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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: In ''That Girls Got Characters'' she calls up the gumshoe in tears after coming in from the prison laundry, why? Because the laundry mixes colors with their whites in the same wash! Patty reacts to this like it's the worst torture imaginable, and she was just arrested less than a minute ago!

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: FauxHorrific: In ''That Girls Got Characters'' she calls up the gumshoe in tears after coming in from the prison laundry, why? Because the laundry mixes colors with their whites in the same wash! Patty reacts to this like it's the worst torture imaginable, and she was just arrested less than a minute ago!
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: In ''That Girls Got Characters'' she calls up the gumshoe in tears after coming in from the prison laundry, why? Because the laundry mixes colors with their whites in the same wash! Patty reacts to this like it's the worst torture imaginable, and she was just arrested less than a minute ago!
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* CryCute: Always cries when she's put in jail.
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* CryCute: Always cries when she's put in jail.
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* ConjoinedTwins: Subverted. Although they may look conjoined at a first glance, some episodes featuring Double Trouble show them in a scenario where it was obvious that they weren't conjoined.

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* ConjoinedTwins: Subverted. Although they may look conjoined at a first glance, some episodes featuring Double Trouble show them in a scenario where it was obvious that they weren't conjoined. And in some episodes, the reason why they rat out Carmen's location from jail is because they're upset that the warden wants to [[DontSplitUsUp put them in separate cells.]]

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%%* * EvilSmellsBad: He's a [[ThePigPen filthy]], stinky criminal.




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* WorkingThroughTheCold: He has a "permanent cold," presumably because his filth makes him germy, and his speech is always punctuated by disgusting sneezes and coughs. It doesn't stop him from trekking all over the globe committing crimes for Carmen, though.


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* StockAnimalDiet: His episodes are full of cheese jokes.
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* RummageSaleReject: See above, he always dresses horribly, often mixing and matching the colors of his shirts with his pants. His usual attire is a green with plaid criss-crossing black stripes three piece suit and pants with a pink undershirt.

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* RummageSaleReject: See above, he always dresses horribly, often mixing and matching the colors of his shirts with his pants. His usual attire is a plaid green suit with plaid criss-crossing black stripes three piece suit and pants with a pink interior, light blue slacks, pink shoes and a light green undershirt.
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* ThePigPen: Always has a dust cloud around him wherever he goes even when he isn't on his bike and is typically surrounded by flies. His thumbprint on his dossier is also ''very'' greasy. Comments by The Chief are constantly made by how dirty he is.
* UncleanlinessIsNextToUngodliness: By far the filthiest member of Carmen's gang. He also coughs and hacks throughout conversations with Carmen.



* HonestJohnsDealership: Has hints of this.

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* HonestJohnsDealership: Has hints One of this.his dossiers says he'd sell his own grandmother. Then it adds he ''did'' sell his own grandfather!



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* RummageSaleReject: See above, he always dresses horribly, often mixing and matching the colors of his shirts with his pants. His usual attire is a green with plaid criss-crossing black stripes three piece suit and pants with a pink undershirt.
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* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]

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* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]

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* ExcitedKidsShowHost: Downplayed; Greg was laid-back, and a bit of a goofball, but he wasn't really "zany".
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* ExcitedKidsShowHost: Downplayed; Greg was laid-back, laid back, and a bit of a goofball, but he wasn't really "zany".
%%* LargeHam* LargeHam: He was usually more of a straight man to the hammier Rockapella guys, but he certainly had his moments.



!!!Rockapella | Members: Sean Altman, Scott Leonard, Elliott Kerman, Barry Carl, Jeff Thacher

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!!!Rockapella | Members: !!!Rockapella
->Members:
Sean Altman, Scott Leonard, Elliott Kerman, Barry Carl, Jeff Thacher



* BassoProfundo: Barry Carl's voice is ''deep''. In one episode he delivers a clue via an opera solo.



* CoolShades: Both of them wear pairs of sunglasses.

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* CoolShades: Both of them wear pairs of sunglasses.



