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* AwesomeArt: Lupin's animation history has featured the best in Japanese animation: Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, Creator/OsamuDezaki, Gisaburo Sugii, Hisashi Eguchi, Creator/HiroyukiImaishi, Takeshi Koike and many others all contributed to working on a Lupin III feature, featuring their own distinct animation styles/trademarks.

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* AwesomeArt: SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: Lupin's animation history has featured the best in Japanese animation: Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, Creator/OsamuDezaki, Gisaburo Sugii, Hisashi Eguchi, Creator/HiroyukiImaishi, Takeshi Koike and many others all contributed to working on a Lupin III feature, featuring their own distinct animation styles/trademarks.
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* AwesomeArt: Lupin's animation history has featured the best in Japanese animation: Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, Creator/OsamuDezaki, Gisaburo Sugii, Hisashi Eguchi, Creator/HiroyukiImaishi, Takeshi Koike and many others all contributed to working on a Lupin III feature, featuring their own distinct animation styles/trademarks.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Main character Arsène is established as being the ''grandson'' of legendary GentlemanThief Arsène Lupin, whose official birth year is 1874, with his aventures taking place between 1900 and 1920. When the manga was created back in 1967, it made perfect sense, but nowadays Arsène would either be ''very'' old or even dead, or he'd have to be Arsène Lupin's great-great-grandson ''at least'' in order to be in his prime.
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** Unless you're French, you probably know the name "Arsene Lupin" from this franchise instead of the ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' stories that inspired it.

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** Unless you're French, you probably know the name "Arsene "Arsène Lupin" from this franchise instead of the ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' stories that inspired it.
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** Lupin, Jigen and Goemon's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWaHYiYeE8 epic laugh]] is one of the older memes from this franchise, and was occasionally overlayed on top of other characters laughing or used as a reaction when it was fresh.
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: On Amazon.com, if you do a search under the genre "Anime" and go under the subcategory "Kids & Family", you'll find ''Lupin III'' [=DVDs=]. Because stuff like ''[[Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine The Woman Called Fujiko Mine]]'' and ''[[Anime/LupinIIIGoemonsBloodspray Goemon's Blood Spray]]'' [[SarcasmMode are perfect for children]]! Though to be fair, quite a bit of Lupin III (especially Red Jacket) ''is'' perfectly suitable for kids. Just... not all of it.

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* AnimationAgeGhetto: On Amazon.com, if you do a search under the genre "Anime" and go under the subcategory "Kids & Family", you'll find ''Lupin III'' [=DVDs=]. Because stuff like ''[[Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine The Woman Called Fujiko Mine]]'' and ''[[Anime/LupinIIIGoemonsBloodspray Goemon's Blood Spray]]'' ''Anime/GoemonIshikawasSprayOfBlood'' [[SarcasmMode are perfect for children]]! Though to be fair, quite a bit of Lupin III (especially Red Jacket) ''is'' perfectly suitable for kids. Just... not all of it.
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** Most people are also far more familiar with the LighterAndSofter anime adaptation known as ''Anime/LupinIIIPartII'' than the original DarkerAndEdgier manga. ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' (which was closer in tone to the manga) was somewhat controversial largely because many people weren't expecting that level of violence or sexual content in a ''Lupin'' cartoon.

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** Most people are also far more familiar with the LighterAndSofter anime adaptation known as ''Anime/LupinIIIPartII'' or the various films that followed than the original DarkerAndEdgier manga. ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' (which was closer in tone to the manga) was somewhat controversial largely because many people weren't expecting that level of violence or sexual content in a ''Lupin'' cartoon.were used to the softer Lupin usually shown on screen, and were blindsided by ''The Woman Called Fujiko Mine'''s more graphic content.



** Manga!Lupin not only regularly scores with Fujiko but is an outright rapist whose capers can be anywhere in the moral alignment and committed for any reason; Anime!Lupin is an unsuccessful HandsomeLech whose crimes tend to be either harmless or against {{Asshole Victim}}s; and Cagliostro!Lupin a ChivalrousPervert securely on the side of good.

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** Manga!Lupin not only regularly scores with Fujiko but is an outright rapist whose capers can be anywhere in the moral alignment and committed for any reason; reason, while Anime!Lupin is an unsuccessful HandsomeLech whose crimes tend to be either harmless or against {{Asshole Victim}}s; Victim}}s and Cagliostro!Lupin is a ChivalrousPervert securely on the side of good.



