Here we go the first chapter where we see what Sam and Max are up to now.
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Sam and Max Freelance Police Chapter 1
Their New Lives
"But now we're bringing it back" Max said as we jump to present where we see Max.
Max looks vastly different no longer a 2D animated toon, he was now fully CGI and he was somewhere where a crowd was heard cheering
"Freelance Police 2.0! Starring me." Max said as he was recording himself on his phone for Instagram. "Now in new and improved 3D."
"Ladies and gentlemen…." An Announcer is heard saying
"Oh, wow. You hear that?" Max asked smiling
We see Max was at some convention and various toons and people were gathering around a stage excited
"…are you ready for the star of the day?" The Announcer asked the crowd
"Well, that's my cue to go." Max said making it seem it is about him "This has been chapter 1 of Max's Tales. If you liked it, please don't forget to subscribe below"
"You know him for days of Saturday Morning Cartoons." The Announcer hypes up as the crowd gets more excited and stamps there feet making the floor vibrate for mouse character to fall down "Please, welcome to the stage…"
"Gotta go, bye" Max said and ends the recording and looks sad
"…Yakko Warner!" The Announcer revealed as it was not Max
Indeed from behind the curtain comes out Yakko, the oldest of the Warner siblings of Anamaniacs in his new 2020 show design. He was in his trademark slacks but also had on sunglasses
"Hey folks!" Yakko announced smiling "Who hear likes hearing classic songs in Jazz form" He begins singing a Jazz form of his Countries of the World song as a Jazz band plays behind him.
Yakko: United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama
Haiti, Jamaica, Peru…
Max watching sighs, the reality is he is sitting at a stall for him for people to meet and get autographs from, he has joined the convention circuit after his acting career ended. But he made some friends on regular people at these gigs who like him have dried up careers and hanging on to the fame they lost
"Excuse me, hey Max" A red small dragon in that stand next to Max's said, this was Mushu the dragon from the animate Mulan movie and one of Max's convention circuit friends "But your followers, do they actually believe the crowd is for you?"
"Of course, they do Mushu." Max said smiling "And pretty soon, that crowd is gonna be for me."
Someone coughs in the booth across from Max's, this was a green gecko like anthro in a tweed brown jacket and a serious gut belly. This was Gex, the oldest out of the group here but was a hit in the 90's video games, potential to be a mascot, but due to his grating true voice in his third game it all dried up. Needless to say the others humored him
"Yeah Max! I'm going to be up on stage too, right beside you!" Gex said to the rabbit smiling
"Yes, Gex. That's the spirit" Max said with a nod and smile
"And they'll like me for who I am and sound like, not like last time when the fans heard my actual voice without a smooth filter or toned down, and burned the place down." Gex said and is handed a picture from some convention goers and signs it "Okay let's see here, 'Best wishes, Gex' here you go kid." He hands it back and the two leave laughing "Oh, they're laughing at me. I know that. You can't hurt my feelings if I'm in on the joke."
"Are you though?" A female rabbit in a black and pink suit with blonde hair tied in a green ribbon she was Lexi Bunny a character from the short lived Loonatics series.
"Yes!" Gex said to her in response and adds smiling and telling all three of them "Anyway, my luck has now shifted. I've been offered a new reality show where I do ride-alongs with the CIA. It's called Gex: The World of Crime."
"Really? A TV show? You?" Max asked in surprise in disbelief
"Yeah, is that really so difficult to believe." Gex asked looking at him
"Oh, uh…." Max said and looking at Gex as he hears white notice coming from his mouth relating to his voice and chuckles "I guess…not" he swears he hears unsettling music
Max shakes his head no need to focus on the negative, this was a big deal if it was true. "Yeah, you know what? That's great Gex. When one of us succeeds, we all succeed" He points to Yakko on stage "Yakko was part of the Saturday Morning line just up like me. Then he got the Animaniacs reboot and boom, he and his siblings are back on top. It happens that fast."
"Bravos Max! You positive nature is infectious like this cold I had the last few days" Mushu said smiling happily he sees someone handing him money for an autograph "Oh thank yo…ou…ou..ACHOO!" He sneezes and breaths fire burning the money "Oh man…I really needed that cash"
"You just gotta stay prepared" Max said smiling "I'm keeping myself fit and as you can see, my updated modern look?"
"Yes, Max, your CG surgery was done very tastefully." Lexi said with a smile "You look amazing."
"Well thank you Lexi." Max said flattered from the complement "We should hang out sometime"
"Nah" Lexi said shaking her head
"Very meanly fast" Max points out how quick he was shot down
"I mean no offense when I say this, but don't you think you'd have more fans here if Sam did these events with you?" Lexi asked figuring Max would have more people to meet him if Sam was here too.
