The Trial of the Cooper Gang

The Trial of the Cooper Gang is an animated special of the Sly Cooper franchise. It is set to publish with the events taking place after Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. Unlike other animated shorts, such as Sly Cooper: The Second Season, Goodbye My Sweet, and Timing Is Everything, this animated special is considered an one hour episode long.

The special focuses on most of enemies the Cooper Gang has made band together to take revenge on Sly, Murray, Bentley, and Carmelita, by setting up a trial to prove the Cooper Gang ruined their lives, not knowing Sly is lost in time.

Premise
The Cooper Gang's enemies band together after their defeat at the hands of Sly, Bentley, and Murray, however, upon hearing Sly's disappearance they decided to take it out on Bentley and Murray by setting up their own trial to point out how the Cooper Gang ruined their lives, and captured Carmelita due to having cross paths with them and set her up as Murray and Bentley's defense lawyer.

Plot
Inspector Carmelita Fox is at a trial about Cyrille Le Paradox's hearing about a mistrial. Carmelita observes the stand and the DA's persistence that the court disregards Cyrille's remarks. The court denies Cyrille's hearing and sends the guards to bring Cyrille back to his cell, the skunk laments that Carmelita didn't take him down but the inspector denies it and claims Cyrille is doing this because his extensive criminal record.

When Cyrille is in the van, the van starts to shake. Worried, he asks the guards what is wrong. The back door to the police opens, the guards take Cyrille out and uncuffs him. Baffled what is going on, Cyrille comes face to face with the Contessa, with Rajan, Grizz, Muggshot, Mz. Ruby, and Raleigh by her side. Rajan said they come up with a plan to get back at the Cooper Gang and asks if he wants to join. Cyrille smirks and rhetorically asks why didn't they come sooner before shaking hands with Rajan.

At her apartment, Carmelita drops on the couch. She switches the TV on to see an interview of herself about the arrests she made, along with Le Paradox. She claims that it would've gone better if the Cooper Gang hadn't cross paths with her, adding they create more criminals. Carmelita switches off the TV, lamenting what she said. She grabs a picture of her and Sly together, each day she continues to try to find him the more how she didn't see him and his friends for what they personally are. She soon wonders how Bentley and Murray are doing.

Bentley is at out on the streets looking at a billboard to see Murray in a upcoming wrestling math tonight. Bentley got in to see Murray struggling against an elephant but dealt a heavy blow that caused one of the elephant's tusks to crack off. Murray is declared the winner as he sees his friends. In the locker room, Murray asks Bentley if he still searching for Sly. Bentley said he isn't and goes off for a week before continuing his search, and getting the time to enjoy himself, that is why he hadn't called Murray. Murray than asks if he read about the paper, he asks him why, so Murray shows Bentley a newspaper about El Jefe, Octavio, and Tsao have escaped prison from their respective countries, with also about Cyrille escaping. Bentley wondered how could this happen and asks Murray if he heard from Inspector Fox. He hasn't, and Bently told him to be careful as he is sure the criminals they face will surely go after us, most specifically Sly.

Moments later, Carmelita is in James' office. He gets suspicious that she is searching for Sly even though their haven't been any reports of him for weeks. Carmelita claims she is making Sly Cooper will make a move but James believes there is another reason. Carmelita starts to worry, as James and INTERPOL don't know the events when Carmelita has with Sly or his friends, especially the time with Cyrille Le Paradox. To her relief, James thinks Carmelita is obsessed with catching Sly given how he eluded her for years, so he requested she takes some time off. Before walking out, James also mentions she could capture Cyrille after his escape, which shocks the inspector, didn't know about that.

Out in the streets at a cafe, Carmelita looks at the TV about a string prion escapes with Cyrille being one of them. Carmelita laments they got arrested but worries if they are going after Bentley and Murray because of Sly.