History Recap / LupinPart1Chapter1

Assane Diop is a dapper, charismatic PhantomThief who moved with his father, Babakar, from Senegal to Paris when he was a child. In 1995, around the time of Assane's fourteenth birthday, Babakar gained employment as a chauffeur for the wealthy entrepreneur Hubert Pellegrini. However, when an expensive diamond necklace (which had once belonged to UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette) disappeared from a safe in Hubert's study, he immediately accused Babakar of having stolen it; not long after being imprisoned for the crime, Babakar was discovered hanging from a noose in his cell. Devastated by his father's death, Assane became entranced by the Literature/ArseneLupin books and decided to become a "gentleman burglar" like his literary inspiration. Also at around this time Assane met the two most important people in his life--Claire Laurent, his OneTrueLove, who is currently raising their thirteen-year-old son Raoul on her own, and his best friend Benjamin Férel, a jewelry expert who runs an antique shop while moonlighting as his accomplice.

It's October 2020, two and a half decades after Babakar died, when Assane wakes up to a news report stating that the queen's necklace has been recovered by the Pellegrinis, and is set to be auctioned off at the Louvre museum. As a final TakeThat to the family who turned his existence inside-out, Assane decides to steal it during the auction, enlisting the help of three [[LoanShark Loan Sharks]] in order to do so. Assane winds up with the necklace at the end of the night, but it's fair to say things don't go ''entirely'' smoothly. Meanwhile, a police detective named Youssef Guédira notices that the theft bears a striking resemblance to the plot of one of the Arsène Lupin stories.

* KnewItAllAlong: Assane anticipated that Vincent, Kevin and Rudy would betray him during the Louvre heist, and made contingency plans accordingly.

Assane Diop is a dapper, charismatic PhantomThief who moved with his father, Babakar, from Senegal to Paris when he was a child. In 1995, around the time of Assane's fourteenth birthday, Babakar gained employment as a chauffeur for the wealthy entrepreneur Hubert Pellegrini. However, when an expensive necklace (which had once belonged to UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette) disappeared from a safe in Hubert's study, he immediately accused Babakar of having stolen it; not long after being imprisoned for the crime, Babakar was discovered hanging from a noose in his cell. Devastated by his father's death, Assane became entranced by the Literature/ArseneLupin books and decided to become a "gentleman burglar" like his literary inspiration. Also at around this time Assane met the two most important people in his life--Claire Laurent, his OneTrueLove, who is currently raising their thirteen-year-old son Raoul on her own, and his best friend Benjamin Férel, a jewelry expert who runs an antique shop while moonlighting as his accomplice.

->'''Supporting cast:''' Etan Simon as [[Characters/Lupin2021Family Raoul Diop]], Mamadou Haidara as young Assane Diop; Léa Bonneau as young Juliette Pellegrini; Johann Dionnet as young [[Characters/Lupin2021PoliceDepartment Gabriel Dumont]]; Adama Niane as [[Characters/Lupin2021OtherCharacters Léonard Koné]]; Grégoire Colin as Vincent; Xavier Lemaître as Thibault Du Quenoy

** Shortly after the loan sharks are arrested, [[BadassBookworm Guédira]] calls up Captain Laugier and informs him that the entire Louvre burglary reminds him of a storyline in an Arsène book, mentioning that he's a huge fan and has read them all. Though his idea is dismissed, Guédira nonetheless continues to investigate it in his spare time (and we later see that he keeps copies of the Lupin books at his desk).

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Rudy, one of the three loan sharks, is tasked with procuring a getaway car. Instead of getting a low-key vehicle with plenty of room for everyone to fit inside, he arrives with an ostentatious and cramped Ferrari, which he barely knows how to drive. Under the stress of being chased by the police, he winds up crashing it in the glass roof of the Louvre museum's underground section, and all three get arrested in short order.

Assane Diop is a dapper, charismatic PhantomThief who moved with his father, Babakar, from Senegal to Paris when he was a child. In 1995, around the time of Assane's fourteenth birthday, Babakar gained employment as a chauffeur for the wealthy entrepreneur Hubert Pellegrini. However, when an expensive necklace (which had once belonged to UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette) disappeared from a safe in Hubert's study, he immediately accused Babakar of having stolen it; not long after being imprisoned for the crime, Babakar was discovered hanging from a noose in his cell. Devastated by his father's death, Assane became entranced by the Literature/ArseneLupin books and decided to become a "gentleman burglar" like his literary inspiration. Also at around this time he met the two most important people in his life--Claire Laurent, Assane's OneTrueLove, who is currently raising their thirteen-year-old son Raoul on her own, and his best friend Benjamin Férel, a jewelry expert who runs an antique shop while moonlighting as his accomplice.

