Post by Arsene Lupin the 3rd on Nov 23, 2008 22:07:45 GMT -5
Character Name: Arsene Lupin the 3rd
Nicknames/Psuedonames: Lupin, Lupin the 3rd, Boss, The Gentleman Thief
Character Age or Age Appearance: 31
Race/Species: Human
Physical Description: Lupin's ethnic origins haven't been specified; he admits to being French, but apparantly lives in Japan. It's hinted his father, Lupin II, was French and his mother possibly Japanese. Inspector Zenigata often calls him Japanese and Lupin himself once called himself "half-Japanese, half-French".
Distinguishing Features: His dark red jacket and yellow tie make him hard to miss, when he isn’t in disguise.
Personal History: Lupin comes from a family of thieves, started by his grandfather, the original Arsene Lupin. It is assumed he learned all that he knows from his grandfather and father.
Somewhere along his adventures, he gained great renown, as well as a few allies (Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko) and one fierce enemy (Zenigata).
Personality: While Lupin is a scoundrel, he's a scoundrel with a heart, and will go to great lengths to right injustice. While he sees nothing wrong with his chosen profession, he reminds anyone who asks that the people from whom he steals are people who can take the loss, and that there are worse people than he in this world. He also shows a chivalrous streak that compels him to help those less fortunate than he (especially attractive women). Furthermore, Lupin often takes it upon himself and his gang to stop criminals engaged in more violent crimes and leave them for Zenigata to arrest. He fancies himself a ladies' man, although his actual success with women is erratic. In Monkey Punch's original manga, Lupin is very much the ladies' man, though Fujiko is frequently beyond his grasp. His abilities with the opposite sex tend to fluctuate with the writer.
In all, Lupin can best be defined as an insane grown-up with a child's fun-loving demeanor, laughing and quipping in the face of opposition with a handy trick always available to maintain an upper hand.
His preferred cigarette are Gitanes.
Magical Abilities/Special Skills: . Physically, Lupin is a man of average strength, but can throw a surprisingly good punch. He is incredibly flexible and fast, however, and his manual dexterity is cat-like in precision and quickness, honed from years of stealth and subterfuge. He also possesses incredible skill in the art of disguise, able to impersonate nearly anyone, even women. His skinny body enables him to easily impersonate heavier subjects by padding disguises, usually filling them with gadgets and surprises in the process. He can even perfectly imitate voices. His favorite disguise has always been Inspector Zenigata, which incenses Zenigata to no end. Another of Lupin's abilities is his encyclopedic knowledge of various topics, like history (both general and the hidden history of crime), the different sciences, languages (he is fluent in virtually every major language), etc. He also shows amazing intuition and awareness of his surroundings. Lupin favors the Walther P-38. He is shown to be an excellent marksman (although not as good of a shot as Daisuke Jigen), yet typically will not kill unless his life or the life of a loved one is threatened.
Lupin is a talented stunt driver, stunt motorcyclist and flight pilot. He is also a formidable escape artist, capable of cracking any safe or freeing himself from shackles in moments.
Weaknesses: While totally composed during a heist, Lupin tends to become panicky when his life is on the line. Upon facing eminent death by an opponent, he may squeal and plead for mercy in ways most comical.
Even though his gang's loyalty has been an issue, with Fujiko willing to betray and Goemon promising to eventually kill him, Lupin will still drop everything to come to their aide in a helpless moment; further the team would rather face torture than to betray Lupin (or he betray them) to a third party.
Anime/Manga/Game Character is from: Lupin the 3rd: The Fuma Conspiracy
Timeline: While on the run from the Fuma Clan with his friends, they are all infected with hallucination gas. Lupin falls unconscious from it, and when he awakens, he was in the jail in the Pathways.
Nicknames/Psuedonames: Lupin, Lupin the 3rd, Boss, The Gentleman Thief
Character Age or Age Appearance: 31
Race/Species: Human
Physical Description: Lupin's ethnic origins haven't been specified; he admits to being French, but apparantly lives in Japan. It's hinted his father, Lupin II, was French and his mother possibly Japanese. Inspector Zenigata often calls him Japanese and Lupin himself once called himself "half-Japanese, half-French".
Distinguishing Features: His dark red jacket and yellow tie make him hard to miss, when he isn’t in disguise.
Personal History: Lupin comes from a family of thieves, started by his grandfather, the original Arsene Lupin. It is assumed he learned all that he knows from his grandfather and father.
Somewhere along his adventures, he gained great renown, as well as a few allies (Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko) and one fierce enemy (Zenigata).
Personality: While Lupin is a scoundrel, he's a scoundrel with a heart, and will go to great lengths to right injustice. While he sees nothing wrong with his chosen profession, he reminds anyone who asks that the people from whom he steals are people who can take the loss, and that there are worse people than he in this world. He also shows a chivalrous streak that compels him to help those less fortunate than he (especially attractive women). Furthermore, Lupin often takes it upon himself and his gang to stop criminals engaged in more violent crimes and leave them for Zenigata to arrest. He fancies himself a ladies' man, although his actual success with women is erratic. In Monkey Punch's original manga, Lupin is very much the ladies' man, though Fujiko is frequently beyond his grasp. His abilities with the opposite sex tend to fluctuate with the writer.
In all, Lupin can best be defined as an insane grown-up with a child's fun-loving demeanor, laughing and quipping in the face of opposition with a handy trick always available to maintain an upper hand.
His preferred cigarette are Gitanes.
Magical Abilities/Special Skills: . Physically, Lupin is a man of average strength, but can throw a surprisingly good punch. He is incredibly flexible and fast, however, and his manual dexterity is cat-like in precision and quickness, honed from years of stealth and subterfuge. He also possesses incredible skill in the art of disguise, able to impersonate nearly anyone, even women. His skinny body enables him to easily impersonate heavier subjects by padding disguises, usually filling them with gadgets and surprises in the process. He can even perfectly imitate voices. His favorite disguise has always been Inspector Zenigata, which incenses Zenigata to no end. Another of Lupin's abilities is his encyclopedic knowledge of various topics, like history (both general and the hidden history of crime), the different sciences, languages (he is fluent in virtually every major language), etc. He also shows amazing intuition and awareness of his surroundings. Lupin favors the Walther P-38. He is shown to be an excellent marksman (although not as good of a shot as Daisuke Jigen), yet typically will not kill unless his life or the life of a loved one is threatened.
Lupin is a talented stunt driver, stunt motorcyclist and flight pilot. He is also a formidable escape artist, capable of cracking any safe or freeing himself from shackles in moments.
Weaknesses: While totally composed during a heist, Lupin tends to become panicky when his life is on the line. Upon facing eminent death by an opponent, he may squeal and plead for mercy in ways most comical.
Even though his gang's loyalty has been an issue, with Fujiko willing to betray and Goemon promising to eventually kill him, Lupin will still drop everything to come to their aide in a helpless moment; further the team would rather face torture than to betray Lupin (or he betray them) to a third party.
Anime/Manga/Game Character is from: Lupin the 3rd: The Fuma Conspiracy
Timeline: While on the run from the Fuma Clan with his friends, they are all infected with hallucination gas. Lupin falls unconscious from it, and when he awakens, he was in the jail in the Pathways.
