Carmen Sandiego is the titular primary protagonist of the 2019 Netflix animated series Carmen Sandiego, based off the classic game show, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?. She was orphaned during her infancy[13] and taught how to be a professional thief at V.I.L.E. Academy[1], but later defected as she wanted to see the world for herself and right V.I.L.E.'s wrongs[14]. She is the leader of Team Red and friend of Player, Zack, Ivy and Shadowsan. She is voiced by Gina Rodriguez. Childhood As a child Carmen was a very curious individual. She enjoyed learning and consuming knowledge provided to her via her nannies, specifically in regards to foreign culture and geography. She was also mischievous and had a penchant for throwing pranks, enjoying the chaos she inflicted upon the students and staff of V.I.L.E. Academy. Alongside her displeasing lack of respect for authority, Carmen was also quite stubborn. She refused to partake in any activities she did not enjoy (such as eating Dr. Bellum's experimental rice) and was persistent in pursuing her own desires first. Teens Carmen grew more ambitious and self-assured as she made her way into her teens. She was tired of waiting around for her moment to strike and wanted to achieve her goals in the present, confident in her own abilities. This ambition went hand in hand with her growing ignorance. Carmen did not understand what she was striving for was wrong, and her lack of awareness shaped much of her aspirations and treatment of others. Despite some changes in demeanor, Carmen retained her liking of mischief and geography. She hadn't necessarily changed, just grew into herself. Adulthood Carmen is a highly intelligent and knowledgeable individual, this quality being in part what makes her such a immense threat to V.I.L.E.. Having been raised by a revolving door of nanny's, Carmen was exposed to a wide variety of diverse places, learning of their language and culture as she grew. On top of what was taught to her, Carmen is also a gifted thinker in the practical sense. She has a keen intuition towards thievery and problem-solving, learning how to escape tight situations even as a child through her penchant to throwing pranks and avoiding getting caught. Her ability to consume information and natural inclination towards mischief sculpted Carmen into a well-rounded, formidable thief as she aged, transforming mere facts into information she could actually use in the field. Carmen is also greatly defined by her empathy, as seen when she fought off her graduated classmates to save a dig-site crew after developing an appreciation of art[14]. Or when she learned of the cultural value of Uluru to the native peoples of the Outback, and how a V.I.L.E. plan would be devastating to them[15]. As well as the time when Doctor Pilar Marquez explained the 1830 Ecuadorian 8 Escudos doubloon's historical value, Carmen did not want to deprive the Ecuadorian people of a cultural treasure; something resonant to her, as she herself knows nothing of her past. Carmen raced to retrieve it and directly gave the coin to Marquez out of trust that she'd keep the coin safe in a museum.[5] She is also a humanitarian, donating the money she steals from V.I.L.E. to children's hospitals, orphanages, museums, and various other charities. Carmen is sympathetic to these causes as she knows nothing of herself, and wants to ensure others have opportunities and knowledge of the world which she believes is their right to know and have a chance to appreciate. Carmen is also shown to be selfless, as when Devineaux is kidnapped by V.I.L.E. believing him to be her secret partner, Carmen risked her own safety to rescue him, even though she knew it was a trap as Coach Brunt and Shadowsan were in the area hunting for her.[16] When she is without her true memories and empathy, Carmen acts more like her classic counterparts, retaining her wit and concern for V.I.L.E. members, and taking risks for the mental challenges. However, the biggest change is that she is fully willing to kill any obstacles that stand in her way, displayed when nearly sends Zack to his death if not for Shadowsan rescuing him mid-fall. Even her attachment to her parents has less meaning next to her devotion to V.I.L.E.; except for a burning desire to seek revenge against Shadowsan when she was made to believe he was a traitor and was responsible for her father's death. Physical Appearance Physical Features Carmen is a tall, beautiful young woman around 20 of Argentinean-Mexican descent. She has rakuda skin and a