History Characters / WhereOnEarthIsCarmenSandiego

* ReusedCharacterDesign: Bears more than a passing resemblance to Dee Tritus from "Hot Ice".

* EvilIsHammy: This is a given when your voice actor is Creator/TimCurry. His play-by-play of his plan to steal the ''UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic'' wreckage in the past is a standout.

%%!!Judge R.B. Traitor

The only ACME Detective to have ever successfully captured Carmen Sandiego. He starts out as Ivy's replacement partner while Zack is occupied at the Pentagon, but his obsession with catching Carmen on his own strains their partnership. [[spoiler:Eventually, he succeeds, only to reveal that he wants to make a FaceHeelTurn and work under Carmen, but she soon rejects him for being too reckless and impulsive, as well as being more interested in the profit aspect of crime than the brain work. This causes him to ditch her too and go solo, proving himself as a major threat against both groups.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Oh, is he ever. To name one example, he trips Ivy when she tries to go for Carmen alongside him, and then blames her for Carmen's subsequent escape.

* MeaningfulName: Unlike the usual character in this franchise, his name doesn't have an obvious reference or play on words. However, "Jordan" is a Hebrew unisex name which roughly means "to flow downwards" or "to descend", [[spoiler:serving as a foreshadowing of his eventual [[FaceHeelTurn Face-Heel Turn]] (ie. "falling from grace")]].

!!Dr. Gunnar Maelstrom
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carmensandiegoearth_maelstrom.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Behold the most ruthless, dangerous thief ACME ever busted, as he appears now (top) and how he was ten years before that (bottom).]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TimCurry

A marine archaeologist-[[FaceHeelTurn turned-thief]] that Carmen and The Chief captured ten years before the events of the show. He breaks out of jail and seeks to exact revenge on Carmen.

* EvilIsHammy: This is a given when your voice actor is Creator/TimCurry.

!!Malcolm Avalon
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carmensandiegoearth_malcolmavalon.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Carmen Sandiego is a thief. It would take a lot more than [[OrphansPlotTrinket this locket]] to prove she escaped from the fire that night, almost 30 years ago."'']]

A millionaire industrialist and widower living in Buenos Aires who lost his wife and daughter to a hotel fire in San Francisco close to three decades before the events of the show. Carmen hits up his home for a heist, but in the process spots a portrait of his late wife, who looks just like the woman she always believed to be her mother.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: When first introduced, he sniffs the floor around him for a few seconds and then lies down for a nap. But as soon as the C5 Corridor opens, he jumps up and leaps right in, staying active and chasing trails with vigor... until he jumps into Zack's arms when they're forced to trek a mile through snow.

[[caption-width-right:350:Claire (left) and Cora (right).]]

* GlassShatteringSound: When they steal Leora Vincent's opera voice, Clair is able to shatter a mirror with it.

* TokenMinority: The girl has darker skin than the two boys.

!!Josha

!!Suhara

!!Billy

!!Professor Sarah Bellum

* EvilGenius: Carmen's main technical expert, responsible for creating all of the gadgets and vehicles she uses in her heists.
* EasilyForgiven: In [[spoiler:"When It Rains", she commits a series of violent and destructive crimes disguised as Carmen so that if her plans fail, Carmen would take the blame]]. Later on, in "Follow My Footprints", she's back in V.I.L.E.'s ranks as if nothing happened.
* GogglesDoNothing
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: A professor, although it's not specified what she specializes in (although one could guess it might be engineering and/or robotics).
* MeaningfulName: Cerebellum, alluding to her intelligence and ability to coordinate the more advanced machinery that V.I.L.E. uses.
* ASinisterClue: Left-handed, [[spoiler:which gives her away as an impostor of Carmen]].
* TheStarscream: In "[[spoiler:When It Rains]]".

!!Frank M. Poster

* GuestStarPartyMember: Begins as this, before [[spoiler:joining V.I.L.E.]]

* KnightOfCerebus: Even while he's working with Ivy, something always seems off about him, as he's very easy to anger and berates Ivy for his own mistakes. Not to mention he, at one point, openly starts overloading the Player with stuff to research out of frustration while tracking down Carmen. [[spoiler:And unlike Carmen, he plays for keeps and has no qualms about collateral damage to innocent bystanders, going as far as trying to '''KILL''' Zack and Ivy not seconds after he turns coat to V.I.L.E., and Carmen is naturally not happy about it.]]

