History Awesome / CarmenSandiego

* Upon obtaining the GoldenEnding for "To Steal or Not To Steal", there's a bonus video of the entire cast singing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skce_7aeSYo their own version]] of Rockapella's "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego". It is a glorious from one iteration of Carmen to another.

* As reckless as the man can be, you have to admire him for chasing Carmen on the rooftops of Poitiers, following her train in a smashed-up car, and refusing to give up. Even Carmen is impressed. Or you can shake your head like Julie, who wants to call for backup but provides sensible answers when Chase asks. Or alternate between admiring Chase for his persistence and shaking your head at him for his recklessness.

* Chase shows that he actually has deduction skills that would put ACME to shame; with just a few clues from his job in going through files at Interpol he was able to locate VILE's headquarters. For reference, The Chief has been searching for ''twenty years''. A shame that he arrived after said headquarters was detonated though.

* Gray managing to corner Carmen in the train and hold her at gunpoint. The fact that she claims she wanted to talk to him doesn't undermine that he does catch her by surprise.

* [[BatmanGambit Building Carmen's tendency to follow them around to make her part of their plan to pollute Aboriginal Land.]] In fact, the execution was almost flawless if they'd just stuck around the rocket for 2 more seconds.

* Paper Star is probably the most legitimate threat to Carmen outside of V.I.L.E. leadership. While Carmen ultimately defeats her, she still gains a partial victory by stealing Chase's ACME keycard. Her RefugeInAudacity in skipping into the staff chambers, and her unbridled glee on revealing the card to her teachers, make them pause.

* Lady Dokuso one-ups Shadow-san by being prepared enough to poison said chopsticks.

* Carmen's planned to hacked ACME computer.

** Lady Dokuso one-ups him by being prepared enough to poison said chopsticks.

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** Lady Daisho one-ups him by being prepared enough to poison said chopsticks.

* A villainous one for Roundabout, who manage to become a member of the British Secret Service, but was able to close down shop before either Carmen or ACME could step in. This impresses the faculty enough that they elected to him to take Shadow-san place.

* A villainous one for Roundabout, who manage to become a member of Britain secret service, but was able to close down shop before either Carmen or ACME could step in. This impresses the faculty enough that they elected to him to take Shadow-san place.

* A villainous one for Roundabout, who manage to become a member of Britain secret service, but was able to close down shop before either Carmen or ACME could step in. this impress the faculty enough that they elected to him to take Shadow-san place.

* How did Player meet a young Carmen? By going through ''27 layers'' of encryption from V.I.L.E. And, given the timeline, he was about 12 at best.

* His disguise as a Duke for the caper, keeping it together despite having 24 hours of training.

!! Shadow-san
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* When fighting against La Chevre and El Topo, both of them wielding swords, he effortlessly dodges every stroke before grabbing a shield and disarming them. He then makes them surrender by pointing two swords at them.

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* The fact that Shadow-san the whole time was trying to keep Carmen from going down the path of a thief because he was worried about her throwing her life away. This was despite the fact that to ever get off the island, she'd need to become a V.I.L.E. agent, and while on the shores she'd be influenced. While he obviously didn't intend for her to defect and cause V.I.L.E. to target her, he did succeed in convincing her to choose another path.

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* Shadow-san fights off against Dash Haber who uses his remote-controlled hat to take him down. Unlike Carmen, who had to tether it with a grappling hook to make it stay still, Shadow-san grabs it, embeds it to the wall and Dash has to retreat when he finds that it won't budge.
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* He actually manages to cut off a lady in a red coat with brown hair on snowmobile in "The Vermeer Caper" with some quick thinking. It's his bad luck that it wasn't Carmen, but Ivy as a decoy. On the other hand, it gets him out of the Countess's dinner before the Janitors can knock him out.

* His EstablishingCharacterMoment of going through ''27 layers'' of encryption for a kid who is about 12 at best.

