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| “ | Crime? I haven't stolen anything... yet. | „ |
| ~ Sly to Carmelita. |
| “ | On this mission, I would either become a master thief like my ancestors before me, or fail and allow my family name to bite the dust. | „ |
| ~ Sly Cooper |
Sly Cooper is the titular main protagonist of the same-named franchise. He is a raccoon thief who teams up with Bentley and Murray to plan perfect heists and avenge his father. He does have a friendly rivalry with his love interest Carmelita Fox. In the third game, he teams up with Dimitri, The Guru, Penelope, and the Panda King to defeat Dr. M.
He is voiced by Kevin Miller in the game series, who also voiced Daniel Curien.
History[]
Backstory[]
Sly came from a long line of thieves who dedicated their lives to thieving and writing down their greatest accomplishments and skills in a book called the Thievius Raccoonus. Little did they know that they were being watched by an ancient bird, Clockwerk, who had such an immense hatred for the Coopers that he replaced his body with robotic parts to keep him alive and continued his hatred towards them.
On the night when Sly was eight, he was about to be given the Thievius Raccoonus by his father and previous thief before him, Conner Cooper. However, Clockwerk appeared and attacked Sly's house, along with the help of four criminals who formed the Fiendish Five, a criminal organization, founded by Clockwerk. Sly hid in the closet, horrified as the Fiendish Five killed his parents and made off with stolen pages of the Thievius Raccoonus. After that incident, Sly wound up in an orphanage where he met Bentley and Murray, becoming good friends with them and forming the Cooper Gang as of today.
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus[]
Sly and his friends, known as the Cooper Gang, break into a police headquarters in Paris to steal a case file about the Fiendish Five. While attempting to escape with it, however, Sly Cooper runs into Inspector Carmelita Fox whom Sly encountered in Bombay when he stole the Fire Stone of India there. Carmelita tries to stop Sly with her shock pistol, but Sly manages to escape her as he rides away with his gang in the Cooper Van.
After successfully stealing the case file, Sly studies it and learns about the Fiendish Five's chief machinist member, Sir Raleigh, who was a bored aristocrat later turned pirate, residing in the Isle of Wrath, Wales, using a storm device to cause several ships to sink for Raleigh to raid for their treasure. In order to get to where the Fiendish Five members are, Sly must collect keys, hidden in levels, throughout the Fiendish Five's base of operations. After Sly collects the keys to use a cannon to fire himself at the blimp where Sir Raleigh is, Sir Raleigh encounters Sly and sarcastically welcomes him, only to angrily tell him that he hates guests. Sly, on the other hand, threatens Sir Raleigh to expect company after he reminds him about attacking his home and killing his parents. Sir Raleigh mocks Sly as he says that he and the Fiendish Five should have finished him off as well.
He then fights Sly as he swallows a bee that turns him gigantic and then tries to crush him. After Sly defeats him, Sir Raleigh brags about his defeat, but then warns Sly that he is no match against Muggshot, his villainous cohort in Mesa City, Utah, and says that his hideout is so heavily guarded that a snake couldn't slither in without setting off alarms. Sly then finds Sir Raleigh's section of the Thievius Raccoonus, containing information about his ancestor, Rioichi Cooper's technique, Ninja Spire Jump. As Sly leaves Sir Raleigh's hideout and leaves Sir Raleigh in the custody of Carmelita Fox, he and his gang go to London, England, where he is seen stealing crowned jewels as Bentley and Murray are seen distracting a royal guard. As the Cooper Gang is on their way towards Mesa City, Utah, Sly studies Muggshot who was once a runt later turned into a musclebound brute after watching his first gangster film called The Dogfather.
After Sly enters Muggshot's casino and faces off with him, Muggshot is surprised to see Sly as underwhelming after he heard news from his boys about Sly breaking in and attacking the place. Muggshot then notices the cane Sly is holding and mentions how he's seen it before. As Sly mocks Muggshot about his father knocking his block off with his cane, Muggshot soon realizes that Sly is a Cooper and then brags about the Thievius Raccoonus having a lot of nice pictures, but way too many big words. Sly then asks Muggshot if he will hand it over. Muggshot, however, tells Sly that he feels transgressed and violated after he mentions him trashing the place and stealing his stuff.
