Benelope

Benelope is the het ship between Bentley and Penelope from the Sly Cooper fandom.

Love at First Heist
Bentley and Penelope first met online, where they both expressed their interest in a specialist with remote-controlled inventions, something that Penelope was also very adept with. She gave false information, claiming to be one the Black Baron's mechanics, but told the Gang that if they wanted her on the team, they'd have to beat the Black Baron in the upcoming ACES competition. She uploaded an edited image of herself, to match Bentley's fake image, which ignited Bentley's romantic interest in her. The Cooper Gang accepted her challenge and traveled to Holland.

Some time before the ACES' Semifinals, Bentley contacted Penelope via intercom and requested her help in defending the Cooper hangar from Muggshot and members of the Baron's staff whom he had bribed, as they attempted to destroy their plane. Penelope, who was against cheating between teams, fully supported the gang in defending the hangar.

During the Finals of the competition, Sly Cooper managed to nearly destroy the Black Baron's biplane, so the Baron called in his gunships and a passenger plane for backup. Bentley, having anticipated the gunships, utilized the nearby windmills to destroy them, and Sly battled the Black Baron on the left wing of the plane. The mask of the costume was destroyed and Penelope was revealed to be inside it. She later explained the purpose of the suit, and joined the Cooper Gang without hesitation.

In China, Penelope showed early signs of attraction towards Sly and his athletic abilities. Bentley recognized this and it caused some resentment between him and his oblivious friend.

While on Blood Bath Bay, Bentley comes clean to Penelope about his harbored jealousy towards Sly, claiming himself to be "the brains of the operation, while Sly just the field man". He also wishes he could run on tightropes and jump on flagpoles like Sly. Penelope comforts him by saying he can do other stuff that Sly can't, such as rewiring a satellite or writing ASCII code.

Penelope was later captured by Captain LeFwee, who had planned to make her his wife until the gang intervened. Penelope then demonstrated her ability in sword dueling against LeFwee on his ship's mast, the latter of whom lost and fell to the ocean. She also realized that she held strong feelings for Bentley, leading her to heroically save him and become his girlfriend.

The Betrayal
After the Cooper Vault heist was a success, the Cooper Gang disbanded and Penelope remained with Bentley and worked with him on a number of inventions, the most notable of which was a time machine. Sometime near its completion, she vanished, much to Bentley's dismay. Bentley later discovered that the Thievius Raccoonus was beginning to disappear, so he had to put off searching for Penelope to get Sly and Murray back together to save the Cooper legacy.

Penelope's disappearance was intentional - Cyrille Le Paradox hired her to steal Bentley's time machine plans and create a completely separate time machine. She planned to double-cross Le Paradox and convince Bentley that the two of them could be the greatest minds in the world, using their combined intellect to gain money and power.

As Penelope readied to finish off Sly, Bentley countered her in a mech of his own and asked why she would betray them. Penelope argues that she did it for Bentley's sake, as working for/with Sly was only holding back his true potential. Working for Le Paradox, Penelope arranged the Black Knight plot as the means to get Le Paradox's help so as to kill Sly. Naturally, Bentley rejects her "help" and does battle with her, scoring a victory and saving Sly from her.

At the end of the game, Penelope was sentenced to a maximum security prison in modern day Europe, but managed to escape, leaving behind her symbol painted on her cell wall. Bentley notes that he has been receiving mysterious postcards bearing the same image in various locales, hinting a future appearance.

Fanon
Benelope has a decent following in the Sly Cooper fandom, only behind SlyFox, despite its tumultous fate following the plot twist of Thieves in Time. As far as fanfic goes, writers will often ignore the twist, as the game is often considered non-canon by fans, especially those who support the ship and favor the original trilogy over the fourth game.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Bentley's relationship with Penelope is ironic since turtles can eat mice in real life.
 * In Thieves in Time, Bentley's binocucom had a picture of Penelope in the bottom left. However, after Bentley discovered that Penelope was working for Paradox, he defaced the picture, portraying her as a devil and implying his new anger. Curiously, he scribbled Penelope's eyes with the Sanzaru Games insignia.