History Anime / LupinIIIGoodbyePartner

* ContinuityNod: Jigen tries to pull the same flower trick Lupin used on Clarisse back in Cagliostro. Jigen fumbles the trick, but Alisa doesn't seem to mind.

''Lupin III: Goodbye Partner'' is the twenty-fifth MadeForTVMovie in the ''Anime/LupinIII'' franchise, and the first of two released in 2019. It debuted on January 25, 2019, and was directed by Jun Kawagoe, who previously oversaw ''[[Anime/LupinIIIOperationReturnTheTreasure Operation: Return the Treasure]]''. An English language edition by Creator/DiscotekMedia using the usual LA voices debuted on on November 17, 2019 at [=AnimeNYC=] and is available on Amazon.

''Lupin III: Goodbye Partner'' is the twenty-fifth MadeForTVMovie in the ''Anime/LupinIII'' franchise, and the first of two released in 2019. It debuted on January 25, 2019, and was directed by Jun Kawagoe, who previously oversaw ''[[Anime/LupinIIIOperationReturnTheTreasure Operation: Return the Treasure]]''. An English language edition by Creator/DiscotekMedia debuted on on November 17, 2019 at [=AnimeNYC=] and is available on Amazon.

* DisarmDisasembleDestroy: [[spoiler:Lupin throws the pieces of Jigen's lighter at Norman's face, then rips the slide off Norman's Desert Eagle while the guy's trying to recover from the first attack.]]

* BecomeARealBoy: [[spoiler: What Emilka's endgame eventually becomes. Near the end, before she's shut down, we see what seems to be a body for her being made. Later, the OS says that she can't be found in the system. A girl who looks like her virtual avatar is later seen during Alisa's performance during the credits, hinting that she did escape and went to watch Alisa]].

* ExplosiveLeash: Alisa is fitted with an explosive choker to make her cooperate after her kidnapping. Lupin and Jigen pull off a trick to make sure that it can't detonate.

* FrameUp: Zenigata gets framed as the mastermind of Lupin's thefts. Lupin is [[BerserkButton enraged at the very sight of the newspaper and even the UBC newscasters calling him a fraud]] and he interrupts their broadcast, offering to steal something supposedly impossible to steal upon the request of the studio.
** HollywoodTactics: Sure, the US military does everything short of dropping nukes on Area 61, but every successive wave of saturation strike fails against the base's automated defenses. One would also think that an artillery barrage would be done by the ''actual field artillery'', not by a battalion of tanks.

* TheWorfBarrage: Everything the US military throws at Area 61 in the attempt to destroy the quantum computer is useless. Drone strikes, tank attacks, carpet bombing, special force infiltration, and even cruise missile launches get stymied by the facility's rapidly evolving defense system.

* WorfBarrage: Everything the US military throws at Area 61 in the attempt to destroy the quantum computer is useless. Drone strikes, tank attacks, carpet bombing, special force infiltration, and even cruise missile launches get stymied by the facility's rapidly evolving defense system.

Lupin III is up to his usual tricks, notably the theft of a rare clock from a casino in Singapore and aided by steadfast gang members Jigen and Goemon. Things start to take a turn for the weird soon after, though. In Las Vegas, longtime foe Inspector Zenigata is arrested by the police, accused of being a secret accomplice to Lupin's numerous thefts. In order to prove Zenigata is not conspiring with him, Lupin is challenged to steal the Time Crystal, a rare black diamond that was recently smuggled out of the United States by China. Lupin takes the challenge, but when he succeeds, Jigen suddenly shoots Lupin and incapacitates Goemon, leaving the two of them stranded in the desert and taking the Time Crystal for himself. Combined with a kidnapped teenage piano prodigy, the extremely top secret Area 61 in Colorado, American politician and multi-billionaire Roy Forest, and the works of Music/FryderykChopin, Lupin suddenly finds himself with quite a scheme to unravel if he wants to clear Zenigata, retake his prize, and, most pressingly of all, find out what would make one of his oldest and closest allies turn on him.

** Unfortunately, Goemon slicing through a blast door is what causes Emilka to nearly suffocate everyone. Emilka then analyzes Zantetsuken and has her maintenance drones weld and reinforce the blast door!

* DefeatByModesty: Performed on several occasions by Goemon and Zantetsuken, especially when he and Lupin need to escape something they've snuck into.
* ExplosiveLeash: Alisa is fitted with an explosive choker to make her cooperate after her kidnapping. Lupin and Jigen pull a trick to make sure that it can't detonate.

* FrameUp: Zenigata gets framed as the mastermind of Lupin's thefts. Lupin is enraged at the very sight of the news casters calling him a fraud and he interrupts their broadcast, offering to steal something supposedly impossible to steal upon the request of the studio.

* LatexPerfection: The usual case of Lupin disguising himself as Zenigata is averted; for once, the Zenigata walking into the building is actually Zenigata! [[spoiler: Lupin and Goemon are actually disguised as each other, so Lupin can go around the building freely as Zenigata's Goemon-looking assistant while Zenigata and Goemon distract ICPO.]]

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Emilka struggles to understand Alisa and Fujiko's music, but her curiosity soon leads her to start having emotions of her own. Eventually, instead of counter-phasing the music, Emilka starts singing her own song.

** Unfortunately, Goemon slicing through a blast door is what causes Emilka to nearly suffocate everyone. Emilka then analyzes Zantetsuken and has her maintenance drones weld and reinforce the blast door so that the door can't be cut!

