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Are you confused by who is who in LEGO Adventurers? Why were the heroes' names changed between 1998 and 2003? And is the bad guy Baron von Barron, or Slyboots, or Lord Sam Sinister? Then this is the video for you! Join the LEGO Detective as we solve the infamous Sam Sinister Switcheroo!

Table of Contents:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:58 1998
0:21:36 1999
0:32:30 2000
0:46:33 2001 - 2002
0:59:52 2003
1:06:29 2004 - 2008
1:10:49 2009
1:17:12 2010 - Present Day
1:27:21 Conclusion

At last, the video teased as my 1000 Subscriber Special is finally released! Whew, this is... quite literally, my biggest video ever. It's the culmination of 20 years of being a big LEGO Adventurers fan followed by 4 years of in-depth research, documentation, and tons of Brickipedia edits to catalog every instance and source I could find on the series' confusing and convoluted history of naming characters. I had no idea when I started that this would be over an hour and a half long! That's why it took so long to make, and unfortunately why I missed the deadline on getting this video out before the end of 2023, the Adventurers' 25th anniversary.

Thank you all so much for watching. My videos really don't get many views, so the amount of time and effort put into this video is probably disproportionately high compared to how many people will see it. But for anyone who is as much of a LEGO nerd as I am, I really appreciate this opportunity to share my love for the franchise with you.

For all YouTube videos sourced in this video, see this playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUSNpflzdMIk72dmBFUBaQV9xy-iG0m6X

For all music used in this video (or at least, music currently available on YouTube), see this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUSNpflzdMIlpJz9zKQI6NO9vVgV18CQD

For all images used in this video, as well as an Excel sheet that lists their sources, download this ZIP file: https://www.mediafire.com/file/32di8fr73o0z6kn/Sam_Sinister_Switcheroo_Images.zip/file

LEGO Adventurers and all other associated media belongs to The LEGO Group. Additional footage comes from Donkey Kong 64, Wacky Races, Dudley Do-Right, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, San Diego Living, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and belongs to their respective owners.