As Muggshot faces Sly, he grabs out two guns and shoots Sly with them. Sly manages to defeat Muggshot by reflecting mirrors with beams at him, disabling his guns. As Muggshot lies in defeat, he woes about Sly being a puny pipsqueak beating Muggshot as a big strong bruiser. He then threatens Sly about facing Mz. Ruby in Haiti, to get her section of the Thievius Raccoonus. Sly Cooper finds Muggshot's section of the Thievius Raccoonus about "Tennessee Kid" Cooper's rail walk technique. He then goes to Hollywood, California, stealing gold stars from the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Next, Sly and his friends made their way to Haiti while studying their next target, Mz. Ruby, learning that she grew up lonely in a family of mystics and was now crafting an army of ghosts to conquer Mexico using voodoo magic and stirring up an ectoplasmic brew. Soon, after entering her compound, Sly ran into all sorts of ghosts and monsters, including a giant serpent that he temporarily frees to get further in.
Sly then launched himself into Mz. Ruby's Skull Temple and beat her in a game of "Voodoo Simon Says", which ends with her admitting he's got rhythm but also warning him about confronting the Panda King in China saying he's "tough with a capital T". Sly brushes off the warning, saying he'll manage as he grabs another section from his Egyptian ancestor, Slytunkhamen that allows him to become invisible, and leaves her to get a life sentence after being arrested by Carmelita.
Next, Sly and the gang made their way to the Kunlun Mountains in China to take on the Panda King, who grew up poor and spent a decade learning the art of fireworks, only to be turned down by the noblemen for his shabby appearance, and took vengeance using what he learned in crime, and was currently working on a new technique in the same area. Sly used fireworks to get around the King's compound and eventually into his statue, where the Panda questions why he cares if a few villages are buried in snow since they're both thieves. Sly says to the King that the difference is that he's from a family of thieves, whereas the King is simply a frustrated fireworks artist turned pyromaniac. The two combat as the Panda King tries to honorably kill Sly with his new Flame-Fu technique, but Sly gets the better of him. Bentley informs him that his research on the blaster tech he found can be traced back to the Krakarov Volcano in Russia, and presumes that's where the last member of the Fiendish Five is as Sly grabs another section of the Thievius Raccoonus from his ancestor, Otto Van Cooper, allowing the gang to make modifications to the team van.
On the gang's way to the Russian volcano, Sly takes note that pictures from the previous four sections have a shadowy figure in them that resembles the mysterious Clockwerk, wondering if there's something he's missing.
Once they arrive, Sly defends the van using its new turret to blast away at the defenses before Murray accidentally destroys it. He then sees Carmelita trapped in a gas chamber and attempts to save her, only to be knocked unconscious by the gas, leading to Bentley having to hack Clockwerk's security to rescue them both. Carmelita's confused as to why he'd bother to save her despite being hunted by her for years. Sly says, that while they may be on different sides of law and order, she's not his enemy, but Clockwerk is. Carmelita agrees to a truce and a ten-second head start and even defends Sly as he retrieves his cane after it's been snatched by one of Clockwerk's forces. He then climbs a crumbling death ray and grabs Carmelita's jetpack before confronting Clockwerk, who explains he gained his immortality by living off the hatred he had for the Cooper lineage, and believed that by getting rid of the Thievius Raccoonus book, he'd prove the Coopers are nothing without it. Sly disagrees, saying it's not the book that makes master thieves, but it's master thieves that make the book as he blasts the mechanical owl into the lava with Carmelita's jetpack and knocks off his head before grabbing the rest of the book. He then tricks Carmelita with a kiss before leaving her at the volcano in handcuffs, but knows it wouldn't be long before they met again as the gang drives off.
The Adventures of Sly Cooper Issue 1[]
Sly Cooper 2: Band of Thieves[]
The Adventures of Sly Cooper Issue 2[]
Sly Cooper 3: Honor Among Thieves[]
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time[]
Appearance[]
Being a raccoon, Sly has gray fur with black stripes and a mask. His ensemble consists of a blue elbow-sleeved shirt with a yellow collar, blue boots, blue gloves with yellow cuffs, and a blue cap. Around his waist is a belt with the buckle shaped in the form of the Cooper symbol. On his back is a small red backpack for storing items and keeping his calling cards.