A one-armed pink blob from the planet of Roddenberry where they follow a religion centered on [[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carmen_Sandiego#Brazilian_Lingo_Sting_.5B3.23.5D plumbing devices]]. Able to use her nose as a vacuum. Debuted in Season 2.

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A one-armed pink blob from the planet of Roddenberry Roddenberry, where they follow a religion centered on [[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carmen_Sandiego#Brazilian_Lingo_Sting_.5B3.23.5D plumbing devices]]. Able to use her nose as a vacuum. Debuted in Season 2.



A teenage schoolgirl. Refers to Carmen as "[[HonoraryUncle Auntie Carmen]]." Her name is a pun of "petty larceny."

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A teenage schoolgirl. Refers to Carmen as "[[HonoraryUncle Auntie Carmen]]." Her name is a pun of on "petty larceny."



* GeniusDitz: Her personality is flighty, but she is also the top student in her class and very knowledgable about the world and history.



* GeniusDitz: Her personality is flighty, but she is also the top student in her class and very knowledgeable about the world and history.



* SmarterThanYouLook: One of the comments DaChief makes about her is that she's on the dean's list. You don't get on the dean's list unless you get good grades, also when she stole the hope diamond DaChief described her as 'brainy' she's probably one of the smartest ones in Carmen's gang but considering that one of the gang is DumbMuscle that's not exactly a high bar to clear. (She's also still in high school, 'Life Of Crime High' to be more specific)

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* SmarterThanYouLook: One of the comments DaChief makes about her is that she's on the dean's list. You don't get on the dean's list unless you get good grades, also grades. Also, when she stole the hope diamond Hope Diamond, DaChief described her as 'brainy' she's probably one of 'brainy.' She's quite possibly the smartest ones in member of Carmen's gang gang, but considering that one most of the gang is DumbMuscle DumbMuscle, that's not exactly a high bar to clear. (She's also still in high school, 'Life Of Crime High' to be more specific)specific.)



* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's disgusted when Carmen tells him that many universities used to refuse to allow female or colored students to be admitted, and praises Howard University for having always accepted anyone who wanted to learn.



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* MulticoloredHair



* EvilSmellsBad
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* ThePigPen
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* RoboSpeak

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* RoboSpeakRoboSpeak: Even his laugh is a robotic monotone.
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* DaChief: She's the chief Acme Crime Net. She can be serious when the situation demands it, and she keeps Greg in line.

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* DaChief: She's the chief of Acme Crime Net. She can be serious when the situation demands it, and she keeps Greg in line.
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** Lampshaded in some of the computer games as Carmen having a preference for hiring idiots.

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** Lampshaded in some of the computer games as Carmen having a preference soft spot for hiring idiots.those less talented than herself.
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* MsExposition: Whenever the gumshoes tracked the criminal of the week to a specific part of the world for the second round, the Chief would give them and the viewers some information about the place.


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* OnceAnEpisode: She would call Greg into her office to list the contest winners and/or offer the trip to the gumshoe that catches Carmen, give the gumshoes a briefing on whatever part of the world they visited in the second round and list some of the countries of whichever continent Carmen was hiding in.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: She can grow a tube-like nose and as many arms and legs as she wants. In her "normal" form, she's a round blob with eyes and a mouth that move around on her face.




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* PintSizedPowerhouse: Robocrook's dossier indicates he's just under four feet tall, but he's capable of carrying as much as anyone in Carmen's gang.
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* {{Troll}}: She occasionally does this to the Chief, mocking the Chief for not catching her or planting [[VisualPun spy bugs]] in the Chief's office.
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* UltimateJobSecurity: The Chief occasionally worried that she'd lose her job because ACME hadn't caught Carmen and offered the gumshoes a trip as extra incentive to catch her. She always kept her job, possibly because on her watch ACME saved hundreds of cultural and natural treasures and ''did'' catch Carmen dozens of times.
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!!!The Chief, Lynne Thigpen

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!!!The Chief, Lynne ThigpenCreator/LynneThigpen
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* CoolShades: She rarely takes them off. One instance of her eyes being shown is in "The Fat Lady Sings No More" when she steals Sydney Opera House.


