“ | Why did my skill have to be climbing? Why not sleeping?! | „ |
~ Salim, while bugging Miss Decibel's office. |
Salim Al-Kupar is one of the supporting characters in the Sly Cooper series. He was Sly Cooper's ancestor from Arabia. He was often said to hold the stealth of 40 thieves, a reference to Ali Baba.
While once a dashing thief in his younger years, age and the loss of his gang has turned Salim into a lazy, unmotivated individual. However, when Sly Cooper's gang arrives in his time, he begrudgingly returns to thievery to save his friends and even by the end of their time together feels sad to see the gang go. After this one final heist, Salim settled down to run a camel-based snack selling business; one which allowed him to nap for large portions of the day.
He was voiced by Brian George.
Appearance[]
Salim was a purple colored raccoon who wore a white turban which was decorated with a red and white feather and a blue diamond. He had two rings on each ear and wore a white, long sleeves shirt, a yellow/golden sleeveless jacket, patched green baggy pants and pointy red shoes.
History[]
Sly 3[]
A portrait of Salim can be seen inside the Cooper family vault but it depicts him much more muscular than his appearance in the game's sequel. It is unknown if this is what he looked like in his younger years or his portrait was just made that way.
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time[]
Salim was a member of a gang called the Forty Thieves, the gang was formed by Salim in 960 AD when Salim was 20 years old. Most of them soon retired and several died off, leaving Salim and three others to go on one last heist. Sly met Salim as he traveled back in time to the enchanted world of ancient Arabia – a land of magic genies, flying carpets and lost treasures. Sly quickly discovered that Salim was nearing retirement and looking forward to taking a little break from thievery, but recent events had put an end to those plans.
Salim was on a quest to free one of the members of his band of thieves from a strange imprisonment. To do so, he used his signature ability — the Climbing Cobra. This technique allowed him to rapidly ascend vertical ropes, chains or poles to quickly evade an attack. This came in very handy as he made his way through this snake-infested rug shop.
Salim had his own personal flying carpet. While Sly had the paraglider, Salim got his own exclusive flying transport. The magic carpet gave Salim the ability to glide his way across gaps and evade his enemies with ease in Arabian style.
He later appears in the last level to retrieve Sir Galleth's cane, then disappears back to his time.
At the end of the game, Salim finally retired from thieving and took a long nap. Then he dreamed up a lucrative new business. Parking his camel around town, he sold snacks to hungry customers, and it was highly successful.
It wouldn't be long before Salim passed away, whether by natural causes, or by Clockwerk.
Abilities[]

Salim al-Kupar's cane
Salim has the ability to summon a magic carpet that functions similarly to Sly's paraglider and has a special thieving technique called the "Cobra Climb," which allows him to climb up poles and shimmy along walls at great speeds.
Personality[]
Salim is quite lazy (though this may be due in part because of his age and desire to retire). He constantly complains and wishes that he wasn't the one performing complex climbs. Salim seems to care deeply for the members of his gang, as Salim was in hiding thinking of a plan to free them (despite his laziness). He constantly references his glory days, as seen in "Rug Rats" when he starts babbling to Bentley about a flying carpet scam that him and the owner of the carpet store pulled off, only stopping when Bentley scolds him for it.
Salim is much grumpier and less cheerful than the other Coopers, and, despite believing Sly's claim to be related to him, did not give Sly an enthusiastic welcome when he met him. He has an appetite to rival Murray's, though he has very low body fat despite his inactivity.
External Links[]
- Salim Al-Kupar on the Sly Cooper Wiki
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