Lupin the Third (TV Series)

The Dashing Entrance of Lupin III (1977)

Tony Oliver: Arsène Lupin III

Quotes 

• Arsène Lupin III : I'm just humoring you. You don't have any authority to arrest me on this ship, Inspector Zenigata!

  Inspector Kouichi Zenigata : Are you blind? I have a warrant right here!

  [brandishes the warrant] 

  Arsène Lupin III : I know, and it's a lovely one too, except for one little thing: There's no watermark. And as you know, without a watermark it's not considered legal in a court of law!

  Inspector Kouichi Zenigata : [examines the warrant]  Huh? It's a forgery! How in the world could that have happened?

  Arsène Lupin III : Well, what do you know? It looks like Pops here has been lured into the same exact trap as the rest of us!

  Inspector Kouichi Zenigata : [stomps his feet]  Oh, damn it! I was so close! Why does this always happen to me? It's not fair, I tell ya! It's just not fair!

  Arsène Lupin III : Hey, take it easy, Pops. There's not much any of us can do right now but hang around and wait. Sit down, have a drink, take a load off!

  Inspector Kouichi Zenigata : Why should I, huh?

  Arsène Lupin III : Because you have no choice.

  [slips out of the handcuffs] 

  Arsène Lupin III : Let's shake on it.

  Inspector Kouichi Zenigata : You are nuts! Shake with you on what?

  Arsène Lupin III : Our temporary inter-alliance agreement! Here's the deal, listen up: Right now we join forces to defeat our mutual enemies, and then after that I'm all yours! What do you say? Pops, do we partner up or not?

  Inspector Kouichi Zenigata : Hmm, well, all right. But how the heck do we smoke out these bad guys?

  Arsène Lupin III : By just sitting back, enjoying the cruise, and playing dumb. Sooner or later they're bound to make their move and then we'll see what's what! So what do you say, Old Man? Are you in or are you out?

  [Zenigata considers this proposal] 

  Arsène Lupin III : Deal? Come on, we'll seal it, the good old-fashioned way!

  [spits on his palm and holds it out. After a pause, Zenigata brusquely shakes it] 

• [at dinner] 

  Arsène Lupin III , Daisuke Jigen , Goemon Ishikawa XIII , Fujiko Mine : Cheers!

  Arsène Lupin III : Sorry to be late, I had a minor matter to attend to.

  Daisuke Jigen : Tell me about it, I'm guessing you had to lift a Van Gogh or even two to pay for all of our tickets!

  Arsène Lupin III : Huh?

  Daisuke Jigen : Hey, whatever! Any guy who's willing to shell out this kind of cash to treat his old friends to a good time is aces with me!

  Arsène Lupin III : Hey, wait a minute, what do you mean? Whoa, back up! What do you mean, treat you?

  [Confused, Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko show Lupin the letters he sent them] 

  Arsène Lupin III : Huh? Well, I hate to break it to you guys, but I got one, too!

  [takes out a letter and gives it to Fujiko] 

  Fujiko Mine : [reading the letter]  "My darling Lupin, you've been in my dreams every night for five long years. Oh, darling, I can't bear being apart from you any longer, I simply have to see you immediately. Rendezvous with me on the Sirloin on October 3rd, and I promise I'll make both our dreams come true." Oh, please! This doesn't sound anything like me!

  Arsène Lupin III : Or smell like you!

  [sniffs the letter] 

  Fujiko Mine : What's that?

  Arsène Lupin III : Not even a trace of Chanel No 5. Trust me, I nearly sucked the entire thing up my nose.

  Daisuke Jigen : So this is just a steaming pile of...

  Goemon Ishikawa XIII : Very bad karma.

  Arsène Lupin III : Exactly, my friends! We've all fallen into someone's very ingenious trap!

  Daisuke Jigen : Not you, though! You figured it out for a trap, Lupin, and you waltzed right into it anyway! What the hell's up with that?

  Arsène Lupin III : I don't know about you, Jigen, but I like to know who my enemies are. The sooner he shows his hand, the sooner I can show him mine!

  Goemon Ishikawa XIII : We must remain as vigilant as the owl.

  Arsène Lupin III : Exactly.

• Inspector Kouichi Zenigata : Aha! I've got you cornered at last!

  [runs towards Lupin's table] 

  Arsène Lupin III : [excited, jumps up and kisses Zenigata]  Zenigata! At last! Oh, Pops, it's been so long! Let me kiss you all over! All that aftershave drives me wild!

  [sits down] 

  Arsène Lupin III : Hey, I heard you were transferred to some pot-of-crap hole after the last time I slipped through your fingers! Pretty slow in the sticks for a fine investigative mind like yours, but I'm sure you didn't let the tedium get to you.

  [Lupin imagines Zenigata going mad from boredom] 

  Inspector Kouichi Zenigata : Yeah? Well, these are YOUR transfer papers, wise guy. Straight to maximum security! Read it and weep!

• Arsène Lupin III : [in a note to his friends]  "Hey guys, I don't know if you've heard about this or not, but the Sirloin is the first of an entirely new class of super-luxury liner. It's absolutely incredible. It makes the Queen Mary look like a minnow. Anyway, she's leaving for Lisbon on the 3rd for her maiden round-the-world voyage, and since it sounded like a great excuse for a reunion, I took the liberty of booking passage for all of us. So, don't have any regrets, just be there. Lupin."

• Inspector Kouichi Zenigata : Hey, hold on now! Are you really Lupin?

  Arsène Lupin III : That's what my mama calls me!

• Mr. X : Allow me to demonstrate exactly what you're up against.

  [He demonstrates by bending a steel bar and punching a cinderblock] 

  Arsène Lupin III : Oh God! Oh crap! Oh mommy help me!