Sly Cooper's cane

Sly's Cane is Sly Cooper's signature weapon from the Sly Cooper games. It consists of a yellow hook in the shape of a "C" or a "?" on top of a brown staff.

History

The famous C-shaped hook has been part of many weapons from the Cooper family line. Sly's cane and other Cooper canes have the ability to open the Cooper Vault. Sly's cane had originally belonged to his father, before the latter was murdered by the Fiendish Five. Sly has had it in his possession ever since.

Towards the end of Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, a robo-falcon stole the cane from Sly, who later retrieved it with help from Carmelita, who had just formed a temporary truce with Sly in order to defeat Clockwerk.

In Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, the cane was thrown across Kaine Island during a fight with one of Dr. M's mutated monsters. The gang did numerous jobs to get it back to Sly so he could open the vault. Afterward, Sly faked amnesia so that he could start a relationship with Carmelita, and left the cane behind along with a calling card for the rest of the gang to find.

In Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, it was revealed that Bentley kept the cane safe for Sly, and returned it to him when they reunited. Sly had the cane with him throughout the game.

Abilities

Sly's cane serves multiple purposes such as pick-pocketing, lock-picking, swinging from hooks, latching onto wall hooks, and striking enemies. Although it has a sharp point, the cane still acts efficiently as a blunt weapon. It can be charged up for a powerful melee strike and upgraded with gadgets bought from ThiefNet. Such gadgets include a smoke bomb and other powerful stealth attacks. Bentley once upgraded Sly's cane in Sly 2 to split into two separate canes so that Sly could climb difficult ice walls in Jean Bison's lumber camp.

In The Adventures of Sly Cooper Issue 2, Sly sneaks his cane into Heathrow Prison by disguising it as a prison guard stick. Later in the comic, he extends the hook to pick a lock. The cane has only done this in the comic.

Replica

A picture of a replica Cooper Cane, taken by the head of Product Development for SCEA

In April 2012, Scott Rohde (Software Product Development Head for Sony Worldwide Studios America and Sony Computer Entertainment America) posted a picture of a replica of Sly's cane on Twitter. This picture led many fans to believe that a Collector's Edition of Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, or this very replica itself, would become available. Neither turned out to be true; the replica does exist, but it is not available for purchase.

The replica measures 37 inches in length. The stick is made out of wood, while the tip at the bottom and the crook are made out of bronze and tinted gold. The bronze increases the weight of the cane, so it cannot be swung easily. The replica also comes with a stand, the top of which is covered in foam to protect the cane. The stand displays Sly's mask in the front.

Trivia

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  Sly's Cane in inFamous 2.

  When developing Sly's weapon, Sucker Punch put a question mark as a temporary placeholder. However, the developers realized that it "kinda looked cool," and the question mark was similar to a "C" for Cooper, so they kept the general shape.
• InFamous 2 has DLC to visually replace Cole MacGrath's amp with Sly's cane. This has been paralleled in Thieves in Time, where Sly's cane can be replaced with Cole's Amp.
  • It can also be replaced with Ratchet's Wrench from Ratchet and Clank.
• One of the earliest designs of the cane allowed it to transform into many unique items.
• In Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, the cane seems to have been lengthened from being roughly 6 inches shorter than Sly himself, to matching Sly's own height of six feet tall. However, this is only in cutscenes. In gameplay it appears at the same length as it was in the original trilogy.