Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff!

After watching an episode of his favorite Pajama Man cartoon, Sam sees a breaking news story announcing that Pajama Man is coming to the local shopping mall to sign autographs. Excited, Sam asks his mom if he can go. After she agrees, Sam decides to get his "Rare Pajama Man Issue No. 1" comic book for the autograph. While looking for it in his messy room, Sam finds the comic book being pulled into a big pile of junk. After finding his cape in all the buildup, Sam leaps into the junk pile and falls into the land of junk.

Shortly after entering the land of junk, Sam encounters a dirty sock, who explains in a song that he was kicked out of his dresser's drawer and not allowed to be with his matching sock (and best friend) due to his filth. When Sam tells the sock about his missing comic book, the sock says that he saw a half-eaten cheese sandwich with that comic book to get it signed by Dr. Grime (Pajama Man's arch enemy) at the Grubby Corners Mall. Sam agrees to find a way to get the dirty sock clean and reunite him with his friend, as well as try to get into the mall.

When Sam tries to enter the mall, the mall guard stops him, telling him about the "no shirt, no shoes, no socks, no service" rule, in which he must get a shirt (pajamas don't count), shoes and socks for the mall's strict dress code to enter the mall. Eventually, Sam is able to wash the dirty sock in Agitator Lake and reunite him with his friend, catch a pair of shoes with a net and have Grandma Sweater knit a shirt for him. He takes his clothes to show to the mall guard, who lets them all enter.

While at the mall, Sam becomes the 30th customer at Leavins n' Squeezins, the restaurant at the mall, and wins a Prizewinner pass to the head of the line to Dr. Grime. On the way there, however, Sam is mistaken for Dr. Grime by a bunch of Grime fans. He hides in Dr. Grime's dressing room, where he finally finds his comic book. Just as he is about to grab it, Sam is horrified to find dirt all over himself (explaining why he was mistaken for Dr. Grime).

Looking around the room, he notices a sprinkler and decides that's the way to get himself clean. A delivery person from Leavins n' Squeezins then comes to give Sam a food menu that "Dr. Grime" might want, containing extremely frozen foods and a cup of hot cocoa. Sam then gets an idea to squeeze through an air vent and order a cup of hot cocoa, using its heat to set off the sprinkler, which washes off the dirt, but also causes the mall to flood and wash everyone out of the building. Once the Dr. Grime fans realize that Sam is not who they thought he was, Sam introduces himself and vows never to be dirty again. Then, he remembers Pajama Man at the mall and hurries with his mother and comic book, finally getting his picture taken with Pajama Man as the game ends.

Unlike the previous adventure games, there are no multiple scenarios for the objectives to be completed; they remain the same for each playthrough. However, the location of the jar to catch fireflies in has two variations; it can be in a pile of clothes beneath the dresser, or at the entrance to the Grubby Corners Mall.

A returning feature from the other games is the optional side objective to collect objects; this time, it is to collect Sam's 24 Pajama Man trading cards. They contain information about all the characters from the Pajama Man comic books, including their favorite snack, color, or a fun fact about them. If all of the trading cards are found, an amazing picture of the Pajama Man characters can be viewed from the back of the cards.

A new feature is the ability to play the game's minigames in the menu, though they are only available after having been played for the first time. It is also possible to replay the dirty sock's song on the menu.

Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff! currently has a 90% rating on GameRankings based on one Windows review. IGN currently holds a community score of 8.9/10 based on eight ratings. On the digital gaming distribution platform Steam the user ratings are currently shown as Mostly Negative based on 39+ reviews. On Amazon.com, buyer ratings list 2.5/5 stars.

Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff! is generally perceived as a basic and fun children's educational game by those new to the Humongous Entertainment, as well as kindergarten and early elementary school teachers. This is the case for the majority of the other Humongous Entertainment educational games. Fans of Humongous Entertainment before its acquisition by Atari/Infogrames generally have mixed or negative opinions, criticizing lower effort in the game, as well as a new adventure style, art style and voice actor. Most of these critics put blame on Atari/Infogrames.

The game has also received the Silver Honor award from Parents' Choice Award.

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