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* ComplexityAddiction: Diamond mines generally have professional gemcutters on staff or can contact them, so the whole plot to have a thief steal an uncut gem so he can cut it and then have mercenaries with exotic equipment steal it back is unnecessarily complicated and expensive.
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: The biggest 2,000 carat diamond in the world.
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* PickyEater: As a side effect of using the chameleon powder, chameleon men cannot eat anything other than living bugs. Guinness however found out that he could neutralize this weakness by tasting the carbon of diamonds, which explains why he sided with De Pairs.
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* PickyEater: As a side effect of using the chameleon powder, chameleon men cannot eat anything other than living bugs.bugs (Which does not explain why one of them was able to pinch Lupin's tempura shrimp without any issues - shrimp might be close enough to bugs to be safe, but deep-fried and living are rather distinct). Guinness however found out that he could neutralize this weakness by tasting the carbon of diamonds, which explains why he sided with De Pairs.
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* TreasureIsBiggerInFiction: Uncut, the diamond is about the size of a melon. Strangely, after being cut, it's barely the size of a plum, which while huge for a diamond makes one wonder what happened to the rest of it.
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As Guinness makes his escape via chopper, the group tries to fight back, to the point that the villain almost consider shooting them, but soon the drug affects them and the bad guys leave. Of course, Lupin realized that the water was tainted and they only pretend to drink and put a transmitter in Jigen’s hat, but it turns out that Zenigata was hiding in the pool, and now he starts behaving like a chameleon and looking for juicy live bugs to snack on. In De Pairs villa, Guinness commends the president for his plan and delivers the hat with the diamond, receiving a basket full of tasty bugs as a small homage… only to reveal that he’d rather have a steak. In fact, he found out that he could remove the drug’s side effect by tasting the carbon of the diamond itself. However their meeting is spied by Lupin and Jigen, which manage to use fake chameleon tongues to steal back the diamond and the hat. Furious, Guinness decides to use his trump card: a special tank covered in chameleon skins that allow it to camouflage everywhere. Soon Lupin finds himself helpless against the terrible, invisible behemoth. As they’re cornered in a ravine, Lupin asks Goemon to cut the diamond into a bullet, which he uses to puncture the tank and make it explode, while Guinness’ camouflage is disrupted when Fujiko douses him and his minion in hydrogen peroxide. Some time later, Jigen and Goemon are watching as Zenigata still hunts for bugs, while Lupin covers himself in flowers to get Fujiko close… only to be stung by a bee for his trouble.
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As Guinness makes his escape via chopper, the group tries to fight back, to the point that the villain almost consider shooting them, but soon the drug affects them and the bad guys leave. Of course, Lupin realized that the water was tainted and they only pretend to drink and put a transmitter in Jigen’s hat, but it turns out that Zenigata was hiding in the pool, and now he starts behaving like a chameleon and looking for juicy live bugs to snack on. In De Pairs villa, Guinness commends the president for his plan and delivers the hat with the diamond, receiving a basket full of tasty bugs as a small homage… only to reveal that he’d rather have a steak. In fact, he found out that he could remove the drug’s side effect by tasting the carbon of the diamond itself. However their meeting is spied by Lupin and Jigen, which manage to use fake chameleon tongues to steal back the diamond and the hat. Furious, Guinness decides to use his trump card: a special tank covered in chameleon skins that allow it to camouflage everywhere. Soon Lupin finds himself helpless against the terrible, invisible behemoth. As they’re cornered in a ravine, Lupin asks Goemon to cut the diamond into a bullet, which he uses to puncture the tank and make it explode, while Guinness’ camouflage is disrupted when Fujiko douses him and his minion in hydrogen peroxide. Some time Sometime later, Jigen and Goemon are watching as Zenigata still hunts for bugs, while Lupin covers himself in flowers to get Fujiko close… only to be stung by a bee for his trouble.
* ContinuityNod: In the Japanese version only, Lupin recalls the Tiffany's incident from "Christmas at Tiffany's" when comparing the diamond's quality to said store's selection during the gang's dinner.
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* GemstoneAssault: In the climatic showdown, Lupin shoots Guinness' tank with a diamond bullet.
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* GemstoneAssault: In the climatic climactic showdown, Lupin shoots Guinness' tank with a diamond bullet.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Guinness, when disguised as Mumba and pretending to having being coerced by De Pairs into evil.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Guinness, when disguised as Mumba and pretending to having being have been coerced by De Pairs into evil.
