History FanFic / WhereOnEarthSpies

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: An InvokedTrope. Upon seeing the ACME base, Waldo can only compare it to Modern Art, which he appreciates in general. However, thinks it looks rather weird and can't quite understand why the secret base is so blatantly garish.

* EitherOrTitle: Chapter 28: "[[LampshadeHanging Apparently]] [[TakeThatMe I've forgotten]] [[CerebusSyndrome that this used to be a funny story]]" or "[[spoiler:[[SpoilerTitle Hey look, I didn't kill the dog!]]]]"

%%* SaltAndPepper: Dennis and Waldo were once partners.

* LoveTriangle: Waldo, Carmen, and Alik are in a [[TriangRelations Type 7 Triangle]], with Carmen being point A. However, Carmen rates her feelings for Alik higher than those she has for Waldo and tells her rival so. Alik [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy just wants Carmen to be happy]].

* OhCrap: Martin, [[spoiler: after his SneezeOfDoom]].

%%* SneezeOfDoom: [[spoiler: Martin while in Carmen's headquarters. He's caught because of it.]]

* InvoluntaryTransformation: Spies were captured and [[{{Animorphism}} turned into animals]] by the Doctor. Mayhem, Martin, and Carlos were among those affected.

* ActionGirl: Carmen. Erin as well.

* [[spoiler: AllJustADream]]: A light example. In Chapter 21, [[spoiler: Waldo wakes up shirtless in bed and [[DreamingTheTruth realizes he's with Carmen.]] It's not presented as a dream, so it's not just a DreamSequence.]]

* BadassBookworm: Alik.
* BadassLongcoat: Carmen, naturally.
* BadassNormal

* BeenThereShapedHistory: Carmen I.

* BigBrotherIsWatching: Referenced in Chapter 27.

* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Carmen does this to Waldo in China.

* BrotherSisterTeam: Zack and Ivy, as in their source material.

* ChekhovsSkill: Carmen's bartitsu training.
* CheerfulChild: Waldo's thoughts on watching Zack and a Russian girl teach Ivy a song.

* ClassifiedInformation
* ClassyCatBurglar: Both Carmens.

* ContinuityNod

* CyanidePill: Standard practice if a WSO agent is captured by the enemy.
* DatingCatwoman: Waldo and Carmen.
* DeaderThanDead: The fate Waldo wanted for the Spider of Questionable Toxicity in Chapter 39.
* DeadlyPrank: Why the WSO agents don't usually partake in office practical jokes.
* DeadpanSnarker

* DeepCoverAgent: Flo in her BackStory.

* DoubleEntendre: Occasionally.
* DreamingTheTruth: [[spoiler: Waldo's EroticDream with Carmen.]]

* DuelOfSeduction: Waldo and Carmen.

* [[spoiler: EroticDream]]: The beginning of Chapter 21.

* EmotionlessGirl: Ivy.
* [[EqualOpportunityEvil Equal-Opportunity Evil]]: VILE, in the sense that no matter your condition you can join, but you have to pass the same spy tests as everyone else. [[HandicappedBadass Even in a wheelchair]].
* ExactEavesdropping

* {{Fainting}}: Carmen takes her flirting a bit too far and Alik can't handle it.
* FemmeFatale: Carmen. Also Flo.

* FirstNameBasis: Martin tells people his [[RealNameAsAnAlias real first name]], rather than his code name.

* FunWithAcronyms: "CARMEN" is actually Carmen's job title: "Careful Acquiring, Ranged Monitor, Espionage, Negation."

* GayParee: Carmen visits here to steal [[MacGuffin the Mona Lisa]] from The Louvre.

* GeniusCripple: Alik with technology.

* [[GoodParents Good Parent]]: Waldo's impression of Carmen the First.

* HandCannon: Erin's gun from Chapter 15.

* HappilyAdopted: Carmen. As happy as you can get being raised to become a spy.
* HealingFactor: Snarked about in Chapter 39.

* HugAndComment: [[spoiler: Alik and Carmen]] in Chapter 39.
* IAmTheNoun: Mayhem gives a speech based upon his source commercials.
* [[ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe I Can't Believe A Spy Like You Would Notice Me!]]: In the opening chapters, Alik's reaction to Carmen's flirting is like this. As it progresses, this is tweaked to there existing an implicit trust between them, but he still thinks she'll never notice him as more than a coworker or sidekick.
* IcyBlueEyes: Carmen, as illustrated in the page pic.
* IdentityAmnesia: Mayhem.
* IDoNotOwn: "Legal bull."

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Waldo and Carmen.

* LittleMissSnarker: Ivy is a mild example.

* MadScientist: The Doctor.

* MacGuffin: The Mona Lisa.

* MexicanStandoff: Chapter 23 is one between Mayhem and Waldo.
* [[spoiler: MentorOccupationalHazard]]: Not a death, however.

