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looks: Dash Haber is a tall man, he has long-medium length dark, gray hair. He has light skin and wears a gray bowling hat with a black stripe that concealed several blades hidden inside.[1] He also wears a long, navy blue trench coat with matching pants, a black waistcoat, blue sweater and a white undershirt. personality: Dash has been shown to naturally have kind of a standoffish and snobby demeanor. However, he is capable of friendliness if not just moderate politeness during certain interactions (as shown in "The Duke of Vermeer Caper" episode when he laughed at something Zack said before Zack had went into character).

It can be assumed based on his appearance, attitude, and affiliations that he is a considerably vain and prideful person. However considering his comment on the painting "Woman in Blue Reading a Letter" when he was picking it up, calling it "The Woman in Blah", it seems that he does not necessarily yet have a refined taste. His emotional control also leaves something to be desired. We see this especially at Countess Cleo's dinner in "The Duke of Vermeer Caper", when Dash demonstrated his deep need for Cleo's approval. He also presented how childish he can be when he was rejected and mocked by both Cleo and Zack, and ended up muttering under his breath about "duke schmuke" and spent the rest of the night pointing out all of Zack's flaws and insulting him to get revenge.

As of the Fashionista Caper, Dash Haber took on the role of a field agent. Actively using fashion-based technology to combat Carmen and carry out the plans of Cookie Booker. In "the Duke of Vermeer Caper", his hat has a built-in scanner eyepiece, which also functions as a communicator to contact Countess Cleo.

In "the Fashionista Caper", his hat now possesses a retractable buzzsaw rim, which he calls the "Buzz Cut", capable of cutting through most materials. He can recall the hat back to him using magnetic pulse devices built into the palms of his gloves.

looks: Professor Maelstrom is a middle-aged man with pale skin and white hair with a receding hairline. He has broad shoulders and wears a black blazer over a dark gray turtleneck.

As stated previously, Maelstrom is seen as being an almost unnaturally pale color, hinting towards possible Albinism personality: Of the five members of V.I.L.E's faculty, Maelstrom seems to command the most authority and serve as the de facto leader of the group, being the first to speak as well as hand out orders.

As one may expect, Professor Maelstrom is criminally insane, which is ironic, considering his forte is psychiatry. Professor Maelstrom often likes to tinker with his patients' psyches and enjoys psychologically evaluating students, much like someone finding joy in pulling the wings off a butterfly. He does possess some level of awareness to his own insanity, though he is quick to brush it off as a mere label that other weak-minded people have given him. He also has an apparent fondness for the more psychotic recruits. In keeping with his name, his main desire is to spread chaos and disorder, with any actual gain of money or influence being a secondary concern at best, such as in "The Chasing Paper Caper", when he plots to steal the Magna Carta, not for sale or ransom, but to prove that evil can win out over law and order.

looks: She is a woman with dark skin and short black hair. She wears an extravagant green gown, large hoop earnings, and black make-up. Along with black Opera gloves. personality: Cleo is also a very serious woman and very fond of herself. By the time of Carmen's Enrollment, Cleo stated she was not very thrilled due to Black Sheep's lack of manners in class. She is clearly not fond of children, as shown when she was hesitant on allowing a baby Black Sheep to live on V.I.L.E. Isle and her reluctance on Black Sheep's enrollment.

In The Egyptian Decryption Caper, Cleo also showed herself to be rather short-tempered and impatient. This was directed primarily towards Julia, as she was a prisoner and one who Cleo threatened the moment the detective showed any resistance.

For all of her vanity and selfishness, Cleo does perhaps have a small amount of genuine dignity. She has a superior attitude of herself, unwilling to dirty her hands, and sophistication as a useful tool for manipulation of others in lower classes.

