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Carmen Sandiego (TV Series)
''Carmen Sandiego'' is an Animated series#Television, animated television series based on the Carmen Sandiego, media franchise by Broderbund. It is the fourth series in the franchise following the PBS game shows ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show), Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'' (1991–1995) and ''Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show), Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?'' (1994–1999), and the Fox Kids animated series ''Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?, Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?'' (1994–1999). Produced by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and WildBrain, the series presents a "serialized look at Carmen's backstory that is told from her perspective", and features many characters drawn from the franchise's 35-year history: Carmen herself, who debuted in the Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game), original ''World'' video game; The Chief, who took her current form in the ''World'' game show; Player, Zack, and Ivy from the ''E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action-adventure Fiction
Action fiction is a literary genre, genre in literature that focuses on stories involving high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of subgenres, such as Spy fiction, spy novels, Adventure fiction, adventure stories, tales of terror, intrigue ("cloak and dagger"), and Mystery fiction, mysteries. These kinds of stories utilize Thriller (genre), suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the Conflict (narrative), conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or the solution to a mystery of a Thriller (genre), thriller. The intricacies of human relationships or the nuances of philosophy and psychology are rarely explored in action fiction, typically being fast-paced mysteries that merely seek to provide the reader with an exhilarating experience. Action fiction can also be a plot element of Literature, non-literary works such as graphic novels and film. Genre fiction Action genre is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmillan Publishers, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster. HarperCollins is headquartered in New York City and London and is a subsidiary of News Corp. The company's name is derived from a combination of the firm's predecessors. Harper & Brothers, founded in 1817 in New York, merged with Row, Peterson & Company in 1962 to form Harper & Row, which was acquired by News Corp in 1987. The Scotland, Scottish publishing company William Collins, Sons, founded in 1819 in Glasgow, was acquired by News Corp in 1987 and merged with Harper & Row to form HarperCollins. The logo for the firm combines the fire from Harper's torch and the water from Collins' fountain. HarperCollins operates publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures Of Knowledge
''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge'' (aka ''Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?'' and ''Carmen Sandiego Treasures of Knowledge'') is a point-and-click adventure game in the ''Carmen Sandiego'' franchise, released in 2001. For its title, the game does not use the long-standing formula of the previous ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'' titles. Instead, the game seems to be based on the structure of the newest version of '' Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?'', which The Learning Company retitled ''Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time''. The game was released onto Steam in August 2020, the first CD-ROM era ''Carmen Sandiego'' game to be readily available on modern hardware. Design Art Artist John Hays of Wild Brain Studios designed and directed the character artwork and animation for the game, giving a new makeover from the previous games. Educational goals The idea of the game was to reinforce knowledge of worldwide history, geography, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Sandiego Word Detective
''Carmen Sandiego Word Detective'' is a game in the ''Carmen Sandiego ''Carmen Sandiego'' (sometimes referred to as ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'') is a media franchise based on a Carmen Sandiego (video game series), series of computer video games created by the American software company Broderbund. Whi ...'' franchise which was released in 1997. The plot of the game sees Carmen Sandiego inventing a machine called the Babble-On Machine, and the player, in the role of Agent 13, thwarting her plans by freeing the other ACME agents, all of whom have been captured by Carmen. The title is very similar in format to '' Carmen Sandiego Math Detective'', which was released a year later. Gameplay and plot The intro to this "spy adventure" starts off with Agent 12 (Ann Tickwitee) discovering Carmen's hideout, a large tower called the Tower of Babble, which emerges from underneath her. Under the orders of ACME secret agent Chase Devineaux, she creeps inside only to find herself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 Video Game)
''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'' is an educational video game released by Broderbund on April 23, 1985. It is the first product in the ''Carmen Sandiego'' franchise. The game was distributed with ''World Almanac, The World Almanac and Book of Facts'', published by Pharos Books. An enhanced version of the game was released in 1989, which did not have the almanac-based copy protection and instead used disk-based copy protection. A deluxe version was released in 1990, and features additional animation and a reworked interface from the original version. Some of the bonus features include digitized photos from ''National Geographic'', over 3200 clues, music from the Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, 20 villains, 60 Country, countries, and 16 maps. CD-ROM versions for MS-DOS and Mac (computer), Mac were released in 1992. A Windows version was released in 1994. In the game, the player takes the role of a rookie in the ACME Detective Agency, tasked to track down crooks from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WildBrain
