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An ongoing attempt to recap the series can be found [[Lupin III/Recap|here.]]
Either accidentally or intentionally, the [[So Bad It's Good|delightfully]] [[
Has nothing to do with the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' [[Harry Potter/Characters|character]].
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** Lupin himself does this in the second anime, when he believes that Zenigata has drowned, and in the 2010 TV special ''The Last Job'' in which Zenigata was apparently killed by the [[Big Bad]] in the first ten minutes of the show.
** In ''Mystery of the Fuma Clan'', Zenigata has actually quit his job and become a Buddhist monk because he believes Lupin to be dead. When asked why, he says that if he prays enough, Lupin may be reincarnated as a law-abiding man.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Lupin and the gang are still ''thieves'', even though they are fundamentally decent people. The villains they face are more often than not [[Complete Monster
* [[Art Evolution]]: Between series, Fujiko often gets a redesign. Sometimes even within series! By the middle of series 3, the designs for all of the main cast has significantly changed from the squarer-jaws in the opening credits to a thinner, more angular face. Whether this is actual evolution, devolution, or just [[Off-Model]] is left as an exercise to the viewer.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Related to Lupin's desire for challenge, he limits himself to stealing from "people who can afford the loss", "Dangerous killers", and "jerks" (frequently, he claims to only rob from people who are all three of the above). Zenigata has used this as a clue to sniff around the client whom [[Gentleman Thief|Lupin has forewarned]].
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* [[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.
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* [[Blind Without'Em]]: One episode reveals that Jigen's perfect aim is due to his sighting along ''the brim of his hat''
* [[But He Sounds Handsome]]: Lupin does this whenever he walks through an area where the police are looking for him while in disguise.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Lupin is half French/Japanese, and the manga-exclusive character Melon Cop, whose father was Japanese-American. There is also extensive debate over whether or not Jigen is actually Japanese at all, given his awkward and inconsistent name structure and shady past (even by Lupin's standards).
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* [[Chained Heat]]: Lupin and Inspector Zenigata in the series. Almost literally at the end of ''The Secret of Mamo''.
* [[Chiaroscuro]]: ''The Castle Of Cagliostro'' uses this extensively around the wedding.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Early in the stories (such as the 1969 pilot anime)
* [[The Charmer]]: Although Lupin has a love of disguises and fancy gadgets (the more complex, the better) this is his ''real'' skill.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Fujiko. To the point where Jigen and Goemon complain whenever she worms her way into the recent heist, warning Lupin that she will betray them somehow. Generally [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!|entirely forgiven.]] If not [[Batman Gambit|anticipated]].
* [[Climb Slip Hang Climb]]: In Episode Zero, Inspector Zenigata slips on the rocks as he chases Lupin.
* [[Cloning Blues]]: The plot of the first Lupin movie, ''The Secret of Mamo'', involves
* [[Cold Sniper]]: Daisuke Jigen. Outside of battle, however, he's a sardonic [[Deadpan Snarker]] - no-one can be completely serious around [[Crazy Awesome|Lupin]], after all.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Pretty much everyone, although Lupin and Fujiko are probably the biggest offenders when it comes to flat-out fightin' dirty.
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* [[Contract on the Hitman]]: In the first volume of the Manga, Lupin paid a hitman to literally take out a contract on himself.
* [[Cool Airship]]: The first feature-length TV special, ''Goodbye Lady Liberty'', centers around Lupin stealing the Statue of Liberty, no less, using a giant balloon. The series being what it is, balloons or airships have been used on a number of occasions, such as in ''The Stolen Lupin''.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Lupin always seems to have some bizarre escape plan just when he needs it for an [[Blast Out|escape]]. In the manga, at least in earlier chapters, it feels more like a reliance on [[Ass Pull
{{quote|'''Fujiko:''' Lupin, you wouldn't happen to have a ''backup''-backup-plan, would you?
'''Lupin:''' Oh, sure, just turn around while I pull it out of the usual place! }}
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** One could argue this is the premise of the series itself: Lupin from [[Arsène Lupin]], Zenigata from "ZENIGATA HEIJI COVERS ALL OF EDO", Jigen from any American Western, Goemon from Japanese folk legends, and Fujiko is your standard [[Bond Girl]].
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Many people underestimate Lupin because of his smartass attitude, and come to regret it. Zenigata also gets underestimated by bad guys, only to find out the hard way that he's (sometimes) head inspector of Interpol for a reason (Judo black belt, anyone?).
* [[Crying Wolf]]: Played with in a manga chapter and the first series episode based on it, in which Lupin intentionally causes this effect. While he's in prison, he keeps claiming that he isn't really Lupin, until everyone gets sick of it and stops listening. On the day of his execution, he switches places with a guard, who gets dragged off protesting that he isn't
* [[Cryptid Episode]]: Fujiko's singing voice attracts the Loch Ness Monster.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''The Woman Called Fujiko Mine'' compared to the other recent stories.
