History Anime / TheMysteryOfMamo

* DarkerAndEdgier: This film is more violent, explicit and crude than the TV series. It doesn't help that looks aside, BigBad Mamo is a pretty dark character and one of Lupin's most competent adversaries to date.

** InvisiblePresident: Appears twice, first during talks with the Soviet premier that Mamo hijacks to make demands, and again when Mamo calls him to tell him he launched his nukes. The dubs all base the voices of the two leaders on who was in power at the time of production (UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter and UsefulNotes/LeonidBrezhnev in the Japanese and Frontier dubs, UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan and UsefulNotes/BorisYeltsin in the Streamline and Manga dubs, and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush and UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin in the Geneon dub).

** InvisiblePresident: Appears twice, first during talks with the Soviet premier that Mamo hijacks to make demands, and again when Mamo calls him to tell him he launched his nukes. The dubs all base the voices of the two leaders on who was in power at the time of production (UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter and UsefulNotes/LeonidBrezhnev in the Japanese and Frontier dubs, UsefulNotes/RonaldRegan and UsefulNotes/BorisYeltsin in the Streamline and Manga dubs, and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush and UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin in the Geneon dub).

** InvisiblePresident: Appears twice, first during talks with the Soviet premier that Mamo hijacks to make demands, and again when Mamo calls him to tell him he launched his nukes. The dubs all base the voices of the two leaders on who was in power at the time of production (UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter and UsefulNotes/LeonidBrezhnev in the Japanese and Frontier dubs, UsefulNotes/BillClinton and UsefulNotes/BorisYeltsin in the Streamline and Manga dubs, and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush and UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin in the Geneon dub).

** The Manga UK dub follows the usual tradition of changing Lupin's name for copyright reasons, referring him as "Wolf the Third" instead. Additionally, Goemon is referred to as "Go-men," or in some cases, "Samurai" like the Toho dub, though the other characters' names remain unchanged.

** In the Streamline dub when asked where he's going with the huge backpack, Lupin responds "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz I'm off to see the Wizard]], what else?"

'''Wolf:''' [Manga UK dub] Heil Schicklgruber![[note]] Historical in-joke; Schicklgruber almost became Adolf's last name prior to his rise to power.[[/note]]

** To the Creator/DCComics superheroes when non-Kissinger is seen reading a comic with a page that shows Lupin standing with Franchise/WonderWoman, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/{{Robin}} and Franchise/{{Aquaman}}.

* CloneDegeneration: Mamo admits that he's suffering from this.
* CloningBlues: The question about whether the dead Lupin in the opening scene was a clone or not. Also, Mamo is a giant brain using a series of clones of himself to interact with the world. [[CloneDegeneration The clones are beginning to decay more quickly because of the original materials decaying]]; he wanted the Stone and the other items Lupin stole as ways to counteract the decay.

** Averted in the Streamline dub, which was produced a year before Manga UK's dub. Lupin retains his name; however, his name is pronounced closer to how the French pronounce it, as "Loo-pin'" instead of "Loo-pahn". Worth noting that Streamline's decision to retain Lupin's name (when they hadn't in their ''Cagliostro'' dub) is the reason the Manga UK dub exists at all – London is much closer to Maurice Leblanc's heirs, who are infamously litigious.

** To ''PhantomOfTheParadise'', due to Mamo being largely inspired by Swan, played by Creator/PaulWilliams.

* ContinuityNod: Lupin mentions a levitation trick from the TV series.

** Lupin tells Fujiko "[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact Resistance... is futile]]" as they're making out on the way up to Mamo's throne room in the Genenon dub.

* CanisLatinicus: Mamo gets his Latin wrong referring to the extinct butterflies as "tacitus taecus annus".

'''Samurai:''' [Manga UK dub] All I wish to relieve myself of is your vulgar company.\\

* CanisLatinicus: The Streamline dub manages to get its Latin wrong by having Mamo refer to the extinct butterflies as "tacitus taecus annus".