Lupin the Third: Missed by a Dollar (ルパン三世 1$マネーウォーズ)

I have $200,000!

Sold, for $300,000!

What the hell?

Sorry, but there's no smoking in here.

Damn. I can't smoke anywhere here.

- What's all this about? - Yeah, what's the deal?

We have a report that a big-time thief is on these premises.

Do you know how much you'll lose if all your Picassos get stolen?

Move.

Our next item is Lot? 27.

Hold on!

What's with the dinky knick-knack? This isn't a garage sale!

But it's in the catalog...

Yeesh. I want to get to the up market stuff...

Now, then! Lot? 27! Marquez' Anniversary Ring!

The starting bid is $10,000! Do I have $10,000?

Get real...

$10,000, anyone?

$300,000?

- $400,000! - What?

$700,000!

$800,000!

The Picasso auctions start at exactly 8:00.

Lupin is DEFINITELY in there...

- $900,000...! - Ummm

- The manager says to close it up. - All right...

One million dollars! Item 727 sold, for one mill...

The madam on the phone wins it for $1,000,001!

Hold on, now! I haven't finished yet!

I'm sorry, sir. We have a schedule to keep.

Who cares?! I just want that ring...

That's some bad acting, Lupin.

Did you think that outfit would fool me?!

Ow...!

Not too shabby, Pops! But I'm actually after something else!

Why do you ALWAYS fall for my tricks?

Lupin! What are you...

What the? What are you planning?

Lupin! Your buddies run out on you?

What the?

The ring!

Arrest ALL the Lupin's!

I know!

If I ever lose my job, I'll just go to Hollywood and be a make-up artist!

Might even get me Oscar!

- Who're you? - Toss the ring here.

It's pretty shoddy, not even a single carat.

Then why does the great Lupin the 3rd want it so badly?

Sorry, but it really is worthless.

I only wanted it to win the heart of a certain girl.

But, "While there's life, there's hope," I guess.

Indeed.

Here.

After him!

"Lupin the 3rd: 1$ Money Wars."

See you!

Things are getting' interesting now!

Hey, buddy.

How much money you got on you?

You wouldn't want to pay with your life, now...

Yeah, I wouldn't want that.

I have some important business to attend to.

Think you could save your holdup stuff for later?

We want us some burgers and cola for dinner.

Come on, buddy.

If I say no?

Then we'll make you pay up!

Go on a diet.

What?

You're terrible! You promised you'd get me that ring!

Yeah, but this guy, he jacked up the price!

I don't care! I really wanted it!

I know you did, Sundy!

So have some of my passionate smoochies as an apology!

She gave YOU a passionate slap!

- Wait, Sandy! - Don't talk to me!

Sandy-Chan!

Please open the door, Sundy!

Give me another chance, Sundy!

Lupin! How long're you gonna keep the bad act up?

Come on!

Bet I could get an Oscar with my great acting!

You know you were half-serious.

Don't be like that. I sure convinced them, didn't I?

Yeah, yeah.

- He's pretty far ahead. - So? We just take a shortcut!

Shortcut?

Central Park.

- Watch out! Don't bite your tongue! - Too late!

Sorry, Cutey—Pie!

Why, you...

OK! There they are!

Got him! Now what?

He's just a lackey. Let him take us to his boss.

So, is that treasure really worth $1,000,001?

Yeah. It's worth more than Fort Knox to those in the know.

What?!

They say whoever gets this broach can be king of the world.

King of the world?

Yeah.

For some reason, it's been passed from ruler to ruler.

Adolf Hitler, for example.

Before that, Lenin.

And much earlier than that, Napoleon had it.

This mysterious item has traveled the world over from ruler to ruler.

So you needed that ring to find the broach?

I didn't think anyone else even knew about the ring...

Anyways, the last time it's been seen was during the Cold War.

A revolutionist tried to get it after it vanished during the fall of Berlin.

But just before he could...

By chance, a soldier just happened to give the broach to a historian

to commemorate his daughter's birth.

Aware of its secret, the scholar sealed the broach away somewhere

to prevent the possible rise of future dictators.

Ah. So he engraved the secret into the ring...

But what do you want it for? To make your own Lupin Empire?

Of course not.

I just want to see this broach that the world's leaders

tried oh-so-hard to find.

So you're getting me involved with another of your hobbies, huh?

- I'm counting on you, partner! - Yeah, yeah...

B.O.W.? What's that?

"Bank of the World".

A boomtown bank that's really grown in the past few years.

No wonder you lost, you took on a bank.

No wonder. Now let's do this.

You needn't worry about Lupin.

Don't need to worry about Lupin, huh? That nitwit!

"He's just a woman-chaser."

- Get a load of this guy! - Ha! It's the truth, ain't it?

Couldn't you have found a better spot to spy from?

- Quit complaining! - You see the president?

All I see is the flunky.

How rare for an American elite to be a heavy smoker...

Wow! What is it?!

A woman!

He just wanted the ring to win some songbird at a club.

Is Lupin that simple of a man?

You overrate him, Boss.

He's nothing but a cheap burglar.

As a former Spetsnaz, I can assure you that.

Yikes!

What happened?

You've just made things much more interesting...

He's not just some woman-chaser.

Not Lupin...

Cut!

"I want to go shopping. I want to go shopping. I want to go."

Come on! Please? Just this once?

You're always so childish, Lupin.

Thievery isn't where it's at anymore.

Using the economy to get treasure legally is easier and more profitable.

That's easy if you can invest in movies, but I'll give you my take

if you'll invest in me. Okay?

I'll do other things for you too...

If you want an investment, then submit a business proposal.

THEN I'll consider it.

Who in the world writes up burglary proposals?

Crime is business, too!

Michael!

She's so weak around hot men...

But that's also why she likes me! Or not...

I guess it's another cargo plane for me...

Everyday, you toil at your jobs. Day in, day out...

And America's economy is currently at its peak.

Yet you don't live affluent lives. Why is that?

I have no desire to assist in your money-making schemes.

I am now striving for a tranquil mind through religion.

You have no problems helping a fake evangelist scam money.

- How dare you say that of her! - Hey, now!

You will pay for your insult!

I thought religious people weren't allowed to be violent!

If it's for the priestess' sake...

Goemon! What are you doing? Come along.

Coming!

I only wish to train. Refrain from luring me to the path of evil!

I take my leave.

You, also, should seek the path of salvation.

$100 a copy.

Hey!

I guess faith depends on money, too...

I hope you're not gonna ask me to pay after I eat all this?

Don't worry. This is a small token of gratitude.

Gratitude? If this is a bribe, I decline.

I'll pay the bill in installments.

You needn't worry. We have no ulterior motives.

Alright, then. 80?

I'll cut to the chase. We want information on Lupin the 3rd.

Lupin?

He has his eyes on our bank.

May I ask the details?

Whew...

The great thief gets some great exercise, huh?

Like I have a choice. Fujiko refused to help fund us...

- Geez. Save some money, will you? - Look who's talking!

All the banks in the world are my piggy banks, anyway!

Sure is a pain getting money out of them, though.

Oh, it's you, Goemon. Don't scare us like that!

I thought you were turning religious on us with some girl?

We are having difficulty collecting funds...