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| 4 | 1979's ''The Castle of Cagliostro'', the first full-length feature film directed and largely written by ''[[Anime/LupinIIIPart1 Green Jacket]]''-era co-director Creator/HayaoMiyazaki (pre-[[Creator/StudioGhibli Ghibli]]), is a stand-alone entry in the [[LongRunner long-running]] ''Franchise/LupinIII'' franchise. |
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| 6 | Lupin and Jigen successfully rob the Casino de Monte-Carlo. Fleeing in their car, they're [[NotHyperbole up to their necks in cash]]… which Lupin soon realizes is counterfeit. These legendary "Gothic Bills" – counterfeit bills that can pass for real to all but the most trained eye – inspire the duo to visit the tiny European Grand Duchy of Cagliostro, often rumored to be the bills' source, for their next heist. |
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| 8 | Once Lupin and Jigen cross the border, they end up rescuing a girl in a wedding dress from a group of armed {{mook}}s trying to capture her. The girl is Clarisse, the daughter of Cagliostro's late ruling Grand Duke and the betrothed fiancée of the regent and Count of Cagliostro (whose side of the Cagliostro family line oversees and perpetuates the nation's dirty business). A legend says a reunification of the two families will unlock the secret of Cagliostro's lost treasure, which the Count desperately wants. Jigen figures something else is up when he notices Lupin's familiarity with Cagliostro's landmarks, Clarisse, and her mysterious ring. |
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| 10 | Certain things are, of course, inevitable: Lupin tries to steal the girl, the treasure, the source of the Gothic Bills, and whatever else he thinks he can get away with; Fujiko is in the castle trying to steal at least one of Lupin's targets; the Count is a formidable villain; and Inspector Zenigata is still trying to hunt Lupin down (though he gets more than he bargained for). |
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| 12 | ''Castle of Cagliostro'' is famous for being Miyazaki's first film (as well as one of his only two non-Ghibli films, the other being ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', both of which predated the studio's founding), but a couple of its scenes achieved their own fame. The car chase at the beginning of the film was allegedly praised by Creator/StevenSpielberg as one of the greatest car chases ever set to film, and he's alleged to have called ''Cagliostro'' one of the greatest adventure movies of all time.[[note]] According to various sources (apparently none of whom had anything to do [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q915AS3CL.jpg with Manga Video's DVD packaging]]), Spielberg never actually ''saw'' the film.[[/note]] The other famous scene is the climactic battle-and-chase in Cagliostro's clock tower; at least [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries two groups]] of [[WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective American animators]] ''have'' paid direct {{homage}} to it. |
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| 14 | In the West, this film has passed through more than a few hands. Game developer Creator/{{Stern}} used footage of ''Cagliostro'' and ''Anime/TheMysteryOfMamo'' to make a laserdisc game ''Cliff Hanger''. Then Asmik got to make another game based entirely on the film for the Platform/PlayStation. ''Cagliostro'' was then licensed in the early '90s by Creator/StreamlinePictures; their DVD release of the film was one of the very first anime released in the format (and one of Streamline's last releases ever). Creator/MangaEntertainment picked up the license in 2000 and gave the film a new dub by the Animaze studio (better known for their dubs of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' and the ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' franchise), then re-released it in 2006 with a boatload of extra content ([[ExecutiveMeddling but an altered opening at TMS's insistence]]). Creator/DiscotekMedia acquired the license to ''Cagliostro'' in 2014 and released both a DVD and Blu-ray (the latter for the first time in the US) in 2015; their release includes both the Streamline and Animaze dubs, re-translated subtitles for the film, and a re-creation of the original subtitles used in TMS's 1980 theatrical release of the film in the United States. A "family-friendly" version of the Manga dub was also created specifically for this release. A few months later, Creator/{{Disney}} released the Streamline dub as part of their Miyazaki box set, with Discotek's permission. |
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| 16 | All tropes not specific to this film are listed on the franchise's main page. All characters not specific to this film are listed on the franchise's Characters page. |
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| 18 | '''Complete spoilers lie below''', so don't read further if you don't want to know how this caper turns out! |
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| 21 | !!''The Castle of Cagliostro'' contains the following tropes: |
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| 23 | * TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: A newspaper clipping Lupin is seen reading after his escape from the castle sets the year at 1968. Curiously, the original manga was already one year into serialization in Real Life. |
| 24 | * AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The castle's sewers are spacious enough for Lupin and Jigen to pass through. |
| 25 | * ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: The many quiet scenes of ''Cagliostro'' comes from Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's desire for "breathing" in a film. They are present to contrast against the tense action scenes, and allow the audience to relax, or fall in love. One special scene in this film is Lupin wandering around a burnt out castle in a contemplative mood (because Lupin is remembering his past) with Jigen wondering what is preoccupying him before demanding an explanation (by strangling him). Another special scene is when Lupin has broken into Clarisse's room and is trying to give her hope that he can help her escape (giving her hope and letting the audience fall in love with her innocence). |
| 26 | * ActionGirl: Fujiko, once she drops her cover, is more than ready to let loose with machine guns and grenades to make her escape. |
| 27 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: The Count finds it pretty funny that Lupin tricked Jodo into [[HoistByHisOwnPetard falling in one of the castle's traps]]. |
| 28 | * AdaptationDyeJob: While Fujiko's design is inconsistent across her various incarnations, this is one of only three times that Fujiko is ''blonde''. (the others are ''[[Anime/LupinIIITheSecretOfTwilightGemini Twilight Gemini]]'' and the ultimately unreleased ''Lupin VIII'' series) [[note]] She also inexplicably goes blonde towards the very end of ''Episode Zero''. Note that in the original manga, Monkey Punch ''often'' made her blonde beginning partway through the series, likely because he got tired of shading her hair.[[/note]] |
| 29 | * AdaptationalHeroism: [[LovableRogue Lupin]] and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Fujiko]] (''especially'' Fujiko) are more heroic in this movie than in any other depictions. |
| 30 | * AffablyEvil: Count Cagliostro straddles the bar between this and FauxAffablyEvil. On the one hand, he's a BenevolentBoss to his most loyal followers, never punishing them for any of their failures, states that he's willing to compromise with the heroes, and considers Lupin a WorthyOpponent. On the other hand, when he's alone with Clarisse, he makes zero attempts to hide his true motivations for marrying her, even [[WouldHitAGirl hitting her on several occasions]], and becomes more and more nasty over the course of the film. |
| 31 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The film ends with Inspector Zenigata revealing that Lupin III, GentlemanThief that he is, has stolen the heroine's heart. |
| 32 | * AllMythsAreTrue: The counterfeit activities in Cagliostro. Lampshaded by Zenigata who mentions that he heard rumors about the counterfeit activities but couldn't have imagined it to be run by an independent nation. |
| 33 | * AlternateDVDCommentary: A [[https://terrania.us/2017/06/15/cagliostro-redux/ fan-made commentary track]] was produced for ''Cagliostro'' back in 2004 (and revamped in 2017), and another one is packaged with the 2014 Creator/DiscotekMedia DVD (and 2015 Blu-Ray). |
| 34 | * AlwaysSaveTheGirl: This is lampshaded in the car chase. |
| 35 | -->'''Jigen''': Which one are we helping?\ |
| 36 | '''Lupin''': The girl.\ |
| 37 | '''Jigen''': Typical. |
| 38 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Inspector Zenigata is noticeably more brown than his police companions, despite still being clearly Japanese. Amusing when [[MasterOfDisguise Lupin disguises himself]] as Zenigata, because he can apparently create the square jaw and ruddy-face without a LatexPerfection mask. Similar tones are used for Gustav, also without any real explanation. |
| 39 | * AncientConspiracy: The Cagliostro family counterfeiting ring has been screwing with international affairs for at least ''400 years'' - i.e. pretty much since money ''could'' be counterfeited. |
