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==Main characters==
==Main characters==
===Ivy===
===Ivy===
Ivy has short [[red hair]], green eyes and, at eighteen, she is the elder of the show's star siblings.
'''Ivy''' has short [[red hair]], green eyes and, at eighteen, she is the elder of the show's star siblings.


Ivy has multiple black belts in the [[martial arts]] and is an expert [[aviation|pilot]], but, unlike Zack, she has no knowledge of other [[language]]s and such. She is more driven than Zack and consequently can get frustrated easily. A running joke is she gets grossed out very easily like most teenage girls do. Zack calls her "Sis" in the series premiere (which she hates and makes it very clear he is never to do) and they seem to have a reasonably nice home in [[San Francisco, California]], which is where ACME Headquarters is based. She also dated a boy named Joshua in episode 38.
Ivy has multiple black belts in the [[martial arts]] and is an expert [[aviation|pilot]], but, unlike Zack, she has no knowledge of other [[language]]s and such. She is more driven than Zack and consequently can get frustrated easily. A running joke is she gets grossed out very easily like most teenage girls do. Zack calls her "Sis" in the series premiere (which she hates and makes it very clear he is never to do) and they seem to have a reasonably nice home in [[San Francisco, California]], which is where ACME Headquarters is based. She also dated a boy named Joshua in episode 38.
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===Zack===
===Zack===
Zack can speak many languages (over twenty according to the game manual for ''Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition'') and has a photographic memory.
'''Zack''' can speak many languages (over twenty according to the game manual for ''Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition'') and has a photographic memory.


Zack has blond hair, blue eyes and is fourteen years old. Zack is a kid genius who knows millions of facts yet still manages to be a cool, floppy haired, baggy-clothed, skateboarding teen. Unlike his sister, he has no formal fighting skills whatsoever. He takes cases less seriously than his sister Ivy, who calls him "little bro" and often says he's "a genius" as he's the one who usually comes to a brilliant conclusion.
Zack has blond hair, blue eyes and is fourteen years old. Zack is a kid genius who knows millions of facts yet still manages to be a cool, floppy haired, baggy-clothed, skateboarding teen. Unlike his sister, he has no formal fighting skills whatsoever. He takes cases less seriously than his sister Ivy, who calls him "little bro" and often says he's "a genius" as he's the one who usually comes to a brilliant conclusion.
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===The Chief===
===The Chief===
The C.H.I.E.F. (Computerized Holographic Imaging Educational Facilitator) is the head of ACME. In the ''Earth'' series, the traditional role of "The Chief" was drastically retooled, becoming a hyperactive, fast-talking, wise-cracking sentient computer image not unlike [[Max Headroom (Character)|Max Headroom]]. Playing a slightly more important role than his counterparts in the franchise, the Chief was still limited to providing [[Exposition (literary technique)|exposition]], information, alerts of Carmen's recent crime and [[comic relief]].
The '''C.H.I.E.F.''' (short for Computerized Holographic Imaging Educational Facilitator) is the head of ACME. In the ''Earth'' series, the traditional role of "The Chief" was drastically retooled, becoming a hyperactive, fast-talking, wise-cracking sentient computer image not unlike [[Max Headroom (character)|Max Headroom]]. Playing a slightly more important role than his counterparts in the franchise, the Chief was still limited to providing [[Exposition (literary technique)|exposition]], information, alerts of Carmen's recent crime and [[comic relief]].


