Line #52 WesternAnimation/NightHood


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2	[[caption-width-right:325: "[[Franchise/LupinIII My grandson]][[note]]or is it my son?[[/note]] only wishes he was '''THIS''' classy."]]
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4	''Night Hood'' (aka ''Les exploits d'Arsène Lupin'') was a French-Canadian [[AnimatedAdaptation animated series]] inspired by the ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' novels by Maurice Leblanc. Set in the 1930s, [[GentlemanThief Lupin]] is aided by his assistant Grognard. Getting involved in his exploits are two reporters, Kelly Kincaid and Max [[ShoutOut Leblanc]]. Inspector Ganimard and Sgt. Folenfant seek to capture him. Lupin himself opposes the schemes of billionaire arms industrialist H.R. Karst, the devious [[PunnyName May Hem]] and a tough as nails thug [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep known only as Steel]].
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6	!!This series has examples of:
7	* TheAce: Lupin, naturally, for the majority of the series. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools And it works.]]
8	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Kelly and Lupin have a bit of {{UST}} going on... well, as much as a Creator/{{YTV}} show can have, at any rate.
9	* AnimationBump: As good as the animation for the actual show is, the intro is '''phenomenal'''.
10	** The MediumBlending doesn't hurt, either...
11	* {{Animesque}}: Mostly the opening, which is ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7W4QD4ez9I gorgeous]]''.
12	* ArmsDealer: Karst, who does it both legitimately and illegally.
13	* BadassCape: Part of Lupin iconic get-up. However, he keeps it on only when it's practical.
14	* BadassDriver: Grognard's driving skills save the day quite a few times.
15	* TheBaroness: May Hem, who routinely is involved in HoneyTrap schemes.
16	* {{Bifauxnen}}: Kelly ''never'' wears women's clothing. The girliest thing she sports is a set of pink pajamas. She even wears a tuxedo in the episode "The Diva's Diamonds".
17	* BoundAndGagged: As an IntrepidReporter, Kelly ends up trussed up and in peril several times. The opening starts with her being thrown bound and gagged in a car by Steel.
18	* BumblingHenchmenDuo: Gila and Diesel, Karst's rather incompetent henchmen.
19	* CaneFu: Lupin's cane isn't just for show...
20	* CallingCard: Lupin's left these so many times, Karst just has to leave a fake card at a crime he planned, and Ganimard and Folenfant are on Lupin's trail - or so they think... Several times Lupin complains that his habit of leaving a calling card just makes him easy to frame.
21	* ConcealingCanvas: In one episode, Lupin and Grognard are baffled as to where some hidden documents could be in the room, because there are no paintings for a safe to be hidden behind, and as Grognard points out, [[LampshadedTrope "All safes are behind paintings!"]]. Turns out it was behind a tribal mask.
22	** Later on in the same episode, Karst fulfils the exact same trope... and Lupin goes straight for the painting.
23	* CoolCar: Lupin's car can even turn into an airplane and a boat.
24	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: H.R. Karst. Arms dealing, industrial espionage (and sabotage), kidnappings, false-flag operations to incriminate others, tax evasion... you name it.
25	* CulturalTranslation: The English dub gives pretty much everyone [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent a Canadian accent]]. Fortunately all names have their proper French pronunciations
26	** Lupin himself however has a ''very'' slight accent that sounds like it ''might'' be French. Maybe.
27	* DeadpanSnarker: Lupin is often this, especially when he's [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall lampshading various elements of the story he's in]].
28	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: On episode seven, May Hem had an ''interesting'' way of calming down the enraged Karst who was once again foiled by Lupin. The scene ended with May Hem stroking the back of Karst's neck and a newspaper was thrown away.
29	* EvilCounterpart: Karst to Lupin, Steel to Grognard, and May Hem to Kelly. Max is the only member of team Lupin who doesn't get one.
30	* FakeOutMakeOut: Lupin and Kelly pull one of these when planning to rob Fort Knox.
31	* FemmeFatale: May Hem again. It's even in her name.
32	* FriendInThePress: Kelly Kincaid and Max Leblanc serve as this to Lupin, assisting him in his plans to foil Karst in many ways.
33	* TheFullNameAdventures: The French title.
34	* GayParee: Most of the buildings and clothes are [[TheRoaringTwenties Art Deco]]. Not that much of an AdaptationDecay, given that about a third of the books were written in that time.
35	* GentlemanThief: Lupin most definitive trait, naturally.
36	* HighClassGlass: Lupin [[CostumeInertia always wears a monocle]] when going into action.
37	** In one episode, he allows himself to be caught, but he doesn't have his monocle on. [[spoiler: It turns out to be Grognard wearing [[LatexPerfection a Lupin mask]]. ]]
38	** There's also this one episode when Lupin reveals himself to May Hem by removing his mask and putting on his monocle. Then, May Hem slaps him and his monocle falls out.
