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Canon Heights(???) & Carmen Sandiego

Hi all 👋

I've recovered from the month and a half I spent on the Carmen Sandiego timeline and am back to my regularly scheduled obsessing

Which has expanded to the characters and how tall they are because seriously how tall are they oml????

Now, I assume plenty of us have seen this image before:

You can find it on the Official Carmen Sandiego Facebook back from Oct 2019 (not sure about the Instagram or Twitter I'm too lazy to check)

It's widely been used as the canon basis for the character's heights, though I found myself unsure of its reliability

There have been a multitude of posts using the same "Your [Insert Topic Here] Your Carmen Sandiego Character" format, none of which seem to be canon to the show

The Zodiac and Birth Month ones actively contradict each other after all

And I can hear you saying "this really doesn't matter, this is ridiculous online person I don't know"

And you would be correct but I'm nothing if not a nerd so guess what I stumbled upon during my timeline rewatch

Boom

Directly from the show, Graham's mugshot. This is a very frustrating image to be honest because if you look closely between the 5 and 6 foot mark there are 10 lines as opposed to the 12 there should be corresponding to each inch

But oh! There's another image with his mug shot!

This one has no numbers.

So I did what any sane person would do and resorted to math

First I took Chief's image and deleted her from existence, leaving only Graham

Then I undistorted the photo so that it properly lined up with the flat version Bellum displayed so I would know where the foot markers would line up

These were 14 notches apart. Equally unhelpful. So I accepted my fate and pulled out the pixel measurements. Between the 5 foot and 6 foot line was 405 pixels

Between the 5 foot mark and Graham's head was 358 pixels

Using this very simple equation

[A (px) / B (px)] * B (in) = A (in)

We can find out how tall Graham is

358/405 * 12 = 10.61

Round that up to 11 inches and add the 60 inches that makes up 5ft we get a resounding height of 5'11" (or 179 cm)

(if you're confused on why the math works, we know that 405 pixels = 12 inches, we're looking to find what 358 pixels out of that 405 is which is why we multiply that fraction by 12. 405/405 times 12 would equal 12, same idea applies to 358/405. I hope this makes sense.)

For the rest of the characters we can use this lovely height chart

You can find this chart on the Official Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter (I checked). They're separated into individual photos, I just lined them all up into one big one here, it has been unaltered otherwise.

Using the same formula the character's heights are as such (rounded up or down accordingly by the decimals): Coach Brunt: 6'10" (208 cm) Countess Cleo: 6'6" (197 cm) Boris: 6'6" (198 cm) Male A.C.M.E. Agent: 6'4" (194 cm) Cookie Booker: 6'4" (193 cm) Chief: 6'4" (192 cm) Shadowsan: 6'4" (192 cm) Le Chevre: 6'3" (190 cm) Devineaux: 6'3" (190 cm) Prof. Maelstrom: 6'2" (187 cm) Zack: 6'1" (186 cm) Agent Zari: 6'0" (182 cm) Mime Bomb: 5'11" (180 cm) Crackle: 5'11" (179 cm) Carmen: 5'10" (177 cm) Tigress: 5'10" (177 cm) Ivy: 5'10" (177 cm) El Topo: 5'6" (168 cm) Vlad: 5'7" (171 cm) Julia: 5'8" (172 cm) Teenage Carmen: 5'5" (166 cm) Dr. Bellum: 5'3" (159 cm) Player: 5'4" (162 cm) Child Carmen: 3'10" (117 cm) Kid Carmen: 2'6" (77 cm)

What does this mean? Either the cast of Carmen Sandiego is ridiculously tall or this is all vaguely nonsense

Regardless of my dubious findings I thought it was fun and might as well post what I had

The chart itself does have some merit though, using Carmen's 5'7" that is listed in the Facebook post as a basis you get these heights instead:

Coach Brunt: 6'7" (200 cm) Countess Cleo: 6'2" (189 cm) Boris: 6'3" (190 cm) Male A.C.M.E. Agent: 6'1" (186 cm) Cookie Booker: 6'1" (186 cm) Chief: 6'0" (184 cm) Shadowsan: 6'0" (184 cm) Le Chevre: 6'0" (182 cm) Devineaux: 6'0" (182 cm) Prof: Maelstrom: 5'11" (180 cm) Zack: 5'10" (178 cm) Agent Zari: 5'9" (175 cm) Mime Bomb: 5'8" (173 cm) Crackle: 5'8" (172 cm) Carmen: 5'7" (170 cm) Tigress: 5'7" (171 cm) Ivy: 5'7" (170 cm) El Topo: 5'3" (161 cm) Vlad: 5'5" (164 cm) Julia: 5'5" (165 cm) Teen Carmen: 5'3" (159 cm) Dr. Bellum: 5'0" (153 cm) Player: 5'1" (156 cm) Child Carmen: 3'8" (113 cm) Kid Carmen: 2'5" (74 cm)

This one feels slightly less outlandish, but really Player is still stuck at 5'1" as a 16 year old so how realistic can it be

I hope someone enjoyed my ramblings, however inconclusive they may have been 🙌

[nixariel]

CARMEN SANDIEGO (2019) ║ S1-2 + favourite details

[st0r-fruit]

why didn't head faculty vile had like a test as a teacher for potential shadowsan replacements. Like, yes you're gonna be head faculty with lots of perks but. you also gonna need to teach students, trouble making ones at it. they should have a test whether or not they make good teachers to teach future criminals. I mean. Imagine if our candidates got that teacher test and its just teaching a class of their special skills for one week with one of the faculty supervising the class.