This version of the Chief had a very intimate professional and personal relationship with Carmen. They were both trained as agents when ACME was in its infancy (the Chief more likely created as an attempt at an autonomous robotic agent, complete with android body), and were often partnered up with each other on many cases. They became fast friends, and although he was angered and shocked at Carmen's defection to a life of crime, he didn't have the heart to close her file. It's clear that Carmen also thinks highly of their friendship, having once entrusted the help of ACME agents Zach and Ivy to help restore a virus-stricken Chief back to health after she 'kidnapped' him for a Christmas night to 'relive the good ol' days', and once again teaming up with him to capture the criminal Maelstrom, whom they had captured during their detective years and had returned to take his revenge. Carmen even designed the instructor at her henchman training headquarters after The Chief. The Chief was furious when he found out and demanded the entire ACME bring in Carmen immanently no matter what.
This version of the Chief had a very intimate professional and personal relationship with Carmen. They were both trained as agents when ACME was in its infancy (the Chief more likely created as an attempt at an autonomous robotic agent, complete with android body), and were often partnered up with each other on many cases. They became fast friends, and although he was angered and shocked at Carmen's defection to a life of crime, he didn't have the heart to close her file. It's clear that Carmen also thinks highly of their friendship, having once entrusted the help of ACME agents Zach and Ivy to help restore a virus-stricken Chief back to health after she 'kidnapped' him for a Christmas night to 'relive the good ol' days', and once again teaming up with him to capture the criminal Maelstrom, whom they had captured during their detective years and had returned to take his revenge. Carmen even designed the instructor at her henchman training headquarters after The Chief. The Chief was furious when he found out and demanded the entire ACME bring in Carmen immanently no matter what.
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===Carmen Sandiego===
===Carmen Sandiego===
Carmen Sandiego is an international thief & head of V.I.L.E. Despite the name of her organization, she has a strong code of morals and only steals for the challenge of it. She was a former agent of the ACME Detective Agency and her birthday is March 1. Her hair and gloves are black in this show with her hat band, turtle neck and skirt being orange over her trademark red [[trench coat]] and hat. Carmen was an orphan raised at the Golden Gate Girls' School in San Francisco. The Chief gave her a home at the ACME Detective Agency and, by age seventeen, she solved more cases than any other ACME agent. During her time at the agency, she was partnered with the Chief himself and Suhara. Carmen developed close friendships with both of these partners. Suhara taught her about Zen philosophy and later speculated that he had failed her as a teacher by not giving her enough challenges. Carmen went so far as to steal the Chief's program on Christmas Eve to reminisce about the old days and to play a game of chess. Carmen later disappeared and turned to a life of crime. Her partner when she was at ACME was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] man named Suhara, who left ACME after she did and appears to now be retired. Unlike in most of the rest of the franchise, the reason for Carmen leaving ACME is not specifically stated in the ''Earth'' series, although it was speculated by Suhara. ("Déjà Vu") In the later seasons of this show, Carmen began to be portrayed as more of an [[antihero]] than a proper villainess, even teaming up with Zack and Ivy to defeat criminals more unscrupulous than herself on several occasions. By extension, Carmen will not kill or injure another person to accomplish her goals, going so far as to save Zak and Ivy from possible death on a few occasions. Carmen also seems to respect Zak and Ivy as worthy adversaries and successors to her organization.
'''Carmen Sandiego''' is an international thief the head of V.I.L.E. who is the main antagonist of the series. Despite the name of her organization, she has a strong code of morals and only steals for the challenge of it. She was a former agent of the ACME Detective Agency and her birthday is March 1. Her hair and gloves are black in this show with her hat band, turtle neck and skirt being orange over her trademark red [[trench coat]] and hat. Carmen was an orphan raised at the Golden Gate Girls' School in San Francisco. The Chief gave her a home at the ACME Detective Agency and, by age seventeen, she solved more cases than any other ACME agent. During her time at the agency, she was partnered with the Chief himself and Suhara. Carmen developed close friendships with both of these partners. Suhara taught her about Zen philosophy and later speculated that he had failed her as a teacher by not giving her enough challenges. Carmen went so far as to steal the Chief's program on Christmas Eve to reminisce about the old days and to play a game of chess. Carmen later disappeared and turned to a life of crime. Her partner when she was at ACME was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] man named Suhara, who left ACME after she did and appears to now be retired. Unlike in most of the rest of the franchise, the reason for Carmen leaving ACME is not specifically stated in the ''Earth'' series, although it was speculated by Suhara. ("Déjà Vu") In the later seasons of this show, Carmen began to be portrayed as more of an [[antihero]] than a proper villainess, even teaming up with Zack and Ivy to defeat criminals more unscrupulous than herself on several occasions. By extension, Carmen will not kill or injure another person to accomplish her goals, going so far as to save Zak and Ivy from possible death on a few occasions. Carmen also seems to respect Zak and Ivy as worthy adversaries and successors to her organization.


She was voiced by [[Rita Moreno]].
She was voiced by [[Rita Moreno]].
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===Lee Jordan===
===Lee Jordan===
Lee Jordan is the only ACME agent to have "officially" captured Carmen Sandiego. He was perhaps the most accomplished of all of ACME's employees and as such, had quite a conceited attitude about himself. He was often flirtatious with Ivy (much to her disgust). Ivy hated his arrogance. He went on hiatus from ACME for an indeterminate amount of time, during which his outlook on his career took a drastic turn. Embittered by his fame and the lack of challenge the concept of fighting crime had become, he quit working for ACME & helped Carmen Sandiego escape in order to train to be a V.I.L.E. agent. However, his impulsive and unscrupulous nature clashed greatly with Carmen Sandiego's more refined, pessimistic approach, and because of that, he was fired.
'''Lee Jordan''' is the only ACME agent to have "officially" captured Carmen Sandiego. He was perhaps the most accomplished of all of ACME's employees and as such, had quite a conceited attitude about himself. He was often flirtatious with Ivy (much to her disgust). Ivy hated his arrogance. He went on hiatus from ACME for an indeterminate amount of time, during which his outlook on his career took a drastic turn. Embittered by his fame and the lack of challenge the concept of fighting crime had become, he quit working for ACME & helped Carmen Sandiego escape in order to train to be a V.I.L.E. agent. However, his impulsive and unscrupulous nature clashed greatly with Carmen Sandiego's more refined, pessimistic approach, and because of that, he was fired.


Infuriated by this, he joined the ranks of former V.I.L.E. agents who sought to usurp Carmen Sandiego from her title as 'the world's greatest thief'. He was foiled twice in this endeavor, both by the combined efforts of ACME and Carmen Sandiego, but still remains hostile, violent and dangerous. Unlike Carmen Sandiego, he sees nothing against putting another person's life in danger to further his own personal gain, and has even kidnapped and used a hostage as blackmail to force Carmen Sandiego into working for him.
Infuriated by this, he joined the ranks of former V.I.L.E. agents who sought to usurp Carmen Sandiego from her title as 'the world's greatest thief'. He was foiled twice in this endeavor, both by the combined efforts of ACME and Carmen Sandiego, but still remains hostile, violent and dangerous. Unlike Carmen Sandiego, he sees nothing against putting another person's life in danger to further his own personal gain, and has even kidnapped and used a hostage as blackmail to force Carmen Sandiego into working for him.
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===Dr. Sara Bellum===
===Dr. Sara Bellum===
Dr. Sara Bellum is Carmen Sandiego's former mad scientist who makes all sorts of gadgets for Carmen Sandiego and her V.I.L.E. agents to use. In one episode, she tried to flood the [[Atacama Desert]] in Chile to retrieve the Giant of the Atacama, all while dressed as Carmen Sandiego in an effort to take over V.I.L.E.. Eventually, Carmen Sandiego, Zack and Ivy stopped Sara Bellum's mad plan in time. "Sara Bellum" is a pun on [[cerebellum]], a part of the brain. An unrelated character named [[Doctor Sarah Bellum]] appeared in ''[[Darkwing Duck]]''. Still another character with that name was featured on ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''.
'''Dr. Sara Bellum''' is Carmen Sandiego's former [[mad scientist]] who makes all sorts of gadgets for Carmen Sandiego and her V.I.L.E. agents to use. In one episode, she tried to flood the [[Atacama Desert]] in Chile to retrieve the Giant of the Atacama, all while dressed as Carmen Sandiego in an effort to take over V.I.L.E.. Eventually, Carmen Sandiego, Zack and Ivy stopped Sara Bellum's mad plan in time. "Sara Bellum" is a pun on [[cerebellum]], a part of the brain. An unrelated character named [[Doctor Sarah Bellum]] appeared in ''[[Darkwing Duck]]''. Still another character with that name was featured on ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''.