In terms of participation, she mostly keeps to herself during faculty meetings, rarely speaking to the others in favor of letting them discuss the matters with each other. Despite this, however, Cleo also exhibited an attachment to the site of V.I.L.E. Academy, showing vocal outrage at the suggestion of abandoning the place on which she and the rest of the Faculty had constructed their empire, despite the concerns that the possible alliance she believed existed between Carmen's team and A.C.M.E. meant their island hideaway was under threat of potential exposure and invasion, though she eventually consented. Later, when the facility was evacuated and demolished, Cleo showed visible sadness, bidding farewell to the island, which she addressed as a "sweet palace".

There appears to be a small rivalry between Countess Cleo and Professor Maelstrom.

looks: Shadowsan is a middle aged Japanese man with a shaved head, a wrinkled face and a strong, physically fit and muscular body. His attire as a member of V.I.L.E.'s faculty included a blue-grey men's haori, accompanied by grey hakama and setta sandals. After joining Carmen's crew, he switches to a black polo with grey trousers and black shoes, as well as sunglasses. When he and Carmen engage in stealth operations, he wears a black shinobi outfit personality: In V.I.L.E., Shadowsan was known for his discipline and no-nonsense demeanor, and was considered the strictest of the five Faculty members. He almost never cracked a smile, usually wearing a neutral, unfazed expression or a scowl.

He believes that origami is the best way to master the nimble touch required for pickpocketing, giving someone precision and focus, and improving one's attentiveness. He is extremely irritated by any lack of discipline, such as when 'Black Sheep' would pull pranks or disrupt class, or the times Paper Star would use her origami weapons in class for simple matters.

looks: Dr. Bellum is a small woman with a bushy white Mohawk, who is always seen wearing a pair of teal colored welding-style goggles, which are prescription and necessary for her to see, and a white lab coat personality: A genius in many different fields, she has contributed greatly to V.I.L.E.'s technical capabilities, and is also fond of watching cat videos on the Internet, researching baking recipes, and enjoys doing various other things that seem to go against the more serious personalities that her fellow teachers tend to display.

Bellum constructs and develops all the advance technology for V.I.L.E., and has R&D labs in various other countries working on technological and biological weapons, such as specialized crop-destroying fungus spores, mind manipulation devices, and robot thieves.

Bellum has also shown to have a genuine fondness for at least some of her students, particularly Gray, who shared her love for science. When the time came that Gray needed to be decommissioned from V.I.L.E., Bellum was quick to reassure him that the process was relatively painless, and after Le Chevre later made fun of Gray after his memories were erased, Bellum furiously threatened to do the same thing to him if he didn't shut up, suggesting that his absence still pained her.

looks: Brunt is a large, middle-aged southern woman with Texan roots that she is proud of. Due to her occupation as a combat instructor, she has a muscular build. Her hair is short and dyed both black and green, she wears a standard tracksuit in the colors of V.I.L.E.

After her imprisonment, she was given an orange prisoner outfit personality: Brunt comes off as a caring woman who seemingly cares for her students and states that they are family but is in actuality is a brutal, direct woman who stops at nothing until her goal is complete and does not care if she has to physically harm someone to win. Despite her status as a member of the faculty, Brunt often struggled to understand what the others were talking about unless one of them made the situation easier for her to understand. [5] Because of how she sees her students as family, Brunt is emotionally attached to her ideology and believes bonds to be broken if any of them.

looks: Mime Bomb is a thin, red-haired young man who looks like a stereotypical mime. He wears a grey and black striped shirt, black beret, white gloves, black spandex and black shoes. His makeup consists of white face paint, black face paint around the eyes and on the brows, and a light red shade of lipstick. personality: Mime Bomb has been described as quiet by El Topo and weird by Tigress.