The mechanic: "okay mateys this is how you hotwire a car if youre in a pinch of time."

Cookie Booker: "This is how to tell a genuine [insert fancy fabric/ outfit] from FUCKING FAKE DUPES"

Roundabout: "Conversing is art. It is an intricate intimate waltz with layers of intention and words. This lesson you are going to learn how to get information without spilling one bit of yours. Now-"

Neal the Eel: "Here's how to slip your way out everytime, hah!"

[avatarvyakara]

Might as well work on this one too…

On Age in Carmen Sandiego (2019)

Or, at the very least, in the timeline of Crimson Shades.

First off, Carmen’s mother, Carlotta Valdez (aka “Vera Cruz”), was supposed to have “died” in 1999. Carmen looked around perhaps a year old at that point in time, giving her a possible birth-date in 1996 to 1997. This in turn suggests that the series takes place some time before the actual date of publication—say, 2017/2018 onwards—to maintain Carmen’s rough age.

Rough age ranges of the characters, taking Carmen’s rough birthdate for estimation:

Team Red

Isabela Valdez/Black Sheep/Carmen Sandiego: 16/17 starting at VILE, 18/19 during the Poitiers Caper, 22/23 by the end.

Fairly self-explanatory.

Pierre Bouchard/Player: 12/13 as a White Hat Hacker, 14/15 during the Poitiers Caper, 18/19 by the end.

Not quite old enough for a learner’s permit (Up Here it’s a G1) during the earlier capers.

Ivy Collins: 19 during the Donuts/Poitiers Capers, 23 by the end.

Zack Collins: 18 during the Donuts/Poitiers Capers, 22 by the end.

Zack is supposed to be around a year younger than Ivy.

Nakamura Suhara/Shadowsan: 23 when sent after Dexter Wolfe, 42 during the Poitiers Caper, 46 by the end.

Young but not too young, as it were.

VILE

Eartha McGlynn/Coach Brunt: 39 upon receiving Black Sheep, 58 during the Poitiers Caper, 61 when arrested, 63 by the end.

Gunnar Stromme/Professor Maelstrom: 37 upon receiving Black Sheep, 56 during the Poitiers Caper, 60 when arrested, 62 by the end.

Oluchi Cleopatra Okorie/Countess Cleo: 26 upon receiving Black Sheep, 45 during the Poitiers Caper, 49 when arrested, 51 by the end.

Saira Dhibar/Doctor Bellum: 33 upon receiving Black Sheep, 54 during the Poitiers Caper, 58 when arrested, 60 by the end.

Sir Nigel Braithwaite/Roundabout: 56 when appointed, 57 when arrested, 59 by the end.

Margherita Picasso/Cookie Booker: 54 when first pelted, 62 when the Hard Drive was stolen, 67 by the end.

Vlad Bobinski: 28 upon receiving Black Sheep, 45 upon letting Black Sheep get away, 50 by the end.

Boris Vladinski: 27 upon receiving Black Sheep, 44 while watching Vlad let Black Sheep get away, 49 by the end.

They may be slightly younger or older, but at least Coach Brunt’s age seems to have been confirmed at 60 by the time of the Fourth Season.

Graham Calloway/Gray/Crackle: 18 starting at VILE, 20 during the Poitiers Caper, 24 by the end.

Jean-Paul Marignan/Le Chèvre: 19 starting at VILE, 21 during the Poitiers Caper, 25 by the end.

Antonio Sánchez/El Topo: 18/19 starting at VILE, 20/21 during the Poitiers Caper, 24/25 by the end.

Sheena Landry/Tigress: 18 starting at VILE, 20 during the Poitiers Caper, 23 when arrested, 24 by the end.

Parker Morris/Mime Bomb: 18 starting at VILE, 20 during the Poitiers Caper, 23 when arrested, 25 by the end.

Sawa Jin/Paper Star: 17 starting at VILE, 18 during the Magna Carta Caper, 22 when arrested at the end.

ACME

Tamara Fraser/Chief: 26 when killing Dexter Wolfe, 45 during the Poitiers Caper, 49 when arresting VILE, 51 by the end.

Inspector/Agent Chase Devineaux: 37 during the Poitiers Caper, 38/39 when arresting VILE, 41 by the end.

Agent Julia Argent: 25 during the Poitiers Caper, 27 when arresting VILE, 29 by the end.

This is going to cause some trouble, I just know it. But the average amount of time it takes to get a university degree in the UK is around three years, and Julia has two of them. She also seems to have jumped right to an associate professorship at Oxford in Season 3, the requirements for which are around 4-6 years of study plus a thesis. Thus Julia would have had to have been in school for at least something like seven to nine years before joining Interpol, with whom she had apparently only been for a fortnight before the Poitiers Caper. The number above assumes that she skipped a year and took a year less to complete her second degree. Or took two years less. Or started two years early. You get my point. Basically, Julia has to be a fair bit older than she looks in order to actually have the qualifications she possesses.

Agent Umaira Zari: 38 during the Poitiers Caper, 40 when arresting VILE, 42 by the end.

Some additional ages:

Nakamura Hideo: 17 when his brother Suhara was born, 36 when his brother disappeared, 63 when his brother returned for good, 65 by the end.

Not an unreasonable age given his looks, I thought.

Carlotta Valdez: 27 when she gave birth to Isabela, 47 when Carmen returned home to her, 49 by the end.

Young but not too long, once again.

Any I missed?

