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* ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat: LupinIII doesn't carry a sword and almost never has call to use one, preferring to let Goemon handle the cutting of useless objects. However, in the manga, he and Goemon met when Goemon was ordered to keep him from stealing the Zantetsu-ken formula, and it's noted that Lupin's sword skills are rarely touched on, so they make a genuinely shocking impression stolen plenty of forging scrolls and kenjutsu teaching scrolls over the years. This backstory isn't consistent with the anime ([[MultipleChoicePast though each character's backstory seems to change to suit the episode/movie in question]]), but on those few episodes rare occasions where he wields he's handled swords, he's been shown to be quite competent with them, and when handed the Zantetsu-ken. Alternatively, it could simply be that Zantetsu-ken he's pulled off some jaw-droppingly accurate and fast cuts, on par with the sword itself enhances its user's abilities.stuff we normally see Goemon do.
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* RevolversAreJustBetter: Jigen uses all manner of firearms during his career, but seems to prefer a revolver as his sidearm of choice. The others, except for [[{{Samurai}} Goemon]], carry semiautomatics.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: More than likely, they won't. Fujiko usually only uses Lupin's feelings for her to take advantage of him. ''Her'' feelings are clear, and she has occasionally confessed her love for him, but only when she thinks one or both of them are about to die, or she thinks he's already dead. However, she quickly hides those feelings again when she finds out otherwise.
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* WhiteAndGreyMorality: While the titular character and his gang are criminals, they wouldn't do anything really heinous, so even at their worst, the crew are {{Anti Villain}}s. Their antagonist, Inspector Zenigata, is a HeroAntagonist, and their relationship can be described as an almost friendly rivalry, rather than confrontation between criminals and law-enforcement. Whenever a serious bad guy comes up, Lupin and Zenigata usually ally against him - though they always resume their antics when the alliance is no longer needed.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: More than likely, they won't. Fujiko usually only uses Lupin's feelings for her to take advantage of him. ''Her'' feelings are clear, and she has occasionally confessed her love for him, but only when she thinks one or both of them are about to die, or she thinks he's already dead. However, she quickly hides those feelings again when she finds out otherwise.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: More than likely, they won't. Fujiko usually only uses Lupin's feelings for her to take advantage of him. ''Her'' feelings are clear, and she has occasionally confessed her love for him, but only when she thinks one or both of them are about to die, or she thinks he's already dead. However, she quickly hides those feelings again when she finds out otherwise.
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** Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket: An episode has Lupin working for Fujiko's Aunt. After being incentivized to work by getting fanservice from a hologram of Fujiko, he starts to tune her out. When the ''real'' Fujiko shows up, he completely ignores her.
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** Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket: An '''[[Recap/LupinIIIS2E23 "Auntie Ballistic"]]''': The episode has Lupin working for Fujiko's Aunt. After being incentivized to work by getting fanservice from a hologram of Fujiko, he starts to tune her out. When the ''real'' Fujiko shows up, he completely ignores her.
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* IgnoreTheFanservice: Jigen can usually be counted on to ignore the flirting women. But any of them ''might'' ignore Fujiko.
** Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket: An episode has Lupin working for Fujiko's Aunt. After being incentivized to work by getting fanservice from a hologram of Fujiko, he starts to tune her out. When the ''real'' Fujiko shows up, he completely ignores her.
** ''Anime/LupinIIIEpisode0FirstContact'': Fujiko takes a shower in Jigen's apartment, comes out in just a towel, and tries to seduce him by leaning over to show her generous cleavage off, and then when he ignores that, starts to drop the towel. He uses the barrel of his magnum to hold it on her body while simultaneously threatening to shoot her if she tries that again. This is also a slightly defining moment for Jigen, as he is the only one consistently unaffected by Fujiko's appearance (even Goemon is affected; he just blushes and looks away when she's naked, though).
** ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'': Jigen's OriginsEpisode has a similar scene where he at first pretends to be accepting her offer, then grabs the knife she was concealing and threatens her with it. He's also shown ignoring Ciccolina in his flashbacks.
** Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket: An episode has Lupin working for Fujiko's Aunt. After being incentivized to work by getting fanservice from a hologram of Fujiko, he starts to tune her out. When the ''real'' Fujiko shows up, he completely ignores her.
