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  1. 7.1/10(19 votes)

    #1 - Rules of the Game

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    S1:E7

    Zack and Ivy are partnered with a Russian detective as they follow Carmen's game-like clues to Hawaii for a ""winner-take-all"" chess game.

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  2. 7.2/10(21 votes)

    #2 - Can You Ever Go Home Again? (2)

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    S4:E9

    This was the last episode made, leaving us with the question of if Carmen really found her father, and will she stop her life of crime.

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  3. 7.3/10(18 votes)

    #3 - Boyhood's End (1)

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    S2:E10

    Famous ACME detective Lee Jordon comes to town. But there's something...off about him.

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  4. 7.3/10(17 votes)

    #4 - Just Like Old Times

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    S3:E10

    Carmen gives herself a Christmas present by downloading The Chief. Only he's got a virus, and is losing his memory. He thinks that Carmen is still good, and that Zach and Ivy are thiefs.

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    Director:Joe Barruso
  5. 7.4/10(17 votes)

    #5 - When it Rains

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    S2:E8

    After the detectives get word of that Carmen stole the Spruce Goose and trashed the airport to do so, they are quite puzzled by this un-Carmenlike action. They follow clues to Chile where they meet up with Carmen- only she's being held prisoner by Sara Bellum. Sara imprisons the detectives as well and reveals to them and Carmen her ""grand scheme."" She plans to pull off a grand theft disguised as Carmen and if the theft is successful, she will reveal herself and turn Carmen over to the police.

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  6. 7.4/10(17 votes)

    #6 - Boyhood's End (2)

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    S2:E11

    As it turns out, Lee Jordan works for Carmen, and is attempting ""the biggest heist ever"".

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  8. 7.4/10(17 votes)

    #7 - Shaman Spirits

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    S3:E5

    Carmen's reoccurring nightmare sends to her to seek the help of three Native American shamans to interpret it. Meanwhile, Zack, Ivy and a Native American detective named Billy ""Running Bird,"" track Carmen to Devil's Tower where the meaning of her dream is revealed. Though Carmen is captured, the shamans let her go. They do not want to go back on their promise- they would interpret her dream in exchange for the return of the items she stole from them and a promise to not detain her in any way.

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  9. 7.4/10(20 votes)

    #8 - Can You Ever Go Home Again? (1)

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    S4:E8

    When Carmen tries to steal some treasures from industrialist Malcolm Avalon she discovers a painting representing her mother. At the same time Lee Jordan takes the decision to become the new leader of V.I.L.E. Avalon tells Carmen, that the medaillon she has with her, representing the same woman as on the painting, was a gift for his daughter, but he says, that Carmen can't be his daughter because she died in a fire and she would never have become a thief. To convince him she turns herself in to the police. When Lee abducts Avalon, she breaks out again. Lee says, that she will only see her father again if she works for him...

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  10. 7.5/10(20 votes)

    #9 - The Play's the Thing

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    S1:E10

    Carmen goes on a ""Wizard of Oz""-related heist.

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  11. 7.6/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Skull and Double-Crossbones

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    S2:E4

    Carmen and her band of pirates attempt to tske over a submarine.

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    Director:Joe Barruso
  12. 7.6/10(18 votes)

    #11 - All for One

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    S2:E7

    Two of Carmen's henchmen try to melt down a golden shrine. They foul up and Carmen has to rescue them from the police. After stealing objects that encourage teamwork, Carmen and her henchmen return to the shrine to attempt the theft again- except this time, Carmen supervises the operation.

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  13. 7.6/10(17 votes)

    #12 - The Remnants

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    S3:E2

    Carmen's thefts all seem to follow a Wizard of Oz theme. While chasing after Carmen, Zack and Ivy discover that Carmen was an orphan. They trail her to the Golden Gate Girls' School which is about to be torn down. The detectives recover all the stolen objects except for the orphanage. Zack and Ivy see this theft as being almost justified though because it was about to be torn down and was the only home Carmen ever knew.

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  14. 7.6/10(16 votes)

    #13 - Curses, Foiled Again

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    S3:E3

    Zack and Ivy manage to capture Carmen in Hawaii. However, Zack loses his lucky rabbit's foot and begins to believe he's cursed with bad luck. Meanwhile, Carmen escapes and tries to teach her superstitious henchwoman, Hannah Lulu that there's no such thing as curses or ghosts. Hannah has a panic attack though when Zack and Ivy scare her at a supposedly haunted site. They manage to capture her but Carmen escapes. She leaves behind something Zack was glad to see again- his lucky rabbit's foot. He then gives it to Hannah and wonders if carrying around a special Hawaiian plant will give him better luck.

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  15. 7.7/10(19 votes)

    #14 - By a Whisker

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    S1:E5

    Carmen kidnapps two white lion cubs and sets up her own game preserve for them.

