History Characters / SlyCooperTheMainTrio

* StaticCharacter: A [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], positive flat-arc example. While he does slowly mature and begin valuing the brotherhood with his friends more with every game, most of the character development and change taken by his gang goes to Bentley and Murray, the former especially in his arc of learning to conquer his inhibitions. As such, Sly's fundamental beliefs about himself and the world around him stay the same over the course of the series: he's still the same wisecracking and confident, yet honorable, master thief he was from the start.

* EgocentricTeamNaming: As pointed out by Dr. M, despite the fact that the team considers each other equals it's still ultimately known as the COOPER Gang.

%%* HartmanHips: In his ''Thieves in Time'' design.

* CowardlyLion: At least in the second game, anyway. Multiple times, Bentley is shown to be scared to death in the field, to the point that he cuts off a conversation with Sly in Paris in fear. But he presses ahead regardless, not letting it slow him down. Strangely, being confined to a wheelchair actually seems to make him ''more'' courageous, as in 3 and 4, he doesn't show nearly as much fear as before, likely having become much more comfortable with field work.

** Over the course of the games, Sly more openly expresses his faith in Bentley and Murray as teammates and friends, and becomes more focused on their needs as a result. He also goes from smarmy and bitter in the first game, to more openly smug and self-confident in the second. The dramatic events of the second game's plot and the sacrifices that Bentley and Murray go through mature him greatly, and begin causing him to consider the positive and negative impacts he's made on the people around him. [[spoiler: His talk with Doctor M. during the climax of the third game also demonstrates how fortune and wealth were never goals for him to attain, and he ends the trilogy choosing to duck out of a life of crime to live with Carmelita. He also hands over his family's ''massive'' fortune to the Cooper Gang, letting go of his heritage now that he's satisfied in proving himself.]]

* BreakTheHaughty: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] While he never loses his self-confidence, his narration starts fairly arrogant in the first game. After dealing with Clockwerk ''twice'', he's much less conceited and emphasizes his affection for his friends more often.

%%* TookALevelInBadass: As per above.

* NiceGuy: While his schemes from the third game onwards are prone to having MoralDissonance at times, he still acts very cordially towards his friends, sometimes even moreso than Sly.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: The main trio.

** Sly's father and mother was murdered.

* HartmanHips: In his ''Thieves in Time'' design.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Bentley and Murray.
* HooksAndCrooks: His family cane.

* RascallyRaccoon: Obviously.

** SuperNotDrowningSkills: In the first and fourth games, a PowerUp grants him (and in the case of the later, every other playable character) this ability.

* TookALevelInBadass: See OneHitPointWonder.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sly and Murray.

* TookALevelInBadass: As per above.

* CallingYourAttacks: "THUNDER FLOOOOOP!"
* CarFu: With the Cooper Van.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sly and Bentley.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Sly makes it a rule to almost never steal from honest citizens as not only is it not fun or challenging, it is also immoral and wrong.

* StaticCharacter: A [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], positive flat-arc example. While he does slowly mature and begin valuing the brotherhood with his friends more with every game, most of the character development and change taken by his gang goes to Bentley and Murray, the former especially in his arc of learning to conquer his inhibitions. As such, Sly’s fundamental beliefs about himself and the world around him stay the same over the course of the series: he's still the same wisecracking and confident, yet honorable, master thief he was from the start.

* AntiHero: [DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Sly may be a thief, but he's a thief with a heart. He and his pals primarily steal from other crooks, and most of the people that they take on are criminals that are worse than they are, like murderers and drug dealers.

* AntiHero: Sly may be a thief, but he's a thief with a heart. He and his pals primarily steal from other crooks, and most of the people that they take on are criminals that are worse than they are, like murderers and drug dealers.

* NotSoDifferent: Sly makes this exchange with Carmelita in the comic, as since he primarily targets criminals and crime lords, they are technically on the same side. [[KnightTemplar Carmelita]], however, is quick to point out that since said criminals nonetheless steal the loot that Sly steals for himself, he's still breaking the law regardless.
** By ''Thieves in Time'', Carmelita begins to acknowledge that despite being on opposite sides, Sly still has a strong sense of justice like hers.

* NotSoDifferent:
** Dr M. points out that they both [[spoiler:play the same role in the Cooper Gang, a role for which Dr M. felt marginalized. Bentley, though, gives a ShutUpHannibal in response.]]
** And in the fourth game, [[spoiler:Penelope repeats this as the reason she betrayed the team. Bentley, once again, rejects the offer, citing Sly and Murray are the closest he had to a family]].

->'''Voiced by:''' Kevin Miller

->'''Voiced by:''' Matt Olsen

->'''Voiced by:''' Chris Murphy

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Penelope was the only female in the team for awhile. [[spoiler:However, she pulls a FaceHeelTurn, leaving the team as an all-male group again]].

* ChickMagnet: As pointed out by Bentley in the third game, females tend to flock for Sly. [[spoiler:Subverted with Neyla and Penelope, who flirt with Sly and are both evil]].

** He also expresses annoyance that the females tend to go for Sly, indicating that this is not the first time this has happened.

* AntiHero: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Sly may be a thief, but he's a thief with a heart. He and his pals primarily steal from other crooks, and most of the people that they take on are criminals that are worse than they are, like murderers and drug dealers.

* TurtlePower: A CrippledGenius turtle.

!!Murray

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* GentleGiant:
** Downplayed. While Murray starts as this and remains pretty nice to his friends, he gets more and more vicious as the series goes on. Especially notable in ''Honor Among Thieves'', where he was a total pacifist and wouldn't engage in a fight until Octavio kicked Bentley out of his wheelchair.

* GentleGiant: Subverted. While Murray starts as this and remains pretty nice to his friends, he gets more and more vicious as the series goes on.
** Oh, and let's not forget ''Honor Among Thieves''. [[spoiler:He was a total pacifist and wouldn't engage in a fight until Octavio kicked Bentley out of his wheelchair.]]

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