[jade-eclipse-lithium]

hey can you please stop spamming the carmen tag im trying to look at other peoples content but since you post so much whenever i try to blacklist the tag you use when i try to look at the latest posts it only shows a few posts and i cant scroll and look at other peoples content. if you could just please limit your posting or post in another tag!

Let’s see. Scroll to the bottom of you wish to see the summary.

No, i cannot stop spamming the tags.

See, i am not doing this for anyone, i am doing this for my own fun.

By what i am understand, either i post less or post in other tags.

For the record and what i have heard, tumblr is a place to share.

I have no right to tell you what to do, nor anyone could have any right to order me.

I like posting on tumblr, i like strolling in tumblr, i am sure you do too.

I understand that you wish to see others’ content, but please understand i wish to post.

However, i would not post on weekends, please see if that suit you.

I suggest enjoying my posts too, in that way you would be annoyed less and enjoy more contents.

Again, i understand you stand for yourself when you asked me. Therefore, please, understand that i stand for myself when i said this.

You and i are both human beings that have our own minds and thoughts. I cannot force you to think otherwise, as you cannot force me to do otherwise.

I will continue to post the amount i wish to, using the tags as i wish to, do anything i wish to.

I bowed down to VILE, i bowed down to the only family i knew.

My sister showed me how to stand up for oneself, i am not throwing the invaluable lesson into waste.

Call me overdramatic, but i stand for myself when i say this because i no longer bow down to anyone.

Nah

Summary:

No, i can’t.

You could try to enjoy my quotes.

I will post less during weekends, if that is limiting my posting to you

Could you kindly suggest me a specific way to post in another tag?

No, i could not

I do not exist to please others, not anymore

[sound-under-the-sea]

Honestly this seems so interesting. There are probably different avenues that you could take with their dynamics with V.I.L.E Operatives such as Mechanic or Cookie.

I think about the alternate universes where a different faculty member found Carmen as a baby and subsequently betrayed VILE for her constantly. How the team dynamic would change. How they’d grow as characters. The shenanigans they’d get into

(Also how good Shadowsan would be as a straight up, no holds barred villain. But that’s another drawing for another day)

[lilysgone]

Some Hazel Cookie to feed the soul

[mimey-enthusiast]

Did more because I’m so bored…Arizona is so cold

Also changed chase because I went over it again and got more of the vibes that he’s a straight guy who’s a big supporter

[fun-k-boards]

7 for mime bomb

Which table will you sit at today?

reblog with your answer!

[brutalpath]

me, trying to interact w someone and not thinking: i could throw a book at you!!!

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A Complete and (Hopefully) Accurate Timeline of Carmen Sandiego

During my second rewatch of this show (I only found it in December okay) I suddenly found myself with a burning question, when the hell is all of this going on?

I quickly realized I could go and find out

So I began my 3rd rewatch, and a month later here we are

Each date is bolded with a brief description of the event and the episode in which you can find the information. Any quotes are taken from what is said within the show and only altered in order to flow with my sentence structure

As a disclaimer this is my first pass at the timeline and what I've immediately noticed while rewatching the show, please tell me if I've missed anything 🙏

March 01, 1999 - Carmen Sandiego is born (Season 2 Episode 10)

Carmen's birthday in previous media has been declared as March 1st, so I'm keeping that for simplicities sake. The year 1999 comes from Vera Cruz's tombstone; Vera Cruz "died" two weeks before her estate burned down, and as Carmen was beginning to walk at this time it places her at anywhere between 9-18 months of age.

This does give leeway for her to be born in 1998 (born in March 1998, house burns in Jan-Sep 1999) or 1999 (born in March 1999, house burns around December 1999) I chose 1999 because it would mean Carmen would be 20 (what Duane has declared Carmen's age during the events of the show) in 2019 (when the show aired) which I found fitting.

December 1999 - Vera Cruz's estate in burns down, Dexter Wolfe is killed. (Season 2 Episode 10)

June 2000 - Carlotta Valdez opens an orphanage (Season 4 Episode 8)

Chief relays while going over Dexter Wolfe and Carlotta Valdez's files that Valdez founded an orphanage 6 months after Wolfe's death.

March 01, 2015 - Carmen turns 16 (Season 1 Episode 1)

September 2015-February 2016 - Carmen receives her first call from Player (Season 1 Episode 1)

Duane has stated that Carmen was 16 when Player first called. Under the assumption that VILE follows a standard school year for the area (September-June), Carmen has to get this call after September so she enrolls in the following year, when she's instead 17. If she starts her first year at 17 as opposed to 16 it gets her closer to 20 when the show starts.

tl;dr: Player calls Carmen after the school year begins in September but before she turns 17 in March so it's as close to accurate to Duane's estimation of age later in the timeline.

March 01, 2016 - Carmen turns 17 (Season 1 Episode 1)

September 2016 - Carmen's first year at VILE Academy begins (Season 1 Episode 1)

December 01, 2016 - Cookie Booker arrives at VILE Island, Carmen and her classmates pull prank and get detention. (Season 1 Episode 1)

March 01, 2017 - Carmen turns 18 (Season 1 Episode 1)

June 2017 - VILE final exams, graduation, and Casablanca Caper (Season 1 Episodes 1-2)

July 2017-August 2017 - Carmen spends her summer under close scrutiny by the Faculty for her actions in Casablanca (Season 1 Episode 2)

Player, once Carmen retrieves her phone as she's attempting to escape the island, claims that Carmen hadn't "called [him] all summer long". Player is Canadian, their school years typically follow the September-June schedule, further implying that this same schedule is implemented at VILE Academy.

