The WORST episodes of Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?

Every episode of Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?!

The world-famous thief, Carmen Sandiego, plays an intricate game of cat and mouse with teen ACME detectives, Zack and Ivy. Based on the award-winning line of educational computer games, this energizing series is rich in both excitement and education as Carmen Sandiego attempts to steal the most valuable objects in the world. It's up to our detectives and the audience to figure out where in the world she is.

Last Updated: 3/2/2024Network: Fox KidsStatus: Ended
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Timing is Everything
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4.50
2 votes

#1 - Timing is Everything

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/1998

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 Ivy have to restore the damage Mason has done and also stop him from trying to change the outcome of the Civil War.

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Cupid Sandiego
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5.50
2 votes

#2 - Cupid Sandiego

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/1998

All ACME detectives are having holidays on Seychelles. Joshua, the resident genius of the detectives, is in love with Ivy but she doesn't notice. When Carmen tries to steal Joshua's latest invention, she tries to distract the detectives by stealing supposed romantic items.

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Retribution (3): Maelstrom's Revenge
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5.50
2 votes

#3 - Retribution (3): Maelstrom's Revenge

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/1998

The Chief manages to convince the local sheriff to free Zack and Ivy. They meet up with Carmen again and pursue Maelstrom. Maelstrom begins to steal items and frames Carmen for their thefts! He wants to ruin her reputation as a thief with a conscience.

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Retribution (2): In Memoriam
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5.50
2 votes

#4 - Retribution (2): In Memoriam

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/31/1998

Zack and Ivy escape Maelstrom's ship and find out that Carmen still believes that Maelstrom died in his try to escape from the prison. Carmen wants to give him a worthy Viking-like funeral in Norway. Zack and Ivy find her beginning to give him such a funeral and are about to tell her that Maelstrom is alive when Maelstrom appears in a ship beside Carmen. He challenges her to come after him or die and then speeds off. Carmen manages to get Zack and Ivy aboard her ship and they make an agreement to join forces to capture Maelstrom.

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Trick or Treat
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5.50
2 votes

#5 - Trick or Treat

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/1996

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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Just Like Old Times
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5.50
2 votes

#6 - Just Like Old Times

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1995

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 Zack and Ivy are thieves.

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A Date with Carmen (1)
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6.00
6 votes

#7 - A Date with Carmen (1)

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1994

Carmen goes back in time to steal objects that can change history.

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The Stolen Smile
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6.19
16 votes

#8 - The Stolen Smile

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/1994

Carmen steals parts of famous artwork to try to create her own personal masterpiece.

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The Play's the Thing
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6.50
4 votes

#9 - The Play's the Thing

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/7/1994

Carmen goes on a 'Wizard of Oz' related heist.

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A Date with Carmen (2)
star
6.71
7 votes

#10 - A Date with Carmen (2)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1994

After recovering Ben's key, Zack and Ivy travel back to Boston and discover Carmen has stolen Paul Revere's horseshoe.

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Dinosaur Delirium
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6.75
8 votes

#11 - Dinosaur Delirium

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/1994

Carmen steals top secret genetic research and attempts to create her own dinosaur.

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Boyhood's End (2)
star
7.00
3 votes

#12 - Boyhood's End (2)

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/22/1995

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

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Hot Ice
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7.00
5 votes

#13 - Hot Ice

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1994

Carmen warns the Player that her next crime "promises to be a real gem". Soon he and the detectives discover what Carmen meant - she has created a large diamond and uses it to cause an information traffic jam across Acme's frequencies.

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Chapter & Verse
star
7.00
6 votes

#14 - Chapter & Verse

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/30/1994

Carmen steals objects that have to do with literature and the detectives follow Carmen's clues to a remote hideaway in the Swiss Alps where they think Carmen was writing her memoirs.

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Music to My Ears
star
7.00
6 votes

#15 - Music to My Ears

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/23/1994

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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By a Whisker
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7.00
5 votes

#16 - By a Whisker

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/12/1994

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

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Moondreams
star
7.00
6 votes

#17 - Moondreams

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/5/1994

Carmen's dream of landing on the moon inspires her to try and make it come true. She also decides to leave a little reminder of her feat- a painted silhouette of herself on the lunar surface.

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Skull and Double-Crossbones
star
7.17
6 votes

#18 - Skull and Double-Crossbones

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1994

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

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The Good Old, Bad Old Days
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7.17
6 votes

#19 - The Good Old, Bad Old Days

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/19/1994

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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Scavenger Hunt
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7.20
5 votes

#20 - Scavenger Hunt

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1994

When Carmen steals famous gifts from around the world, Zack and Ivy are puzzled, especially since her clues are in the form of a scavenger hunt. Suddenly, the detectives realize why Carmen is doing this. It's her birthday and she is stealing these famous gifts to give them to herself.

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Rules of the Game
star
7.29
7 votes

#21 - Rules of the Game

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/9/1994

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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A Higher Calling
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7.29
7 votes

#22 - A Higher Calling

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/1994

Zack and Ivy pursue Carmen to Ayer's Rock where she has brought items of mysterious origins together in an attempt to contact aliens.

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Deja Vu
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7.40
5 votes

#23 - Deja Vu

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/8/1995

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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All for One
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7.40
5 votes

#24 - All for One

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1994

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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Retribution (1): The Unsinkable Carmen Sandiego
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7.50
2 votes

#25 - Retribution (1): The Unsinkable Carmen Sandiego

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/30/1998

Maelstrom, a thief who was caught by Carmen during her time as an ACME detective, escapes from prison, swearing revenge on her. At first, it is reported to the detectives that he died during his escape. Zack and Ivy find out that Maelstrom is alive and see the opportunity to catch both Carmen and Maelstrom. However, when the detectives sneak aboard Maelstrom's ship, he captures them.