!!Al Loy

A metallurgist and member of V.I.L.E.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: He's never seen doing anything metallurgy-related; it's likely his stated profession is only in reference to his PunnyName.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Played unabashedly straight in the more serious episodes. There's no denying that he misses Carmen's days as a detective greatly, and if ''Follow My Footprints'' is any indication, he can't bear the thought of her [[spoiler:dying in action, and is more than happy to see she's fine.]] Thankfully for him, Carmen returns the feeling multiple times and misses him as well.

* HiddenDepths: "''Follow My Footprints''" indicates he feels personally guilty over Carmen's [[FaceHeelTurn Face-Heel Turn]], even telling Zack and Ivy he wonders what he did wrong.

* {{Narrator}}: With the exception of "A Date with Carmen", he delivers the {{Previously On}}[[BuffySpeak 's]] at the start of episodes that have them.

* TheWonka: Eccentric? Definitely. Leader? Obviously.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: She may steal everything that isn't nailed down (and more than a few things that ''are''), but she almost never intends to keep what she takes, and she doesn't engage in wanton violence or destruction like Maelstrom, [[spoiler:Sara Bellum]], or [[spoiler:Lee Jordan]].

* [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys Where Does She Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]: You can't help but wonder this when you see all of the different aircrafts, ground vehicles, and infiltration tools she uses in her thefts. Carmen herself thought the same of Dr. Maelstrom ten years prior, and most likely picked it up from him.
** There IS an explanation, however, since this Carmen is explicitly stated to have a scientific supervisor in the form of V.I.L.E. operative [[EvilGenius Professor Sarah Bellum]].

!!Professor Sara Bellum

* TheSouthpaw: Left-handed, [[spoiler:which gives her away as an impostor of Carmen]].

The only ACME Detective to have ever successfully captured Carmen Sandiego. He starts out as Ivy's replacement partner while Zack is occupied at the Pentagon, but his obsession with catching Carmen on his own strains their partnership. [[spoiler:Eventually, he succeeds, only to reveal that he wants to make a FaceHeelTurn and work under Carmen, but she too rejects him for being too reckless and impulsive, and for wanting profit over brain work. This causes him to ditch her too and go solo, proving himself as a major threat against both groups.]]

!!Sara Bellum

* EasilyForgiven: In [[spoiler:"When It Rains", she commits a series of violent and destructive crimes disguised as Carmen so that if her plans fail, Carmen would take the blame]]. Later on, in "Follow My Footprints", she's back in V.I.L.E.'s ranks like nothing ever happened.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate

* AmoralAttorney: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While he is a member of V.I.L.E., he is never shown engaging in any thefts, instead limiting himself to, well, law-related things, like rattling off Carmen's will when she is presumed dead or attempting to represent her when she gets taken by R.B. Traitior.

* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted|Trope}}. He shares a first name with Lee Jordan.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Her intense superstition is more than a little frustrating for Carmen, but she keeps Hannah because she is very skilled with alarms.

The only ACME Detective to have ever successfully captured Carmen Sandiego. He starts out as Ivy's replacement partner while Zack is occupied at the Pentagon, but his obsession with catching Carmen on his own strains their partnership. [[spoiler:Eventually, he succeeds, only to reveal that he wants to make a FaceHeelTurn and work under Carmen.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Some of his interactions with Ivy can come across as a bit too... touchy-feely, and she's clearly uncomfortable with it.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The friction between him and Dara Riska is bad enough that Carmen has to take a whole episode, "All for One", to discourage this sort of behavior in V.I.L.E.'s ranks.

* EvilIsHammy: Well, this ''is'' Creator/TimCurry we're talking about.

* {{Leitmotif}}: A subtle one, but there is one in a few of his scenes.

* BerserkButton: Using violence against her favorite detectives.

* ChallengeSeeker: To the core.

* EnemyMine: Engages in a few of these with Zack and Ivy.

