"Carmen Sandiego": An Enthralling Animated Series [Part 4]
Continued from part 3
The series introduces two ACME agents inspired by past characters in the franchise: Julia "Jules" Argent (Charlet Chung) and Chase Devineaux (voiced by Rafael Petardi). While Chase is an arrogant and pompous fool, Jules is more level-headed, and is open to the reality that Carmen is stealing from other thieves.
This article was originally meant for The Geekiary. I submitted the article in mid-August 2022, on August 16, and it got sent back for edits, and even after a long conversation with one of the editors, including re-submitting the article a second time, I decided to publish it on my own (see original post for details) It was published on my History Hermann WordPress blog on Jan. 2, 2023.
Ultimately, Chase realizes that Jules was right all along about "La Femme Rouge" (The Red Woman). This differs from Zari, a focused and efficient agent who sides with the Chief above anyone else.
Carmen Sandiego makes Chase, and his actions, a form of comic relief. This contrasts with Jules' more academic and scholarly nature. She even goes through ACME case files to find Carmen's mother, and works as an antiquities professor at one point. More than any other character, she understands Carmen on deeper level. The series hints at possible romantic feelings between them.
In the the above clip from the interactive special, To Steal or Not To Steal, she dances amazingly, becoming a fan sensation when the special aired. The dance has definite gay, or bisexual, vibes, depending on how you interpret it, since Carmen's dancing excites Jules.
Not surprisingly, some fans speculated that Carmen and Julia would end up in a relationship by the end of the series. Their ship is known as Carulia, Julethief, Carmelia, and Carjules. It is one of the most popular ships for the series.
While the ship did not become canon, Capizzi confirmed that two VILE thieves, Le Chevre / Jean Paul (Andrew Pifko) and El Topo / Antonio (Bernardo de Paula) were a gay couple. He called them sweet villains you "can't help but love". At the end of the series, they open a food truck together, similar to Benson and Troy at the end of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts.
Additionally, one former VILE operative, Graham "Gray" Calloway (Michael Goldsmith), has an important role in the series. Some fans have shipped Graham and Carmen together, dubbing it "Graham Crackle". Like Carulia, this ship has some canon support. There are various additional ships that fans favor.
Some are femslash, like Paper Star and Tigress, Ivy and Jules, and Ivy and Carmen. Others that are slash. Some cross fandom boundaries, like the ship between Cassandra in Tangled and Carmen known as "Red Moonstone".
There are possible symbols in the series which hint at LGBTQ+ themes. Carmen often wears an upward gold triangle around her neck. It may be a subtle hint at the pink triangle, a reclaimed symbol of self-identity and pride, especially among gay people.
However, it is much less direct than the ax bass of Marceline the Vampire Queen, in Adventure Time, which resembles a labrys. The latter can be a lesbian feminist symbol, referring to self-sufficiency and strength.
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Continued in part 5
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Molly’s loyalties are tested when she goes to a school dance with Ollie.
Charlet Chung (”Blizzard Entertaiment Overwatch Franchise”) returns as Heyun & Jyun
"I Wanna Dance With Some-Ollie" NOW avalible on Disney+ USA, Premieres Saturday only on Disney Channel.
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FANFIC IDEA : CARMEN SANDIEGO S5 EP1
TITLE : The Bad Return Caper.
RUNNING TIME : 23 minutes
STARRING : Gina Rodriguez, Finn Wolfhard.
SUMMARY : 2 years later, Carmen Sandiego continues her path of thieving with the help of Player and ACME. She hasn’t heard anything from VILE or any major danger by them. That is until a jail break in Reykjavik reported through the CrimeNet to ACME. ACME relies on itself and Carmen to stop and find out who these rogue criminals are.
CAST :
Gina Rodriguez as Carmen Sandiego.
Finn Wolfhard as Player Bouchard
Abby Trott as Ivy
Michael Hawley as Zack
Charlet Chung as Julia Argent
Dawnn Lewis as Tamara/Chief
Sarah Nicole-Robles as Flytrap
Dante Basco as Spinkick
Zazie Beetz as Amaryllis.
I thought it would be a good fanfic idea!
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Alright a few years back I was at a comic convention, Charlet Chung (Voice of DV.A) was doing a live Q&A and I asked a simple question of what her favorite video game was. Next thing I knew she talked about how when she was little, Charlet grew up to how women where mistreated in video games and people being toxic to each other on live play. She then made it one of her goals to help end gamer toxicity and promote feminism on all forms of media. So in honor of women's history month in making sure that Charlet will be recognized among all the other women who want love not hate in the world.
P.S that's me dressing up as Ethan from Rockin Punch Riders it was my first time cosplaying and it felt GOOD
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