Carmelita Fox

**Inspector Carmelita Montoya Fox** is a female fox with orange fur, brown eyes and blue hair. She is a member of INTERPOL and is almost always in constant pursuit of the Cooper Gang, and therefore Sly Cooper, who views her as a love interest. During the events of *Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time*, Carmelita temporarily joined the Cooper Gang and helped Sly save the Cooper Clanthrough time travel. She is currently investigating Sly's whereabouts.

Carmelita first appeared in *Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus* at the age of 21. Her current age is unknown, as she was 23 in *Sly 2: Band of Thieves* and 24 in *Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves*, but an undisclosed amount of time passed between that and the fourth game.

She was voiced by Roxana Ortega in *Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus*, Alésia Glidewell in *Sly 2*, Ruth Livier in *Sly 3* and Grey DeLisle in *Thieves in Time* and following appearances.

## Characteristics

### Physical appearance

Carmelita is a fox with brownish-orange fur, a mole under her left eye, and thick, wavy blue hair with bangs tied in a braid by a gold hairband. Her outfit includes a dark blue midriff-baring top that zips in the front, form-fitting dark blue pants, and a choker from which her INTERPOL badge hangs. She wears a light brown leather jacket and yellow gloves. She wears a golden hoop piercing on the top of her left ear. Carmelita wears long dark-brown or black combat boots; though in the cutscenes they are shown with steel toes with a yellow police star on each one.

In the Japanese version anime-styled scenes of the first game, the blue colors on her clothing are instead closer to a shade of black, and she wears brown shoes instead.

In *Sly 2* and *Sly 3*, Carmelita replaces her black shoes with plain knee-high brown combat boots and now wears lipstick.

In *Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time*, Carmelita's ensemble changes quite a bit. She now sports a bra top, dark blue miniskirt, brown heeled belt-buckle boots with flaps, and her jacket's sleeves are now rolled up above her elbows.

She has worn other clothing during undercover missions and everyday life, including a long black ball gown with a split down the left side of the skirt, a red Chinese-style dress with a veil, and a short blue dress, among others.

### Personality

Carmelita's outlook on crime is very black and white, firmly believing that any lawbreaker must be brought to justice, regardless of how minor or major the infraction was. Pursuing this vision with her shock pistol, Carmelita was extremely rigid in her view and pursued all criminals with equal determination, from murderers to jaywalkers to thieves, extending to Sly and his gang. Both she and Sly have repressed romantic feelings for each other and their relationship was portrayed rather ambiguously throughout the series until the conclusion of *Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves*.

Despite believing any criminal should be brought to justice, Carmelita acts justly to her captives, as evident when she offers Murray a bag of jelly beans during his captivity and ensures that he is comfortable in his makeshift cell. Carmelita is very devoted to her line of work, and must keep her emotions under control in order to keep her temper in check. Carmelita has been seen to enjoy regular day-to-day activities when off duty, such as viewing art galleries, listening to music and buying boots.[3]

Although Carmelita obsesses over trying to arrest Sly, she does harbor some respect for him and more, though she can't really admit it to herself. She even once mentioned that it was a shame that Sly was working on the other side of the law.[4]

### Abilities

Carmelita is shown to be an excellent combatant and very capable in a fight. She has impressive acrobatic skills, capable of matching Sly in agility and speed. She also possesses great balance, given that in her chases, she always manages to prevent herself from plummeting down near fatal landings (such as near the edges of high buildings or mountain peaks). Carmelita can also leap higher altitudes than Sly to compensate her inability to climb/spire jump/rail walk and is incredibly adept at using her shock pistol. She seems to have a great deal of lower body strength, given her jumping abilities and the fact that she's shown delivering kicks that can send even the burliest of flashlight guards flying. She also has a strong force of will, being able to fight off the Contessa's hypnosis (which was also being powered by the Clockwerk Eyes, increasing the Contessa's abilities). Sly himself complimented her skills when Bentley expressed concern for her ability to go one-on-one with Muggshot, who she was able to damage (albeit only slightly) with a physical attack, something even Murray was unable to do.

In *Thieves in Time*, she is also able to change her ammo type from default to Auto Fire, Charge Shot, Stun Ammo and Triple Fire. Also, she is surprisingly good at belly dancing, which she reluctantly used to distract the guards while Sly, Salim and the gang opened the vault.

## TMNT X Pokemon

Carmelita tries to arrest Sly but to no avail. When she finally meets him, she has no other choice but to work with him in order to stop the enemies.