| 40 | -->'''Lupin''': "Since [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Late_Middle_Ages the upheavals in Medieval Europe]], the mysterious counterfeit currency has been lurking in the shadows. It [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Bourbon ruined the Bourbon Dynasty]] and was the source of [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon]]'s funds. It also triggered [[TheGreatDepression the worldwide panic of 1927]]. The Goat Money – the Black Hole – the star on the backstage of history. All those that tried to eliminate the heart of the problem were never heard from again."\ |
| 41 | ''(reading ApocalypticLog)'' "Here, Gennosuke Kawakami, Spy for the Japanese Army, met his end. Avenge me. 1904-3-14." |
| 42 | ** The "ancient conspiracy" angle is ZigZagged. Lupin's intent is easily LostInTranslation. |
| 43 | *** In the Streamline dub, he implies they are a global power responsible for many of history's woes. |
| 44 | *** In the Animaze dub, he makes it clear that Cagliostro wasn't actually ''pulling strings'' so much as it was serving as a mercenary counterfeiter, making its top-quality forgeries available to anyone willing to pay it enough ''real'' money – thus staying too useful to ''everyone'' for anyone to want to invade and shut it down. |
| 45 | *** Either way, it's carrying on these activities even into the present-day, as Zenigata discovers when he tries to get Interpol to take action but instead provokes a squabble among various nations' representatives over which ''other'' countries are paying for the Cagliostro counterfeits that are flooding ''their'' respective countries. |
| 46 | * AndNowYouMustMarryMe: The Count basically strong-arms Clarisse into marrying him so he can inherit her family's fortune. |
| 47 | * AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:Zenigata and his men are hot on Lupin's heels as everyone leaves the Grand Duchy of Cagliostro, and Fujiko escapes with the Gothic Bills' master plates.]] "The End", but life goes on. |
| 48 | * AntiHero: While Lupin's place is hard to pin down on the best of days, in ''Cagliostro'', he falls firmly into the MrViceGuy role. While he's as gleefully enthusiastic about the caper as usual, he shows more interest in protecting Clarisse (choosing to save her even before he recognizes her) and even lets the girl go for her own good. |
| 49 | * AnywhereButTheirLips: Lupin kisses Clarisse on her forehead in the movie's finale. |
| 50 | * ArcSymbol: The goat as Clarisse and the Count's family coats-of-arms, appearing on rings and buildings all over the place. |
| 51 | * AristocratsAreEvil: Dirty Count Cagliostro fits the bill. |
| 52 | * ArmorIsUseless: Partially averted. The Count's assassin squad wear plate armor underneath their cloth ninja costumes capable of standing up to a .357 magnum fired at point blank range... Which, as expected, proves no match for the anti-tank rifle Jigen brings to deal with them, nor for Goemon's blade. |
| 53 | * ArrangedMarriage: Between Clarisse and the Count. Although the Count is ''far'' more interested in Clarisse's family treasure than Clarisse herself. |
| 54 | * ArtisticLicenceGeography: In at least one dub, Cagliostro is described as the world's smallest country, but many scenery shots make it clear that Cagliostro (even without counting the two massive lakes) is at least twice the size of the world's actual smallest country, UsefulNoteS/VaticanCity (the whole of which could snugly fit into Cagliostro Castle and its adjacent town).[[note]]Though in the Manga dub he specifies world's smallest ''[[UsefulNotes/UnitedNations U.N.]]'' member, which the Vatican City isn't.[[/note]] |
| 55 | * AsleepForDays: Lupin sleeps for three days after being severely wounded in a fight with the BigBad. He's distressed to discover how long his nap has been – since it means he might be too late to save the day – and demands large amounts of food in order to recover his strength. |
| 56 | * AsYouKnow: Inspector Zenigata drops an InfoDump to the audience when mentioning to the Count that his wedding is in five days. The waitress who brought Lupin and Jigen their spaghetti dropped another one (though it was rather more blatant in the Animaze dub). |
| 57 | * AuthorAppeal: Obscure aircraft, precipitous heights, gorging on food, GhibliHills, Short(-ish) haired heroine voiced by Creator/SumiShimamoto. |
| 58 | * BadBadActing: Zenigata's "we went in for Lupin and look what we found!" on-camera act falls under this. It does not escape the notice of his Interpol superiors. |
| 59 | -->'''U.S. Interpol Leader''': Good Lord, he's a bad actor. |
| 60 | * BadassBoast: Goemon manages to make a pretty good one when facing the Count's men with his AbsurdlySharpBlade. |
| 61 | -->'''Goemon''': I'd better warn you that my blade is thirsty tonight… |
| 62 | * BandagedFace: Lupin wears a face bandage after the failed attempt to free Clarisse. |
| 63 | * BatmanColdOpen: The opening scene cuts right into the final moments of a heist Lupin and Jigen pull at the Monte Carlo casino, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishing]] our heroes to be skilful thieves. |
| 64 | * BattleButler: Jodo, who controls the Count's EliteMooks. |
| 65 | * BeautifulDreamer: The count watches Clarisse sleep in her tower chamber. He then notices that her ring is missing. |
| 66 | * BenevolentBoss: The Count is this to his loyal subjects, so long as they remain loyal. For example, he tells the chief of his counterfeiting operation that he doesn't mind delays in the delivery of his funny money, only that they look as authentic as possible. Also, he shows a remarkable amount of patience towards his close retainer Jodo, expressing mere amusement instead of anger upon seeing photos of Lupin humiliating him and Gustav with one of his own traps and relenting on chewing him out over his failure to stop the fiery sabotage of his counterfeiting operation upon being reminded over the phone that Lupin and Zenigata were about to take Clarisse. |
| 67 | * {{BFG}}: Jigen's massive PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle, which comes handy when faced against bulletproof ninjas. |
| 68 | * BigBad: The Count of Cagliostro, who plans to marry Clarisse in order to get his hands on the secret Cagliostro treasure. He's also been printing counterfeit money from ''several countries'' in order to cheat his way into power. |
| 69 | %%* BigFancyCastle: The titular castle. |
| 70 | * BilingualBonus: The unusual case of a bilingual bonus based on English in a foreign film. Miyazaki evidently used ''gohto'' (Gothic) as an adjective for the counterfeit bills and the lettering on Clarice's ring in conjunction with the ram as an ArcSymbol relating to the Cagliostro royal family as a stealth pun on "goat" – an English word that sounds absolutely nothing like the Japanese word for goat, "yagi". Since puns don't translate well, this led to "Gothic" getting LostInTranslation as early translations of the movie called them "Goat bills" and "Goat lettering". |
| 71 | ** [[invoked]] A related GeniusBonus (and almost a {{Woolseyism}} had translators not misinterpreted what Miyazaki was going for) from the Animaze dub if you know Latin. "Goat lettering" was adapted into "Capran", as goats belong to the genus ''Capra''. |
| 72 | * BladeBrake: The Count uses his sword to stab the rocks, saving his butt after falling off the clock tower's hands. |
| 73 | * BlatantLies: Invoked by Zenigata, in the Streamline dub, when he exposes the Count's counterfeiting ring on live television. First by leading Fujiko down into the cellar, where he [[LargeHam puts on a show]] of "accidentally" finding his printing presses. |
| 74 | -->'''Zenigata: (with armload of counterfeit bills)''' "What a break! [[BlatantLies I found this PURELY by accident!]] My investigation of the Count was closed, and I was after Wolf!" ''(blinks innocently)'' "Can you believe it?" |
| 75 | * BlindIdiotTranslation:[[invoked]] The Creator/StreamlinePictures dub mixes Blind-Idiot with {{Macekre}} ''and'' WritingAroundTrademarks (the [=LeBlanc=] estate was still affecting translations). One example is for Zenigata introducing himself to the Count as [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Inspector Keibu]] Zenigata. For the record, his actual given name is Kouichi, and ''keibu'' is just the Japanese word for "Inspector". But his full name wasn't included in the script – it rarely is – so making "Keibu" his name was a choice minimizing the amount of invention. |
| 76 | ** All previous translations predating those done by Discotek Media feature a notable bit of Blind Idiot Translation. To break things down: |
| 77 | *** In the Japanese version, the counterfeits that form the basis of the plot are called "gohto-satsu", with "gohto" also being used to refer to the writing on the wedding rings, as well as the lineage of the Cagliostro family. |
| 78 | *** The Streamline Pictures dub, based loosely on an old 1980 subtitle script, erroneously attributes "Gohto" to be the name of the originator of the counterfeits and the writer of the message on the rings. |
| 79 | *** The Manga UK dub, meanwhile, translates "gohto" phonetically as the English word "goat", which results in the counterfeits being labelled "goat bills", and some frankly amusing dialogue about how the rings have "Capran" written on them (taken from "capra", the genus of goats; literally ''goat language''), and the Count now proclaims to Clarisse that they share "the blood of the ram". |
