History Recap / LupinIIIS2E22

* BellyDancer: A group of them perform for Lupin and Zenigata. Fujiko in her disguise.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The two sisters and most of the ladies attending at Lupin and Zenigata's needs are the girly girls, the various guards are more tomboyish by comparison.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: For some reason, the "big sister" has green hair.

* FountainOfYouth: Inverted, via aging gas. Oddly it seems to work on trees and buildings alike.
* FunbagAirbag: At one point Lupin rub his face against the big sister's breasts.

* HomoeroticSubtext: Well, there's a whole hard-to-reach mansion filled with man-hating, scantly dressed beauties, including some tomboyish ones, and a drug that gives them so much pleasure that they don't want to leave nor need men. You have to wonder what they do when they're not receiving visits...

* ShoutOut: This episode is based on the famous folk tale of Urashima Tarou: the blonde sister is the turtle, the house is the Dragon God Palace where the party takes places and, the gift given to "Urashima" causes him to grow old if he opens it. To really hammer the point in the original version Zenigata can be heard singing a song about Urashima near the end.

* FatGirl: All the House's women are slim and pretty, except for a fat, unappealing lady who [[AbhorrentAdmirer flirts with Jigen.]]

The elderly Lupin, carrying a huge chest on his back, is released to Jigen and Goemon. Down the road, he sets down the chest, and pulls off a mask, revealing his "gassing" was a trick for the leader of the palace. He opens the chest, showing the drugged Fujiko inside, as well as the treasure, a potent narcotic that only works on men, which Lupin pours onto the ground to prevent further problems. Back inside the palace, a bomb planted by Lupin on the tanks of aging gas is detonated as the leader finds the missing treasure and a note Lupin left in the vault. Goemon reminds Lupin that Zenigata was still in the palace after the gas cloud is released. Luckily, Zenigata, who was still stumbling around drunkenly inside, found the ladies' weapon stores, and as a joke put on a gas mask to scare people. He eventually stumbles out unharmed, and suddenly sobers up when he remembers he was with Lupin. Lupin and the gang are relieved to see Zenigata as his usual self, and they take off, with the good inspector in pursuit as always.

* BellyDancer: A group of them perform for Lupin and Zenigata.

* OhCrap: The two sister's reaction after reading Lupin's letter. The eldest is stunned, the blonde one [[{{Facepalm}} facepalms]].

* AmazonBrigade: The guards of the palace.

* LatexPerfection: Fujiko disguises herself to look exactly like the "younger sister".

* HomoeroticSubtext: Well, there's a whole hard-to-reach mansion filled with man-hating, scantly dressed beauties including some tomboyish one and a drug that gives them so much pleasure that they don't want to leave nor need men. You have to wonder what they do when they're not receaving visits...

One lovely spring day, Lupin and Jigen are hiking through the Japanese mountains, looking for something on a map Lupin has with him. They come across an young man, apparently drunk out of his mind and carrying an elaborate box with him. Lupin asks if he's seen a palace-type building in the area; the man confirms not only its existence, but that there's indeed something special in it. Since he seems too happy and drunk to elaborate, Lupin and Jigen continue on while the man rants and opens the box. A puff of gas emerges, and when it clears, the young man is no longer young at all!

* NippleAndDimed: None of the ladies seem to have nipples, with or without their translucent garments. And it's not a case of CartoonNetwork digitally removing them -- the original Japanese version has this as well.

* ShoutOut[=/=]GeniusBonus: This episode is based on the famous folk tale of Urashima Tarou: the blonde sister is the turtle, the house is the Dragon God Palace where the party takes places and, the gift given to "Urashima" causes him to grow old if he opens it. To really hammer the point in the original version Zenigata can be heard singing a song about Urashima near the end.

* FountainOfYouth: Inverted, via aging gas.

* InstantSedation: Fujiko is instantly affected by the drug she's given.

* PlayingDrunk: Lupin.

* NippleAndDimed: None of the ladies seem to have nipples, with or without their translucent garments.

'''"Search the House of Mystery Women"'''[[hottip:*:謎の女人館を探れ (''Nazo no Nyonin-kan wo Sagure'')]], with the English title '''"Lupin in Paradise"'''. Released in 2003 by Geneon on ''Volume 4: Thieves' Paradise''.

