History YMMV / Sly2BandOfThieves

** Same applies to Neyla, who is rather beautiful despite [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder her tendency to betray people]].

** Carmelita and Neyla BickerLikeAnOldMarriedCouple up until [[spoiler:Neyla betrays Carmelita]].

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** The Contessa counts, but not so much in the role that Dimitri has. The Contessa has been known for her surprising sex appeal and for being a great enemy of Sly Cooper. [[FoeYay Her interactions with]] [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Carmelita also helped.]]

* FoeYay: Carmelita and the Contessa have a bit of this in "A Tangled Web", until Bentley breaks her out.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: [[BigBad Neyla]]]] crosses it with their betrayal of the Cooper Gang and Carmelita at the end of Episode 3.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Were the ghosts in "Ghost Capture" the Evil Wolf Priestess' otherworldly minions -- having been sealed along with her corpse before you unleashed them -- or were they her ''victims'' and desecrating her grave set them free? If they're the former, then why don't they do anything besides float around? If they're the latter, then doesn't capturing them and using their tortured souls as smoke for Neyla's proverbial wasp-nest make ''you'' the bad guy?

* DracoInLeatherPants: [[spoiler: Neyla]] is an odd example. On the one hand, few if any fans try to defend their actions or claim they are anything other than a vile, nasty person, but there are a surprisingly large number of fan characters floating around whose description can be boiled down to [[spoiler: [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute "Neyla,]]]] [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute but not evil"]] (bonus points for usually being a LongLostRelative, as well).

** "Blow the Dam" in Episode 3 is a turret section, but with the complication that you're in a constantly moving helicopter that can only fire in bursts before potentially overheating. You spend 90% of the mission shooting the enemy helicopters protecting the dam instead of the dam itself. Said helicopters are blue-grey and occasionally fire missiles trailing dark brown smoke that take a fifth of your health. All of this against a grey-green sky and dark grey mountains, rendering most enemies hard to spot.

** Arpeggio was the mastermind behind everything the villains did to be reborn through Clockwerk. Many had hoped he would [[spoiler:become Clockwerk and fight the Cooper gang over his newfound immortality and freedom. Instead, Neyla backstabs him and ''kills him'' before Sly and the gang could even fight him.]]
** Similarly, despite the whole plot revolving around rebuilding Clockwerk, he himself is never resurrected, with his body being used for this game's BigBad's attempt at rebirth. [[spoiler: And then the his hate chip's destruction stops any future chance of him coming back]]. Given Clockwerk is easily Sly's most personal foe and only briefly met him in the previous game, it's kind of a shame that such a clear opportunity to have them face again isn't followed through on.

** The Water Bug mission in Episode 3 requires you to find pools of water to deliver the bug without getting hit once, otherwise you need to start over. It can be very difficult to navigate the jungle for first-time players, plus the game puts obstacles (like lasers) in the way specifically to mess with you.
** The Dam mission in Episode 3. Your turret can only fire in bursts and is constantly moving since it's on a swaying platform. You spend 90% of the mission shooting the enemy helicopters instead of the Dam. Said helicopters are blue-grey and occasionally fire missiles trailing dark brown smoke that take a fifth of your health. All of this against a grey-green sky and dark grey mountains, rendering most enemies hard to spot.

** Dimitri became a huge fan-favorite so much that he appeared in the next game, with a major role to boot.

** The Water Bug mission in Episode 3. Once you know where all the pools of water are, it's a lot easier, but it essentially turns the jungle into a maze for first time players. Oh, and you can't get hit at all during the mission, or you'll have to start over. This includes the lasers in the final section. It is possible to skip most enemies and rush to the end by going to the first pool, climbing a nearby vine to reach the large palace pool, and then [[ItMakesSenseInContext using the lily pads in it to reach the giant stone tusk next to the goal and bounce up to the door with the mushroom there]], but it may take a few tries.