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* [[The Determinator]]: Zenigata. Any criminal other than Lupin would have been caught AGES ago. He's SO determined, just hearing Lupin's name has actually ''snapped him back to life''. {{spoiler|Multiple times! Take pity on the people who were around him, as he tends to mistake one of them for Lupin.}}
* [[Disney Acid Sequence]]:
** A pretty literal example, as it's a direct homage to decades of Disney animation. In the "Little Princess of Darkness" episode from the second anime, Lupin pursues a little girl who has stolen a stamp from him into a Disneyland-esque theme park. They get on a model train ride and things get trippy; the girl gets onto the [[Dumbo]] flying elephant ride, which proceeds to come to life and fly away for real, and then escapes in [[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'s pumpkin-coach, while Lupin gives chase on one of the merry-go-round horses from [[Mary Poppins]]. Zenigata shows up dressed as one of the Indians from [[Peter Pan]], and fires arrows at him. Lupin chases the girl into the castle from ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'', and is confronted with the living cards from ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''. Then reality returns, and it is revealed that they are still on the train, with the whole sequence apparently only happening in the girl's head. Also qualifies as a [[
** Parodied to hilarious effect in the corresponding [[The Abridged Series|Abridged Series]] episode when part of it is set to "The White Cliffs of Dover" while the girl stares into space.
* [[Dissonant Serenity]]: Jigen goes through this trope fairly often, which has earned him the [[Fan Nickname]] of "lounge king".
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* [[Fan Service]]
** 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
** The OVA [[Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini|The Secret of Twilight Gemini]] is notorious for having the most fanservice in any Lupin III-related media.
** The new TV series has Fujiko frequently seen topless.
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** A similar plot plays out in the second (1977) TV series, only this time it's some arrogant rich guy who challenges Lupin to outwit his supercomputer and steal his treasure. Lupin can't outwit it, so he just follows Zenigata, who wants to return a coin he stole before the system was turned on.
* [[Instant Dogend]]: Jigen has this as a characteristic prop, and at least once has lit up a ''discarded butt from Lupin's car ashtray''.
* [[Interpol Special Agent]]: [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist|Inspector Zenigata]] of ''Lupin III'' is said to be an agent of Interpol. The local cops seem pretty uncaring of what he asks them to do, though, but sometimes he has police forces under his command. Hell, they may be at the level of
* [[Involuntary Charity Donation]]: A villain in one episode decided to donate all his money to charity when he was told he was about to die. When he discovered he'd been misdiagnosed, he hatched a plot to pretend Lupin had stolen his money, so he could keep it all to himself. In retaliation, Lupin tricked him into ''really'' donating his money.
* [[Kaleidoscope Hair]]: Fujiko, who between three TV series, five feature films, and several [[Made For TV Movies]] has gone through various shades of blonde, brunette, and red. Sometimes it's as part of her role as a [[Master of Disguise]], but it usually comes with no explanation other than [[Depending on the Artist]].
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Fujiko is the inspiration for quite a few modern examples. A couple examples, for the sake of argument:
** Wearing a bikini while driving a snowmobile.
** [[Clothing Damage]] hits Lupin and
* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: Considering this series runs on zero continuity, any and all "origin stories" of the main cast should be taken with a grain of salt.
* [[Mythology Gag]]:
** ''[[Lupin III/Recap/Green vs. Red|Recap]]'' was packed with these, from the Lupin impostors drawn in the style of previous character designs at the beginning, to the {{spoiler|final battle done in the style of the original manga}}. During a gathering of Lupin impersonators, one spray-paints "Rupan" on a wall and another says, "Isn't that wrong?" This is a reference to the [[Market-Based Title]] "Rupan" that [[AnimEigo]] used for its English-language Lupin III releases, and a rare example of ''inverted'' [[Lost in Translation]] — probably relatively few Japanese viewers would catch the reference.
** A similar "different styles of Lupin" [[Mythology Gag]] occurs in ''The Plot of the Fuma Clan''
* [[Negative Continuity]]:
** Only the essentials are ever kept.. It's part of the reason why the series has [[Long Runners|worked for so long]]. The only lasting changes ever made to the story (the additions of Jigen and Goemon to the cast) occurred very early on in the franchise's history, during the original manga. Since then, the cast of characters has not moved forward an inch in over forty years.
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** Inspector Zenigata is a homage to Zenigata Heiji, the sleuth protagonist of a number of famous Japanese novels, films and TV series set in the [[Jidai Geki|Edo period]].
** In ''[[Lupin III/Recap/Green vs. Red|Green vs. Red]]'', the Lupin-wannabe protagonist is named "Yasuo" in homage to both Lupin's original voice actor, the late Yasuo Yamada, and the Lupin series's original animation director, Yasuo Ohtsuka. Another Lupin impersonator in the film has an afro, quite possibly a reference to [http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm112/Luffyxii/nabeshin4.jpg Watanabe Shinichi] and his animated alter ego [[Excel Saga (anime)|Nabeshin]].
** In S3E25, the victim of the week tells Zenigata that he can become nobility if he captures Lupin. Cut to an [[Imagine Spot]] where joins the
* [[Slipped the Ropes]]: Lupin can only be handcuffed if he lets you handcuff him. At one point, Fujiko uses this trait to convince Zenigata he's possessed: there's blood on the cuffs, which means he had to fight his way out of them... something the normal Lupin wouldn't have to do.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Fujiko is the only recurring female character in the franchise, any other female characters are so far only one-shots, as a [[Shout-Out]] to [[James Bond]], who was also an influence on the character.
* [[Spotting the Thread]]: Zenigata spots Lupin when he calls him Tott-san ("Pops" or "old man") as usual.
* [[Steal the Surroundings]]: If
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: All of the characters get into the Stealth Hi part. Lupin is the most frequent user of the Stealth Bye part, unfortunately for Inspector Zenigata.
* [[Stock Ninja Weaponry]]: There's one episode where our heroes are challenged by a group of four ninjas and a kunoichi {{spoiler|(actually a [[Villainous Crossdresser]])}} who take a great pride in using old-school weapons, including swords, daggers and kusarigama. They also add axes and bows to the lot.
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