===Mason Dixon===
===Mason Dixon===
Mason Dixon is the henchman who betrayed V.I.L.E. in numerous ways in the episode "Timing is Everything". It began in 1989 when Carmen & Mason were in Amsterdam to steal a Rembrandt painting. Mason was captured & sentenced to 7 years in prison, while Carmen escaped from the police.
'''Mason Dixon''' is the henchman who betrayed V.I.L.E. in numerous ways in the episode "Timing is Everything". It began in 1989 when Carmen and Mason were in Amsterdam to steal a Rembrandt painting. Mason was captured and sentenced to 7 years in prison, while Carmen escaped from the police.


When Mason was released, Carmen began searching for a Civil War era sofa in the Appomattox Courthouse. The caper failed, resulting in Carmen being furious with Mason. As retaliation, he stole Carmen's time machine, and went back to 1989 to change the outcome of the Rembrandt theft so Carmen would go to jail and he would go on to run V.I.L.E. as the world's greatest thief. In this alternate reality, Carmen becomes Mason's henchman and has low self-esteem because she "almost always [gets] caught".
When Mason was released, Carmen began searching for a Civil War era sofa in the Appomattox Courthouse. The caper failed, resulting in Carmen being furious with Mason. As retaliation, he stole Carmen's time machine, and went back to 1989 to change the outcome of the Rembrandt theft so Carmen would go to jail and he would go on to run V.I.L.E. as the world's greatest thief. In this alternate reality, Carmen becomes Mason's henchman and has low self-esteem because she "almost always [gets] caught".


Mason, with Carmen's unwilling aid, began stealing a series of items that would change the outcome of the Civil War. Carmen helped Zack & Ivy recapture him & take back control over V.I.L.E., making her the world's greatest thief once more. His name is a play on the surveyors [[Mason and Dixon]] who drew the border between Maryland and Pannsylvania in the 1760s known as the [[Mason-Dixon Line]].
Mason, with Carmen's unwilling aid, began stealing a series of items that would change the outcome of the Civil War. Carmen helped Zack & Ivy recapture him & take back control over V.I.L.E., making her the world's greatest thief once more. His name is a play on the surveyors [[Mason and Dixon]] who drew the border between Maryland and Pannsylvania in the 1760s known as the [[Mason-Dixon Line]].


===Dr. Gunnar Maelstrom===
===Dr. Gunnar Maelstrom===
Dr. Gunnar Maelstrom (pronounced goonar) is a hostile & extremely violent criminal whose archenemy is Carmen Sandiego. Maelstrom considers her a threat because she & Chief captured him back in her detective days at ACME in 1985, and got him sent to Folsom State Prison in northern California. In "Maelstrom's Revenge", he escapes from prison by using a bomb attached to his watch as a diversion so he could escape through the back door. Carmen Sandiego was forced to team up with Zack & Ivy to help capture him & send him back to prison.
'''Dr. Gunnar Maelstrom''' (pronounced goonar) is a hostile & extremely violent criminal whose archenemy is Carmen Sandiego. Maelstrom considers her a threat because she & Chief captured him back in her detective days at ACME in 1985, and got him sent to Folsom State Prison in northern California. In "Maelstrom's Revenge", he escapes from prison by using a bomb attached to his watch as a diversion so he could escape through the back door. Carmen Sandiego was forced to team up with Zack & Ivy to help capture him & send him back to prison.


Voiced by [[Tim Curry]].
Voiced by [[Tim Curry]].
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===ACME detectives===
===ACME detectives===
* '''Aileen''': A Hawaiian ACME detective.
* '''Aileen''': A Hawaiian ACME detective.

* '''Amati''': A brilliant archeologist and African-American ACME detective.
* '''Armando''': An Argentian gaucho ACME detective.
* '''Amati''': A brilliant [[Archaeologiy|archeologist]] and African-American ACME detective.

* '''Armando''': An Argentian [[gaucho]] ACME detective.

* '''Barrow''': A British ACME detective.
* '''Barrow''': A British ACME detective.

* '''Chotu''': A Indian ACME detective.
* '''Chotu''': A Indian ACME detective.

* '''Crow''': A Norwegian ACME detective. He's a friend of Zack.
* '''Crow''': A Norwegian ACME detective. He's a friend of Zack.

* '''Jasmine''': A Jamaican ACME detective.
* '''Jasmine''': A Jamaican ACME detective.

