Alan Townsend

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Alan Townsend is a guy who sold his soul to The Devil, but then later got out of his contract and escaped with some other escaped souls. He first appears in Episode IV: A New Hope. Over the episodes that Sam gets the oppotunity to find Alan, he fails.

In the episode, The Home Stretch, Sam, Andi, Ben and Sock finally manage to seize him. Alan initially refuses to tell the gang how he got out of the contract, even when tempted by the gang (to which he would have succumbed had Ben and Sock not been grabbing on to him). Later on in the episode, the gang tries a different approach. They find the biggest place that's completely consecrated, Vatican City. Sock makes a music video of Vatican City in hopes of using the video as bargaining power so that Alan will tell the gang what they want. Alan agrees and so the gang begin to make travel arrangements. Suddenly, Alan calls Sam and wants him to add some more to his demands. e.g. An aisle alone on the plane so nobody can tempt him among others things. Of course, Sam is unable to do so because he doesn't have the money. Through a series of unusual events, Sock and Ben have managed to get $10,000, which included pretending to have been a student in a deceased teacher's class, Ben showing his idea about a self-sucking straw and scamming the will of the teacher. As Ben and Sock decide on whether or not they will keep the money, or use it on helping Alan to help Sam, Sam walks in on them and asks why there was a big stack of money on the kitchen table. Ben impetuously replies that it's for Alan, despite Alan only making the demands a few minutes ago. Sock merely replies in a frsutrated tone, "Do you want the money or not?" With the money, Sam is able to meet Alan's demands and the preparations are complete. Before departing, Alan tells him half of how to get out of the contract. Beating the Devil in a competition. Alan can say no more until he gets on consecrated ground. While in the air, an announcement declares that there needs to be an emergency landing in Las Vegas and that the passengers will get $100 free chips. The camera then shows the Devil walking down the aisle posing as a steward.