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    Director:Joe Barruso
  16. 7.7/10(20 votes)

    #15 - The Good Old Bad Old Days

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    S1:E6

    The Player challenges Carmen to a low-tech crime. Carmen accepts the Player's challenge and attempts to steal the Orient Express. Zack and Ivy need some help to solve Carmen's clues and are partnered with a gaucho detective named Armando.

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  17. 7.7/10(17 votes)

    #16 - Birds of a Feather

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    S3:E4

    Somehow, the world's largest diamond, the Star of Africa, was stolen. The police are baffled and it's up to Zack and Ivy to figure this mystery out. They soon discover that one of Carmen's henchmen tried to double-cross her and keep the diamond for himself. With a little trickery of their own, the detectives recover the diamond.

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  18. 7.7/10(15 votes)

    #17 - Follow My Footprints

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    S3:E6

    It is reported that Carmen dies in a plane crash. The grief-stricken Chief is unable to help Zack and Ivy solve a series of clues that Carmen left behind to a final caper. The henchman who solves the most of them will be the new leader of V.I.L.E. Zack and Ivy manage to stop all of the thefts. They then travel to the site of Carmen's reported death to pay their last respects. Suddenly, a little bird delivers a message to ""look up."" When they do, they see Carmen was alive all that time. She had planned to fake her death to see who was worthy enough to take her place- and it turns out Zack and Ivy are the only ones who can!

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    Director:Joe Barruso
    Writer:Kevin West
  19. 7.7/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Trick or Treat

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    S4:E2

    When Carmen is tricked at a heist in China, she decides to get even with a Halloween surprise. She decides to set up a haunted house with items she's recently stolen. Zack is a bit frightened by all the spooky stuff in the house, and has to convince himself it's all fake.

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  20. 7.7/10(14 votes)

    #19 - Timing is Everything

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    S4:E6

    Carmen's henchman Mason Dixon steals her time machine. Suddenly, he is the leader of V.I.L.E. and Carmen is only his henchwoman. Zack and and Ivy have to restore Mason's damage, and also stop him from trying to change the outcome of the Civil War

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  21. 7.8/10(18 votes)

    #20 - Music to My Ears

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    S1:E8

    Carmen figures out a way to steal musical talent and transfers it to her two talentless henchwomen. She decides to showcase her accomplishment in a concert inside the stolen Sydney Opera House

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    Director:Joe Barruso
  22. 7.8/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Chapter & Verse

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    S1:E9

    Carmen steals objects that have to do with literature such as Mark Twain's writing desk, Charles Dickens's inkwell, and a jungle ruin like the one that appears in the Jungle Book. They follow Carmen's clues to a remote hideaway in the Swiss Alps where they think Carmen was writing her memoirs. However, she was actually sending the detectives on a wild goose chase while Sara Bellum had tapped into Acme's files and stolen them all.

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  23. 7.8/10(17 votes)

    #22 - Split Up

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    S2:E3

    Zack creates a computer, the Zack Attack 20,000, which he believes will capture Carmen. However, when Carmen escapes with one of the treasures Zack had the computer protect, Ivy decides that she doesn't want to put her faith in it. The siblings go their own separate ways on this case, until Ivy is captured by Carmen.

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  24. 7.8/10(17 votes)

    #23 - Deja Vu

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    S2:E9

    Carmen begins to steal items that she once saved from other criminals to lure her ex-partner, Suhara, out of retirement. Suhara joins Zack and Ivy to pursue Carmen- much to Zack's dismay. Zack feels Suhara is too old to be of any assistance. He soon learns to respect Suhara and even though they ultimately lose Carmen, Zack learns a valuable lesson that he'll never forget.

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  25. 7.8/10(15 votes)

    #24 - Labyrinth (1)

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    S3:E7

    Zack and Ivy discover Carmen's underground training facility and go undercover as henchmen in training to try and nab Carmen. However, Carmen discovers them and leads them to a chamber that seems to have no way out. There is one way- an escape into time. Carmen created another time machine and uses it to escape. The detectives use a new Chronoskimmer that the Chief gives them and they trace where Carmen is heading- the future.

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  26. 7.8/10(15 votes)

    #25 - The Labyrinth (3): When in Rome

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    S3:E9

    Zack and Ivy escape from the future and follow Carmen to Rome. There, the detectives are captured and are sentenced to fight each other in the Coliseum games. Luckily, they are spared from having to fight each other to the death. They escape, and discover Carmen's plan- she's going to steal the Coliseum! The detectives realize this is part of her plan to become ""the greatest thief of all time"" by stealing objects from the past, present, and future.

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    Director:Joe Barruso

Worst Episodes Summary

"Rules of the Game" is the worst rated episode of "Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?". It scored 7.1/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Joe Barruso and written by Cecilia Fannon, it aired on 4/9/1994. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Can You Ever Go Home Again? (2)".