slender-yet-athletic physique, which forms into a rather shapely and curvy figure. She sports thick, wavy, voluminous hip-length maroon-red hair with slightly side-parted bangs and blue-gray eyes with small-yet-prominent eyelashes. Her face is accentuated by thick black brows and perpetual red lipstick. OutfitsCasualChildhood Carmen wore a simple burgundy dress that reached her knees during her formative years on the Isle of V.I.L.E.. It had a simple white belt and v-neck collar. She donned a pair of red sandals alongside it that were the same shade as her dress. When slightly older, Carmen swapped out the dress for a white t-shirt, desaturated green shorts, and brown sandals. Before she decided to attend V.I.L.E. Academy, Carmen dressed in a pair of slate green overalls and a dark green sleeveless crop top with matching green high top shoes with white soles and laces. While in attendance at V.I.L.E. Academy, Carmen regularly adorned their standard uniform. The required attire was a sage green polo shirt that had a dark gray "V" on the left chest with two short horizontal dark green and yellow stripes parallel to one another on each sleeve. The shirt was worn untucked with a pair of sandy brown-green straight leg cropped pants that had a darker sage green stripe just below the knee also in the shape of a "V". The look was finished off with the addition of dark green high top shoes, the same pair Carmen had worn before starting the school year. In preparation for becoming a full-fledged V.I.L.E. operative, Carmen briefly owned her very own V.I.L.E. stealth suit. It was dark gray with a slightly blue hue and viridian detailing. The suit was skin tight with a turtle neck and reached just above Carmen's elbows and down to her mid shins. During her escape, Carmen wore Cookie Booker's red coat over her stealth suit in order to impersonate her. Adulthood Carmen's primary casual attire consists of a red two-toned cropped jacket worn over a black v-neck t-shirt and cuffed gray skinny jeans. It is paired with a set of red high top shoes with white soles and laces and a black choker with a small gold triangle pendant. The top half of Carmen's jacket is a darker shade of red than the rest with a slightly purple hue, it cuts back into a pure red at the hood and sleeves. The front of the hood has small black buttons on either side and the sleeves each have a black horizontal zipper at shoulder level that are outlined in the same dark purplish-red of the uppermost half of Carmen's jacket. Her shirt has two red parallel horizontal stripes at the end of each sleeve, revealed whenever Carmen decides to wear this outfit without the jacket. On warmer occasions, Carmen opts for less layered look. While in Ecuador looking for the Ecuador 8 Escudos Carmen wears a white two-toned v-neck t-shirt tucked into a pair of light blue cuffed jean shorts. The top half of her shirt is red, which cuts back into white at the neckline and sleeves—which have two red parallel horizontal stripes at the end. The tack button of Carmen's shorts is gold and the inner lining of her shorts shown when cuffed is a lighter shade of blue than the wash. She also wears a simple black choker (with no pendant) and her typical red high tops. Carmen has paired this look with her casual red jacket. Carmen has also worn a denim romper while out and about. It is a one-piece short-sleeve and shorts combo she pairs with a red belt with a silver buckle. Carmen keeps her typical red high tops and triangle choker. This outfit briefly has the addition of a sling backpack meant for transporting the Magna Carta during "The Chasing Paper Caper". In the event that Carmen is able to sleep between capers, she has a set of pajamas Professional Since she is usually operating as a thief, Carmen primarily sports her iconic red trench coat and fedora. Her fedora is wide-brimmed with a black band and her coat remains buttoned with the collar popped, reaching down to her calves. Underneath, Carmen wears a black form-fitting quarter zip cap-sleeve turtleneck catsuit with a gold triangle zipper and black gloves and boots. To finish off the look Carmen adorns a pair of round black communicator earrings in order to speak with her team on capers. In an effort to blend in with other scientists at HelioGem during "The Opera in the Outback Caper" Carmen once wore a white lab coat over her stealth suit alongside a pair of pale rounded glasses. During special underwater-based capers Carmen dons a personalized diving suit. Disguises While operating under the alias "The Duchess" Carmen's thieving