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* StockAnimalDiet: Chameleon men can only eat live bugs. This is mostly true, though chameleons can also eat fruit and, in the case of larger ones, mice and birds.
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* StockAnimalDiet: Chameleon men can only eat live bugs. [[ArtisticLicenseBiology This is mostly true, true]], though chameleons can also eat fruit and, in the case of larger ones, mice and birds.
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* BatmanGambit: De Pairs intends for Lupin and his gang to steal the (presently worthless) diamond in order to have Goemon cut it into a more appealing gem using [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Zantetsuken]], and then have Guinness and his men nab it back from them afterward.
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* BatmanGambit: De Pairs intends for Lupin and his gang to steal the (presently worthless) diamond in order to have Goemon cut it into a more appealing gem using [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Zantetsuken]], and then have Guinness and his chameleon men nab it back from them afterward.
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* BatmanGambit: De Pairs intends for Lupin and his gang to steal the (presently worthless) diamond in order to have Goemon cut it into a more appealing gem using Zantetsuken, and then have Guinness and his men nab it back from them afterward.
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* BatmanGambit: De Pairs intends for Lupin and his gang to steal the (presently worthless) diamond in order to have Goemon cut it into a more appealing gem using Zantetsuken, [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Zantetsuken]], and then have Guinness and his men nab it back from them afterward.
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* ChekhovsGun: The ease with which the gang pulls off the initial heist and Lupin's difficulty cutting the diamond foreshadow the intentions of the episode's BigBad. Also, the [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra racist incident]] with Zenigata, and the fact that the chameleon man is seen snatching and eating a fried shrimp.
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* ChekhovsGun: The ease with which the gang pulls off the initial heist and Lupin's difficulty cutting the diamond foreshadow the intentions of the episode's BigBad. Also, the [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra racist incident]] incident with Zenigata, and the fact that the chameleon man is seen snatching and eating a fried shrimp.
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* MundaneUtility: Sort of, Mumba's original plan was to use the chameleon powder to help the oppressed black people of his country.
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* MundaneUtility: Sort of, since Mumba's original plan was to use the chameleon powder to help [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra the oppressed black people of his country.country]].
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* ChekhovsGun: The ease with which the gang pulls off the initial heist and Lupin's difficulty cutting the diamond foreshadow the intentions of the episode's BigBad. Also, the [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra racist incident with Zenigata, and the fact that the chameleon man is seen snatching and eating a fried shrimp.
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* ChekhovsGun: The ease with which the gang pulls off the initial heist and Lupin's difficulty cutting the diamond foreshadow the intentions of the episode's BigBad. Also, the [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra racist incident incident]] with Zenigata, and the fact that the chameleon man is seen snatching and eating a fried shrimp.
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* ChekhovsGun: The ease with which the gang pulls off the initial heist and Lupin's difficulty cutting the diamond foreshadow the intentions of the episode's BigBad. Also, the racist incident with Zenigata, and the fact that the chameleon man is seen snatching and eating a fried shrimp.
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* ChekhovsGun: The ease with which the gang pulls off the initial heist and Lupin's difficulty cutting the diamond foreshadow the intentions of the episode's BigBad. Also, the [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra racist incident with Zenigata, and the fact that the chameleon man is seen snatching and eating a fried shrimp.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Fujiko's face is not shown as she succumbs to the effects of the chameleon drug.
* BondVillainStupidity: Guinness is on the point of having his men gunning down Lupin and co, but as soon as he sees them change into chameleon men, he orders them to stop and leave without checking if they were serious.
* BondVillainStupidity: Guinness is on the point of having his men gunning down Lupin and co, but as soon as he sees them change into chameleon men, he orders them to stop and leave without checking if they were serious.
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* BatmanGambit: De Pairs intends for Lupin and his gang to steal the (presently worthless) diamond in order to have Goemon cut it into a more appealing gem using Zantetsuken, and then have Guinness and his men nab it back from them afterward.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Fujiko's face is not shown as shesuccumbs "succumbs" to the effects of the chameleon drug.
* BondVillainStupidity: Guinness is on the point of having his mengunning gun down Lupin and co, Co., but as soon as he sees them change into chameleon men, he orders them to stop and leave without checking if they were serious.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Fujiko's face is not shown as she
* BondVillainStupidity: Guinness is on the point of having his men
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It turns out, De Pairs wanted the thefts to happen, confident that Lupin would have the diamond cut and thus enhacing its value.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It turns out, De Pairs wanted the thefts to happen, confident that Lupin would have the diamond cut and thus enhacing enhancing its value.