* AnimationAgeGhetto: On Amazon.com, if you do a search under the genre "Anime" and go under the subcategory "Kids & Family", you'll find ''Lupin III'' [=DVDs=]. Because stuff like ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' [[SarcasmMode are perfect for children]]! Though to be fair, quite a bit of Lupin III (especially Red Jacket) ''is'' perfectly suitable for kids. Just... not all of it.

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* AnimationAgeGhetto: On Amazon.com, if you do a search under the genre "Anime" and go under the subcategory "Kids & Family", you'll find ''Lupin III'' [=DVDs=]. Because stuff like ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' ''[[Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine The Woman Called Fujiko Mine]]'' and ''[[Anime/LupinIIIGoemonsBloodspray Goemon's Blood Spray]]'' [[SarcasmMode are perfect for children]]! Though to be fair, quite a bit of Lupin III (especially Red Jacket) ''is'' perfectly suitable for kids. Just... not all of it.



** Lupin. Just Lupin. This is the guy who can sprout a chute from ''his buttcheeks''...
** Zenigata. The man has chased Lupin ''underwater on a normal car'', and, in one memorable occasion, ''riding a torpedo '''on dry land'''''. If that doesn't qualify...

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** Lupin. Just Lupin. This is the guy who can sprout a chute from ''his buttcheeks''...
his ''buttcheeks''.
** Zenigata. The man has chased Lupin ''underwater on a normal car'', and, in one memorable occasion, ''riding ''rode a torpedo '''on dry land'''''. If that doesn't qualify...



* EstrogenBrigade: Despite the series clearly being a seinen, the sometimes unintentional HoYay moments between the lead males in the anime entries manage to attract a growing female fanbase.

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* EstrogenBrigade: Despite the series clearly being a seinen, the sometimes unintentional HoYay moments between the lead males in the anime entries manage have managed to attract a growing female fanbase.



** Anime/LupinIIIPartIII is the 1984 series (and ''Anime/LegendOfTheGoldOfBabylon'' is included), which is nicknamed "Pink Jacket".
** ''Anime/LupinIIITheItalianAdventure'' was quickly name "Blue Jacket" before the title was even announced. The nickname though ultimately faded from use when later installments kept the blue jacket instead of replacing it.

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** Anime/LupinIIIPartIII is the 1984 series (and ''Anime/LegendOfTheGoldOfBabylon'' is (''Anime/LegendOfTheGoldOfBabylon'' included), which is nicknamed "Pink Jacket".
** ''Anime/LupinIIITheItalianAdventure'' was quickly name named "Blue Jacket" before the title was even announced. The nickname though ultimately faded from use when later installments kept the blue jacket instead of replacing it.



** Part 1: Fujiko & Lupin get married after Lupin tells Fujiko he only has a day left, but Mamoh makes Fujiko disappear for a few hours afterwards. This somehow annuls their wedding & they have a second wedding, which Lupin runs out on, screaming that he wants to remain single. Despite this, every episode after this, Fujiko cuts her hair short & dresses more conservatively, only betraying Lupin once after this & becoming a regular in the gang for the rest of the season.

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** Part 1: Fujiko & Lupin get married after Lupin tells Fujiko he only has a day left, but Mamoh Mamo makes Fujiko disappear for a few hours afterwards. This somehow annuls their wedding & they have a second wedding, which Lupin runs out on, screaming that he wants to remain single. Despite this, every episode after this, Fujiko cuts her hair short & dresses more conservatively, only betraying Lupin once after this & becoming a regular in the gang for the rest of the season.
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* ReferencedBy: Lupin has his own {{Expy}} in ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'', in the form of recurring art thief "Art Dekko", who has a remarkable resemblance and was created back in 1980(!)
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Both the producers and some of the fans would like to ignore the [[DorkAge pink-jacket era]] (consisting of the third anime series and ''Legend of the Gold of Babylon'') altogether.

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* FanonDiscontinuity: Both the producers and some of the fans would like to ignore the [[DorkAge [[AudienceAlienatingEra pink-jacket era]] (consisting of the third anime series and ''Legend of the Gold of Babylon'') altogether.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: In the Goodbye Partner" TV movie, Las Vegas is located in Arizona, and the Arizona police are apparently the Los Angeles Police Department.

