Carmen Sandiego is a fictional character, the titular protagonist, and antivillain of the long-running eponymous edutainment game series and franchise of the same name created by Brøderbund. She is an international lady thief, a criminal mastermind, the elusive nemesis of the ACME Detective Agency, and the head of the criminal organization, V.I.L.E.
Carmen is depicted as an extremely intelligent, stylish, and fashionable woman whose signature look features a red, matching fedora and trenchcoat. Most of her crimes depicted in the games and other related media involve spectacular and often impossible cases of monumental theft, which are used as a pretext to teach children geography via the simulated process of tracking down the character, the stolen monuments, and her henchmen all over the world. She is also referred to by such epithets as The Miss of Misdemeanor, Vicious & Cruel, The Queen of Crime, and The World's Greatest Thief.
