ritual room where Henry regains consciousness, Sammy talks to Henry and was rather pleased by Henry's visit, all while taking away from the axe that he wields. As the conversation goes on while placing Henry's axe down against the pole-like fence, he starts talking about honoring The Ink Demon as all other "believers" must do. Sammy then realized the familiar face from Henry, as he may have remembered him long ago, referring that they worked in the studio from the past. Sammy cuts this topic off to resume discussing The Ink Demon and his plan to sacrifice Henry, so Sammy will be successfully out of his ink-like form. The sound of The Ink Demon crawling into the pipes is heard, drawing Sammy's attention as he grows excited by The Ink Demon's arrival. Finishing the conversation, Sammy walks to his room for the ritual.

At the beginning of the ritual, he speaks this poem-like phrase for the second time that was previously said from his first physical encounter, using the microphone to speak through several radios seen from the ritual room. Sammy, feeling excited, starts summoning The Ink Demon, along with opening the gate that leads the way out. The Ink Demon was commanded by Sammy to sacrifice Henry, so Sammy will be released out from his ink form in no time. However, as Sammy's plan turns out to backfire when The Ink Demon refuses to sacrifice Henry, Sammy begs The Ink Demon nervously to spare him as an attempt to defend himself but was seemingly killed as noticed by a large leak of ink flowing under the door.

#### *Chapter 3: Rise and Fall*

While Sammy himself did not physically appear in the third chapter, Sammy's voice is only secretly heard. To trigger this secret, go to the hallway near from the entrance on Level 11 where the music radio and numerous instruments are located, and then play the instruments in the right following order:

* Bass fiddle
* Drum
* Violin
* Piano
* Drum

Doing this correctly will cause Sammy's voice to echo out from nowhere.

"*We've all been waiting. But now... he will set... us... free...*"

## Battle Information

### Damage

High (5)

Sammy makes a startling comeback in the final chapter, this time as hostile, meaning he was not killed. He now resides in Lost Harbor, and upon entering, the now-insane Sammy unexpectedly appears, busting down a boarded doorway, commencing a boss battle. Completely enraged and feeling double-crossed, mistaking Henry for his savior The Ink Demon, he breaks free from this and attacks Henry, who then defends himself from Sammy.

Sammy is a ruthless fighter, attacking with his axe. It is almost difficult to attack him as he will swing his axe violently if Henry is close to him. To save more health, wait until Sammy finish swinging his axe before giving him couple of hits with the Gent pipe.

The fight goes on until Henry knocks off Sammy's mask. Sammy cowers away from Henry and hides his own face in shame. Upon getting close to him, he grabs Henry and tosses him to the ground, preparing to finish him off. However, Tom sneaks up behind Sammy and strikes him in the back of the head with an axe, killing him and causing his body to disintegrate.

### *Bendy and the Dark Revival*

#### *Chapter 4: Factory of Horrors*

Sammy makes a reappearance in the fourth and fifth chapter. In Chapter 4, if Audrey opens Subject 418's gate cover, it reveals Sammy without his mask in which he is seen playing the banjo while seated around a resurrecting pentagram.

#### *Chapter 5: The Dark Revival*

In Chapter 5, he appears on a balcony towards the end of the game, praising the Ink Demon and telling the Lost Ones and Searchers to surrender to the lord of the dark puddles right before he gets shot by Allison with the Tommy Gun. Once wounded, he falls off the balcony and hits the ground, supposedly dead.

