History Anime / LupinIIIVoyageToDanger

* DiabolicalMastermind: John Klause, the head of Shot Shell, is very much a villain the James Bond style. He's got a secret base on a remote Pacific island, a small army of {{mooks}}, and advanced hologram technology.

* FriendlyEnemy: Zenigata views Lupin as this in the beginning of the movie. After overhearing Lupin telling Jigen how he plans to help in his case on Shot Shell, Zenigata gets emotionally moved to the point of tears that he bawls on him, with Lupin telling him he's trying to drive.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While Jigen has a final anguished conversation with Karen, who is mortally wounded, Keith tries to take advantage of the moment by resuming his attack. Lupin has a rare moment of being genuinely, coldly furious and kills Keith in one shot.

* YouKilledMyFather: Years ago, Jigen killed Karen Korinsky's father (to be fair, it was in self-defense). Naturally, she wants to kill Jigen as revenge.

* ChekhovsGun: The explosive bubblegum introduced by the Middle Eastern arms dealer shows up later, when Lupin uses it to escape from a bunch of Shot Shell mooks.

Preceded by ''Anime/LupinIIIFromSiberiaWithLove'' and followed by ''Anime/LupinIIIDragonToDoom''.

* BigBad: Jean Claude, the leader of Shot Shell.

* DiabolicalMastermind: Jean-Claude, the head of Shot Shell, is very much a villain the James Bond style. He's got a secret base on a remote Pacific island, a small army of {{mooks}}, and advanced hologram technology.

* FalseFlagOperation: Jean-Claude confesses to Fujiko that Shot Shell's agents are embedded all over the world, in order to provoke more conflicts and wars, ensuring Shot Shell always has more customers.

* {{Hologram}}: When Jean-Claude pulls his sudden but inevitable betrayal, Lupin tries to escape from the Shot Shell mooks by pointing a gun at Jean-Claude. But he just laughs and encourages Lupin to shoot--because he isn't in the room at all. Lupin had been talking to a hologram for the whole scene.

* VillainousCrush: As part of Lupin's scheme, Fujiko puts the moves on Jean-Claude, and the guy completely falls for her.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: In the climax when Jean Claude and his men had Lupin and the gang held at gunpoint, Fujiko tearfully begs Jean to spare her and offers herself to him. He fell for it hook line and sinker as Fujiko used it as a way to swipe a gun from him, forcing his army to back off unless they want their leader's head blown off.

''Lupin III: Voyage to Danger'', originally released as ''Orders to Assassinate Lupin'' [[note]]ルパン暗殺指令 ''Rupan Ansatsu Shirei''[[/note]], is the fifth entry in the Anime/LupinIIIYearlySpecials, a series of {{Made For TV Movie}}s produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment and NTV. Released in 1994, it was the first special not to be directed by Creator/OsamuDezaki; duties were instead handed over to Masaaki Osumi, who directed the first seven episodes of [[Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket the first TV series]] before it was revamped to be LighterAndSofter in tone.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Jigen holds a dying Karen in her final moments after getting hit by a stray shot from Keith.

The fifth entry in the Anime/LupinIIIYearlySpecials, a series of {{Made For TV Movie}}s produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment and NTV. Made in 1994. (Also known as "Orders to Assassinate Lupin")

* BrickJoke: The Middle Eastern arms dealer pranks Lupin with a prosthetic hand. [[spoiler:At the very end, Lupin uses that same prosthetic hand to escape when Zenigata tries to arrest him.]]
* CartwrightCurse: [[spoiler:Karen develops feelings for Jigen in spite of herself. So naturally, the climax sees her dying in Jigen's arms.]]

* ChekhovsGun: The explosive bubblegum introduced by the Middle Eastern arms dealer shows up later, [[spoiler:when Lupin uses it to escape from a bunch of Shot Shell mooks.]]
* DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler:Karen quickly develops feelings for Jigen, which conflicts with her plan to kill him to avenge her father. Jigen apparently feels for Karen as well, so much that he's willing to let her kill him.]]