Mime Bomb is seen as an opportunist, immediately tattling to V.I.L.E Faculty when witnessing Carmen stowing away on the graduate mission during her holdover year, and secretly hiding a rare stamp in Detective Chase Devineaux's coat when he was on to him

looks: Graham has dark brown hair and brown eyes. He is described as being 5'9" tall. personality: A rather cocky man, Graham was eager to change profession after becoming an operative. Despite being a thief, he still took the blame for things such as taking a sacrifice by claiming he and the other three were the ones to have pressured Carmen into the water balloon attack on Cookie Booker. Though after graduating, his mood changed and he was willing to do what it took to be the best of the best, even going as far as to attack a witness during his first caper. During his first encounter with Carmen after she took on the new name, Graham underestimated his opponent which eventually lead to his capture. He then showed fear when his memories were about to be erased

looks: Paper Star is a slender, fair-skinned young Japanese woman (possibly in her late teens to early 20s) with long hair with straight bangs that had been split-dyed into two shades, dark blue on the right and cyan on the left[1]. Her hair is also styled into buns that vaguely resembles horns. She also sport dark brown[1] sanpaku-eyes, multicolored-nails, and makeup which consists of thick eyeliner and plum-purple lipstick on her plump lips.

For attire, Paper Star wears an extravagant, neon-green leather jacket with small dark silver spikes on the shoulders and around the cuffs, dark silver studs on the front and on the popped collar, as well as a blue and orange patch sewn on the right side. Under her jacket, she wears a navy-blue V.I.L.E. stealth-suit which has a design of an orange "V" on the center and a round dull-silver zipper hanging from the high collar. She also wore thigh-high dull-purple platform boots with darker-colored soles and purple utility straps: one around her right thigh and two around her left thigh, with three of them having buckles which sport a similar design to the zipper on her suit personality: Paper Star is sadistic and unpredictable, taking great enjoyment out of her missions and being willing to inflict pain on others to get what she wants. Despite her cruelty, she also possesses an extremely high intellect, enough to earn favor with Maelstrom and rivaling that of Carmen Sandiego herself. Due to her capable athleticism and origami skills, she is able to easily counter Carmen in melee combat unless the latter uses trickery or spoils her paper supplies. Among Paper Star's quirks is an affinity for paper of all kinds; she becomes excited when she obtains new paper, regardless of type. She tends to skip as she walks, and frequently hums the same four-note melody.

As noted above, Paper Star is not above using torture tactics if it means achieving her goals and appears to show no hesitation in using them on her own ally.

looks: Le Chèvre is a tall thin man with slicked back black hair and dark skin. He wears silver earrings and a slick bodysuit with mauve accents. He also wears finger-less gloves and stealth shoes. personality: At first, when Black Sheep met Le Chèvre, he seemed confident and gruff. In agility based classes, he was shown to be skilled, but a bit impatient due to his headstrong nature. When Tigress, Crackle, Black Sheep, and El Topo got detention, they gave themselves code names. Jean-Paul called himself Le Chèvre.

When he graduated, he became more distant towards Black Sheep. When the Cleaners were bringing Black Sheep back to the island after the foiled Morocco heist, Le Chèvre shot her a disapproving glare.

If someone bothers him, he usually retaliates by insulting or scolding them. Le Chèvre scorned Paper Star for disobeying protocol, declaring that he has completed more successful missions than her. When El Topo revealed information to Shadowsan, Le Chèvre punched his shoulder to quiet him.

However, he does have a caring side, as shown when he warned Carmen to abandon her mission in the Boston Tea Party Caper; he asked her to stand down so he wouldn't have to hurt her. Ultimately, he abandoned his camaraderie towards Black Sheep after Carmen refused to abort her mission.

Le Chèvre is an acrobatic expert, but prefers to rely on his skills and simple tools like nets and ropes even when other, higher-tech equipment could do the job faster. In Who in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, he claims he is the greatest rock climber in the world, attesting to his confidence in his own abilities.

looks: El Topo is a short man with broad features and spiked-up silver hair that has shaved sides. He is top-heavy, with a broad chest, and wears a black and violet stealth suit with claw-like gloves personality: When El Topo met Black Sheep, he seemed like a calm, carefree person. As Antonio, he was kindhearted, intellectual, and willing to play along with a joke or prank. However, he has been shown to possess a merciless side, as he was willing to leave no witnesses during his graduation heist.