In Sly 2 and Sly 3, Sly forgoes the backpack for a red leg pouch attached to his left thigh.
In Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, except for looking a little older and more mature, Sly now wears a red backpack like he did in Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus for his paraglider, and the red pouch on his leg has been replaced by a brown pouch. His belt buckle has a gold trim around the Cooper symbol. His backpack also has a Sanzaru Games logo on it.
Personality[]
Sly Cooper is, as the first game describes him, a "cunning, devious, Thievius Raccoonus." He uses his quick wit, his courage, and his skills to pull off jobs, and he usually has a sarcastic remark in hand as a very cynical laid-back raccoon. Despite being slick with the comebacks, he's not so swift with the ladies, with his girlfriend Carmelita continuously furious with him. However, he remains loyal and dedicated to his friends; especially Bentley and Murray, his two close friends since childhood, and Carmelita Fox, his love interest. Deep inside that demeanor he holds, it's possible he's a bit lonely, as he said that he misses his father at one point in the comics. But he never dwells in the past, and stays in the present, to seek for his next adventure.
In the beginning of the series, Sly is very arrogant and driven by his own personal goals. On occasion he is heard scolding Bentley and Murray (when failing missions). He disregards Bentley's advice and warnings and was sometimes rude to Murray.
By Band of Thieves, Sly had matured a way in which he appreciates his team. He is much more respectful of his team than he was in the first game. He fully came to appreciate them after being captured by the Contessa.
Honor Among Thieves came and Sly was an entirely new thief. With the sarcasm, witty banter, quips, and debonair charm still intact. He can't imagine his life without his team. Throughout the game, he takes the feelings of Bentley and Murray seriously, always on the lookout for when they were bothered or sad.
Abilities[]
Sly's primary weapon in the series is his family's cane, which is a brown staff ending in a golden hook. Many of his ancestors also had weapons incorporating the trademark hook, and the cane has become an infamous symbol of the Cooper Gang. Sly is also very capable with his cane and is a powerful opponent in a fight, repeatedly being shown beating opponents much larger and better equipped than himself.
Years of training and natural ability passed down through the Cooper bloodline have given Sly vast agility, balance, and reflexes, allowing him to perform feats that few can equal. In addition, he has learned every ability detailed in the Thievius Raccoonus, including balancing on the tops of sharp points, rope and pole climbing, invisibility, swinging on hooks, and running on wires. His skills include parkour, gymnastics, pickpocketing, safecracking, mastery of disguise, time manipulation, and others.
Relationships[]
Bentley & Murray[]
Sly has been best friends with Bentley and Murray ever since they were children in the orphanage. It's unknown where they came from, or how long it took them to accept him once he arrived, but they were inseparable; in fact, Bentley states in Sly 3 that they had never been apart ever since their orphanage days. It was only natural that they would one day form a thieving crew and help each other through thick and thin. Sly loves his friends like brothers, frequently compliments their individual skills whenever they succeed, consoles them when they don't, and is willing to go out of his way to save them if necessary, without hesitation.
Carmelita Montoya Fox[]
It's not known how long Sly and Carmelita have known each other, but they both developed a crush on each other almost instantly; Sly was more forward about his feelings, but Carmelita kept them all bottled up, wanting to bring him to justice. After Sly 3, however, Sly fakes amnesia, and Carmelita accepts him, and the two finally become boyfriend and girlfriend. For years the two had a constant snarky, joking attitude around each other, even Carmelita, despite the fact that she was undoubtedly the more serious of the two.
Trivia[]
- Sly is the same age as Bentley and Murray.
- Sly is the most played character in every game of the series.
- Sly can only take at most 3 hits in the first game but in the second and third and fourth he can take much more damage for an unknown reason.
- Sly is inspired by Batman.
- The developers decided on making him a raccoon because it fits well due to raccoons stealing.
- Andrew Chaikin auditioned to voice Sly and was a placeholder voice in the first game.
- Despite being the main protagonist Sly is a pretty controversial character, many fans coming to hate him for his hypocrisy, arrogance, naughtiness but mostly for his toxic relationship with Carmelita.
External Links[]
- Sly Cooper on the Sly Cooper Wiki
- Sly Cooper on the Guile Heroes Wiki
- Sly Cooper on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
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