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* LesYay: It ''is'' [[GirlOnGirlIsHot a seinen, after all]]. A fairly light amount but it is there such as in the Columbus Files where Fujiko woke up in a bed belonging to a young woman by the name of Rosaria. After Rosaria explained to Fujiko that Rosaria brought her here after she found Fujiko's unconscious body nearby but jokingly reassured her that [[GirlOnGirlIsHot "I didn't do anything to you."]] The episodes where they contain cults of [[MsFanservice scantly clad curvy women]] can occasionally give that vibe as well. Especially when [[{{Tomboy}} one of them]] tries to seduce Fujiko... [[spoiler: only to punch her in the stomach and point a gun at her when she refuses]]. One manga chapter has Fujiko disguised as Lupin ready to have sex with a sultry FemmeFatale to get her hands on her treasure, and ends with [[ItMakesSenseInContext Fujiko clinging face to face to the other woman, both stark naked.]]

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* LesYay: [[HoYay Les Yay]]: It ''is'' [[GirlOnGirlIsHot a seinen, after all]]. A fairly light amount but it is there such as in the Columbus Files where Fujiko woke up in a bed belonging to a young woman by the name of Rosaria. After Rosaria explained to Fujiko that Rosaria brought her here after she found Fujiko's unconscious body nearby but jokingly reassured her that [[GirlOnGirlIsHot "I didn't do anything to you."]] The episodes where they contain cults of [[MsFanservice scantly clad curvy women]] can occasionally give that vibe as well. Especially when [[{{Tomboy}} one of them]] tries to seduce Fujiko... [[spoiler: only to punch her in the stomach and point a gun at her when she refuses]]. One manga chapter has Fujiko disguised as Lupin ready to have sex with a sultry FemmeFatale to get her hands on her treasure, and ends with [[ItMakesSenseInContext Fujiko clinging face to face to the other woman, both stark naked.]]



* WhatAnIdiot: Lupin meets with Fujiko after a betrayal coming out of their last meeting (let alone the other ''hundreds'' of betrayals) and what does he do about it? Continue to blindly trust her and going along with anything she wants, instead of just simply dumping her. This is gonna happen every ''single'' time.
** Kind of justified. In ''Anime/FarewellToNostradamus'', Lupin says he's aware Fujiko will betray him at anytime and even says "betrayal is a woman's accessory" yet he looks ''forward'' to Fujiko betraying him.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: One episode of ''Lupin III'' shows Lupin in a race driving a six-wheeled car. At the time of production, the Tyrrell P34 was competing in F1, using the four small wheels up front to maintain traction while having better aerodynamics than a pair of taller wheels.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/RichardEpcar voiced Jigen and other characters and got to do [=ADR=] for ''Film/InspectorGadget''.
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* Foe Yay Shipping: Mostly between Fujiko & Lupin, as Fujiko is constantly back-stabbing & stealing from Lupin despite being an unofficial member of his gang. But also between Lupin & Zenigata, who are pretty friendly for eternal rivals.

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* Foe Yay Shipping: FoeRomanceSubtext: Mostly between Fujiko & Lupin, as Fujiko is constantly back-stabbing & stealing from Lupin despite being an unofficial member of his gang. But also between Lupin & Zenigata, who are pretty friendly for eternal rivals.
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* FoeYay: Mostly between Fujiko & Lupin, as Fujiko is constantly back-stabbing & stealing from Lupin despite being an unofficial member of his gang. But also between Lupin & Zenigata, who are pretty friendly for eternal rivals.

