History Anime / LupinIIIThePursuitOfHarimaosTreasure

* PornStash: Lupin brings a stash of {{Hentai}} VHS tapes along to bribe the security guards into letting them pass.

%% * BigBad: Hermann Von Diett.

* GorgeousGaijin: Diana has striking pale blue eyes, a pronounced British accent, a tall, nubile figure, and [[ShesGotLegs a beautiful pair of legs]]. Naturally, Lupin [[ChivalrousPervert can't help himself when he sees her]] and spends almost as much of the film trying to win her affections as he does searching for the fabled treasure.

%% * Big Bad: Hermann Von Diett.

* BerserkButton: Lupin may be a thief, but that doesn't mean he's [[EvenEvilHasStandards without scruples]]. When Hermann Von Diett [[spoiler:fatally shoots Sir Archer]], Lupin goes into an UnstoppableRage, complete with FoeTossingCharge, and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats the tar out of him]].
* BigBad: Hermann Von Diett.

* BackToBackBadasses: Lupin and Jigen, during the snowmobile chase sequence, at the beginning. They trade places, amidst [[CasualDangerDialog casual conversation]], while taking turns shaking their pursuers.

* [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Precocious Kid]]: Seen among the tour group in Amsterdam. We get this exchange:
-->'''Tour Guide:''' ''{chipper}'' "You enjoying yourself, kiddo?"\\
''*kid lifts the tour guide's skirt, [[PantyShot revealing her panties]], [[OfCorsetsSexy garters]], [[StockingFiller and stockings]] underneath*''\\
'''Kid:''' ''{deadpan}'' "Yeah."
** We see them again, during the boat jump sequence. If you pause, [[FreezeFrameBonus at just the right time]], during the closeup, you'll see [[spoiler:his hands are under her skirt, grabbing her ass]].

* AnimationBump: This special features possibly the smoothest animation of any ''Franchise/LupinIII'' related feature. Not a shock considering it was directed by the late, great Creator/OsamuDezaki. (early in his long career, he was a storyboard artist on [[Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket "Green Jacket"]])

* BerserkButton: Lupin may be a thief, but that doesn't mean he's [[EvenEvilHasStandards without scruples]]. When Herr Mafroditte [[spoiler:fatally shoots Sir Archer]], Lupin goes into an UnstoppableRage, complete with FoeTossingCharge, and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats the tar out of him]].
* BigBad: Herr Mafroditte.

* CreepyCrossdresser: The (genderless?) Herr Mafroditte [[spoiler:who's really Russell. He even uses a soundchip to alter his voice to sound like a woman's]].

* TheDragon: Goering, to Herr Mafroditte.
* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: Herr Mafroditte in this film. The mere touch of a woman [[{{Squick}} repulses him.]] He openly states that he hates women, and when Fujiko kisses him [[spoiler:he has [[VillainousBreakdown a shit fit]], claiming he's been dirtied]].

* FreudianSlip: Zenigata gives off his trademark catchphrase of "You're under arrest, Lupin!"... while arresting Herr Mafroditte. When Lupin calls him out on this, Zenigata sheepishly admits that it was sheer force of habit.

* LeftHanging: Okay, so Neo Himmel's defeated and Herr Mafroditte's arrested, but what about the £7,000,000,000 debt that's waiting for Diana back home? How's she supposed to pay it off when [[spoiler:the eighty billion plus Harimao treasure is resting on the ocean floor, since dear old granddad decided to take it with him]]? Somebody's gotta foot the bill for the reconstruction of the Euro Tunnel, and they aren't likely to get it from [[spoiler:Russell]].

** Fujiko is the obvious one, since she's really working with Lupin, while pretending to be Sir Archer's personal aide. At least, until she spies a chance to get a better deal [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder for herself]] by teaming up [[spoiler:with Herr Mafroditte]].
** Herr Mafroditte also counts, since he's really [[spoiler:Russell in drag]]; which explains how he knows so much about Archer's activities, and the Harimao treasure.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Lupin delivers [[UnstoppableRage a brutal one]] to Herr Mafrodite when [[spoiler:he fatally shoots Sir Archer]].

* OhCrap: Goering's expression when Herr Mafroditte cites his failure to protect the eagle statue, and for allowing Lupin to escape with it. You can also hear it in his voice, and the way he was trembling, right before Herr Mafroditte [[NightmareFuel punishes him for it]].

* PunnyName: Herr Mafroditte. Hermaphrodite, except feminine.

* RunningGag: Zenigata's love of ramen noodles. The train conductor chews him out, near the beginning of the film, for having an open flame onboard, to heat his noodles. Later, he even serves some to Lupin and Diana, while en route to Paris to have them incarcerated, in [[FriendlyEnemy genuinely good natured fashion]]. And, near the end, after reading him his rights, Zenigata can be heard asking Herr Mafroditte if he'd like some ramen noodles. He politely declines.

* SissyVillain: Nail polish, lipstick, [[spoiler:a voice chip to make him sound like a woman.]] Yep. Herr Mafroditte, all the way.
* SpyCatSuit: Lupin dons one, in the beginning, complete with night-vision goggles, when he swipes the bear statue. Fujiko wears hers to tail [[spoiler:Russell]] back to his suite, which how she learns he's [[spoiler:Herr Mafroditte]].

* VillainousBreakdown: Happens when Fujiko gets her revenge on [[EffeminateMisogynisticGuy Herr Mafroditte]] by kissing him… and it wasn't even a real kiss, it was just a peck!

* WouldHitAGirl: Subverted. While it's true that Lupin decks Herr Mafroditte for threatening to shoot Diana, Herr Mefroditte is [[spoiler:[[CreepyCrossdresser Russel in drag]],]] not a woman. Not that Lupin knew this at the time.

It begins with a late night heist of a bronze bear statue, followed by the destruction of the Euro Tunnel, which lands Sir Archer's insurance company, Loyd Insurance, over seven billion pounds in debt. Despite this outstanding amount, Archer remains unfazed; convinced he can settle the affair by claiming the legendary Treasure of Harimao - with Diana's assistance. At first foils to each others plans, the Archers eventually agree to team up with Lupin and Co. under a tenuous 70/30 agreement. But as the goal draws nearer, allegiances are changed, and it soon becomes a matter of who's playing who.

''The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure''[[labelnote:§]] (Japanese Title: ハリマオの財宝を追え!! ''Harimao no Zaihou wo Oe'')[[/labelnote]] was the seventh of the Anime/LupinIIIYearlySpecials, first airing on August 4th, 1995. Like the earliest specials, it was storyboarded and directed by Creator/OsamuDezaki, and is his final entry in the ''Lupin'' franchise. It is the first ''Lupin'' TV special where Kan'ichi Kurita voices the title character (Creator/YasuoYamada had died a few months earlier). Creator/{{Funimation}} dubbed and released this special in 2002 as the second entry in their block of ''Lupin'' anime.