Parallels between ToMI Chapter 5 and Sam & Max season 2

While I enjoyed Rise of the Pirate God immensely I couldn't help but notice that there were a number of ideas the game used that were also developed in Sam & Max: Season 2. Banang aside, we had:
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Portals
(S&M 201, 202, 204, 205)
This particularly reminded me of Episode 201 of Sam & Max.
Portals, like puzzles, seem to come in sets of 3!
--The afterlife, albeit a very different take on it (S&M 205)
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Zombie forms (S&M 203)

Did anyone else spot any parallels to the Sam & Max games, or other Telltale games, in this chapter? What about other Tales chapters?
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