Lupin III: Difference between revisions

** The Lupin of ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro]]'' has even less resemblance to the Lupin of Monkey Punch's comics. [[Tropes Are Not Bad|It is still a great movie in its own right]].

** The anime also isn't as wacky as the manga, although whether or not this is bad depends on the viewer.

* [[The Alleged Car]]: Averted, given that the yellow Fiat 500 which appears now and then as the gang's vehicle of choice proves to be utterly dependable, and thanks to its compact size allows some spectacular detours where pursuing police cruisers just can't go. In contrast, Lupin's ''other'' standard car, a Mercedes SSK, gets blown up. A lot. Especially hilarious when you consider how they're now one of the rarest cars in the world.

* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Goemon and Zenigata, on and off, in the early manga, TV series, and movies.

** Telecom has also worked on ''The Legend Of The Gold Of Babylon'' (Backgrounds, Key, In-Between and Finish Animation), ''Seven Days Rhapsody'' (Key Animation by Toshihiko Masuda) and ''Sweet Lost Night'' (Backgrounds) as well.

** The [[Oh! Production]] episodes of the 2nd series that (pre Telecom) Kazuhide Tomonaga did Key Animation on (which are episodes 4, 8, 14, 20, 25, 31 and 63, he was also stationed at Oh! Production for ''Mystery Of Mamo'' as well) and [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s stuff (manly series 2 episodes 145 and 155 and ''The Castle Of Cagliostro'', he also worked on the first series as well).

** [[The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure]] may have the smoothest animation in the series, to date.

* [[Antagonist in Mourning]]: Zenigata, on occasion.

* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]:

** The manga averts this one by replacing genitalia with gender symbols. However, the anime, especially the second series, uses it quite a bit. Especially when Fujiko is involved.

* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: along with [[Latex Perfection]], and the [[Indy Ploy]] this is one of Lupin's favorite gimmicks, sometimes he'll combine them all into a single [[Crazy Awesome]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

* [[Black Comedy Rape]]: This happens quite often in the manga.

* [[Due to the Dead]]: After he apparently dies in ''The Last Job'', Zenigata is buried with full honors in a police graveside service.

* [[Effeminate Misogynistic Guy]]:

** The villain from ''The Pursuit of Harimao`s Treasure'' is basically a narcissistic gay Nazi. When [[Femme Fatale|Fujiko]] interacts with him you can clearly see that he treats her with barely contained disgust. {{spoiler|She weaponizes this in the climax by kissing him on the lips, causing him to run away screaming in disgust.}}

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Lupin frequently helps Zenigata catch more malicious criminals.

** Fujiko often has her tops or clothing ripped off.

** And, for the ladies, Goemon likes to wear a [[Fundoshi]] and not much else when swimming. Lupin, Jigen, and Zenigata have [[Shirtless Scene|Shirtless Scenes]] aplenty themselves.

** The new TV series has Fujiko frequently seen topless.

* [[Femme Fatale]]: Fujiko. Manages to be one of the few who are able to resist reforming, or losing to the hero.

** Goemon's original motivation, before he joins the gang. After their first few meetings he rarely brings it up again, and seems content with being shanghai-ed into the current caper for the challenge factor.

** Zenigata, who has, on occasion, stated this openly. It's one plan Lupin has for escaping less capable pursuers. And see [[Friendly Enemy]] above...

* [[Phantom Thief]]

* [[Picky Eater]]: Goemon will eat nothing other than Japanese food, usually to comedic effect when he is in a country where it is difficult or impossible to find. This tends to vary from writer to writer though; sometimes, he seems quite content with the local cuisine.

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