* Mime Bomb, who had up until now had been seen as creepy comic relief, proves himself to be a cunning and resourceful thief. First, he steals a valuable postage stamp worth 10 million dollars. He hides the stamp in a Lucky Cat piggy bank that he uses in his street performer act, intending to pass it on the Tigress. Upon realizing that Carmen is watching him, he dupes Carmen by placing the Lucky Cat piggy bank in a store that sells Lucky Cats...only to reveal that he took the stamp with him before placing the Lucky Cat in the store. Immediately afterwards, he is captured by Chase and Julia. So how does he hide the stamp while still keeping it nearby? He hides it in ''[[RightUnderTheirNoses Chase's coat pocket]]'', knowing Chase will follow him.

!! Carmen

* His disguise as a Duke for the "Duke of Vermeer" caper, keeping it together despite having 24 hours of training.
* He was able to get El Topo to leave in "The Opera in the Outback" Caper by making up a story that the [[ItMakesSenseInContext subliminal opera music]] was making the dingos go crazy and mauled "some French guy" (Le Chevre). El Topo [[CrazyEnoughToWork believes him]].

* Ivy climbs all the way up to the top of a space shuttle tower to stop the countdown.

* In "The Chasing Paper Caper," he remembers the Chief's admonishment to make sure that when he corners Carmen that he doesn't catch another copycat. Then he and Julia in an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome find Carmen on the train where she's trailing Paper Star, and he recognizes her in her lighter street garb. Carmen gives him a WorthyOpponent smile as he sits in her compartment and claims he's not letting her get away on a train again. She does, because she's Carmen, but it's a step up from when they previously met face-to-face.
* In the Season 1 finale, he isn't able to hold out completely, but he does manage to resist V.I.L.E.'s mind probe tech for a good while by scream-singing the French national anthem. Coach Brunt taunts him with the implicit warning of permanent brain damage if the device stays on him much longer, which Chase responds to by just ''singing louder.''

* Also, the fact that Shadow-san the whole time was trying to keep Carmen from going down the path of a thief because he was worried about her throwing her life away. This was despite the fact that to ever get off the island, she'd need to become a V.I.L.E. agent, and while on the shores she'd be influenced. While he obviously didn't intend for her to defect and cause V.I.L.E. to target her, he did succeed in convincing her to choose another path.

* Mime Bomb steals a valuable postage stamp but is captured by Chase and Julia. How does he hide the stamp while still keeping it nearby? He hides it in ''[[RightUnderTheirNoses Chase's coat pocket]]'', knowing Chase will follow him.
** Earlier, he dupes Carmen by pretending to place the Lucky Cat piggy bank in a store that sells Lucky Cats...only to reveal that he kept the stamp with him before placing it in Chase's coat pocket.

** Glen Manalo, one of show's background artists, [[https://www.deviantart.com/hermit-homeboy/journal/Carmen-Sandiego-on-January-18-780332896 embraces]] the Kim Possible comparisons, imply that his [[PromotedFanboy fandom love]] for the Disney series influenced his work on Carmen Sandiego.

* In "The Chasing Paper Caper," he remembers the Chief's admonishment to make sure that when he corners Carmen that he doesn't catch another copycat. Then he and Julia in an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome find Carmen on the train where she's trailing Paper Star, and he recognizes her in her lighter street garb. Carmen gives him a WorthyOpponent smile as he sits in her compartment and claims he's not letting her get away on a train again. She does, beacuse she's Carmen, but it's a step up from when they previously met face-to-face.

* She has a conversation with Carmen unknowingly when Carmen is tailing Paper Star. Her genuine desire for some respect from Chase, as well as her NotSoDifferent love of travel and history that she shares with Carmen, is enough to convince Carmen to leave the stolen Magna Carta documents with Julia. As she puts it, "They're in good hands now."

* She is much more competent than Chase, finding the Eye of Vishnu and proof that the apartment in the pilot belongs to a laundering company for thieves -- that is, V.I.L.E. Considering that the Janitors tend to clean up any evidence, the fact that Julie managed to get it under Interpol wraps is amazing.

* Paper Star is probably the most legitimate threat to Carmen outside of V.I.L.E. leadership. While Carmen ultimately defeats her, she still gains a partial victory by stealing Chase's ACME keycard.

* Carmen's pickpocket test, shown in the season finale, has her frantically going through every pocket on Shadow-san's coat, so fast that he can barely keep up. Furthermore, he's deliberately trying to fail her. Were it not for the fact that he rigged the test, she would have passed in spite of his best efforts.

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