* '''Josha''': A brilliant inventor and ACME agent. He has a crush on Ivy. Zack is the one who helps get them together.
* '''Josha''': A brilliant [[Invention|inventor]] and ACME agent. He has a crush on Ivy. Zack is the one who helps get them together.

* '''Lee''': A Chinese ACME detective.
* '''Lee''': A Chinese ACME detective.

* '''Maria''': A Brazilian ACME detective from ACME Rio. At the end, we see she might be interested in Zack as she takes him to the opera.
* '''Maria''': A Brazilian ACME detective from ACME's [[Rio de Janeiro]] branch. At the end, we see she might be interested in Zack as she takes him to the opera.

* '''Michelle''': A Space Camp ACME detective.
* '''Michelle''': A Space Camp ACME detective.

* '''Regis''': A British ACME detective.
* '''Regis''': A British ACME detective.

* '''Tatiana''': A Russian ACME detective. Zack has a crush on her. She seems to return his feeling (much to Ivy's dismay).
* '''Tatiana''': A Russian ACME detective. Zack has a crush on her. She seems to return his feeling much to Ivy's dismay.

* '''Lloyd''': An Australian ACME detective.
* '''Lloyd''': An Australian ACME detective.


===V.I.L.E. agents===
===V.I.L.E. agents===
* '''Abe L. Body''' -
* '''Abe L. Body''' -

* '''Al Loy''' - Al Loy is a V.I.L.E. agent who's also hot-headed as Daryl Riska. He wanted to be a loner when it comes to crime, but he couldn't get along with Daryl Riska. Al Loy is a play on "[[Alloy]]."
* '''Al Loy''' - Al Loy is a V.I.L.E. agent who's also hot-headed as Daryl Riska. He wanted to be a loner when it comes to crime, but he couldn't get along with Daryl Riska. Al Loy is a play on "[[Alloy]]."

* '''Archie Ology''' - Archie Ology is a V.I.L.E. agent and a good archeologist. He likes to steal artifacts and other classics. Archie Ology is a play on "[[Archeology]]."
* '''Archie Ology''' - Archie Ology is a V.I.L.E. agent and a good [[Archaeology|archeologist]]. He likes to steal artifacts and other classics. Archie Ology is a play on "[[Archeology]]."

* '''Buck N. Bronco''' - Buck N. Bronco is a V.I.L.E. agent. His name is a play on "[[Mechanical bull|bucking bronco]]."
* '''Buck N. Bronco''' - Buck N. Bronco is a V.I.L.E. agent. His name is a play on "[[Mechanical bull|bucking bronco]]."

* '''Clair E. Net & Cora Net''' - Clair E. Net & Cora Net are the sisters of evil for stealing talent and music. Cora Net plays the guitar while Clair E. Net sings opera. Clair E. Net & Cora Net are the plays of "[[clarinet]]" and "[[coronet]]."
* '''Clair E. Net & Cora Net''' - Clair E. Net & Cora Net are the sisters of evil for stealing talent and music. Cora Net plays the [[guitar]] while Clair E. Net sings [[opera]]. Clair E. Net & Cora Net are the plays of "[[clarinet]]" and "[[coronet]]."

* '''Clay Tandoori''' - Clay Tandori is an Indian-American V.I.L.E. agent. He's steals anything that's in India like Taj Mahal and other things. Clay Tandoori is a play on "[[Tandoori masala|Tandoori Clay]]."
* '''Clay Tandoori''' - Clay Tandori is an Indian-American V.I.L.E. agent. He's steals anything that's in India like Taj Mahal and other things. Clay Tandoori is a play on "[[Tandoori masala|Tandoori Clay]]."

* '''Daryl Riska''' - Daryl Riska is a V.I.L.E. agent who always takes any risks and sometimes get hot-headed when he gets to a fight with Al Loy.
* '''Daryl Riska''' - Daryl Riska is a V.I.L.E. agent who always takes any risks and sometimes get hot-headed when he gets to a fight with Al Loy.

* '''Dee Tritus''' - Dee Tritus is a female V.I.L.E. agent. Her name is a play on "[[detritus]]."
* '''Dee Tritus''' - Dee Tritus is a female V.I.L.E. agent. Her name is a play on "[[detritus]]."

* '''Four Chin Hunter''' - Four Chin Hunter is a big time evil [[treasure hunting|treasure hunter]] of V.I.L.E. He's an expert of stealing gold when it comes to treasure hunting. Four Chin Hunter is a play on "[[Treasure hunting|Fortune Hunter]]."
* '''Four Chin Hunter''' - Four Chin Hunter is a big time evil [[treasure hunting|treasure hunter]] of V.I.L.E. He's an expert of stealing gold when it comes to treasure hunting. Four Chin Hunter is a play on "[[Treasure hunting|Fortune Hunter]]."

* '''Frank M. Poster''' - Frank M. Poster is a big time master of disguise and Carmen's V.I.L.E. henchman. He can disguise himself as any person he wants to impersonate. Frank M. Poster is a play on "[[The Great Impostor]]."
* '''Frank M. Poster''' - Frank M. Poster is a big time master of disguise and Carmen's V.I.L.E. henchman. He can disguise himself as any person he wants to impersonate. Frank M. Poster is a play on "[[The Great Impostor]]."