| 80 | *** In reality, "gohto" is meant to be the Japanese word for the Goths, a real Germanic people with their own, now extinct, language and writing system. Discotek therefore renders "gohto-satsu" correctly as "Gothic bills", the writing on the rings is now corrected to the Gothic language, and the Cagliostro family is now descended from the Goths. Combined with the blatantly Gothic imagery that pervades throughout the famous wedding scene, it's pretty clear that Discotek's translation is, in all likelihood, the most accurate. |
| 81 | * BlowingSmokeRings: Lupin does this at least twice during the film. |
| 82 | * BookcasePassage: Fujiko uses one to enter a SecretUndergroundPassage that would lead her to a fireplace and after that to an observation room behind the Count's office, equipped with a PortraitPaintingPeephole. |
| 83 | * {{Bowdlerization}}: The Discotek Media rerelease includes a "Family Friendly" version of the Animaze dub that removes and replaces as much of the profanity as possible. According to [[http://www.amazon.com/review/R36PYO78TX9DLZ/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00PEA6LJK&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=2625373011&store=movies-tv Reed Nelson,]] a Lupin superfan involved in the localization of many of Discotek's ''Lupin'' titles, this censored dub was created specifically for this release in order to bring the movie closer in tone to both the original Japanese script and Miyazaki's Disney-released Ghibli movies. The uncensored Animaze dub ''is'' still included. |
| 84 | * BrainwashedBride: After an effort to run away by the bride, and a failed rescue attempt by Lupin and co., Count Cagliostro has Clarisse drugged so that she cannot object to the wedding, as silence grants assent in the Duchy of Cagliostro for a wedding ceremony. Believing that she saw Lupin killed snaps her out of it. |
| 85 | * BridalCarry: Lupin carries Clarisse this way towards the end of the movie. |
| 86 | * CallingCard: Lupin leaves two, a literal one on Jodo's back and later his Zenigata hat on the statue that takes pictures. |
| 87 | * CarChaseShootOut: Lupin and Jigen have a running gun battle with a car full of Mooks at the start of the movie. Lupin drives while Jigen shoots. The Mooks have the advantage of a car with bulletproof wheels, but Jigen has special ammo that takes care of that once he's aware. |
| 88 | * CatchAFallingStar: Lupin "dives" after Clarisse who is pushed down the ClockTower by the Count. Lupin catches her midair and, thanks to SoftWater, they don't receive any injuries when hitting the water surface head-first (though Lupin still protects Clarisse's head). |
| 89 | * CeilingCling: Lupin clings to the ceiling in order to avoid one of the trap doors. Inspector Zenigata after him doesn't. |
| 90 | * ChasedOffIntoTheSunset: The movie ends with Lupin III and his gang fleeing in their Fiat away from the police into the sunset. |
| 91 | * ChekhovsGun: Several. |
| 92 | %%** The Autogyro. |
| 93 | ** The [[FakinMacGuffin fake ring]]. Right before Lupin and Jigen are attacked in their room by the Count's assassins, you see Lupin fiddling around with some sort of forgery kit. What's he doing, you ask? Making the fake ring he gives to the Count about halfway through the film. |
| 94 | %%* ChekhovsSkill: A fairly subtle one – Lupin's long-jumping skills from the very beginning of the film. |
| 95 | * TheChessmaster: Lupin is firmly in this category, with himself and everyone else (including FemmeFatale Fujiko and SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Inspector Zenigata) involved in a small-scale GambitPileup aimed at stopping the Count. |
| 96 | * {{Chiaroscuro}}: |
| 97 | ** Thematically, chiaroscuro is also a major element of the plot, with Clarisse's ruling branch of the family representing the light, and the Count's doing-the-dirty-work branch representing the shadow. The hidden treasure is revealed when (the rings of) light and shadow unite. |
| 98 | ** The wedding scene when the "resurrected" Lupin confronts the Count begins with heavy shading; between the bright candles and Clarisse's dress, versus the helmeted Count and his [[FacelessMooks hooded minions.]] Colour is used to highlight aspects of the scene that would've been hard in pure greyscale, such as the inside of the Count's cloak, and Clarisse's dull eyes. |
| 99 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Averted. This movie is one of the rare times Fujiko ''doesn't'' betray Lupin… depending on how you interpret her [[spoiler:running off with the plates while Zenigata is too distracted chasing Lupin to notice the FemmeFatale speeding away with the means to fake a fortune]]. |
| 100 | * ChurchgoingVillain: Jodo is moved to cross himself when he sees the Bishop arriving. |
| 101 | %%* ClimbingClimax: Inside and outside the ClockTower. |
| 102 | * ClockTower: The castle has a prominent clock tower between it and the reservoir lake. The film's climax takes place with a long chase through it. |
| 103 | * ClockworksArea: During the ClimbingClimax, when the Count and his men pursue Lupin and Clarisse up the castle's clock tower. It leads to a fight amongst the clock-tower's gears which may be one of the most iconic in cinematic history. |
| 104 | * CombatCommentator: Fujiko, now a journalist, is enthusiastically commenting the wedding events. |
| 105 | * ComingInHot: The aircraft Zenigata used to fly Lupin out of danger has caught fire and apparently the only way to land it is to crash it into a huge tree. |
| 106 | * CoolCar: Lupin and Jigen drive a Fiat 500 "Bambino" that's been majorly souped-up. And Clarisse tried making her escape in a Citroën 2CV. Both models were originally considered low-end in their times, but have become beloved classics since. (Creator/HayaoMiyazaki himself owns a 2CV.) |
| 107 | * CoolPlane: The Count flies an autogyro! (Yes, Lupin steals the plane) Creator/HayaoMiyazaki uses this trope as a CreatorThumbprint. |
| 108 | * CorruptPolitician: [[spoiler: Pretty much every politician present in the film is aware of Cagliostro's counterfeiting operations and tries to cover it up.]] |
| 109 | * CouldHaveBeenMessy: |
| 110 | ** Goemon slices and dices with his metal-cutting katana and Jigen blasts away with an ''anti-tank rifle'', yet neither one of them is ever actually seen to ''kill'' anyone with said weapons. Even when Jigen shoots out a car's tire with his Magnum, we see thugs go flying but not actually any dying. |
| 111 | ** Averted with Lupin's wounds and [[spoiler:the deaths of the Count and his thug in the clock tower]]. |
| 112 | * CouldntFindALighter: Royal guard Gustav demonstrates the castle's laser defense system by holding out a cigarette to be zapped, then placing it in Zenigata's mouth. |
| 113 | * CounterfeitCash: The Gothic Bills are counterfeit bills which can fool all but the most trained eyes, which gets Lupin involved in the case since if a major organisation has tons of it without their knowledge, it means that there's somewhere he can get even more... |
| 114 | * CowboyCop: [[spoiler: Knowing that he can't take Cagliostro down through any legal means, seeing how he has the government in his pocket, Zenigata agrees to handle the situation Lupin's way; by killing him.]] |
| 115 | * CrazyPrepared: The eponymous castle of the "Shadow" branch of the Cagliostro family is chock full of any and every possible anti-intruder deterrent. Some more modern ones – the lasers and radar – were likely installed by the current Count. However, the presence of ''multiple'' trapdoors, 19th-century cannons in the background near the fountain, and of course the oubliette itself housing centuries' worth of bodies, show that these Counts have a ''long'' history of being ProperlyParanoid. |
| 116 | * DamselInDistress: Clarisse is pursued by the Count and one of Lupin's priorities in this story is protecting/rescuing her. However... |
| 117 | * DamselOutOfDistress: Clarisse managed to escape from a castle surrounded by ''lasers'', participated in a car chase, saved Lupin's life several times (by way of shoving him out of the way of gunfire and throwing her body on a gun and knocking it aside), said she was "not really" afraid when they were being peppered with gunfire, and shoved the Count off the clock tower when she saw her chance – ''and'' she was willing to become a thief to boot. A lone woman facing down a NebulousEvilOrganisation run by a ManipulativeBastard with an army of EliteMooks (which took Lupin's team and [[TheCavalry an entire army]] of Interpol agents to bring down)? As Lupin said, she was a brave girl. |
| 118 | * DangerousClifftopRoad: The first car chase takes place on a curvy road along cliff edges. |
| 119 | * DarkestHour: In the final third of the film, the disastrous initial attempt to rescue Clarisse has left Lupin wounded, bedridden, and hiding with Jigen and Goemon; Zenigata is taken off the counterfeiting case with the Interpol council refusing to accept his evidence; Clarisse is drugged and is about to be put into a forced marriage by the villainous Count, who is sure he's won it all. |
| 120 | * DeadfootLeadfoot: Clarisse faints in the driver seat of her car, calling for a BigDamnHero moment by Lupin to save her from crashing down the cliff. Leads to a LiteralCliffhanger moment. |
| 121 | * DeathTrap: The Count is a big, ''big'' fan. His security fetish is one of the first things which alerts Zenigata to the fishy goings-on in the castle. |
