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The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police (1997)
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The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police (1997)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story: The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Sam & Max: Freelance Police!!! or just simply Sam & Max, is an American animated television series starring Sam & Max, a duo of private investigators composed of Sam, an anthropomorphic dog, and Max, a lagomorph or "hyperkinetic rabbity-thing." The show was created by Steve Purcell, also creator of the original comic book series. The series first aired in October 1997 on Fox Kids in the United States and YTV in Canada, producing 24 episodes and winning the 1998 Gemini Award for "Best Animated Series" before it was canceled in April 1998. With the exception of the first and last episodes, which each had a running time of about 20 minutes, each episode was approximately 10 minutes in length, and were usually aired in pairs.
Style: dark comedy, exciting, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious, spoof, parody
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dog, rabbit, cartoon dog, cat, police, anthropomorphism, mutant, heroes, private detective, escapades, danger, imaginary, disorder, geek, surrealism, talking animal, cartoon rabbit, police station, adventure, family, talking animals

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Duration: 23 min.
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Duration: 23 min.
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Duration: 30 min.
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Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
TV show
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Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, anthology
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