* HiddenDepths: "''Follow My Footprints''" indicates he feels personally guilt over Carmen's [[FaceHeelTurn Face-Heel Turn]], even telling Zack and Ivy he wonders what he did wrong.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Played unabashedly straight in the more serious episodes. There's no denying that he misses Carmen's days as a detective greatly, and if ''Follow My Footprints'' is any indication, he can't bear the thought of her [[spoilers:dying in action, and is more than happy to see she's fine]]. Thankfully for him, Carmen returns the feeling multiple times and misses him as well.

* IWorkAlone: Because he [[spoiler:actually wants to work for Carmen]].

* KnightOfCerebus: Unlike Carmen, he plays for keeps and has no qualms about collateral damage to innocent bystanders.
* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted|Trope}}. He shares a first name with Lee Galese.

* {{Narrator}}: He delivers the {{Previously On}}[[BuffySpeak 's]] at the start of episodes that have them.

** [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Don't...]][[KickChick call...her...]][[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Sis!]]

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the second episode, she's concerned about a bad horoscope, while Zack chides her on her superstition. Much later on, they switch roles with her chiding Zack for his reliance on a lucky rabbit's foot.

* KickChick: Ivy has kicked through doors locked with heavy beams on two separate occasions, in the first episode, as well as in "The Remnants", she once pried herself out of a pillory just by flexing her legs, and many a V.I.L.E. henchman/woman has been on the receiving end of one of her flying kicks.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Occasionally. Particularly when he calls Ivy "sis", engages in [[LamePun egg puns]], or frets over superstitions.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Has to take a whole episode to discourage this sort of behavior in V.I.L.E.'s ranks.

!!Hannah Lulu

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Her intense superstition is more than a little frustrating for Carmen, but she keeps Hannah because she is very skilled with alarms.

!!Sara Bellum

* BigBad: Of the show as a whole, though she is not the FinalBoss.
* TheChessmaster: We're even told she used to enjoy rounds of Chess with The Chief.

* DoesNotLikeGuns: She chastises [[spoiler:Lee Jordan]] for resorting to them in the finale.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Her intense superstition is more than a little frustrating for Carmen, but she keeps Hannah because she is a very skilled lock-picker.

* [[BigGood Bigger Goods]]: Zack, Ivy, and the other ACME Detectives look to and request action from them very often, whether it's bringing up information, cross-referencing it, opening the C5 Corridor, or summoning the C5 Car.

A marine biologist-[[FaceHeelTurn turned-thief]] that Carmen and The Chief captured ten years before the events of the show. He breaks out of jail and seeks to exact revenge on Carmen.

* KnightOfCerebus: Seriously, the guy uses [[StuffBlowingUp C4 explosives]] on a regular basis and at one point breaks out a ''[[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]]'', all in a children's edutainment cartoon.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: As said above, he was originally a great marine biologist before becoming a thief.

* StuffBlowingUp: His favorite way of causing mayhem.

'''Ivy:''' He [[[spoiler:Lee Jordan]]] ''really'' boils my pasta! He [[spoiler:quits ACME, becomes Carmen's proétgé]], robs the Vatican, [[{{Angrish}} GOOUH!]]\\

* BigBad: Of the show as a whole, though

* EvenEvilHasStandards: She may steal everything that isn't nailed down (and more than a few things that ''are''), but she doesn't engage in wanton violence or destruction like Maelstrom, [[spoiler:Sara Bellum]], or [[spoiler:Lee Jordan]].

* FriendlyEnemy: Will even go out of her way to save Zack and Ivy's lives.

!!Hanna Lulu

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The younger boy was completely dropped after being the sole player for the first two seasons (though he was kept in the opening and remained the only one of the three to appear in it), replaced by the girl and older boy.

* MissingMissionControl: For a short time in "A Date with Carmen." After Carmen steals Ben Franklin's key and causes electricity to vanish from the present day, the player loses contact with Zack and Ivy until they recover the key and Ben completes his experiment.

The current head of V.I.L.E., and once ACME's premiere detective, she's the titular character.

* FairPlayVillain: If Carmen gives her word, she keeps it. Though it also goes into ExactWords territory.

* ShowSomeLeg: And how.
* VillainExitStageLeft: How else would she still be around for the next plot?

