Carmen Sandiego

Carmen Sandiego

**Carmen Isabella Sandiego**, is both a fictional character and protagonist of the *Sandiego Cooper* series developed by Broderbund and Sucker Punch. She is an orphan Argentine human girl, who co-leads a gang of thieves.

She was code-named "**Black Sheep**", who is rescued by V.I.L.E. 20 years earlier and trained as an agent at their academy. During her time there, she meets Sly, Bentley, and Murray as orphans, where she became first best friends with.

She learned how to become a professional thief, but later when she learns the organization's true goal, she defected against them to see the world for her own and seeks to dissolve it by stealing back from them. She plans and executes capers with

"*I realized stealing isn't a game. It does harm people, especially when you're willing to steal lives.*"

—Carmen, on being Carmen Sandiego.

## Appearance

*Voice Actor*: Gina Rodriguez (English), Subaru Kimura (Japanese), (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Frantz Confiac (French), Not Known (German), Maurizio Merluzzo (Italian), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Korean), Mads Henning (Norwegian), Not Known (Poland), Not Known (Polish), Guilherme Barroso (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Adam Fietz (Swedish), Not Known (Thai), Kyrylo Nikitenko (Ukrainian), Ronaldo Júlio (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Dan Osorio (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish)

### Physical Appearance

Being a raccoon, Sly has gray fur with black stripes on his tail and a natural mask, as well as brown eyes. His nose has a blue tinge to it, but it is only seen in artwork and seems to have been dropped from his design in *Season 4*.

* Hair Color: Gray, black
* Skin Color: N/A
* Eye Color: Brown
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Personality

Sly is a cunning, devious, quick-witted, charming, suave gentleman thief. He uses his wit, courage, charm and skills to pull off jobs, and often crack jokes and sarcastic comments at the expense of others. Sly is also very cool, collected and manages to keep a rational head in stressful and chaotic situations. Through all of his hardships, he remains loyal and dedicated to any he calls his friend, particularly Carmen, Bentley, Player, Murray, Zack, Ivy, and Inspector Carmelita Fox, despite her attempts to put him behind bars.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Team Cooper Red Gang
	+ **Carmen Sandiego** (best friend)
	+ Murray (best friend)
	+ Bentley (best friend)
	+ Player
	+ Zack
	+ Ivy
	+ Shadow-san
	+ The Guru
* Sonia

### Family

* Conner Cooper (father) †
* Unnamed mother †
* Cooper Clan (ancestors)

	+ Rioichi Cooper †
	+ "Tennessee Kid" Cooper †
	+ Sir Galleth Cooper †
	+ Bob Cooper †
	+ Salim al-Kupar †

### Neutral

* INTERPOL (sometimes)
	+ Carmelita Fox (sometimes, love-interest)
* A.C.M.E. (sometimes)
	+ Chase Devineaux
* Crackle
* Panda King
* Dimitri Lousteau
* Penelope (former member of the TCR Gang)

### Enemies

* Fiendish Five
	+ Clockwerk †
	+ Muggshot
	+ Mz. Ruby
* V.I.L.E.
	+ Professor Maelstrom
	+ Coach Brunt
	+ Roundabout
	+ Countess Cleo
	+ Dr. Bellum
	+ Mrs. Puffin
	+ Spinkick
	+ Flytrap
* Klaww Gang
	+ Neyla (betraying anyone she sees) †
	+ Rajan
	+ The Contessa
* Dr. M
* Don Octavio
* Mask of Dark Earth
* General Tsao
* Captain LeFwee
* Cyrille Le Paradox
* El Jefe
* Sheriff Toothpick
* The Grizz
* Ms. Decibel

## Powers and abilities

Sly's primary weapon in the series is his family's cane, which is a brown staff ending in a golden hook. Many of his ancestors also had weapons incorporating the trademark hook, and the cane has become an infamous symbol of the Team Cooper Red Gang. Sly is also very capable with his cane and is a powerful opponent in a fight, repeatedly being shown beating opponents much larger and better equipped than himself.

Years of training and natural ability passed down through the Cooper bloodline have given Sly vast agility, balance, and reflexes, allowing him to perform feats that few can equal. In addition, he has learned every ability detailed in *Season 1* of the series, including balancing on the tops of sharp points, rope and pole climbing, invisibility, swinging on hooks, and running on wires. His skills include parkour, gymnastics, pickpocketing, safecracking, mastery of disguise, time manipulation and others.

## History

### Past

#### Early years

Sly was born into the lineage of the Coopers under the tutelage of his father Conner. Between the jobs that his father's gang would pull off, Sly would spend time with Jim McSweeney, a member of the gang and Conner's friend. At the age of three, Sly was taken by his father to a museum on the Ligurian coast in Italy where they met up with McSweeney, who then took the map to the Cooper Vault—an island-wide safe that holds the riches of the entire Cooper Clan—and hid it in the museum.

#### Meeting INTERPOL

"*Remember the night we met?*"
"*Oh, how would I not? I still remember it like it was yesterday, you ring-tailed thief!*"

—Sly, to James.
Many years later, Sly arrived in Paris with Carmen "looking for a little adventure" when he came across the Paris Opera House. While comparing stories with INTERPOL Inspector Carmelita Fox sometime later, the accounts differ, so the exact details are impossible to know. Sly claimed he was just there to "soak in the architecture" while Carmelita stated that he was there to "case the joint." In the end, Carmen and Sly helped catch a rival thief, the stage manager Pierre, which benefited Carmelita and started the two's relationship.

#### Boston Tea Party Caper

Months later in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, he and the others was informed by Player of a donut shop that served as a V.I.L.E. front for a counterfeiting operation. While trying to investigate, they met siblings Zack and Ivy, who were also robbing the shop to pay off a loan shark. After helping them stop V.I.L.E.'s plans, the siblings joined Sly and Carmen on their team gang as their mechanic and backup getaway driver.

#### Months Later

Interpol catches wind of Sly and Carmen's gang and their recent string of robberies from a Swiss Bank, a Cairo Art Gallery and a Shanghai amusement park, leading to him and the gang gaining an adversary in the bumbling inspector Chase Devineaux.

Sometime later, Sly stole an item known as the Fire Stone of India, which put Carmelita after him again. He planned to give it to Carmelita as a token of his feelings for her.

## External links

* Carmen Sandiego *Wikipedia*
* Carmen Sandiego *Sly Cooper Wiki*
* Carmen Sandiego *Heroes Wiki*