## Trivia

* The dented cutout heads of Bendy that comes in few sizes seen in some locations from *Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2* to *4* are nearly identical to the mask Sammy wears.
* It is unknown how Sammy can see while wearing his mask as it has no sign of eyeholes or anything else that could help him see.
* Sammy, in his beta model, makes a special appearance in two videos promoting Hot Topic products:
	+ In the "See You Soon on Twitter" promotion video, he announces the release date for the Hot Topic merchandise and Q&A from Hot Topic's Twitter.
	+ In the "See You at HOT TOPIC" video, he announced the merchandise's release for Hot Topic along with opening the limited Q&A at Hot Topic's Twitter where it "roleplayed" as Sammy himself for a while.
* Finally from Twitter on July 26, 2017, when merchandise for Hot Topic was released, Hot Topic itself "officially" roleplayed as Sammy himself for a while and allow every fan to ask questions. Half of the answers were trivial facts while some give out few evidential pieces of his past life before the game.
	+ When asked how he could see with his mask on, Sammy questioned how anyone could see without a mask.
	+ The banjo is Sammy's favorite instrument.
	+ He said that mayonnaise is an instrument if one has the proper training, which is a reference to the Nickelodeon show *SpongeBob SquarePants* episode, "Band Geeks" where Patrick asks Squidward if mayonnaise was an instrument, as Squidward was attempting to form a band.
	+ Bacon Soup was Sammy's favorite food at one time. He also appears to enjoy chocolate cake.
	+ When asked why he is wearing the mask, Sammy replied that he uses the mask to resemble the "most perfect form".
	+ "Willow Weep For Me" is Sammy's favorite song.
		- "Willow Weep For Me" is a 1932 song composed by Ann Ronell.
	+ Sammy started writing songs from a young age, when asked what got him into writing music.
	+ When theMeatly asked Sammy how he gets his overalls on, Sammy responded "with great difficulty".
	+ It is possible that he was infatuated with Susie Campbell prior to his transformation into an ink creature, describing her as a "charming woman".
	+ Likewise, he considers Alice's voice as between "heavenly" and "beautiful".
* In the *Bendy Royale* April Fools' prank video, Sammy appear with weapons strapped onto his back while holding a gun saying "*It's time for... bullets!*", referencing his "*It's time to believe!*" quote.
* In the *Hello Bendy* mod for *Bendy and the Ink Machine*, Sammy in *Chapter 2* is replaced by the Neighbor and even reused all of his dialogue.
	+ Also, in the mod exclusively for the *Hello Neighbor* game, there are several Sammy masks seen scattered around the house as environmental decorations. The Neighbor even wears a mask identical to Sammy's, but its texture was horizontally flipped.
* In the consoles version of *Bendy and the Ink Machine*, Sammy's shadow in *Chapter 2* will not be seen in the flooded sewers.
* Sammy has a massive amount of differences changed for updates before *Chapter 4*:
	+ From the first release of *Chapter 2* and still for the *Chapter 3* update until *Chapter 4's* release, Sammy has a slightly different model design. His body structure is slender and has a more inhuman-looking skin texture. His overalls are fairly different, looking bigger and slightly loose. His shoes and the lower parts of his overalls are melted into ink, appearing to be made out of sticky glue when he walks. His head is also different, possessing human ears and a mouth. While his mask looks identical, it has a duplicated texture from the back while the hole from the mask's mouth is bigger.
		- Strangely enough, from Sammy's beta texture map, there is no hole punched through the mouth from his mask.
	+ From the Game Jolt port, the word "savior" from Sammy's subtitle in the ritual room is misspelled as "savor". This was later fixed upon Steam's release and update patch 0.2.
	+ Sammy's older animation was simple and shorter, just standing while appearing to stare down at Henry. His newer animation for *Chapter 4's* release now received a full overhaul.
	+ In all pre-updates before *Chapter 4's* release, due to Wally's dustpan model not yet implemented, Sammy instead uses his bare hands to knock out Henry.
	+ In the older version of *Chapter 2* prior to update patch 0.2, after getting killed by The Ink Demon, Henry will send back to the moment where Sammy's having a conversation, starting all over. After the said update, the conversation moment skips and Sammy instead walks to the door, saving more time. This was removed upon *Chapter 3's* release, and Henry was instead respawned from the Bendy statue.
	+ Sammy's fate also changed over a few times in updates. In *Chapter 2's* first release, once killed by The Ink Demon, an ink splat forms under the door. In the update for *Chapter 3's* release, the ink splat was removed from the door, leading confusion regarding either Sammy survived The Ink Demon's homicide or not. Finally from the update for *Chapter 4's* release, Sammy's demise was re-added, with his ink blood resembling more of a leaking stream than a splat.
		- Again, from the first release of *Chapter 2*, there is an ending image shown after the ending credit, revealing the liquefied remains of Sammy including his mask. This image was removed upon *Chapter 3's* release. Upon observing, Sammy's remains is the exact model used for the beta Searcher's "idle" state.
	+ After *Chapter 3's* release, there are multiple audio files for Sammy's ritual scene.
* During the teaser trailer for *Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2*, Sammy can faintly be heard saying "*Rest your head, it's time for bed.*" several times.
	+ Additionally Sammy's voice is heard at the end of the *Chapter 2* release date teaser saying "*He will set us free*".
* From the ritual room in *Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2*, there is an error where Sammy noticeably forgot to close the door while walking towards the room when he's about to perform a ritual. Thus, the door shuts by itself.
* In *Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2*, if hacked by teleporting to the small room where Sammy performs a ritual from the ritual room, it appears that Sammy is stuck there while his walking animation infinitely plays.
* When using teleporting hacks, his head glitches through his chest and back, seeming to move whenever Henry moves while gazing. This will happen while Sammy is at the balcony and from the Music Department hall after knocking Henry out.
* If Henry walks backwards to the stairwell from the Music Department hall, he will still get knocked out. In fact, there is no sign of Sammy anywhere.
	+ Sometimes, a glitch occurs when the view rotates multiple times while dropping.
	+ There was another bug that happens if pressing the ESCP button numerous times after getting clobbered. This bug will cause Henry to "float" before dropping to the floor and even glitch around the map while on the floor. This happens in earlier versions for the chapter and was later fixed upon *Chapter 4's* release.
* In *Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2*, if using hacks by teleporting to the hallway after the ink corridor where Sammy's walking by, Sammy just simply vanish as soon as he reaches the ritual symbol.
* In *Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2*, from the corridor area where Sammy is first seen, while standing next to the wall and the Bendy cutout, the voice of Sammy saying "*In the morning, you may awake or in the morning, you will be dead!*" within the wall itself is heard.
* In some consoles for *Bendy and the Ink Machine* outside of the original PC port, in *Chapter 5* after Tom kills Sammy, a rare bug will prevent Sammy's body from vanishing.
* At the epilogue after *Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 5*, drawings of Sammy can be seen in Joey's sketches found in his apartment. Sammy's sketch scenes include him fishing with The Ink Demon, being clutched by Brute Boris, unleashing the Tommy Gun with the the caption "**BLAM!**", wearing a Boris mask while wielding his axe, making music with Buddy Boris by playing his banjo, and his inky hand reaching out to his shattered mask with the caption "**alive?**".
	+ Interestingly if one teleports Sammy to Joey's apartment with hacks the ink-black color would change to a silver-gray.
* Sammy seen in the *Bendy and the Ink Machine* end credits has a Searcher-like face with large holes for eyes and a mouth, however, he's almost completely faceless ingame.
* In *Bendy and the Dark Revival: Chapter 4*, the cell number for Sammy, "418", is most likely a reference to the release date of Chapter 2 of Bendy and the Ink Machine, April 18, 2017. Not only because April 18th is Sammy's birthday but also that *Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2* was the first chapter to introduce Sammy.
* During the finale of *Bendy and the Dark Revival: Chapter 5*, Sammy utters the classic Wilhelm scream when getting shot.