** ''Anime/LupinIIIEpisode0FirstContact'': Fujiko takes a shower in Jigen's apartment, comes out in just a towel, and tries to seduce him by leaning over to show her generous cleavage off, and then when he ignores that, starts to drop the towel. He uses the barrel of his magnum to hold it on her body while simultaneously threatening to shoot her if she tries that again. This is also a slightly defining moment for Jigen, as he is the only one consistently unaffected by Fujiko's appearance (even Goemon is affected; he just blushes and looks away when she's naked, though).
** ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'': Jigen's OriginsEpisode has a similar scene where he at first pretends to be accepting her offer, then grabs the knife she was concealing and threatens her with it. He's also shown ignoring Ciccolina in his flashbacks.
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* InvestigatorImpersonation: Lupin III's favorite disguise is Inspector Zenigata. He goes up to his victim, explains that they're being targeted by Lupin, and asks them to allow him to increase the security. Everything that the real Zenigata would do, too. Pity for them it isn't, and they're about to lose their stuff.
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* FullBodyDisguise: The cast, Lupin especially, uses these from time to time, often combining this with LatexPerfection. Characters will step out of complete body suits that made them completely identical to someone else
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* EasyComeEasyGo: The gang doesn't have to worry about StatusQuo when it comes to their financial situation; they can be living in an expensive hotel one episode, and living in a trailer the next. But Lupin and his crew still have the uncanny tendency to lose every big score minutes after they get it, or have it turn out to be something they're better off not getting their hands on. As Lupin is a kleptomaniac of titanic proportions, all he does is shrug it off and seek the next heist.
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* GroinAttack:
** [[Manga/LupinIII The manga volumes]] include a chapter where Lupin "teaches" a young woman to defend herself from attack by slapping her hands together on top of the... male sex symbol. (The manga's replacement for genitalia)
** In episode 10 of Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket series, when Flinch aims a second kick at Lupin, he catches it and kicks Flinch in the crotch.
** In the Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket series, he has used this tactic to escape from a large police officer who had him in a hold.
** In ''Anime/LupinIIIDeadOrAlive'' Orienda stabs a would-be rapist in the crotch with the heel of her shoe.
** [[Manga/LupinIII The manga volumes]] include a chapter where Lupin "teaches" a young woman to defend herself from attack by slapping her hands together on top of the... male sex symbol. (The manga's replacement for genitalia)
** In episode 10 of Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket series, when Flinch aims a second kick at Lupin, he catches it and kicks Flinch in the crotch.
** In the Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket series, he has used this tactic to escape from a large police officer who had him in a hold.
** In ''Anime/LupinIIIDeadOrAlive'' Orienda stabs a would-be rapist in the crotch with the heel of her shoe.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Zenigata is so [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist obsessed with chasing Lupin]], that while eating at a cafe, if he notices Lupin and the gang, he leaves his food behind to chase after them.
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** Anime/LupinIIIAnnualSpecials can spend some of the time Darker, and some of the time Lighter.
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* FranchiseDrivenRetitling: In Japan, ''Anime/MysteryOfMamo'' was originally titled ''Franchise/LupinIII'', but with two television series, a live-action film, and another movie on the way, they had to retitle it to distinguish what the movie was. It is now officially known as ''Lupin III: Lupin Vs the Clones''.
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* SeriesFranchise: ''Lupin III'' was much more successful than initially expected, to the point that some of the titles have been retroactively renamed to differentiate between them. It began as a Manga, [[AdaptationDisplacement but is much better known as an anime, even in Japan]]. [[TheVerse The Lupin-verse]] is held in place through a combination of BroadStrokes, NegativeContinuity, and MythologyGag.
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* CoolGuns: Except for [[{{Samurai}} Goemon]], each character has their preference.
** CoolGuns/Revolvers: Jigen loves his "Magnum".
** CoolGuns/Handguns: Lupin carries the P-38.
** Fujiko has the Browning M1910.
** CoolGuns/Handguns: Inspector Zenigata carries the Colt .45
** CoolGuns/Revolvers: Jigen loves his "Magnum".
** CoolGuns/Handguns: Lupin carries the P-38.
** Fujiko has the Browning M1910.
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* CryingWolf: Exploited by Lupin in a manga chapter and the LupinIIIGreenJacket episode ([[Recap/LupinIIIS1E4 One Chance to Breakout]]) based on that chapter, in which Lupin intentionally causes this effect. While he's in prison, he keeps claiming that he isn't really Lupin, until everyone gets sick of it and stops listening. On the day of his execution, he switches places with a guard, who gets dragged off protesting that he isn't Lupin – and, of course, no one believes him.
