"It's for the CONT!!!" ― Sam Black
Samantha "Sam" Butler, also known professionally as Sam Britain and by her former streamer name Sam Black, is a talk show host, and an American exchange student at Gowpenny Academy of Arcane Arts. She was in Chimeron.
Description[]
"Sam is hanging out in her streaming room. She's got her microphone. It used to be where her mom kept all the stuff from her multilevel marketing scheme where she sold tights to her friends from high school. So, you can still see the tights and all the things in boxes that her mom has tried to sell. There's some vitamins just everywhere. But you can see neatly carved out with all of those behind, Sam is doing a mukbang while she talks to all of her many followers. And she is eating, for no good reason other than everyone else is doing it, she's eating a meal of sausages, rice, and cucumbers, and she has an idea of why everyone is doing it, but she's just gonna let that pass. So, Sam is eating her cucumber so that you can really get the crunch in, just real obnoxious like (crunching) and people love it, and it makes them feel so relaxed. And taking little nibbles of her rice and telling everyone about her day at school, which it went really well. She doesn't know if she has to go to summer school yet, but hopefully she can because that would be so much new good content, you guys! And so, she is in the middle of taping this mukbang." ― Danielle Radford
Personality[]
Sam is an incredibly positive and upbeat individual. Her outlook towards dealing with interpersonal conflicts is to smile through it. Sam is not the smartest, but she is extremely charismatic and is able to see Jammer's threads of connection that he builds teams with.
Sam's wand, the "Influencer Wand". [1]
Appearance[]
Background[]
Sam lived with her mother in an apartment in Portland, Oregon prior to being enrolled in Gowpenny Academy of Arcane Arts. She was a high school student who hosted livestreams on Twitch after school where she told her viewers about her day. After learning about mukbang, a recent trend in Korea where viewers watch people eat food, she consulted with her neighbor, Mrs. Pak, and began hosting daily mukbang streams herself.[2]
At some time in the past of Sam's streaming career, there was an incident involving a bird that she supposedly did for views.
History[]
The Chosen Ones[]
Sam is in her streaming room in the middle of a mukbang stream eating rice, sausage, and cucumbers, when an owl lands on her windowsill. Since her stream name, displayed on the wall behind her, is "Sam Black" and not the "Samantha Butler" the owl was instructed to deliver to, it sits outside for a good 20 minutes before it taps on the window, startling Sam. She walks away from the stream to investigate, and the chat enters slow mode as her quickly-growing followers wonder if she's in danger of being murdered by a bird. The stream makes it to the front page of Twitch, and eventually makes its way to Whitney Jammer.
As the chat freaks out, Sam opens the window and readies her stance in case she needs to fight the owl, though it does not follow her when she backs up into the room. It stays out of shot of the camera and drops the envelope, an invitation to attend Gowpenny Academy of Arcane Arts. Sam picks it up and admires the font and glitter, and compares the owl to a raven bringing good news, which it does not like. In a miraculous turn of events, she and the owl share the same wavelength and she is able to understand the bird completely as it retaliates with a comment about her streaming on Mixer.
Sam suddenly realizes the stream is still running and thanks her mods for handling the chat. She opens the envelope, but before she can start to read, the owl pushes it away with its talon and communicates that it might be better to stop streaming first. Once she does, the bird asks for some cucumber and begins to eat before remembering there were both verbal and barf components to the delivery of the letter.
After reading the letter, Sam asks the owl if "Galpenny" is an adult streaming site, but it turns its head and refuses to answer, so she calls her mother into the room. Sam explains what happens, but her mother gets sidetracked by some internal conflict about why her daughter doesn't realize that the popularity of her sausage and cucumber eating streams has sexual connotations. Sam continues that the owl-- which she names "Sausage" as it has moved onto eating one of her sausages-- delivered her a letter to attend a magic academy, and she asks if she's been enrolled there because of her grades. Her mother ensures her that she did not and hesitates as she considers fighting the owl, a "flying rat". Sam concurs that she almost fought it too, and her mother is relieved at her good instincts, happy to claim Sam as her daughter again, until she tilts her head in confusion at the mention of "dick food". Sausage grabs the remainder of Sam's food and flies away as Sam and her mother have The Talk.