1. ↑ Sammy's Hot Topic takeover
2. ↑ "*Wait. You look familiar to me... that face...*" - Sammy, *Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2*
3. ↑ "*How do you see with your mask off? #BendyHTtakeover*" - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
4. ↑ "*Always was fond of the Banjo. It just plucks the right chord with me. #BendyHTtakeover*" - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
5. ↑ "*If you have the proper training, mayonnaise IS an instrument.*" - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
6. ↑ "*At one time.. Bacon Soup... kind of lost it's luster after a bit.. But you'd have to be crazy to not love chocolate cake!*" - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
7. ↑ "*I aim to resemble the most perfect form I know!..*" - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
8. ↑ "*"Willow Weep For Me".. it's a little modern, but it's quite a charming number.*" - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
9. ↑ "*So glad you asked! From a young age, I've been musical. Tunes would pop into my head.. it was the only logical step. ;)*" - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
10. ↑ "*With great difficulty. #InkBodyProblems*" - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter
11. ↑ "*A charming woman.. quite... charming.. I recall only her face... that.. smile.*" - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
12. ↑ "*Ohhh such a voice! So.. heavenly! So beautiful!*" - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
13. ↑ "*Two years ago today, "Chapter Two" of #BATIM released, introducing the whole world to Sammy Lawrence, the Searchers, and Wally's lost keys! :) The chapter was made in just a few weeks and set the tone for the world of Bendy. :) So Happy Birthday, Sammy Lawrence!! :P #BENDY" - theMeatly.* April 18, 2019. Twitter.