List of Carmen Sandiego characters

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This is a list of fictional characters in the Carmen Sandiego games.

1 ACME Detectives
2 Membership
3 V.I.L.E. Villains
4 External links

[edit] ACME Detectives

The ACME Detective Agency is dedicated to stopping the efforts of Carmen Sandiego and her V.I.L.E. (Villains International League of Evil) gang and keeping order and peace in the world. Their main headquarters is ACME Academy.

Carmen Sandiego was once an agent of the ACME Detective Agency, until she quit working there to pursue greater intellectual challenges for herself. Lynne Thigpen played the Chief of ACME on the PBS Carmen Sandiego series Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, and Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?. She also was featured in 5 of the computer products known as Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?, Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?: Deluxe Edition, and Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?: Deluxe Edition. ACME Academy is located in San Francisco, California.

In the computer games, the user is always an agent of ACME, and is sometimes promoted throughout the game.

[edit] Membership

The Chief - The Chief differs from program to program. The most notable is the live action Chief depicted by Lynne Thigpen. Another version of The Chief, featured in Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?, the TV series and in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition is a computerized image which almost has references to Max Headroom (In this incarnation, he was still a sentient entity, having risen through the ranks of ACME from an agent {complete with robotic body} and partner to then-detective Carmen Sandiego at one time). There are other versions, such as the Chief featured in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego: Treasures of Knowledge (2002 Editon) , but most only appear once. The Chief is not featured in Carmen Sandiego's ThinkQuick Challenge, Carmen Sandiego Word Detective, Carmen Sandiego Math Detective. In Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums, The Chief looks similar to Lynne Thigpen... perhaps a tribute to her.

Chase Devineaux - When Carmen Sandiego was at ACME, Chase Devineaux (pronounced dev-in-no) was one of her partners. When she left ACME, Chase Devineaux had to go undercover and started working separately from ACME. He started working with ACME again on the Babble-On-Machine Case and has since become an ACME Special Agent. He is currently the Commander in Chief of ACME. Chase Devineaux was featured in Carmen Sandiego Word Detective, Carmen Sandiego Math Detective and Carmen Sandiego's ThinkQuick Challenge.

Ivy - Ivy has multiple black belts in the martial arts. She's an expert pilot and has razor sharp crime tracking skills. She's more driven than her brother Zack is, and gets frustrated very easily. Ivy's last name is unknown. Ivy was featured in Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? and in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition. Voiced by actress Jennifer Hale.

Zack - Zack has a photographic memory and can speak 35 languages. He is a kid genius who knows millions of facts. He manages to be a cool, floppy haired, baggy clothed, skate boarding teen, and takes cases less seriously than his sister Ivy does. Zack's given name is "Zackary", and his last name is unknown. Zack was featured in Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? and in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition. Voiced by actor Scott Menville.

Stretch the Crime Dog - As a puppy, Stretch the Crime Dog nabbed so many V.I.L.E. villains, that ACME awarded him its highest and best K-9 honor: "The Golden Snout Award." Stretch the Crime Dog should be kept away from Carmen Sandiego's cat, Carmine, or they fight, quite literally, like cats and dogs. Stretch the Crime Dog was featured in Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? and in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition.

Penelope Paparazzi - Penelope Paparazzi’s motto is "Ladies first," and her career as a photographer for the ACME Detective Agency, proves it. This elegant camera expert has risen to the top, despite the spills and frills that follow her on every assignment. Her last name is a pun on the term Paparazzi used for certain journalists and photographers. Her namesake Penelope is a figure of the Odyssey, attributed to Homer. Her first name was more likely chosen, simply because it started with the same letter as her last name. Penelope Paparazzi was featured in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition.

Candid Cammie - Candid Cammie is a photographer for the ACME Detective Agency. She would be a great photographer...if she ever opened her eyes. Her name is a pun on that of the television series Candid Camera. Candid Cammie was featured in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition.

Olympia Vu-Finder - Olympia Vu-Finder is a photographer for the ACME detective agency, who’s mother was an athlete and father was a great photographer. Unfortunately, Olympia Vu-Finder does both at the same time. Her first name is probably a reference to the Olympus company which manufactures photographic equipment. Olympia Vu-Finder was featured in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition.

Flash Dweebly - Flash Dweeby is the nerdiest photographer for the ACME detective agency. Flash Dweebly was featured in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition.

"No Focus" Norman - A former spy and now a photographer for ACME (his photographs always turn out to be very unfocused), Norman carries a whole wardrobe of hat-cameras, shoe-cameras and phone-cameras. It’s said that if he ever learns to use a camera correctly, all of V.I.L.E. will be packed off to jail."No Focus" Norman was featured in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition.

Calvin the Caped Camera Kid - Calvin the Caped Camera Kid is a photographer for the ACME Detective Agency. Apparently, he thinks of himself as some kind of superhero, as he flies down on a cape with a rope tied around his waist and take the culprit's picture. What the other end of the rope is attached to is anyone’s guess. Calvin the Caped Camera Kid was featured in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition.

F-Stop Freddy - ACME loves F-Stop Freddy, as a robot photographer doesn’t need a vacation, paycheck or anything else normal employees need. However, their compared expenses are matched due to all the bills from the robot mechanic shop. F-Stop Freddy was featured in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition.