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* CoolShades: Both of them wear pairs of sunglasses.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: While she often plays the StraightMan to Greg's antics, there are some shades of CloudCuckoolander in her. In the first season, at the end of the Photo Recon segments, she would often stray off-topic and relate a story about her childhood, or, in one episode, make shadow puppets on the screen.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: She's only a villain because she has a severe disorder, and is otherwise a NiceGirl.

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** Out of all of V.I.L.E's gang she's probably stolen the most loot and has gotten arrested the most. She's even stolen the atmospheric phenomenon responsible for the Northern Lights (using a giant magnet apparently).

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** Out The explanation given is that while a sweet person, Patty has kleptomania, an uncontrollable urge to steal. And it shows: out of all of V.I.L.E's gang she's probably stolen the most loot and has gotten arrested the most. She's even stolen the atmospheric phenomenon responsible for the Northern Lights (using a giant magnet apparently).


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* GeniusDitz: Her personality is flighty, but she is also the top student in her class and very knowledgable about the world and history.
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* TheDividual: As implied, they're the Twindividual type; they're twins, but they function as a unit and consequently are treated as a single criminal on the show.

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* TheDividual: As implied, they're the Twindividual type; they're twins, but they function as a unit and consequently are treated as share a single criminal profile on the show.



* SmarterThanYouLook: One of the comments DaChief makes about her is that she's on the dean's list. You don't get on the dean's list unless you get good grades, also when she stole the hope diamond DaChief described her as 'brainy' she's probably one of the smartest ones in Carmen's gang but considering that one of the gang is DumbMuscle that's not exactly a high bar to clear. (She's also still in High School, 'Life Of Crime High' to be more specific)
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly-Girl to Sarah Nade's (the only other teenage girl in the gang) Tomboy.

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* SmarterThanYouLook: One of the comments DaChief makes about her is that she's on the dean's list. You don't get on the dean's list unless you get good grades, also when she stole the hope diamond DaChief described her as 'brainy' she's probably one of the smartest ones in Carmen's gang but considering that one of the gang is DumbMuscle that's not exactly a high bar to clear. (She's also still in High School, high school, 'Life Of Crime High' to be more specific)
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly-Girl The girly-girl counterpart to Sarah Nade's (the Nade, a tomboy and the only other teenage girl in the gang) Tomboy.
Carmen's gang.



* KaleidoscopeHair: Her hair can change colors on its own, seemingly by magic.

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* KaleidoscopeHair: Her hair can change colors on its own, seemingly by way of magic.
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* ConjoinedTwins: Subverted. Although they may look conjoined at a first glance, some episodes featuring Double Trouble showed them in a scenario where it was obvious that they weren't conjoined.
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* ConjoinedTwins: Subverted. Although they may look conjoined at a first glance, some episodes featuring Double Trouble showed show them in a scenario where it was obvious that they weren't conjoined.
* TheDividualTheDividual: As implied, they're the Twindividual type; they're twins, but they function as a unit and consequently are treated as a single criminal on the show.
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* ExcitedKidsShowHost: Mostly averted; Greg was laid-back, and a bit of a goofball, but he wasn't really "zany".

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* ExcitedKidsShowHost: Mostly averted; Downplayed; Greg was laid-back, and a bit of a goofball, but he wasn't really "zany".



%% * DaChief: Well, duh.

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%% * DaChief: Well, duh.She's the chief Acme Crime Net. She can be serious when the situation demands it, and she keeps Greg in line.

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* ACappella: They're an a cappella group in real life and on the show, so they sing their songs unaccompanied.



* FinalSeasonCasting: Jeff Thatcher was added to Rockapella as the band's vocal percussionist in 1993. However, he wouldn't appear on the show proper until its final season in 1995.

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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: They all wear similar clothes that are distinguished by being different colors.
* FinalSeasonCasting: Jeff Thatcher Thacher was added to Rockapella as the band's vocal percussionist in 1993. However, he wouldn't appear on the show proper until its final season in 1995.


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* SixthRanger: Jeff Thacher, both in-universe and in real life, adding a fifth member to the group.
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*EvenEvilHasStandards: The episode "Danube-bee-doo-bee-duped" reveals that they would draw the line at grave-robbing.

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