He has shown hesitation in bringing harm to his allies, though, particularly Carmen and Le Chèvre. In the Boston Tea Party Caper, he silently apologized to Carmen when he was ordered by Le Chèvre to toss her overboard. In The Hot Rocks of Rio Caper, Part 2, he was hesitant to tie up Le Chèvre when ordered to by Shadowsan. Additionally, El Topo stepped forward to defend Black Sheep after pulling the water balloon prank on Cookie Booker, much to Le Chèvre's surprise.

By the time he graduated, he was more distant, becoming passive to Black Sheep rather than friendly.

As a thief, El Topo prefers taking "the low ground"; he specializes in underground operations, and in contrast to Le Chèvre, gets nervous when confronted with heights.

looks: Tigress is a tall, physically fit, and fair-skinned young woman presumably in her early twenties, with neck-length platinum-blonde hair, baby-blue eyes and a small beauty mark on the right side of her face. She also wears maroon-purple lipstick.

When she was a thief, Tigress donned a stealthy, one-piece uniform. It is a phthalo-green suit with three matching orange stripes in the form of claw marks going from the collar to her chest area with two identical black marks at her hip areas with matching orange lines, her arms and hands are completely covered in dark green sleeves and gloves. She wears a lighter-green belt around her waist with a matching small pouch. For shoes, she wore thigh-high, black medium-heeled boots that stopped before reaching her belt, and on the boots, were orange claw-shaped stripes that were identical to the ones on her suit. In the fear area of her suit, were tiny areas that allowed small, sharp, claws to extend from them, she would also accessorize with a pair of orange and black night goggles with lime-green, cat-eyed shaped areas that allowed her to see personality: Often cocky, Tigress taunts her targets and is ruthless and aggressive towards her opponents and those she does not like. When on missions, she would double down on her aggressive nature whether enemy or ally. As she possesses the ability to hold grudges for a long length of time, Sheena has often wasted time on missions due to wanting to gain the advantage over her opponent.

Beyond simply being a thieves' guild that steals valuable items, V.I.L.E. was a deeply rooted criminal enterprise that operated in secret all over the world, engaging in any manner of unlawful opportunities with no effort spared. The group was primarily focused on the theft of rare treasures, new technology, and other items for profit, to exploit or sabotage, or for simple pleasures. However, they were not above more serious crimes, such as murder, kidnapping, torture, human testing, and acts of terrorism, should the need arise. From art heists to stealing space shuttles, nothing was too far-fetched for V.I.L.E. According to the Chief, V.I.L.E. is believed to have masterminded most major crimes over the last 20 years, from the manipulation of financial markets to the contamination of cheese.

V.I.L.E. Academy only graduated forty students per year (known as "The Forty Thieves"), and demanded nothing less than utter perfection. Students who attended and graduated the academy went on to become V.I.L.E. agents, who worked in every country, engaging in criminal misdeeds around the world, which were planned out in accordance with the annual budget determined by V.I.L.E.'s accountant Cookie Booker, who, once every year on December 1st, delivered a hard drive containing the information for the coming fiscal year to the Academy to be uploaded onto the V.I.L.E. mainframe. For security reasons, she traveled to V.I.L.E. island by boat to avoid detection. V.I.L.E. made it a top priority to keep their activities and their organization as a whole a secret; their M.O. was to carry out their missions hidden in plain sight, making sure nothing looked out of place, and they never operated without a figurative smokescreen. V.I.L.E. protocol also states that after a target has been acquired, the operative who stole it must meet up with another operative and pass on the stolen goods once their contact gives them the designated password. This way, if an operative got captured, no one person knew too much about the caper. Additionally, V.I.L.E. agents were instructed to leave no witnesses to a crime; if they were seen by a witness, they were to silence them at any cost, even if that required them to use deadly force. The organization also had a strict policy that even the members of the Faculty were subject to: "failure is forgivable, capture is not." If the police were getting close, or a mission was compromised and not able to succeed, the organization preferred for their operatives to cut their losses and retreat, rather than pursue the goal and risk greater losses or capture.