Max gets awkwardly sad as he hadn't talked to Sam in a long time and said "Oh, Sam? Oh, that's interesting. I hadn't thought about him in a while. I should give him a call. See how life's treating him."
We see Sam who looks up sad and said, "Life is the worse, which is why you need good insurance." He smiles and we see he was working in an office
After the show ended Sam gave up on acting and got a job working at Bionicle Insurance and he had real talent, if fact he was one of the best salesmen.
"Look, I'm not gonna put on the hard sell, but in my experience, bad things happen." Sam said talking to his latest customer Mrs. Briefs "They happen without warning. Sometimes from the last place you'd expect it, and you're left to pick up the pieces. So, you have to protect yourself."
"If you're prepared for the worst, the worst isn't so bad." Sam said with a smile "So why risk it? It's my job to open your eyes…." He stops as he realizes Mrs. Briefs eyes are mostly always closed "figuratively"
"You know, I'll take the whole package" The woman said liking what she first.
Sam smiles and places a contract form on the desk and pushes it to her saying "Fantastic. Take it from me, you're making the right choice."
After finishing that deal, it was time for head home. Sam puts on his black jacket and gathers his things including a plaque with his picture marked 'Employee of the Month'
As he was heading home the Geico Gecko spots him and said "Hey, hey congratulations! Employee of the month again."
"Thanks Geico Gecko" Sam said smiling.
"Want to get a drink to celebrate?" Geico Gecko asked him
"Yeah, you never hang out" Another insurance agent named Courtney said smiling
"Sorry everyone. Can't tonight. Abby's waiting for me." Sam said, he would love to hang but he has prior responsibilities at home "But thanks for the invite"
"You sure you don't want to see my house on a hill" An ant named Mr. Soil asked Sam after getting up onto a ledge but he chuckles
"Oh hill, ant-based humor. No thanks" Sam said chuckling as he leaves
Mr. Soil laughs and said "That's just a taste of what you get from me outside the work environment."
A while later we see Sam walking down the street, listening to music on his wireless earphones and eating some chocoballs as a snack.
"Good evening Sam" A female voice said revealed to be his neighbor Vanilla the rabbit who was watering her plants
"Hello, Mrs Vanilla, thank you." Sam said as he passed by her
He soon reaches the gate to his house, he puts the back of chocolates in his back and begins to enter the security code to it. But finds his hand is stained with chocolate as it covers the first number.
He uses the sleeve of his jacket to wipe the keypad clean and then enters the code with the back of his hand. He enters his home and removes his headphones revealing he was listening to banjo music and turns it off setting the headphones on a charger
"Abby, I'm home." Sam calls out and opens the nearby closet and sets his plaque with a bunch of similar plaques. He then goes and turns on the TV in the living room and sets the remote down neatly
On the TV was a news report held by Kent Brockman and it talks about how Spongebob was missing. Kent said "Spongebob's disappearance marks the sixth notable cartoon to go missing in the last two months…"
Sam goes to the kitchen and opens the freezer and takes out a frozen dinner marked 'Ice King Food' and sets it to go in the microwave as he hears a Pokemon cry and sees an Absol and smiles as this was Abby
"Oh, get over here girl." Sam said happy to see her and pets her "Oh there's my little girl, you've been cooped up all day in here haven't you?" Abby nuzzles Sam. "Okay, okay. I bet your hungry."
Sam goes and hits a button and Pokemon food is dispensed into Abby's food bowl "There you go." Abby begins to eat "Okay, slow down now girl" He gets a jug of water and fills up Abby's water bowl
"Hit it Granny!" a CGI Tweety bird calls out as he, Sylvester and Hector dance as Granny begins playing music
"The mystery Looney Tunes are back. And this time they're rapping!" An announcer said and indeed the group begins to rap
Sam walking by the TV groans at this and said "Of course, they're rapping. They always have to make the cartoons rap."
Sam walks away and enters his bedroom and turns the light on, he notices a blinking red light on his landline phone. "Oh, a message on the landline. I don't think I like that." He weary of it hits the play button in it
"Hey there, Sam. It's me Garfield the cat" The voice of Garfield said on the line
"Garfield?" Sam said surprised, it has been a long time since he's talked to anyone from the old show but he was aware after the show Garfield went on to other projects and still in the mainstream being popular in his solo series.
"Hey! I know we haven't spoken in a long time." Garfield said "But I'm in a lot of trouble. And I could use some help from an old friend. I'd really appreciate if you could come and see me at my place. Okay gotta go, I hope I will see you soon." And the message ends
"Oh, wow." Sam said surprised and worried. He opens a draw and pulls out a Freelance Police Pog depicting the whole team and sighs "It's been so long."
Sam knew he had one choice, he had to go and see Garfield and make sure he was okay.
Well Sam's life seems content but this call from Garfield is concerning. He has to see what trouble the orange cat has gotten himself into.
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