Once Sam crushes the pellet, she appears in Vertiq Alley alongside the rest of the Magical Misfits: Whitney Jammer, who recognizes her from her stream; Dream, an old friend of hers; and Evan Kelmp. Dream asks if she's still frequenting the Sailor Moon message boards. Sam turns to Evan and asks if he got a weird bird too, and he introduces himself. As the group discusses their pellets, Headmistress Boudicca Philtrum appears in front of them in a flash of blue and silver light. She greets them cheerfully and informs them that they're the school's first ever foreign exchange students.
When Evan asks if the textbooks and supplies will be comparably expensive to American textbooks, the Headmistress assures them that the school understands that they all come from Namp families, and will be provided with a stipend of wizard gold. Before she can get there, however, the group begins to protest the term, as it sounds even worse than "M*ggle". The Headmistress tries in vain to stop them all from saying it, as they are no longer non-magical and are not allowed to say the word. As Jammer continues to say the M-word proudly over and over, the Headmistress casts a spell on him that magically seals his mouth shut.
The group discusses whether or not this course of action is technically corporal punishment since England doesn't have the same basic right to freedom of speech that the US does, and when Jammer's mouth unsticks, he complains about the old-British-sweets taste, mentioning he would have preferred a McDonald's dollar menu ice cream sweet instead. Confused by what McDonald's is, the Headmistress begins to explain that they'll have to work to unlearn some of the bad habits that they were raised into as Namps, until she gets distracted by Sam as she takes selfies with her cellphone. The Headmistress objects, saying that they'll also have to get used to not using their electronic devices, as they won't work inside the school.
Before they can get off track any further, she provides them each with a pouch of 20 gold coins to spend on their school supplies, but it quickly gets off track again when she mentions it comes from a Namp fund. The conversation devolves yet again into attempting to gauge what words she does or doesn't know. When she informs them that the school doesn't have bathrooms since they can just magic away their waste, Jammer expresses a desire to go home, even though he was excited to be recruited for sports.
She reiterates the pilot program that they're a part of, but realizes that the more she explains, the weirder things get. She implores that there are lots of people counting on the group to show up and do what it is in their nature to do, then summons a small, ringing purple owl-- a clear reference to a telephone, as Evan points out-- to excuse herself for more pressing business. Before she can leave, she informs them that the three essential items for them to purchase are a wand, a broom, and a familiar. After a brief discussion with Evan, she turns to the rest of the group to bid them all farewell and teleports away mid-sentence.
With the Headmistress gone, Jammer turns to Dream for guidance, who knows everything there is to know about shopping for magical items. She suggests they get their wants first, since it's the instrument through which their magic will manifest. They make their way to Ace of Wands, a massive storefront reminiscent of a big box store. They approach with expectations of finding something personal, the thing that will induct them into the magical world, but instead open their eyes to find themselves facing out towards the street again, having completely forgotten their experience inside the store. Aabria asks the cast to look under their chairs where they find their own prop wands as she narrates how they each hold in their hands the same box containing identical plain wooden sticks.
Dream is understandably upset, while Evan simply compliments its construction as a dowel. Jammer and Sam flick their wands at each other to see if they work, and Jammer finds that his emits a small puff of basketball-scented baby powder. Realizing Jammer cast the spell almost inadvertently, Evan quickly repackages his wand and ties it shut with his belt. As the others notice, he diverts their attention with a question about whether or not there's a McDonald's in Vertiq Alley. Dream complains that she wants to try all kinds of magical British sweets, and that he's probably the type of guy who just gets McDonald's whenever he travels. That is, until he admits he's never been outside of Iowa before and Dream truly comes to realize how sad of a person Evan is.
She brings this to his attention and he begins to cry a little until Jammer diffuses the situation to suggest they get their brooms. As he does, he feels his wand change in his hand-- the handle is now made of bamboo. Delighted that there was still a chance to get a snake or something dope on hers, Dream begins to wave her own wand in the air, to no avail. Sam draws a piece of lint out of her pocket and points her wand at it, successfully turning it into a delicious McDonald's sundae and causing the wand to turn slightly pinker. Evan compliments everyone's incredible magic work and offers to get rid of the sundae, but he eats it instead of magic-ing it away.
