Lupin III (Character)

• TV Specials
• Part I
• Part II
• Part III
• Part IV/V
• Part VI
• Lupin Zero
• The First Movie

“	That just means the game isn't over yet! The goddess of victory will smile upon me, Lupin III!	„
	~ Lupin

“	Do you want to go back into the darkness again? You've come out into the sun at last. Hey... your life begins now. Don't become filthy like me. I'll tell you what - if you're ever in trouble, I'll fly straight to you no matter when, even if I'm on the other side of the world.	„
	~ Lupin

“	I am... Lupin III, at your service!	„
	~ Lupin

“	The great Lupin-sama with his 300 IQ is gonna go crack that safe! Satisfied?!	„
	~ Lupin

“	Great artists are like great thieves, they both know how to steal people's souls.	„
	~ Lupin

“	It was all her. A woman whose only muse in life were the adventures that she had as a young lady. Someone who lived through the war and dedicated everything that she had to her business. Those were her memories. But you can't assume that everything we saw was just made-up. Because you never know, very similar events may have actually occurred in the past thanks to people who were just like you and me.	„
	~ Lupin to Goemon

“	It's the same for me! I wanna ride that high all the time! The things that get us pumped up are the most important in life! That settles it! I'm going to be a thief. But I'm not taking orders from that old coot! And I don't care what my dad thinks, either! Instead... I'll abide by the thrills that my heart seeks!	„
	~ Lupin to Jigen

“	Here's a parting gift. You've earned it.	„
	~ Lupin

Summary

Lupin III (ルパン三世, Rupan Sansei) is the grandson of Arsène Lupin, and is the world's most wanted gentleman thief.

He sometimes appears incompetent, but mostly as a charade to catch his opponents off guard. While he has been arrested and thrown in jail on a number of occasions, he has always managed to break out. He also has a fondness for fancy gadgets from time to time, such as in The Castle of Cagliostro where his belt features many small gadgets. His infatuation with women, and Fujiko Mine in particular, is perhaps his biggest weakness, as it often lands him in undesirable situations. He continues his grandfather's legacy of thievery.

Lupin is acknowledged by virtually every law agency on earth as the world's number one thief. Often in his adventures, he and his colleagues, Daisuke Jigen and Goemon Ishikawa XIII, will take it upon themselves to foil other criminals engaged in more violent crimes. While first glance may imply Lupin as fun-loving, flighty, perhaps even "goofy", his surface facade overcoats a brilliant imagination and a thorough knowledge of a hundred varying sciences. Forever extemporizing and reevaluating, Lupin has been responsible for heists no right-minded individual would believe possible. While arrested and jailed on numerous occasions, typically by his nemesis Inspector Zenigata, he has always managed to escape. He has a fondness for fancy gadgets from time to time plus hands-on experience in many skills a thief would find useful. His infatuation with Fujiko Mine is perhaps his most significant weakness, as it lands him in undesirable situations most of the time.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 9-A, at least 8-C with explosives, higher with preparation

Name: Arsene Lupin III, Lupin, Wolf, Hardyman, Edgar

Origin: Lupin III

Gender: Male

Age: 30s physically, 70s chronologically

Classification: Human, Thief

Powers and Abilities:

• Base
• Resistances
• With Standard Equipment
• With Preparation/Optional Arsenal

