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Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 713
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, exciting, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious, spoof, parody
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, cult classic, exciting, offbeat, humorous, stylized, semi serious, 2d animation
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, exciting, offbeat, parody, children's program, nostalgic
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, nostalgic
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, 2d animation
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, nostalgic
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IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, entertaining, absurd
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 189
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, anime, feel good, humorous, satirical, colorful, sentimental, cult classic, light, colourful
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 92
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 788
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 25000
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Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 77
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 286
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 724
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Country: Canada, USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 144
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Australia, South Korea, Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, Canada
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
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