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Turns out Keith is in league with the arms dealers.]]

* EnemyMine: Lupin decides to help Zenigata take down Shot Shell--partly because he sees an opportunity to rob Shot Shell blind, and partly because he wants Zenigatat to get his old job back (since his replacement is much more dangerous).
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:Jean-Claude confesses to Fujiko that Shot Shell's agents are embedded all over the world, in order to provoke more conflicts and wars, ensuring Shot Shell always has more customers.]]

* {{Hologram}}: [[spoiler:When Jean-Claude pulls his sudden but inevitable betrayal, Lupin tries to escape from the Shot Shell mooks by pointing a gun at Jean-Claude. But he just laughs and encourages Lupin to shoot--because he isn't in the room at all. Lupin had been talking to a hologram for the whole scene.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:''Twice'', Karen has Jigen in her gunsights, prepared to kill him--only for Keith Haydan to show up, guns a-blazing, and distract Karen long enough for Jigen to escape.]]
* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Karen insists on disarming all the nuclear warheads in the Russian sub, and Lupin's gang readily agrees with her. [[spoiler:At the climax, the whole gang agrees to blow up the sub just to make sure those nukes never fall into the wrong hands, even though they think the money from the heist is still aboard.]]
* OnceMoreWithClarity: [[spoiler:First, a flashback shows Karen's memory of the time Jigen gunned down her father. Later, Jigen explains his side of the story, prompting a more detailed flashback: the elder Korinsky was Jigen's partner, who betrayed him after completing a job. Jigen killed him in self-defense.]]
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[spoiler:Karen argues with Keith that she should get to kill Jigen, in order to avenge her father.]]
* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:Keith Hayden gets shot by Jigen and appears to die. Then he gets back up, at which point Jigen, Lupin, and Karen all shoot him multiple times. Even after ''that'', he tries to get up again, only for Lupin to finally kill him with a headshot.]]
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler:Goemon and Jigen both apparently get killed by Keith: Goemon was stabbed and fell into the ocean, while Jigen was trapped in an exploding hut. Naturally, both of them actually survive. Goemon deflected the knife so it was OnlyAFleshWound, and Jigen escaped through a tunnel just before the explosion.]]

* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Years ago, Jigen killed Karen Korinsky's father (to be fair, it was in self-defense). Naturally, she wants to kill Jigen as revenge.]]

* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Years ago, Jigen killed Karen Korinsky's father. Naturally, she wants to kill Jigen as revenge.]]

* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler:Goemon and Jigen both apparently get killed by Keith: Goemon was stabbed and fell into the ocean, while Goemon was trapped in an exploding hut. Naturally, both of them actually survive. Goemon deflected the knife so it was OnlyAFleshWound, and Jigen escaped through a tunnel just before the explosion.]]

* RasputinianDeath: [[Keith Hayden gets shot by Jigen and appears to die. Then he gets back up, at which point Jigen, Lupin, and Karen all shoot him multiple times. Even after ''that'', he tries to get up again, only for Lupin to finally kill him with a headshot.]]

* DrowningYourSorrows: The movie opens with Zenigata meeting Lupin and Jigen alone to tell them he's been taken off the case. Utterly forlorn, he pulls several bottles of hard liquor out of his coat and starts drinking, then invites Lupin and Jigen to join in.

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Turns out Keith is in league with the arms dealers.]]

The inevitable has happened. After losing so much to Lupin, Zenigata has been taken off the Lupin case by ICPO. Feeling bad for the poor man, Lupin decides to help Zenigata on his latest case to capture a terrorist group known as Shot Shell, in hopes of him getting back on the case. To lure them out, Lupin gets his crew together to steal a submarine. They also kidnap a scientist named Karen Korinsky to operate the sub, who has a mysterious connection to Jigen's past.