!!Lee Galeese

!!Judge R.B. Traitor

* [[BigGood Bigger Goods]]: Zack and Ivy look to and request action from them very often, whether it's bringing up information, cross-referencing it, opening the C5 Corridor, or summoning the C5 Car.

* {{Determinator}}s: Even as Carmen [[VillainExitStageLeft gets away time and time again]], these kids keep up the pursuit.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: They're only ever addressed as "Player".

* BrokenAce: The second-best detective in the history of ACME after Carmen, and for a long time the only one to have ever captured her at all, let alone twice, and yet he's a psychopath.

* TheSociopath: Arrogant, narcissistic, constantly looking for a challenge, disrespectful to Ivy, and [[spoiler:willing to crash the Pentagon as a DeusExitMachina to put Zack out of commission so he could take his place chasing Carmen]]. Yep, he fits.

A marine biologist-[[FaceHeelTurn turned-thief]] that Carmen and The Chief captured ten years before the events of the show. He breaks out of jail and seeks to exact revenge on Carmen

* TheDreaded: ''Definitely,'' though not to the same degree as Carmen regarding the general public. The warden of the prison he was incarcerated in refers to him as "one of the most brilliant and frightening criminal minds there ever was." The Chief concurs, calling him "the most ruthless criminal who ever lived." [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking He didn't recycle, either.]]

** She also takes jurisprudence very seriously, as noted when R.B. Traitor was threatening to lock Carmen up without a fair trial. Ivy, restrained, managed to stand up in the heavy steel chair she was strapped to to voice her protest.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In one episode, she's concerned about a bad horoscope, while Zack chides her on her superstition. Much later on, she chides Zack for his reliance on a lucky rabbit's foot.

* CulturedBadass: She can fight V.I.L.E. henchmen to a standstill, but is well read, enjoys theater, and SheCleansUpNicely.

* KickChick: Ivy has kicked through doors locked with heavy beams on two separate occasions, in the first episode, as well as in "The Remnants", she once pried herself out of a pillory just by flexing her legs, and many a VILE henchman/woman has been on the receiving end of one of her flying kicks.

* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead

* BrotherSisterTeam: With Ivy

* CrazyPrepared: She has gadgets for almost every occasion. And she ALWAYS has an escape route planned.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: She may steal everything that isn't nailed down (and more than a few things that ''are''), but she doesn't engage in wanton violence or destruction like Maelstrom or Lee Jordan.

* TheFettered: Carmen plays by a strict set of rules, some of which clearly make her "job" more difficult. Justified in that Carmen sees her thefts as a game she plays with {{Worthy Opponent}}s, and her rules make the game more of a challenge for her.

* ShipperOnDeck: For Ivy and Josha, though how much of that is Shipper and how much of it was to distract them from her planned theft is debatable.

* {{Determinator}}s: Even as Carmen gets away time and time again, these kids will not give up on their pursuit.

* BrokenAce: The second-best detective in the history of ACME after Carmen, and the only one to have ever captured her at all, let alone twice, and yet he's a psychopath.

* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:As a henchman.]]

* FrickinLaserBeams: His {{mooks}}' brand of FamilyFriendlyFirearms during his second appearance.

* TheDreaded: The warden of the prison he was incarcerated in refers to him as "one of the most brilliant and frightening criminal minds there ever was." The Chief concurs, calling him "the most ruthless criminal who ever lived." [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking He didn't recycle, either.]]

* TheSociopath: Arguably even moreso than Lee Jordan!

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RodgerBumpass

* AndroidsArePeopleToo: [[ExaggeratedTrope To the point where you'd probably be forgiven for thinking he was a person.]] He started out as a full-fledged robot partner to Carmen Sandiego during her original pursuit of Dr. Maelstrom, and even in his current form, he's fully capable of both sensation and emotion.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JenniferHale

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMenville

-->'''Voiced by:''' Rita Moreno

* StealthPun: At one point, Lars calls Moe a "witless insect". It qualifies as a StealthPun because we don't learn Moe's full name until after that.
* ThoseTwoGuys

-->'''Played by:''' Jeffrey Tucker & Justin Shenkarow (Seasons 1 & 2); Asi Lang & Joanie Pleasant (Seasons 3 & 4)

The kids on the other side of the computer screen, working diligently and tirelessly to find and apprehend Carmen Sandiego.

