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1	The Cooper Gang follow the Contessa to her castle of state, where she keeps the Clockwerk Eyes -- and Carmelita.
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3	!! Tropes:
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5	* AboveGoodAndEvil: The Contessa claimed that she is above morality. While the Contessa believes that this is what makes her fit to wield the eyes, Sly thinks it's exactly why she ''isn't''.
6	* ArcVillain: The Contessa.
7	* DesecratingTheDead: "Ghost Capture" requires Sly to smash the coffin of the Evil Wolf Priestess to release the ghosts trapped with her. [[EverybodyHasStandards While Sly thinks it's a little cruel to do that to someone's corpse]], Bentley emphasizes that she had ''Evil'' in her name.
8	* MacGuffin: The Clockwerk Eyes, used as a hypnosis tool for the Contessa's Mind Shuffler.
9	* MadeOfIron: General Clawfoot is tough for his age and can be used as a throwing weapon. Don't throw him in the water though since [[SuperDrowningSkills he can't swim]].
10	* {{Magitek}}: The Contessa's Mind Shuffler is "equal parts science and black magic" and is thus impervious to physical damage.
11	* MeleeATrois: The plot of the episode revolves around the Cooper Gang, the Contessa's forces and Neyla's army of mercenaries in a three-way battle for supremacy.
12	--> '''Sly''': Looks like we're walking into a full-scale war.
13	* OperationBlank: "Operation: High Road". Using the codes left by General Clawfoot, Murray takes down the Contessa's searchlights. Bentley uses a voice-modulator to have Neyla's army attack. Sly para-glides himself and Bentley to the Contessa's getaway blimp and use the extra height to break into her reeducation-tower. With the shadow-guards distracted by the attack, Carmelita can take out the Contessa once freed, the Bad Mojo Bomb destroys the Mind Shuffler and the Cooper Gang leaves with Clockwerk Eyes.
14	* PredecessorVillain: Not much is given on [[RiddleForTheAges who the Evil Wolf Priestess was, what she did to earn her title, why her tomb is full of wolf ghosts or why she is buried in a tomb at the Contessa's estate]].
15	* SealedEvilInACan: Downplayed. While the Wolf Ghosts don't really do anything other than float around, the fact that they were freed after you smash the coffin of the ''Evil'' Wolf Priestess implies a lot.
16	* TickleTorture: How Bentley gets the info he needs from General Clawfoot.
17	* {{Uberwald}}: The level is set in Prague and focuses on the Contessa just like [[Recap/Sly2BandOfThievesMission04Jailbreak the previous level]], but it is set in her castle estate with a neighboring town infested with Neyla's mercenaries.
18	* WarArc: This episode involves a full-scale war between the Cooper Gang, Contessa and her entire group of guards, and Neyla and her army of mercenaries. There’s even tanks involved!
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Context Recap / Sly2BandOfThievesMission05ATangledWeb