* '''Hannah Lulu''' - Hannah Lulu is a V.I.L.E. agent and an expert when it comes to [[Hawaii]]an treasures and locations. Hannah Lulu is very superstitious and is afraid of almost everything. In one episode, Carmen Sandiego tried to make Hannah Lulu face her fears by stealing an object from the place where a Hawaiian queen died. Hannah Lulu is a play on "[[Honolulu]]."
* '''Judge R.B. Traitor''' - Judge R.B. Traitor is a criminal court [[judge]] who hunts crooks down and sentences them to a secret jail, while stealing their loot. He appeared in "The Trail of Carmen Sandiego" where he had Carmen Sandiego abducted from her caper in the Mayan Ruins and subpoenaed Zack and Ivy to his hidden courtroom in Italy using Lee Galese as bait. Once Zack and Ivy arrived, Judge R.B. Traitor dismissed Lee Galese and had them represent Carmen Sandiego when she was accused of stealing the Magna Carta. When it came to where the Magna Cartta is, it turned out that Judge R.B. Traitor was actually in cahoots with Carmen Sandiego and Archie Ology. R.B. Traitor is a play on "[[Arbitral tribunal|arbitrator]]."
* '''Hannah Lulu''' - Hannah Lulu is a V.I.L.E. agent and an expert when it comes to [[Hawaii]]an treasures and locations. Hannah Lulu is very superstitious and is afraid of almost everything including Hawaii's [[Nightmarchers]]. In one episode, Carmen Sandiego tried to make Hannah Lulu face her fears by stealing an object from the place where a Hawaiian queen died. Hannah Lulu is a play on "[[Honolulu]]."
* '''Judge R.B. Traitor''' - Judge R.B. Traitor is a criminal court [[judge]] who hunts crooks down and sentences them to a secret jail while stealing their loot. He appeared in "The Trail of Carmen Sandiego" where he had Carmen Sandiego abducted from her caper in the Mayan Ruins and subpoenaed Zack and Ivy to his hidden courtroom in Italy using Lee Galese as bait. Once Zack and Ivy arrived, Judge R.B. Traitor dismissed Lee Galese and had them represent Carmen Sandiego when she was accused of stealing the Magna Carta. When it came to where the Magna Cartta is, it turned out that Judge R.B. Traitor was actually in cahoots with Carmen Sandiego and Archie Ology. R.B. Traitor is a play on "[[Arbitral tribunal|arbitrator]]."

* '''Lars Vegas''' - Lars Vegas is a big shot and V.I.L.E.'s greediest member. He always complains when he is trapped in a net because it messes up his hair. His greediness can always foil his plans. Lars Vegas is a play on "[[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]."
* '''Lars Vegas''' - Lars Vegas is a big shot and V.I.L.E.'s greediest member. He always complains when he is trapped in a net because it messes up his hair. His greediness can always foil his plans. Lars Vegas is a play on "[[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]."

* '''Lee Galese''' - Lee Galese is a V.I.L.E. agent who is Carmen Sandiego's [[lawyer]]. His name is a play on "legalese."
* '''Lee Galese''' - Lee Galese is a V.I.L.E. agent who is Carmen Sandiego's [[lawyer]]. His name is a play on "legalese."

* '''Moe Skeeter''' - Moe Skeeter is a V.I.L.E. agent who's kinda like a bungling buffoon. His nose looks similar to one of the Batman villain [[Penguin (comics)|Penguin]] and his name is a play on "[[mosquito]]."
* '''Moe Skeeter''' - Moe Skeeter is a V.I.L.E. agent who's kinda like a bungling buffoon. His nose looks similar to one of the Batman villain [[Penguin (comics)|Penguin]] and his name is a play on "[[mosquito]]."

* '''Rip Shipoff''' - Rip Shipoff is an aquatic [[piracy|pirate]] agent with his pet [[parrot]].
* '''Rip Shipoff''' - Rip Shipoff is an aquatic [[piracy|pirate]] agent with his pet [[parrot]].

* '''Touriest Classe''' - Touriest Classe is a V.I.L.E. agent and also a international con-man and a master art thief. He always wanted to scam people with other art. Touriest Classe is a play on "[[Economy class|Tourist Class]]."
* '''Touriest Classe''' - Touriest Classe is a V.I.L.E. agent and also a international [[Confidence trick|con-man]] and a master [[Art theft|art thief]]. He always wanted to scam people with other art. Touriest Classe is a play on "[[Economy class|Tourist Class]]."


===Other===
===Other===

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Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?

Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? is an American animated television series based on the series of computer games. It should not be confused with the PBS game show

The Hub, and, since June 8, 2012, on Qubo. The series won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Animated Children's Program
" in 1995.

The first season of the series was made available on DVD by Shout! Factory. Lions Gate Entertainment has released two of the show's three-part episodes ("Retribution" and "Labyrinth") as full-length direct-to-video films entitled "Carmen's Revenge" & "Time Traveler" respectively. A video of the episode "Timing is Everything" is included with some versions of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge.[4] All 40 episodes of the series were then released on a 4-disc DVD set in February 2012 by Mill Creek Entertainment.

Overview

The need for the show was facilitated by the

Time game shows that aired on PBS, presumably since PBS, as the creator of such shows as Sesame Street, had a long-standing reputation for non-violent, educational children's programming.[5][6]

As with the rest of the Carmen Sandiego franchise, the show's basic premise had the

live-action
kid referred to as "The Player".

Although Earth took the premise of the series more seriously than the Brøderbund computer games or the zany World game show, most elements of the series, such as giving V.I.L.E. agents gag names ("Buck N. Bronco", "Dee Tritus", etc.) and having Carmen commit spectacularly impossible thefts, were faithfully maintained. However, Earth often showed how V.I.L.E. perpetrated such spectacular thefts, whereas the computer games left this to the user's imagination, and "serious" villains, such as Lee Jordan and Dr. Maelstrom, were not given such funny names. The World game show also explained how such thefts were committed although their explanations were humorously nonsensical.