As the four of them stand in a weird circle in the middle of the street, they notice three other Gowpenny students watching them. The party walks over to greet them and the trio introduce themselves as Tallulah Jillymont, Fergus Ponst, and Digsby Cooper. Tallulah is immediately condescending, insulting their 1st year skill level as 6th years and mocking their pride over their small spells. She offers help or advice should the group need it, and Jammer asks if there's any McDonald's. Tallulah turns to Fergus, who is just as confused as she is, until Digsby steps forward and explains that he used to be a non-magical person as well. He informs them that there are no McDonald's, but recommends the Knave's Navel if they're hungry as British food is much better than fast food.
They begin to discuss amongst themselves how exciting it is to be studying abroad, and Jammer and Evan bond over both being from/never leaving the American Midwest as Tallulah grows ever impatient over their lack of attention towards her and her offer of help. Jammer lets her know they still need to acquire their brooms and familiars, and they are led to the broom shop, the Streaking Straw. On the way, they note to each other how weirdly rude the trio is being, and Sam compares them to the movie Mean Girls. Once inside the shop, Evan leans into the group to remark some more on how upset the trio is making him, and Jammer, Dream, and Sam take turns giving him advice on how to deal with it. None of it is in his wheelhouse.
Once the they buy their brooms, they head outside and ask Tallulah if they'll need to take a drivers test of some kind before they're allowed to fly, but she tells them since they're 6th years, they won't be taking the usual 3rd year flying lessons, so they should be good to go.
Before they pick up the last necessary item on their shopping list, familiars, Evan asks Dream if she thinks they're going to need to provide food care for them as well. Dream begins to ask if he's asking because everything he cares for suffers and dies a horrible death, but dissolves into a wide smile and laughter before she can get to the end. Evan attempts to brush his feelings about the situation aside as he leads them to the pet shop, but as Jammer and Dream whisper that the answer has to be "yes", he overhears and has a small outburst in which he explains that they don't all die.
Jammer quickly notices that Evan is drawing unwanted attention, both from people looking on in shocked British propriety, but also from those who seem to have locked onto his frequency and are staring at him, unblinking. Jammer steps between Evan and the crowd to calm him and ushers him away towards the pet shop with both hands. The touch soothes him, and in the moment of connection between the two boys, Sam catches sight of something like a glowing tether form between them. Sam mentions this to them, but dues to the unspoken rules of masculinity they are unable to actively acknowledge the moment, so Jammer and Evan simply head off to get familiars.
The group heads to Merwyn's Minions, where they briefly discuss how most of the shops in Vertiq Alley seem to be alliterative. Sam considers changing her stream name to be alliterative too, in order to appeal to the viewers in this new country, and Dream suggests she could get something whimsical to add to her stream instead, like a walrus. Jammer asks the attendant at the front, Freya, but she reports they don't have any walruses. She then explains how the familiar-acquiring process works: customers walk through the area at the back of the store where something will be drawn to them, and whatever that may be, animal or not, is the familiar that they'll be charged for.
Sam points to a large hog and asks if its a stream pig, and immediately after she does so, a tiny piglet leaps over the hog and slides to a stop on her feet. She names it after her favorite movie, Terminator 2. As the group takes their phones out to get pictures of Sam and her new familiar, Jammer's basketball slips out of his duffle bag, and it becomes his new familiar. Dream soon notices a small chipmunk sitting on her shoulder and she struggles to understand how something so cute and not-edgy could be her familiar. She begrudgingly names it Theodore.
As Evan walks into the enclosure, all the animals immediately slam up against the walls and start spitting up blood. Another shop keeper steps in to investigate why Evan didn't attract a familiar. She puts a magical, prismatic shard up to his chest, and she steps back in shock when she sees his heart. She announces that he already has a familiar, his shadow, and amid resigned nods of confirmation from Evan, she points to the ground where everyone is casting shadows except him. She warns them to run if they see it and offers them a discount on their familiars if they leave her shop quickly.
Outside the store, Evan lets the group know that he knows that being near him is dangerous, and they don't have to hang around him if they don't want to. Sam reassures him that they do, as he's part of Team M*ggle just like they are.
Class Conflict[]
Sam arrives to Gowpenny with the other Misfits. When everyone gets default sorted Chimeron, she proposes that it could be like a fun TikTok house. As they join the house, and they learn even more, she declares the school needs to be exposed (on TikTok).
As they all begin to leave the hall, Fergus catches Sam's eye, and when Dream asks her if they're going to smash, Sam defers, commenting that nothing here works the way it does in the normal world and maybe their wizards bodies can't even do that.