ensemble is vastly different. Her trench coat is swapped out for a solid black pantsuit which she wears over a white surplice top with ruffled cuffs. While she still has a hat, it is a black sunhat with purple underbrim as opposed to her typical red one. In order to properly conceal her identity while in costume Carmen adds a straight blonde wig with bangs alongside a plain black eyepatch over her left eye. She completes the look with a black lariat necklace and purple heels. Abilities Due to spending the majority of her early life at V.I.L.E. Academy learning from her large pool of nannies, and being personally tutored by the V.I.L.E. Faculty members, Carmen has an assortment of relevant combat gear and skills relevant. Strengths Coordination - Carmen appears to be very fast and agile. She can run at incredible speeds as well as leap fairly long distances, performing amazing parkour attributes. Martial arts - Carmen is also shown to be very agile and a skilled fighter, being agile enough to free-run across steep rooftops, perform complex acrobatic maneuvers with considerable ease and defeat many experienced V.I.L.E operatives. Thievery - As a professional thief, Carmen steals items without her opponents knowing or sensing the act. She was even praised by Shadowsan to be one of his finest students and best in the class by Graham. Stealth - Carmen is skillful in stealth, given her ability to sneak into multiple high-security complexes to perform her heists and disappear in broad daylight, allowing her to evade capture by Interpol, A.C.M.E., and V.I.L.E. Driving skills - Carmen can operate a wide range of vehicles, including but not limited to cars, motorcycles, and boats. She even engages in a high-speed chase using her motorcycle against a veteran car thief stealing an electric supercar. Multilingualism - Due to her exposure to various cultures due to her upbringing, Carmen is able to speak and understand various languages, including Mandarin, Portuguese and Italian. Master tactician - Carmen's strategic planning and mental prowess seem to be her greatest asset. Whether it be her strong leadership skills, her ability to adapt to a situation in a fight, she almost constantly being able to triumph in difficult positions or against foes who are numerically superior.Weaknesses In spite of her confidence, Carmen does have her weaknesses. Due to her mysterious past, she has shown to be insecure when she tried to avoid the topic when Graham asked for her real name during her academic year[1], or experienced visions which caused her to be distracted when she learned it was Shadowsan who discovered her as a baby, not Coach Brunt as she had assumed[17]. Professor Maelstrom had tried to take advantage of this by getting Coach Brunt to reveal details of her past, hoping to sow discord between her and Shadowsan's partnership[18]. She also has difficulty in facing foes who are vastly superior in strength and durability, such as facing Coach Brunt in France[16]. Coach Brunt and Shadowsan, prior to his betrayal, were the two members she had the utmost caution for, more so than the other faculty members, as they were only two who could fight her one-on-one and have an advantage. She would rather have them go on a wild goose chase then face either of them directly[16]. Matryoshka Dolls A set of wooden dolls of decreasing size that hold great sentimental value to Carmen—her only possessions from before arriving at the Isle of V.I.L.E.. V.I.L.E. Phone A phone stolen from The Captain and used by Carmen in order to contact Player during her time on V.I.L.E. Island. Stilts A pair of extending ankle-bound poles utilized by Carmen during her training at V.I.L.E. Academy to reach grand heights quickly. Also made Carmen taller during her escape from V.I.L.E. Island, allowing her to properly impersonate Cookie Booker. Grappling Hook A wrist-bound device that shoots a grappling hook, allowing Carmen to reach high places. Designed by Ivy.