| 122 | * DefiantToTheEnd: In the Streamline dub, Lupin's response to the Count pointing out that the thief is surrounded by his forces and likely about to die, "The game ain't over, Count. In fact, it's just beginning!" The Count contradicts that and drops him to his supposed death in the dungeons, but true to Lupin's word, he is just getting started interfering with the villain's plans. |
| 123 | * DiagonalCut: The wedding ceremony is interrupted by Goemon slashing the altar diagonally in half, making the huge cross fall over. |
| 124 | * DirtyOldMan: Lupin accuses Count Cagliostro of being one due to being at least twice Clarisse's age (she's stated to be 18), though it's questionable if the Count had any feelings for Clarisse at all. |
| 125 | * DontLookDown: |
| 126 | ** During the LiteralCliffhanger, Lupin tells Clarisse ''to'' look down [[InvertedTrope so she'll realize screaming and flailing at the strange man while they're hanging several dozen feet in the air by a thin wire is a bad idea]]. |
| 127 | ** Lupin warns Clarisse away from watching while one of Cagliostro's henchmen is [[GoryDiscretionShot crushed between two giant gears]] below them. |
| 128 | * TheDragon: Jodo is not only the Count's second-in-command but also seems commands his squad of EliteMooks |
| 129 | * DramaticUnmask: There is a sound effect when the Archbishop [[LatexPerfection unmasks himself]] to reveal [[spoiler:Lupin]]. |
| 130 | * DressedInLayers: Lupin wears a Zenigata disguise over his regular suit and a diving suit over both of ''those''. |
| 131 | * DressingAsTheEnemy: Lupin [[MuggedForDisguise incapacitates]] one of the EliteMook marines and uses his swimsuit to get past Jodo. |
| 132 | * DrivingUpAWall: While in a high-speed chase with a bunch of {{Mooks}} after a woman in a wedding dress, Lupin drives along the steep rock face along the wall to pull ahead of the thugs and their grenades. |
| 133 | * DrowningMySorrows: Inspector Zenigata does this at home after he has been taken off the case against his will. |
| 134 | * DubInducedPlotHole: Minor, but still there: in the Japanese audio and Manga English dub Lupin is able to recognize that the bills stolen from the casino in the prologue are Goat Bills and also has some knowledge of the country of Cagliostro (including the "urban legend" thieves have that it's a place from which no criminal has come back from) while in the Streamline English dub and Spanish dub Lupin doesn't seem to know anything about either, removing a pretty hefty piece of {{Foreshadowing}}. |
| 135 | * DubNameChange: Since Monkey Punch never gained permission from the estate of Maurice Leblanc to use the name Lupin, this created a copyright problem. PublicDomain laws differ by country, so the name was able to be used in Japan freely, but not in America or Europe. As a result, the 1992 Streamline dub has everyone refer to Lupin as "The Wolf". By the time Manga Entertainment redubbed the anime in 2000, Leblanc's works were undeniably PublicDomain in the USA and TMS knew it, so they simply used "Lupin". |
| 136 | ** The 1983 arcade release, ''Cliff Hanger''. In addition to obviously changing Lupin's name to "Cliff" (likely for similar reasons as above), Goemon is renamed "Samurai" (just like Toho's dub of ''Mystery of Mamo''), Jigen is renamed "Jeff", Clarisse is renamed "Clarissa", and the Count is now called "Count Draco" ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS or Dreyco or Dragoe, depending on what literature you read]]) |
| 137 | * TheDulcineaEffect: Lampshaded in the same breath as AlwaysSaveTheGirl. |
| 138 | * EarlyBirdCameo: As Lupin and Jigen drive away from the Casino with their loot, sharp-eyed viewers can spot the top of Goemon's head and the end of his sword in the back seat of the car amidst the cash. Do all those cars suddenly falling to bits earlier make sense now? |
| 139 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Not in the context of ''Lupin'' itself, but of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's film career. Putting aside the elephant in the room of its attachment to a preexisting franchise, those used to Miyazaki's later works will be surprised that this is a more standard adventure story with clear cut heroes and villains and a male-dominated cast. Later Miyazaki films by comparison would rely heavily on GreyAndGrayMorality, move increasingly away from the adventure format in favor of introspective magic realist affairs, and feature more overtly mixed-gender casts and female leads. |
| 140 | * EliteMooks: The Count employs assassins with masks, metal claw gauntlets, and armor Jigen can't shoot through without an anti-tank gun. |
| 141 | * EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Lupin and Zenigata call a truce so they can both get out of the castle dungeon alive and Zenigata can go after the Count for making the Gothic Bills.]] Given how often they work together in ''other'' Lupin titles, though, their teamwork here isn't quite as strange as the trope name implies. Lampshaded by Zenigata who promises to arrest Lupin once they are out of danger. |
| 142 | * EngineeredPublicConfession: The fake family ring, which the Count seized from Clarisse, has a hidden microphone, so Lupin can overhear the Count confessing his EvilPlan to Clarisse. |
| 143 | * {{Ephebophile}}: In the Japanese version, Lupin accuses the Count of this in the wedding scene, using the Japanese word "[[LoliconAndShotacon lolicon]]," [[spoiler:before he sets off the stock of fireworks hidden in his archbishop's robes]]. Considering that Clarisse is around 18, he's probably being facetious and just trying to get under the Count's skin. Though it's a ''June''-December wedding in any case – what Westerners would, in similar style, call "robbing the cradle". It works. |
| 144 | * EvilChancellor: The story begins after the Count has taken power from the late Grand Duke who previously ruled. There's no suspicion raised InUniverse for why the Duke might have died in a huge blaze inside his ''Stone Castle'', especially when the Count has a secret army, counterfeiting operations, and is called the "shadow" line of the family. The only member left of the "light" line of the family is Princess Clarisse, and the Count rules as regent in her place. |
| 145 | * EvilLaugh: The Count sports an evil laughter during the chase scene in the ClockTower. |
| 146 | * ExactEavesdropping: Fujiko, via the PortraitPaintingPeephole, overhears the Count talk about his counterfeiting activities and learns about Lupin's arrival. |
| 147 | * ExactWords: The film's DarkestHour ends when Fujiko telephones Inspector Zenigata about a critical fact-- Lupin is planning to be at the Count's wedding... and although the cop is off the counterfeiting case, his standing orders to arrest the thief anywhere in the world ''are still in force''. This enables him to set a raid at the wedding no matter what, which leads to him "[[BadBadActing accidentally]]" stumbling across the money printing press on ''live television''. |
| 148 | * FairytaleWeddingDress: Clarisse, being a princess, has one. |
| 149 | ** In an amusing case of fantasy becomes reality, Princess Sayako (only daughter of then-Emperor Akihito) would later [[http://tinyurl.com/hfqocxl model her own wedding dress after Clarice's.]] |
| 150 | * FakinMacGuffin: Lupin makes a copy of the ring with a microtransponder inside, so as to trick and then taunt the Count. He's seen making it shortly before the Count's assassins attack the room he rented. |
| 151 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: The Count uses the ring to unlock the treasure, causing him to be crushed by the ClockTower's hands. Also the mook squashed by cogs. Both scenes are handled [[GoryDiscretionShot discreetly]]. |
| 152 | * FillingTheSilence: |
| 153 | ** The Streamline dub adds expository dialogue into normally quiet scenes. Inverted at least once in the same dub when, at the point where Jigen's supposed to complain about him and Goemon not being able to do anything before the gang was forced to retreat, he says nothing. |
| 154 | ** The Manga/Animaze dub does this as well, but only a couple of times, such as when Lupin is reading aloud Japanese text that was accompanied by silence in the original, or a little extra bickering between Lupin and Jigen. |
| 155 | * FreeWheel: In the ColdOpen, the casino staff's cars fall apart as a result of VehicularSabotage. A wheel from one rolls away and hits the bumper of the one car that had remained intact thus far, causing it to collapse. Additionally, when the car carrying the thugs chasing Clarisse crashes, one of its wheels goes flying. |
| 156 | * FriendlyEnemy: A bit of a one-sided example between Lupin and Zenigata. Despite the latter's constant attempts of arresting him, Lupin treats Zenigata like an old friend and was the one to propose a truce between them. During the final moments of the film, the groundskeeper remarks that even though he doesn't say it, Zenigata is quite fond of Lupin. |
| 157 | * GentlemanThief: This is played straight with Lupin, which may come across as strange because he's… [[ChivalrousPervert Lupin]]. [[spoiler:He's acting this way because he's still grateful to Clarisse for saving his life many years ago, and still sees her as the little girl she used to be]]. Jigen calls Lupin out on his atypical behavior fairly early in the film. |
| 158 | ** This may be a case of RecursiveAdaptation. Miyazaki took more direct inspiration from Maurice Leblanc's novels than he did the ''Lupin III'' manga and anime. The same novels that sort of inspired Monkey Punch in the first place. |