## Trivia

* Carmelita has had a new voice actress for every game in the series. In *Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus*, she was voiced by Roxana Ortega; in *Sly 2: Band of Thieves*, she was voiced by Alésia Glidewell; in *Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves*, she was voiced by Ruth Livier; and in *Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time*, she was voiced by Grey DeLisle.
	+ In Japanese, she is voiced by Tsubasa Makoto in the first and second games; from *Sly 3* onward, she is voiced by Mie Sonozaki (who also voices new dialogue in the aforementioned first and second games in the *HD Collection*).
	+ In Italian, she is voiced by Dania Cericola through all the games of the series, who interestingly enough also dubbed Detective Montoya from the *Batman* series.
	+ In Finnish, she is voiced by Elise Langenoja throughout all the games except the 1st one.
* In the development of *Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus*, Carmelita's name was "Chase Montoya Fox," as a reference to her chasing Sly.
* In *Sly 3*, her voice from *Sly 2* was unintentionally used as archive audio during battles.
* Her middle name, Montoya, may be a reference to Detective Montoya of the DC Comic series *The Batman*.
* It seems that Carmelita is a Neil Diamond fan as when she and Sly were discussing their favorite hobbies and things, she is seen listening to music by Neil Diamond, as shown by the record cover of Neil Diamond Live.
* In *Sly 3*, Carmelita falls back if attacked, but in *Sly 2,* attacking her has no visible effect.
* Throughout the series, Carmelita hasn't known about the Cooper Clan, until in *Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time*.
* In He Who Tames the Iron Horse of *Sly 2*, Carmelita wears a blue hat in addition to her winter attire.
* As a playable character in *Sly 3*, Carmelita's Mega Jump form changes. As seen during her chasing of Sly Cooper in *Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus*, *Sly 2* and *Sly 3* as well as during animated scenes, she jumps with arms outspread and is horizontal in the air. As a playable character, the jump is simply a larger version of her normal jump. However, her original Mega Jump can be obtained in the multiplayer game "Cops and Robbers" as a power-up.
* In *Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time*, Carmelita's appearance has drastically changed. Along with HD graphics, she thinner overall, has pointed ears fanning upward and more defined cheeks. She now has the sleeves of her coat rolled up and wears a skirt that ends at her thighs instead of jeans and has different boots.
* Carmelita's signature color is yellow.
	+ However, her attack auras are light blue, due to the electricity of her shock pistol.
* When playing as her in *Sly 3*, if you press , you can bring out a standard pair of binoculars. However, in *Thieves in Time* she has switched to a binocucom.
* In *Sly 3*, if you drown as her, her drown death sound is the same as Bentley's.
* Neyla once called her "Old Ironsides," possibly referring to her stubborn, militant nature.
* Carmelita is one of only two characters to curse in the series (excluding Bentley's "Oh my gawd"). In issue 1 of *The Adventures of Sly Cooper*, she says "damn" twice and "smartass" once.
* Carmelita can be seen driving a red sports car in the *Sly 2* bonus video and comics. But in *Thieves in Time*, it's a purple cruiser.
* In *Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus*, Carmelita has a signature shape on her office door: a star, and over it, a fox head.
	+ In *Sly 3*, this symbol reappears as her character symbol.
	+ A star is used as her Thief Meter on *Sly 3* and a fox head is used as Thief Meter on *Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time.*
* Carmelita wears an earring on her left ear. In some of the cutscenes in *Thieves in Time*, she's wearing it on her right ear.
* Her mole is inconsistently placed throughout the series
* Carmelita is three years older than Sly.
* Carmelita is the third character to do a cutscene narrative, the first two being Sly and Bentley.
* Carmelita has been captured four times in the series, by Clockwerk, by Toothpick, by The Contessa, by Cyrille Le Paradox and, in most cases, she was used as bait to get Sly captured.
* Carmelita has been kissed by Sly five times during the series. Once during the climax of *Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus*, again during Timing is Everything, once again during a cutscene *Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time*, during the rock concert in *Bentley's Hackpack* and lastly during Sly's Psychic Connection.
* Carmelita has saved Sly's life three times in the series. First in "A Temporary Truce" of *Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus*, when Sly was being chased by Fire Slugs and she was shooting them so he could get his cane back. The second and most notable was during *Sly 3* in the mission, "Carmelita to the Rescue," when saving Sly from Dr. M's Mutant Primate with her team of mercenaries. And in *Thieves in Time*, during "Operation: Mousetrap," when she shoved Sly out of the way before he could get impaled by a falling gate during the boss fight with Penelope.
* She is the only playable character in *Thieves in Time* who doesn't have a Job Complete screen. She is also the only character who doesn't start a job. However, she does have a loot collecting screen, which is shown if she unlocks a vault or brings a treasure back to the safe house.
* Even though Carmelita's artwork in *Thieves in Time* shows her in Rioichi's sushi house, she does not become playable until the episode after.
* In some cultures, foxes are viewed as cunning tricksters, which is ironic given that Carmelita is a police officer, and therefore an upholder of law and order.
* In *Sly 2* and *Sly 3*, she can sometimes be seen with coins in her pocket, which can be pickpocketed. She will also occasionally have loot in *Sly 3*.
* Carmelita receive three items from Sly where he return the item he stole from the heist. Two at her offices which is Champagne and Rare Stamp and third is Antique Watch which was given unnoticedly after being kissed by Sly.