Abe Lincoln Must Die!

This is a sub-page of Sam & Max Save the World.

Unused Dialogue#

Any spelling errors in the subtitles are left as-is.

Dialogue in blue is not present in the english.langdb subtitles file and has been transcribed manually.
Dialogue in italics is used in other parts of the game, and is only presented here for context.

General#

Dialogue ID	Character	Subtitles
41362816	Sam	We've already had our fun with that.
Meant to be used after getting Lincoln's voice in the Organic Listening Device, but in the final game you can keep using the bug after that with no restrictions.
42507264	Sam	I don't need a machine to tell me how old I am.
This line was seemingly written back when the Carbon Dating Machine could be "used" on objects. In the finished game, it acts like the Big Gun with an on-screen reticle, so Sam can no longer target himself.

Office#

Dialogue ID	Character	Subtitles
41235712	Guard	Just doing my part, sir. I have a door to guard.
This line is grouped with the rest of the telephone dialogue. Might have been meant to play after getting Abe Lincoln's voice in the Organic Listening Device, but at that point, Sam can't call the guard anymore.
41580160	Sam	I keep wanting to wave back.
41580288	Max	You're just naturally friendly, Sam.
Probably meant to be said in the middle of one of the three different televised addresses.
41596032	Sam	You can't give the money to yourself, Max.
41596160	Sam	It'd be a conflict of interest and cause a huge scandal.
41596288	Max	Okay then. I'll have the last five minutes of this conversation erased from the tape.
In the finished game, Jesse James' trophied hand is revealed to be a fourteen-year-old forgery. It seems that in an early draft, the hand was legit, making the office a historic monument and eligible for federal big bucks.

Streets#

Dialogue ID	Character	Subtitles
41586688	Sam	How are we supposed to get to the White House?
41586816	Max	We could start out as district attorneys, then back-stab our way up to the governor's office, raise about a dozen million in campaign funds, get involved in a sex scandal which we'll deny, then cheat our way into the presidency.
41586944	Sam	Or I suppose we could take the DeSoto.
41587072	Max	Sure, if you want to do it the DULL way.
This conversation with Max would make sense if gameplay began at the office, like in previous episodes, but Sam & Max arrive at the White House immediately after the intro ends.
41587200	Sam	What's the weather like in Washington DC?
41587328	Max	Windy enough to blow the dress off an intern.
Another Washington conversation, likely unlocked after the previous cut dialogue.
42192768	Sam	It's lost its stick.
A message for trying to put the "Give Me All You Got!" poster back on the wall of posters. Unlinked in the final game, so Sam gives one of his generic "Nothing doing" responses instead.
40321792	Hugh	Oooo! I'm SO glad you asked!
40321920	Max	Me too!
Meant to play after Sam asks what Hugh Bliss is doing in the neighborhood. Instead, the game skips straight to the explanation.
40324992	Sam	So you're recruiting simpletons into your wacky cult?
40325120	Hugh	Oh, Sam.
40325248	Max	I can't believe you just said that, Sam.
40325376	Hugh	I'm not angry with you, Sam. I'm just very disappointed.
40325504	Max	Anger is redness, and redness is but a part of the light.
40325632	Hugh	Prismatology embraces the colors within us all!
40325760	Max	We channel our redness into the pale yellow of contentment!
40325888	Sam	Sigh.
The first of many dialogues between Sam and other characters that got cut. The actual question isn't in the game's text files anymore.
40329600	Sam	Managed to convert any non-believers today?
40329728	Hugh	I don't convert people, silly!
40329856	Max	Yeah, silly!
40329984	Hugh	I simply awaken the magic of Prismatology already within them!
Whatever Sam asked in the previous cut conversation, asking that same question again would prompt this dialogue.
40332800	Hugh	Things you can't imagine! And things you've always known to be true!
40332928	Hugh	The wonder of dreams! And the magic of reality!
40333056	Max	That's like six books in one! I'll take a case of them!
40333184	Hugh	Plus... it has an appendix!
After Sam asks Hugh what Prismatology is about, he says "It's about everything! And nothing at all!". His further elaborations were cut from the final game.
40333824	Sam	So you're giving them away?
40333952	Hugh	Yes, take one! Hooray!
40334080	Sam	I'll pass.
This conversation should unlock after asking how much the books cost, but it doesn't. That's why it's unused, you see.

