Waterman Sam

Sam is the hero next door.

The unending labyrinth of identical welsh houses that is Ponty Pandy serves only to perplex, and torment those within its insurmountable walls. Sam has repeated the same scenario 97 times already, in which he fruitlessly attempts to quell a flood with flames. Someday, he will find a way out.

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[Xploshi]

Play the video on a loop for maximum immersion

[LunarAntic]

One cannot disregard, Samuel is in absolute fact the heroic individual who is living next to one within the confines of a neighborhood

[robiginal]

Something I find interesting about this animation is that it seems to be set in a world where water and fire are swapped, and it implies that Sam has been a "waterman" for a long time. Despite these factors, the fire doesn't help get rid of the water because it can't. Even in this strange world, things still make sense. But if this is the case it makes you wonder how "watermen" exist in this world in the first place and how Sam became popular even if nothing he ever does works. The reset button at the end also implies that every time he fails to stop the water, he has to relive the same day. Since he must always fail due to logic, his entire life could just be him doing this over and over again and that's how we got here in the first place. People in this world with the job of a "waterman" must be forced to do this over and over, basically stuck in their own time loop, possibly with hardly any memory of why they're doing this in the first place. It's pretty deep stuff when you think about it, even if it was only made a funny animation parodying a kid's show.

Or maybe I just overanalyse things...

[lunaticisdumb]

0:30
The way the girl's hand is drawn really does reveal the Amount of sanity Xploshi has.

[joshuabiohazzard]

I can't express how relieved I am to have someone like Sam in my neighborhood. I know if my house spontaneously floods, he can boil me alive like a lobster with his flamehose.

[popfan]

0:59 “Keep at it boy! Give the water a walloping!” 😂

[werewolfgaming]

I had the strangest of problems the other day. The water spread though my whole house! Thankfully Waterman Sam was there to save the day, he truly is the hero next door!

[RogueMage]

This is literally how being powerless feels, but made into audio and visuals.

[BugsyFoga]

I truly cant ignore that sam is the hero next door.

[cryonictaco]

Each time I reach for a glass of water to drink, I remember Waterman Sam and the dangers that come with water. My shriveled, drying body has nobody to thank but Waterman Sam. Who knows what I would be without him. He truly is the hero next door!

[CrispyToast]

And so Waterman Sam's career went down the drain.

[tmclown]

Now we just need Earthman Sam and Airman Sam

[rammix]

As much as this is disturbing, I love the Station officer floating through the water. Idk why it's so funny to me. Also the fact Sam looks both ways at the end like, "Hold up where are the houses"

[ycylchgames]

As I Welsh person, I can confirm endlessly being drown in water is a legit problem we regularly face.

[binnieb]

Very interesting concept, a person who uses flamethrowers to extinguish water. I never even thought of that lol.

[OE-pe]

Fan lore:
" *_Waterman Sam: Hero Next Door_* is a Welsh children's animated program that aired from 2000 to 2006, developed by animation company Xploshi Entertainment. It tells the adventures of a waterfighter that pours out water with fire.

[raveaw]

Put this on a loop and it makes sense. Waterman Sam just never learns.

[mygrandmasfavoriteflower]

The way he gently grips the alarm clock is everything

[BjornDennis]

Must've been an electrical water. You usually have to use napalm for those. Common mistake.

[bungieman]

Waterman Sam is a British animated children's television series about a Waterman named Sam, his fellow waterfighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of PottyPoopoo (a portmanteau of two real towns, Potty and Poo).