Carmen Sandiego

• Carmen Sandiego is originally a videogame character, appearing in educational software
• She had been the namesake for a gameshow prior to this cartoon adventure
• Her show was created by FOX to help meet requirements to fill three hours of educational programming

Carmen Sandiego was plastered all over the pop culture landscape as an icon for world knowledge, and was fleshed out in the ‘90s as a master criminal who’d steal items only to test her thieving abilities. There was always the possibility of a world-renown thief getting busted by a couple of measly teenagers, giving a glimmer of hope for daydreamers everywhere that they, too, could find and capture Carmen Sandiego.