A Wedding Dress Doesn't Suit Fujiko is the 75th episode of Lupin the 3rd Part 2.
Synopsis[]
Unable to bear Fujiko getting married all in white, Lupin shoots her, then follows her by blowing himself up. But it's a trick. It's a big show, the purpose of which is to get the jewelry collection of Fujiko's would-be groom, Hafner. But Hafner is also a collector of brides, on a scale that would do justice to Bluebeard. Danger is closing in on Fujiko. Will Lupin arrive in time?!
Long Summary[]
In a sunny day, a wedding is taking place: Fujiko herself is marrying the handsome millionaire Huffner. As they leave the church, Lupin glares at them from a nearby roof… and suddenly pulls out a rifle, aims for Fujiko’s chest and shoots her down, as Huffner watches back. Cue to a flashback, showing Fujiko and Lupin driving in different cars side by side near the sea as they talk about Huffner, said to be incredibly rich and to own a fabulous collection of jewels. However he’s also infamous because he had many wives, all of whom died in mysterious circumstances, leaving him even more rich. Lupin tries to dissuade Fujiko from marrying the millionaire, but is soon put out of commission by Huffner’s men who are following Fujiko around, while she states that everything will go smoothly.
Back to the present, in the chaos following the shot, Zenigata angrily charges at Lupin, calling him on the cold-blooded murder, while Jigen and Goemon arrive on a copter, trying to rescue their friend before Zenigata catches him. However, Fujiko’s murder seems to have taken his toll on the thief, who claims to have lost any will to live and that he’s going to join Fujiko soon, revealing bombs strapped to his chest. As Zenigata flees, smoke engulfs Lupin, who then runs on the rooftop and jumps from the edge, disappearing in the following explosion as Huffner calls him a fool for killing himself for a woman. Later, in Huffner’s mansion, the portraits of his 99 wives are shown as Huffner adds Fujiko’s one to the lot and her corpse is carried in: the butler informs him that she’ll be sterilized and preserved as usual and then added to the “Eternal Harem”, with Huffner expressing his regret for being unable to kill her himself. He then decides to pay a visit to the Eternal Harem, revealing a secret passage in the pool which can be opened by pulling the leg of a Pegasus statue: the Harem is a lavish underground vault containing the preserved corpses of Huffner’s 99 deceased brides, free from the ravages of time and the lust of other men as the deranged millionaire can enjoy their company forever, and soon Fujiko will join their ranks.
However, we hear Fujiko’s corpse receiving a call… a call from Lupin, still alive in his hideout with his friends!Turns out, the two were in cahoots since the beginning: in order to deceive the cautious Huffner, Lupin had to go through a rather complex plan, shooting Fujiko with a drug that simulates death while faking his suicide using a smokescreen and a rubber dummy. Now that Huffner’s guard is lowered they can strike at him and take his treasure. The following day, Fujiko’s funeral is held and the coffin is taken to Huffner’s villa, which supposedly has a private graveyard there, while Zenigata is still looking for Lupin’s remains, wondering if he’s really gone this time. Meanwhile, the thief and his gang are outside Huffner’s villa and proceed to wake Fujiko from the sleep, communicating with her with a hidden device in her ring. The girl awakens in a bare room where, however, she’s knocked unconscious by the gas used for the process; Lupin decides to look for her immediately, revealing that her ring also acts as a tracking device, but Huffner finds the jewel too crude for his tastes and removes it from Fujiko’s finger as she’s taken to the Harem.
While Lupin desperately search the mansion for her, Jigen and Goemon decide to jump into action and are attacked by the bodyguards in the garden, with Jigen’s hat falling in the fountain in the process. Meanwhile, Fujiko is taken to the Eternal Harem, but regain consciousness as Huffner holds her in his arms, shocking him; at first she tries to act as nothing happened, but the situation becomes clear to her soon enough and Huffner is elated at the chance of killing his bride himself as he pulls out a bullwhip. Meanwhile Lupin reunites with Jigen and Goemon in the poolroom, where the butler is hiding after closing the passage; Jigen notices his hat in the pool and realize that it must be connected to the fountain outside. As the butler tries to shoot them, Goemon slices the Pegasus statue in half, crushing the old man and opening the way to the Harem, where Huffner is torturing Fujiko.
