No rhyme by The Chief at the end, and no "Do it, Rockapella!".A map that was United States only, and the markers contained state flags instead of police lights, which the gumshoes had to match with their respective states.The second round did not require gumshoes to find the loot, warrant, and crook in that order.Getting answers right actually results in gumshoes losing Crime Bucks.Different sound effects, mostly from |Double Dare.Greg spending entire episodes with his hat on.Rockapella wearing street clothes rather than suits in the 1st pilot.Early Installment Weirdness: Some gems:.Deadpan Snarker: Rockapella will snark in song if Round 2 starts dragging.Credits Gag: Oh, no! The Mooks are out already! They're stealing the credits! Back to work.
Without them, it would have been just another dull edutainment show.
Canon Immigrant: The Chief was created for the game show, but she proved to be so popular that she eventually made it into newer editions of the computer games.The contestants are also called "gumshoes".Call a Point a Smeerp: Acme Crime Bucks.Also, during the "Training Exercise," where the contestants had to race to dig a clue card out of a trash can (first to finish got first shot over the question for 10 points), Greg's can often contained either a gag from earlier in the show or a camera (cue cut to the camera in the can). Brick Joke: The intro for the "Chase" round often contained an element from another sketch earlier on.Black Boss Lady: Lynne Thigpen, of course.The sleuths worked for the Acme Detective Agency.
Tropes used in Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? include: Think Music: Two songs, both performed by Rockapella - "How much you wanna risk?" during the wagering portion of the game, and "Where do you wanna go?" as the winning contestant wrote down his desired trip destination if he captured Carmen.Home Game: Inverted the game show was based off the home computer game.(All that it did was to determine who was the first to choose in that second round.) It was just a matter of luck and memory as far as who made it to the Bonus Round, making everything leading up to this game almost meaningless. The points from the trivia rounds no longer mattered. Often this resulted in the final clue being the sole determiner of the finishing order of the contestants. Earlier clues and games awarded 5 or 10 Crime Bucks per answer, but in the final round contestants could risk, in increments of 10, up to 50. Golden Snitch: The final clue of each round was sometimes this.Confetti Drop: When the crook was captured (thus winning the main game), and not if Carmen was captured in the bonus round.Place these markers on seven (later eight) locations within 45 seconds (or 60 seconds on the Asia map in the first season) and win a trip. Bonus Round: Here's a map of a country or continent.Winning the bonus round resulted in the siren speeding up and various bells and horns accompanying it. Big Win Sirens: A standard police siren sounded every time a match was successful.The following Game Show tropes appear in Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?: Lynne Thigpen was the only regular cast member in both Carmen Sandiego series. In the successor series, Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996-98), the focus shifted from geography to history, and Kevin Shinick succeeded Lee as quizmaster.
Much of the show's memorability can be attributed to the terrific cast: host Greg Lee, Lynne Thigpen as Da Chief and "house band" Rockapella, who provided an a cappella soundtrack (including the famous theme song, not to mention all the wacky sound effects). In the second season, this was expanded to all of North America presumably, Hawaii was never an option. The winner of that round played the end game, placing markers on a large floor map, hoping to arrest Carmen herself and win the grand prize of a trip anywhere in the 48 contiguous United States. The two remaining children played a game akin to Concentration, looking for the loot, the warrant and the crook, in that order. Halfway through the show, the lowest scorer was eliminated. Instead of playing for cash, the young "detectives" played for points, here called "Acme Crime Bucks". Three children answered multiple-choice geography questions while pursuing a member of Carmen's gang, who had stolen a famous landmark. Educational Game Show, based on the Carmen Sandiego computer games by Brøderbund, that ran on PBS from 1991-95 (with repeats continuing until 1996).
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