| 159 | * GhibliHills: The Cagliostro countryside qualifies. |
| 160 | * GirlInTheTower: Clarisse is locked away in the North Tower by the Count, so she could not [[RunawayFiance escape again]]. Cue Lupin and his WallCrawl skills. Little does he know that he is being LuredIntoATrap by the Count. |
| 161 | * GlassSlipper: When Clarisse rushes off, she accidentally leaves behind her family ring which Lupin uses to track her down. |
| 162 | * GoryDiscretionShot: Two deaths via clock – one of the Count's Mooks and [[spoiler:the Count himself]] – are signified only by sound. |
| 163 | ** Before the final showdown with the Count's EliteMooks, Goemon declares he found some worthy things to cut. The camera moves away before he starts killing them. |
| 164 | * GoThroughMe: Clarisse does this twice for Lupin at different points during the film. |
| 165 | ** The first happens near the midpoint, after Lupin's been shot and left critically wounded, by Jodo. Not only does she [[DivingSave prevent him from falling to his death]], she tells Cagliostro that if he intended to kill Lupin, he'd have to kill her too. Cagliostro responds by [[spoiler:having Jodo open fire, with each shot narrowly missing by inches]]. Clarisse doesn't budge, despite fearing for both their lives. |
| 166 | ** At the film's climax, Cagliostro prepares to fire at Lupin as he hangs from a ledge of the castle's clock tower. Clarisse literally leaps to his rescue, [[HeroicSacrifice by jumping from the tower]] and [[TakingYouWithMe attempting to take Cagliostro with her]], complete with a BigNo. |
| 167 | * GrandRomanticGesture: Lupin in a [[ActionFilmQuietDramaScene quiet moment]] with Clarisse in her tower room, letting a rose magically appear in his hand, then unraveling the flags. She is totally sold on it. |
| 168 | * GrapplingHookPistol: Early on, Lupin uses this tool to save Clarisse from falling off the cliff, they end up in a LiteralCliffhanger. |
| 169 | * GratuitousGerman: In the Animaze dub, Gustav sometimes speaks with German words. |
| 170 | * GreenAroundTheGills: Lupin falls sick and his face turns all green after he overstuffs himself on food to regain his stamina. Combined with BalloonBelly. |
| 171 | * HandshakeRefusal: Even after they have become FireForgedFriends, Inspector Zenigata refuses to shake hands with Lupin. |
| 172 | * HardToLightFire: While on top of the main castle, Lupin III is trying to light a rocket but has a lot of difficulty with his lighter due to the wind. He eventually drops the rocket and has to long-jump over the towers manually. |
| 173 | * HauntedHouseHistorian: The groundskeeper, informing the heroes about the fire that [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan killed Clarisse's parents]] and left the castle in ruins. |
| 174 | * HistoricalInJoke: A brief scene explains how Cagliostro's currency counterfeiting was responsible for the 1929 Stock Market Crash and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. |
| 175 | * HistoricalRapSheet: The Cagliostro family's centuries-old counterfeiting operation caused the collapse of the Bourbon dynasty, financed Napoleon, and brought about the Wall Street Crash. |
| 176 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The Count activates the emptying of the reservoir lake, and the process sets the ClockTower to 12, crushing him between the hands.]] |
| 177 | * HyperactiveMetabolism: Played with. While Lupin is severely wounded, and recovers after gorging himself to the point of being sick and then sleeping… his injuries are present for the rest of the movie. Even though it doesn't really slow him down any, his head is still bandaged, and he expresses pain when Clarisse hugs him. |
| 178 | * IOweYouMyLife: The main reason Lupin is deadset on saving Clarisse from being married to Cagliostro. [[spoiler:Early in his career, Lupin was injured and nursed back to health thanks to a young Clarisse. He considers saving Clarisse to be paying back the favor.]] |
| 179 | * ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: |
| 180 | ** Inverted at the rooftop when Jodo hits Lupin with a single bullet fired. |
| 181 | ** Played straight when the Count's men fail to hit Clarisse and Lupin at close range, while pursuing them in the ClockTower. |
| 182 | * ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Lupin infiltrates the titular castle by posing as Inspector Zenigata, claiming that the real one Gustav saw was an imposter. It works. Gustav falls for it and attacks Zenigata and his men, allowing Lupin to slip inside unnoticed. |
| 183 | * ImplausibleFencingPowers: Goemon falls under this trope largely because KatanasAreJustBetter ("this is no ordinary sword", he says). When a wounded Lupin falls into the car from the autogyro, Goemon's sword swipe gets Lupin neatly out of his burning clothes without further scratching Lupin. |
| 184 | * ImprovisedWeapon: Lupin uses several of these, but the most notable is the long-handled wrench[[labelnote:†]] (For those in the Commonwealth, [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage that's American for]] "spanner")[[/labelnote]] he duels the Count with. |
| 185 | * TheIngenue: Clarisse is rather innocent and also seems pretty sheltered. Justified since she was sent to live in a convent after her parents died, and she's only recently returned from there. |
| 186 | * InHarmsWay: The discovery of the Gothic Bills brings Lupin and Jigen to Cagliostro. |
| 187 | * InNameOnly: The Castle of Cagliostro was very loosely based on a 1924 Maurice Leblanc book called La Comtesse de Cagliostro. Mostly only character names and maybe a few story concepts were carried over. |
| 188 | * InstantDogend: All of Jigen's smokes are battered and bent before he takes his first puff. Only some of Lupin's are. This detail is a CallBack to a story in the manga (partly adapted in the "Green Jacket" anime Miyazaki worked on) where Zenigata realizes Lupin is nearby because of a cigarette butt – Lupin smokes an expensive import brand no one else is known to use. |
| 189 | * InstantExpert: Lupin tells Zenigata to [[TakeTheWheel to fly the autogyro]], so he can jump onto the tower's roof and save Clarisse and Fujiko. Lampshaded by the inspector who says that he can't fly the thing. He does reasonably well… until it explodes. |
| 190 | * InterestingSituationDuel: The fight amongst the ClockTower's gears is one of the most iconic in cinematic history. |
| 191 | * InterpolSpecialAgent: [[HeroAntagonist Inspector Zenigata]] actually has people to report to in this film, although they seem more preoccupied with politics than law enforcement, which puts Zenigata at odds with them. |
| 192 | * IWarnedYou: The entirety of Zenigata's "accidental" discovery of the Gothic Press broadcast on live television which he hams up as a "up yours" to Interpol brushing him off earlier. |
| 193 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:The Count manages to unlock the treasure, but by doing so, the clock tower automatically moves to noon and the clock's hands crush him to death. Even worse for him posthumously, Lupin appraises the treasure itself; a lost flooded city to be monetarily worthless except for historians and archaeologists.]] |
| 194 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: Jigen's bullets bounce off the EliteMooks… but Goemon's sword doesn't. Fans of the series know Goemon's sword is a one-of-a-kind katana possessing a super-sharp edge. |
| 195 | * KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: Implied. Look at all those corpses in the oubliette. Most of them were killed either for political reasons or to keep the counterfeiting operation from being exposed. |
| 196 | * LadykillerInLove: Lupin, who cannot forget Clarisse. |
| 197 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: As Lupin sees Zenigata arrive just after Goemon shows up, he comments, "And now the whole cast is here." |
| 198 | * LatexPerfection: Lupin and Jigen wear face masks to hide their identity when crossing the border into Cagliostro. |
| 199 | * {{Leitmotif}}: A quick one - when Lupin rescues Clarisse the first time, the refrain from the 1977 theme (which is to the Lupin franchise what the Imperial March is to Star Wars) plays. |
| 200 | * LighterAndSofter: The movie is generally more light-hearted than the franchise had been by that time. It even got a fair amount of criticism at first because of the changes in characterization. Japanese fans of Lupin III were quite nonplussed when the film hit theaters, as Miyazaki had made the normally-obnoxious Lupin and his cohorts unrecognizably nice. It took the passage of years, and fans who were able to see the movie on its own merits, for it to gain the popularity and critical acclaim it has today. |
| 201 | * LimitedWardrobe: Lupin is always wearing his green jacket when not in disguise. Exaggerated, as we see him wearing that same jacket ten years earlier as a youngster in his {{Flashback}}. |
| 202 | * LiteralCliffhanger: Early on, when Lupin and Clarisse are hanging from a wire off a cliff. |
| 203 | * LittleBrotherIsWatching: Possibly the reason why Lupin DidNotGetTheGirl. At the end of the movie, Clarisse hugs Lupin tight and begs to become a thief and leave Cagliostro with him. Lupin visibly trembles before pushing her away gently. Did he not want her to move to the dark side? Or was she just his GirlOfTheWeek? [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe he was in pain from her hugging his wounds again?]] |
