Author Appeal: Character designer Dev Madan based Carmelita's design on Salma Hayek, whom he had a big crush on at the time. In other words, her status as Ms. Fanservice was completely intentional.
Fandom Life Cycle: The original three games put it at Stage 4 being critically acclaimed PlayStation 2 classics. Thieves in Time slipped it to Stage 6a or 6b over its Accidental Downer Ending and other flaws, but those who find its hate overblown and the popularity of the originals keep it from an outright case of 6c.
Follow the Leader: We have A) a nerdy Mission Control B) a communication device where the mission control and player appear as video footage on the left and right side of the screen respectively, C) a good amount of Parrot Exposition, D) small crawlspaces that change the game into a first-person view, and D) common storage items that can be hidden in as long as you don't move while a guard is watching. Metal Gear Solid was still fairly new when the first game started production, after all.
No Export for You: Unlike the first two games, the initial PS2 release of Sly 3 did not receive a Japanese localization. This was finally averted with the Japanese release of The Sly Collection in 2011, allowing Japanese players to experience the full Sucker Punch trilogy... only for the same thing to happen to Thieves in Time two years later.
Carmelita’s voice actress has changed in every single game. It's almost a Running Gag by now that while everyone else keeps their original VA, hers will always change.
In the Japanese versions of the games, this applies to the main cast (Sly, Bentley, Murray and Carmelita) from Sly 3 onwards, with the said new cast also re-voicing them in the Japanese version of the HD Collection, and several VAs have also changed there as well:
The Finnish dub remains consistent, but the Sequel Gap between 3 & 4 took its toll. Bentley’s Finnish VA didn’t return for Sly 4, although he returned to record the new controls for the Vita version of The Sly Trilogy; while the Vocal Evolution is very noticeable, he still sounds like Bentley, so why he was replaced remains a mystery - according to a fan interview with the original actor, he was never even asked to return. Dimitri’s Finnish VA died in 2011, so had Dimitri actually had any lines, he would have been voiced by somebody else.
Word of Gay: Aside from Murray originally planned to be bi-curious in the first game some elements of this behavior appear in the fourth game such as wanting to cross-dress.
