History Series / Lupin2021

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Assane and Claire's conversation on "Raoul's bridge" in the 2006 flashback suggests that they are aware that their unborn child is going to be a boy. However, it's strongly implied that Claire had discovered that she was pregnant very shortly before revealing it to Assane, meaning that it would have been too early for the baby's biological sex to be determined.
* ArtisticLicenseEducation: The school that Assane is sent to in 1995 is called the "College d'Andrésy." In France, ''college'' refers to the first part of a student's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_education_in_France secondary education,]] between the ages of 11 and 15. This is fair enough since Assane is 14 when he begins attending, but in the 1998 flashbacks he and Benjamin still at the same school, despite the fact that they're 17 and would have graduated to a ''lycée'' (the final stage of secondary education, from ages 15 to 18). And even if Assane's school was an older ''lycée'', some of which still carry a ''college'' section, it should have been called the "Lycée d'Andrésy." (For more information, see UsefulNotes/LesGrandesEcoles.)

** The series suggests that there are train connections directly from Le Havre to Étretat; these were discontinued years before 2020, when Parts 1 and 2 are set.

* ArtisticLicenseEducation: The school that Assane is sent to in 1995 is called the "College d'Andrésy." In France, ''college'' refers to the first part of a student's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_education_in_France secondary education,]] between the ages of 11 and 15. This is fair enough since Assane is 14 when he begins attending, but in the 1998 flashbacks he's still at the same school, despite the fact that he's 17 and should have transferred to a ''lycée.'' And even if Assane's school was an older lycée (some of these still carry a "college" section), it should still have been called the "Lycée d'AndréSy."

** Raoul's fourteenth birthday is established to be on December 11th, 2020. However, this fell on a Friday, and December 11th is not typically part of the Christmas holiday as observed by French schools, which means that Raoul would have had to have skipped school in order to take a day trip to Étretat with his parents. No indication is given that he did so.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The Marie Antoinette necklace doesn't look like its historical counterpart (which has disappeared, but copies have survived).

** Belkacem is a notable aversion, as she's rather prudish and uptight when it comes to romance.

** J'accuse has started to become this, particularly since his trademark RunningGag of barking whenever the name "Pellegrini" is said around him is irrelevant with Hubert Pellegrini OutOfFocus. It's not uncommon for him to disappear for long periods of time, only to return in a random scene seemingly just to assure audiences that the writers didn't forget about him.

** J'accuse has started to become this, particularly since the RunningGag of his barking whenever the name "Pellegrini" is said around him is irrelevant with Hubert Pellegrini OutOfFocus. It's not uncommon for him to disappear for long periods of time, only to return in a random scene seemingly just to assure audiences that he hasn't been forgotten entirely.

** J'accuse has started to become this, particularly since the RunningGag of his barking whenever the name "Pellegrini" is said around him is irrelevant with Hubert Pellegrini being OutOfFocus. It's not uncommon for him to disappear for long periods of time, only to return in a random scene or two seemingly just to assure audiences that he hasn't been forgotten entirely.

** Benjamin's status as the proprietor of a successful antique shop was largely an InformedAttribute to begin with--he sells a grand total of one item onscreen and his only evident "customers" are Assane, Claire and whomever they happen to bring over--but as of Part 3, although he still owns the business, this aspect of his characterization has faded into the background, as he becomes more of a GadgeteerGenius who seems to assist Assane more or less full-time.

** Captain Romain Laugier, a fairly important character in Parts 1 and 2, simply disappears from Part 3 with no explanation as to where he went. In his absence Belkacem is promoted from lieutenant to captain, and neither she nor Guédira ever brings him up in casual conversation. It seems likely that the showrunners decided that Guédira and Belkacem worked better as an AgentMulder & AgentScully-like duo and wanted to play up the BelligerentSexualTension between them; thus rather than risk Laugier becoming TheArtifact he was preemptively written out.
** A minor Part 2 arc sees Claire, having [[spoiler:severed ties with Assane in the wake of Raoul's abduction]], going OnTheRebound with a co-worker named Marc. After the guy makes an awkward attempt to chat with Raoul in episode 2.04, he's never seen or mentioned again, in what is a clear-cut case of CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds since Part 3 cements Assane and Claire as the show's OfficialCouple. Luckily, in this case there's a fairly obvious InUniverse explanation for his disappearance, i.e. the combination of Claire's obvious unresolved feelings for Assane and the growing media frenzy surrounding her made him decide that pursuing the relationship further just wasn't worth it.

** Captain Laugier, a fairly important character in Parts 1 and 2, simply disappears from Part 3 with no explanation as to where he went. In his absence Belkacem is promoted from lieutenant to captain, and neither she nor Guédira ever brings him up in casual conversation.
** A minor Part 2 arc sees Claire, having [[spoiler:severed ties with Assane in the wake of Raoul's abduction]], going OnTheRebound with a co-worker named Marc. After the guy makes an awkward attempt to chat with Raoul in episode 2.04, he's never seen or mentioned again. In this case, it seems reasonable to assume that the combination of Claire's obvious unresolved feelings for Assane and the growing media frenzy surrounding her made Marc decide that pursuing the relationship further just wasn't worth it. (OutOfUniverse it's a fairly clear case of CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds, as Part 3 cements Assane and Claire as the show's OfficialCouple.)

* LoveHurts: Our protagonist leaves quite a lot of emotional damage in his wake.
** It almost seems as though the show's writing team revels in coming up with imaginative new ways for Claire to have her heart broken by Assane. In a 2006 flashback scene, her therapist describes her relationship with him as a "vicious cycle." Luckily, she's able to bounce back quickly--one gets the sense that gaining a sense of purpose as Raoul's mother may have helped her in this regard.

* Love hurts: Let's just say that Assane leaves quite a trail of emotional damage in his wake.
** It almost seems as though the showrunners revel in coming up with imaginative new ways for Claire to have her heart broken by Assane. In a 2006 flashback her therapist describes her relationship with him as a "vicious cycle." Luckily for her, she's usually able to bounce back quickly.

** Guédira went from being a PerpetualFrowner and SicklyNeuroticGeek--with Belkacem even making sarcastic comments about his always looking unwell--to a DitzyGenius with NoSocialSkills as the show has increasingly played up his various eccentricities. He's also gotten more confident and proactive about directly going against the wishes of his superiors in the police department, thus becoming a particularly nerdy variant of the CowboyCop.

** Fleur Bélanger's InUniverse story on Assane's connection to ArsèneLupin winds up rekindling public interest in the Lupin books...much as the Netflix series did in RealLife.

** When Claire finds out that [[spoiler:her child has been kidnapped]], her typically amiable and forbearing nature temporarily disappears as she has a very public emotional breakdown. The next day, after she's made aware of Hubert Pellegrini's involvement in the kidnapping, Claire is desperate enough to pay a visit to him directly in order to negotiate [[spoiler:Raoul's release]], despite having spent the previous two decades doing her best to avoid any association with Assane's myriad of dangerous exploits.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Monsieur Bouchard, the director of the Andrésy school, [[PuttingThePalInPrincipal is a genuinely nice man]] who wants to see Assane succeed in life.

* ShipTease: Several scenes hint at the possibility for a romance between Guédira and Belkacem, but as of yet nothing has come of it.