** The Contessa's levels (Episode 4 and Episode 5) are a real pain-in-the-neck. You spend the first three missions as weak techno-wizard Bentley -- before you can spring Sly. With the exception of getting Murray out, Sly's missions are long and painful. At least the Operation: Trojan Tank is not as NintendoHard as the rest of the level.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: [[BigBad Neyla]]]] crosses it when [[spoiler: she betrays and kills Arpeggio and [[GrandTheftMe possesses]] Clockwerk, becoming Clock-La]]. If the betrayal of the Cooper Gang and Carmelita at the end of Episode 3 was not considered crossing the [=MEH=], this is it.

* CatharsisFactor: After hearing Rajan refer to Murray as "weak", it's really satisfying that you defeat Rajan by having Murray beat him into a pulp.

* CriticalResearchFailure: According to Bentley, tigers have an aversion to water, which is used against Rajan, which is obviously wrong. It gets even more confusing considering that this is coming from Bentley, of all people.

* MostWonderfulSound: Dimitri's scream when Sly told him his suit sucks. It's not just great to listen to, but really funny.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Bentley recounts that the Contessa married a general and poisoned him a few weeks after the wedding so she could get his estate and privileges and then turn to use her newfound power for selfish intent. [[VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime We later learn that]] Bentley's [[spoiler:ex-girlfriend Penelope]] is also a cold-hearted GoldDigger who's after his potential for money and power.

* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: After defeating Jean Bison, if you enter the safe house during the race to catch the blimp, instead of making you have to replay the Lumberjack games and fight Bison again or automatically taking you to the race mission when you exit the safe house, the missions all disappear forever and you are left stuck in the level unable to progress to Arpeggio's blimp.

* UnwinnableByInsanity: After defeating Jean Bison, if you enter the safe house during the race to catch the blimp, instead of making you have to replay the Lumberjack games and fight Bison again or automatically taking you to the race mission when you exit the safe house, the missions all disappear forever and you are left stuck in the level unable to progress to Arpeggio's blimp.

** The Contessa has a surprising amount of sex appeal.
** Same applies to Neyla, who is rather beautiful despite her tendency to betray people.

* GoodBadBugs: If you enter the "restart current level" cheat, immediately unpause and trigger a loading screen (such as entering an interior), the cheat activates during the loading screen and loads a unique version of the map you're in. You're sent either to the safe house (if done outdoors) or to the entrance (if done indoors), but the game loads a version of the map that includes many mission-exclusive things in it (for example, Rajan's 2nd level is flooded). The exact changes depend on the level and range from "barely noticeable" to "unplayable"[[note]]Countessa's prison loads the prison-adjusted height limit from the level's operation, meaning the level is filled with invisible fall damage triggers that prevent almost all exploration[[/note]], but some can be quite amusing or interesting - for example, if done in India #1, the door to Rajan's dance floor is unlocked, allowing the player to explore it.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Arpeggio was the mastermind behind everything the villains did to be reborn through Clockwerk. Many had hoped he would [[spoiler:become Clockwerk and fight the Cooper gang over his newfound immortality and freedom. Instead, Neyla backstabs him and ''kills him'' before Sly and the gang could even fight him.]]

* EvilIsSexy: The Contessa has a surprising amount of sex appeal.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Were the ghosts in "Ghost Capture" the Evil Wolf Priestess' otherworldly minions -- having been sealed along with her corpse before you unleashed them -- or were they her ''victims'' and desecrating her grave set them free? If they're the former, then why don't they do anything besides float around? If they're the later, then doesn't capturing them and using their tortured souls as smoke for Neyla's proverbial wasp-nest make ''you'' the bad guy?
* AntiClimaxBoss: Downplayed with the final outing with [[spoiler:Clock-La.]] The first half of it is often seen as a weak fight overall as it consists of Sly shooting at [[spoiler:her]] and avoiding her attacks, often seen as a poor man’s Clockwerk fight from the first game. The second half, however, [[BestBossEver is the opposite]] as you paraglide to save your friends and [[spoiler:successfully get the hate chip.]]

