History VideoGame / SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRAccoonus

* GreenEyedMonster: Clockwerk's motivation is that he is driven by envy and hatred of the Coopers [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter being more famous thieves than himself]]. [[UpToEleven So much so that he willingly turned himself into a robotic owl so he could live long enough to overtake their reputation]].

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[{{Tagline}} There's a new thief in town!]]]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures; The game is [[NintendoHard hard enough as is]], so it throws you a bone here and there.

* GreenEyedMonster: Clockwerk's motivation is that he is driven by jealousy and hatred of the Coopers [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter being more famous thieves than himself]]. [[UpToEleven So much so that he willingly turned himself into a robotic owl so he could live long enough to overtake their reputation]].

* PickupHierarchy: Treasure Keys are [[PlotCoupon Primary]], being the collectibles requires to progress through the levels and story. Bottles are Tertiary, as cracking any of the safes have no story impact and are collected for the neat little {{Signature Move}}s they could provide.

* GreenEyedMonster: Clockwerk's motivation is that he is driven by jealously and hatred of the Coopers [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter being more famous thieves than himself]]. [[UpToEleven So much so that he willingly turned himself into a robotic owl so he could live long enough to overtake their reputation]].

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Name of the level "Flaming Temple of Flame."

* EffortlessAchievement: "Sucker Punched!" from ''The Sly Collection''. You just need to boot up the game to receive this bronze trophy.

* LawOfOneHundred: Collect 100 coins to get a horseshoe. If you have one horseshoe, your horseshoe will turn gold, denoting that you can take three hits before dying. If you already have a gold horseshoe, you'll get an extra life. If you have [[{{Cap}} 99 lives]] and a gold horseshoe, you won't be able to collect any coins; they will also cap at 99.

* OminousOwl: Clockwerk, an immortal, mechanical owl who is determined to eliminate the Cooper line and overtake their thieving reputation.

* StupidityIsTheOnlyOption: Towards the end of the game, [[spoiler:[[ContinuityNod and again in the fourth game,]]]] Sly finds Carmelita, trapped in the [[BigBad Big Bad's]] lair. Despite Bentley mentioning that it's an obvious trap, the plot will only progress when Sly tries to rescue her.

* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: The title up on top of the page says it all.

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[[caption-width-right:251:There's a new thief in town!]]

* DummiedOut: In addition to the normal stages' developer commentaries, [[https://tcrf.net/Sly_Cooper_and_the_Thievius_Raccoonus#Unused_Developer_Commentary dev commentary tracks exist for every minigame stage in the game and every stage of the last world except for the final boss's level]], but since none of those levels have [[TimeTrial Master Thief Sprints]], it's impossible to hear their dev commentaries without hacking.

** Murray is not the LargeHam BloodKnight "The Murray" he would become from the second game onwards, being more of an example of TheLoad who was just there to drive the gang around. His role was also much smaller

** Murray is not the LargeHam BloodKnight "The Murray" he would become from the second game onwards, being more of an example of TheLoad who was just there to drive the gang around.

The first game of the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' series, released in 2002 and 2003 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 console. Also known as ''Sly Raccoon'' in European and Australian territories.

** Sly is the character you play as for roughly 95% of the game; Murray is only playable during the racing minigames, Bentley gets one hacking stage to play, [[spoiler:and you get to shoot enemies as Carmelita in one stage near the endgame]]. Compare that to the sequels, which include all of the Cooper Gang, as well as a slew of other characters, to play as.

** New moves are found by reclaiming ''Thievius Raccoonus'' pages instead of being bought off [=ThiefNet=] with coins, which themselves are only used to grant horseshoes and extra lives.

** The games soundtrack has a more techno vibe to it when compared to the smooth, jazzy beats of the later games.

* ExpressiveHealthBar: The main bosses, as their health gets lower and lower, their faces goes from angry to worried to eventually, bruised and beaten up.

* LovableCoward: Murray

* RunningGag: Every time you beat a boss and Carmelita arrests them, the headlines of the newspaper make a crack about how attractive she is, referring to her as "Hot Stuff With Badge", "Hot Chick With Gun", or the like. Similarly, the top-right of the paper always reads "Dude! That's [blank]!"

* SequelHook: See TheEndOrIsIt.

-->'''Bentley:''' To land safely upon small points, leapeth lively and press the triggering device with a round geometrical object emblazoned upon it.\\

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: A couple of the Thievius Raccoonus pages are required for Sly to do ridiculously trivial and specific things, like rolling and swimming. The rest of the books benefits are specific enough to avert this, though. However, you’ll have to beat the game to get the last one- Clockwerk was able to write the last code himself and Bentley won’t be able to translate it until he’s been defeated.

The first game of the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' series, released in 2002. [[note]]Known as ''Sly Raccoon'' to Europeans and Australians.[[/note]].

Sly must recover his family's "Thievius Raccoonus", a book listing all the special thieving skills his family has collected over several centuries, which was stolen by a rival gang, the Fiendish Five, led by Clockwerk. Meanwhile, Sly and his gang must keep ahead of Interpol Inspector [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Carmelita Montoya Fox]], who promises to one day capture Sly and put him away for his crimes.

* BigBad: While every chapter has one, the game's BigBad is Clockwerk.
* BigOMG: Bently belts one out in "Descent into Danger" when he first sees the body part-laden waterfall.

** The games story is very simplistic and lighthearted with only one major twist at the end. In contrast the sequels go for much bigger stories, a darker tone and more twists before the endgame.

* EffortlessAchievement: "Sucker Punched!" from The Sly Collection. You just need to boot up the game to receive this bronze trophy.

* OneHitPointWonder: Sly, as well as the mooks, die after one hit. Sly can collect up to two extra in the form of silver and gold horseshoes by collecting 100 coins.

* BubblegloopSwamp: Haiti.

* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: A couple of the Thievius Raccoonus pages are required for Sly to do ridiculously trivial and specific things, like rolling and swimming. The rest of the books benefits are specific enough to avert this, though. However, you’ll have to beat the game to get the last one- Clockwerk was able to write it himself and Bentley won’t be able to translate it until he’s been defeated.