History Recap / LupinIIIS2E87

Jigen then wakes Lupin from what was apparently only a vivid nightmare, and nothing more. However a quick look at the television informs them that someone stole a precious gemstone known as the Tear of the Phoenix from a local museum, and apparently all the hints point at Lupin, who doesn’t remember doing that. Fujiko and Goemon soon arrives and reveal that the Tear of the Phoenix was a priceless diamond with a double known as the Tear of the Dragon, which is still kept in another museum. Those two gemstones where once propriety of the Jacob family, a family of wealthy Jewish jewelers who lived in Berlin. Unfortunately, the Nazi party coveted those two diamonds and wasted no time in killing the old couple and apparently their child, in order to get the stones. Fujiko speculates that the next time, Lupin may be forced to steal the second Tear, while Goemon explains that someone is controlling Lupin using the Doll Hypnosis to make him do his bidding. That night, the doll speaks again to Lupin, who rises from his bed and leaves the house through the window as his companions watch everything, with Goemon planning to look for the puppeteer. The museum where the Tear of the Dragon is kept is under strict surveillance by Zenigata, who thinks about which way Lupin will come in… only to be surprised when the thief, forgetting every sense of stealth, just rush in and makes off with the Tear.

In the woods he’s approached by Mephistopheles, but soon Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko arrive and surrounds the duo, with Fujiko revealing Mephistopheles’ true identity: Peter Jacob, the son of the old couple and rightful heir of the Tears. Surprised, Peter drops his mask and tries to force them to give him the tears, rambling about his desire to get his revenge on the inhuman Gestapo who took his family away, but his doll is quickly destroyed by Goemon and he’s forced to run away, leaving the Tear of the Dragon behind and swearing revenge. A few days later, Lupin’s group receive an invitation to a special show in Berlin, signed by Mephistopheles. There, in a stadium, they’re surprised to see that the tribunes are full of old men, and even more when they find out that all of them were former Nazi. Mephistopheles arrives and announces the beginning of the hellish show, as his clowns inflate a gigantic, demon-shaped balloon that soon towers over the building, with tanks of explosive gas: Peter’s plan is to blow up that enormous sack of gas with dynamite sticks killing everyone in the process. Thinking that the casualties will be enormous even among the innocents, Lupin and his friends move to evacuate everyone from the stage while the thief confronts Peter himself, who still demands the Tear of the Dragon.

* ManBitesMan: Played for laughs. When Zenigata finds that Lupin got away and replaced himself with a dummy with his appearance, the Inspector angrily sinks his teeth into its face.

* AlasPoorVillain: While it's true that Jacob/Mephistopheles' thirst for revenge almost ended up making him a [[NotSoDifferent different kind of monstrous]] than the people who killed his family, he didn't deserve such a painful demise.

In the following shooting, Lupin disarms Peter but one of the bullets hit the ropes keeping the balloon anchored to the soil, and one of the spikes ends up impaling Peter in the belly. As an horrified Lupin gazes in shock, the demon balloon’s spikes lose their grip and the whole thing takes flight, with Peter still clutching the rope. As they look with sadness, two things fall from the balloon: Mephistopheles’ mask and the Tear of the Phoenix. Sometime later, Lupin and Jigen are flying to America to bring the diamonds on Jacob’s family grave as a memento when, much to their surprise, they spot the devil balloon, with Peter’s corpse still hanging, fly by their plane, as Lupin wonders if he too is trying to reach America.

* NightmareSequence: Mephistopheles controls Lupin in his sleep through these. In them, the CreepyDoll walks on her own and other [[PerversePuppet creepy marionettes]] show up, Mephistopheles holds Lupin's beating heart on his hand and squeezes it to inflict pain and prove that his life in his grasp, and does a rather unsettling EvilPuppeteer stunt on him with a life-sized Lupin marionette.

* CreepyDoll: Mephistopheles/Jacob uses one to hypnotize Lupin into doing his bidding.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Mephistopheles is impales on the nails holding his own gas-filled balloon he intended to use on his targets.

In the woods he’s approached by Mephistopheles, but soon Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko arrive and surrounds the duo, with Fujiko revealing Mephistopheles’ true identity: Peter Jacob, the son of the old couple and rightful heir of the Tears. Surprised, Peter drops his mask and tries to force them to give him the tears, rambling about his desire to get his revenge on the inhuman Gestapo who took his family away, but his doll is quickly destroyed by Goemon and he’s forced to run away, leaving the Tear of the Dragon behind and swearing revenge. A few days later, Lupin’s group receive an invitation to a special show in Berlin, signed by Mephistopheles. There, in a stadium, they’re surprised to see that the tribunes are full of old men, and even more when they find out that all of them were former Nazi. Mephistopheles arrives and announces the beginning of the hellish show, as his clowns releases gas into a gigantic, demon-shaped balloon that soon towers over the building, with dynamite sticks tied to its legs: Peter’s plan is to blow up that enormous sack of gas, killing everyone in the process. Thinking that the casualties will be enormous even among the innocents, Lupin and his friends move to evacuate everyone from the stage while the thief confronts Peter himself, who still demands the Tear of the Dragon.

In the following shooting, Lupin disarms Peter but one of the bullets hit the ropes keeping the balloon anchored to the soil, and one of the spikes ends up impaling Peter through the chest. As an horrified Lupin gazes in shock, the demon balloon’s spikes lose their grip and the whole thing takes flight, with Peter still clutching the rope. As they look with sadness, two things fall from the balloon: Mephistopheles’ mask and the Tear of the Phoenix. Sometime later, Lupin and Jigen are flying to America to bring the diamonds on Jacob’s family grave as a memento when, much to their surprise, they spot the devil balloon, with Peter’s corpse still hanging, fly by their plane, as Lupin wonders if he too is trying to reach America.

In the following shooting, Lupin disarms Peter but one of the bullets hit the ropes keeping the balloon anchored to the soil, and one of the spikes ends up impaling Peter through the chest. As an horrified Lupin gazes in shock, the demon balloon’s spikes lose their grip and the whole thing takes flight, with Peter’s corpse still clutching the rope. As they look with sadness, two things fall from the balloon: Mephistopheles’ mask and the Tear of the Phoenix. Sometime later, Lupin and Jigen are flying to America to bring the diamonds on Jacob’s family grave as a memento when, much to their surprise, they spot the devil balloon, with Peter’s corpse still hanging, fly by their plane, as Lupin wonders if he too is trying to reach America.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Mephistopheles is impales on the nails holding his own gas-filled balloon and is dragged into the sky when it takes off.

''Shin Lupin III'': '''When the Devil Beckons to Lupin'''

* PayEvilOntoEvil: Nazi took Jacob's parents and gemstones when he was just a baby. His master plan involves recovering the stones and blow up an entire stadium full of elderly and former (though possibly, reformed) Gestapo members.

* AllGermansAreNazi: In the end, the entire audience in the stadium is made of former Gestapo members. Even remembering the "JustFollowingOrders" thing, that's quite a lot...