* {{Big Good}}s: Or possibly Bigger Goods when compared to the Chief. Zack and Ivy look to and request action from them very often, whether it's bringing up information, cross-referencing it, opening the C5 Corridor, or summoning the C5 Car.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The younger boy, who was the sole player in the first two seasons, was completely dropped after that (though he remained in and stayed exclusive to the opening), being replaced by the girl and older boy.

-->'''Voiced by:''' David Coburn

* ArcVillain: Of the "Boyhood's End" and "Can You Ever Go Home Again?" two-parters.

* FallenHero: Carmen even {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it in her ending dialogue with the Player for his first arc:

'''Carmen:''' The tragedy here is Lee's lack of maturity kept him from being a great detective ''or'' a great thief.

* {{Jerkass}}: Oh, is he ever. He trips Ivy when she tries to go for Carmen alongside him, and blames her for Carmen's subsequent escape.
* TheSociopath: Arrogant, narcissistic, constantly looking for a challenge, disrespectful to Ivy, and willing to crash the Pentagon as a DeusExitMachina to put Zack out of commission so he could take his place chasing Carmen. Yep, he fits.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TimCurry

* KnightOfCerebus: Seriously, the guy uses [[StuffBlowingUp C4]] on a regular basis and at one point breaks out a ''[[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]]'', all in a children's edutainment cartoon.

* MakingASplash: All of his thefts have an underwater motif.

[[folder: ACME Detectives]]

voiced by JenniferHale

Ivy is the first character chosen by The Player to help track and capture Carmen.

* BerserkButton: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Don't!]] [[KickChick Call her!]] [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Sis!]]

* BrotherSisterTeam: With Zach.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In one episode, she's concerned about a bad horoscope, while Zach chides her on her superstition. Much later on, she chides Zach for his reliance on a lucky rabbit's foot.
* CoolBigSis: Not only to Zach, but also to younger ACME members that they interact with.
* CulturedBadass: She can fight VILE henchmen to a standstill, but is well read, enjoys theater, and SheCleansUpNicely.

!!Zach
voiced by ScottMenville

Ivy's younger brother, Zach is something of a tech whiz, and her partner in her quest to catch Carmen

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Zach has this sentiment, which Carmen exploits on at least one occasion.

[[folder: V.I.L.E.]]

voiced by Rita Moreno

The current head of VILE, and once ACME's premiere detective, she's the titular character.
* AffablyEvil: Carmen is a thief, but she's not violent, and treats her escapades with Zach and Ivy more as a game than anything else.
* BatmanGambit: Skilled at these. Of particular note is the time she pitched a Faberge egg, knowing that Ivy would dive to save it rather than go after her.
* BerserkButton: Using violence against her favorite detectives.
* TheChessmaster: We're even told she used to enjoy rounds of Chess with The Chief.
* CrazyPrepared: She has gadgets for almost every occasion. And she ALWAYS has an escape route planned.
* EnemyMine: Engages in a few of these with Zach and Ivy.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She may steal things that aren't nailed down (and more than a few that are), but she doesn't engage in wanton violence or destruction like Maelstrom or Lee Jordan.
* EvilIsSexy: Being voiced by Rita Moreno doesn't hurt, either.
* FairPlayVillain: If Carmen gives her word, she keeps it. Though it also goes into ExactWords territory.
* TheFettered: Carmen plays by a strict set of rules, some of which clearly make her "job" more difficult. Justified, in that Carmen sees her thefts as a game she plays with {{WorthyOpponent}}s, and her rules make the game more of a challenge for her.
* FriendlyEnemy: Will even go out of her way to save Zach and Ivy's lives.
* MagnificentBastard: Carmen, in spades.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Ivy and Josha, though how much of that is Shipper and how much of it was to distract them from her planned theft is debatable.
* ShowSomeLeg: And how.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Has to take a whole episode to discourage this sort of behavior in the ranks.

!!Lars Vegas

[[folder: Other characters]]

!!

* TheFettered: Carmen plays by a strict set of rules, some of which clearly make her "job" more difficult. Justified, in that Carmen sees her thefts as a game she plays with [[WorthyOpponent]]s, and her rules make the game more of a challenge for her.

* Omniglot: Fluent in numerous languages.