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* FoeYay: Foe Yay Shipping: Mostly between Fujiko & Lupin, as Fujiko is constantly back-stabbing & stealing from Lupin despite being an unofficial member of his gang. But also between Lupin & Zenigata, who are pretty friendly for eternal rivals.
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* FoeYay: Mostly between Fujiko & Lupin, as Fujiko is constantly back-stabbing & stealing from Lupin despite being an unofficial member of his gang. But also between Lupin & Zenigata, who are pretty friendly for eternal rivals.
** Part 1: Fujiko & Lupin get married after Lupin tells Fujiko he only has a day left, but Mamoh makes Fujiko disappear for a few hours afterwards. This somehow annuls their wedding & they have a second wedding, which Lupin runs out on, screaming that he wants to remain single. Despite this, every episode after this, Fujiko cuts her hair short & dresses more conservatively, only betraying Lupin once after this & becoming a regular in the gang for the rest of the season.
** Part 1: Zenigata starts off the series basically wanting Lupin dead more than arrested. At some point, he realizes chasing Lupin is his only goal in life. While he takes pleasure in successfully capturing him, he panics if someone doesn't break him out in a timely manner, & gets furious when anyone else tries to arrest him.
** Part 1: Zenigata falls to his knees in tears when he thinks Lupin has died in an explosion. He imagines Lupin going to Heaven instead of Hell. Realizing he's been tricked yet again, he swims out to Lupin & threatens to chase him all the way to America.
** Castle of Cagliostro: Lupin & Zenigata working as a team, sharing a cigarette, running around in their underwear.
** The Fuma Conspiracy: Zenigata, thinking Lupin dead, becomes a monk to pray for Lupin's spirit. Upon learning Lupin is alive, his purpose in life restored, he chases him relentlessly throughout the movie. The first time Zenigata sees Lupin's face, he looks relieved & happy. He very quickly & without question believes Lupin's accusation about the other cop he's with being a crook. Upon learning that Lupin is in a cave that's about to collapse, he tries to run in head-first to save him without a thought for his own safety.
** Part 2: Red jacket series starts off with Lupin repeatedly kissing Zenigata on the cheek after not seeing him for 5 years. Zenigata calls him a pervert. This is followed by a scene of a 90% naked Goemon getting attacked by a burly man in the massage parlor. Episode ends with Lupin depressed that Zenigata died in the Sirloin ship fire. When Zenigata shows up riding a turtle, Lupin is pleased that their game of chase will resume.
** Part 2: Lupin develops a new habit of sometimes blowing Zenigata a goodbye kiss before running off.
** Part 2: Lupin & Zenigata are getting shitfaced drunk together at a palace full of half naked women dancing around. They are pouring wine directly into each other's mouths & clinging to each other in occasionally promiscuous poses.
** Part 2: Lupin & Zenigata meet in Morocco, where they spend the episode chained together at the neck. They disguise themselves as a local couple, & two men try to buy Zenigata. The first guy finds out Zenigata is a man & accuses them of having "that kind of relationship." He tells the second that he can't part from Zenigata because he loves "her." Latter, Zenigata falls off a train & right into the hands of the legion. Instead of escaping, Lupin comes to heroicly save Zenigata.The episode ends with Zenigata chasing Lupin into the sunset.
** Part 2: After being tricked by Fujiko over false maps tattooed on women's backs, Lupin is digging on an island when Zenigata comes out of nowhere riding a very phallic torpedo & chases him on it.
** Part 2: Zenigata hears that the assassin Puma has shot Lupin. First he refuses to believe Lupin is dead, then he completely breaks down in tears, saying Lupin is his only reason to live, then starts rubbing his cheek against Lupin's face. Then he immediately runs out the door with a gun screaming that he'll shoot Lupin's killer, & is immediately arrested by a fellow officer.
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** One piece of [[https://rhymewithrachel.tumblr.com/post/613858367523438592/ive-now-watched-literally-everything-so-heres-a fan art]] notably uses the Chaotic alignment, emulating the art style of specific appearances and listing certain traits and appearances of said alignment.
*** ChaoticGood: (''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', ''Anime/TheFumaConspiracy'', ''Anime/LupinIIIAlcatrazConnection'', [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E145 Albatross: Wings of Death]]'') "[[ItsTheJourneyThatCounts The real treasure was the friends we made along the way]]"; Doesn't really commit crimes but gets arrested anyway.
*** ChaoticNeutral: (''Anime/LupinIIIByeByeLibertyCrisis'', ''Anime/TheMysteryOfMamo'', ''Anime/LupinIIIFromSiberiaWithLove'', ''Anime/LupinIIIMysteryOfTheHemingwayPapers'') "The real treasure was the friends we made along the way and also all this shit we stole"; These movies tend to get real fucking wierd, not gonna lie.
*** ChaoticEvil: (''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'', ''[[Anime/GoemonIshikawasSprayOfBlood Goemon's Bloodspray]]'') Just straight up commits murder; [[TruerToTheText Shockingly true to the source material]]; "[[HotterAndSexier What if the]] ''[[HotterAndSexier Lupin]]'' [[HotterAndSexier characters]] '''[[HotterAndSexier FUCKED]]'''."

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