WildBrain Ltd. is a Canadian media, animation studio, production company, production, and brand licensing company, mostly associated as an entertainment company. The company is known for owning the largest independent library of Children's television series, children's television programming, including the assets of acquisitions such as Cookie Jar Group, Epitome Pictures, and Wildbrain Entertainment among others, distribution rights to the Jay Ward Productions and Ragdoll Productions libraries, and a stake in the ''Peanuts'' franchise. The company was founded in 2006 as DHX Media, via a merger between Decode Entertainment and the Halifax Film Company. The company subsequently acquired other studios and assets, acquired the Canadian specialty service Family Channel (Canadian TV channel), Family Channel in 2014 to expand into broadcasting, and established the YouTube multi-channel network WildBrain Spark, WildBrain (now WildBrain London) in 2016. Building upon the strength of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company ( ; HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works. The company is based in the Financial District, Boston, Boston Financial District. It was formerly known as the Houghton Mifflin Company, but it changed its name following the 2007 acquisition of Harcourt (publisher), Harcourt Publishing. Prior to March 2010, it was a subsidiary of EMPG, Education Media and Publishing Group Limited, an Irish-owned holding company registered in the Cayman Islands and formerly known as Riverdeep. In 2022, it was acquired by Veritas Capital, a New York-based private-equity firm. Company history In 1832, William Ticknor and John Allen purchased a bookselling business in Boston and began to involve themselves in publishing; James T. Fields joined as a partner in 1843. Fields and Ticknor gradually gathered an impressive list of writers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Kids
Fox Kids (originally known as Fox Children's Network and later as the Fox Kids Network; stylized in all caps) was an American children's programming block and branding for a slate of international children's television channels. Originally a joint venture between the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox) and its affiliated stations, it was later owned by Fox Family Worldwide. The Fox Kids brand originated on a programming block that launched on the Fox network from September 8, 1990, to September 7, 2002. The block aired on Saturday mornings throughout its existence (Sunday mornings in Canada), with an additional lineup on Monday through Friday afternoons airing until January 2002. Fox Kids is the only form of daytime television programming, outside of sports, aired by the Fox network to date. Following then-Fox parent News Corporation's sale of Fox Kids Worldwide to The Walt Disney Company in July 2001, Fox put the remaining Saturday morning timeslot up for bidding, with 4Kid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Sandiego
''Carmen Sandiego'' (sometimes referred to as ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'') is a media franchise based on a Carmen Sandiego (video game series), series of computer video games created by the American software company Broderbund. While the original 1985 ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game), Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'' video game was classified as a "mystery exploration" series by creators and the media, the series would later be deemed edutainment when the games became unexpectedly popular in classrooms. The franchise centers around the Carmen Sandiego (character), fictional thieving villain of the same name, who is the ringleader of the Organized crime, criminal organization V.I.L.E.; the protagonists (most often including the player character, in-game character controlled by the computer user) are agents of the ACME Detective Law enforcement agency#internat, Agency who try to thwart the crooks' plans to steal treasures from around t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animated Series
An animated series, or a cartoon series, is a set of Animation, animated films with a common title, usually related to one another. These episodes typically share the same main heroes, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can either have a finite number of episodes like, for example, miniseries, a definite end, or be open-ended, without a predetermined number of episodes. They can be released on television, in movie theaters, on the internet or direct-to-video. Like other creative works, cartoon series can be of a wide variety of List of genres, genres and have different target audiences: both males and females, both Children's television series, children and adult animation, adults. Television Animated Television show, television series are aired daily or on certain days of the week during a prescribed Broadcast programming#Time slot, time slot, including, for example, saturday-morning cartoons, List of American prime time animated television series, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where On Google Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
''Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego?'' was a series of three video games utilising Google Earth released as tie-ins to the animated series released in the same year. To develop the series, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt partnered with Google. The games utilize the Google Earth software, and runs as an add-on that can be played by clicking the icon of Carmen Sandiego. The game is played by Google's Chrome web browser on a PC, or with the Google Earth app on iOS and Android devices. It aims to be a reimagining of the original 1985 video game, using Google Earth. Development The game was born from a pitch from the Google team called Brand Studio Experiments Group, which aims to find novel or innovative ways to use Google technology. Some of the team's background in game development led to game-related pitches. Noting that Google Earth had been used to host guided tours and geo quizzes, they felt it would be an ideal tool to house a geography game, and Creative Engineer JK Kafala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
''Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?'' is an American live action/animated television series based on the series of computer games. The show was produced by DIC Productions L.P. and originally aired from February 5, 1994 to January 2, 1999, on Saturday mornings during FOX's Fox Kids Network block. Reruns aired on the Qubo television network from June 9, 2012 (alongside '' Animal Atlas'') to May 26, 2018. The series won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program in 1995, and in the same year was spun-off into a ''Where in the World''-styled video game entitled '' Carmen Sandiego Junior Detective''. Its theme song uses the melody from the chorus "Singt dem großen Bassa Lieder" ("Sing Songs of the Great Pasha") from Mozart's opera ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'' (''The Abduction from the Seraglio''). The series is set to broadcast on MeTV Toons for the first time from September 2025, replacing '' Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated''. History Produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
