Frame Team Belgium
Murray: I can't make heads or tails of this coin! Ha-ha! Get it?
Belgian: ...
Murray: It's totally funny because like, when you flip a coin it comes out either heads or tails. Come on, man. That's comic gold!
Belgian: ...
― Trying to make the Belgian laugh[src]
"Frame Team Belgium" is a job for the Cooper Gang in "Flight of Fancy" of Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves.
Background
In order to recruit Penelope as their dedicated RC specialist, the Cooper Gang had to defeat her boss, the Black Baron, in the ACES competition. After stealing the flight roster for the competition,[1] the gang found out that their first match would be against Team Belgium and Team Iceland in a semifinal round. In order to stand a chance of advancing to the finals with only one plane, the gang realized that they would need to make their opponents target each other exclusively. To this end, Bentley cooked up a plan to frame Team Belgium for a crime against Team Iceland.
Synopsis
Sly Cooper and Murray take up position outside the hotel for the mission briefing. Bentley tells Sly about an armored supply truck driving around town, explaining that the truck is en route to drop off Team Iceland's lucky ice sculpture for the semifinals. Bentley gave the driver some bad directions via going in circles for hours as a way to stall the drop-off for the purpose of the mission. Bentley explains that Sly will need to get inside the truck, steal the ice sculpture, and plant some evidence that would implicate Team Belgium for the theft. Bentley decides that the evidence will come in the form of Team Belgium's gold lace monogrammed handkerchief. But first, they will need to acquire one of the hankies.
Murray goes inside the hotel lobby and works to get a Belgian pilot laughing hard enough that he will stop paying attention to his surroundings. Seeing as how the Belgians are notorious for their emotionless nature, that is no easy task. Murray eventually manages to get the pilot to laugh by shoving his fist down his throat, getting it stuck in the process. Bentley, who is waiting nearby, then moves into pickpocket the handkerchief off of the pilot while he is laughing, otherwise he'll feel the pull. Once that's done, Bentley goes outside and makes sure the Guru is in position outside.
The Guru's task is to break open the back doors to the supply truck by hijacking and ramming guards into it. Once he successfully hits the truck once, the truck starts dropping traps along the path, forcing the Guru to be more cautious with later hits. After four successful hits, the top of the truck blew wide open, although the back doors were still sturdy. Bentley realizes that this won't complicate the mission.
Bentley hands the handkerchief to Sly. Sly then makes his way to the truck, jumping in through the roof, where he comes across a safe. With Bentley warning Sly that the driver starts to realize where the hotel is, Sly hurries up and cracked the safe.[note 1] He then swaps the ice sculpture with the handkerchief, effectively framing Team Belgium for the theft.
Notes
- ↑ Despite Bentley's warning, nothing will happen if Sly takes a while to open the safe.
References
- ↑ Episode: Flight of Fancy; Job: Hidden Flight Roster.