| 204 | * LostInTranslation: Early fansub translators and even seasoned translator Neil Nadelman managed to miss that ''gohto'' in the description of the forged bills and the language on the rings refers not to the English "Goat", but to ''Gothic'' – as in the ancient East Germanic language whose writing system was essentially a mishmash of Greek, Latin, and a couple of Runes. They were apparently confused by Miyazaki's use of goats as an ArcSymbol resulting in a bilingual StealthPun. Thus we got the famous "Goat-Bills" and "Goat Letters" ("Capran" in the Animaze dub, itself a pun on the scientific name for the genus goats belong to). It wasn't until 2014, when Discotek hired veteran pro Shoko Ōno to redo the translation, that the error was noticed and corrected. Translation liner notes were included on the disc explaining the whole thing. |
| 205 | * LostWeddingRing: It's a PlotCoupon and Lupin holds it. |
| 206 | * LuredIntoATrap: The Count knows that Lupin is coming for Clarisse and captures him shortly after his arrival in her tower. |
| 207 | * MalevolentArchitecture: The titular Castle is full of booby traps ([[WaitingSkeleton and a basement of skeletons]] to show for it). |
| 208 | * MasterForger: |
| 209 | ** The MacGuffin that starts the plot and occasionally is referenced are the "Gothic Bills", created in secret inside of the titular castle by the evil branch of the country's royal family with quite the HistoricalRapSheet (being allegedly one of the main reasons TheGreatDepression happened, among others). The operation has been going for so long that the Bills have achieved a legendary status as being virtually impossible to distinguish from the real deal (unless you are just that good at spotting them, like Lupin is). |
| 210 | ** Lupin forges a duplicate of Princess Clarisse's silver ring, incorporating a two-way radio, self-destruct, and confetti inside as well. Count Cagliostro doesn't even notice until Lupin makes use of the radio function to reassure the Princess that he wasn't killed. |
| 211 | * McNinja: The Count's assassins have armor underneath their black catsuits that protect them from small arms fire. |
| 212 | * MicroMonarchy: The Grand Duchy of Cagliostro is this. See also {{Ruritania}}. |
| 213 | ** The movie's ColdOpen is in Monaco, probably the most famous RealLife example of one. |
| 214 | * MilitarySalute: [[InterpolSpecialAgent Inspector Zenigata]] salutes Count Cagliostro when he reports in. Cagliostro doesn't even acknowledge it, being the asshole he is. |
| 215 | * MindControlEyes: Clarisse has pupil-less eyes as a result of being drugged for her wedding so she would not [[SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace speak up]]. |
| 216 | * MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: When Lupin and Jigen discover the money they lifted in Monaco is funny money, it leads Lupin to the micronation of Cagliostro, which leads him to an AncientConspiracy and a greed-driven EvilPlan by Count Cagliostro. |
| 217 | * MoneyToThrowAway: After the heist at the opening, Lupin and Jigen toss away the useless (to him) counterfeit Gothic Bills. |
| 218 | * MoodWhiplash: The scene on the rooftop, when the party has almost escaped and Lupin tries to leap onto the Autogyro and gets shot by Jodo. Up to that point the movie was extremely light-hearted with the heroes displaying extreme PlotArmor. The minutes following are more on the dramatic side. |
| 219 | * MookLieutenant: Gustav for the royal guard and Jodo for the elite mooks. |
| 220 | * {{Mooks}}: The normal Cagliostro castle guard and the Interpol troopers fall under this. |
| 221 | * MsExposition: The waitress at the inn who connects the ring to Lady Clarisse, provides background to Clarisse (the convent) and informs them about the upcoming wedding. |
| 222 | * MuggedForDisguise: Lupin does this to one of the marine mooks and later the Archbishop. |
| 223 | * MyGreatestSecondChance: Lupin got his ass kicked 10 years earlier trying to infiltrate the castle and discover the source of the famous counterfeit Gothic Bills. His and Jigen's heist of what turns out to be counterfeit money from a casino and the attempted rescue of Clarisse sets him on the task again. |
| 224 | %%* MythologyGag: See the Trope page for examples. |
| 225 | * NoOSHACompliance: All those giant exposed gears in the clock tower can't be safety standards compliant. |
| 226 | * ObviouslyEvil: Jodo does ''not'' look like a good guy. Neither does the Count. |
| 227 | * OddlySmallOrganization: Inverted. Given how small the grand duchy is (roughly 3,500 people), the Count's guard and ninja force appears to make up at least five percent of the total population. |
| 228 | * OlderAndWiser: It's heavily implied that the usual Lupin cast is getting on in years, via Lupin being less manic and lecherous, while preferring more practical tools like the Fiat or a cheap disposable lighter over his usual, more extravagant cars and gadgets. WordOfGod has said this is why he doesn't make a move on Clarisse, since he's so much older than her, and still sees her as the little girl from ten years prior. A piece of concept art for the film depicts a visibly-older Lupin, but was likely rejected early on, making the characters OlderThanTheyLook instead. |
| 229 | * OneLastJob: [[WordOfGod Miyazaki stated in an interview]] that his concept for the movie was to depict Lupin's last big adventure. |
| 230 | * OrphansPlotTrinket: Clarisse's ring, an heirloom of her Cagliostro royal family which was handed to her from her parents before they died. |
| 231 | * PatrioticFervor: Somewhat. In the catacombs Zenigata bids a Rest In Peace out of camaraderie to a Japanese spy that wrote his own epitaph. Zenigata is later seen leading the charge into the Count's printing press with a jitte, a traditional Japanese bludgeon. |
| 232 | * PimpedOutDress: Clarisse's wedding dress. As noted above, the daughter of Japan's Emperor-Emeritus liked it so much that [[TheRedStapler she had a real-world one made for her own wedding]]. |
| 233 | * PinPullingTeeth: Fujiko does this during an escape. Her other hand is busy wielding an automatic pistol. |
| 234 | * PopTheTires: In the opening chase scene, Jigen attempts to shoot out the tires of the henchmen's vehicle. The first time, it's subverted; he hits the tires, but they are a special kind that are impervious to regular bullets. Jigen upgrades his ammo and tries again, this time hitting them and causing the car to immediately spin out and crash into the side of the mountain. |
| 235 | * PortraitPaintingPeephole: Fujiko uses these to spy on the Count in his quarters. |
| 236 | * TheProphecy: The words inscribed on Clarisse's [[MacGuffin ring]] by her ancestor is a key part of the plot – "Light will rejoin shadow and live again." [[spoiler:Turns out it's not a wedding like the Count surmised, but literally putting the "Light" and "Shadow" rings together gives you the final clue to uncovering the treasure.]] |
| 237 | * RamenSlurp: The cheap ramen eaten by Zenigata and his police force are contrasted with the fancy meals enjoyed by Count Cagliostro. Lupin and Jigen are shown eating spaghetti the same way earlier (as well as eating cup-noodles themselves as Zenigata pulls up to the castle – you can see the instant udon bowls in the back of their car along with the other supplies in the early driving scenes, and Jigen catches one that falls out of their gear as they're loading up the car to chase after the burning autogyro). |
| 238 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: The Count is quite a match for Lupin during their climatic sword fight inside the ClockTower. |
| 239 | * RealMenWearPink: Jigen wears Clarisse's tiara during the climax. |
| 240 | * RedIndexBlueIndex: The two family rings are contrasted in red and blue. Interestingly, the female side wears the blue ring while the male counterpart wears the red ring. |
| 241 | * RegentForLife: The Count wants to become this by marrying Clarisse. |
| 242 | * RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Lupin and Fujiko lead an on-again-off-again relationship, as she explains to [[GirlOfTheWeek Clarisse]]: |
| 243 | -->'''Fujiko:''' "We've been allies, and enemies, too. On occasion, [[FriendsWithBenefits we've even been lovers]]." |
| 244 | * RescueRomance: Doesn't develop beyond a Rescue Crush. Clarisse falls in love with Lupin [[LoveAtFirstSight after the first time]] he saves her, but even by the end of the movie, he can't be tied down and leaves. |
| 245 | * ReverseCerebusSyndrome: Creator/HayaoMiyazaki continued to tone down Lupin III from the raunchier, more manic version depicted in the manga, making him much LighterAndSofter. As a result, the film flopped in Japan when it was first released – the people who liked ''Franchise/LupinIII'' for what it was were turned off, and the people who ''didn't'' like Lupin III didn't have any reason to watch the movie. It was only in later years, when Miyazaki gained recognition for his original works and more people watched the movie without any prior ''Lupin'' experience, that [[VindicatedByHistory it belatedly gained a reputation as a classic]]. |
| 246 | * RockPaperScissors: Lupin and Jigen throw down over who has to change the flat tire on their car (Jigen's version of "scissors" involves using his thumb and forefinger, like he's miming a pistol). Jigen loses. |
| 247 | * RoofHopping: The EliteMooks come and assault Lupin and Jigen via the city's rooftops. Our heroes then use the same way to escape. |