[3] Comm-Link EarringsCarmen's earrings hide two-way communication technology, which she uses to stay in touch with Player. Lipstick Flashdrive A drive disguised as lipstick - it can be used to hack into computers and security systems. Laser CutterA handheld device that can cut through glass and any other material. Safe Cracker An electronic device that attaches to the front of a safe in order to decipher its combination. Glider Backpack A collapsible hang glider ready to deploy whenever Carmen needs to make a quick escape. It could be the equipment that she uses most, within Red Drone.Red DroneA remote control flying drone that can send a live video feed and hack into security systems. She is often piloted by Ivy. Compact Mirror Tracker Allows Carmen to track targets and send info to Player. Binoculars Allows Carmen to see farther. Also contains night vision and multi-spectrum mode. Biography Early life[13][1]Abduction Carmen is the biological daughter of former Faculty member Dexter Wolfe and presumed civilian Carlotta Valdez. She spent most of her time as an infant and early toddler living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as her parents prepared to move off grid in order to escape V.I.L.E.. Dexter Wolfe, as not only a member of V.I.L.E. but one of their upper management, was unable to simply leave his criminal life behind. He made meticulous plans to secure Carmen's future, secretly transferring funds from V.I.L.E. into a personal account under the guise of thievery in order to both fund his departure as well as wave off any suspicions harbored by the Faculty. Despite his best efforts, Dexter was found out. The Faculty deployed Shadowsan, a then first year operative to track, assess, and assassinate Dexter Wolfe should his treachery be confirmed. Carmen was with her father the day Shadowsan found him—her mother had already left to start their new life, expecting to rendezvous with and Carmen and Dexter shortly. Though Shadowsan was prepared to kill Dexter Wolfe as was asked of him and orphan the young Carmen in the aftermath, Carmen and her father were instead interrupted by Interpol. Carmen was ushered into a closet as Interpol Agents closed in, hushed by her father as he offered to play a game. She cried, unconsoled, until Dexter reached over and gifted Carmen one of the matryoshka dolls on a nearby shelf. He ran off in the wake of Carmen's quietness, leaving in the hopes of keeping her safe. She remained hidden there until Shadowsan came to pick her up, having just witnessed Dexter be killed by an Interpol agent in his escape. Shadowsan was supposed to kill Carmen as well per V.I.L.E. protocol, but couldn't bring himself to go through with it. Instead, he burned any remnants of V.I.L.E. alongside Carmen's home and brought her back to the Isle of V.I.L.E. with him as he relayed news of Dexter's death to the Faculty. Though controversial, Shadowsan's decision to bring Carmen with him to V.I.L.E. Island was accepted by the remaining Faculty members. They entered a pact to keep Carmen's lineage a secret from her and awarded her late father's seat to Shadowsan for his presumed role in ending Dexter's life. Carmen was allowed to grow up on the island as one of their own, expected to be a great thief in time. Adolescence Growing up, Carmen was told that she was found abandoned on the side of a road in Buenos Aires, Argentina, by a member of the high council of V.I.L.E. and taken to the Isle of V.I.L.E. along with her Matryoshka dolls, which Carmen considers to be her first belongings. With no given name or other form of identification, Carmen was given a codename: Black Sheep. Black Sheep was raised by a series of nannies from around the world, intermittently given lessons from the Faculty themselves. They gave her a broad education of fundamentals such as reading and writing as well as cultural and geographic exposure. Simply by being raised on an island that trained thieves, Black Sheep became adept at mimicking the techniques practiced at V.I.L.E. Academy on her own, learning by osmosis to her older peers. Despite the nannies, Coach Brunt served as a parental figure to Black Sheep, showering her with affection and protecting her as if her own. Though mischievous, Black Sheep was mostly allowed to get away with whatever she wanted thanks to her guardians. With this freedom, Black Sheep attained a reputation for pulling pranks. She utilized skills picked up from students to swipe items or tease the Cleaning Crew. Her most recurring prank fell on December first, where V.I.L.E.'s accountant, Cookie Booker, would arrive on the island alongside The Captain; Black Sheep would greet the two by throwing water balloons at them, an event neither appreciated. One year, when Booker and the The Captain visited, the Captain had grown tired of Black Sheep's schemes and and chased her across V.I.L.E. Academy grounds. Upon entering the Academy Black Sheep slipped on the freshly cleaned floors. Before The Captain was able to lay hands on Black Sheep he was grabbed by Coach Brunt. She lifted him off the ground and punched him across the ground and into an adjacent fountain, allowing Black