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* CryingWolf: Exploited by Lupin in a manga chapter and the LupinIIIGreenJacket Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket episode ([[Recap/LupinIIIS1E4 One Chance to Breakout]]) based on that chapter, in which Lupin intentionally causes this effect. While he's in prison, he keeps claiming that he isn't really Lupin, until everyone gets sick of it and stops listening. On the day of his execution, he switches places with a guard, who gets dragged off protesting that he isn't Lupin – and, of course, no one believes him.
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** Lupin's favourite disguise is Zenigata. His pointy chin is changed to the LanternJawOfJustice the cop has.
** ''Anime/LupinIIICrisisInTokyo'' has Zenigata yanking on a security guard's face in the opening, just to see if it's Lupin in disguise. Later on, it turns out it was, but he has switched to using a stronger glue to hold his masks on.
--> '''Lupin:''' "You gotta tug harder!"
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** Lupin's favourite disguise is Zenigata.Zenigata (combining DressingAsTheEnemy and ImpersonatingAnOfficer). His pointy chin is changed to the LanternJawOfJustice the cop has.
** ''Anime/LupinIIICrisisInTokyo'' has Zenigata yanking on a security guard's face in the opening, just to see if it's Lupin in disguise. Later on, it turns out itwas, ''was'', but he has switched to using a stronger glue to hold his masks on.
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* TrouserSpace: Lupin likes to hide some of his back-up gadgets in his briefs. Sometimes, his briefs ''are'' the back-up gadget.
** ''Anime/LupinIIICrisisInTokyo'' features Lupin pulling a yo-yo out of his briefs at one point.
** ''Anime/LupinIIICrisisInTokyo'' features Lupin pulling a yo-yo out of his briefs at one point.
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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Frequently. No matter how clever the bad guys are, Lupin always one-ups them at the last minute with a new gadget or a brilliant ruse - the audience knows he always has something up his sleeve, but we're almost never told what. The more thought and planning we see go into a caper, the less likely the gang will have any loot by the end.
** This trope is subverted at the beginning of the MadeForTVMovie ''Anime/LupinIIISevenDaysRhapsody''. The special starts with, as with every special, a successful heist (this time, taking the money off the hands of some rich men during a horse race), but it turns out to be a flashforward as part of Lupin explaining the plan to Jigen one week before the heist will take place. The "Seven Days" the two of them are waiting for. Then, at the end of the special, [[spoiler: a DoubleSubversion takes place, as Lupin gets to the tracks, but the horse race was cancelled due to weather conditions.]]
** It was an AvertedTrope once: One of Creator/MonkeyPunch's only rules for ''Anime/LupinIIIDeadOrAlive'' was that Lupin and the gang had to get the treasure in the end.
* VehicularSabotage: A favorite trick of Lupin's when he's being pursued. He'll either sabotage them himself or have Goemon slice them to ribbons beforehand.
* WayPastTheExpirationDate: In one Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket episode, Lupin steals a two century old bottle of rare French wine that was laid down by Napoleon, and was to be given as a gift to the President of the United States, swapping it out with a cheap bottle of store bought wine. After a successful heist, Lupin watches the president drinking the cheap wine and calling it "remarkable" on TV. The gang then laugh to themselves, and try a glass of the real wine... but find that it hadn't been aged properly and turned to vinegar.
** This trope is subverted at the beginning of the MadeForTVMovie ''Anime/LupinIIISevenDaysRhapsody''. The special starts with, as with every special, a successful heist (this time, taking the money off the hands of some rich men during a horse race), but it turns out to be a flashforward as part of Lupin explaining the plan to Jigen one week before the heist will take place. The "Seven Days" the two of them are waiting for. Then, at the end of the special, [[spoiler: a DoubleSubversion takes place, as Lupin gets to the tracks, but the horse race was cancelled due to weather conditions.]]
** It was an AvertedTrope once: One of Creator/MonkeyPunch's only rules for ''Anime/LupinIIIDeadOrAlive'' was that Lupin and the gang had to get the treasure in the end.