| 248 | * RunawayBride: Clarisse starts off as a RunawayFiancee, but then turns into a proper runaway bride during the wedding ceremony when Lupin [[WeddingSmashers snatches her away]]. |
| 249 | * {{Ruritania}}: The Grand Duchy of Cagliostro has a population of 3,500 and is the smallest independent member nation of the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations. |
| 250 | * SceneryPorn: As expected from a Miyazaki-directed picture. The scenes set at the gardens of the castle are especially garish. |
| 251 | * ScreenShake: The screen jitters at least twice, once when Lupin disjoints the gears in the ClockTower and again when the whole tower explodes and sinks into the sea. |
| 252 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: The Count has numerous connections with Interpol and several governments. This is one of the reasons Zenigata is taken off the counterfeiting case. |
| 253 | * SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere: Lupin is dropped down an oubliette into a dungeon filled with bones that date across centuries. |
| 254 | * ShortCutsMakeLongDelays: The Groundskeeper ([[spoiler:probably actually Lupin]]) offers to show the Archbishop an alternate route to the castle. [[MuggedForDisguise The Archbishop never arrives.]] |
| 255 | * ShoutOut: As a bona-fide animation classic, it works both ways. |
| 256 | ** Shout-outs the movie makes to other things: |
| 257 | *** The title itself: the original Literature/ArseneLupin books had an encounter with La Dame de Cagliostro. But that means that Clarisse and Lupin are third-cousins. |
| 258 | *** Miyazaki's confessed admiration for the French animated classic ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sg6qzpa_wc The King and the Mockingbird]]'' can be seen from the humongous trap-filled castle to the elaborate elevators. |
| 259 | *** The film contains a number of "shout-outs" to Miyazaki's own previous work in [[Anime/LupinIIIPart1 the first TV series]] with Creator/IsaoTakahata. The plot structure of the movie borrows heavily from its tenth episode – which also involved counterfeiting and a clock tower – and there are a number of callbacks to other episodes as well; anyone who had seen the first series would have had ample reason for nostalgia. |
| 260 | *** Lupin's iconic yellow Fiat 500[[labelnote:*]] (rarely seen in the first Lupin "Green Jacket" series, which preferred to show him driving his Benz SSK instead; it only became more common in the second "Red Jacket" series that began running in 1977 – ''Cagliostro'' came out in 1979)[[/labelnote]] was the car driven in real life by chief animator Yasuo Ohtsuka. Clarisse's Citroën CV was Miyazaki's car during that time. |
| 261 | ** Later works have paid {{homage}} to several elements of this movie over the years. Given its original poor performance at the box office, it is a bit ironic that ''Cagliostro'' has become one of the most shouted-out-''to'' properties in subsequent Lupin specials and movies as people who grew up on ''Cagliostro'' themselves get the chance to work on ''Lupin''. |
| 262 | *** Lupin's yellow Fiat has appeared in movies and shows ranging from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' to Creator/{{Pixar}}'s ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' series. Thanks to this film's influence, if you see a Fiat in an animated work, there's a good chance it's going to be yellow. |
| 263 | *** If you see a car chase in an animated piece, and it takes place on a mountain road, expect it to basically be a remake of this movie's sequence. ''Especially'' if it's a ''Lupin'' special. ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' is one such example. |
| 264 | *** Episode 24 of ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' (and thus ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'') features a brief clip of a video arcade driving game that seems to be based on the Clarisse chase sequence—being played by someone in a suspiciously Lupin-like blue jacket and sideburns. This could be construed as a reference both to ''Castle of Cagliostro'' and to the ''Cliff Hanger'' laserdisc arcade game based on it – though ''Cliff Hanger'' used a joystick and buttons, not a steering wheel. |
| 265 | *** A number of Western animated works paid homage to other parts of this film, too — ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' and an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' homages the clock tower fight. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' included a shot-for-shot remake of part of the aqueduct sequence, and the creative team behind ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' admitted that part of that film's finalé was inspired by the revelation of the "treasure" in the finale of ''Cagliostro''. |
| 266 | * ShownTheirWork: Every vehicle or gun seen in this movie, even those shown for only split seconds that you have to freeze-frame to see, were either exact replications of real-world or based on real-world designs. This was actually on the orders of producer Yasuo Ohtsuka (and has been followed since he oversaw "Green Jacket"), though Miyazaki prefers grounding things in realism just as much. |
| 267 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Lupin is normally planted pretty firmly on the cynical side, but Miyazaki slid him to the side of idealism. This can be jarring to viewers who are introduced to Lupin here, then watch his usual {{jerkass}} antics in any of his other movies or series (to say nothing of the ''extremely'' raunchy and cynical manga) – even though the film goes out of its way to show Lupin [[LittleBrotherIsWatching has a reason]] for being better behaved than usual. |
| 268 | * SlipperySwimsuit: Lupin dives underwater after one of the Count's aqua-suited goons. As he swims in pursuit through a tunnel, his boxers start to slip. At the end of the chase, he drags the unfortunate goon back into the tunnel… then reaches out to snatch his boxers before they can float away. |
| 269 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: The old groundskeeper only appears in a few scenes, but he helps explain Lupin's connection to the Princess and helps Lupin recover from his injuries and infiltrate the castle during the climax. |
| 270 | * SmugSnake: Count Cagliostro is one of the most perfect examples of the trope in all of fiction. |
| 271 | * SoftWater: The castle is built in the middle of a lake, with lots of high towers; there's no bonus points for guessing what happens later in the film. |
| 272 | * SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: Combined with WeddingSmashers. Lupin, via recording or radio ventriloquism, interrupts the Archbishop (who is actually Lupin in disguise) right after he says the trope name. |
| 273 | * SpringLoadedCorpse: Invoked with an apparently slumbering [[spoiler:Lupin and Zenigata]] turning out to be skeletons clad in their suits that jump up and surprise some would-be assassins. However, rather than being reanimated, these corpses are [[spoiler:merely on wires]]. |
| 274 | * SpyCam: Fujiko's brooch works as a Spy Cam, which she uses to take photographs at the Count's vault. |
| 275 | * StockClockHandHang: During the climax, [[spoiler:BigBad Count Cagliostro]] catches up to the heroes and captures [[DamselInDistress Princess Clarisse]], forcing Lupin to give up the family's royal rings in exchange for her life. But when he doesn't honor his end of the bargain and attempts to off Lupin, Clarisse tries to jump off the tower and [[TakingYouWithMe take him down with her]]. However, [[spoiler:the Count]] stops their fall by jabbing his sword into the tower's stone wall, just above the giant clock hand. [[spoiler:While hanging, he kicks off Clarisse before climbing back onto the tower to solve the riddle behind his family's long-lost treasure.]] |
| 276 | * TheStoic: Goemon as usual. In one scene Jigen huddles under a blanket, complaining about the cold. Goemon just stands there, completely unbothered. |
| 277 | * StormingTheCastle: The castle is stormed by an army of Interpol cops led by Zenigata during the final act, at the same time that Lupin puts his plan to beat the Count into action. |
| 278 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: |
| 279 | ** Even the Cagliostro palace guard's strength in numbers is no match for a well-trained army of Japanese police officers, who twice form a phalanx to defend against the palace guard and both times prove numerical superiority won't help you when you're up against a Japanese police force. |
| 280 | ** Lupin has Zenigata TakeTheWheel of the autogyro during the rescue attempt, but Zenigata, who tries to warn Lupin that he doesn't really know how to fly it, is unable to maneuver well enough to pick everyone up properly afterwards, and the rescue fails. |
| 281 | * SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Inspector Zenigata is in fine form here, and he's heavy on the "sympathetic" this time, to the point where he becomes a FireForgedFriend to Lupin when both are trapped in the castle's dungeon. |
| 282 | * TakenOffTheCase: Inspector Zenigata is taken off the counterfeiting case with the Interpol council refusing to accept his evidence. |
| 283 | * TakeTheWheel: |
| 284 | ** Right after the car chase is over Lupin notices that Clarisse fainted. He has Jigen take the Fiat's wheel so that he can cross over to Clarisse's car and take control. |
| 285 | ** Lupin pulls the same stunt with Zenigata on the autogyro when he tells the inspector to take over, though the latter doesn't even know how to fly. [[InstantExpert But he manages]]. |