Sheep to confiscate the phone that had fallen out of his pocket in the commotion. Black Sheep hid the device as Coach Brunt comforted her, later putting it in the largest of her matryoshka dolls. TeensEnrollment As time passed Black Sheep grew bored with her stagnant life on the island. She was desperate to see the world, something she knew she would be able to do once she finally became an operative like the hundreds of students before her. When she was 16, Black Sheep finally received the push she needed in order to pursue these dreams. Black Sheep had been laying on her bed, disinterested, before her largest matryoshka doll began to to vibrate. It inched towards the edge of her shelf, provoking Black Sheep to dive and catch it before it fell and hit the ground. Upon opening the doll, Black Sheep found her stolen phone vibrating with the icon of a white hat on screen. Someone was calling her. She picked up and was met with a boy who introduced himself as "Player". Intrigued to converse with someone outside of the island, Black Sheep left her room to escape the approaching Coach Brunt in order to continue talking to the boy by herself down at the beach. She was excited to hear about the outside world, and took the call as her first sign to pursue becoming an operative of V.I.L.E.. Despite entertaining the idea, Black Sheep did not immediately reach out to the Faculty to propose her ambitions of becoming an operative early. She instead waited, finally reaching her breaking point upon witnessing another class of operatives graduate.[19] Following this event, Black Sheep held a meeting with the Faculty where she cited her case for early admission to their program. Though the staff had their reservations due to Black Sheep's reputation as a prankster, everyone except Shadowsan voted to allow Black Sheep to attend the upcoming year. Young Black Sheep Black Sheep moved into the dorms of V.I.L.E. Academy and met four other students: Antonio, Jean Paul, Graham, and Sheena. Immediately after meeting Black Sheep, Sheena began harassing her, but Graham stepped in and settled things in the interest of order between roommates. While socializing with Graham in the halls, Graham explained to Black Sheep that he had been a junior electrician at the world-famous Sydney Opera House until he realized he could use his skills for burglary, which is how he caught V.I.L.E.'s attention. The two formed a strong friendship through their various courses at V.I.L.E. Academy, Carmen giving him the nickname "Gray" somewhere along the way. Black Sheep began formally cultivating talents in thievery, combat, identification of rare items, gadgetry, and deception with the help of the instructors at the academy. Black Sheep excelled at all her classes, proving herself to be part of the team. Despite now being a cadet, Black Sheep's tendencies didn't go away and she continued to pull pranks. After roping in her fellow dorm mates into the annual water balloon prank, they were caught and brought before the faculty for discipline. As before, Shadowsan was particularly displeased and demanded that Black Sheep face expulsion for her actions. Gray stepped forward and said that the entire group was responsible, against Sheena's protests, and the five were sentenced to detention. Making the best of their situation, Gray suggested they pitch code names to adopt. After a round of unsuccessful suggestions, Gray combines his first name with the word "crackle" to create "Graham Crackle", which he shortens to "Crackle" after the other students talk him out of it (due to the bad pun). Jean Paul goes with the name "Le Chevre" (French for "The Goat"), because of his affinity for coming in from above. Antonio adopts the codename "El Topo" (Spanish for "The Mole"), due to his use of drill claws that allow him to approach from below. Sheena takes the name "Tigress", due to her sharp claw gloves and optical hardware that lets her see as well as a cat in the dark. Finally, there is the quiet mime, who takes to the name "Mime Bomb". Graduation approached and the only thing that remained was for Black Sheep to pass her final exams. Shadowsan's final exam, a pickpocketing exercise, was for the student to find a dollar bill hidden in one of the pockets on his coat within two minutes while dodging his martial arts attacks. The exam was passed by Tigress, due to her taking advantage of her claws and optics to rip open Shadowsan's pocket to steal the target. Then Black Sheep tries, but discovers she is unable to successfully pickpocket her instructor. The results