Sam Anders



Samuel "Sam" Anders (Sean O'Neal) – Clarissa's best friend and confidant. ##Generally more optimistic and upbeat than she is, he often asks "What's the worst that can happen?"

He is perhaps best known for entering her second-story bedroom with a ladder after a distinctive guitar chord plays followed by Clarissa's "Hi, Sam" greeting. Creator Mitchell Kriegman explained that Sam entering the house through Clarissa's bedroom window was "a way to get him into her room [...] and start interacting faster" as well as keeping their relationship strictly platonic.

He is smart and polite and enjoys skateboarding. His parents are divorced (mentioned in the pilot) and it is mentioned early on that his mother left his father to join a Roller Derby. Sam's father works as a sports journalist and later gives Clarissa the opportunity to complete some work experience with him.