* LatexPerfection: Averted; for once, the Zenigata sneaking into the building is actually Zenigata! [[spoiler: Lupin and Goemon are actually disguised as each other, so Lupin can go around the building freely as Zenigata's Goemon-looking assistant while Zenigata and Goemon distract ICPO.]]

* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: After being arrested, Inspector Zenigata is reluctant to work with Lupin to help him escape and clear his name. But after Lupin explains and presents evidence there's a much more dangerous villain on the loose, he agrees to work with Lupin and Goemon just long enough to stop the bigger threat.

** Delightfully averted later [[spoiler: when he cuts the Time Diamond. He smiles and says, "At long last, I have cut something worthy."]]

* ContinuityNod: Jigen tries to pull the same flower trick Lupin used on Clarisse

* ExplosiveLeash: Alisa is fitted with an explosive choker to make her cooperate after her kidnapping.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Jigen does this with Alisa mother as he realized he could never give her the life she wanted.

%%* ReusedCharacterDesign: The design used for Emilka's avatar sees a quick appearance at the end as a nameless audience member during the competition scene.
* {{Protectorate}}: As the child of Jigen former lover, Alisa is this.
* RunningGag: Every time Goemon is disguised, he ends up pulling out Zantetsuken from the back of his shirt to help solve the problem he and Lupin end up in.

* ConspicuousCG: When a character is playing the piano, their CG hands can be a bit noticeable, particularly in one shot where Alisa (who is 2D) and her forearms (which are CG) are in the same scene together, [[OffModel making it look like her arms have grown exceptionally long]].

* ConspicuousCG: When a character is playing the piano, their CG hands can be a bit noticable.

* BecomeARealBoy: [[spoiler: What Emilka's endgame eventually becomes. Near the end, before she's shut down, we see what seems to be a body for her being made. Later, the OS says that she can't be found in the system. A girl who looks like her virtual avatat is later seen during Alisa's performance during the credits, hinting that she did escape and went to watch Alisa]].

* [[spoiler: BecomeARealBoy]]: [[spoiler: What Emilka's endgame eventually becomes. Near the end, before she's shut down, we see what seems to be a body for her being made. Later, the OS says that she can't be found in the system. A girl who looks like her virtual avatat is later seen during Alisa's performance during the credits, hinting that she did escape and went to watch Alisa]].

* DefeatByModesty: Performed on several occasions by Goemon and Zantetsuken, especially he and Lupin need to escape something they've snuck into.

This is the only Lupin media to feature Lupin in a black jacket. Though it predominantly appears in the marketing material, he starts off in his traditional red jacket and only wears the black one for part of the special.

This is the only Lupin media to feature Lupin in a black jacket. Though it promenantly appears in the marketing material, he starts off in his traditional red jacket and only wears the black one for part of the special.

''Lupin III: Goodbye Partner'' is the twenty-sixth MadeForTVMovie in the ''Anime/LupinIII'' franchise, and the first of two released in 2019. It debuted on January 25, 2019, and an English language edition debuted on on November 17, 2019 at [=AnimeNYC=].

* ExplosiveLeash: Lisa is fitted with an explosive choker to make her cooperate after her kidnapping.
* FaceHeelTurn: Jigen suddenly shoots his friends and strands them out in the desert, taking the Time Crystal with him. [[spoiler: Of course he's faking it, hinted almost immediately by him shooting the lighter in Lupin's pocket instead of Lupin. Lisa was being held hostage to force him to comply.]]

* LaserHallway: Lupin shows off his incredible acrobatic skills while navigating one inside the stronghold where the Time Diamond is. Too bad he didn't know about the pressure plates on the other side.

Lupin III is up to his usual tricks, notably the theft of a rare clock from a casino in Singapore and aided by steadfast gang members Jigen and Goemon. Things start to take a turn for the weird soon after, though. In Las Vegas, longtime foe Inspector Zenigata is arrested by the police, accused of being a secret accomplice to Lupin's numerous thefts. In order to prove Zenigata is not conspiring with him, Lupin is challenged to steal the Time Crystal, a rare black diamond that was recently smuggled out of the United States by China. Lupin takes the challenge, but when he succeeds, Jigen suddenly shoots Lupin and incapacitates Goemon, leaving the two of them stranded in the desert and taking the Time Crystal for himself. Combined with a kidnapped teenage piano prodigy, the extremely top secret Area 61 in Colorado, and the works of Music/FryderykChopin, Lupin suddenly finds himself with quite a scheme to unravel if he wants to clear Zenigata, retake his prize, and, most pressingly of all, find out what would make one of his oldest and closest allies turn on him.

* LatexPerfection: Averted; for once, the Zenigata sneaking into the building is actually Zenigata! [[spoiler: Lupin is actually Goemon in disguise though, so Lupin can go around the building freely as Zenigata's assistant.]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: An informant named "Edward Znowden" is the one who spills the information about the quantum supercomputer the American government is working on.

''Lupin III: Goodbye Partner'' is the twenty-sixth MadeForTVMovie in the ''Anime/LupinIII'' franchise, and the first of two released in 2019. It debuted on January 25, 2019, and an English language edition and dub debuted on on November 17, 2019 at [=AnimeNYC=].

* RunningGag: Everytime Goemon is disguised, he ends up pulling out Zantetsuken from the back of his shirt to help solve the problem he and Lupin end up in.

* FaceHeelTurn: Jigen suddenly shoots his friends and strands them out in the desert, taking the Time Crystal with him.
[[spoiler: Of course he's faking it, hinted almost immediately by him shooting the lighter in Lupin's pocket instead of Lupin. Lisa was being held hostage to force him to comply.]]

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: The secondary plot of the movie is all about this trope.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Las Vegas, Arizona.