for the exams came in and everyone from Black Sheep's dorm graduated, except for Black Sheep herself. Black Sheep confronted Shadowsan and demanded a second opportunity, accusing him of rigging the exam against her by not having the object on his person at all, but was refused and told to study for another attempt in a year. Frustrated with the situation, Black Sheep decided that if she can't graduate, she'll simply join a mission by herself. She snuck out one night and boarded the chopper taking the other graduates to their first caper. However her escape was not unnoticed, as Mime Bomb spotted her leaving. Crashing the Casablanca Caper As the chopper Black Sheep had stowed away on flew out to the job site, Black Sheep's phone rang. Player had been able to track Black Sheep for the first time since he made contact, thanks to the phone leaving the vicinity of V.I.L.E Island's encrypted frequencies. Black Sheep cut the conversation short as the mission's entry point approached. Noticing that the graduates are going to parachute into the site, Black Sheep realized she didn't have a way off the helicopter. El Topo, Le Chevre, and Tigress bail out but Crackle was caught off guard by Black Sheep diving onto him before he jumps, forcing him to jump with her. Back at V.I.L.E. island, Mime Bomb, who had followed Black Sheep when she made her escape through the sewer system, gave a report to the faculty members. Though they had trouble grasping his charades, Black Sheep stowing away with the graduating class was made clear. Fearing a possible mission compromise, Professor Maelstrom dispatched the Cleaners to remedy the situation. On the ground, Crackle regrouped with the others after lecturing Black Sheep on her recklessness but Black Sheep remained undeterred and followed the thieves to their objective. At the mission site, Black Sheep took in her first look at the outside world of Casablanca, Morocco and was mesmerized by it all. She followed a bright light that lead her to a large pit that was actively being dug out. A man approached her and asked what she's doing at such a late hour, which prompted Black Sheep to inquire about her whereabouts. It was an archaeological dig site that had recently uncovered "the Eye of Vishnu", a large jewel thought to be lost centuries ago. While the value of the item is without question, the man was more interested in preserving it purely for its own sake in the interest of maintaining a record of history. However, when the lights went down at the dig site, Black Sheep realized that the dig site was the mission objective and that V.I.L.E. was here to steal the Eye of Vishnu. Le Chevre and Tigress descended on the dig site and took out all the personnel as El Topo retrieved the object itself from under the earth. The site manager realized Black Sheep was one of the thieves and tried to take back the Eye of Vishnu, but was cut off by Crackle. He was overpowered and thrown to the ground, at which point Crackle pulled out his EMP rod and attempted to eliminate the dig site manager. Black Sheep dove onto him and wrestled the weapon away as the manager evacuates, his life still intact. Tigress tried to break up the fight but only got smacked with Crackle's weapon when Black Sheep took possession of it. Black Sheep direly tried to get answers out of her friend, but before she could, the Cleaners suddenly appeared from behind and neutralized Black Sheep with chloroform. Black Sheep was returned to V.I.L.E. Island after her interference in the mission, and while she was welcomed back without any severe punishment, the staff at V.I.L.E. kept an especially close eye on her from then onwards. Now without the rest of her class, "Black Sheep" felt painfully alone and lost access to the phone that allowed any sort of communication beyond the shores of the island. Fed up with all things V.I.L.E., Black Sheep quietly went about her days on the island until the moment arrived when she could finally escape for good. As usual, Cookie Booker arrived on the first of December with her typical drop of the hard drive containing intel on possible high-value targets for V.I.L.E. to focus on for the coming year. Black Sheep, knowing this from years of pranking the bookkeeper on her arrival, decided that this is the best opportunity to escape V.I.L.E. Island, leaving behind her treasured Russian nesting dolls in the process in order to travel light. Before setting out, Black Sheep stole back the phone she had originally taken from the bookkeeper's bodyguard. She called Player, her computer-savvy