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Extraordinary Genius Intelligence
• Preparation (In a readied state, Lupin can execute some ingenious implementations and also elaborate ahead to render his opponents' weaponry useless)
• Longevity (Born around the 50's as Lupin Zero, an anime prequel which show Lupin's teenage years, set in the 60's)
• Acrobatics (Displayed superhuman levels of dexterity and agility during many fights and chases, even being able to run vertically)
• Social Influencing (Can deceive entire corporations with his mastery of persuasion and is a master of disguise)
• Vehicular Mastery (Can fly planes, drive motorcycles, helicopters and even drive a car backwards. Drove on a road's guard rail, which at the time was suspended in mid-air, and safely makes it back onto the road. Capable of driving up vertical cliff-faces)
• Weapon Mastery and Marksmanship (Shows grand skills in marksmanship with all kind of firearms from small arms to light weapons. He has also shown great skills with melee weapons such as swords, hammers or axes. Threw a knife so precisely and with enough strength to manually fire a bullet. Can utilize his grappling hook as a weapon, allowing him to deflect attacks. Scales to Daisuke Jigen, albeit to a lesser degree)
• Stealth Mastery (Capable of infiltrating the most well-guarded locations without being discovered. Lupin designs disguises as identical to the person he is trying to be, this skill being so complete that he can even fool close friends and family members of the impersonated party. His skinny body enables him to easily impersonate heavier subjects by wearing padding that's usually filled with a variety of gadgets. Can fast maneuvers with such uses as well. His disguise as Pannish worked so well that he even tricked the computer system that controls nanomachines)
• Expert in Hand to Hand Combat (Lupin is worthy to face off combat savvy adversaries in the battle field Goemon Ishikawa, who is a master martial artist being experienced with Kenjutsu, Karate, Jujutsu, Iaido, etc. and Lupin has combated and stalemated him before. In one episode, a monitor showed an actual montage of events throughout history where Lupin consistently kept up with and at one point stalemating Goemon, who even went by far to state in the same episode Lupin could be "One of the strongest fighters in the world")
• Pressure Points (Can expertly knock out people this way. Should be comparable to Jigen and Goemon)
• Enhanced Senses (Smelled if there were sleeping pills inside a sofa. Easily spotted a tiny bug in a leg when neither Goemon or Jigen could. Can casually aim accurately with tracking darts. Nonchalantly deflected back bullets with nothing but a frying pan while keeping his eyes on the road, to then disrepair Zenigata's car in the process. Can effortlessly track a bullet and dislodge a machine gun with his sight covered. Instantly knew when Fujiko was going to shoot before it can happen. Has shown great sense of hearing, even being capable of hearing and smelling Zenigata from a distance. Capable of detecting hidden traps. Fought ninjas despite being blinded by smoke. Can hear the ticking of bombs while others couldn't. Can hear machinery activating before using his magnets to block them. Dodged a bullet behind him at close range. Easily anticipated a bomb. Can deduce vehicles' origins by their sound)
• Extrasensory Perception (Able to sense and recognize a person's bloodlust. Was able to sense Fujiko despite her being behind an wall and without making sound. Knew where a well hidden gunman was. Has had encounters with spirits before)
• Limited Body Control (Lupin can manipulate his hands to get out of Zenigata's handcuffs, seemingly with no pain from doing such. Given his slim physique, can fit inside cramped spaces as he fits inside a trash can compactor)
  • Non-Physical Interaction and Fourth Wall Awareness (In Part 4, winked at the audience twice. Asked the animator to turn a position back to normal when he seems to be leaning while the Tower of Pisa looks straight. Directly talked to the audience in one episode, which was fan-suggested and thanked the person who gave him the idea Has numerous examples of him interacting with and messing around with his surrondings, should be capable of accomplishing feats similar to the rest of the cast.)
• Toon Force (Capable of staying afloat in mid-air, even while carrying bags filled with gold. Reversed the direction of TNT by using signs. Somehow threw handcuffs like a boomerang, effectively handcuffing Zenigata)
• Hacking (Can easily get access to a national computer. Can hack near any kind of surveillance/security system)
• Limited Information Analysis and Superhuman Precision (Can visualize entire sequences of events in his head and see all the possible outcomes of stealing a diamond by using different methods. Despite never being told and only having a brief interaction with him, Lupin was able to figure out Oda Nobunaga was a robot and was able to hit a specific weak point that couldn't be seen that dismantled him)
• Surface Scaling (Can climb and crawl on walls, even without gadgets)
• Limited Sound Manipulation (Shown to perfectly mimic the voice of other people and animals)
• Mind Manipulation via hypnosis
• Probability Manipulation - He is shown to alter chances and odds in a variety of ways.
• Unorthodox Multiple Selves (Type 1; Has completely unique thought patterns and cognizance for each of the 9 languages he speaks)
• Self Sustenance (Type 1) (Capable of surviving in space with nothing to protect her.)
• Elasticity (Can be put into the exact same scenario as Jigen, who are can survive being flattened) *Dimensional Travel and Immersion (The cast are capable of physically breaking into a digital world)
• Danmaku and Spatial Manipulation (By utilizing his agility Lupin is capable of blitzing comparable opponents from every direction, scales to Fujiko who can do the same with solo tactics. Shown to break through space during his Kizuna)