** There are less vaults that are limited to one each episode instead of several per episode.

* BreatherBoss: Compared to the other bosses (or heck, [[ThatOneLevel her own level]]), The Contessa is a piece of cake. Her attacks are all slow, weak and pretty easily dodged. Even after she [[spoiler:starts using the Clockwerk eyes on you]], it's quite possible to end the fight without taking a single hit.
* BreatherLevel: Most of the missions in Episode 6 are short and simple, a much appreciated break after the numerous difficult missions in Episode 3 and nearly the entirety of the Contessa's levels as noted in ThatOneLevel. This reflects story wise as well, being the first time since Episode 2 where the Operation goes off more or less exactly as planned, [[spoiler:Neyla's]] interferencce only being a slight hiccup that Bentley easily takes care of. This provides a moment of relaxation for the gang before Episode 7 [[spoiler:where they lose all the Clockwerk parts]].

* CriticalResearchFailure: According to Bentley, tigers have an aversion to water which is used against Rajan, which is obviously wrong. It gets even more confusing considering that this is coming from Bentley of all people.
* DemonicSpiders: Do not ever try to take a flashlight guard head on, especially if your health is low (unless you're Murray, who can reasonably beat them without taking much damage). This includes Carmelita when she's patrolling in the field (she can't be damaged at all, [[GoodBadBugs but if she is hit by a train while standing on an elevated part of the track, she might get caught in an endless loop of jumping back on the tracks and falling off]]).

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Bentley recounts that the Contessa married a general and poisoned him a few weeks after the wedding so she could get his estate and privileges, and then turn to use her newfound power for selfish intent. [[VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime We later learn that]] Bentley's [[spoiler:ex-girlfriend Penelope]] is also a cold-hearted GoldDigger who's after his potential for money and power.

* GoodBadBugs: If you enter the "restart current level" cheat, immediately unpause and trigger a loading screen (such as entering an interior), the cheat activates during the loading screen and loads an unique version of the map you're in. You're sent either to the safehouse (if done outdoors) or to the entrance (if done indoors), but the game loads a version of the map that includes many mission-exclusive things in it (for example, Rajan's 2nd level is flooded). The exact changes depend on the level and range from "barely noticeable" to "unplayable"[[note]]Countessa's prison loads the prison-adjusted height limit from the level's operation, meaning the level is filled with invisible fall damage triggers that prevent almost all exploration[[/note]], but some can be quite amusing or interesting - for example, if done in India #1, the door to Rajan's dance floor is unlocked, allowing the player to explore it.

** The use of spice as a [[GRatedDrug substitute]] of drugs becomes uncomfortable due to the Legal High craze which became an epidemic in certain countries such as the UK in the 2010's.
** The Contessa being a CorruptCop who commits crimes such as abuse of prisoners gets a lot more difficult to look at with the slew of police brutality scandals that occured in the 2010's.

** Carmelita's voice acting can leave a lot to be desired sometimes, such as in [[spoiler:"A Tangled Web", where she's being tortured by the Contessa, and she's supposed to be struggling against the hypnosis]], but it comes off more like she's mildly annoyed at the situation at best.
** [[spoiler: The resurrection of Clockwerk via Neyla fusing with it would be more intimidating if she didn’t name herself ''Clock-La'' immediately after]]. Really does takes the menace out of that scene.
* PlayerPunch: [[spoiler: At the very moment of the Gang's victory over Clock-la, Bentley being crushed by Clock-La's closing beak and rendering him in a wheelchair; particularly because the last action you get to do before the ending cutscenes is getting Bentley to grab the Hate Chip. No matter how hard you mash the buttons as Murray, it's all in vain. Made worse when Bentley tearfully cries, "Pick me up! I can't walk!"]]

** Rajan, who has an absolutely massive health (even though you are playing as Murray, your attacks still do little damage to him), has damaging attacks (which are also hard to avoid due to Murray's size and slow speed), and summons goons to help him fight which also do a lot of damage if they hit you.

