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''Shin Lupin III'': '''Bad Guys are truly Big Villains''
In the streets of Harlem, a young kid named Chico is looking at the people on the streets when someone catches his attention: Lupin is just outside a cinema with his team, enthusiast about the Superman movie on display, much to the annoyance of his friends. After watching the movie, the group part ways and Lupin is suddenly mugged by someone pointing a gun at his back… only to find out that’s actually Chico holding a broomstick and disappointed by the thief’s lack of money. Lupin offers an ice cream to the kid and the two have a talk about the streets of Harlem and how you cannot trust anyone there, when suddenly they spot a rich man on a car, happily handing candies to the kids. That man is Marcane, a rich business man who has promised to clean the streets of Harlem from violence and crime. Unfortunately, Zenigata is with him, and as soon as he recognize Lupin a chase starts, with both the participants stealing two bikes while Chico makes a small fortune organizing a betting system and selling food to the watchers and Marcane watches ominously.
After a long chase in the streets and even in the buildings, Lupin is able to escape Zenigata’s clutches while the inspector falls in the river. Lupin is then given a passage via boat by Chico, who tells him that Marcane took all his money, but also that he has invited Lupin himself to a masked party in his luxurious mansion the following evening. Of course, Lupin decides to dress as Superman, but neither Goemon or Jigen are interested with the party and so he goes alone. As he enters the gigantic mansion, Lupin notices that something’s off with the guests, but he’s soon noticed and captured by Marcane’s henchmen. Outside the villa, Chico walks off counting his money while stating again that in Harlem you cannot trust anyone. Lupin is hanged by his feet and make the target of a cruel ten-round game: each round one or more players can shoot at Lupin with the lights off while he’s swinging on the rope, and they win if they manage to kill him. The game starts, but Lupin miraculously evade the first bullet. Meanwhile, on the streets, Chico is snatched by an inquisitive Zenigata who wants to know where did Lupin go. As the shooting game proceed, with new players each round, Lupin notices how the eyes of the guests are even more inhuman and scary than the sad eyes of the many killers he met, while Marcane disgustingly gloats over the ill-gotten money. In Lupin’s hideout, Jigen and Goemon are soon visited by Zenigata, who calls a truce to inform them that Lupin is in real danger this time and tells them about Chico as they head to Marcane’s mansion.
After nine rounds, Lupin is still alive, so Marcane has the guest applaud at his sheer luck before starting the final special round, where the lights stay on and Lupin is still. As he asks the thief if he has any last words, Lupin starts quoting Superman… and miraculously manage to dodge the bullets so that they end up breaking the ropes and releasing him! Before an astonished Marcane can react, Lupin tosses him out of a window, where he lands on Zenigata, before taking cover from the gun-toting guests. Before he’s killed Jigen and Goemon saves his skin, with the samurai slicing apart the clothes of all the party goers, referring to them as too beastly to deserve to wear clothing, just as Zenigata enters and proceeds to arrest them all. Lupin then tries to burn Marcane’s money but is interrupted by Chico, who points a gun at him while stating that he’ll take the money so that he can leave Harlem. Lupin asks him if that’s really what he wants… and the kid smiles and says it’s not, revealing that the gun is empty. As the bills are set ablaze, Chico warns Lupin that in ten years he’ll come back as a thief good enough to challenge him. Meanwhile, Fujiko is on a walk with her boyfriend du jour, but promptly dumps him when he accidentally suggest to go seeing Superman’s movie at the cinema, and quickly rejoins Lupin on the car. The gang leaves Harlem, as a Chico watches them from a window, whistling a tune.
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!!'''This Episode contains examples of''':
* AbsenteeActor: Fujiko has a brief appearence in this episode and doesn't contribute to the plot.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Lupin and Chico takes a liking to each other.
* BookEnds: Both the beginning and ending have, in inverted order: Chico whistling a tune, Lupin's group arriving/departing, mentions of a Superman movie, Chico trying to mugger Lupin at gunpoint.
* DefeatByModesty: "If those aren't people, then why they're wearing clothes?" cue to Goemon turning, in Zenigata's word, the Masked Party into a Naked Party.
* EasilyForgiven: Chico gets away scot free with selling Lupin to Marcane.
* EnemyMine: When Zenigata learns what happened from Chico, rather than storming the place by himself he immediately warns Jigen and Goemon.
* FatBastard: Marcane is a portly, morally bankrupt BitchInSheepsClothing.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: As Lupin's points out, each of Marcane's guests gives him the creep, in their bored and nonchalant attitude towards murder.
* ItGetsEasier: Discussed, Lupin mentions how he remembered the sadness deep down real hitmen's eyes, and compare it to the empty, apathetic void in the eyes of the guests.
* PaletteSwap: At one point you can see one of the guests wearing the same dirty policewoman costume as [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E52 Emmanuelle Poirot]], only with tan skin, brown hair and dark purple clothing.
* RuleOfThree: During the chase sequence, there's a robber threatening a lady at knifepoint, whose robbery is always thwarted by Lupin and Zenigata passing by. The third time he even knocks himself out when he hears the bikes coming.
* {{ShoutOut}}: Several to ComicBook/{{Superman}}, including the Superman movie at the beginning, Lupin dressing as Superman for the Ball and two quotes near the end, one by Lupin and one by Zenigata when Marcane falls on him.
* StreetUrchin: Chico is one living in Harlem and gathering money with every possible mean.