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* PickyEater: As a side effect of using the chameleon powder, chameleon men cannon eat anything other than living bugs. Guinness however foud out that he could neutralize this weakness by tasting the carbon of diamonds, which explains why he sided with De Pairs.
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* PickyEater: As a side effect of using the chameleon powder, chameleon men cannon cannot eat anything other than living bugs. Guinness however foud found out that he could neutralize this weakness by tasting the carbon of diamonds, which explains why he sided with De Pairs.
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Lupin’s next heist brings him to Johannesburg, South Africa, where the diamond mining company De Pairs has just recovered the largest rough diamond of the world. Later that night, the gang moves out but is soon found by Zenigata. Lupin however manages to squirt black paint on his face, so that when the security approaches they mistake the inspector for a black worker and take him away. After commenting on the racism, the group proceeds and soon the massive diamond is in their hands, with both Lupin and Jigen amazed by the shoddy security. They depart, unaware that the company’s president De Pairs is watching them from a nearby cliff with a goblin like man he calls Guinness, to which he entrust “the rest”.
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Lupin’s next heist brings him to Johannesburg, South Africa, where the diamond mining company De Pairs has just recovered the largest rough diamond of the world. Later that night, the gang moves out but is soon found by Zenigata. Lupin however manages to squirt black paint on his face, so that when the security approaches they mistake the inspector for a black worker and take him away. After commenting on the racism, the group proceeds and soon the massive diamond is in their hands, with both Lupin and Jigen amazed by the shoddy security. They depart, unaware that the company’s president De Pairs is watching them from a nearby cliff with a goblin like goblin-like man he calls Guinness, to which he entrust “the rest”.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: De Pairs is an allusion to the actual De Beers diamond cartel.
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As Guinness makes his escape via chopper, the group tries to fight back, to the point that the villain almost consider shooting them, but soon the drug affects them and the bad guys leave. Of course, Lupin realized that the water was tainted and they only pretend to drink and put a transmitter in Jigen’s hat, but it turns out that Zenigata was hiding in the pool, and now he starts behaving like a chameleon and looking for juicy live bugs to snack on. In De Pairs villa, Guinness commends the president for his plan and delivers the hat with the diamond, receiving a basket full of tasty bugs as a small homage… only to reveal that he’d rather have a steak. In fact, he found out that he could remove the drug’s side effect by tasting the carbon of the diamond itself. However their meeting is spied by Lupin and Jigen, which manage to use fake chameleon tongues to steal back the diamond and the hat. Furious, Guinness decides to use his trump card: a special tank covered in chameleon skins that allow it to camouflage everywhere. Soon Lupin finds himself helpless against the terrible, invisible behemoth. As they’re cornered in a ravine, Lupin asks Goemon to cut the diamond into a bullet, which he uses to puncture the tank and make it explode, while Guinness’ camouflage is disrupted when Fujiko douse he and his minion in hydrogen peroxide. Some time later, Jigen and Goemon are watching as Zenigata still hunts for bugs, while Lupin covers himself in flowers to get Fujiko close… only to be stung by a bee for his trouble.
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As Guinness makes his escape via chopper, the group tries to fight back, to the point that the villain almost consider shooting them, but soon the drug affects them and the bad guys leave. Of course, Lupin realized that the water was tainted and they only pretend to drink and put a transmitter in Jigen’s hat, but it turns out that Zenigata was hiding in the pool, and now he starts behaving like a chameleon and looking for juicy live bugs to snack on. In De Pairs villa, Guinness commends the president for his plan and delivers the hat with the diamond, receiving a basket full of tasty bugs as a small homage… only to reveal that he’d rather have a steak. In fact, he found out that he could remove the drug’s side effect by tasting the carbon of the diamond itself. However their meeting is spied by Lupin and Jigen, which manage to use fake chameleon tongues to steal back the diamond and the hat. Furious, Guinness decides to use his trump card: a special tank covered in chameleon skins that allow it to camouflage everywhere. Soon Lupin finds himself helpless against the terrible, invisible behemoth. As they’re cornered in a ravine, Lupin asks Goemon to cut the diamond into a bullet, which he uses to puncture the tank and make it explode, while Guinness’ camouflage is disrupted when Fujiko douse he douses him and his minion in hydrogen peroxide. Some time later, Jigen and Goemon are watching as Zenigata still hunts for bugs, while Lupin covers himself in flowers to get Fujiko close… only to be stung by a bee for his trouble.
