| “ | There's no honor, no challenge, no fun, in stealing from ordinary people. You rip off a master criminal, then you know you're a master thief.
— Sly Cooper
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Hailing from a line of legendary thieves that date back as far as recorded history can follow, Sly Cooper is the modern incarnation of a legacy of a shadowy master criminal bloodline. As a young child, a group of villainous warriors named the Fiendish Five attacked and murdered his father in front of him- stealing a prized artifact from the Cooper family in the process; a book that recorded the secrets of every Cooper ancestor, known as the Thievius Raccoonus. Sly was sent to an orphanage, where he encountered his lifelong friends Murray, a super strong hippo, and Bentley, a genius turtle. Becoming the modern Cooper clan, the three joined forces to defeat the five and reunite the pages of the Raccoonus. The leader of the Fiendish Five was an ancient robotic Owl named Clockwerk, who had hunted the Cooper Clan throughout generations out of pure, unrelenting hate. Cooper was able to defeat the Owl mastermind with the help of Inspector Carmelita Fox, but it was not over.
A group known as the Klaww Gang formed, and each member stole a piece of the robotic Clockwerk's body. Horrified that Clockwerk's evil continued to poison the world, Sly and his gang set out again to battle the Gang and steal back the Clockwerk parts. They were tricked, however, by the Interpol agent Neyla, who stole the parts and used them to attempt to become the new Clockwerk, Clock-La, nearly becoming immortal in the process. She was stopped by the Cooper Gang, but in the battle the Cooper's beloved van was lost and Bentley had his legs broken, forcing him to live in a wheel chair for the rest of his life. Sly also built a team of experts to help him reclaim his family treasures from a secret vault that the evil Mandrill, Dr. M. The Gang succeeded in their break-in, but it had appeared that Sly had lost his memory, though he was just faking it to get closer to Carmelita. Cooper would return to action once again to correct his family's history with Bentley's time machine when it was discovered that the Coopers through out time were suddenly being diminished in skill and importance.
Battle vs. Perry the Platypus (by MovieStuff65)[]
Pushing his round glasses up back to his eyes, Bentley took a glance at one of the ten computer monitors in front of him. As he observed the security cameras of the Tri-State Museum of Wonders, a loud bang interrupted his train of thought.
"Murray, could ya keep it quiet over there? I'm trying to find a good place for Sly to get inside!"
His burly hippo companion Murray gave a meek "Sorry" as he shifted into a more comfortable position, a fresh plate of steaming hot nachos. The hippo strained to look over Bentley's shoulder, causing Bentley to temporarily recoil at the smell of his friend's breath.
"Do you have to eat in here? Right now?"
A familiar voice cuts into their conversation. "As long as he saves some for me, Murray can eat as much as he likes."
On the roof of the museum, Sly Cooper carefully lifts the panel of a glass skylight with his cane. Pulling his night vision goggles to his eyes, he scans the darkened room below for any guards. "He's our muscle after all- can't have him getting any weaker."
Spotting one, he fully lifts the panel up and gracefully jumps He pulls the string of his parachute, gliding down to the ground.
Quickly darting to the nearby shadows, he watches as the lone guard walks by him. "You're good to go, Sly," Bentley's voice whispers in his ear, and the master thief chuckles. He jumps forward, swinging his cane down on the guard's head. In one fell swoop, the guard collapses, unconscious from the blow.
"Easy as can be..." Sly says, twirling his cane as he lifts the keys from the guard's belt.
Walking over to the locked door of the main gallery, Sly jiggles the keys into place before entering the room. In a glass case, surrounded with lasers inside, stood the Uncut Opal. The entire color spectrum exposed in small purple chunks, all surrounded by an otherwise tame and dull grey stone. Worth millions upon millions.
Eagerly rubbing his hands together, Sly waited for Bentley's voice to give him the signal. "Any day now, Bentley."
"...And I've got it, Sly!"
The lasers within the glass case shut off, and a small ding gave away the motion sensor deactivating. Feeling his way around the pedestal's base, Sly smirked as he felt a button. Pressing it, the glass walls slowly opened.
"You're all m-"
Suddenly, the lights kick on in the room. The thief looked upon in confusion as an alarm started blaring, and he could hear the heavy thud of approaching feet. He grabs the jewel and sprints out of the room.
"Bentley, I need an escape plan right away."
As he re-enters the room he arrived in, a brown shape flies toward him. Sly rolls to the side, cane in hand, as a fedora sails past his head. To his confusion, it turns around and returns to the hands of its owner; Perry the Platypus.
"A platypus with a fedora?" Sly asks, eyes scanning for any way out.
Perry the Platypus rolls his eyes, before putting the fedora on his head and pulling out his badge.
"Perry the Platypus?" Sly says, smirking. "If a certain lovely fox couldn't ever catch me, what chance do you have?'
Perry just purrs in response before taking a fighting stance. Sly shrugs, hoisting his cane in hand. "Any day now Bentley - things are getting weird."
Sly goes first, tossing a smoke bomb in Perry's direction. A cloud of smoke surrounds the agent, who covers his bill and wafts it away. Perry grunts as Sly's cane emerges from the shadows, tripping him as it pulls his feet underneath him. Perry brings himself up, listening closely. He hears the wind of the cane bearing down, and dodges the blow.
The platypus leaps forward, tackling Sly outside of the smoke. He kicks away the cane, grabbing Sly by the collar of his shirt and headbutting the raccoon. He follows up with a swift karate chop, knocking Sly back to his feet. He aims another chop down, only for Sly to roll out of the way.
Frowning, Sly sprints over to his cane and picks it up, making a large swing as Perry attempts to catch up. Spotting his moment, Sly hoists his cane up a statue, pulling himself upward on its arm.
"See ya around, Perry!" Sly says with a smirk as he leaps off, his parachute allowing to drift to a nearby exposed grate. Kicking it open, he slides in to escape.
Perry pulls out his grappeling hook, following his target into the air ducts.
Puling himself inside, Perry ducks to avoid a thrown smoke bomb. As he stands back up, he sees Sly sprinting away ahead of him. He grabs his fedora and tosses it, the hat knocking Sly's feet from underneath him. The thief quickly pulls himself up, only to receive a kick to the chest knocking him down again.
Sly grimaces, taking a wide sweep of his cane, only for Perry to catch it. He pulls Sly forward, aiming for a quick jab, only for Sly to flip over him. Letting go of the cane, Sly tackles Perry from behind. The two go rolling through the air duct, slamming into the grate on the other end.
As Sly slowly tries to stand up, groaning, he feels a thunk against his head before falling down, unconscious. Perry's fedora flies back to his hand, and he pulls out a pair of handcuffs. He slaps them on the thief, and calmly walks away from the scene.
His watch cheeps up, for Major Monogram's face to appear. "Good work, Agent P. Go on home."
WINNER: Perry the Platypus
Expert's Opinion[]
While Sly Cooper was a wily foe and excellent thief, when push came to shove Perry just had him beat. His greater skill and more combat-oriented arsenal ensured that Sly couldn't get away, and Sly didn't have the ability to take Perry out on his own.