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Dog & rabbit.

LikaLarukuLikaLaruku
edited August 2010 in Sam & Max
I could swear I once saw something that said what specific type of dog & rabbit Sam & Max were based on, but I can't remember where.

They look like a Labrador Retriever & an Arctic Hare. (To which my friend Bethany jokes they look like the Mad Hatter & the March Hare).

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  • CheriCheri
    edited August 2010
    Well, Sam is based off of an Irish Wolfhound, but I've never heard of Max's specific breed of rabbit of basis.
  • splash1splash1
    edited August 2010
    Max is the result of genetic experiments that were conducted back in 1901 and then transferred to another generation about a century later.

    If you look closely, Max is a mixture of a melon, a rabbit, and an unholy abomination we all refer to as "Toxic waste".
  • The HighwayThe Highway
    edited August 2010
    Cheri wrote: »
    Well, Sam is based off of an Irish Wolfhound, but I've never heard of Max's specific breed of rabbit of basis.

    Lagomorph
  • Sausy GibbonSausy Gibbon
    edited August 2010
    I never heard any one but fans say Sam is based on an Irish Wolfhound so I don't think you can say it's based on one. Unless there's somebody with a quote saying other wise.
  • Player_2Player_2
    edited August 2010
    The Highway wrote: »
    Lagomorph

    A lagomorph isn't a specific breed of rabbit. It's just a different word for rabbit. At least, I think so...
  • CheriCheri
    edited August 2010
    Lagomorph is the taxonomic order. If Max wanted to be specific as to what classification of Lagomorph he was, he'd refer to himself as 'Leporidae', which is the family for rabbit and hare species.
  • thesporkmanthesporkman
    edited August 2010
    "Lagomorph" is actually less specific than rabbit. It's an order of mammals that includes hares, rabbits, and pikas.

    Edit: Woops. Cheri beat me to it.
  • BreakmanBreakman
    edited August 2010
    Sausy Gibbon wrote: »
    I never heard any one but fans say Sam is based on an Irish Wolfhound so I don't think you can say it's based on one. Unless there's somebody with a quote saying other wise.

    Yeah. I don't believe it either until there's an actual quote saying he is one. Most people base this rumor on one occasion that he mentions he was drooling like one. (I forgot which TT episode, sorry.) The keyword was "like". It doesn't mean he is one.

    But he is definitely in the hound group.
  • HungryfreakHungryfreak
    edited August 2010
    splash1 wrote: »
    Max is the result of genetic experiments that were conducted back in 1901 and then transferred to another generation about a century later.

    If you look closely, Max is a mixture of a melon, a rabbit, and an unholy abomination we all refer to as "Toxic waste".

    I thought he qualified as a mineral.
  • HelloCthulhuHelloCthulhu
    edited August 2010
    You know, it would make sense for sam to be a bloodhound.
  • RandulfRandulf
    edited August 2010
    He identifies himself as such in Hit The Road.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwocQW62xKA#t=6m0s
  • BreakmanBreakman
    edited August 2010
    Randulf wrote: »
    He identifies himself as such in Hit The Road.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwocQW62xKA#t=6m0s

    Boy, I forgot that one. I stand corrected (and I have a better understanding of the word "cur")!

    But I still think he's a mutt. He has the size of an Irish Wolfhound but the body of a Bloodhound or Bavarian Mountain Hound.
  • Sausy GibbonSausy Gibbon
    edited August 2010
    I remember reading some place that in Freelance Police it would explain the origin of the talking animal duo and something or other about a lab.
  • BreakmanBreakman
    edited August 2010
    Sausy Gibbon wrote: »
    I remember reading some place that in Freelance Police it would explain the origin of the talking animal duo and something or other about a lab.

    That reminds me, when I first watched the cartoon (with hardly any knowledge of the comics or games), I thought they were Darla's pets/science experiments. ^^;
  • thekillerpixelthekillerpixel Banned
    edited August 2010
    what a blast from the past. I can remember playing this game almost 20 years ago. And I must say, they haven't aged a bit.
  • LikaLarukuLikaLaruku
    edited August 2010
    Breakman wrote: »
    That reminds me, when I first watched the cartoon (with hardly any knowledge of the comics or games), I thought they were Darla's pets/science experiments. ^^;

    I originally thought the buiulding was an appartment complex untill Darla sorta mentioned they were practically bumbing off her. At some point I figures she was possibly not really a kid & actually a vertically impared adult.

    As for the S&MHTR reference, that's probably it. I played it right before season 3 came out. Speaking of that game, I can't seem to fing the "save" option on it.
  • ShwooShwoo
    edited August 2010
    Breakman wrote: »
    That reminds me, when I first watched the cartoon (with hardly any knowledge of the comics or games), I thought they were Darla's pets/science experiments. ^^;
    That would have made a lot of sense.

    I was looking up rabbit breeds, and Max could be a New Zealand White, which are albino. It's hard to tell if Max is albino or not, though. I don't have much experience with rabbits, but I think that they're usually not pure white like Max is.
  • Flyingman356Flyingman356
    edited August 2010
    LikaLaruku wrote: »
    I originally thought the buiulding was an appartment complex untill Darla sorta mentioned they were practically bumbing off her. At some point I figures she was possibly not really a kid & actually a vertically impared adult.

    As for the S&MHTR reference, that's probably it. I played it right before season 3 came out. Speaking of that game, I can't seem to fing the "save" option on it.

    There is none, you have to complete it in one go. Start early in the day.
  • ShwooShwoo
    edited August 2010
    LikaLaruku wrote: »
    I originally thought the buiulding was an appartment complex untill Darla sorta mentioned they were practically bumbing off her. At some point I figures she was possibly not really a kid & actually a vertically impared adult.

    As for the S&MHTR reference, that's probably it. I played it right before season 3 came out. Speaking of that game, I can't seem to fing the "save" option on it.
    F5, I think.
  • Skylark StarflowerSkylark Starflower
    edited August 2010
    Breakman wrote: »
    Yeah. Most people base this rumor on one occasion that he mentions he was drooling like one. (I forgot which TT episode, sorry.) .

    Actually, he said that in the comic Bad Day on the Moon, and it wasn't Irish Wolfhound. To quote, "Ooh, I'm drooling like a Norwegian Elkhound."

    Though it is possible he could have said it again in an episode, I don't recall either.
  • Ze Great PumpkinZe Great Pumpkin
    edited August 2010
    I always assumed Max was a Minorcan Giant Lagomorph.

    See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minorcan_Giant_Lagomorph
  • divisiontendivisionten
    edited August 2010
    Ze Great Pumpkin wrote: »
    I always assumed Max was a Minorcan Giant Lagomorph.

    See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minorcan_Giant_Lagomorph

    Fifty pounds, short legs, and an upright vertebrae? You mean there was an entire species of Max-es at one point and I didn't get to hug them?????
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