History YMMV / TheMysteryOfMamo

* FanNickname: Interestingly, the "Mystery of Mamo" title was a fan nickname created by Fred Patten, which was later adopted by the Streamline dub, if only for AddedAlliterativeAppeal and to mirror Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro. TMS originally wanted the official English title as "The Secret of Mamo", which is used in the initial Geneon dub and the Manga UK dub. It seems to have become an AscendedFanon as it has been adopted by Discotek for their DVD and Blu-Ray releases. On the Japanese side, it has often been called "Mamo-hen", meaning "Mamo Chapter" in Japanese, mirroring what was going on with the English title in order to avoid spoilers.

* NightmareFuel: The opening scene of the Lupin clone being hanged is extremely chilling, especially out of context. Made even worse is that it was used as ''Cliff Hanger's'' Game Over sequence.

* FanNickname: Interestingly, the "Mystery of Mamo" title was a fan nickname created by Fred Patten, which was later adopted by the Streamline dub, if only for Added Alliterative Appeal and to mirror Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro. TMS originally wanted the official English title as "The Secret of Mamo", which is used in the initial Geneon dub and the Manga UK dub. It seems to have become an AscendedFanon as it has been adopted by Discotek for their DVD and Blu-Ray releases. On the Japanese side, it has often been called "Mamo-hen", meaning "Mamo Chapter" in Japanese, mirroring what was going on with the English title in order to avoid spoilers.

* FanNickname: Interestingly, the "Mystery of Mamo" title was a fan nickname created by Fred Patten, which was later adopted by the Streamline dub, in order to add to the AliterativeAppeal and to mirror Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro. TMS originally wanted the official English title as "The Secret of Mamo", which is used in the initial Geneon dub and the Manga UK dub. It seems to have become an AscendedFanon as it has been adopted by Discotek for their DVD and Blu-Ray releases. On the Japanese side, it has often been called "Mamo-hen", meaning "Mamo Chapter" in Japanese, mirroring what was going on with the English title in order to avoid spoilers.

* FanNickname: Interestingly, the "Mystery of Mamo" title was a fan nickname created by Fred Patten, which was later adopted by the Streamline dub, in order to add to the AlliterativeAppeal and to mirror Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro. TMS originally wanted the official English title as "The Secret of Mamo", which is used in the initial Geneon dub and the Manga UK dub. It seems to have become an AscendedFanon as it has been adopted by Discotek for their DVD and Blu-Ray releases. On the Japanese side, it has often been called "Mamo-hen", meaning "Mamo Chapter" in Japanese, mirroring what was going on with the English title in order to avoid spoilers.

* FanNickname: Interestingly, the "Mystery of Mamo" title was a fan nickname created by Fred Patten, which was later adopted by the Streamline dub. TMS originally wanted the official English title as "The Secret of Mamo", which is used in the initial Geneon dub and the Manga UK dub. It seems to have become an AscendedFanon as it has been adopted by Discotek for their DVD and Blu-Ray releases. On the Japanese side, it has often been called "Mamo-hen", meaning "Mamo Chapter" in Japanese, mirroring what was going on with the English title in order to avoid spoilers.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: It's become increasingly clear that the President in the Streamline dub is based heavily on UsefulNotes/BillClinton. Towards the end of the top-secret recording, before it ventures into classified material, Mamo threatens to reveal to the world that there's a "floozy" in the President's steno pool. It ended up becoming a lot more salacious after it came out that Clinton had had an inappropriate relationship with a White House intern, one Monica Lewinsky, and lied about it. Even worse, the dub was made mere months before the Lewinsky Affair took place.

* WhatAnIdiot: Mamo tried to blackmail the United States of America. Who have a well earned reputation for blowing up everyone who tries. Guess what the Americans did to his hideout when they tracked it down?
** To be fair, he probably counted on the fact that nobody knew where his hideout was and couldn't track him through his own transmissions. Unfortunately for him, [[FatalFlaw he couldn't resist showing his godhood]] to Lupin via causing an earthquake, and didn't consider the fact that its origin ''could'' be tracked.

