User blog comment:PokemonTDHTF98/TDAS: What if Courtney is Replaced with another contestant./@comment-22535514-20141019153005/@comment-24152851-20141021135833

He was brought back just so they could do that one-liner of Sam wanting to be mutated by toxic waste, so he could have happy-mutant love with Freakotazoid. Brick was meant to take his place originally, who was much more of an All-Star.