** The Water Bug mission in Episode 3. Once you know where all the pools of water are, it's a lot easier but it essentially turns the jungle into a maze for first time players. Oh and you can't get hit at all during the mission, or you'll have to start over. This includes the lasers in the final section. It is possible to skip most enemies and rush to the end by going to the first pool, climbing a nearby vine to reach the large palace pool, and then [[ItMakesSenseInContext using the lilypads in it to reach the giant stone tusk next to the goal and bounce up to the door with the mushroom there]], but it may take a few tries.
** The Dam mission in Episode 3. Your turret can only fire in bursts and is constantly moving since it's on a swaying platform. You spend 90% of the mission shooting the enemy helicopters instead of the Dam. Said helicopters are blue-grey and occasionally fire missiles trailing dark brown smoke that take a fifth of your health. All of this against a grey-green sky and dark grey mountains rendering most enemies hard to spot.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Arpeggio was the mastermind behind everything the villains did in an attempt to be reborn through Clockwerk. Many had hoped he would [[spoiler:become Clockwerk and fight the Cooper gang over his newfound immortality and freedom. Instead, Neyla backstabs him and ''kills him'' before Sly and the gang could even fight him.]]

* ValuesDissonance: In Episode 3, one job has the Gang steal a genuine Indian ruby from the temple and sell it to the black market to get an explosive for the heist of that level. In the 2010's, such a blatant selling of a cultural treasure of any nation to the black market would be impossible to depict in a positive light.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Even when unlocking TOM, it can surprise fans of Creator/{{Toonami}}.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Where the ghosts in "Ghost Capture" the Evil Wolf Priestess' otherworldly minions -- having been sealed along with her corpse before you unleashed them -- or were they her ''victims'' and desecrating her grave set them free? If they're the former, then why don't they do anything besides float around? If they're the later, then doesn't capturing them and using their tortured souls as smoke for Neyla's proverbial wasp-nest make ''you'' the bad guy?

** Taking the Contessa after all the suffering the Cooper Gang endured at her claws as Sly.
** And then there's Bentley's fight with Jean Bison, where he trick him walking into traps, repeatedly, especially after the latter insulted Bentley's intelligence prior.

** As is Bentley's fight with Jean Bison, where he trick him walking into traps, repeatedly, especially after the latter insulted Bentley's intelligence prior.

* BrokenAesop: The second Jean Bison level has the gang destroy oil wells and making them explode in order to cheat which is in stark contrast to the environmental message. This is especially egregious, because unlike Jean Bison, who is still following the mindset of the 1800's, the gang is doing it for an incredibly minor reason.

* HarsherInHindsight: The use of spice as a [[GRatedDrug substitute]] of drugs becomes uncomfortable due to the Legal High craze which became an epidemic in certain countries such as the UK in the 2010's.

*** Even funnier that Carmelita is an officer that voiced by a Jessica Alba soundalike and 15 years after the game, Jessica Alba plays an officer in ''L.A.'s Finest''.

* BreatherLevel: Most of the missions in Episode 6 are short and simple, a much appreciated break after the numerous difficult missions in Episode 3 and nearly the entirety of the Contessa's levels as noted in ThatOneLevel. This reflects story wise as well, being the first time since Episode 2 where the Operation goes off more or less exactly as planned, [[spoiler:Neyla's]] interferencce only being a slight hiccup that Bentley easily takes care of.

* MagnificentBastard:
** Arpeggio’s plan to be born anew with Clockwerk, which involved Rajan selling spices to Dimitri who would, in return, serve at his nightclub and would be hypnotized by the Contessa into thinking about pure hate all while the northern lights supplied by Jean Bison will spread that hate all across the world. In the process he managed to get the Cooper gang to steal the parts from them so Bison could then sell them back to Arpeggio so he could rebuild Clockwerk... and he ''succeeded'', [[spoiler:for the most part.]]