Julia "Jules" Argent - Julia (nicknamed Jules) was another one of Carmen Sandiego's partners, and considers her to be the best agent ACME ever had. Julia is experienced with Carmen Sandiego's methods and is full of facts. She keeps a journal to keep track of clues. Julia Argent was featured in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego: Treasures of Knowledge (2002 Edition), and Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums.

Shadow Hawkins - Shadow Hawkins was so arrogant when he started his first assignment, that he thought he could, "catch that ACME traitor and be home in time for dinner." As the case went on though, it became clear, even to him, that Carmen Sandiego wasn't easy to catch. Shadow Hawkins seems to believe gadgets are the answer to everything. Shadow Hawkins was featured in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego: Treasures of Knowledge (2002 Edition), and Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums.

Ivan Idea - Ivan Idea, an ACME Good Guide and a teenage genius invented the ACME Babble-Link Translator, the ACME Get-A-Clue Case Pad, the ACME Chronoskimmer, and just about every other ACME invention. Ivan Idea's hobby is conducting investigations of the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China and other past feats of engineering. Ivan Idea likes to study the great inventors of the past. "Ivan Idea" is a pun that sounds like "I've an idea." Ivan Idea was featured in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? and Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time. (All of the ACME Good Guides are featured in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?: Deluxe Edition, and Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?: Deluxe Edition.)

Herman Nootix - Herman Nootix is an ACME Good Guide and his nose can usually be found in a large stack of books. Herman Nootix is a very serious and hard working scholar. "Herman Nootix" is a play on "hermeneutics." Herman Nootix was featured in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?,and Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?.

Dee Plomassy - Dee Plomassy is an ACME Good Guide. Dee Plomassy's career as a diplomat started in her childhood, when she convinced a classmate who stole third base to return it. Dee Plomassy can speak 19 languages fluently and is frequently called upon by world leaders, impressing people with her grace, her elegance and her very tall turban. "Dee Plomassy" is a play on "diplomacy." Dee Plomassy was featured in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? and Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?.

Renee Santz - Renee Santz, an ACME Good Guide, has been interested in Art since birth, when she drew a perfect copy of The Mona Lisa with her crayons. Renee's father is renowned bassist Red Cheeks, and her mother is the famous architect Fallen Arches. Renee Santz is the head of the ACME orchestra, and her works of painting and sculpture can be found in museums through out the world. "Renee Santz" is a play on "renaissance." Renee Santz is featured in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? and Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time.

Rock Solid - A geologist, forester, and an ACME Good Guide, Rock Solid may be as big and tough as a rocky mountain bolder, but has a soft heart when it comes to the well being of animals. He is fearless when it comes to exploring realms of the unknown. "Rock Solid" is a play on "rock solid." Rock Solid is featured in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? and Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time.

Ann Tickwittee - Ann Tickwittee, an ACME Good Guide, has been interested in archaeology, since she read about the lost city of Troy, and wondered how was it possible to lose an entire city. She graduated from the ACME Institute of Carmenology (ACME's school of Good Guides) with a degree in "Ancient Cities and Other Dusty Stuff." Ann Tickwittee guards the world's treasures, because she wants to be sure that "the past is always present." "Ann Tickwittee" is a play on "antiquity." Ann Tickwittee is featured in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?, and Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time.

Polly Tix - Polly Tix is the youngest ACME Good Guide, and is a wiz when it comes to politics. Her high school recently voted her, "Most Likely to Run a Country ... Any Country!" Polly Tix is still too young to vote. "Polly Tix" is a play on "politics." She is featured in Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? and Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time.

Kim Yoonity - Kim Yoonity is a firm believer in the world being just one, big, global village. Kim Yoonity is one of the most well connected people on the planet Earth, and has the telephone bill to prove it. Kim Yoonity is also an ACME Good Guide. "Kim Yoonnity" is a play on "community." Kim Yoonity is featured in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? and Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?.

Cole Gannon - Cole Gannon (age 17) trained in ACME to be a secret agent after school and on weekends, for 1 year when he had the chance to go after Carmen Sandiego in his first "official" mission. He's a computer genius and a martial arts expert, but he's a little overconfident and doesn't seem to fear very much (ACME is still working with him on this.) In combat, Cole Gannon uses a staff. Cole Gannon was featured in Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums.

Lee Jordan - Lee Jordan is the only ACME agent to have "officially" captured Carmen Sandiego. He went on hiatus from ACME for an indeterminate amount of time, during which his outlook on his career took a drastic turn. Embittered by his fame and the lack of challenge the concept of fighting crime had become, he quit working for ACME and sought out Carmen Sandiego in order to train to be a V.I.L.E. agent. However, his impulsive and unscrupulous nature clashed greatly with Carmen Sandiego's more refined, pessimistic approach and he was fired. Infuriated by this, he joined the ranks of former V.I.L.E. agents who sought to usurp Carmen Sandiego from her title as 'the world's greatest thief'. He was foiled twice in this endeavor, both by the combined efforts of ACME and Carmen Sandiego, but still remains hostile, violent, and dangerous. Unlike Carmen Sandiego, he sees nothing against putting another person's life in danger to further his own gain, and has even kidnapped and used a hostage (industrialist Malcolm Avalon, whom Carmen Sandiego believes might be her biological father) as blackmail to force Carmen Sandiego into working for him. Lee Jordan was featured in Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?.