| “ | Why should I care about the population? I'm afraid this adventure is over now. From this moment on, you and your friends are just seven witnesses too many! | „ |
| ~ Sammy Sharkfur to the Thea Sisters when he takes them hostage. |
| “ | I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling mouselets! | „ |
| ~ Sharkfur to the Thea Sisters when he is arrested. |
Sammy Sharkfur is the main antagonist of the book Thea Stilton and the Legend of the Fire Flowers. He is the corrupt and greedy owner of the Fire Flowers Resort.
Biography
Sammy Sharkfur is a slimy resort owner who will do anything to get his money. His grand scheme involves keeping the people in the hotel in check and hires a wicked scientist, George Crusterson, and two fake police officers to work for him. Sammy tricks his partner, Ekana Kahanamoku, into helping him with his evil schemes.
When the Thea Sisters go on a trip to Hilo, Hawaii and notice him the first time, they smell a rat and go through a handful until they discover his sinister methods, which are deceiving Ekana, who at first is reluctant to help, and building the Fire Flowers Resort next to the soon-to-erupt volcano Mauna Loa.
Even worse, the Thea Sisters, with their friends Ekana and Renani, discover that Sharkfur and Crusterson stopped the observatory from monitoring the volcano's activity by altering the equipment and endangering the lives of Hilo. That way, none of the press would know about the eruption. Sharkfur and his thugs ambush the friends. He reveals his plan to them and that's when Ekana realizes that the evil rodent has been using him. Ekana, Renani, and the Thea Sisters are bound, gagged, and locked in the basement by Sharkfur's henchmen. Fortunately, Ekana's grandfather Nahele finds them and sets them free.
The volcano erupts, and the Thea Sisters, Ekana, Renani, and the rest of the guests escape. The Thea Sisters find Sammy in his office with Crusterson and the fake officers and collecting his money, and warn them to leave the hotel. Sammy scolds Crusterson for his miscalculations and drops his backpack full of money as he rushes out. The lava destroys the hotel and his money, after which Sammy and his henchmen are apprehended by the police. Sharkfur tells the mouselets there isn't any proof, but Paulina has recorded what he said ("Why should I care about the population?") and he is arrested.