"Sheep, sheep, sheep, it's time for sleep. Rest your head, it's time for bed. In the morning, you may wake, or in the morning, you'll be dead."
— Sammy Lawrence, Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2: The Old Song
The ink form of Sammy Lawrence is the result of ink corruption due to unknown circumstances.
Sammy's ink form appears as a pitch-black, slightly muscular human figure wearing a smudged Bendy mask with a hole punched into the mouth, presumably to help him speak without his voice being muffled. He has no visible hair, most likely due to the ink. Besides wearing no shirt, he also wears pants with suspenders that somewhat resemble the overalls Boris wears, with a patch sewn over the left knee. His shoes and lower parts of his pants are coated with ink. Under his mask, he is almost faceless. He lacks most facial features, including ears, leaving only his eye sockets and a nose.
In Bendy and the Ink Machine, Sammy originally had four fingers on each hand in a similar manner to cartoon characters. This was changed in Bendy and the Dark Revival, where he now has five fingers.
Personality[]
Unlike his human personality, Sammy has become fanatical and rather mentally unstable, as well as somewhat psychotic and unhinged, to the point of worshiping The Ink Demon as his "savior" and offering him sacrifices to appease him in a method similar to Satanic rituals. As a human, Sammy did not appear homicidal in his earlier recordings but appears to have become maddened by unnatural corruption prior to Henry returning to the workshop 30 years later.
Sammy seems to suffer from severe memory loss. He has been shown to suddenly forget what he was talking about mid-sentence and is so forgetful he can no longer remember his significant other or even the color of his hair.[1] The only thing he can almost remember is Henry, as he felt Henry looked familiar to him when he saw his face, although this may be a result of them being in a cycle, but ends up disregarding it and instead continues calling him a "Sheep".[2]
After being attacked by The Ink Demon, Sammy's calm nature completely disappeared and had regressed to an insane shadow of his personality. Thus, his voice disturbingly changed, from breathless and calm to full of anger in tone with the additional demonic effect. His insanity was so great that he even believed Henry to be his former "savior", who he was bent on killing. However, when his mask was knocked off of his face, Sammy was apparently terrified of Henry looking at his face, though this proved to be a facade that eventually lead to his own downfall.
Sammy is playable as a character once Buddy Boris has collected four candles and his mask in Symphony of Shadows. He has the ability to walk through cracks of the walls. He is also required in solving a music puzzle to reveal a hidden audio log.
Sammy's audio log is located in utility shaft 9 at the beginning of the chapter. From the audio, Sammy mentions the encounter of The Ink Demon, who is referred to as being Sammy's "savior". Sammy stated that he still sings the old cartoon songs he previously wrote, supposedly meant to please The Ink Demon. Sammy also thinks that The Ink Demon will come to save him. He starts believing that love only requires a sacrifice, then ends the message with "Can I get an amen?".
After the audio log ends, Sammy's voice is heard out of nowhere, repeating the same question from the message in a sarcastic tone.
Sammy's ink form first appears as he walks by in front of the end of the inky corridor, carrying a Bendy cutout while quietly speaking some poetry to himself:
"Sheep, sheep, sheep, It's time for sleep. Rest your head. It's time for bed. In the morning, you may wake. Or in the morning, you'll be dead."
Henry sees Sammy and tries to get attention from him, asking for help. Once approached, however, he disappears, assumed to pass through the anonymous symbol as if it contains some dark magic.
Sammy looking down at Henry from the balcony.
After activating the first flow pump in his sanctuary, Sammy can be seen above in the balcony, with his gaze constantly following Henry. Sammy will disappear later on if Henry walks farther away after wiping out the second wave of Searchers.
While in the flooded sewers, it is possible to see Sammy's shadow through a grating in the wall. Soon after Henry collects the second valve, however, Sammy disappears.
Later after activating the ink pump in Sammy's office, he is seen knocking Henry senseless in a single strike with Wally's dustpan at the Music Department hall, preventing Henry from heading to the stairwell to escape the studio. Before taking Henry to the sacrifice room, Sammy looks down at him and says, "Rest your head, it's time for bed." while Henry is losing consciousness.
Sammy talking to Henry moments before he gives him to The Ink Demon as an offering.