39	* HopelessSuitor: Folenfant is this to Kelly. There's an interesting variation to this in that Kelly knows he has a crush on her, and is more than willing to exploit this by taking him out to lunch for a scoop... but nothing more.
40	* IntrepidReporter: Kelly. See PluckyGirl below.
41	* KarmaHoudini: Karst and all his allies. While Lupin does ruin their plans, he is never stopped from trying again or caught for everything he's behind.
42	** The general implication is that even if Karst or his cronies were charged, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney he'd just buy his way out of it]].
43	** Also, Lupin does seem to hurt Karst in his wallet most of the time. After all, he had a lot of money invested in these schemes...
44	* LegacyCharacter: Fans suggest that the Lupin of ''[=NightHood=]'' may in fact be the son of the original Literature/ArseneLupin, which would make him the father of Franchise/LupinIII [[note]]and the grandfather of [[Literature/AriaTheScarletAmmo Riko Mine]][[/note]], but THAT would fall under {{Epileptic Tree}}s.
45	* TheMafia: They show up in Episode 13, in the most classic style possible, given the time period.
46	* MaleGaze: A couple of times featuring May Hem - and she routinely exploits it.
47	* MasterOfDisguise: Lupin, of course... even when [[PaperThinDisguise it's just a fake moustache]]. May Hem also gets in on the act from time to time.
48	* MatchCut: During the intro sequence, a rose petal turns into Lupin's BadassCape.
49	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: H.R. Karst is pretty much a villainous Howard Hughes, and his name is similar to William Randolph Hearst.
50	** And of course there's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsene_Lupin_vs._Herlock_Sholmes Herlock Sholmes]].
51	* OrientExpress: A large part of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A Prince on The Orient Express]].
52	* PapaWolf: Just try messing with any one of Lupin's friends...[[SchmuckBait come on, I dare you!]]
53	* PersonalMook: While not at all villainous, Grognard is this to Lupin, acting as his driver, cook, and general ally.
54	** Steel plays this straight for Karst.
55	* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Despite being so notorious other criminals sometimes pretend to be Lupin to throw the police off the trail, he's never actually shown committing any crime besides evading the authorities, instead devoting all his time and effort to thwarting other criminals in their endeavors. Maybe the creators were afraid of getting in trouble for having a [[EvilIsCool cool]] VillainProtagonist.
56	* PluckyGirl: Kelly is very gutsy no matter what.
57	* PoliceAreUseless: Well, [[BumblingSidekick Folenfant]] certainly is.
58	* PunnyName: Not just May Hem ([[DontExplainTheJoke d'you get it?]]) but Folenfant, translated into English, means "foolish/mad child".
59	** In Episode 13, there's a Mafioso whose surname is ''Marscapone''.
60	* ScarfOfAsskicking: Lupin tends to wear a scarf whenever he goes into action.
61	* SchizoTech: The show is set post UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and yet, there's the existence of surveillance cameras.
62	* SettingUpdate: ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' was set around the 1900s. Night Hood takes place in the early 1930s.
63	* ShoutOut: This version of Lupin has several {{Shout Out}}s to various anime series, least obvious is Lupin himself takes several visual and stylistic cues from [[Franchise/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]] and there are even a few to ''Franchise/LupinIII'' (the dynamic between Lupin and AscendedExtra Grognard owes a lot to that between Lupin and Jigen).
64	* SomethingAboutARose: Aside from symbolizing how [[GentlemanThief Lupin]] really is, rose becomes a communication item for Lupin and Kelly whenever there's crucial info.
65	* SpyCatsuit: May Hem has one. More surprisingly, Lupin himself dons a male equivalent few times.
66	* StealthHiBye: Lupin is very good at these.
67	* SweetTooth: Max tends to enjoy the occasional sweet.
68	* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Ganimard. He's the original [[Franchise/LupinIII Inspector Zenigata.]]
69	* TimmStyle: The art style is very obviously inspired by WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries.
70	* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Kelly is a tall and brawny girl while Max is a short and scrawny boy.
71	* TranquilizerDart: Complete with InstantSedation.
72	* UnresolvedSexualTension: Lupin and Kelly if they aren't an OfficialCouple.
73	* WorthyOpponent: Lupin muses that Inspector Ganimard ''would'' be this if he wasn't saddled with the utterly incompetent Folenfant.
74	* WritingAroundTrademarks: The name change for the English dub was due to some legal buffoonery surrounding the name Lupin. Everywhere else around the world the series was released under local translations of ''[[TheFullNameAdventures Les exploits d'Arsène Lupin]]''.
75	* [[VillainExitStageLeft Gentleman Thief Exit Stage Left]]: Lupin '''''always''''' does this... and not just OnceAnEpisode.
76	* VillainousBreakdown: Karst usually gets this whenever he found out that Lupin thwarted his plans again.

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