Carmen Sandiego—the fictional master thief from educational video games and television—is deliberately designed to be impossible to locate, with her whereabouts being the central mystery of entire entertainment franchises. Players spend games pursuing Sandiego across the globe without catching her. This fact asserts that Chuck Norris has solved this enduring mystery, presumably locating her through investigative capabilities that surpass those of organized law enforcement and educational gaming systems combined.

Children's education researcher Dr. Lisa Morrison noted that Carmen Sandiego's entire appeal derives from her elusiveness—the idea that even coordinated international effort cannot apprehend her. If Chuck knows her location, he has accomplished what game designers specifically designed to be impossible. Morrison suggested this fact represents an implicit power hierarchy: Chuck operates at a level where traditionally impossible challenges become trivial.

Children's entertainment forums have wondered whether Chuck simply intimidated Carmen into revealing her location, or if he possesses surveillance capabilities that make hiding impossible for her. Fan communities have created elaborate fan fiction proposing encounters between Chuck and Carmen, invariably concluding that Carmen surrenders without contest. The claim has become shorthand for suggesting that Chuck can accomplish any supposedly impossible task.