September 2017 - Carmen's holdover year begins (Season 1 Episode 2)

December 01, 2017 - Cookie Booker arrives with VILE hard drive, Carmen escapes the island (Season 1 Episode 2)

March 01, 2018 - Carmen turns 19

March 2018-May 2018 - Events of the Boston Tea Party Caper (Season 2 Episode 5)

Carmen recalls that the Boston Tea Party Caper had "been a few months since [she] escaped from VILE Island" and that "months of preparation were about to be put to the test" "A few months" is pretty vague, I'd say it's more than 2 months but less than 6. With graduation presumably happening in June, and El Topo being confused in his confrontation with Carmen because she "did not graduate", we can assume the new year had not yet concluded. This makes the cutoff for the Caper's events May.

May-June 2018 - Switzerland, Cairo, and Shanghai Capers (Season 1 Episode 1)

Carmen engaged in at least 3 additional Capers following the Boston Tea Party Caper (Season 2 Episode 5) but prior to the events of the first episode, information given to us courtesy of Devineaux and Julia's conversation at the beginning of the first episode.

Devineaux claims that "in just the last few weeks, this Carmen Sandiego has managed to rob millions of euros combined". A few weeks is a broad range of time, but likely not more than a month or so, which is why I've placed these three capers only slightly before the Poitiers robbery.

June 2018 - Carmen robs Cleo's vault in Poitier, runs into Crackle on train to Paris (Season 1 Episodes 1-2)

This event is 18 months prior to ACME taking Graham into custody and restoring his memories. As Devineaux is questioning him in the Big Bad Ivy Caper (Season 4 Episode 2), he asks if Graham would "care to tell [him] what [he was] doing on the train from Poitiers to Paris 18 months ago".

The events of the Big Bad Ivy Caper happen in December 2019, which if we track to 18 months prior, would be June. December 2019 is explained later in the timeline.

June-August 2018 - Events of the Sticky Rice Caper (Season 1 Episode 3)

August 2018 - Julia Argent and Chase Devineaux transfer employment from Interpol to ACME (Season 1 Episode 4)

In the French Connection Caper (Season 1 Episode 9), Devineaux's transfer from Interpol is stated to be "nearly 6 months ago" by Bellum as the Faculty observes the data they had managed to collect on him. With the French Connection Caper taking place in February 2019 (right before Hot Rocks of Rio Caper (Season 2 Episodes 1-2), which is Carnival, which is celebrated in February), August is "nearly 6 months" prior to that.

August 2018-February 2019 - Events of Season 1 Episodes 5-8

February 2019 - Events of the French Connection Caper (Season 1 Episode 9)

Early-Mid February 2019 - Events of The Hot Rocks of Rio Caper (Season 2 Episodes 1-2)

Mid February 2019 - Events of The Daisho Caper (Season 2 Episode 3)

February 19, 2019-February 25, 2019 - Events of The Fashionista Caper (Season 2 Episode 4)

To explain the previous five dates, the Hot Rocks of Rio (Season 2 Episodes 1-2) and Fashionista Capers both have events that only happen at a specific time of year, that being Carnival and Milan's Fashion Week respectively. They happen in late February to early March depending on the year. As Season 2 is set in 2019, this happens to be a bit inconvenient. Carnival actually happens in March while the fashion show occurs in February during 2019.

Since these dates conflict with the linearity of the show I've decided to push back Carnival to be sometime earlier in February as it has been in past years to fit with the show's continuity. I kept Milan's Fashion Week as it was in the real world because it's easiest that way.

It's entirely unsurprising to me that this kind of conflict has occurred as Season 2 was released in 2019 itself, meaning it was most definitely developed prior with general estimates of dates in mind.

With these capers directly following the French Connection Caper (as Devineaux is still in the hospital when Carmen is in Rio) that places The French Connection Caper in February as well.

March 01, 2019 - Carmen turns 20

March 2019-April 2019 - Events of Season 2 Episodes 6-7

April 2019 - Events of The Stockholm Syndrome Caper (Season 2 Episode 8)

The Need for Speed (Season 2 Episode 6) and Crackle Goes Kiwi (Season 2 Episode 7) Capers don't really have any indicators of when they occur, but The Stockholm Syndrome Caper happens while snow is still falling in Stockholm, Sweden. This places it in April at the latest, which is likely actually the month it takes place because at the end of the episode when Maelstrom and the rest of the faculty are addressing VILE's final graduating class Maelstrom mentions Valborg, a Swedish holiday that is celebrated at the end of April to announce the end of winter and coming of spring.

May 2019 - Shadowsan's goes on Capers during Carmen's recovery (Season 2 Episode 9)

As Valborg happens at the end of April, and so too does presumably the Stockholm Syndrome Caper (Season 2 Episode 8) as well, this means that Shadowsan's capers occur throughout the duration of May. He goes on at least four capers during Carmen's recovery period, which we can discern through what is briefly relayed by Player. These Capers take place in Belgium, Poland, Taiwan, and an area in the Austrian Alps; their cities being Antwerp, Krakow, and Taipei respectively. Her absence likely spans the majority of this month between the amount of rest she needed and the time it took to train so that she would be in the best condition to return to capers.

