| “ | Ahh, Sly Cooper. my boy on the inside picked up those pictures of me you sent the cops. Nice try, but I own this town. | „ |
| ~ Octavio meets Sly Cooper once again. |
Don Octavio is the main antagonist of "An Opera of Fear" of the 2005 game Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves. He is an anthropomorphic lion who serves as an opera singer that planned to destroy Venice by sinking most of its landmarks, but the Cooper Gang intervened, and he is currently doing time in prison.
He was voiced by David Scully in English and Kazuhiro Yamaji in the Japanese dub.
Appearance[]
Octavio is an anthropomorphic lion with brown fur and yellow hair. He wears a black fedora cap and cape-like garment, crimson and black boots, and a suit of eggplant and ivory pinstripe. He has an alabaster mask fitted on his face.
Biography[]
As a young man, Octavio was in a world of fame, described as being popular in the neighborhood and famous for his singing. However, just when he was about to reach fame, music taste changed and opera was no longer popular, much to his dismay. With not much left, he held onto a few fans (members of some sort of mafia who recruited him into "the business") and then became an associate with a man known as Giovanni.
With the help of Giovanni, Octavio rose to the rank of a Don, becoming known as Don Octavio. Despite being a powerful boss, he had big plans to redeem opera in the streets of Venice. It apparently took several months to prepare. With Giovanni’s help, he secretly began pumping tar into the streets of Venice. The Venetian police caught on and Carmelita had to look into it, believing Don Octavio to be a prime suspect. Surprisingly, the Guru also knew of the pollution in Venice and spoke of it to Murray, telling him not to return until he'd made 'the black water run clear'. Sly and Bentley caught up with Murray and realized that Don Octavio was behind Venice's tar problem. As he went around pumping more tar into the streets of Venice, he was secretly being photographed by Sly, so the Cooper Gang had evidence to have him thrown in jail. However, this effort was futile as Octavio had men on the inside of the police station and they picked up the photos which led to Octavio working out that the Cooper Gang was behind it. In order for his plot to work, he needed to take care of one of his biggest threats, Carmelita, as she was apparently trying to receive a warrant to search his opera house which would be a critical blow in his operation. He hired the 'Blue Viper Gondola' gang to take care of her but Sly and Bentley caught wind of what was going to happen and saved her life. They also took out his Ferris Wheel (which was being used to pump tar with the help of Giovanni).
Though the Cooper Gang had thwarted some of his operation, Octavio's plan was nearing its final stage and all he needed to do now was to advertise his upcoming opera recital. If the public didn't show up at it, then he would sink the buildings in Venice until they agreed to his demands. Sly attempted to take out his advertisements, until he suddenly heard Bentley screaming for help. He rushed to his rescue, only to realize that he’s been taken hostage by Octavio. As the feline tried to escape with Bentley, Sly chased him across Venice until he realized he couldn't shake the raccoon off his tail and threw Bentley at him before fleeing inside his Opera House.
After this, the Cooper Gang managed to steal Octavio's Tar Pump Blueprints that he'd hidden behind paintings in three of his coffee houses. Realizing that his normal patrol wasn't enough, Octavio hired additional back-up who were similar to normal guards except with jetpacks. Sly and Bentley couldn't fight them head on and had to manipulate Carmelita and her mercenaries to take them out. After that, Bentley convinced Murray to take to the field and take out some of Octavio's tar pumps.
When the day of the Opera Recital arrived, Octavio was tricked into destroying his remaining tar drums by a disguised Sly, though it didn't matter as Octavio had already pumped out enough tar to start sinking buildings. Octavio then took to the stage but no one had shown up at the Opera Recital other than Bentley who challenged Octavio to a 'sing-off' which was just a scheme to swipe the controls to sink buildings out of Octavio's hand whilst Sly dropped a chandelier on Octavio's head.
As the sing-off reached its climax, Octavio moved closer to Bentley in a plot to kill him, but Bentley shouted "now!" and Sly dropped the chandelier on his head, Octavio stood in a state of shock. Unfortunately, Carmelita destroyed the chandelier and informed Sly, Bentley and the Don they were under arrest. One of Octavio's underlings pulled up in a gondola and Octavio quickly jumped in and escaped, followed by Sly and Bentley. As the chase continued in the waters of Venice, Octavio began to bomb the waters, in an attempt to shake off Sly and Bentley's gondola. Eventually, Octavio's gondola engine failed and he and his underling crashed into the stage, resulting in his underling's death. Sly and Bentley pulled up on the bank next to it and confronted Octavio, telling him to give them the demolition switch and then they'd all ditch the cops. Octavio first agreed, but when Murray said it was "so cool" that Octavio's gondola crashed into the opera stage he began sinking buildings. Bentley, infuriated by this, moved in closer to Octavio claiming him to be a monster, only to be kicked and sent flying. Sly backed up and asked for Murray’s help, who was on a rooftop above him. Octavio began to taunt the hippo as Bentley weakly called him for help before fainting. Murray leapt into battle and began fighting Octavio. After winning, Murray and Sly left Octavio knocked out for the police to deal with then helped Bentley up from the floor. Octavio was left exhausted and captured by Carmelita.
According to Sly, he was sentenced to up to thirty years of prison. Ironically, he regained his long-wanted fame as most of his old fans was already imprisoned.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the demo for the game, he was referred to as 'The Lion Boss.'
- He grows tomato plants, as he threatened to use Bentley (who’s allergic to tomatoes) as fertilizer when he kidnapped him.
- Octavio already knows Sly when they meet in Honor Among Thieves, but it’s unknown how Octavio first met Sly.
External Links[]
- Octavio on the Sly Cooper Wiki
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