Player

Player Bouchard (first name unknown) is the deuteragonist of the Netflix animated Carmen Sandiego (2019 Series). He is the first and youngest friend of Carmen Sandiego after the former got into contact with the latter after he hacked through twenty-seven layers of V.I.L.E. Academy's security. He is a friend of Zack and Ivy and member of Team Red. He is known as a gray-hat hacker.

Player is a young teenager with side-fringed dark brown hair, greyish-blue eyes, and tan skin. He wears a grey and red jacket over a red shirt, with navy blue shorts and grey sneakers. He is also the shortest member of Team Red. During Carmen's school days, Player wore a white hat and a blue shirt, and often used headphones when contacting Carmen. His hair was also slightly longer.

Despite being the youngest, Player was portrayed as being one of the most mature members after Carmen and Shadowsan. He is a talented hacker, being able to contact Black Sheep's stolen phone after hacking through V.I.L.E. Academy's 27 layers of security. As a White Hat hacker, he uses his talents only for good reasons and seems to have a strong moral compass. He tends to ignore personal property when he hacks into computer systems although was the one to suggest breaking into Lupe Peligro's house.

He seems mild-mannered and makes jokes often, being able to hold light friendly banter with Carmen. He mentions being perfectly happy in his "dark little cave", and doesn't seem all that interested in going outside for himself. His home schooling may factor into this. It's possible he's more interested in experiencing the world vicariously through Carmen's adventures. His reserved attitude seems to extend to Carmen as he never told her about his family or his early life during the events in season 1. He only tells Carmen when she pressures him in the events of Secrets of the Silver Lion.

He's surprisingly quick to trust Black Sheep initially, even when her answers don't seem to make much sense at first, and chooses to go with the flow and believe her when she does admit she's in a school for thieves. Despite the trust he showed to Black Sheep, the current Player was reluctant to trust and at most times against trusting Crackle, Chief, and Shadowsan on multiple occasions in seasons 1 and 2. This sudden paranoia could be caused by past mistreatment towards Carmen. This is farther proven when Player becomes wary when Carmen collaborates with former/current enemies and would constantly influence Carmen's faith in their word.

He's confident in his skills and his friends, though he still shows concern for Carmen when things turn dicey. This could be because he assigns Team Red their capers and if it goes wrong, Player couldn't do anything but coordinate the team and listen.