Lupin III/Recap/The Mystery of Mamo: Difference between revisions

* [[Ambiguous Clone Ending]]: {{spoiler|Averted at the last minute -- Mamo eventually admits that the Lupin that died at the start of the film was a clone, and the protagonist was the real Lupin the Third. Lupin tries to invoke this at the end when Zenigata captures him, but the Inspector doesn't care.}}

* [[Big Damn Movie]]

* [[Breaking the Fellowship]]: For a change, Fujiko's antics get Lupin to swear off her -- until she's found abandoned in the wilderness and [[The Dulcinea Effect]] kicks in. This is the last straw for both Goemon and Jigen, and the trio only barely avoids coming to blows before turning their backs on each other. (And, naturally, Fujiko's running the [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]] for Mamo.) The gang regathers at Mamo's Caribbean island, but after Fujiko getting kidnapped and Goemon suffering a [[Heroic BSOD]], Lupin is eventually forced to [[Storming the Castle|Storm The Castle]] alone, despite Jigen's attempts to talk him out of it (with bullets).

* [[Captain Obvious]]: "Ladies and gentlemen: The End."

* [[Rage Quit]]: Inspector Zenigata goes rogue just so he can continue chasing Lupin even after things complicate his police department's case against the latter. [[Fridge Brilliance|Such complications may be why he joined up with Interpol in the first place.]]

* [[Single Stroke Battle]]: Goemon's battle with Flinch; after chipping Zantetsuken on [[The Dragon]]'s armored vest, they exchange another strike. The tip of Goemon's sword falls off -- and then the screen splits in three pieces that slide apart, corresponding to the three pieces of Flinch's head that he tries and fails to hold together.

* [[Superlative Dubbing]]: For all its boners, at least the Streamline dub gets some things right that Geneon didn't, including humor.

* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: Hitler is among the clones Lupin encounters. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Lupin gives him the appropriate greeting.]]

* [[Villainous BSOD]]: The Mamo clone Lupin intercepts undergoes this in his last moments as he goes on about how clones degenerate over time. The {{spoiler|not-}}original Mamo subverts this when he realizes the Philosopher's Stone doesn't help much, if at all. When Fujiko asks if eternal life is just a dream, he responds that there's another way and takes Fujiko to a launching pad.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: When Mamo receives a [[Humiliation Conga]] at the climax. First his attempts at immortality go awry, then the government tracks him to his hideout ([[Xanatos Backfire|because he couldn't pass up a challenge from Lupin to perform a miracle]]), and then Lupin foils his attempt at bringing about the end of the world. That's enough for him to go bat-shit crazy and take Fujiko for himself, trying to roast Lupin with lasers whenever he tried to get near. He even sounds crazy yet truthful when {{spoiler|he reveals that Lupin's death at the gallows had indeed been staged all along.}}

* [[Wrecked Weapon]]: Goemon's face-off against Flinch leads to the tip of his Zantetsuken breaking off, which puts Goemon in shame, as he believes that he's unworthy to use the sword if it breaks even a little. That chipped-off tip later becomes the [[Chekhov's Gun]] when Lupin receives it from Jigen.

** Lupin later destroys Mamo's missiles to leave Mamo completely helpless.