Bosco's#

Dialogue ID	Character	Subtitles
41715584	Bosco	I know you are listening! But you are hearing nothing!
41715712	Bosco	Am simple Russian citizen making new life in US of A!
If it was possible to use the Organic Listening Device on Bosco, these would be used. But, as established in the previous episode, the O.L.D. has an agreement with Bosco to refrain from the spying.
41605632	Sam	Top story: "How I Plan to Murder my Partner".
41605760	Max	They took everything I said completely out of context.
Bosco's magazine selection was meant to change this episode, it seems. The textures for these magazines isn't in the game's file, if it was even drawn at all.
42301184	Sam	"Weekly World Leader News".
42301312	Sam	According to this, the prime minister of Belgium is a vampire and the UN Secretary General has a parasitic twin that he keeps hidden under his coat!
Another sampling from Bosco's theoretical stack of new crap.
42303360	Sam	"C&C Inc".
42303488	Sam	This month's issue covers the basics of chapter eleven filings!
This was obviously cut from the game for being far too exciting.

Sybil's#

Dialogue ID	Character	Subtitles
46239360	Sam	Hey Max, take a look at that.
46239616	Sam	What's your problem? It's just a heart.
There's an object label for a "Heart Pot" in the game's text files, which probably refers to the heart-shaped cactus pots in Sybil's office. They're unclickable in the final game, though, so this dialogue never plays.
41408000	Sybil	Cut that out.
After screwing around with Sybil's intercom, Sybil would reply with this line. Instead, the game recycles her response from the previous three episodes.
41412352	Max	It's vinyl. Just check the barcode at the bottom.
The "Nice cactus. Saguaro?" line was meant to be reused in this episode, with a new response from Max. New dialogue was written instead.
42940672	Sybil	I've been using them to wipe the sweat of desperation off the dating applications.
Clicking the tissue box should give this response, but instead, the game jumps to the "I'm afraid to touch those." line that plays after clicking the tissue box a second time.

White House Ext.#

Dialogue ID	Character	Subtitles
42423040	Sam	This phone only takes Susan B. Anthony dollars.
Could have played after trying to use any ol' item on the Pay Phone. The line was later re-added to the remastered version.
41652224	Max	Ours, or someone else's?
This is grouped with the DeSoto dialogue, but it doesn't seem to mesh well with any of Sam's lines.
41659648	Sam	What are we supposed to be doing?
41659776	Max	You're my campaign manager, Sam. You figure it out.
One of many "What are we doing?" conversations. This one would play after the election begins, but the conversation choice never pops up.