Finally, in the ritual room where Henry regains consciousness, Sammy talks to Henry and was rather pleased by Henry's visit, all while taking away the axe that he wields. As the conversation goes on, while placing Henry's axe down against the pole-like fence, he starts talking about honoring the Ink Demon as all other "believers" must do. Sammy then realized the familiar face from Henry, as he may have remembered him long ago, referring that they worked in the studio from the past. Sammy cuts this topic off to resume discussing the Ink Demon and his plan to sacrifice Henry, so Sammy will succeed in getting out of his ink-like form. The sound of the Ink Demon crawling into the pipes is heard, drawing Sammy's attention as he grows excited by the Ink Demon's arrival. Finishing the conversation, Sammy walks to his room for the ritual.
At the beginning of the ritual, he speaks his poem-like phrase for the second time that was previously said from his first physical encounter, using the microphone to speak through several radios seen from the ritual room. Sammy, feeling excited, starts summoning the Ink Demon, along with opening the gate that leads the way out. The Ink Demon was commanded by Sammy to sacrifice Henry, so Sammy will be released from his ink form in no time. However, as Sammy's plan turns out to backfire when the Ink Demon refuses to sacrifice Henry, Sammy begs the Ink Demon nervously to spare him as an attempt to defend himself but was seemingly killed, as noticed by a large leak of ink flowing under the door.
While Sammy himself did not physically appear in the third chapter, Sammy's voice is only secretly heard. To trigger this secret, go to the hallway near from the entrance on Level 11 where the music radio and numerous instruments are located, and then play the instruments in the right following order:
Bass fiddle
Drum
Violin
Piano
Drum
Doing this correctly will cause Sammy's voice to echo out from nowhere.
"We've all been waiting. But now... he will set... us... free..."
Sammy makes a startling comeback in the final chapter, this time as hostile, meaning he was not killed. He now resides in Lost Harbor, and upon entering, the now-insane Sammy unexpectedly appears, busting down a boarded doorway and commencing a boss battle. Completely enraged and feeling double-crossed, mistaking Henry for his savior, the Ink Demon, he breaks free from this boarded doorway and attacks Henry, who then defends himself from Sammy.
Sammy is a ruthless fighter, attacking with his axe. It is almost difficult to attack him as he will swing his axe violently if Henry is close to him. To save more health, wait until Sammy finish swinging his axe before giving him couple of hits with the Gent pipe.
Sammy preparing to decapitate Henry.
The fight goes on until Henry knocks off Sammy's mask. Sammy cowers away from Henry and hides his own face in shame. Upon getting close to him, he grabs Henry and tosses him to the ground, preparing to finish him off. However, Tom sneaks up behind Sammy and strikes him in the back of the head with an axe, killing him and causing his body to disintegrate.
Sammy makes a reappearance in the fourth and fifth chapter. In Chapter 4, if Audrey opens Subject 418's gate cover, it reveals Sammy without his mask in which he is seen playing the banjo while seated around a resurrecting pentagram.
Sammy praising Beast Bendy during the final battle.
In Chapter 5, he appears on a balcony towards the end of the game, praising the Ink Demon and telling the Lost Ones and Searchers to surrender to the lord of the dark puddles right before he gets shot by Allison with the Tommy Gun. Shortly after, he falls off the balcony with a little Wilhelm Scream and perishes.
Sammy Lawrence, seen in one of the screenshots on the Steam page.
Sammy will reappear in Bendy: The Cage. He will play a major role, likely either saving or capturing Henry, as in one of the screenshots Henry's axe is on the floor and Sammy is looking at the camera, which is presumably where Henry would be. According to theMeatly, he will be restored to his Chapter 2 creepy glory.[3]
Trivia[]
The dented cutout heads of Bendy that comes in few sizes seen in some locations from Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2 to 4 are nearly identical to the mask Sammy wears.
It is unknown how Sammy can see while wearing his mask as it has no sign of eyeholes or anything else that could help him see.
Sammy, in his beta model, makes a special appearance in two videos promoting Hot Topic products:
In the "See You Soon on Twitter" promotion video, he announces the release date for the Hot Topic merchandise and Q&A from Hot Topic's Twitter.
In the "See You at HOT TOPIC" video, he announced the merchandise's release for Hot Topic along with opening the limited Q&A at Hot Topic's Twitter where it "roleplayed" as Sammy himself for a while.
Finally from Twitter on July 26, 2017, when merchandise for Hot Topic was released, Hot Topic itself "officially" roleplayed as Sammy himself for a while and allow every fan to ask questions. Half of the answers were trivial facts while some give out few evidential pieces of his past life before the game.