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* ChekhovsGun: The racist incident with Zenigata, and the fact that the chamaleon man is seen snatching and eating a fried shrimp.
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* ChekhovsGun: The ease with which the gang pulls off the initial heist and Lupin's difficulty cutting the diamond foreshadow the intentions of the episode's BigBad. Also, the racist incident with Zenigata, and the fact that the chamaleon chameleon man is seen snatching and eating a fried shrimp.
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* MundaneUtility: Sort of, Mumba's original plan was to use the chamaleon powder to help the oppressed black people of his country.
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* MundaneUtility: Sort of, Mumba's original plan was to use the chamaleon chameleon powder to help the oppressed black people of his country.
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* PickyEater: As a side effect of using the chamaleon powder, chamaleon men cannon eat anything other than living bugs. Guinness however foud out that he could neutralize this weakness by tasting the carbon of diamonds, which explains why he sided with De Pairs.
* StockAnimalDiet: Chamalon men can only eat live bugs. This is mostly true, though chamaleons can also eat fruit and, in case of larger ones, mice and birds.
* StockAnimalDiet: Chamalon men can only eat live bugs. This is mostly true, though chamaleons can also eat fruit and, in case of larger ones, mice and birds.
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* PickyEater: As a side effect of using the chamaleon chameleon powder, chamaleon chameleon men cannon eat anything other than living bugs. Guinness however foud out that he could neutralize this weakness by tasting the carbon of diamonds, which explains why he sided with De Pairs.
* StockAnimalDiet:Chamalon Chameleon men can only eat live bugs. This is mostly true, though chamaleons chameleons can also eat fruit and, in the case of larger ones, mice and birds.
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'''The Terrifying Chamaleon Man''' [[note]]恐怖のカメレオン人間 (''Kyofuu no Kamareon Ningen'') [[/note]] with the English title of '''For Larva or Money'''.
Lupin’s next heist brings him to Johannesburg, South Africa, where the diamond mining company De Pairs has just recovered the largest rough diamond of the world. Later that night, the gang moves out but is soon found by Zenigata. Lupin however manages to squirt black paint on his face, so that when the security approaches they mistake the inspector for a black worker and take him away. After commenting on the racism, the group proceeds and soon the massive diamond is in their hands, with both Lupin and Jigen amazed by the shoddy security. They depart, unaware that the company’s president De Pairs is watching them from a nearby cliff with a goblin like man he calls Guinness, to which he entrust “the rest”.
Back in the hotel, Lupin tries to no avail to cut the diamond to raise its price, and once again Goemon and his sword have to work, turning the shapeless mineral in a beautiful gem. However, Guinness is seen spying on them from the window. As the thieves have lunch with the diamond in front of them and think about what to do next, Guinness sneaks into the room, showing chameleon-like camouflage skills that allows him to stay undetected. Taking advantage of a distraction, Guinness uses his tongue to steal the gem and run away in the following ruckus. Lupin however shows some insight when he reveals that the diamond on the table was a fake, and now they know they have to deal with a dangerous foe. Later on, that night, our heroes decide to go to sleep one by one, unaware that Guinness has snuck inside along with another chameleon man. After a little antic with Fujiko which ends up with Lupin accidentally hitting the two intruders with his shoes, the gang goes to sleep, but soon enough the chameleon men sneak in and stab their sleeping forms before looking around for the diamond. It turns out Lupin outsmarted them with mannequins, and in the following fight one of the two chameleon men is captured and unmasked, revealing himself to be an old black man.
The man introduces himself as professor Mumba and explains that he invented the chameleon drug, which allows to change the color of one’s own skin, in order to help the blacks of his country, oppressed by severe racial laws. However, the criminal Guinness stole his formula and forced him to be his partner in crime. Lupin understands but is reluctant to pursue Guinness any further, since he hasn’t got the diamond, but when Mumba tells him how the chameleon man has mocked the thief he changes his mind and asks the professor to lead him to Guinness’ hideout. On the way through across the jungle, The professor asks for a break and starts eating insects with his tongue, claiming that a side effect of the drug is that it makes you unable to eat anything but live bugs, and shows the group a clear spring of water from which they can drink. As the thieves take a drink Lupin accidentally hints at where the diamond is hidden (inside Jigen’s hat) and notices something wrong with the water, but is too late: “Mumba” snatches the hat with his prehensile tongue and reveals himself as Guinness, claiming that the real Mumba is long dead, and his gun-toting chameleon men surrounds the band. The chameleon man then spreads insecticide gas in the forest and reveal that the water in the pond was tainted with the drug: soon, they’ll crave live bugs to eat, but without living insects nearby they will suffer a miserable death.
