The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police is an animated television series. The series follows vigilante private investigators Sam, an anthropomorphic dog, and Max, a lagomorph or "hyperkinetic rabbity-thing" The show was first aired in October 1997 on Fox Kids in the U.S. and YTV in Canada. It won the 1998 Gemini Award for "Best Animated Series" before it was cancelled in April 1998.
The series revolves around Sam & Max, the freelance police accepting missions from the mysterious Commissioner, whom they have never seen. The assignments usually lead them into exotic locales such as the Moon, Mount Olympus or the centre of the Earth. In between these assignments, the pair also manage to squeeze in fridge-spelunking, time-traveling, Bigfoot-hunting and numerous other escapades.