June 2019 - VILE Headquarters is blown up (Season 2 Episode 10)

June 2019 (1 week after explosion) - Devineaux arrives at VILE Island (Season 2 Episode 10)

June 2019 - Events of The African Ice Caper (Season 2 Episode 9)

June-July 2019 (1 week after Devineaux's arrival) - Carmen arrives at VILE Island (Season 2 Episode 10)

VILE Headquarters is blown up following the graduation of VILE Academy's final class. Back at the end of the Stockholm Syndrome Caper (Season 2 Episode 8), Coach Brunt tells the students that "upon graduating, it will be [their] prime directive to take [Carmen] down". This implies that at the time of the faculty's speech, those students were not yet graduating, so VILE would have to wait until after the school year had closed to wipe the island.

Since this school year likely ends in June, as previously gone over in this timeline, that means that the events occurring in the African Ice (Season 2 Episode 9) and Deep Dive (Season 2 Episode 10) Capers were sometime in June as well. This is further supported by the fact that in the Luchadora Tango Caper (Season 3 Episode 1), VILE had seen "no sign of [Carmen] all summer long" and ACME had not "heard nor seen any sign of her for weeks". Her last appearance until the Luchadora Tango Caper was when she stole information from ACME directly after the African Ice Caper, right at the edge of summer.

October 30, 2019 - Events of The Luchadora Tango Caper (Season 3 Episode 1)

We know this caper has to take place sometime in the fall, as per the summer statements made by VILE and ACME. It's clarified that this is specifically October because at the end of the episode Maelstom mentions that "Halloween is nearly upon [them]". As Halloween is at the end of October, you can put two and two together. 30th is further defined in the Day of the Dead Caper (Season 3 Episode 2), which takes place on the 31st (VILE is dressed up for Halloween), when you see Julia and Chase talking to Chief directly after the events of the Luchadora Tango Caper.

October 31, 2019 - Events of The Day of the Dead Caper (Season 3 Episode 2)

The Day of the Dead is traditionally celebrated November 1st and 2nd, though dates prior and post can also be included depending on the location. In this case, the episode showcases the celebrations on October 31st, aka Halloween.

Vlad and Boris are seen "trick or treating" and VILE is dressed up for the occasion, with it decidedly being Cleo's "worst Halloween ever" after Spinkick and Flytrap's failure at the end of the Caper.

Player also directly addresses the fact that "festivities typically begin the night before, on All Hallows' Eve", with All Hallows' Eve being an alternative name for Halloween.

On a slightly different note, the episode also addresses part of VILE's school year, as there were "delays caused by the move", they were forced to begin classes in "the winter quarter [that] year". This further proves their September-June schedule as it implies that the school year typically begins in the fall.

November 02, 2019 - Events of The Haunted Bayou Caper (Season 3 Episode 3)

The "Crawfish King", local celebrity chef in New Orleans, hosts a costume gala at his historic mansion "the first Saturday after Halloween" every year, stated in the episode by CK himself. With Season 3 presumably occurring in 2019, this makes Halloween a Thursday and the first Saturday thereafter November 2nd.

November 04, 2019 - Events of the Masks of Venice Caper (Season 3 Episode 4)

At the beginning of the episode, the VILE Faculty are seen eating excess Halloween candy; while Cleo complains about their indulgence, Maelstrom addresses "last night's bayou fiasco", and that they're looking forward to Cleo's "mask-themed scheme".

Since the operatives were "preparing to rendezvous as [they spoke]", this means the caper happens directly after they address it in conversation. This also means both Devineaux and Carmen are flying to Italy the morning of November 3rd, after the Bayou Caper. As this flight is about 12 hours, they would have landed in the evening/very early morning in Italy, meaning that their exploration around the city and actual Caper would have had to have happened the next day, November 4th.

November 05, 2019 - Events of The Jolly Good Show Caper (Season 3 Episode 5)

Player clearly says in the episode that "it's the 5th of November, a British holiday" when Carmen asks why VILE would want to steal the British crown jewels on that specific day.

You can also deduce that it's the 5th because a the end of the Masks of Venice Caper as Mimebomb is reporting the night's events, Roundabout reassures the faculty that "before the day [was] over, [they would] have Neal the Eel slithering free, and Carmen Sandiego in [their] clutches". As this report is happening the morning after the failed caper, this would place the Jolly Good Show Caper the ensuing night of November 5th as well.

November 2019 - Events of the Beijin Bullion Caper (Season 4 Episode 1)

The fourth season begins with Roundabout and Neal's mind wipe, though it goes awry. As it's presumably the morning after the Crown Jewels disaster, very little time passes between the Jolly Good Show and Beijing Bullion Caper.

Early December 2019 - Events of The Big Bad Ivy Caper (Season 4 Episode 2)

Player begins attending school this episode in December (with the Big Bad Ivy Caper happening on his first day of school).

We can deduce this month based on the calendar in Julia's office, observable in the V.I.L.E. History (Season 4 Episode 5) and Egyptian Decryption (Season 4 Episode 6) Capers. The month they are in during this time is composed of 5 weeks, with the last four days grayed-out, presumably cutting into the next month. This makes the month 31 days, lining up well with December.

Originally I had believed that this calendar had perfectly lined up with that of December 2019 (with the 1st of the month being a Sunday and the 31st a Tuesday), but then I realized the calendar Julia has is likely one that follows the month by Monday-Sunday rather than Sunday-Saturday.

This does mean that is is slightly off from what I thought previously, but still rather fitting nonetheless. Friday the 26th, as Julia had marked for her and Devineax's meeting, would instead be Friday the 27th on the 2019 calendar, so everything still more or less works out.

