Chariots of the Dogs
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"Chariots of the Dogs" is the fourth episode of Sam & Max Season Two
created by Telltale Games
and published by GameTap
. It was released on March 14, 2008.
Bosco has vanished and Flint Paper, who has been tracking him for 40 years, needs Sam & Max to help him find him. They enter his shop to find it deserted and then the bathroom, where they find baking soda and vinegar, as well as several model volcanoes. Combining baking soda and vinegar, they produce an explosion which prompts a space ship to come over and beam them on board. There they find Bosco, as Boscow, a half man half cow. He explains that he entered an elevator which turns out to be a time machine and then found himself this way.
Sam & Max enter the elevator and find themselves in 1963's version of Bosco's shop, run by his mother
. She, an avid feminist, explains that she will make her baby herself using saliva from herself and a random man from the White House with her baby-maker. The baby-maker has milk dripping in the male-sample unit, which explains why Bosco is a cow. When Sam & Max want to leave, she is turned on by Max's attitude (hating girls) which adds the problem that Bosco will never be born. In the White House they encounter a younger Agent Superball, looking no different from his future self. Thinking him the father, they use his sample but it does not work as expected.
They use a sample from President Kennedy and are able to recreate Bosco, who still is a paradox, not having been born. They go to Stinky's Diner in the 80s to manipulate their past selves' view about girls which makes Max a womanizer. Ms. Bosco does not love him anymore once he shows her his new attitude which allows Bosco to be born as intended. Back on the ship they go to look for T-H-E-M, who turn out to be a trio of birthday Mariachi
singers who travel through space and time singing for birthdays and, as a part time job, collecting and crushing souls. The surprise is too much for Bosco and he dies of a heart attack, his soul being slowly crushed into smithereens.
Sam & Max manage to lure all three Mariachi singers away from the ship and thus can save Bosco, but Max accidentally steps on the "suck"-button and Bosco's soul is sucked up into the Bermuda Triangle
. After extending the bridge to the soul-crusher area, Bosco's body is placed there by accident, which prompts the ship to start a self destruct sequence. This forces Sam & Max to flee through the Bermuda Triangle, taking Bosco's body with them. The space ship comes to the beginning of time and crashes into the gravitational singularity
, causing the Big Bang and creating the universe.
Sam & Max Season Two
Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space, originally released as Sam & Max: Season Two, is an episodic series of adventure games by Telltale Games based around the characters of the Sam & Max comic series created by Steve Purcell and follows from Sam & Max Save the World.Season Two builds on Season One with...
created by Telltale Games
Telltale Games
Telltale Games is a leading independent digital first publisher and game developer founded in June 2004 as Telltale, Incorporated. Based in San Rafael, California, the studio includes designers formerly employed by LucasArts...
and published by GameTap
GameTap
GameTap is an American online video game service established by Turner Broadcasting System . Dubbed by TBS as a "first of its kind broadband gaming network", the service provides users with classic arcade video games and game-related video content...
. It was released on March 14, 2008.
Plot
Sam & Max enter the elevator and find themselves in 1963's version of Bosco's shop, run by his mother
Mother
A mother, mum, mom, momma, or mama is a woman who has raised a child, given birth to a child, and/or supplied the ovum that grew into a child. Because of the complexity and differences of a mother's social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to specify a universally...
. She, an avid feminist, explains that she will make her baby herself using saliva from herself and a random man from the White House with her baby-maker. The baby-maker has milk dripping in the male-sample unit, which explains why Bosco is a cow. When Sam & Max want to leave, she is turned on by Max's attitude (hating girls) which adds the problem that Bosco will never be born. In the White House they encounter a younger Agent Superball, looking no different from his future self. Thinking him the father, they use his sample but it does not work as expected.
They use a sample from President Kennedy and are able to recreate Bosco, who still is a paradox, not having been born. They go to Stinky's Diner in the 80s to manipulate their past selves' view about girls which makes Max a womanizer. Ms. Bosco does not love him anymore once he shows her his new attitude which allows Bosco to be born as intended. Back on the ship they go to look for T-H-E-M, who turn out to be a trio of birthday Mariachi
Mariachi
Mariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural impacts of the historical development of Western Mexico. Throughout the history of mariachi, musicians have experimented with brass, wind,...
singers who travel through space and time singing for birthdays and, as a part time job, collecting and crushing souls. The surprise is too much for Bosco and he dies of a heart attack, his soul being slowly crushed into smithereens.
Sam & Max manage to lure all three Mariachi singers away from the ship and thus can save Bosco, but Max accidentally steps on the "suck"-button and Bosco's soul is sucked up into the Bermuda Triangle
Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and surface vessels allegedly disappeared under mysterious circumstances....
. After extending the bridge to the soul-crusher area, Bosco's body is placed there by accident, which prompts the ship to start a self destruct sequence. This forces Sam & Max to flee through the Bermuda Triangle, taking Bosco's body with them. The space ship comes to the beginning of time and crashes into the gravitational singularity
Gravitational singularity
A gravitational singularity or spacetime singularity is a location where the quantities that are used to measure the gravitational field become infinite in a way that does not depend on the coordinate system...
, causing the Big Bang and creating the universe.
See also
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- Night of the Raving DeadNight of the Raving Dead"Night of the Raving Dead" is the third episode of Sam & Max Season Two created by Telltale Games and published by GameTap. Compared to the episodes before and after it, it was considered to be disappointing by many reviewers.-Plot:...
- What's New, Beelzebub?What's New, Beelzebub?"What's New, Beelzebub?" is the season finale of Sam & Max Season Two created by Telltale Games and published by GameTap. It was released on April 11, 2008.-Short plot synopsis:...