As Guinness makes his escape via chopper, the group tries to fight back, to the point that the villain almost consider shooting them, but soon the drug affects them and the bad guys leave. Of course, Lupin realized that the water was tainted and they only pretend to drink and put a transmitter in Jigen’s hat, but it turns out that Zenigata was hiding in the pool, and now he starts behaving like a chameleon and looking for juicy live bugs to snack on. In De Pairs villa, Guinness commends the president for his plan and delivers the hat with the diamond, receiving a basket full of tasty bugs as a small homage… only to reveal that he’d rather have a steak. In fact, he found out that he could remove the drug’s side effect by tasting the carbon of the diamond itself. However their meeting is spied by Lupin and Jigen, which manage to use fake chameleon tongues to steal back the diamond and the hat. Furious, Guinness decides to use his trump card: a special tank covered in chameleon skins that allow it to camouflage everywhere. Soon Lupin finds himself helpless against the terrible, invisible behemoth. As they’re cornered in a ravine, Lupin asks Goemon to cut the diamond into a bullet, which he uses to puncture the tank and make it explode, while Guinness’ camouflage is disrupted when Fujiko douse he and his minion in hydrogen peroxide. Some time later, Jigen and Goemon are watching as Zenigata still hunts for bugs, while Lupin covers himself in flowers to get Fujiko close… only to be stung by a bee for his trouble.
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* AllNaturalGemPolish: Averted, the large rough diamond they stole resembles a massive, shapeless stone, and is quite dull looking. It's only after Goemon's work that it turns into a typical shiny gem.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Fujiko's face is not shown as she succumbs to the effects of the chameleon drug.
* BondVillainStupidity: Guinness is on the point of having his men gunning down Lupin and co, but as soon as he sees them change into chameleon men, he orders them to stop and leave without checking if they were serious.
* ChekhovsGun: The racist incident with Zenigata, and the fact that the chamaleon man is seen snatching and eating a fried shrimp.
* TheDragon: Guinness and his men are this to De Pairs.
* GemstoneAssault: In the climatic showdown, Lupin shoots Guinness' tank with a diamond bullet.
* MundaneUtility: Sort of, Mumba's original plan was to use the chamaleon powder to help the oppressed black people of his country.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It turns out, De Pairs wanted the thefts to happen, confident that Lupin would have the diamond cut and thus enhacing its value.
* PickyEater: As a side effect of using the chamaleon powder, chamaleon men cannon eat anything other than living bugs. Guinness however foud out that he could neutralize this weakness by tasting the carbon of diamonds, which explains why he sided with De Pairs.
* StockAnimalDiet: Chamalon men can only eat live bugs. This is mostly true, though chamaleons can also eat fruit and, in case of larger ones, mice and birds.
* TankGoodness: De Pair's secret weapon is a massive tank covered in chameleon powder-treated pelts, which makes it invisible.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Guinness, when disguised as Mumba and pretending to having being coerced by De Pairs into evil.
Lupin’s next heist brings him to Johannesburg, South Africa, where the diamond mining company De Pairs has just recovered the largest rough diamond of the world. Later that night, the gang moves out but is soon found by Zenigata. Lupin however manages to squirt black paint on his face, so that when the security approaches they mistake the inspector for a black worker and take him away. After commenting on the racism, the group proceeds and soon the massive diamond is in their hands, with both Lupin and Jigen amazed by the shoddy security. They depart, unaware that the company’s president De Pairs is watching them from a nearby cliff with a goblin like man he calls Guinness, to which he entrust “the rest”.
Back in the hotel, Lupin tries to no avail to cut the diamond to raise its price, and once again Goemon and his sword have to work, turning the shapeless mineral in a beautiful gem. However, Guinness is seen spying on them from the window. As the thieves have lunch with the diamond in front of them and think about what to do next, Guinness sneaks into the room, showing chameleon-like camouflage skills that allows him to stay undetected. Taking advantage of a distraction, Guinness uses his tongue to steal the gem and run away in the following ruckus. Lupin however shows some insight when he reveals that the diamond on the table was a fake, and now they know they have to deal with a dangerous foe. Later on, that night, our heroes decide to go to sleep one by one, unaware that Guinness has snuck inside along with another chameleon man. After a little antic with Fujiko which ends up with Lupin accidentally hitting the two intruders with his shoes, the gang goes to sleep, but soon enough the chameleon men sneak in and stab their sleeping forms before looking around for the diamond. It turns out Lupin outsmarted them with mannequins, and in the following fight one of the two chameleon men is captured and unmasked, revealing himself to be an old black man.