Now, to explain how this all relates to Player in school and the Big Bad Ivy Caper, we need to actually look forward into the Himalayan Rescue Caper (Season 4 Episode 4) as well. During the Himalayan Rescue Caper, Devineaux attempts to talk to Julia about Carmen and she postpones their conversation until "next Friday, at noon". This places the Himalayan Rescue Caper a week prior to the Egyptian Decryption Caper (when Devineaux arrives for lunch and finds Julia missing).

It is also addressed in the Himalayan Rescue Caper that Carmen didn't want to involve Player on the mission because he had "already been sent to detention on [her] account, and [it was] only his first week in school". THIS means that the Big Bad Ivy Caper (Player's first day of school) was about a week prior to the Himalayan Rescue Caper which is a week prior to the Egyptian Decryption Caper

tl;dr 2nd Week of December: Player starts school, Big Bad Ivy Caper

3rd Week of December: Robo + Himalayan Rescue Caper ("it's only his first week in school")

4th Week of December: V.I.L.E. History and Egyptian Decryption Capers (calendar lines up with Dec 2019, Devineaux lunch meeting marked for 26th)

Mid December 2019 - Events of The Robo Caper and The Himalayan Rescue Caper (Season 4 Episodes 3-4)

These events are back to back, with Graham's kidnapping and then ensuing rescue being a time-sensitive issue. Reason for December already explained.

Mid-Late December 2019 - Carmen acquires the ancient VILE relics (Season 4 Episodes 5-6)

Carmen hunts the VILE relics in two episodes, likely only a few days prior to her escapade in Egypt as she's actively racing VILE from location to location.

December 27, 2019 (~1 week post Himalayan Rescue Caper) - Devineaux goes to Julia's office for lunch, Carmen and Devineaux save Julia in Egypt (Season 4 Episode 6)

The calendar on Julia's desk is marked for the 26th, with it likely following the month from Mon-Sun as opposed to Sun-Sat (previously gone over in the Big Bad Ivy Caper). This would in fact make the 26th a Friday, though in 2019 this was not actually the case. The 26th was a Thursday and 27th a Friday, so I've pushed the date a day forward to match.

I doubt the creators were observing a 2019 calendar in order to precisely select a date for this event so I'm just rolling with what I've got.

Devineaux leaves Oxford for Egypt sometime after noon (when he was meant to meet Julia), and he and Carmen rendezvous at the pyramids to save Julia later in the day as the sun is setting, not quite cutting into the 28th.

December 28, 2019 - Julia and Devineaux give statements to the reporters for their historic find in the pyramids, Julia meets with Chief (Season 4 Episode 6)

It is the following morning when Julia and Devineaux talk to the press, as it's now light out.

Julia is seen in her office later in the day (back in Oxford), observing the footage when Chief appears to speak to her and schedule a meeting with Carmen.

December 29, 2019 - Carmen and Chief meet, Carmen is kidnapped (Season 4 Episode 6)

When Player analyzes Julia's most recent blog post, he tells Carmen that "if you line it up like a date and time, it's tomorrow, at 8 AM", in reference to the coded numbers at the end of each paragraph.

After Carmen and Chief's brief conversation on the 29th Carmen sits on a bench sometime later observing the city, and is subsequently kidnapped by VILE.

December 30, 2019 - Team Red hunts for clues about Carmen's location, Julia rejoins ACME, Carmen is brainwashed (Season 4 Episode 7)

It is late when we see Shadowsan at the grounds in which Carmen was captured in Seattle. Player claims to have "spent the last 24 hours hacking into every surveillance feed in Seattle [he] could find", meaning Carmen had been missing for an entire day.

In that same time frame across the city, Julia reunites with Devineaux as an ACME agent once again

We proceed to jump to Carmen whose memories are forcibly wiped in order to turn her into a VILE operative, all within the same evening.

January 20-January 26, 2020 - Shadowsan returns to the ruins of VILE Island (Season 4 Episode 7)

The show says that Shadowsan's return is three weeks after Carmen's kidnapping, but it's unclear how long "three weeks" refers to, as it could be exactly 21 days or bordering on four weeks with up to 26.

January 21-January 27 - Carmen goes on her first caper as a VILE Operative (Season 4 Episode 7)

The Caper is held the day after Shadowsan acquires information about the plan while on the island, so depending on when the three week jump is, this is the day after.

March 01, 2020 - Carmen turns 21 July 2020 - Carmen joins VILE faculty (Season 4 Episode 7)

Six months time jump, ACME has been assessing Carmen's crimes and is back to putting all their assets into taking her down.

VILE recognizes Carmen as their finest operative, and votes to have her join the Faculty.

??? 2020 - Carmen attempts to steal the Eye of Vishnu, memories restored (Season 4 Episode 8)

We don't know exactly when this caper happens. There's enough time for rumors about Carmen's plans to circulate, Gray to contact Chief, and Chief to pull strings to get the Eye of Vishnu back on display.

I would give this a few months preparation wise, but not an exponential amount of time.

2022 - Uptick in criminal activity due to prison breaks, Carmen's (presumably first) sighting (Season 4 Episode 8)

2 years after VILE began to crumble, they begin to show signs of activity once again following some prison breakouts. Julia, Devineaux, Zack, and Ivy (now apart of ACME) arrive at the scene of a supposed heist, only to find the culprit (Paperstar) already tied up with Carmen's silhouette on the rooftop.

