#rediation posts

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

They're aligned in nice little columns of 10 trainees

For which I assembled a nice little diagram to showcases this

You can see that in the third column there are two boxes with both an X and a check mark, this is because they're inconsistently placed on the screenshot (it's marked differently in that box screenshot to screenshot). Only two are ever shown to have failed in that column at a time though so we're gonna stick with that

This means that of the 40, 32 passed and 8 failed.

Yet only 16 attend "graduation"

According to the "Who in the World is Carmen Sandiego" book, there were actually two graduation ceremonies. One in the assembly hall, a celebratory event in which VILE was still referred to as "Valuable Imports, Lavish Exports"

It's only in the in the second graduation, "Senior Seminar" as it's called in the book, that the true name of VILE comes to light. The operatives there were completely unaware of what this seminar would entail. They were chosen for their "willingness to go to any necessary extremes".

This seemingly separates the graduates into two groups

Group 1: Has the skills but not the drive

Group 2: Has the skills and the drive

Group 1 presumably never finds out that VILE is the Villains International League of Evil. What the hell happens to them? They've got plenty skills but they don't have what it takes to truly be a VILE operative. Do they become the guards we see stationed at VILE facilities, are they disposed of in some other way?

And the people who didn't graduate too, what about them? Are they mind wiped and sent back out into the world? Do they retake the course? Is it dependent on their allegiance to VILE, like if they're mentally ready just not practically?

Carmen was the exception because she lived there BUT I NEED TO KNOW

Personality/Disposition

Black Sheep

Very similar to her personality when she really was Black Sheep (post 1)

Talkative and sociable to her peers (post 1)

Professional when necessary on missions and with The Faculty (post 1)

Does not remember her past or hatred for VILE (post 1)

Randomly remembers facts about countries she's visited (post 1)(post 7)

Unable to understand the emotional effect of the decisions she makes. Completely oblivious to what is morally and physically right/wrong, dangerous/safe (post 1)

No guilt towards anything immoral she does (post 1)

Values her teammates and friends, despite her inability to understand why they feel the way they do (post 4)

Experiences a constant impending sense of dread, like something is missing and a voice has been removed from her head (post 6)

Crackle

In denial towards the fact that something is wrong with Black Sheep beyond the surface level (post 1)

Deeply afraid that Carmen will hate him if she ever gets her memories back (post 3)

Attempting to justify why Carmen should remain Black Sheep (post 3)

Tigress

Deeply frustrated with both what is happening with Black Sheep and Crackle's involvement (or lack therof) in her situation (comment 2)

Willing to disobey orders to get rid of Black Sheep (reblog 1)

Player

Hit the hardest after realizing what The Faculty had done to Carmen due to their bond and his role in letting her be abducted (reblog 1)

Relationships

Black Sheep + The Faculty

The Faculty is constantly monitoring Black Sheep and not as kind to her, she assumes it is because they're concerned for her (post 1)

The Faculty is cautious in regards to possibly promoting Black Sheep to Faculty, elect not to (tags of reblog 4)(post 8)

Black Sheep + Crackle

Similar rapport to the one they had at the Academy (minus underlying anxiety on Crackle's part) (post 4)

Black Sheep sees Crackle as an equal (post 4)

Crackle is happy Black Sheep has been brought back, but is trying to push down any lingering concerns regarding her new inclination towards violence (post 1)

Crackle knows Black Sheep the best personally of anyone VILE-affiliated (post 3)

Crackle does not want to bring Carmen back in fear of the danger she would be in and her hatred for him due to what he had done (post 3)

Black Sheep + Tigress

Worse off than initial Academy dynamic (comment 2)

Mutual hatred of one another (post 5)

Black Sheep constantly pulls mean and/or dangerous pranks on Tigress, has worsened their already poor relationship (comment 2)(post 5)

Tigress was originally excited about a new Black Sheep, expecting her to be incompetent and obedient. Was upset that the new Black Sheep was in fact rude and still an extremely good thief (comment 2)(post 5)

Tigress does not blame Black Sheep for the way she is (comment 2)(post 5)

Black Sheep + Le Chevre

Relationship built off of mutual respect (post 5)

Le Chevre approves the most of the new Black Sheep (comment 1)

Get along better due to Black Sheep's more serious nature out in the field (comment 1)(post 5)

Le Chevre is slightly concerned with Black Sheep's series of pranks and mean streak but accepts it and acknowledges he can be mean at times as well (comment 1)(post 5)

Black Sheep enjoys third-wheeling Le Chevre and El Topo and is very supportive of their relationship (post 7)

Black Sheep + El Topo

El Topo is oblivious to Black Sheep's cruelty, and so he is the most plainly happy she's returned (comment 1)(post 5)

Black Sheep does not "prank" El Topo because he just accepts it or is saddened by her behavior (comment 1)(post 5)

Would be more strained if El Topo knew of Black Sheep's behavior (comment 1)

Brushes off anything concerning he does observe (post 5)

Black Sheep enjoys third-wheeling El Topo and Le Chevre and is very supportive of their relationship (post 7)

Black Sheep + Mimebomb

Mime Bomb is scared of Black Sheep. She keeps telling him to shut up despite having not said anything and is becoming increasingly aggressive about it (post 5)

Black Sheep + Paper Star

Best friends (post 5)

Black Sheep + Player

Player blames himself for what happened to Carmen (reblog 1)

Black Sheep is unaware of Player's existence but she remembers a voice in her head that always feels like it's missing now (post 6)

Black Sheep + Julia + Chase

Julia and Chase are both (seemingly) unaware of what has happened to Carmen. As far as they know she helped them in Egypt and disappeared (reblog 3)

Crackle + The Faculty

Crackle is under the Faculty's control. He is specifically supposed to be watching over Black Sheep, so if she gets out of control he will be the one to suffer the consequences. It scares him (post 3)

Crackle + Tigress

Tigress is deeply upset with Crackle, and blames him for the way Black Sheep has turned out. She is aware he is supposed to be "monitoring" her and does not accept the excuses he keeps making for Black Sheep (comment 2)(post 5)

Sheena acts as Crackle's "moral compass", emphasizing that what has happened to Black Sheep is wrong. She will not let him suppress his guilt (comment 2)

Character Design

Black Sheep

Black Sheep's hair is cut down to a length similar to how she wore it at the Academy and pulled back to resemble a docked sheep's tail (post 1)

Wears a pair of triangle earrings that reference sheep tags. They symbolize how Black Sheep is being monitored by the Faculty (post 1)

Wears her V.I.L.E. stealth suit from the Academy with a few changes (post 1):

The suit is sleeveless

The gloves reach Black Sheep's elbows as opposed to her wrists and have a green stripe at the cuff

The triangle zipper from Black Sheep's stealth suit while operating as Carmen is implemented in green as opposed to gold

The green accent lines running down Black Sheep's stealth suit extent past her belt, tapering off at mid-thigh similar to Crackle.

The solid vertical green lines going down Black Sheep's shins are two smaller lines as opposed to one