Post by KouTai on Sept 4, 2006 14:03:33 GMT -5
Many parodies have been made around or about Lupin The 3rd, here they are!
Lupin III itself alludes to the original Ars¨¨ne Lupin adventures from time to time. The Castle of Cagliostro gets its title from the novel La Comtesse de Cagliostro (The Countess of Cagliostro). Also, in one episode, Lupin III goes up against several detectives, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (which is amazing, since he was set during the Victorian era, like Ars¨¨ne Lupin), whom he outwits and impersonates. The original Lupin tangled with Holmes several times; however, due to Conan Doyle's copyright on his character, Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson appeared under thinly disguised names like "Herlock Sholmes" and "Dr. Wilson".
- Azumanga Daioh - Tomo Takino has a desire to be like Fujiko, to the point she even attempts to grow her hair out for a sexy look. Failing that, she briefly decides on a career in Interpol, the agency Zenigata works for.
- Batman: The Animated Series - The climax of the episode "The Clock King" is a fight in a clock tower between Batman and the Clock King, which plays out very similarly to the climax of Castle of Cagliostro. (Several episodes of BTAS were animated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, the Japanese studio that produced Cagliostro; some fans erroneously assume that this episode was one of them. However, "The Clock King" was actually animated by Sunrise.)
- Cowboy Bebop - Most of the main cast of the show, excluding Ed and Ein, is a silent homage to Lupin III and his gang, mostly in their appearance, and sometimes in their characteristics, too. Also, the shots of Spike's running legs in the opening theme's animation are also styled after Lupin's bowlegged style of running in classic Lupin III features. In the episode "Sympathy for the Devil," the villain who looks like a young kid and plays the harmonica is dressed in Lupin's green jacket outfit, including the black shirt, and yellow tie.
- Cutie Honey - In the original manga, Panther Claw tells the police which bank they will strike next. When Seiji informs Honey about this, he makes a comment: "Heh, I guess they think they're Lupin III now!"
- Excel Saga - In the anime, Nabeshin (based on director Shinichi Watanabe, who also directed Fujiko's Unlucky Days) wore an outfit that strongly resembled Lupin's. In addition, the beginning of episode 12 features series creator Rikdo Koshi dressed up as Zenigata and a set of rings that parodies the ones from Castle of Cagliostro. An altered version of the Castle of Cagliostro poster is seen on the manga artist's wall in episode 1.
- FLCL - Kamon Nandaba, Naota's father, dresses up as Lupin and tries to impress Haruko Haruhara. Later, the trademark black title screen appears, at first types out a title (trans. Forever the Bullet of Love and the Plot), but the title gets trashed for another (¥Ö¥é¥Ö¥ì trans. Bura Bure). In that same episode Kamon, who is still dressed as Lupin, jumps out of his clothes, leaving his boxers on, and attempts to dive and land in between Haruko's legs. Haruko, wearing nothing but a towel, foils him by launching a boxing glove, attatched to a spring, from in between her legs, ultimately knocking Kamon out. The same scene occurs between Lupin ang Fujiko in the opening entrance theme to one of the television series.
- Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 10 contains a parody of Lupin III character Zenigata, in the form of a detective that dressed in the same trademark outfit and focused his entire career on catching one particular thief.
- Great Teacher Onizuka - Onizuka's students played a Lupin III video game in an arcade station.
- Here is Greenwood - Episode 3 features a parody of the confrontation between Lupin and Count Cagliostro
- Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) - In an early episode where Kenshiro and Batt atempt to reclaim the stolen rice seeds, Batt returns and says to Kenshiro, "I got them back, I am a regular Arsene ain't I?". This is a tribute to Lupin as his first name is Arsene.
- Love Hina - Swordswoman Motoko Aoyama has been known to remark, "Once again, I have cut a worthless object," a trademark line of Goemon's.
- Otaku no Video - Lupin cosplay and memorabilia can be spotted in some scenes.
- Urusei Yatsura: Only You - Mendou and his servent have a discussion parodying the scene from Cagliostro where Jodo finds Lupin's calling card on his back.
- XXXHOLiC - The time-space witch Y¨±ko Ichihara also uses Goemon's "worthless objects" line in the first volume of the manga.
Lupin III itself alludes to the original Ars¨¨ne Lupin adventures from time to time. The Castle of Cagliostro gets its title from the novel La Comtesse de Cagliostro (The Countess of Cagliostro). Also, in one episode, Lupin III goes up against several detectives, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (which is amazing, since he was set during the Victorian era, like Ars¨¨ne Lupin), whom he outwits and impersonates. The original Lupin tangled with Holmes several times; however, due to Conan Doyle's copyright on his character, Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson appeared under thinly disguised names like "Herlock Sholmes" and "Dr. Wilson".