Board Thread:General Sly Cooper discussion/@comment-27717005-20160201182440/@comment-27717005-20160216033530

Teenbat wrote:

Yamimarus wrote:

1. Why would Slytunkhamen change his name? In my opinion it seems more plausible that it's just a coincidence than for him to change his name just because someone who claims to be his descendant told him to. I know Sly could probably convince him of that the same way he did with his other ancestors, but I still don't buy Slytunkhamen changing his name to... well, Slytunkhamen.

But thinking about that made me think up another theory: What if Conner actually named Sly after one of the Slytunkhamens?

2. Please remind me of what quote from Le Paradox you're talking about, because honestly I can't remember. Unless the quote in question backs up what you're saying, I'm not sure how Sly would live that long.

Sly doesn't always carry The Thievius Raccoonus on him at all times. Dimitri was still watching over it when Sly got lost. I'm pretty sure it even shows Bentley with the book at the end of Sly 4
 * 1) In-universe, that's a possible explanation as to why their names are so similar, though Sucker Punch likely did the exact opposite, naming the Slytunkhamens after Sly.
 * 2) I think he may have been talking about when Le Paradox said that he would use the time tunnel to send Sly (and Carmelita) bouncing from time period to time period for eternity. The problem with that happening though, is that Le Paradox wasn't in charge of the time tunnel when Sly went in. It was either coincidence that Sly ended up in Egypt (presumably ancient Egypt, though not necessarily), or Sly programmed it to send him there. We don't really know how the time tunnel works, but it likely works similar to Bentley's time machine considering it was built by Penelope, who stole (memorized) the plans. Bentley's time machine works by essentially radiometric, or carbon, dating ("isotopic decay calibrated") an object to find and lock onto the time period it comes from. What object does Sly have on him all the time that originated from ancient Egypt? The Thievius Raccoonus.