* TheMole: Flo, in her BackStory.
* MostFanficWritersAreGirls
* [[spoiler: MutilationInterrogation]]

* NewMeat: Erik.
* {{NGO}}: The WSO and VILE.
* NiceGuy: Alik.
* NomDeGuerre

* NumberTwo: Alik to Carmen.
* OffTheWagon: Waldo with his smoking habit.

* OvertRendezvous: Carmen and Waldo meet for the first time face-to-face this way.
* PassingTheTorch: Carmen Sandiego I to her daughter.

* PhotographicMemory: Zack.

* RescueIntroduction: Mayhem and Mischief.

* [[spoiler: {{Retirony}}]]: [[spoiler:Martin only agreed to shadow Carmen because it was one last mission and Erin asked him to.]]

* SaltAndPepper: Dennis and Waldo were once partners.

* SecretWar

* SensualSlavs: Carmen.
* SequelHook: Some chapters more than others.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Waldo on Carmen.
* ShoutOut: Both Waldo and Carmen are stated to have uncanny aptitudes for hiding in plain sight despite garish clothing.

* SelfDeprecation: Indulged in by Pentharid at times. PlayedForLaughs.

* SnarkToSnarkCombat
* [[spoiler: SneezeOfDoom]]: [[spoiler: Martin while in Carmen's headquarters. He's caught because of it.]]
* SoapOperaDisease: Alik lost his legs because of one.

* SpyFiction: Martini Flavored.
* SpyVersusSpy

* StockPhrases: Used throughout.
* SuspiciouslySpecificTense: Carmen I in Chapter 36.

* TalkingAnimal
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Waldo.

* TeamPet: Mischief.

* TimeMachine: The Chronoskimmer, a TARDIS type.
* TimeTravel
* TimeTravelersAreSpies

** The LemonyNarrator [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this in Chapter 35.

* ToTheBatpole: How Carmen escapes from Waldo's clutches in the opening chapters.

* TurnCoat: Carmen Sandiego I and Mayhem.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: The Carmens, though not related.

* UnderwaterBase: The WSO spy boat.

* VodkaDrunkenski: Waldo and Carmen joke about this.
* YearInsideHourOutside: Waldo's corresponding with Carmen I.
* YouAreNotAlone: Again, Waldo's corresponding with Carmen I.

* YourMom: The conclusion of Mayhem's IAmTheNoun speech to Waldo.

* HiddenBadass: Alik. He usually likes to hide what he is capable of as a [[HandicappedBadass spy in a wheelchair]].

* MasterOfDisguise: Carlos, before he became a chihuahua. He doesn't mind much, because people tend to [[HiddenBadass underestimate chihuahuas]].

''Where on Earth, Spies'' is a FanFic written in WebSerialNovel format by Pentharis, published on Website/DeviantART. It's essentially a MegaCrossover [[AlternateUniverseFic Alternate Universe]] SpyVersusSpy [[SpyFiction Fic]] centered around the [[DatingCatwoman sexually charged antics]] of Carmen and Waldo. Their respective spy teams are comprised of a number of DarkerAndEdgier [[AdvertisingCampaigns iconic advertizing mascots]] including Advertising/ErinEsurance, her partner Erik, the GEICO Gecko (Martin), Progressive's Flo, the Taco Bell Dog (Carlos), and Allstate's Mayhem. All of them are interpreted by the author from their perspectives as spies, but they're kept in some line with their source material to fun effect. Maybe that Waldo [[NiceHat wears a fedora]].

** Erik, the black-haired LoveInterest from Erin Esurance's commercials gets involved with the WSO because he saw the same [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair pink-haired]] girl far too often for it to be a coincidence, as in the commercials.

* WhenSheSmiles: Alik for Carmen.

* WouldHitAGirl: Waldo.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]: Erin Esurance.

* {{Diary}}: Carmen I kept a log of her adventures.

''Where on Earth, Spies'' is a FanFic written in WebSerialNovel format by Pentharis, published on Website/DeviantART. It's essentially a MegaCrossover [[AlternateUniverseFic Alternate Universe]] SpyVersusSpy [[SpyFiction Fic]] centered around the FoeYay-charged [[DatingCatwoman antics]] of Carmen and Waldo. Their respective spy teams are comprised of a number of DarkerAndEdgier [[AdvertisingCampaigns iconic advertizing mascots]] including Advertising/ErinEsurance, her partner Erik, the GEICO Gecko (Martin), Progressive's Flo, the Taco Bell Dog (Carlos), and Allstate's Mayhem. All of them are interpreted by the author from their perspectives as spies, but they're kept in some line with their source material to fun effect. Maybe that Waldo [[NiceHat wears a fedora]].

* SympatheticPOV.: Half the story is from VILE's perspective and they aren't made out to look like bad people. Rather, they are NotSoDifferent from the WSO and merely have different aims.

* NotSoDifferent:

* RealityEnsues:
-->"Unlike spy movies that would have one believe that everything exciting is last-resort and complex, the truth of the matter was that spying was built on redundancies, boredom, and 'close enough for government work' mentality. Well, depending on the organization, and how serious the matter was."