When asked how he could see with his mask on, Sammy questioned how anyone could see without a mask.[4]
He said that mayonnaise is an instrument if one has the proper training, which is a reference to the Nickelodeon show SpongeBob SquarePants episode, "Band Geeks" where Patrick asks Squidward if mayonnaise was an instrument, as Squidward was attempting to form a band.[6]
Bacon Soup was Sammy's favorite food at one time. He also appears to enjoy chocolate cake.[7]
When asked why he is wearing the mask, Sammy replied that he uses the mask to resemble the "most perfect form".[8]
Sammy started writing songs from a young age, when asked what got him into writing music.[10]
When theMeatly asked Sammy how he gets his overalls on, Sammy responded "with great difficulty".[11]
It is possible that he was infatuated with Susie Campbell prior to his transformation into an ink creature, describing her as a "charming woman".[12]
Likewise, he considers Alice's voice as between "heavenly" and "beautiful".[13]
In the Bendy Royale April Fools' prank video, Sammy appear with weapons strapped onto his back while holding a gun saying "It's time for... bullets!", referencing his "It's time to believe!" quote.
In the Hello Bendy mod for Bendy and the Ink Machine, Sammy in Chapter 2 is replaced by the Neighbor and even reused all of his dialogue.
Also, in the mod exclusively for the Hello Neighbor game, there are several Sammy masks seen scattered around the house as environmental decorations. The Neighbor even wears a mask identical to Sammy's, but its texture was horizontally flipped.
In the consoles version of Bendy and the Ink Machine, Sammy's shadow in Chapter 2 will not be seen in the flooded sewers.
Sammy has a massive amount of differences changed for updates before Chapter 4:
Sammy's beta model used for the first release of Chapter 2 and the Chapter 3 update.
From the first release of Chapter 2 and still for the Chapter 3 update until Chapter 4's release, Sammy had a slightly different model design. His body structure is slender and has a more inhuman-looking skin texture. His overalls are fairly different, looking bigger and slightly loose. His shoes and the lower parts of his overalls are melted into ink, appearing to be made out of sticky glue when he walks. His head is also different, possessing human ears and a mouth. While his mask looks identical, it has a duplicated texture from the back while the hole from the mask's mouth is bigger.
Strangely enough, from Sammy's beta texture map, there is no hole punched through the mouth from his mask.
From the Game Jolt port, the word "savior" from Sammy's subtitle in the ritual room is misspelled as "savor". This was later fixed upon Steam's release and update patch 0.2.
Sammy's older animation was simple and shorter, just standing while appearing to stare down at Henry. His newer animation for Chapter 4's release now received a full overhaul.
In all pre-updates before Chapter 4's release, due to Wally's dustpan model not yet implemented, Sammy instead uses his bare hands to knock out Henry.
In the older version of Chapter 2 prior to update patch 0.2, after getting killed by the Ink Demon, Henry will be sent back to the moment where Sammy's having a conversation, starting all over. After the said update, the conversation moment skips and Sammy instead walks to the door, saving more time. This was removed upon Chapter 3's release, and Henry was instead respawned from the Bendy statue.
Sammy's fate also changed over a few times in updates. In Chapter 2's first release, once killed by the Ink Demon, an ink splat forms under the door. In the update for Chapter 3's release, the ink splat was removed from the door, leading to confusion regarding whether Sammy survived the Ink Demon's homicide or not. Finally, from the update for Chapter 4's release, Sammy's demise was re-added, with his ink blood resembling more of a leaking stream than a splat.
Again, from the first release of Chapter 2, there is an ending image shown after the ending credit, revealing the liquefied remains of Sammy including his mask. This image was removed upon Chapter 3's release. Upon observing, Sammy's remains is the exact model used for the beta Searcher's "idle" state.
After Chapter 3's release, there are multiple audio files for Sammy's ritual scene.
During the teaser trailer for Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2, Sammy can faintly be heard saying "Rest your head, it's time for bed." several times.
Additionally Sammy's voice is heard at the end of the Chapter 2 release date teaser saying "He will set us free".
From the ritual room in Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2, there is an error where Sammy noticeably forgot to close the door while walking towards the room when he's about to perform a ritual. Thus, the door shuts by itself.
In Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2, if hacked by teleporting to the small room where Sammy performs a ritual from the ritual room, it appears that Sammy is stuck there while his walking animation infinitely plays.
When using teleporting hacks, his head glitches through his chest and back, seeming to move whenever Henry moves while gazing. This will happen while Sammy is at the balcony and from the Music Department hall after knocking Henry out.
If Henry walks backwards to the stairwell from the Music Department hall, he will still get knocked out. In fact, there is no sign of Sammy anywhere.
Sometimes, a glitch occurs where the view rotates multiple times while dropping.
There was another bug that happens if pressing the ESCP button numerous times after getting clobbered. This bug will cause Henry to "float" before dropping to the floor and even glitch around the map while on the floor. This happens in earlier versions for the chapter and was later fixed upon Chapter 4's release.
In Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2, if using hacks by teleporting to the hallway after the ink corridor where Sammy's walking by, Sammy will just simply vanish as soon as he reaches the ritual symbol.
In Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2, from the corridor area where Sammy is first seen, while standing next to the wall and the Bendy cutout, the voice of Sammy saying "In the morning, you may awake or in the morning, you will be dead!" within the wall itself is heard.
In some consoles for Bendy and the Ink Machine outside of the original PC port, in Chapter 5 after Tom kills Sammy, a rare bug will prevent Sammy's body from vanishing.
Some concept doodles of Sammy seen in some of Joey's sketches.
At the epilogue after Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 5, drawings of Sammy can be seen in Joey's sketches found in his apartment. Sammy's sketch scenes include him fishing with the Ink Demon, being clutched by Brute Boris, unleashing the Tommy Gun with the the caption "BLAM!", wearing a Boris mask while wielding his axe, making music with Buddy Boris by playing his banjo, and his inky hand reaching out to his shattered mask with the caption "alive?".
Interestingly if one teleports Sammy to Joey's apartment with hacks the ink-black color would change to a silver-gray.
Sammy seen in the Bendy and the Ink Machine end credits has a Searcher-like face with large holes for eyes and a mouth, however, he's almost completely faceless ingame.
In Bendy and the Dark Revival: Chapter 4, the cell number for Sammy, "418", is most likely a reference to the release date of Chapter 2 of Bendy and the Ink Machine, April 18, 2017. Not only because April 18th is Sammy's birthday[14] but also that Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 2 was the first chapter to introduce Sammy.
During the finale of Bendy and the Dark Revival: Chapter 5, Sammy utters the classic Wilhelm scream when getting shot.
In Bendy and the Dark Revival: The Archives, is it revealed that Sammy mastered the Flow ability long before Porter and Audrey, and that this was the reason why he disappeared from places with seemingly dead ends during Bendy and the Ink Machine.
It was also revealed in the Archives that Sammy had an unknown larger role in the story, but it had to be cut shorter in order to fit everything else in.
Due to Bendy and the Dark Revival's troubled development, merchandise for the game released during 2019 - 2020 (when PhatMojo still had the license) included Sammy, presumably with the notion that he was going to have a big role.
↑"How do you see with your mask off? #BendyHTtakeover" - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
↑"Always was fond of the Banjo. It just plucks the right chord with me. #BendyHTtakeover" - Hot Topic.
July 26, 2017. Twitter.
↑"If you have the proper training, mayonnaise IS an instrument." - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
↑"At one time.. Bacon Soup... kind of lost it's luster after a bit.. But you'd have to be crazy to not love chocolate cake!"
- Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
↑"I aim to resemble the most perfect form I know!.." - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017.
Twitter.
↑""Willow Weep For Me".. it's a little modern, but it's quite a charming number." - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
↑"So glad you asked! From a young age, I've been musical. Tunes would pop into my head.. it was the only logical step. ;)"
- Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
↑"With great difficulty. #InkBodyProblems" - Hot Topic.
July 26, 2017. Twitter
↑"A charming woman.. quite... charming.. I recall only her face... that.. smile." - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
↑"Ohhh such a voice! So.. heavenly! So beautiful!" - Hot Topic. July 26, 2017. Twitter.
↑"Two years ago today, "Chapter Two" of #BATIM released, introducing the whole world to Sammy Lawrence, the Searchers, and Wally's lost keys! :) The chapter was made in just a few weeks and set the tone for the world of Bendy. :) So Happy Birthday, Sammy Lawrence!! :P #BENDY" - theMeatly.
April 18, 2019. Twitter.