Originally, episodes of Earth were quite similar to the typical "formula" of the computer games. An outrageous theft would be committed somewhere in the world and Zack and Ivy, guided by the Player, would try to retrieve the loot and capture Carmen Sandiego. Though the loot would typically be recovered, Carmen, who usually had some kind of "master plan", would always escape. Towards the end of the first season, time travel was added into the show when Carmen built her own time machine and travelled back in time to the American Revolution. Time travel would continue to recur throughout the rest of the show's run.

However, this structure began to be abandoned as the writers started to explore the nature of Carmen's character. Early on, it was established that Carmen only stole for the challenge of it and that she had her own ethical code, but, as it progressed, the show began to increasingly focus on her "good" side and on her weaknesses. By the show's fourth and final season, Zack and Ivy were regularly teaming up with their former nemesis to stop considerably less moral criminals from taking over V.I.L.E. and such. Nevertheless, the show never portrayed Carmen returning to ACME or giving up her thieving ways.

Since they obviously continued to approve the scripts, Brøderbund apparently did not have any qualms about this direction, though they did not incorporate it into any of their games. The lead characters of Earth were, however, featured in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition, released in 1995.

Main characters

Ivy

Ivy has short red hair, green eyes and, at eighteen, she is the elder of the show's star siblings.

Ivy has multiple black belts in the

San Francisco, California
, which is where ACME Headquarters is based. She also dated a boy named Joshua in episode 38.

She was voiced by Jennifer Hale and was also featured in the computer game Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition.

Zack

Zack can speak many languages (over twenty according to the game manual for Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition) and has a photographic memory.

Zack has blond hair, blue eyes and is fourteen years old. Zack is a kid genius who knows millions of facts yet still manages to be a cool, floppy haired, baggy-clothed, skateboarding teen. Unlike his sister, he has no formal fighting skills whatsoever. He takes cases less seriously than his sister Ivy, who calls him "little bro" and often says he's "a genius" as he's the one who usually comes to a brilliant conclusion.

He was voiced by Scott Menville and, like his sister, he was featured in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition.

The Chief

The C.H.I.E.F. (short for Computerized Holographic Imaging Educational Facilitator) is the head of ACME. In the Earth series, the traditional role of "The Chief" was drastically retooled, becoming a hyperactive, fast-talking, wise-cracking sentient computer image not unlike

exposition, information, alerts of Carmen's recent crime and comic relief
.

This version of the Chief had a very intimate professional and personal relationship with Carmen. They were both trained as agents when ACME was in its infancy (the Chief more likely created as an attempt at an autonomous robotic agent, complete with android body), and were often partnered up with each other on many cases. They became fast friends, and although he was angered and shocked at Carmen's defection to a life of crime, he didn't have the heart to close her file. It's clear that Carmen also thinks highly of their friendship, having once entrusted the help of ACME agents Zach and Ivy to help restore a virus-stricken Chief back to health after she 'kidnapped' him for a Christmas night to 'relive the good ol' days', and once again teaming up with him to capture the criminal Maelstrom, whom they had captured during their detective years and had returned to take his revenge. Carmen even designed the instructor at her henchman training headquarters after The Chief. The Chief was furious when he found out and demanded the entire ACME bring in Carmen immanently no matter what.

He was voiced by Rodger Bumpass and was also featured in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition.

Carmen Sandiego

Carmen Sandiego is an international thief the head of V.I.L.E. who is the main antagonist of the series. Despite the name of her organization, she has a strong code of morals and only steals for the challenge of it. She was a former agent of the ACME Detective Agency and her birthday is March 1. Her hair and gloves are black in this show with her hat band, turtle neck and skirt being orange over her trademark red trench coat and hat. Carmen was an orphan raised at the Golden Gate Girls' School in San Francisco. The Chief gave her a home at the ACME Detective Agency and, by age seventeen, she solved more cases than any other ACME agent. During her time at the agency, she was partnered with the Chief himself and Suhara. Carmen developed close friendships with both of these partners. Suhara taught her about Zen philosophy and later speculated that he had failed her as a teacher by not giving her enough challenges. Carmen went so far as to steal the Chief's program on Christmas Eve to reminisce about the old days and to play a game of chess. Carmen later disappeared and turned to a life of crime. Her partner when she was at ACME was a Japanese man named Suhara, who left ACME after she did and appears to now be retired. Unlike in most of the rest of the franchise, the reason for Carmen leaving ACME is not specifically stated in the Earth series, although it was speculated by Suhara. ("Déjà Vu") In the later seasons of this show, Carmen began to be portrayed as more of an antihero than a proper villainess, even teaming up with Zack and Ivy to defeat criminals more unscrupulous than herself on several occasions. By extension, Carmen will not kill or injure another person to accomplish her goals, going so far as to save Zak and Ivy from possible death on a few occasions. Carmen also seems to respect Zak and Ivy as worthy adversaries and successors to her organization.

She was voiced by Rita Moreno.