Family on Six[]
Th episode begins with the dramatic walk up to their evocation class, where the door is blasted open with flames. The flames are caused by Penfrew who was turned into a fire monster as a kind of unwilling joke by his classmates. After Dream charms and traps the fire creature in a cage of furniture, Evan pulls the student out of the construct with his bare hand.
The Misfits regroup on the Scuppers field, where they learn to fly their brooms. Dream and Sam are able to work out Jammer's special team building magical connection ability, and encourage the fading tie between Evan and Jammer as Evan plans to leave the magic world behind (unknown to them).
Time skips a month forward to a Scupper game, where it's Chimeron against Hercinel. Sam is able to see and effect the threads of connection that Jammer had between his various teammates, tugging on them to make sure people are focused and improving the teams playing. While she is doing this, her eyes turn a reflective silver. After the game is stopped due to Evan and Dream's disappearance due to Tallulah's cheap shot spell, Sam gets a note from Furgus as the teams do an obligatory line up, asking her out to drinks next week.
When they rejoin Dream and Evan in the common room, Sam's eyes again change to reflective chrome silver, further she is able to split her own face into two, one being her regular face and another being a chrome replica as she argues for Evan's release from his demons that are attempting to take him. She is able to banish at least one just by sheer saltiness alone, charmingly berating the horrific creatures, encouraging them to leave and join their fleeing friends. She manages to get most of the entities to leave, Dream is able to reach Evan and talk to him directly, and Jammer is able to do the final reach out to Evan. With the help of his friends, Evan is finally freed from the entities that have been with him his whole life.
We're the Heroes[]
The episode opens with Evan once again asking Nurse Stitchnit for the exorcism, and Evan pulls his friends out of the common room to explain the what he had asked the Nurse to do and why.
Relationships[]
Dream[]
Dream and Sam were childhood friends and shared similar interests growing up. At one point, they both spent time on Sailor Moon online forums, until the forums were shut down. Sam seems to understand the reasons behind Dream's obsession with all things dark and edgy and is more often than not the one to reign her in when she starts to cross lines.
Whitney Jammer[]
Sam and Jammer are among the first of the group to forge a new bond as they connect over wanting to fight the owls that delivered their letters. They were also the first to successfully do magic with their new wands. Sam's perpetually positive attitude combined with Jammer's intrinsically supportive nature make them the ultimate hype squad.
Evan Kelmp[]
He is one of her best friends as part of the group.
Trivia[]
- Sam's favorite movie is Terminator 2.
- Sam has been trying to come up with a new last name since joining Gowpenny, and has yet to find one that suits her
- Sam has a passive effect that charms those she talks to.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Adventuring Party (Season 5) Episode 3: Wet Fire (and Bad News Brooms)
- ↑ Orion D. Black, Dropout Discord, 31 June 2021: "canon background, Sam learned Mukbang from watching Twitch and then went and asked her neighbor Mrs. Pak about it and learned about Mukbang. There is evidence of this hidden somewhere in the show."
- ↑ We're the Heroes
| Misfits and Magic Characters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Characters | Main Season | Dream | Evan Kelmp | Sam Black | Whitney Jammer | ||
| Live Show | Dangerwolf Darkhawk | Chip n Rip Andre Henreek | Premium Va-Casians | |||
| Non-Player Characters |
PC Families and Familiars | BooBoo | Dangerwolf's Parents | Evan's Shadow | Janet and Maurice Tanaka | Mordecai | Ravageur | Ron | Sam's Mother | Spalding | Terminator 2 | Theodore | Troxie Darling | ||
| Gowpenny Academy of Arcane Arts |
Faculty | Headmistress Boudicca Philtrum | Nurse David Stitchnit | The Frunthwinkle | Dr. Norman Boodle | Sausage | Professor Viniscus | ||
| Hercinil | Digsby Cooper | Fergus Ponst | Khanh Nguyen | Tallulah Jillymont | |||
| Aqrabus | Penfrew Lairmsbury | Raclette Camembert | |||
| Messanteu | Sylvie Ecclentripe | |||
| Chimeron | Anamika | Coggle and Hoggle Undergus | Frink | Jesse | Lemli Irving | Peter | |||
| Other | Confirmation Dais | Freya | Golden Snitch Kid | Jammer's Coach | Juice Freshman | Roger | Vertiq Alley Shopkeepers | |||