White House Int.#

Dialogue ID	Character	Subtitles
41678336	Max	Beats me. I can't concentrate with that guard staring at me like that.
An alternate response for Max after being asked "What do we do now?" while Chuckles is in the room.
42044160	Sam	How does it work: does the mob control the government, or does the government control the mob?
41295616	Chuckles	I have no idea what you're talking about.
Could have been triggered after asking what a Toy Mafia man is doing in the Secret Service.
41673216	Sam	This is a great office.
41673344	Max	Meh. I'd add a foosball table and a habitrail.
Sam can only comment on the office while the puppet president is in office. If he could still ask about it while the election was going on, this would play.
41673472	Sam	How do you like your office, Max?
41673600	Max	The place stinks of powdered wigs, jelly beans, booze, shredded documents, and some other things I'm not allowed to talk about.
More oval office opining, meant to occur after Max succeeds to the presidency.
42293632	Sam	Is that a Rothko?
42293760	Max	No, Sam, it's a painting!
42293888	Max	Sheesh!
New dialogue for the Oval Office painting during Max's presidency. Mark Rothko didn't do any portraits of Steve Purcell...that we know of.
41623808	Max	Math is hard!
The final line of the Secretary's Day dialogue was cut. Probably by Sam.
40387200	Max	You should try being the President! Oh yeah, you can't, because I am!
After Superball's "Finest job in the world, sir.", Max would try to one-up him with this line.
40400384	Sam	You could start with "bye".
Pinning the secretary ribbon on Superball prompts him to remark "I don't know what to say." A little jab from Sam was cut.
40871424	Sam	What's the dispute?
40871552	Specs	We're negotiating for custody of Mount Rushmore.
40871680	Peepers	"Negotiating"? That's a laugh!
40871808	Specs	What do you mean by that?
40871936	Peepers	We can't... never mind.
Fourteen(!) different conversations with the Soda Poppers crew are inaccessible in the final game. This is either a shame or a cause for celebration, depending on the player.
40872064	Sam	Everybody knows Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. What's the problem?
40872192	Max	Yeah! Everybody knows that!
40872320	Specs	That's what I keep saying!
40872448	Peepers	Wait one second!
40872576	Whizzer	Remember the conditions of the armistice!
Like Hugh Bliss's cut dialogue, the dialogue tree text that would prompt these conversations isn't in the game anymore.
41274496	Sam	Maybe you guys should thumb-wrestle for Mount Rushmore.
41274624	Max	Or Russian Roulette!
41274752	Specs	No more fighting!
41274880	Specs	Everything will be fine as long as we keep quiet and stay polite.
It should be easy to guess what that text would be, though. Not exactly rocket surgery.
40872704	Sam	Things seem tense.
40872832	Specs	Everything was fine until they messed it up!
40873088	Specs	I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that.
40873216	Specs	But relations between our three states have been shaky ever since we had to draw the borders.
Not much I can elaborate on these. They're self-explanatory.
40879232	Sam	When are we going to see a Soda Poppers reunion special?
40879360	Specs	When my brothers stop being such poop-heads!
40879488	Whizzer	What was that?
40879616	Specs	Never mind.
Hahaha, he said poop.
41272320	Sam	You guys aren't getting along?
41272448	Specs	Well, just between you and me, I'm the only one who's really trying as governor.
41272576	Specs	Whizzer can't be trusted with anything, and Peepers has all kinds of ridiculous ideas that will just mess everything up.
41272704	Sam	So why don't you just tell them that?
41272832	Specs	Oh, I could never say that to them!
41272960	Specs	The last time I spoke my mind , it almost started a war!
42145280	Max	Honesty is rarely the best policy. All us presidents know that.
If this is what they cut, what they left in must be pure gold!
40896256	Sam	What were your qualifications for governor?
40896384	Peepers	I was a beloved TV celebrity!
40896512	Max	Sold!
Cut conversation No.007. Max and Peepers have something in common!
40887296	Sam	Why do you think your state should get Mount Rushmore?
40887424	Peepers	Because I'm the one with vision!
40887552	Peepers	I've got big changes planned for the monument!
40887680	Max	And our loyal subject has come to ask us to pose for it?
40887808	Max	Very well. Make sure one gets our good side.
40887936	Whizzer	Hey, no fair! Specs, he's buttering up the President!
Max's dreams of Rushmoredom were never realized.
40888064	Sam	Max wants to be on Mount Rushmore!
40865152	Max	Ahem.
40888192	Sam	Excuse me. His Imminence, the Honorable Ur-Max, Champion of the Sea and Sky, wants to be on Mount Rushmore.
40888320	Sam	Excuse me. His Imminence, the Honorable Ur-Max, Champion of the Sea and Sky, wants to BE Mount Rushmore.
40888448	Peepers	Yes, I heard. I'll see what my people can do.
Max has been described as "pure id". I don't know what they're talking about!
41259392	Sam	There seems to be some tension among the Soda Poppers.
41259520	Peepers	Well there wouldn't be, if the other guys just stopped being such jerks!
41259648	Sam	You're all brothers, right? Why don't you just talk it out?
41259776	Peepers	Because Specs is a control freak and Whizzer's a fizzed-out soda junkie!
41259904	Peepers	I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that.
Geez, there are really fourteen of these.
40896640	Sam	We hate it when you guys fight.
40896768	Sam	Can't you see what it's doing to Max?
40896896	Max	I'm curiously energized by the palpable tension!
41260032	Peepers	If we all just stay cool and be polite, even though Specs is ruining absolutely everything...
41260160	Peepers	I mean, everything will be fine if we just keep quiet.
Did you know that Sam & Max, as characters, actually date back to the seventies? It's true!
40906368	Sam	Is a giant sculpture really worth fighting for?
40906496	Whizzer	It's not for the sculpture. It's for what the sculpture means to thousands of soda abuse survivors.
Whizzer like soda.
40910080	Sam	Which state did you get, again?
40910208	Whizzer	The newly formed Commonwealth of West Dakota.
40910336	Max	I still say you're making that up.
40910464	Specs	Where were you guys? It was the top news story in every newspaper in the world!
40910592	Sam	We're American, buddy.
40910720	Max	We only care about the news that happens in a ten foot radius around us at any given moment.
Biting social commentary. Well, "nibbling", maybe.
40916096	Sam	How goes the recovery process?
40916224	Whizzer	I had a minor set-back earlier, but I'm getting stronger.
40916352	Whizzer	As long as nobody takes advantage of my weakness again, I should be able to beat this thing.
40916480	Sam	Max, you ever get a feeling of dread in the pit of your stomach, like you're about to do something really horrible?
40916608	Max	I usually just hum the "Soda Poppers" theme to myself until it goes away.
Oh thank goodness, the last one. This one gives a hint on how to resolve the Mt. Rushmore dispute.
42135168	Sam	We need to get into that room!
42135296	Sam	In case you haven't heard, there's a war on!
42135424	Guard	Sorry, sir. I have my orders.
Trying to get in the War Room while the guard is still there could prompt this dialogue. Doesn't, but could.