Notable villains

As Carmen Sandiego became less villainous and evolved into more of an anti-hero, other characters began to fill her original role as the show's antagonist. Some of these characters were:

Lee Jordan

Lee Jordan is the only ACME agent to have "officially" captured Carmen Sandiego. He was perhaps the most accomplished of all of ACME's employees and as such, had quite a conceited attitude about himself. He was often flirtatious with Ivy (much to her disgust). Ivy hated his arrogance. He went on hiatus from ACME for an indeterminate amount of time, during which his outlook on his career took a drastic turn. Embittered by his fame and the lack of challenge the concept of fighting crime had become, he quit working for ACME & helped Carmen Sandiego escape in order to train to be a V.I.L.E. agent. However, his impulsive and unscrupulous nature clashed greatly with Carmen Sandiego's more refined, pessimistic approach, and because of that, he was fired.

Infuriated by this, he joined the ranks of former V.I.L.E. agents who sought to usurp Carmen Sandiego from her title as 'the world's greatest thief'. He was foiled twice in this endeavor, both by the combined efforts of ACME and Carmen Sandiego, but still remains hostile, violent and dangerous. Unlike Carmen Sandiego, he sees nothing against putting another person's life in danger to further his own personal gain, and has even kidnapped and used a hostage as blackmail to force Carmen Sandiego into working for him.

Voiced by David Coburn.

Dr. Sara Bellum

Dr. Sara Bellum is Carmen Sandiego's former

Doctor Sarah Bellum appeared in Darkwing Duck. Still another character with that name was featured on The Powerpuff Girls
.

Mason Dixon

Mason Dixon is the henchman who betrayed V.I.L.E. in numerous ways in the episode "Timing is Everything". It began in 1989 when Carmen and Mason were in Amsterdam to steal a Rembrandt painting. Mason was captured and sentenced to 7 years in prison, while Carmen escaped from the police.

When Mason was released, Carmen began searching for a Civil War era sofa in the Appomattox Courthouse. The caper failed, resulting in Carmen being furious with Mason. As retaliation, he stole Carmen's time machine, and went back to 1989 to change the outcome of the Rembrandt theft so Carmen would go to jail and he would go on to run V.I.L.E. as the world's greatest thief. In this alternate reality, Carmen becomes Mason's henchman and has low self-esteem because she "almost always [gets] caught".

Mason, with Carmen's unwilling aid, began stealing a series of items that would change the outcome of the Civil War. Carmen helped Zack & Ivy recapture him & take back control over V.I.L.E., making her the world's greatest thief once more. His name is a play on the surveyors

Mason-Dixon Line
.

Dr. Gunnar Maelstrom

Dr. Gunnar Maelstrom (pronounced goonar) is a hostile & extremely violent criminal whose archenemy is Carmen Sandiego. Maelstrom considers her a threat because she & Chief captured him back in her detective days at ACME in 1985, and got him sent to Folsom State Prison in northern California. In "Maelstrom's Revenge", he escapes from prison by using a bomb attached to his watch as a diversion so he could escape through the back door. Carmen Sandiego was forced to team up with Zack & Ivy to help capture him & send him back to prison.

Voiced by Tim Curry.

Other characters

ACME detectives

  • Aileen: A Hawaiian ACME detective.
  • Amati: A brilliant archeologist and African-American ACME detective.
  • Armando: An Argentian gaucho ACME detective.
  • Barrow: A British ACME detective.
  • Chotu: A Indian ACME detective.
  • Crow: A Norwegian ACME detective. He's a friend of Zack.
  • Jasmine: A Jamaican ACME detective.
  • Josha: A brilliant inventor and ACME agent. He has a crush on Ivy. Zack is the one who helps get them together.
  • Lee: A Chinese ACME detective.
  • Maria: A Brazilian ACME detective from ACME's Rio de Janeiro branch. At the end, we see she might be interested in Zack as she takes him to the opera.
  • Michelle: A Space Camp ACME detective.
  • Regis: A British ACME detective.
  • Tatiana: A Russian ACME detective. Zack has a crush on her. She seems to return his feeling much to Ivy's dismay.
  • Lloyd: An Australian ACME detective.