* VehicularSabotage: A favorite trick of Lupin's when he's being pursued. He'll either sabotage them himself or have Goemon slice them to ribbons beforehand.
* WayPastTheExpirationDate: In one Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket episode, Lupin steals a two century old bottle of rare French wine that was laid down by Napoleon, and was to be given as a gift to the President of the United States, swapping it out with a cheap bottle of store bought wine. After a successful heist, Lupin watches the president drinking the cheap wine and calling it "remarkable" on TV. The gang then laugh to themselves, and try a glass of the real wine... but find that it hadn't been aged properly and turned to vinegar.
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* ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics: The theme song actually has lyrics, but the version traditionally used is a TitleThemeTune. For a while Creator/AdultSwim aired a vintage opening that used the lyrics.
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* ThouShaltNotKill: Lupin [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zags this trope.]]
** In the early comics, Lupin didn't have a problem killing. Even the early Anime has it happening in cruel or horrifying ways. Most adaptations, however, are LighterAndSofter, so Lupin and gang distance themselves from their enemies with this view.
** This trope is especially noted towards Zenigata; both characters have mentioned that they have an understood "gentlemen's agreement" that neither will attempt to kill the other, and have saved each other's life (several times, in fact).
* TranquillizerDart: A fairly often trope used when one of the main five characters are shot for real. Zenigata, as the "antagonist" to Lupin, is the frequent target. Usually wears off after his funeral.
** Notably subverted in ''Anime/LupinIIIVsDetectiveConan''. Conan uses his watch-dart on Inspector Zenigata, who is so tough that it wears off in no time (though he still goes down quickly). Conan is pretty surprised when it wears off. Tots-san probably built up an immunity to it.
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** In the early comics, Lupin didn't have a problem killing. Even the early Anime has it happening in cruel or horrifying ways. Most adaptations, however, are LighterAndSofter, so Lupin and gang distance themselves from their enemies with this view.
** This trope is especially noted towards Zenigata; both characters have mentioned that they have an understood "gentlemen's agreement" that neither will attempt to kill the other, and have saved each other's life (several times, in fact).
* TranquillizerDart: A fairly often trope used when one of the main five characters are shot for real. Zenigata, as the "antagonist" to Lupin, is the frequent target. Usually wears off after his funeral.
** Notably subverted in ''Anime/LupinIIIVsDetectiveConan''. Conan uses his watch-dart on Inspector Zenigata, who is so tough that it wears off in no time (though he still goes down quickly). Conan is pretty surprised when it wears off. Tots-san probably built up an immunity to it.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Fujiko is the only recurring female character in the franchise, and even ''she'' was originally only a series of several one-shot characters, as a ShoutOut to JamesBond.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Fujiko is the only recurring female character in the franchise, and even ''she'' was originally only a series of several one-shot characters, as a ShoutOut to JamesBond.Film/JamesBond.
* SpottingTheThread: The franchise has Lupin saying "Tot-san" ("Pops" or "Old Man" in English dubs). In the ''Anime/LupinIIIVSDetectiveConan'' MadeForTVMovie, Zenigata identifies the disguised Lupin when Lupin calls him by his nickname.
* StealTheSurroundings:If Lupin the Third can't get the treasure itself, his elaborate scheme frequently becomes stealing what contains the treasure instead. In some variations, he will pretend to steal the container, and when the distracted target goes after him to get it back, it gives him time to double-back and break into the real thing.
* StealthHiBye: All of the characters get into the Stealth Hi part. Lupin is the most frequent user of the Stealth Bye part, unfortunately for Inspector Zenigata.
* {{Safecracking}}: Not used often, Lupin prefers SocialEngineering to open the safe, but he has proven the ability to do so several times in the franchise. The [[TabletopGames/LupinIII board game]] just assumes that if a character enters the building with the loot, they can automatically open it. They're just that good.
* TitleThemeTune: Usually, the only words in the theme are the title (Lupin the Third), although there have been a couple of versions [[ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics with lyrics added]].
* SpottingTheThread: The franchise has Lupin saying "Tot-san" ("Pops" or "Old Man" in English dubs). In the ''Anime/LupinIIIVSDetectiveConan'' MadeForTVMovie, Zenigata identifies the disguised Lupin when Lupin calls him by his nickname.
