Sam

Sam, labeled The Nice-Guy Gamer, was a camper in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island as a member of the Toxic Rats.

Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
At the beginning of Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!, Sam is seen playing a handheld video game system, clearly excited about obtaining a grenade launcher upgrade. He is heard screaming when Chris blows up the yacht. Sam is the last to make it to shore, all the while protecting his handheld and manages to swallow a fish in the process. He is then seen in the confessional, hoping he will not be eliminated first and hopefully sixth or seventh at least, saying he wouldn't mind that. He then resumes to play video games immediately. During the race, Sam is the final person to arrive (along with Staci), and is put on the Toxic Rats. Later, when Dakota is frightened by a squirrel, she jumps into Sam's arms, and he smiles at her. During the challenge, Sam is used as the base for B's "human ladder" and compliments B's idea of how to get the totem pole down. After losing the challenge, Sam (along with the rest of the team), becomes annoyed by Staci's constant chatter. At the elimination ceremony, Sam is thrown the fifth marshmallow, which lands on his video game system.

In Truth or Laser Shark, Sam is awakened by Scott running in through the door, he tells his team he was out kissing one of the female contestants and when they ask which one he says a gentleman never kisses and tells, Sam is confused by the statement and thinks Scott has kissed a man. Both his game system and Dakota's cell phone were confiscated at the beginning of the challenge. When Dakota complains about not getting enough beauty sleep, Sam tries to compliment her but is scared when she sees her eyes. Sam tries to compliment Dakota again later while walking in the woods but ends up talking about her nostrils, confusing her. He tries to bond with her over their mutual dependence on electronics, and fails in the process. In the first challenge of the episode, it is revealed that Sam farted on his first (and apparently only) date. Sam later tries to be excused from the challenge, saying he has already been embarrassed, but fails. Sam seems to complete his part of the obstacle course challenge quickly but fails to hand off the rat to Dakota, having to do so after falling (and wiping off the rat). When Scott suggests his team vote out Dakota, Sam tries to defend keeping her, despite her being distracted by the paparazzi and costing them the challenge, but she is eliminated nonetheless. In the confessional, he is upset about her departure, saying how he looked forward to making awkward passes at her all season while getting rejected the whole time.

In Ice Ice Baby, Sam spits out Chef's gruel, saying that he knows why gruel rhymes with cruel. Later, in the mountain climbing challenge, Sam gives up on climbing, but when Dawn finds a recorder in the pile of trash to help B, Sam says he has a high score in a recorder video game. Sam plays bad music so the giant cockroach starts beating him up, allowing B to devise a plan on how to get up the mountain. When Dawn gives the cockroach the baby cockroach, Sam sees what B built and complains. In the second part of the challenge, Sam and Lightning are sent to capture the flag, even though Sam asked if someone with more 'leg-foot coordination' could go instead. When they reach a path of ice, Sam gets an idea and rides on his belly, exclaiming 'The thunder will arrive before the lightning! Me thunder!' However, he slides into some cold water and gets turned into an ice cube. Later on, Scott uses him in his frozen state to melt the Rat's fort, letting the Maggots win the challenge. That night, Sam is in the bottom two with B, but Sam does not seem to mind since he is glad that he wasn't eliminated first. Before the results were announced, Dakota hang-glides in, and crashes into Sam, causing an pleasant reunion between the two. He is then given the final regular marshmallow, and B is eliminated.

In Finders Creepers, Sam is pushed out of the way by Scott as they are running out of the cabin. He tries to greet to Dakota, but she can't hear him because her ears are still damaged from the air horn. When Lightning is attacked by a mutant squid, Sam tells Scott a video game technique to use to save him. However, it doesn't work and Sam is attacked by the squid as well. After Lightning is captured by the spider, Sam is worried about him and Dawn and argues with Scott about whether to search for them or not. Later on, Sam states that Dakota's absence is making him more focused and starts to run faster. He runs over a land mine and is blown up. Afterwards, Sam is accidentally pushed into a grave full of kitchen grease by Scott. Dakota comes along to dump more grease in the grave, and Sam is attacked by giant maggots. Dakota feels bad for him but leaves anyway. After the Mutant Maggots leave the graveyard, Sam calls Scott over. He tries to warn Scott that the coffin will spring up when the key is used on it, but Scott doesn't listen and gets hit by it. Sam looks amused as he states that he tried to warn him. As Sam and Scott are walking by Anne Maria, she trips them and the spider wraps them in webbing. Despite Scott telling him to give up, Sam continues to try and win the challenge. He wins the challenge for their team, due to Brick losing all of his teammates.