'''"Search the House of Mystery Women"'''[[hottip:*:謎の女人館を探れ (''Nazo no Nyonin-tachi wo Sagure'')]], with the English title '''"Lupin in Paradise"'''. Released in 2003 by Geneon on ''Volume 4: Thieves' Paradise''.

'''"Search the House of Mystery Women"'''[[hottip:*:謎の女人館を探れ (Nazo no Nyonin-tachi wo Sagure)]], with the English title '''"Lupin in Paradise"'''. Released in 2003 by Geneon on ''Volume 4: Thieves' Paradise''.

'''"Search the House of Mystery Women"'''[[hottip:*:謎の女人館を探れ (Nazo no Nyonin-kan wo Sagure)]], with the English title '''"Lupin in Paradise"'''. Released in 2003 by Geneon on ''Volume 4: Thieves' Paradise''.

'''"Search the House of Mystery Women"''', with the English title '''"Lupin in Paradise"'''. Released in 2003 by Geneon on ''Volume 4: Thieves' Paradise''.

"Search the House of Mystery Women", with the English title "Lupin in Paradise". Released in 2003 by Geneon on ''Volume 4: Thieves' Paradise''.

"Search the House of Mystery Women", with the English title "Lupin in Paradise"

* AnimeAnatomy: None of the ladies seem to have nipples, with or without their translucent garments.

* DoesNotLikeMen: All of the ladies of the palace, apparently. It's never explicitly stated why, though.
* DubInducedPlotHole: In the English version, the drug only works on men, despite being explicitly used on Fujiko earlier. The original Japanese clears things up by stating that anyone who drinks the drug becomes addicted and can't leave the palace, which means the women there had no use for men.

* GasMaskMooks: The last wave of guards who fire the aging gas bombs. Which also serves as Foreshadowing to how Zenigata keeps from getting gassed later.

The elderly Lupin, carrying a huge chest on his back, is released to Jigen and Goemon. Down the road, he sets down the chest, and pulls off a mask, revealing his "gassing" was a trick for the leader of the palace. He opens the chest, showing the drugged Fujiko inside, as well as the treasure, a potent narcotic that only works on men, which Lupin pours onto the ground to prevent further problems. Back inside the palace, a bomb planted by Lupin on the tanks of aging gas is discovered as the same time the leader finds the note he left in the vault in the treasure's place. Goemon reminds Lupin that Zenigata was still in the palace after the gas cloud is released. Luckily, Zenigata, who was still stumbling around drunkenly inside, found the ladies' weapon stores, and as a joke put on a gas mask to scare people. He eventually stumbles out unharmed, and suddenly sobers up when he remembers he was with Lupin. Lupin and the gang are relieved to see Zenigata as his usual self, and they take off, with the good inspector in pursuit as always.

With most of the girls now outside fighting and the leader distracted, Lupin manages to finally find and open the secret safe in the leader's room. However, he accidentally releases a cloud of again gas set in it as a trap, and has now been rendered old. Laughing at her victory over the famous thief, she tells him he can leave; he wants a present like all the other men, and she decides a "really big one" will be suitable for him.

One lovely spring day, Lupin and Jigen are hiking through the Japanese mountains, looking for something on a map Lupin has with him. They come across an young man, apparently drunk out of his mind and carrying an elaborate box with him. Lupin asks if he's seen a palace-type building in the area; the man confirms not only its existance, but that there's something special in it. Since he seems too happy to care about it, though, Lupin and Jigen continue on while the man rants and opens the box. A puff of gas emerges, and when it clears, the young man is no longer young at all!

Shortly thereafter, the two arrive at their destination: a beautiful and elaborate walled palace. However, they hear a scream of help from a half-naked young woman; she is being pursued by two thugs with less-than-pure ideas on their mind. Jigen tries to tell Lupin that what's going on is none of their business, and even physically restrains the master thief, but the gallant Lupin can't be dissuaded and rushes to her rescue, soundly thrashing the thugs. As Jigen turn to resume their pursuit of the palace and its treasure, the rescued girl runs after them, wishing to thank Lupin for helping her. Lupin tries to play it cool, but the girl reveals that she lives in the palace, and her big sister there would like to handsomely reward him for her rescue. Grinning idiotically, Lupin (and a reluctant, grumbling Jigen) are guided into the palace.