* StealTheSurroundings:If Lupin the Third can't get the treasure itself, his elaborate scheme frequently becomes stealing what contains the treasure instead. In some variations, he will pretend to steal the container, and when the distracted target goes after him to get it back, it gives him time to double-back and break into the real thing.
* StealthHiBye: All of the characters get into the Stealth Hi part. Lupin is the most frequent user of the Stealth Bye part, unfortunately for Inspector Zenigata.
* {{Safecracking}}: Not used often, Lupin prefers SocialEngineering to open the safe, but he has proven the ability to do so several times in the franchise. The [[TabletopGames/LupinIII board game]] just assumes that if a character enters the building with the loot, they can automatically open it. They're just that good.
* TitleThemeTune: Usually, the only words in the theme are the title (Lupin the Third), although there have been a couple of versions [[ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics with lyrics added]].
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* RatedMForManly: Lupin wants you to believe he is the manliest guy you'd ever find. The Manga fits very well; it is full of AuthorAppeal for killing and seducing. LighterAndSofter stories still have an element of this in them, but with DefeatByModesty or BloodlessCarnage. The Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket series and ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' series, however, comes closer to the mature tone of the manga.
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* SceneryPorn: Important for setting the tone of the work, and showing us how well-off Lupin is doing at this time. He's varied from abandoned warehouses to ritzy hotels.
** ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' stands out as an example because it was directed by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, and his CreatorThumbprint impacted the movies that followed.
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* SlippedTheRopes: Lupin can only be handcuffed if he lets you handcuff him. During a LupinIIIRedJacket episode, Fujiko uses this trait to convince Zenigata Lupin is possessed: there's blood on the cuffs, which means he had to fight his way out of them... something the normal Lupin wouldn't have to do.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Fujiko is the only recurring female character in the franchise, and even ''she'' was originally only a series of several one-shot characters, as a ShoutOut to JamesBond.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Fujiko is the only recurring female character in the franchise, and even ''she'' was originally only a series of several one-shot characters, as a ShoutOut to JamesBond.
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* ParodyEpisode: ''Frequently.'' The original Manga stories simply used the Arsen Lupin Sansei character as a vehicle to drive a story, through whatever tale Creator/MonkeyPunch wanted to tell.
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* PlayAlongPrisoner: ''IF'' Lupin is caught, he treats the prison as this. Although sometimes the prison may show [[ButtMonkey him]] it isn't that easy. This is even assuming he didn't plan this as a GetIntoJailFree gambit. Similar to his ancestor, Literature/ArseneLupin, if Lupin the Third is in prison, it's because he ''wants'' to be.
* {{Prequel}}: Due to the franchise's NegativeContinuity, the only way to determine if a story is a {{Sequel}} or {{Prequel}} is if it is also an OriginsEpisode. A given episode or chapter cannot even promise if it happened before or after the last episode or chapter.
* PsychoForHire: Several villains employ these. Probably used for AssholeVictum, as this level of evil is usually not present in the LighterAndSofter stories. Many of them seem to have a past with Jigen, for some reason.
* RatedMForManly: Lupin wants you to believe he is the manliest guy you'd ever find. The Manga fits very well; it is full of AuthorAppeal for killing and seducing. LighterAndSofter stories still have an element of this in them, but with DefeatByModesty or BloodlessCarnage. The Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket series and ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' series, however, comes closer to the mature tone of the manga.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: ''IF'' Lupin is caught, he treats the prison as this. Although sometimes the prison may show [[ButtMonkey him]] it isn't that easy. This is even assuming he didn't plan this as a GetIntoJailFree gambit. Similar to his ancestor, Literature/ArseneLupin, if Lupin the Third is in prison, it's because he ''wants'' to be.
* {{Prequel}}: Due to the franchise's NegativeContinuity, the only way to determine if a story is a {{Sequel}} or {{Prequel}} is if it is also an OriginsEpisode. A given episode or chapter cannot even promise if it happened before or after the last episode or chapter.
* PsychoForHire: Several villains employ these. Probably used for AssholeVictum, as this level of evil is usually not present in the LighterAndSofter stories. Many of them seem to have a past with Jigen, for some reason.
* RatedMForManly: Lupin wants you to believe he is the manliest guy you'd ever find. The Manga fits very well; it is full of AuthorAppeal for killing and seducing. LighterAndSofter stories still have an element of this in them, but with DefeatByModesty or BloodlessCarnage. The Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket series and ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' series, however, comes closer to the mature tone of the manga.
