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=== Arsène Lupin III ===

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The leader and founder of the gang, Lupin is looking to get his hands on as much as possible, be it rare treasure, lots of money, sexy women, or any combination of the three. Although he's a thief, plain and simple, he's never a malicious one; his targets tend to be the wealthy, powerful, and prideful, and his capers usually serve as a swift example of humility to his unfortunate targets. He will also take on a job if he knows it will help out someone in dire straits on the way.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type IV

* [[Badass]]

* [[Big Eater]]: At least in ''Cagliostro'', where he goes on a eating binge in order to quickly recover from serious injuries.

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Lupin is half-French, half-Japanese, though Monkey Punch himself said (in materials to promote the first Lupin movie) that he considered Lupin to be of no nationality -- a citizen of the world.

* [[The Casanova]]: In the manga, at least.

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Lupin has pulled out a third or even fourth backup plan when plans A-C have failed.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: He usually relies on the villain of the story seeing how foolish he acts and attribute Lupin's success to luck. That amount of luck takes planning.

* [[Dub Name Change]]:

** In France he's called Edgar de la Cambriole.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Zenigata, all the time.

* [[Fun Personified]]: This is Jigen's justification for following Lupin in Green Vs Red.

* [[Gentleman Thief]]: To honor his ancestors. Every male parent/grandparent/uncle was one, it seems.

=== Daisuke Jigen ===

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Lupin's constant and most loyal partner, the laid back Jigen is constantly at his side, helping him with the next big score. Although Jigen can handle most any role Lupin hands him, his stand-out qualities are his remarkable, nearly-superhuman quick-draw and targeting skills. He also attempts to keep Lupin grounded where women are concerned, and ''especially'' where Fujiko is concerned; he has made his dislike of her and her motivations plain on many occasions. He works very well with Goemon, however, especially when it comes to taking down large portions of the enemy forces.

 

* [[Ammunition Backpack]]: Has been used on occasion, most notably in the ''The Columbus Files''.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type IV

* [[Badass]]

* [[Badass Beard]]

* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Jigen is sometimes shown to need his hat to help his amazing targeting skills.

* [[Cold Sniper]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: provides a cool head to contrast Lupin's off-the-wall behavior.

* [[Dub Name Change]]:

** In France, he's known as either Isidore or Auguste.

=== Goemon Ishikawa XIII ===

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Originally, Goemon was one of Lupin's marks; the master thief wanted the secrets to Goemon's incredible sword and his amazing ability to use it. This caused their first confrontation to end with both of them being [[Infernal Retaliation|lit on fire]]. Since then, the thief has impressed Goemon enough for the master samurai to join Lupin's gang and participate in his incredible schemes. More moody than Jigen, Goemon often has a tendency to go off on his own in the middle of missions, or occasionally joins up with Fujiko, in spite of the fact that he is just as wary of her as Jigen is. But make no mistake... when the chips are down, Goemon will come back to Lupin's side in the end to help him deal with whatever mess he has managed to get himself into.

* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Lampshaded in the sword's anime incarnation; the name Zantetsuken translates as "Iron-Cutting Sword."

* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: In the manga, pilot film, and ''The Secret of Mamo'' feature film.

* [[Badass]]

* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Happened in one episode of the second TV series. And he [[Power Gives You Wings|got wings]], too. Seriously.

* [[Culture Equals Costume]]

* [[Dub Name Change]]: In France, he's called Yokitori.

* [[Famous Ancestor]]: The modern Goemon is descended from Ishikawa Goemon, an honorable thief of old Japan who is the subject of a well-known kabuki play.

* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: He once refused to cut down a huge crocodile when he and Jigen fell into a trap pit. However, he managed to wrestle it and ''[[Badass|tie it up with his kimono]]''.

=== Fujiko Mine ===

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A master thief in her own right, Fujiko is Lupin's one obsession that isn't stealing or messing with those who deserve it. She will often work with Lupin, only to screw him out of the goods in the end. Or perhaps she sets up Lupin for a job that ends up with him doing all the dirty work for her. Either way, she knows how to use Lupin and his love of her to get what she wants. In spite of her blatant use-and-abuse of Lupin, she has been shown on a number of occasions to truly love and care about him, and is quick to be at his side when things have really gone wrong. Occasionally, Fujiko will set up independent jobs of her own that have nothing to do with Lupin, but always end up paralleling one of his jobs in the end. Jigen pretty much wants nothing to do with her ever, but strangely Goemon, even with his honorable nature, has been known to partner up with her on the occasional heist.