In Backstabbers Ahoy!, Sam, along with the other Rat males, is awakend by Brick's alarm clock. He complains about the noise in the confessional, before going back to playing his game. He was later present when Lightning's protein went missing. In the first part of the challenge, Sam is given the task of pumping air down to Brick, but after he couldn't do it fast enough, Lightning took over. During the second portion of the challenge, Sam, along with Brick and Dawn, are the water-skiers for their team. That is, until Scott shoots Lightning in the back, with one of the seagulls, thus forcing Sam to drive the boat. As they approach the final mine, Scott shoots Sam with a seagull, rendering him unconscious, causing the Rats to lose the challenge. Later, Sam was shown with Scott discussing who to vote out, when Scott framed Dawn for stealing the contestants most prized possessions. Unlike the other contestants, Sam does not seem angry at Dawn, as when Scott threatens her, Sam looks at her with a sad, almost sympathetic look. At the elimination ceremony, he is given the second marshmallow of the night.

In Runaway Model, Sam attempts to join in on his team's circle of trust, but is quickly rejected after Scott points out his "circus thumb." Sam defends himself by saying that's what you get when you have ten years of gaming experience and then adds that he has cat-like reflexes. Sam attempts to prove this by removing cheese quickly from a mouse trap, which he does, but quickly stumbles backwards and falls into all the other mice trap he had set up. During the fashion challenge, the Toxic Rats attempt to catch Sasquatchanakwa with Brick's duffel bag, which contains army boots, jockstraps, and vests. Sam is against this idea and says that they need chic, sophisticated, and coordinated looks. Sam then goes to Dakota for fashion advice and she tells him a secret: stripes. The Rats use Brick's duffel bag trick to dress the Yeti up in stripes, but lose the fashion part of the challenge after they use horizontal stripes and not vertical stripes. While the Rats travel to Boney Island, Sam begins suffering from videogame withdrawal and begins to see random objects (such as ducks) digitalized, just like a video game. After Brick, Lightning, and Scott fail to save Lindsay, Sam uses his team's "last life" to climb up the scaffolding, avoiding the barrels Sasquatchanakwa is throwing, and attempts to save Lindsay, but quickly gets thrown off the scaffolding by the much larger and stronger Sasquatchanakwa. A while later, Jo is able to save Lindsay from Sasquatchanakwa, knocking it off the scaffolding where it lands on top of Sam. At the Campfire Ceremony, Sam is in the bottom two with Brick and receives the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom, signifying his elimination. Brick salutes Sam as he leaves, and Sam returns the gesture. As Sam is about to take the Hurl of Shame, Dakota runs up to him and gives him her number, which quickly ends up back in her hands after Sam is catapulted off the island and he drops it by mistake.

Total Drama Reloaded
Sam had practically no changes to his design or outfit at all. His original design had him sporting a full beard in addition to a small goatee. Now the beard and goatee are gone completely, leaving only some slight chin hair. Another difference is the brown color on his shirt and shoes were changed into a dark red color.

Audition tape

 * View this video for Sam's audition tape.

He says he has a strict morning routine, which is warming up with a little bit of 'game blob', then hit it hard. He then cheers and says he got the sorcerer's medallion, and punched out the ninja overlord. The power suddenly goes out, and he says that he's blown a fuse again, laughing and saying "That's cool."

Trivia

 * Sam, along with Beth, DJ, and Harold, are the only contestants with dotted eyes.
 * Sam is one of only four contestants to regularly wear glasses; the others being Harold, Cameron and Beth.
 * Sam and Harold share the same voice actor, Brian Froud.
 * Sam is the only member of the new cast who is voiced by a voice actor from the old cast.
 * Sam's shirt resembles Cody's, but with longer sleeves.
 * Sam is one of the three contestants to suffer from tech withdrawal. The others are Courtney and Dakota.
 * Sam is the only male contestant to suffer from tech withdrawal.
 * Revealed in Truth or Laser Shark, Sam passed gas on his first (and only) date.
 * Sam's video game dream references the Super Mario series.
 * Also, the pixillated mushroom poster shown in Sam's audition is a reference to the Super Mario Bros series of video games.
 * When he was going to save Lindsay in Runaway Model, The challenge was similar to "Donkey Kong" video game. His role was similar to Mario and Sasquatchanakwa's role was similar to Donkey Kong and Lindsay's role was similar to Pauline.
 * Sam seems to be capable of playing video games with his feet.
 * On the last day on Earth, Sam wants to have an MMORPG party, (a massively multiplayer online role-playing game).

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