Assane Diop is a dapper, charismatic PhantomThief who moved with his father, Babakar, from Senegal to Paris when he was a child. In 1995, around the time of Assane's fourteenth birthday, Babakar gained employment as a chauffeur for the wealthy entrepreneur Hubert Pellegrini. However, when an expensive necklace (which had once belonged to UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette) disappeared from a safe in Hubert's study, he immediately accused Babakar of having stolen it; not long after being imprisoned for the crime, Babakar was discovered hanging from a noose in his cell. Devastated by his father's death, Assane became entranced by the Literature/ArseneLupin books and decided to model his life after the character. Also at around this time he met the two most important people in his life--Claire Laurent, Assane's OneTrueLove, who is currently raising their thirteen-year-old son Raoul on her own, and his best friend Benjamin Férel, a jewelry expert who runs an antique shop while moonlighting as his accomplice.

Assane Diop is a dapper, charismatic PhantomThief who moved with his father, Babakar, from Senegal to Paris when he was a child. In 1995, around the time of Assane's fourteenth birthday, Babakar gained employment with CorruptCorporateExecutive Hubert Pellegrini. However, soon afterwards, Hubert accused Babakar of having stolen an expensive necklace, once belonging to Marie-Antoinette, from a safe in his study; after being imprisoned for the crime Babakar was discovered hanging from a noose in his cell. Following Babakar's death, Assane became entranced by the Literature/ArseneLupin books and decided to model himself after the character; also at around this time he met the two most important people in his life--Claire Laurent, Assane's OneTrueLove, who is currently raising their thirteen-year-old son Raoul on her own, and his best friend Benjamin Férel, a jewelry expert who runs an antique shop while moonlighting as his accomplice.

** [[TheAce Assane]] tricks the loan sharks by pretending to be a downtrodden janitor pleading for money, but just when they think they've got him over a barrel, he turns the tables, demonstrating that he could easily [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the shit out of them if he wanted to]], before presenting his plan to steal the necklace from the Louvre.

It's October 2020, two and a half decades after Babakar died, and Assane wakes up to a news report stating that the queen's necklace has been recovered by the Pellegrinis, and is set to be auctioned off at the Louvre museum. As a final TakeThat to the family who turned his existence inside-out, Assane decides to steal it during the auction, enlisting the help of three [[LoanShark Loan Sharks]] in order to do so. Assane winds up with the necklace at the end of the night, but it's fair to say things don't go ''entirely'' smoothly. Meanwhile, a police detective named Youssef Guédira notices that the theft bears a striking resemblance to the plot of one of the Arsène Lupin stories.

One morning in October 2020, two and a half decades after Babakar died, Assane hears a news report stating that Marie-Antoinette's necklace has been recovered by the Pellegrinis and is set to be auctioned off at the Louvre museum. As a final TakeThat to the family who turned his existence inside-out, Assane decides to steal it during the auction, enlisting the help of three [[LoanShark Loan Sharks]] in order to do so. Assane winds up with the necklace at the end of the night, but it's fair to say things don't go ''entirely'' smoothly. Meanwhile, a police detective named Youssef Guédira notices that the theft bears a striking resemblance to the plot of one of the Arsène Lupin stories.

* ChekhovsExhibit: The moment we see Marie-Antoinette's necklace displayed in its transparent case at the Louvre, it's clear that something is going to happen to it.

** [[NiceGal Claire]] is first seen meeting with Assane at a café, good-naturedly teasing him about his disheveled appearance but allowing him to skip an alimony payment [[AmicableExes out of genuine concern for his well-being]]. She also lightly reproaches him for repeatedly forgetting about his scheduled visits with Raoul, yet still gives him a tender kiss on the cheek before she leaves.

This is very much a HeistEpisode, and serves as a tone-setter for the series overall, establishing its predilection for [[TheCaper clever capers]], "OnceMoreWithClarity" explanations, playful [[MythologyGag Mythology Gags]], and {{Flashback}} sequences, as well as its [[GayParee unapologetically Parisian setting]]. It also introduces most of the core characters.