* InTheBlood: Carmen Sandiego II works for the same side her mother did, though she's adopted.

-->'''Waldo''': A bruise is temporary, but a scar is forever. You know what else is temporary?
-->'''Carmen''': Pregnancy?
-->'''Waldo''': ''Quoi?!''

-->'''Carmen''': Birds of a feather, my sweet. ''Birds of a feather''.
-->'''Waldo''': I hate birds.
-->'''Carmen''': So do I, I prefer cats. You?
-->'''Waldo''': Dogs.
-->'''Carmen''': Pity. We could have gotten a pet. I guess we'll have to have children instead.
-->'''Waldo''': ...What.

* PrecisionFStrike:
-->Merry-friggin'-Christmas to you too, rat-ears.
--->--Waldo to Carlos.

-->'''Waldo''': "How goes the building of the time machine?"
-->'''Engineer''': Great, we should be done by next week, so you can leave any minute."
-->'''Waldo''': What? [[DrunkenMaster Is this one of those things you have to be drunk to understand]]?"

* LemonyNarrator: Pentharis makes parenthetical asides at times, more in some parts than others. Not to the point of her [[{{Narrator}} being a character]] herself though.
* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: Martin's relationship with Erin.

* [[spoiler: BadDreams]]: Chapter 21 begins with one. It comes back.

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[[caption-width-right:297:Yes, Waldo, her fingernails do count as weapons.[[note]]Only that scene didn't actually happen this way.[[/note]]]]

* [[BadAssGrandPa Bad Ass Grand Ma]]: Grandma Sandiego, as mentioned in Chapter 36. This makes the Sandiego clan a BadassFamily.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The World Spy Organization is an [[CaptainObvious international spy organization]].

''Where on Earth, Spies'' is a FanFic written in WebSerialNovel format by Pentharis, published on Website/DeviantART. It's essentially a MegaCrossover [[AlternateUniverseFic Alternate Universe]] SpyVersusSpy [[SpyFiction Fic]] centered around the FoeYay-charged [[DatingCatwoman antics]] of Carmen and Waldo. Their respective spy teams are comprised of a number of DarkerAndEdgier [[AdvertisingCampaigns iconic advertizing mascots]] including Advertising/ErinEsurance, her partner Erik, the GEICO Gecko (Martin), Progressive's Flo, the Taco Bell Dog (Carlos), and Allstate's Mayhem. All of them are interpreted by the author from their perspectives as spies, but they're kept in some line with their source material to fun effect. While the story itself is indeed amusing, with most things underlined by [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] and interspersed with both action and character interation, [[Administrivia/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability there's not really anything particularly notable about it]]. Maybe that Waldo [[NiceHat wears a fedora]].

* MindScrew: Zack is given one by the engineer. In Chapter 37, the engineer relates that the time travel mission took place [[YearInsideHourOutside in ten seconds for him]], as he was not a field agent. He wondered if the Chronoskimmer crew was [[SchrodingersCat alive or dead]] for those ten seconds, from his perspective.

** Dennis, who is the black Allstate spokesman, is also named after the actor who portrays him, Dennis Haysbert.

[[Literature/WheresWally Waldo]], a TallDarkAndHandsome Frenchman [[SpyFiction spy]], works for the World Spy Organization, combatting the dastardly designs of an evil entity called VILE. Carmen, the [[SensualSlavs sultry Russian]] adopted daughter of the original CarmenSandiego, is the VILE agent Waldo has sworn to stop. She traverses the world in pursuit of [[MacGuffin artifacts to steal]] and has been eluding Waldo for a while by the time the story begins, their first [[OvertRendezvous meeting face-to-face]].

** Neither is she certain about how CarmenSandiego I's HeelFaceTurn fits on the timeline because the given date of March 1973 may not be far enough in the past.

''Where on Earth, Spies'' is a FanFic written in WebSerialNovel format by Pentharis, published on Website/DeviantART. It's essentially a MegaCrossover [[AlternateUniverseFic Alternate Universe]] SpyVersusSpy [[SpyFiction Fic]] centered around the FoeYay-charged [[DatingCatwoman antics]] of Carmen and Waldo. Their respective spy teams are comprised of a number of DarkerAndEdgier [[AdvertisingCampaigns iconic advertizing mascots]] including Erin Esurance, her partner Erik, the GEICO Gecko (Martin), Progressive's Flo, the Taco Bell Dog (Carlos), and Allstate's Mayhem. All of them are interpreted by the author from their perspectives as spies, but they're kept in some line with their source material to fun effect. While the story itself is indeed amusing, with most things underlined by [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] and interspersed with both action and character interation, [[Administrivia/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability there's not really anything particularly notable about it]]. Maybe that Waldo [[NiceHat wears a fedora]].

** [[RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Special Agent Rudolph is a reindeer]]. From the ChristmasEpisode, naturally.