Go West Young Raccoon is the second episode of Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. It takes place in Cotton Mouth Bluff, 1884 AD, and the main antagonist is Sheriff Toothpick.
Synopsis
Background
The gang time travels back to the 1880s. Once there, the gang discovers that "Tennessee Kid" Cooper has been thrown in jail for his crimes. He was arrested by the insane Sheriff Toothpick, who is a mobster obsessed with gold. After Tennessee's arrest, Toothpick robbed the local bank of its gold, and later framed Tennessee for it. After Bentley explains to Sly that he needs to get himself arrested to help his ancestor, the gang gets ready to break Tennessee out of jail and stop Toothpick.
Jobs
| Job name | Completed by |
|---|---|
| Under Arrest | Sly |
| Sly needs to get himself arrested in order to free Tennessee. | |
| Jailhouse Blues | Bentley, Sly |
| Sly must find a way to escape the prison. | |
| Cooper for Hire | Bentley, Murray, Tennessee |
| Tennessee needs to reclaim his firearms. | |
| Saloon Bug | Bentley, Sly |
| Bentley needs to plant a bug in Toothpick's office. | |
| Blind Date | Tennessee |
| Tennessee needs to follow a runaway wagon to rescue Carmelita. | |
| Jail Break | Tennessee, Carmelita |
| Tennessee and Carmelita heads to the prison to free Sly, Bentley and Murray. | |
| Grand Key Larceny | Murray, Sly, Carmelita |
| Murray, Sly and Carmelita compete in challenges to win three keys for Bentley. | |
| Operation: Gold Digger | Whole Gang |
| Reclaim the gold and take down Toothpick. | |
Ending
Sly defeats Toothpick, who gets stranded in the Wild West. However, the van doesn't function properly, and they end up falling off of a cliff. In an act of desperation, Bentley saves their lives by grabbing Murray's Australian fossil necklace and throws it into the time machine. Everyone holds on tight as the van gets sucked through the wormhole. They eventually end up in Gungathal Valley in a prehistoric time period.
Videos
Treasures and clues
Treasures
- Bag of Cash
- Fake Mustache
- Ten Gallon Hat
- Street Sign
- Bottle of Sarsaparilla
- Temporal Flux Driver
- Diamond Cactus
- Steer Horns
- Tacky Tombstone
- Branding Iron
- Golden Spike
- King Monkey Love
Clues
After collecting all 30 clue bottles throughout town, crack the hidden safe, and you will receive Muggshot's Coin.
Trivia
- The name of the episode is word play on the famous saying from John Babsone Lane Soule, "Go west young man, and grow up with the country," which concerned the then relevant Manifest Destiny.
- If the player returns to Feudal Japan after the missions, "Under Arrest" or "Blind Date", the current imprisoned gang members won't travel to the level, thus leaving Rioichi Cooper and Carmelita as the only playable characters until the imprisoned members are rescued.
- In the ending cutscene of Turning Japanese, there is a goof. When Bentley puts the sheriff's badge in the time machine, it says the year they are traveling to is 1883, while the episode actually takes place in 1884.
- The last mission has references to Back to the Future Part III, as it involves a time machine and a train.
- This episode is the fastest getaway episode due to being straight travelling into Gungathal Valley right after defeating Toothpick instead of staying for a while to detain the antagonist.