• Social Influencing (1 Layer - It's rare that Lupin is deceived by someone due to his ability to read people's expressions and detect lies, even as a child he was resistant to Tomoe's influence which was capable of completely rewriting a person's personality and life with a short conversation)
• A degree of Pain Manipulation (Inflicted injury worthy blows to statues for a duration and was able to still stand. Can still keep running despite severe injury in the side. Had his arm impaled and is seen relatively fine)
• Empathic Manipulation (Drank a love potion and didn't feel the effects)
• Ice Manipulation (Survived being completely frozen)
• Fire Manipulation (Survived being set on fire. Capable of withstanding the heat from fire hot enough to obliterate Mamo. Was unaffected by Mamo's magical flames)
• Sleep Manipulation, Memory Manipulation and Possession (Has been bitten by a striped tarantula whose venom can put its victims to sleep for 24 hours, only to wake up a few hours later. Can wake up himself after being forced by Wataru Uraga's decipher message which implants the creator's own dreams into other people, which alters their mind to turn them into personifications of the creator.))
• Electricity Manipulation (Survived being exposed by an electric field for a long period)
• Extreme Temperatures (Can easily withstand anything from a harsh desert to a snow storm)
• Limited Radiation Manipulation (Survived being exposed to a massive amount of Uranium 238, enough to kill a man in four days)
• Mind Manipulation (1 Layer - Was stated that he'd never fall for hypnosis with his mind being so well guarded that Tomoe needed to create an extremely complex plan to bypass it, however despite that Lupin was still capable of breaking out of Tomoe's control and removing any form of influence she had on him decades ago. Partially resisted the effects of the Suicide Ray, which can create a beam able to make whoever was hit by it immediately kill themselves..
• Resistance and Negation of Time Manipulation (Is capable of resisting and combating against Mamo's temporal abilities, which can pause, rewind, resume, and even accelerate time.)
• Telepathy (Countered Rasputin's mind reading by turning off his mind. Is capable of doing the same against an opponent who could predict his actions though thought mental reading.)
• Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiation (The cast is capable of surviving and swimming in space with nothing but their normal attire and a bowl on their heads.
• Transmutation (Is unaffected when the surrounding area gets transmuted into gold including the moon)
• Immunity to Dream Manipulation (Lupin is a character who is incapable of dreaming, due to this, his subconscious is nothing but an empty void. This is considered to be a sign of a mind on-par with complete idiot or an absolute God.)

• Sleep Manipulation and Smoke Manipulation with different smoke bombs
• Various tracking devices and grappling gadgets
• Underwater Breathing (Type 3; Possesses a small device which allows him to breathe underwater)
• Thread Manipulation (Can use strings to either trap his enemies or set traps by binding objects in the surrounding area and then turn them into projectiles against the opponent)
• Technology Manipulation, Information Analysis, and Hacking via his monocle (Capable of hacking, accessing, and taking over control advanced security systems)
• Fire Manipulation with a lighter

• Sleep Manipulation with sleeping sprays and tranquilizer darts
• Explosion Manipulation with various explosives
• Smoke Manipulation with various gadgets and bombs
• Memory Manipulation (Can use small soap bubbles that cause immediate amnesia when they pop, leaving them vulnerable long enough for Lupin to make his move)
• Energy Absorption (Made a super miniature battery which could absorb 1,000,000 volts of energy)
• Status Effect Inducement (Made a bullet of special medicine with an effect similar to laxative)
• Enhanced Senses with various vision goggles (night vision, infrared, x-ray, etc.)
• Light Manipulation with flashbangs
• Flight with various vehicles (balloons, kites, gliders, a superhero suit, invisible balloons to trick people into thinking he can levitate in the air and etc.)
• Enhanced Technology Manipulation (Can hack and take over control security systems. Possesses a universal smart key which can be used to get access to any cars)
• Magnetism Manipulation with various portatile magnets
• Paralysis Inducement with paralyzing spray
• Animal Manipulation with various animals (Had been shown to utilize anything from a mouse to snake)
• Automatic Translation (Created a communicator that can translate dolphin's speech to human's speech)
• Enhanced Fire Manipulation (Has access to a concealed flamethrower and special gun. With a magic artifact, he's capable of generating pillars of fire strong enough to obliterating Mamo.)
• Adhesive Manipulation (With sticky bombs. Can fly a remote control helicopter which has adhesive firearms)
• Information Analysis with special goggles
• Sound Manipulation with a micro-sized high frequency wave generator
• Electricity Manipulation (With a mini stun gun. By using two metal rods, Lupin was able to send electrical strikes towards his opponent)
• Magic Reflection (By utilizing a magic mirror, Lupin is capable of reflecting magical attacks back at the opponent)
• Ice Manipulation with liquid nitrogen spray
• Possibly Time Travel with Mamo's time machine (Stole Mamo's time machine at one point, but he never used it since then)