The man introduces himself as professor Mumba and explains that he invented the chameleon drug, which allows to change the color of one’s own skin, in order to help the blacks of his country, oppressed by severe racial laws. However, the criminal Guinness stole his formula and forced him to be his partner in crime. Lupin understands but is reluctant to pursue Guinness any further, since he hasn’t got the diamond, but when Mumba tells him how the chameleon man has mocked the thief he changes his mind and asks the professor to lead him to Guinness’ hideout. On the way through across the jungle, The professor asks for a break and starts eating insects with his tongue, claiming that a side effect of the drug is that it makes you unable to eat anything but live bugs, and shows the group a clear spring of water from which they can drink. As the thieves take a drink Lupin accidentally hints at where the diamond is hidden (inside Jigen’s hat) and notices something wrong with the water, but is too late: “Mumba” snatches the hat with his prehensile tongue and reveals himself as Guinness, claiming that the real Mumba is long dead, and his gun-toting chameleon men surrounds the band. The chameleon man then spreads insecticide gas in the forest and reveal that the water in the pond was tainted with the drug: soon, they’ll crave live bugs to eat, but without living insects nearby they will suffer a miserable death.
As Guinness makes his escape via chopper, the group tries to fight back, to the point that the villain almost consider shooting them, but soon the drug affects them and the bad guys leave. Of course, Lupin realized that the water was tainted and they only pretend to drink and put a transmitter in Jigen’s hat, but it turns out that Zenigata was hiding in the pool, and now he starts behaving like a chameleon and looking for juicy live bugs to snack on. In De Pairs villa, Guinness commends the president for his plan and delivers the hat with the diamond, receiving a basket full of tasty bugs as a small homage… only to reveal that he’d rather have a steak. In fact, he found out that he could remove the drug’s side effect by tasting the carbon of the diamond itself. However their meeting is spied by Lupin and Jigen, which manage to use fake chameleon tongues to steal back the diamond and the hat. Furious, Guinness decides to use his trump card: a special tank covered in chameleon skins that allow it to camouflage everywhere. Soon Lupin finds himself helpless against the terrible, invisible behemoth. As they’re cornered in a ravine, Lupin asks Goemon to cut the diamond into a bullet, which he uses to puncture the tank and make it explode, while Guinness’ camouflage is disrupted when Fujiko douse he and his minion in hydrogen peroxide. Some time later, Jigen and Goemon are watching as Zenigata still hunts for bugs, while Lupin covers himself in flowers to get Fujiko close… only to be stung by a bee for his trouble.
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* AllNaturalGemPolish: Averted, the large rough diamond they stole resembles a massive, shapeless stone, and is quite dull looking. It's only after Goemon's work that it turns into a typical shiny gem.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Fujiko's face is not shown as she succumbs to the effects of the chameleon drug.
* BondVillainStupidity: Guinness is on the point of having his men gunning down Lupin and co, but as soon as he sees them change into chameleon men, he orders them to stop and leave without checking if they were serious.
* ChekhovsGun: The racist incident with Zenigata, and the fact that the chamaleon man is seen snatching and eating a fried shrimp.
* TheDragon: Guinness and his men are this to De Pairs.
* GemstoneAssault: In the climatic showdown, Lupin shoots Guinness' tank with a diamond bullet.
* MundaneUtility: Sort of, Mumba's original plan was to use the chamaleon powder to help the oppressed black people of his country.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It turns out, De Pairs wanted the thefts to happen, confident that Lupin would have the diamond cut and thus enhacing its value.
* PickyEater: As a side effect of using the chamaleon powder, chamaleon men cannon eat anything other than living bugs. Guinness however foud out that he could neutralize this weakness by tasting the carbon of diamonds, which explains why he sided with De Pairs.
* StockAnimalDiet: Chamalon men can only eat live bugs. This is mostly true, though chamaleons can also eat fruit and, in case of larger ones, mice and birds.
* TankGoodness: De Pair's secret weapon is a massive tank covered in chameleon powder-treated pelts, which makes it invisible.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Guinness, when disguised as Mumba and pretending to having being coerced by De Pairs into evil.
