Carmen Sandiego 

The adventures of Carmen Sandiego, a globe-hopping master thief.

Creator:

Duane Capizzi

Stars:

Gina Rodriguez, Finn Wolfhard, Liam O'Brien

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Gina Rodriguez	...	Carmen Sandiego / ... 19 episodes, 2019
Finn Wolfhard	...	Player 19 episodes, 2019
Liam O'Brien	...	Professor Maelstrom / ... 19 episodes, 2019
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	...	Coach Brunt 15 episodes, 2019
Kari Wahlgren	...	Sheena / ... 14 episodes, 2019
Rafael Petardi	...	Chase Devineaux / ... 9 episodes, 2019
Charlet Chung	...	Julia Argent / ... 9 episodes, 2019
Abby Trott	...	Ivy 9 episodes, 2019
Michael Hawley	...	Zack 8 episodes, 2019
Dawnn Lewis	...	Chief 8 episodes, 2019

Storyline

There was a rambunctious girl, known only as "Black Sheep," who grew up in a school for criminals and yearned to find her place in it. However, even as she excels, Black Sheep eventually learns the truth about her life and the forces of V.I.LE.. Revolted at this evil, Black Sheep escapes and takes the name of Carmen Sandiego. Now, Carmen travels the world with her gang as an international thief opposing the plans of V.I.L.E.. However, there is another party in this conflict: the ACME Detective Agency is on the case to stop V.I.L.E. and they suspect the flamboyant Carmen Sandiego is the key as they investigate where in the world she is.

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Plot Keywords:

thief | based on computer game | master thief | gentleman thief | criminal as protagonist | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-Y7-FV

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 January 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Carmen Sandiego

Company Credits

Production Co:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, Netflix Studios, Netflix

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Of note for fans of the first animated series, Carmen's relationship to Zach, Ivy, and Player have changed; they are her sidekicks in the series. Also, Player is a more active participant in the series, acting as a hacker for the group rather than merely being called out to for help and showing up in the bookend scenes.

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Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Great Netflix Animated Shows You Need to Watch (2019)

User Reviews

Good possibly on the verge of something great

As someone who enjoys Spy thievery espionage type stuff like James bond, sly I found Carmen Sandiego quite enjoyable, I feel like it could be a big hit because it's very high quality and well produced. The music is excellent and the opening is incredible. Carmen is a really likable protagonist, Player is cool, and the action is well choreographed, and at the end of the season the mystery and cliff hangers make you want more. however what holds the show back is i'm not quite sure what demographic it's trying to reach it constantly shifts from wanting to be some what mature to doing something more in line for a regular kids show would do. Its really weird after the becoming Carmen sandiego episodes the first 4 or so episodes are a lot more "kiddie" while the more mature story lines of the back 3 episodes of the season seem more mature. I personally think the more mature episodes fit the show better but that my opinion. I also really don't like Zack or Ivy they just don't seem to fit the tone of the show, and come across as annoying comic relief that I dont think the show really needs; however luckily there characters were reduced a lot in the back half of the season so that's was good. Which is probably why the back half of the season was better. So my verdict is It's a really good start with glimpses of greatness and in the future I hope the show continues on the more mature route because I think that's where it shines, and either Ditch Zack and Ivy or write them to be better characters because there honestly just annoying comic relief