Sam

Sam, also known as "Punished Sam" or "a zombie" is a major player and a Big Guy within the Zombies universe.

Sam was born on April 19, 1950. After his birth, the doctors deemed him, "too autistic to function". At the disgust of his parents, Sam was thrown in the gutter and forced to make it on his own. Growing up was difficult as he was unable to converse with another human being without resorting to heaving and screeching. For the first ten years of his life, Sam lived in isolation, rarely even seeing the light of day.

While crawling in the sewers, Sam came across a mysterious tome filled with ancient esoteric lore. Upon opening the book, Sam became filled with a deep, primeval terror, and slammed the book closed. This is the first major point of divergence in the Zombies universe. The Reality 114 Sam, the one that would eventually become Punished Sam, reopened the book and continued reading. However, he soon reached a page that teleported him to the Zombie realm.

The Reality 115 Sam left the book and continued his life in the sewers for several more years. Eventually, he confronted his autism and left the sewers, becoming a fully functioning adult. After graduating from college he married, bought a home, and raised several children. These children would then have their own children, most notably Rick, a member of the Suicide Squad who shared an uncanny resemblance to his grandfather. By the time of the events of the Passion Project, Sam is close to retiring from his lifelong career as a World War 2 history professor.

Reality 114 Sam, however, remained trapped in the Zombie realm. The constant danger made him a hardened and skilled survivalist and fighter, however, he also became intensely paranoid and his autism increased tenfold. Sam continued to survive in the Zombie realm for decades, without aging due to the extratemporal nature of the Realm.

The arrival of Nick and Elias marked the first time he had seen other humans in fifty years. He teamed up with them and helped them locate the Library and defeat THE Zombie Kid. However, he became distracted in the library (small l) and was left behind by Nick and Elias.

This betrayal made him justifiably furious, and he swore revenge on the two. The Bogdanoff twins sensed his great potential as a weapon and granted him Big Guy-tier interdimensional powers. He used these to travel to Reality 115 to recruit FBI and Chocula in his plot to exact revenge. They returned to 114 and set up a trap for the boys, capturing Nick and imprisoning him in a top-secret compund.