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* NegativeContinuity: Only the essential elements of the story are ever kept... It's part of the reason why the series has [[LongRunners worked for so long]]. The only lasting changes ever made to the story (the additions of Jigen and Goemon to the cast) occurred very early on in the franchise's history, during the original manga. Since then, the cast of characters has not moved forward an inch in over forty years.
** ''Anime/GreenVsRed'' is either [[MindScrew toying with us]], or explaining why there's no continuity of events.
* OddlySmallOrganization: In the Manga, there was implied to be a large number of additional people working for the Lupin family, and the film even says that they're an extremely large organization. Despite that, the "Lupin Empire" seems to contain only 3 or 4 people, depending upon Fujiko's interests, with the occasional hired help. The perpetual crew always outnumbers the "empire" characters, even when it would make sense to gather more help.
* ParodyEpisode: ''Frequently.'' The original Manga stories simply used the Arsen Lupin Sansei character as a vehicle to drive a story, through whatever tale Creator/MonkeyPunch wanted to tell.
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* OddlySmallOrganization: In the Manga, there was implied to be a large number of additional people working for the Lupin family, and the film even says that they're an extremely large organization. Despite that, the "Lupin Empire" seems to contain only 3 or 4 people, depending upon Fujiko's interests, with the occasional hired help. The perpetual crew always outnumbers the "empire" characters, even when it would make sense to gather more help.
* ParodyEpisode: ''Frequently.'' The original Manga stories simply used the Arsen Lupin Sansei character as a vehicle to drive a story, through whatever tale Creator/MonkeyPunch wanted to tell.
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* MonumentalTheft: Lupin occasionally steals more than what is actually possible to steal. Sometimes, if the items he's trying to steal alone aren't oddball, the method he uses to grab them are.
** For the second Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket episode, (''[[Recap/LupinIIIS2E2 Guns, Bun, and Fun in the Sun]]'') he steals cash by inserting it in the Christ the Redeemer statue just to ''remove the whole damn statue with a skycrane, bitch-slapping two helicopters with the statue in the process'' and fail because of a large crack on the bottom of the statue leaking said money.
** [[Anime/LupinIIIByeByeLibertyCrisis He stole the Statue of Liberty.]] I kid you not.
** Speaking of Lady Liberty, he's also removed [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E64 the entire lower story of Tiffany's]] and used the entire stock to jazz up the statue for Christmas.
** [[Anime/LupinIIIVoyageToDanger And a nuclear submarine]],
** And a Rocket
** And a satellite full of money
** The latter three he did ''[[SerialEscalation in the same damn movie]]''
** One notable aversion was in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', [[spoiler: the treasure of Cagliostro line is an almost perfectly preserved lost Roman city submerged in the lake the castle rests in]] Lupin admits that it's the greatest and most valuable thing he's ever come across, but it's simply too big for him to take.
** For the second Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket episode, (''[[Recap/LupinIIIS2E2 Guns, Bun, and Fun in the Sun]]'') he steals cash by inserting it in the Christ the Redeemer statue just to ''remove the whole damn statue with a skycrane, bitch-slapping two helicopters with the statue in the process'' and fail because of a large crack on the bottom of the statue leaking said money.
** [[Anime/LupinIIIByeByeLibertyCrisis He stole the Statue of Liberty.]] I kid you not.
** Speaking of Lady Liberty, he's also removed [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E64 the entire lower story of Tiffany's]] and used the entire stock to jazz up the statue for Christmas.
** [[Anime/LupinIIIVoyageToDanger And a nuclear submarine]],
** And a Rocket
** And a satellite full of money
** The latter three he did ''[[SerialEscalation in the same damn movie]]''
** One notable aversion was in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', [[spoiler: the treasure of Cagliostro line is an almost perfectly preserved lost Roman city submerged in the lake the castle rests in]] Lupin admits that it's the greatest and most valuable thing he's ever come across, but it's simply too big for him to take.
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* SlidingScaleOfFourthWallHardness: Semipermeable Fourth Wall. Clear BreakingTheFourthWall happens, but at other times, everything works as if the characters are not aware of being fictional; the breakages are basically implied not to be {{canon}}, even though they may happen in the middle of the normal action. The [[Manga/LupinIII ''Lupin'' manga]] may have a Nonexistent Fourth Wall, depending on the story.