contact on the mainland, in order to solicit his help with her escape. Believing V.I.L.E. can't be allowed to continue wantonly thieving with no regard for anyone but themselves, Black Sheep decided she needs to steal the hard drive containing their intel to disrupt their operations. Before she could steal the drive, however, Cookie took the drive to be uploaded to V.I.L.E.'s servers. Black Sheep followed Cookie, but ran across Mime Bomb, who was hanging around the halls. After a brief "conversation", she tried to move on, until realizing that Mime Bomb was stalking the halls in order to get the drop on any suspicious activity. She went after him and threw him into a broom closet, taking away any means he might have to escape. Black Sheep chased Cookie to the elevator, a secure transport to the server room, preventing anyone from getting inside without authentication. Black Sheep was forced to catch the elevator by throwing the toolkit she took from Mime Bomb into the door of the elevator so she could board as well. Masquerading as an IT trainee, she impressed Cookie, who praised her on the growth she'd demonstrated from being a wild and unruly prankster. After offering some good advice on where to take her career, the pair separated amicably. However, when Cookie discovered that she's been had and Black Sheep had switched the hard drive with the toolkit she was carrying, she put the facility into lockdown, which compromised Black Sheep's communication with Player. Player listened and gave facts to Carmen. Black Sheep tried to escape the same way she did when she stowed away, through the sewers, only to discover that thanks to Mime Bomb's reconnaissance from that escape, V.I.L.E. bolted shut the sewer grate. The other faculty members realized that Black Sheep was probably responsible for the theft and ordered her capture while she snuck back into the facility. Now with the main door being the only way in or out and being guarded by the Cleaners, Black Sheep realized she'd have to find some way to slip out unnoticed. Sneaking around the facility, she overheard an argument between Ms. Booker and Professor Maelstrom. Maelstrom, although highly upset with Ms. Booker for letting such a thing happen in the first place, acceded to her demand to be let off the island. As she ran through the facility, Black Sheep came across Ms. Booker's highly distinctive red coat and hat, which gave her an idea of how to get out. In the main hall, the Cleaners were told by Professor Maelstrom to do with Ms. Booker as they please; either by letting her pass or eliminating her "if the mood strikes them". As the order came through, a tall woman in a red coat and fedora strode by slowly, her head down. Beneath the hat, Black Sheep looked out from her disguise, fearful of what might happen if she was found out. However, the Cleaners were fooled by her disguise and wished her well, allowing Black Sheep to leave the campus unabated. Back in the facility, however, Professor Maelstrom came upon Ms. Booker, who was bound and gagged in a closet, and ordered the Cleaners to eliminate the woman in red. Shadowsan joined the Cleaners at the front of the school and ordered them to take to the sky to chase down Black Sheep as she ran to the shoreline to catch the boat Ms. Booker came in on. The captain of the boat was notified by Professor Maelstrom to the identity of the woman in red but before he could do anything, Black Sheep used one of the telescopic stilts she was wearing to imitate Ms. Booker's height to knock the boat captain unconscious. As the Cleaners tried to start the helicopter to give chase, they discovered that the engine had been sabotaged, preventing them from pursuing. Black Sheep tried to start the boat, but discovered it needed a key, which was still attached to the boat captain's belt. As Shadowsan closed in, she managed to start the boat and pull away from the dock just as he reached the dock's end. The two made eye contact one final time before she sped off into the night. Now out of range of the island, Black Sheep's phone began working again and she contacted Player, who helped her determine she was near the Canary Islands off the west coast of Africa. Realizing she would need an identity to survive in the world beyond V.I.L.E. Island, Black Sheep co-opted the name "Carmen Sandiego", inspired by the label of the hat she stole from Ms. Booker, which reads "Carmen Brand Outerwear" from "San Diego". After reaching the mainland, she mailed the hard drive to Player and together they began their mission to defeat V.I.L.E.