| 286 | * TamerAndChaster: Fujiko isn't fetishized nearly as much here as in most other ''Lupin III'' works, and she spends the whole movie in a camo spy outfit that covers her whole body. Lupin, for his part, isn't nearly as horny as usual, either. |
| 287 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: While Jigen cannot be faulted for wanting to upgrade his weaponry after his Magnum revolver failed to put down one of the Count's armored assassins with a point-blank shot to the face, one cannot help but think that maybe immediately escalating to the use of an anti-tank rifle against personal targets at close range was slightly excessive. Even if Jigen somehow managed to use it to blast away armor ''without'' ever actually being seen to kill anyone. |
| 288 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: Jodo, when he notices how Lupin's calling card begins in the Streamline dub. This naturally results in a CurseCutShort before the Count urges Jodo to continue. |
| 289 | -->''You son of a bitch: I hate to spoil your wedding plans, but I'm going to steal your bride. It would be a waste of your time to try to stop me.'' |
| 290 | * TookALevelInKindness: This movie has Lupin and Fujiko behave in a far kinder manner than usual. |
| 291 | * ToonPhysics: |
| 292 | ** Lupin and Jigen's car drives sideways up a vertical cliff during the car chase, both characters can jump as if they're using WireFu, Lupin tries [[spoiler:(and ''almost succeeds'')]] to swim upstream in a waterfall and ''downward in mid-air'' (after he ran straight down a tower wall!)… |
| 293 | ** Lupin shows off unthinkable long-jump skills on the roofs of the castle. Sure, he had a lot of momentum going, but it's still silly. |
| 294 | * TrapDoor: The titular castle is rife with [[SecretUndergroundPassage secret passages]], {{Portrait Painting Peephole}}s, and ''of course'' trap doors. The trap doors all dump their victims into the same vast cistern; after several centuries of use, it's not a fun place to be. |
| 295 | ** When Lupin pays Clarisse a visit, the Count's men subtly herd him to the room's trap door and drop him like a bad habit. |
| 296 | ** The castle has one that's an actual ''trap'' in the main entrance hall. It's even hooked up to a fake bust that spits out pictures, Polaroid style, of whoever it drops into the dungeon (poor Zenigata gets to be the film's demonstration). Lupin, thus informed, manages to turn it on Jodo and Gustav. The Count is merely amused when he sees the picture of them nearly falling in and commends Jodo for confirming that the trap works. |
| 297 | ** When the Gothic Bills are burned in the basement, the trap doors become chimneys, and the smoke pours from random bits of the entire castle. |
| 298 | * {{Troperiffic}}: This is a Lupin movie, after all. |
| 299 | * TwoFacedAside: After being cornered on the roof by the Count and his men, Clarisse offers to surrender her ring to him on the condition they let Lupin and Fujiko go. Cagliostro pretends to agree to these terms. Yet when the Count's right hand man [[BattleButler Jodo]] raises concern, the Count replies low enough so only Jodo can hear him, "When she moves away, shoot 'em". |
| 300 | * TwoHalvesMakeAPlot: Central to the plot are two rings owned respectively by Princess Clarisse and her uncle, Count Cagliostro. Their faces are identical save their color - [[RedIndexBlueIndex Clarisse's is blue, the Count's is red]]. Each bears a goat's head and an inscription in a dead language called "Capran"; "When light and shadow are joined once again, it shall be restored. AD 1517." The rings have been passed down for generations on both the "Light" and "Shadow" sides of the family, and the Count believes that means [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe him marrying the Princess]]. However, Lupin manages to steal the rings at the same time as he steals/rescues Clarisse, and makes the much more obvious conclusion of simply pressing the faces of the rings together, revealing another inscription etched around their joined edges; [[spoiler:"When light and shadow are joined, face the Goat on high who faces the sun and tells time, and place me in his eyes."]] The inscription tells Lupin how to use the two rings to reveal the secret of the Castle of Cagliostro. |
| 301 | * TwoKeyedLock: After all the hullabaloo, the secret of the treasure is simply [[spoiler:a goat figure at the top of the clock tower, each of its eyes a keyhole meant for one of the royal rings]]. |
| 302 | * UnderwaterRuins: This turns out to be [[spoiler:the treasure of Cagliostro]]. |
| 303 | * UnderwearSwimsuit: Lupin and Zenigata are forced into swimming in their underwear to escape from the dungeons of the castle. Lupin actually [[SlipperySwimsuit loses his boxers]] while chasing a fleeing minion underwater. |
| 304 | * UniversalDriversLicense: Lupin has one of these while Zenigata doesn't. Lupin's is obviously forged. |
| 305 | * UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Lupin uses a map to explain to his partners how to invade the castle. Of course, this means it won't go as planned. |
| 306 | * VehicularAssault: The thugs try to stop [[RunawayFiance Clarisse's escape]] by ramming into her car. The impact knocks her unconscious. |
| 307 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Count [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections has connections]] and gets the press to show him as the hero of the wedding day, saving Clarisse from the claws of Lupin, instead of being charged for the counterfeiting. |
| 308 | * WaitingSkeleton: When Lupin and Zenigata are dropped into the oubliette, they discover hundreds of skeletons who were trapped inside. One was a Japanese spy that been waiting for decades, leaving behind a uniformed skeleton. |
| 309 | * WallCrawl: Lupin exercises this skill when climbing the top of the North Tower to free Clarisse. |
| 310 | * WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: The worldwide broadcast of the Count's wedding goes off-air, courtesy of some of his EliteMooks, after Lupin starts disrupting things. Unlike most such examples, the broadcast is soon restored because the newscaster happens to be Fujiko, who is [[ActionGirl quite capable of defeating them]]. |
| 311 | * WhatAPieceOfJunk: Lupin's Fiat 500, especially after it somehow survives having a grenade explode right on top of it. Judging from the lever Lupin pulls before the first chase sequence, it's very heavily modified. |
| 312 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The real Archbishop]] is never mentioned again after the groundskeeper [[ShortCutsMakeLongDelays offers to show him an alternate route to the castle.]] One can only assume Lupin knocked the poor fellow unconscious and left him either locked or [[BoundAndGagged tied up]] somewhere in [[MuggedForDisguise nothing but his underclothes]], instructing the groundskeeper to let him go after everything was taken care of. |
| 313 | * WhatIsThisX: The Streamline dub has Lupin ask Jodo's assassins if they're a "tour group from Hell" when they break into the room he and Jigen are renting. Ironically, the phrase Lupin uses in Japanese is an announcement traditionally used by hotel staff to greet an arriving a party of guests. |
| 314 | * WigDressAccent: Lupin and Jigen hide their identity when crossing the border into Cagliostro by wearing wigs, hats, shades and [[LatexPerfection face masks]]. |
| 315 | * WorthlessTreasureTwist: |
| 316 | ** Lupin and Jigen's Casino de Monte-Carlo heist ends up with them financially empty-handed after it turns out the money they stole was counterfeit, so they dump the money out of the car while hunting for its source. |
| 317 | ** The big "Treasure of Cagliostro" that the Count was after turns out to be [[spoiler:a beautiful ancient Roman city, well-preserved at [[UnderwaterRuins the bottom of a man-made lake]]; Clarisse's ancestors flooded it to prevent barbarians from sacking it. It's obviously something of incalculable value to Clarisse's country and will be cherished by archaeologists and historians, but it's just as obviously not something a GentlemanThief or a greedy villain can swipe for money. Lupin promptly {{lampshades}} it; "This is a treasure for all mankind. Too big for my pocket, anyway."]] |
| 318 | ** On the other hand, Lupin's happy because he got to [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl rescue a princess]], but one might ask why ''[[FemmeFatale Fujiko]]'' was running around the deathtrap castle under the nose of an ancient counterfeiting ring. [[spoiler:It was so she could steal the '''plates''' from Cagliostro's printing presses - y'know, the ones for counterfeiting money even ''first-world governments'' can't tell from the real thing. So she rides off into the sunset with a king's ransom while Lupin continues his SternChase from Zenigata]]. |
| 319 | * TheXOfY: The ''Castle'' of ''Cagliostro''. |
| 320 | * YouAreAlreadyCheckedIn: Lupin disguises himself as Zenigata, and insists that Gustav (Cagliostro's Captain of the Guard) was foolish for not recognizing the previous Inspector Zenigata as Lupin in disguise. |
| 321 | * YoureInsane: The stock phrase is used in the Streamline dub… |
| 322 | -->'''Lupin''': We have to go back now and pick up the princess.\ |
| 323 | '''Zenigata''': WHAT?! Are you out of your mind??\ |
| 324 | '''Lupin''': I thought you knew that! |
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