In the streets of Harlem, a young kid named Chico is looking at the people on the streets when someone catches his attention: Lupin is just outside a cinema with his team, enthusiast about the Superman movie on display, much to the annoyance of his friends. After watching the movie, the group part ways and Lupin is suddenly mugged by someone pointing a gun at his back… only to find out that’s actually Chico holding a broomstick and disappointed by the thief’s lack of money. Lupin offers an ice cream to the kid and the two have a talk about the streets of Harlem and how you cannot trust anyone there, when suddenly they spot a rich man on a car, happily handing candies to the kids. That man is Marcane, a rich business man who has promised to clean the streets of Harlem from violence and crime. Unfortunately, Zenigata is with him, and as soon as he recognize Lupin a chase starts, with both the participants stealing two bikes while Chico makes a small fortune organizing a betting system and selling food to the watchers and Marcane watches ominously.
After a long chase in the streets and even in the buildings, Lupin is able to escape Zenigata’s clutches while the inspector falls in the river. Lupin is then given a passage via boat by Chico, who tells him that Marcane took all his money, but also that he has invited Lupin himself to a masked party in his luxurious mansion the following evening. Of course, Lupin decides to dress as Superman, but neither Goemon or Jigen are interested with the party and so he goes alone. As he enters the gigantic mansion, Lupin notices that something’s off with the guests, but he’s soon noticed and captured by Marcane’s henchmen. Outside the villa, Chico walks off counting his money while stating again that in Harlem you cannot trust anyone. Lupin is hanged by his feet and make the target of a cruel ten-round game: each round one or more players can shoot at Lupin with the lights off while he’s swinging on the rope, and they win if they manage to kill him. The game starts, but Lupin miraculously evade the first bullet. Meanwhile, on the streets, Chico is snatched by an inquisitive Zenigata who wants to know where did Lupin go. As the shooting game proceed, with new players each round, Lupin notices how the eyes of the guests are even more inhuman and scary than the sad eyes of the many killers he met, while Marcane disgustingly gloats over the ill-gotten money. In Lupin’s hideout, Jigen and Goemon are soon visited by Zenigata, who calls a truce to inform them that Lupin is in real danger this time and tells them about Chico as they head to Marcane’s mansion.
After nine rounds, Lupin is still alive, so Marcane has the guest applaud at his sheer luck before starting the final special round, where the lights stay on and Lupin is still. As he asks the thief if he has any last words, Lupin starts quoting Superman… and miraculously manage to dodge the bullets so that they end up breaking the ropes and releasing him! Before an astonished Marcane can react, Lupin tosses him out of a window, where he lands on Zenigata, before taking cover from the gun-toting guests. Before he’s killed Jigen and Goemon saves his skin, with the samurai slicing apart the clothes of all the party goers, referring to them as too beastly to deserve to wear clothing, just as Zenigata enters and proceeds to arrest them all. Lupin then tries to burn Marcane’s money but is interrupted by Chico, who points a gun at him while stating that he’ll take the money so that he can leave Harlem. Lupin asks him if that’s really what he wants… and the kid smiles and says it’s not, revealing that the gun is empty. As the bills are set ablaze, Chico warns Lupin that in ten years he’ll come back as a thief good enough to challenge him. Meanwhile, Fujiko is on a walk with her boyfriend du jour, but promptly dumps him when he accidentally suggest to go seeing Superman’s movie at the cinema, and quickly rejoins Lupin on the car. The gang leaves Harlem, as a Chico watches them from a window, whistling a tune.
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!!'''This Episode contains examples of''':
* AbsenteeActor: Fujiko has a brief appearence in this episode and doesn't contribute to the plot.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Lupin and Chico takes a liking to each other.
* BookEnds: Both the beginning and ending have, in inverted order: Chico whistling a tune, Lupin's group arriving/departing, mentions of a Superman movie, Chico trying to mugger Lupin at gunpoint.
* DefeatByModesty: "If those aren't people, then why they're wearing clothes?" cue to Goemon turning, in Zenigata's word, the Masked Party into a Naked Party.
* EasilyForgiven: Chico gets away scot free with selling Lupin to Marcane.
* EnemyMine: When Zenigata learns what happened from Chico, rather than storming the place by himself he immediately warns Jigen and Goemon.
* FatBastard: Marcane is a portly, morally bankrupt BitchInSheepsClothing.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: As Lupin's points out, each of Marcane's guests gives him the creep, in their bored and nonchalant attitude towards murder.
* ItGetsEasier: Discussed, Lupin mentions how he remembered the sadness deep down real hitmen's eyes, and compare it to the empty, apathetic void in the eyes of the guests.
* PaletteSwap: At one point you can see one of the guests wearing the same dirty policewoman costume as [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E52 Emmanuelle Poirot]], only with tan skin, brown hair and dark purple clothing.
* RuleOfThree: During the chase sequence, there's a robber threatening a lady at knifepoint, whose robbery is always thwarted by Lupin and Zenigata passing by. The third time he even knocks himself out when he hears the bikes coming.
* {{ShoutOut}}: Several to ComicBook/{{Superman}}, including the Superman movie at the beginning, Lupin dressing as Superman for the Ball and two quotes near the end, one by Lupin and one by Zenigata when Marcane falls on him.
* StreetUrchin: Chico is one living in Harlem and gathering money with every possible mean.