Ending Ages for Characters with Confirmed Ages During the Show:

Carmen: 23 (20 during most of show)

Ivy: 22 (19 during most of show)

Zack: 21 (18 during most of show)

Player: 19 (16 during most of show)

Anyways that's it guys thank you for reading all my nonsense please again tell me if I missed anything 👍

[cstveamaryllis]

HEADCANON BIRTHDATES AND AGES OF CARMEN SANDIEGO CHARACTERS (FOR MY AU)

MAIN CAST YEAR - 2023-2024 Carmen - 24-25, March 1, 1999 Ivy - 23-24, July 18, 2000 Zack - 22-23, September 27, 2001 Player - 19-20, March 7, 2004 Shadowsan - 48-49, January 10, 1976

MAIN VILLAINS Amaryllis - 19-20, October 5, 2004 Flytrap - 21-22, November 26, 2002 Spinkick - 21-22, December 16, 2002 SIDE VILLAINS (not revealing them y et) ??? - 27-28, November 10, 1996 ??? - 26-27, April 17, 1997 ??? - 28-29, May 8, 1995 ??? - 30-31, April 26, 1993 ??? - 25-26, June 6, 1998

ACME

Julia - 26-27, March 16, 1997 Chase - 44-45, February 4, 1980 Chief/Fraiser - 56-57, February 19, 1967 Zari - 28-29, June 22, 1995 ??? - 43-44, September 2, 1981

VILE FACULTY

Maelstrom - 62-63, December 10, 1961 Bellum - 56-57, November 27, 1967 Cleo - 52-53, May 5, 1971 Coach Brunt - 61-62, March 16, 1962 Roundabout - 60-61, September 26, 1963

OTHER CHARACTERS

Marta Contreras - 46-47 October 15, 1978 Gray/Crackle - 30-31, October 21, 1993 Sheena/Tigress - 29-30, July 16, 1994 Mime Bomb - 28-29, November 2, 1995 Antonio - 31-32, July 23, 1992 Jean Paul - 31-32, February 2, 1992 Paperstar - 26-27, August 6, 1997 Neal - 31-32, November 18, 1992 Dash Haber - 34-35, August 20, 1989 Lady Dokuso - 48-49, August 22, 1976 Cookie Booker - 52-53, December 19, 1971

[jade-eclipse-lithium]

Gunnar Maelstrom: *stares at Cookie*

Cookie Booker: It’s called fashion, Gunnar.

[c-d-p]

What if Carmen Sandiego Characters’ Birthdays were the same as their VA’s?

Ever wondered what your favorite character’s birthday is? I noticed that none of the characters have any canon birthdays (please tell me if i’m wrong), so why not make them the same as their voice actors?

Note: I searched up every character’s VA for this. Some of them i couldn’t find a birthday, so they aren’t included in this list. Some characters also have the same birthdays due to having the same VA, or it’s just a coincidence. Also, Mime Bomb has no VA so.. he has no birthday i guess

January

Otter Man — January 8

February

Julia Argent — February 16

The Mechanic — February 17

March

Trey Sterling — March 11

Madame Goldlove, Neal The Eel — March 21

Le Chevre — March 23

April

Dash Haber, Hugo — April 1

Shadowsan — April 19

May

Ivy — May 8

Saira Bellum & Agent Zari — May 10

Gunnar Maelstrom, Vlad, Boris, Mr. Humphrey, ACME Agent — May 28

June

Paperstar — June 27

Sterling Sterling — June 15

July

Tigress — July 13

Sonia — July 19

The Troll — July 20

Carmen Sandiego — July 30

August

Moose Boy — August 11

Chief — August 13

Spinkick — August 29

September

El Topo, Interpol Supervisor — September 13

Countess Cleo, The Driver — September 16

October

Coach Brunt — October 16

Xifeng — October 25

November

Roundabout, Hideo — November 10

December

Cookie Booker (and OG Carmen) — December 11

Flytrap- December 20

Player — December 23

[macs-garage]

[A video plays.]

Booker: Mac. You're shit at this.

They stand side by side in a designer's dream kitchen, lovingly crafted by the man currently struggling to mix dough.

Mac: Yeah well, I'd pay to watch you install a catalytic converter into a mech that should have been discontinued long before they were even in existence. Beth-Anne owes me a favor for that fucking thing.

Booker leans closer, settling a hand on Mac's hip and notching his chin on the man's shoulder.

Booker: You're doing great, baby.

Mac's ears go scarlet, and he huffs irritably. It only serves to make Booker smirk as he reaches over, placing his hand over Mac's where it holds the spoon.

Booker: Like this. Press it against the side of the bowl, smear it slightly so it blends, scrape and do it again.

Mac: Why the hell are we doing it analog? Didn't you buy all this fancy shit for a reason?

There's a frown. Booker leans in and bites Mac on the shoulder, hard enough to make him yelp.

Booker: Stop bitching. You're not being judged. You're being taught. You're in the kitchen with your husband, not the demon who helped spawn you.

Mac snorts. Strangely, his husband's scolding makes his shoulders drop, his muscles relaxing. Ever so slightly, he pushes back. Affectionate and apologetic.

Mac: Sorry. Why're we doing this analog?

He begins stirring again. Booker watches him until he deems it worthy, then takes the bowl back. The oven is already preheated.

Booker: It's better this way. I can't always hear when the mixer's fucked. Especially if I'm being distracted.

He pinches Mac's backside pointedly, making his husband squeak and whirl, flustered.

Grinning sharply, he walks past.

Booker: You're so cute when you're flustered.

Mac scoffs, but follows.

Mac: Fuck off.

With slow precision, Booker walks him through the steps. Occasionally, Mac messes up and glances at Booker, only to relax when his husband calmly corrects the mistake.

The cookies go in the oven, and Booker wraps his arms around Mac, kissing the top of his head.

