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switchblade sam useless as ever

posted 14 years ago by palmolive716
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what's the deal with this guy? he looks like he hasn't brushed his teeth in years or changed his clothes. he suddenly appears in some town off of a train. does he have a drug addiction? if not, what does he use his money on? or is he a serial killer?

this character seems to be very dastardly yet doesn't really have much of a meaning in life it seems.

[–] zachary1998 14 years ago

I think he was homeless, like a hobo, he goes from town to town robbing houses and stealing things. He does not have a job and is a little crazy.

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[–] jsn_hylnd 14 years ago

the amount of cigarettes he smokes doesn't help his personal hygiene either.

[–] stevenackerman69 13 years ago

The idea was to show he was a bad guy in a nice town. I didn't care for his character either. He wasn't really necessary.

[–] snowy_658 13 years ago

He didn't brush his teeth in years, in fact, if you notice, get a close up and see, he has burnt baked bean teeth. Apparently his ex wife made him DIY dentures out of his favorite food. That's why at the end he doesn't eat the baked beans, he CAN'T eat them. His burnt baked bean teeth would fold in themselves from the softness of texture. You can't eat baked beans with baked beans, it doesn't make sense.

[–] KublaiKardashian 12 years ago

lol, wow

[–] jsn_hylnd 12 years ago

He might not have been needed but he was still a great villain nonetheless. I love how he starts taking tips from a dennis about how to tie up someone.

[–] stevenackerman69 12 years ago

Then why does he open a can of baked beans at one point to put on the fire? Don't tell me he was going to feed Dennis.

[–] jsn_hylnd 12 years ago

To feed himself? lol even criminals need to eat.

[–] koffeenkreame41-1 12 years ago

LOL, of course. He was supposed to be a big bad villain, in contrast to the innocent people in town and especially the mischievous but still good hearted Dennis.

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[–] d_fife 11 years ago

I wonder how his breath smells and why did the Sherriff tell him to follow the sun on out of here?

[–] jsn_hylnd 11 years ago

He means "get outta town".

[–] Geeky Randy 11 years ago

Best character of the movie!

They needed a guy like him to allow kids to see the difference between a bad guy and a cranky old man like Mr. Wilson.

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[–] Sanpaco13 9 years ago

He's a hobo, its a kid movie, its meant to be based on vague stereotypes. He's a dumb bad guy meant to give us comedy. Like the bad guys in Home Alone.

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[–] darthleather2011 8 years ago

He seemed slightly out of place in this movie.

He looks like some kind of depression-era scumbag.

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