Dialogue ID	Dialogue	Alt Dialogue ID	Alt Dialogue
40893696		40893696_alt
PEEPERS: Plenty! Snowmen, snow angels, snow forts, snowball fights, homemade ice cream, and of course the majesty of Mount Rushmore!

This is just an alternate take of one of Peepers' longer lines.

War Room#

Dialogue ID	Character	Subtitles
41806080	Sam	Fancy. Cookies with gold leaf and the presidential seal.
41806208	Sam	"Congratulations on your prolonged engagement".
41806336	Max	They give the sugar rush my body needs to launch unprovoked nuclear strikes. I like that.
This was meant to play after clicking the plate of cookies for the first time. Instead, the game skips to the dialogue for clicking the cookies subsequent times.
41437696	Sam	The homing beacon has been destroyed.
41437824	Max	Of all the explosions I've caused in my career, that's the one I'm most proud of.
Dialogue only plays after viewing each beacon monitor for the first time.
41455616	Sam	It's the homing beacon to the Kremlin, but it's not working.
New dialogue was recorded for viewing those locations subsequent times, but the game is silent instead.
41438592	Sam	Do you want to wait around for the impact, Max?
41438720	Max	Nah. Once you've seen one peaceful world destroyed in an explosive cataclysm of fire and death, you've seen them all.
Similar dialogue for planet Krypton, set to blow up any year now.
41457280	Sam	It's the targeting beacon for Bosco's Inconvenience Store.
It sure is, Sam. It sure is.
41796608	Sam	We've got to stop Lincoln's mind-enslaving rampage!
41796736	Max	If only we had a stockpile of nuclear missiles at our command!
A Max conversation that's never prompted anywhere in the game.
41798528	Sam	War is hell, Max.
41798656	Max	It's hell on my button-pushing finger, that's for sure. I think I'm getting a blister!
Another cut conversation. Max keeps a close watch on his imminent Carpal tunnel.

Driving#

Dialogue ID	Dialogue	Character	Subtitles
41888512		Max	Look, here it comes! Where's the popcorn?
Before the missile obliterates Honest Abe, Max was meant to get one final quip.

Unused Graphics#

Filename: ui_icon_agents

This graphic was used back when the war song had subtitles (see next section).

War Song Subtitles#

The lengthy song sequence near the end of the game has subtitles in english.langdb, but they're never displayed in the game. Considering that this is the most ambitious sequence Telltale had done up to this point, they may have had problems syncing the lines up to the action and decided to put everything in a single audio track. Note that the subtitles don't match the actual lyrics exactly.

The war song would finally receive subtitles in the remastered release of the episode but unfortunately since the remaster no longer has dialogue icons, the above graphic for the agents doesn't make an appearance.

Dialogue ID	Character	Subtitles
40516608	Agent	What's this I hear? What wondrous thing?
40516608	Agent	Is this the DEFCON klaxon's ring?
40516736	Agent	The flashing light above that door?
40516864	Agent	There's just one thing it could mean... WAR!
40517120	Agents	Waaaaaaaar! What's it good for?
40517248	Agent	It's good for you! It's good for me!
40517120	Agents	Waaaaaaaar! What's it good for?
40517376	Agent	It strengthens the economy!
40517504	Agent	It shows the world that we've got stones!
40517632	Agent	And carriers with fighter drones!
40517120	Agents	Waaaaaaaar! What's it good for?
40517248	Agent	It's good for you! It's good for me!
40517120	Agents	Waaaaaaaar! What's it good for?
40517248	Agent	It's good for you! It's good for me!
40517120	Agents	Waaaaaaaar! What's it good for?
40517376	Agent	It strengthens the economy!
40517760	Agent	A lengthy battle's an incumbent's dream...
40517888	Agents	'Cause you can't change horses in midstream!
40518784	Agent	For bombs and guns and so much more!
40518912	Agent	We celebrate the joy of War! War! War! War!
40518784	Agent	For bombs and guns and so much more!
40518912	Agent	We celebrate the joy of War! War! War! War!
40519040	Agents	Waaaaaaaaaar!