Samantha Bean

Samantha Bean^[1] is the 14-year-old^[2] daughter of Secret Bakery owner Jim. Jim describes her as highly creative and a bit tomboyish.^[3]

Biography[]

2000s[]

Samantha attends PVPA (Pioneer Valley Performing Arts) school. She appears to be a big fan of Pokémon^[4] and finds Anthro-PCs interesting.^[5]

Padma took Sam and Momo on a hiking trip to look for snakes.^[6] Sam has started a friendship with Momo^[7], and may be starting a "big sister" relationship with Faye.^[8]

Initially, Sam was very shy of Veronica.^[9] She also gave Marten a frog as a "friendship offering".^[10]

3000s[]

Sam's first appearance as Skullmaster, Master of Skulls, addressing Dora at Coffee of Doom — Skullmaster, Master of Skulls

Sam is currently taking swordfighting lessons.^[11]

4000s[]

Sam visited Faye and Bubbles when they opened their repair shop. She cut her hair so that it doesn't interfere with her sword practice. Sam painted Skullmaster logo over the cover which Punchbot had to wear while waiting for parts to arrive for his repairs. This lead to another spray customer, who payed Sam 17 dollars.^[12]

Sam started doing robot sprays as a small business.^[13] She uses Union Robotics as base of operations.^[14]

Sam cut her finger with a die grinder, when Fay tried to teach Sam how to use power tools.^[15] Sam's father Jim decided to allow Sam access to Union Robotics for positive influence of Bubbles, but with strict restriction that power tools are off limits.^[16]

She got an internship in Union Robotics as a summer job.^[17]

Her father has prohibited her from working at his bakery, because Sam was apparently responsible for an event called the "chaos loaf incident".^[18]

Sam eventually became best friends with Emmett, a shy student her age who moved down from Canada.^[19]

5000s[]

Sam has entered a goth phase.^[20]

Personality[]

Her music preferences include Daft Punk.^[21]

Sam wants to become a biologist because she enjoys nature so much. She likes to go on hikes, during which she looks for and captures snakes, which always get named "Bitey."^[22] Her fondness for snakes does not extend to spiders.^[23]

According to Faye, she needs to shower more often.^[24] Veronica Reed supports this idea.

Her favorite video games are such in which "you explore and build stuff."^[25] She has expressed interest in doing Let's Plays.^[26]

Memorable Quotes[]

"All hail Froglord, king of the amphibians"^[7]
"BEHOLD THE MIGHTY WAR LADLE!"^[8]
"THERE IS NO SAM HERE THERE IS ONLY SKULLMASTER, MASTER OF SKULLS"^[27]

Trivia[]

Sam's idea lightbulb in the comic is drawn as an LED lamp.^[28]^[29]

Sprays[]

Sam has drawn several sprays, which turned into a small business on Union Robotics premises:

Skullmaster arm for Punchbot in Number 3596: Get Well Soon
Heck skull with wings for unnamed pink mohawk robot in Number 3598: An Eagle Doing A Kickflip—Number 3599: Heckin' Skullchicken
Unknown spray for Swordsmary in 3795: Knives To Meet You—3796: But Does It Hurt?
Snake for Swordsmary, lion for dude robot, flowers for Reggie, and a crossed heart for Iris in 4123: It's Swordsmary—4124: Follow The Trend
Unknown spray for unnamed yellow robot in 4125: Assistance, Please
Snake for unnamed teal robot in 4126: Mobile Studio
Cat for Beepatrice in 4129: Can't Stay Mad Forever—4132: First Edition

References

[1] Number 3155: Further Domesticity

[2] Number 3161: Girl Talk

[3] Number 1958: Fresh Stock

[4] Number 2010: PokeMasters

[5] Number 2012: Dad Concerns

[6] 2013: Fifth Wheel—2020: Going, Going...

[c2026-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Number 2026: Lord Of The Flies

[c2177-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Number 2177: Soup Of Heroes

[9] Number 2700: Make Up Your Own Title

[10] Number 2723: Bread And Salt

[11] Number 3591: Sam Of Thrones

[12] Number 3590: SKULLS FOR BREAKFAST—Number 3601: Exercising Restraint

[13] 3795: Knives To Meet You—3799: It's Just A Dog With Wings

[14] Number 3599: Heckin' Skullchicken

[15] 3800: Like A Chef With A Cleaver—3802: YIKES

[16] 3803: Seems Plausible—3807: Fayecing Consequences

[17] 4076: Fayenabler—4078: Down And Dirty

[18] 4077: The World Will Never Be Ready

[19] 4691: Mumble Mumble

[20] 5408: BYO

[21] Number 2472: Doin' It Right

[c2019-22] Number 2019: Tempt Not Fate

[23] Number 2467: Arachnophobes Should Skip This One

[24] Number 2347: Snips And Snails

[25] Number 3130: True To Form

[26] Number 3128: Informative LP—Number 3134: Sudden Concerns

[27] Number 2346: Froglord's Greatest Foe

[28] 4082: Have Some Initiative

[29] 4131: Two Birds, One Stone

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Characters
Coffee of Doom	Smif College
Dora Bianchi Dale Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham Penelope Gaines Cosette Hurlbut Sara McKinney Raven Pritchard Emily Azuma	Claire Augustus Momo Tai Hubbert Marten Reed Bailey Ms. Christman Gabby Ellen Lydia Natasha
The Secret Bakery	Union Robotics
Jim Bean Elliot Padma Renee	Faye Whitaker Bubbles
The Space Station	AI rights nonprofit
Doctor Bernadette Case Killer droids Lieutenant Potter Station A.I. Francis York	Beepatrice Nelson Roko Basilisk
The Horrible Revelation	Robot-Fighting Ring
Barman Brun Khoury Wil	Corpse Witch Hank The Dismemberer Jeremy Number Seven Punchbot
Cubetown
Elizabeth Appleboom Moray X-21
Parents
Aurelia Augustus Elssa Bianchi Peter Bianchi Beatrice Chatham Maurice Duplantier John Ellicott-Chatham Mr. Azuma Mrs. Azuma Greg Farmer Henry Reed Veronica Reed David Whitaker Mrs. Whitaker
Other
Amir Afridi Clinton Augustus Samantha Bean Sven Bianchi Dave Marigold Farmer Jimbo Angus McPhee Meena Mieville Princess Steve Amanda Whitaker
Robots
Arthur Beepatrice Crushbot Deathbot 9000 Ellninerr Gary Gordon Higgs Leda Lemon May Melon Millefeuille O'Malley Pintsize PT410x Punk Robot Roomba Vespabot Winslow Yay Newfriend
Minor	Filler strips
List of minor characters Cosmo Doctor Corrine Buenvenida Evie Pizza Girl Gina Riversmith Tortura Alan Turing Vespavenger Vicky	Andy Bembo OMG Turkeys Randy Shame Orb Shelby Sweet-Tits Yelling Bird
Unnamed/unseen characters
Professor Amelia Borogrove AwesoemPC1998 Christman's fellow trustee Hillary Clinton's AnthroPC ED-210 Fairy Gym receptionist Juicy Lady Red-headed customer Robot saleswoman Sex shop owner Support group leader Sven's bearded friend Sven's stubbly friend Toaster Kenny Wallace Thom Yorke's AnthroPC