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Butterflies and peacocks in ''The Woman Named Fujiko Mine''.

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Perhaps even more so than Lupin.

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Alluded to in ''The Woman Named Fujiko Mine''; {{spoiler|molestation as a child}} is involved at the very least.

* [[Double Entendre]]: Her name translates as "Twin Peaks."

* [[Dub Name Change]]: In France, she's called Magali, and in Italian she's sometimes called Margot, but not always.

* [[Easily Forgiven]]: Despite her repeated betrayals, Lupin continues to blindly trust her.

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: As Cicciolina from ''The Woman Named Fujiko Mine'' is helpful enough to point out.

* [[Fan Service]]: Early and often.

* [[Femme Fatale]]

* [[Lovable Traitor]]: Generally, Lupin finds her treachery to be part of her charm, but not always.

* [[Loveable Rogue]]

=== Inspector Koichi Zenigata ===

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The perpetual foil of the Lupin gang, Inspector Zenigata is the most dedicated cop you could ever find. He ''will'' bring Lupin and his cronies to justice... at least as soon as he figures out how to ensnare his rival once and for all. The problem isn't that Zenigata is a bad detective; he's actually quite intelligent and quick-thinking. It's just that Lupin is even better at outwitting the good inspector. Luckily, Lupin is kind enough to leave behind the [[Complete Monster|real crooks]] in the whole affair for Zenigata to claim and turn in. With his amazing record of catches and closed cases, Interpol ''usually'' has little issue with letting Zenigata continue in the perpetual pursuit of his rival.

* [[Antagonist in Mourning]]: On the occasions where Lupin appears to be dead, Zenigata genuinely mourns him. In ''The Fuma Conspiracy'', he actually becomes a Buddhist monk to pray for Lupin's soul. Then again, in ''Mystery of Mamo'', Lupin is hanged and Zenigata is about to gleefully put a stake through the heart of Lupin's corpse {{spoiler|when it explodes, and it's revealed that the dead Lupin is a clone, much to Zenigata's chagrin.}}

* [[Badass]]: Capable of chasing the world's greatest thief to the ends of the earth, as well as arresting anyone of lesser skill. Generally inversely proportional to his status as [[Butt Monkey]].

* [[Big Eater]]: Certainly justified in that you must eat metric ton-loads of food to have the energy to chase Lupin. In one episode, he ate twenty hamburgers in one sitting!

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Often in the goofier entries of the ''Lupin'' franchise (notably the second and third TV series).

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Zenigata is roughly twice the age of Lupin. So the idea that he can't catch Lupin seems justified, which would avert this trope. Then you realize that people younger than Lupin aren't able to keep up with him, but [[The Determinator|Zenigata]] is. Even at his worst, he's a man old enough to be Lupin's father, who manages to follow him around the world!

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Quite simply, Zenigata is THE WORLD'S GREATEST COP. Not only has he actually managed to arrest Lupin from time to time, he's also a formidable fighter, investigator, and most important, a truly [[By-The-Book Cop|fair and good cop]].

* [[The Determinator]]: Zenigata has, from the perspective of other characters and on more than one occasion, ''come back from the dead'' because they mentioned Lupin's name.

* [[Dub Name Change]]: In France, he's Inspector Gaston Lacogne.

* [[Enemy Mine]]

* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Unless Lupin ''wants'' to be captured, Zenigata can't bring him in.

* [[Spotting the Thread]]: Lupin calling him "Tott-san" ("Pops" or "Old Man") usually gives the thief away.

* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: He's helped Lupin escape from other cops for this reason.

* [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist]]: the former [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Zenigata's diet leaves a lot to be desired: it basically consists of boiled ramen noodles and black coffee. Probably [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that his constant pursuit of Lupin doesn't allow him much time to have a decent meal. When he DOES have time to eat more than usual, he's a [[Big Eater]].

** Not only the Japanese ones, as shown in ''Voyage to Danger'': when Zenigata was pulled from the case and told this to the by-the-book Italian cops at his orders, they packed and returned home, ''letting a trapped and desperate Lupin go because that would have meant that Zenigata wasn't the one catching him''.