Booker: You did well. Didn't even set the kitchen on fire.

Pressing his face into his husband's shoulder, Mac sighs.

Mac: He's still gonna throw em out.

Booker: If he does I'll use his intestines as our Christmas garland. Preferably while he's still alive and attached.

Snorting, Mac holds him tighter.

Mac: Please don't. You'll scare her, and she's still getting used to us.

There's a warm, rumbling laugh, one that starts from the gut before spreading to Booker's whole body.

Booker: Perhaps. I claim no responsibility for any actions of violence against him. But you know you can't befriend everyone.

Mac's shoulders droop, and he sags into Booker, his hands gripping the expensive fabric of his shirt tight.

Mac: I...I know. Maybe it's just left over from before everything. Dad- Arson used to say "anyone's who's not a friend is your enemy, and at least friends will do you the favor of stabbing you from the front".

Booker: And then he tried to kill you. Several times. Many times.

There's a wry smile on Mac's face.

Mac: Him and my sisters both. Ironically, Mother's the only one who hasn't, and she's the worst of them all.

???: Adrian? Ricky?

Mac and Booker: In here.

They look at each other and grin, then other to the doors that lead to the living room. The pair untangles.

???: What smells good?

Mac: Cookies.

Booker: We've made extra. They're snickerdoodles. There's also ginger snaps cooling on the counter.

???: What are those?

Mac exchanges glances with his husband, then looks back over. He smiles.

Mac: Why don't you come try them out?

[obsidiancreates]

Just Another Day In The Dimwood

"How the hell did we end up back here?!" Booker whispers furiously to Grumley.

"I dunno," Grumley whispers back, almost whimpering. "We just ran and here we are!"

"Whatever Bitsy's going for in that hutch better be worth this." Booker takes a deep breath. "Okay, just this one last time. One last distraction in this godforsaken clearing and then we're never coming back here again!"

"Never?"

"Never, Grumley. Not even for all the gold in the Dimwood."

"Wow. Alright, one more distraction." Grumley looks down at the powder Peggy had given him before she, Hazel, and Bitsy had sprinted off into the woods. "I won't die, right?"

"I sure hope not, but it's Peggy, so I can't really confirm or deny that as a possibility."

"Well... here goes." Grumley shoves the powder in his mouth and takes a swig of the bottle Peggy had also given him. He coughs a little as thick foam begins to spill out from his jowl-covered mouth.

"Holy shit, it worked- I mean HELP! HEEEELP, OH GODS, THERE'S A-A RABID DOG! AHHHHHHHH!" Booker dashes into the main clearing, gathering as much attention as possible away from the party that had moments ago been readied to investigate why Smoke could be seen coming from that horrid hutch the heretic once lived in.

Grumley chases after Booker, growling and snarling as scarily as he can! He chases him all around the clearly, but the two keep a tight pattern around the path out of town towards Bitsy's old house. Mice and rabbits and cats and dogs alike all scream, chaos spreading as cries of "RABIES!" fill the air!

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"Oh, Bitsy! You didn't tell us you had cookies left in your house!" Hazel yanks the jar out of the old slightly-singed cupboard and begins wolfing them down without a second thought.

"To be fair we thought it'd burned down because she left the woodstove lit when we ran away before," Peggy says, looking through Bitsy's bookshelf which contains no books, but lots of jars of herbs.

"We did?" Bitsy herself is digging through the ashes inside said stove.

"You said you left it on, yeah."

"Wow. Well how didn't it burn down? Did you save my Hutch, Creator?"

"I must have." Peggy kicks over a bucket clearly left by the firefighting brigade that obviously came and stopped the fire so it wouldn't burn the entire clearing down. "What're we lookin' for again?"

"Is it that mysterious chest you told us about that first night?" Hazel asks as she finishes the jar of cookies. "Ooooh, scones!"

"No, not that." Bitsy moves on to look under the bed. "I'm lookin' for my best chewin' stick!"

"We're here for a stick?" Peggy pauses, then shrugs. "Just don't tell Booker, he might have an aneurysm."

"What's an Anne-your-eseem?"

"It's like your brain poppin' in your skull."

"Wow... I get that all the time!"

"I think that's just bubbles in your ears, Bitsy. I get it too when I-I climb really high and come back down."

"But I don't climb!"

"You do run real fast though, sort of the same thing. ... Somehow."

"I learn so much with you all."

"Well we're a very knowledgeable and well-learned bunch. What's this jar full of?"

"Poppy seeds. If you work with 'em the right way they make you all sleepy and relaxed and not in pain anymore."

"Oh, is that what this liquid next to them is?"

"Yeah!"

"Hazel just drank half the jar."

"Oh. ... It'll be fine, I think. As long as we don't gotta run real soon."

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Booker and Grumely sprint away from the angry crowd. As soon as just one resident recognized them, the rest followed. Groups of angry, grieving families now chase them with pitchforks, scythes, and anything else sharp available in the clearing.

"GUYYYYS!!! WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE!!!" Booker screams as they run towards the hutch.

"IT'S VERY URGENT!!!"

"WE HAVE TO GET MOVING AT A VERY QUICK AND CONSISTENT PACE!!!"

"FOR A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME!!!"

Peggy looks out the window. "Yeah Booker that's not- HOLY SHIT- Bitsy you gotta wake Hazel up!"

"WHAT?!" Booker ducks as a rock flies by his head. "SHE'S ASLEEP?!"

"Well I'll just give her this white powder that makes me feel real fast!"

"Great idea."

Booker groans and looks to Grumley. "We're so fucked."