-->'''Mamo''': [Manga UK dub] Request? I'm giving you and order! And if you care about mainstream, cherry pie, and ''[[Series/Dynasty1981 Dynasty]]'' as you always say, you'll jump to it!
-->'''Mamo''': [Geneon dub] [[TakeThat I heard you weren't much of a student in your school days, Mr. President]]... but apparently, even the Bible you thump so shamelessly is the Reader's Digest edition

-->'''Mamo ''': [Geneon subtitles] Request? This is an order. You would both understand if you knew how the world was made.

* {{Woolseyism}}: In the all dubs up to the Pioneer/Geneon dub, Presidential Aide Starky [[SpellMyNameWithAnS (spelled "Stuckey" in the subtitles)]] is renamed as [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Heinrich Gissinger]]. In the Streamline dub, the moments leading up to his appearance before Jigen and Goemon have them state that the Cold War has been over for a while, suggesting that the film is set in the 90's. Adding to this, the President's contact in this dub is not the Chief Secretary, but rather [[UsefulNotes/BorisYeltsin Boris]] [[VodkaDrunkenski Yeltsin]].

** And then there's Mamo's death throes, which also provides a bit of it in-universe from Fujiko's point of view. The evil mastermind is burning alive and slowly making his way to Fujiko, reaching out one final time and calling out to her, before his skeleton collapses and leaving him as nothing more than a pile of ashes.

** The Pioneer/Geneon dub using the "Red Jacket" cast counts… for those who have a low tolerance for {{gag dub}}s. Otherwise it's just plain ''good''. Not even critics of that cast (most prominently Reed Nelson, who wrote the liner notes for the Discotek release and slipped in some jabs against it – not the first time he's done that either) can deny that the voice acting is excellent.

* {{Woolseyism}}: In the all dubs up to the Pioneer/Geneon dub, Presidential Aide Stuckey is renamed as [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Heinrich Gissinger]]. In the Streamline dub, the moments leading up to his appearance before Jigen and Goemon have them state that the Cold War has been over for a while, suggesting that the film is set in the 90's. Adding to this, the President's contact in this dub is not the Chief Secretary, but rather [[UsefulNotes/BorisYeltsin Boris]] [[VodkaDrunkenski Yeltsin]].

* FridgeBrilliance: Jigen's offended reaction to being called a "Democrat" in the Pioneer dub makes even more sense when you consider that the Democratic Party's generally pro-gun control platform wouldn't sit too well with him.

* BetterOnDVD: Specifically Creator/DiscotekMedia's DVD release. Being able to watch and compare all four English dubs produced for the movie over the years (as well as the Japanese version with subtitles) makes for a rather fun experience.

* HilariousInHindsight: Lupin accusing Fujiko of rejecting his overt advances because he's "not Alain Delon" becomes this when you realize that Monkey Punch based his relationship with Jigen on Delon's relationship with Creator/CharlesBronson in the 1968 film ''Adieu l'ami''.

** The Pioneer/Geneon dub using the "Red Jacket" cast counts… for those who have a low tolerance for {{gag dub}}s. Otherwise it's just plain ''good''. Not even critics of that cast (most prominently BigNameFan Reed Nelson, who wrote the liner notes for the Discotek release and slipped in some jabs against it – not the first time he's done that either) can deny that the voice acting is excellent.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Mamo really a near-immortal being that influenced mankind through history like he claims to be, or he's just a megalomaniac who went too far with his cloning tech and he made up that whole backstory to feel superior and give himself a greater goal after losing his humanity?

* FridgeBrilliance: Jigen's offended reaction to being called a "Democrat" in the Pioneer dub makes even more sense when you consider that he likely wouldn't take kindly to the Democratic Party's generally pro-gun control policies.

* FridgeBrilliance: Jigen's "Call me a Democrat" reaction in the Pioneer dub makes even more sense when you consider that he likely wouldn't take kindly to the Democratic Party's generally pro-gun control policies.

* FridgeBrilliance: Jigen's "Call me a Democrat" reaction makes even more sense when you consider that he wouldn't take kindly to the Democratic Party's generally pro-gun control policies.