Attack Potency: Small Building level (Had equally fought Goemon Ishikawa on various occasions). At least Building level+ with explosives (Can create bombs of this magnitude. His explosives have consistently shown to be capable to destroy buildings and portions of skyscrapers), higher with preparation

Speed: Supersonic+ (Partially outspeed a fireball. Consistently outruns bullets and explosions) with Relativistic (Comparable to Goemon Ishikawa. Casually blocked multiple bullets from a Howa Type 64 with a cooking pan at point-blank range. Reacted to and deflected multiple lasers with a piece of Zantetsuken) combat speed and reactions

Lifting Strength: At least Class 5 (Easily moved a large statue made of pure gold. Easily moved a large block of wood. Can freely move with a hand locked in a single bed. Can tear the head off a robot's body. Casually threw a walking stick hard enough to pierce rock. Pulled down a tree with his grappling hook. Catched a falling aircraft with Jigen. Lifted a large golden lion statue while on a hang glider), possibly Class 50 (Held back a massive crushing trap for a while. Comparable to Koichi Zenigata, who could pull two moving train carriages by arching his back and hold a falling wooden bridge for a brief period of time)

Striking Strength: Small Building level

Durability: Small Building level (Survived a violent clash that destroyed a passenger car, which was durable enough to pierce through a submarine)

Stamina: Superhuman (Fought and defeated Matea Farah, despite having a gunshot wound which made him constantly bleed during the fight. Comparable to Goemon and Zenigata)

Range: Standard Melee Range physically; Tens of Meters with his handgun; Far Higher with various equipment/gadgets

Standard Equipment: Walther P38, modified Fiat 500, watch (contains grappling hook), smoke pellets, pocket knife (which can be thrown) and many other gadgets.

• Optional Equipment: Various other gadgets and tools

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Lupin shows amazing intuition and awareness of his surroundings and possesses encyclopedic knowledge of various topics, such as history, literature, sciences, fluency in multiple language, etc. Lupin often creates near-perfect disguises of people and can mimic their voices after only just meeting them. Lupin was able to discover that Yael Okuzaki was using a device hidden on his eye that allowed him to see the cameras in the entire city. Lupin was able to fool Zenigata into believing that he was dead by painting a realistic image on the floor made of spoiled foods. Is adroit enough to easily detect fake paint when that even experts can't tell which what art is authentic. Lupin is also a formidable escape artist, capable of cracking any safe or freeing himself from shackles in moments. Solved the mystery of the Tower of Babel, when not even members of an advanced alien civilization could during thousands of years. Decrypted in one night the hidden code written in multiple languages by Wataru Uraga. Wataru is a genius scientist that was capable to create a method to implant a personification of himself inside someone's subconscious, by simply reading the previously mentioned code. Was the first human to wake up and be deemed worthy by Da Vinci, a clone of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci made up with all the greatest minds of the past (by using Wataru's knowledge), who could easily replicate Wataru Uraga's invention but on a massive scale, to the point to making everyone in Italy fall asleep, and was going to replace all those people's personalities with his own, only to fail due to Lupin. Ultimately beat Mamo, a being claimed to be thousands of years old, who had acquired the knowledge and wisdom of all geniuses, scientists and philosophers of history, and who had claimed to be behind most historical events. Can easily see through disguises in a variety of ways. Has an intellect defying the best computers to the point there's no "impossible" in his vocabulary, even outsmarting a super-computer multiple times over)

Weaknesses: Lupin doesn't like to kill, but he will if he has to. Sometimes, if he does not have any information on an opponent or is not fully prepared for a fight, he can be caught off guard. His pronounced attraction towards beautiful women, especially Fujiko, frequently results in bouts of irrationality. He also has an irrational fear of octopi.

Notable Matchups

Victories:

Charlie Dompler and Allan Red (Smiling Friends) Charlie and Allan's Profile (Speed was equalized, the battle took place in an empty construction site, they started 30 meters away from the other team and Lupin was partnered with Inspector Zenigata)

Losses:

Inconclusive:

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