V.I.L.E. agents

  • Abe L. Body -
  • Al Loy - Al Loy is a V.I.L.E. agent who's also hot-headed as Daryl Riska. He wanted to be a loner when it comes to crime, but he couldn't get along with Daryl Riska. Al Loy is a play on "Alloy."
  • Archie Ology - Archie Ology is a V.I.L.E. agent and a good
    Archeology
    ."
  • Buck N. Bronco - Buck N. Bronco is a V.I.L.E. agent. His name is a play on "bucking bronco."
  • Clair E. Net & Cora Net - Clair E. Net & Cora Net are the sisters of evil for stealing talent and music. Cora Net plays the guitar while Clair E. Net sings opera. Clair E. Net & Cora Net are the plays of "clarinet" and "coronet."
  • Clay Tandoori - Clay Tandori is an Indian-American V.I.L.E. agent. He's steals anything that's in India like Taj Mahal and other things. Clay Tandoori is a play on "Tandoori Clay."
  • Daryl Riska - Daryl Riska is a V.I.L.E. agent who always takes any risks and sometimes get hot-headed when he gets to a fight with Al Loy.
  • Dee Tritus - Dee Tritus is a female V.I.L.E. agent. Her name is a play on "detritus."
  • Four Chin Hunter - Four Chin Hunter is a big time evil treasure hunter of V.I.L.E. He's an expert of stealing gold when it comes to treasure hunting. Four Chin Hunter is a play on "Fortune Hunter."
  • Frank M. Poster - Frank M. Poster is a big time master of disguise and Carmen's V.I.L.E. henchman. He can disguise himself as any person he wants to impersonate. Frank M. Poster is a play on "The Great Impostor."
  • Hannah Lulu - Hannah Lulu is a V.I.L.E. agent and an expert when it comes to Hawaiian treasures and locations. Hannah Lulu is very superstitious and is afraid of almost everything including Hawaii's Nightmarchers. In one episode, Carmen Sandiego tried to make Hannah Lulu face her fears by stealing an object from the place where a Hawaiian queen died. Hannah Lulu is a play on "Honolulu."
  • Judge R.B. Traitor - Judge R.B. Traitor is a criminal court judge who hunts crooks down and sentences them to a secret jail while stealing their loot. He appeared in "The Trail of Carmen Sandiego" where he had Carmen Sandiego abducted from her caper in the Mayan Ruins and subpoenaed Zack and Ivy to his hidden courtroom in Italy using Lee Galese as bait. Once Zack and Ivy arrived, Judge R.B. Traitor dismissed Lee Galese and had them represent Carmen Sandiego when she was accused of stealing the Magna Carta. When it came to where the Magna Cartta is, it turned out that Judge R.B. Traitor was actually in cahoots with Carmen Sandiego and Archie Ology. R.B. Traitor is a play on "arbitrator."
  • Lars Vegas - Lars Vegas is a big shot and V.I.L.E.'s greediest member. He always complains when he is trapped in a net because it messes up his hair. His greediness can always foil his plans. Lars Vegas is a play on "
    Las Vegas
    ."
  • Lee Galese - Lee Galese is a V.I.L.E. agent who is Carmen Sandiego's lawyer. His name is a play on "legalese."
  • Moe Skeeter - Moe Skeeter is a V.I.L.E. agent who's kinda like a bungling buffoon. His nose looks similar to one of the Batman villain
    Penguin and his name is a play on "mosquito
    ."
  • Touriest Classe - Touriest Classe is a V.I.L.E. agent and also a international
    con-man and a master art thief. He always wanted to scam people with other art. Touriest Classe is a play on "Tourist Class
    ."

Other

List of episodes

Season 1

  1. The Stolen Smile - Carmen steals face parts from three famous paintings.
  2. A Higher Calling -
  3. Dinosaur Delirium -
  4. By a Whisker -
  5. The Good Old, Bad Old Days -
  6. Rules of the Game -
  7. Split Up -
  8. Moondreams -
  9. Music to My Ears -
  10. The Play's the Thing -
  11. A Date With Carmen Pt. 1 -
  12. A Date With Carmen Pt. 2 -
  13. Chapter and Verse -

Season 2

  1. Skull and Double-Crossbones -
  2. Hot Ice -
  3. All For One -
  4. Scavenger Hunt -
  5. When It Rains -
  6. Déjà Vu -
  7. Boyhood's End Pt. 1 -
  8. Boyhood's End Pt. 2 -

Season 3

  1. The Tigress -
  2. The Remnants -
  3. Curses, Foiled Again -
  4. Birds of a Feather -
  5. Shaman Spirits -
  6. Follow My Footprints -
  7. Labyrinth Pt. 1 -
  8. Labyrinth Pt. 2: Woman of the Year, 2101 -
  9. Labyrinth Pt. 3: When In Rome -
  10. Just Like Old Times -

Season 4

  1. The Trial of Carmen Sandiego - While on a caper at the Mayan Ruins, Carmen Sandiego is abducted by a mysterious helicopter. Zack and Ivy trace her location to the Roman catacombs where Carmen Sandiego is standing trial before Judge R.B. Traitor upon being accused of stealing the Magna Carta.
  2. Trick or Treat -
  3. Retribution Pt. 1: Unsinkable Carmen Sandiego -
  4. Retribution Pt. 2: In Memoriam -
  5. Retribution Pt. 3: Maelstrom's Revenge -
  6. Timing is Everything -
  7. Cupid Sandiego -
  8. Can You Ever Go Home Again Pt. 1 -
  9. Can You Ever Go Home Again Pt. 2 -

Cast

Players

Additional Voices

Crew

Theme song

The opening theme song for the show is "Singt dem grossen Bassa Lieder" from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail with new lyrics, pop instrumentation, and a backbeat.

DVD releases

On March 7, 2006,

Shout! Factory announced that they had acquired the rights to the series.[7] They subsequently released the first season on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time on June 13, 2006.[8]
Due to poor sales, no further seasons were released.

On July 22, 2011, Mill Creek Entertainment announced that they had acquired the rights to the series and plan on releasing it in its entirety in 2012. They subsequently released Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? - The Complete series on DVD in Region 1 on February 21, 2012. This 4 disc set contains all 40 episodes of the series.[9] They also released a 10 episode best-of collection that same day.

References

  1. ^ Mangan, Jennifer (1994-05-04). "'Educating Rita". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  2. ^ "DIC, Broderbund to Develop Animated Series". The Los Angeles Times. June 26, 1990. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  3. ^ "COVER STORY; This Fall, Shows Look to the Girls, As Both Viewers and Characters". The New York Times. 1995-09-24. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  4. ^ "DVD Review: Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?". The Trades. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  5. ^ Question and Answer Session with Matt Fishbach
  6. ^ A New Locale for Carmen
  7. ^ "Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego DVD news: Where on Earth is a DVD? Amazon Answers With a Shout!". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  8. ^ "Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego DVD news: Detailed Disc Contents & Rear Cover Art For Shout!'s Carmen DVDs". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  9. ^ "Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego DVD news: Announcement for The Complete Series and The Best Of". TVShowsOnDVD.com. 2007-05-25. Retrieved 2012-01-13.

External links

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