Lupin promptly shoots the whip, and the millionaire proposes one last challenge to overcome, since he dislikes killing men: one of his “brides” is actually a killer marionette, ready to shoot them in the back when they least expect it. Soon, the trap is activated, but Lupin dodges at the last second and shoots back at the mannequin, causing it to turn around and fatally wound Huffner, who claims that no one will have his collection and activates a trap that buries the Eternal Harem with him. Having escaped with their lives, Lupin proposes to Fujiko, since she’s wearing a bridal gown, but she replies that even without the collection of jewels (which were worn by the taxidermized brides, and were lost when Huffner destroyed the Eternal Harem) she can still get her hands on Huffner’s riches, being the widow, and leaves for the mansion, while Jigen sarcastically tells him that the only way to own Fujiko is to preserve her like Huffner did with his brides.
Cast[]
Japanese
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Yasuo Yamada |
| Daisuke Jigen | Kiyoshi Kobayashi |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Makio Inoue |
| Fujiko Mine | Eiko Masuyama |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Gorō Naya |
| William Hafner | Iemasa Kayumi |
| Butler | Ritsuo Sawa |
Additional voices:[1]
- Ryūji Takada
- Yūji Mikimoto (credited as 宮下勝 Masaru Miyashita)
Italian ("La Collezione Hafner")
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Roberto Del Giudice |
| Daisuke Jigen | Sandro Pellegrini |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Massimo Rossi |
| Fujiko Mine | Piera Vidale (as Margot Mine) |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Marcello Prando |
| William Hafner | Unknown |
| Butler | Unknown |
Additional Voices:
- Valerio Ruggeri
Spanish (Unknown / "Fujiko, la novia dentro del ataud")
| Characters | Voice Actors | |
|---|---|---|
| Telecinco (1991 dubbing) |
Animax (2008 dubbing) | |
| Lupin III | Txema Moscoso | Juan Navarro Torello |
| Daisuke Jigen | Juan Pascual (as Óscar) |
Iker Muñoz |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Paul Muniain (as Francis) |
José María Carrero |
| Fujiko Mine | Luz Emparanza (as Patricia) |
Raquel Martín |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Mario Hernández (as Basilio) |
Ángel Rodríguez |
| William Hafner | Unknown | Unknown |
| Butler | Unknown | Unknown |
English ("The Bride Came D.O.A")
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Tony Oliver |
| Daisuke Jigen | Richard Epcar |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Lex Lang |
| Fujiko Mine | Michelle Ruff |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Dan Lorge |
| William Hafner | Terrence Stone (as William Huffner) |
| Butler | Paul St. Peter |
Additional Voices:
- Richard Cansino
Gallery[]
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Translation Notes[]
Due to the u/a problem, William Hafner was changed to William Huffner in the English Geneon translation. The Italian Blu-ray also uses this name for its subtitles despite being Hafner in the dub due to using the Geneon translation as a base.
Mistakes[]
On the Italian dub, Fujiko Mine had her name spoken as Margot Main rather than mine that was used in Part 2 Episode 56 and later entries or her current and correct pronunciation of me-nay.
Notes[]
- William Hafner is a reference to Hugh Hefner who was founder of Playboy magazine. Monkey Punch had used Playboy as a reference when drawing women.
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| Lupin the 3rd Part 2 |
| Anime Episodes | ||||||||||
| Season 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | |||||
| Season 2 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | |
| 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | ||||||
| Season 3 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 |
| 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | |
| 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | |
| 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | |
| 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | |
| 102 | 103 | |||||||||
| Season 4 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 |
| 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | |
| 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | |
| 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | |
| 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | |
| 154 | 155 | |||||||||
References[]
- ↑ 第75話 不二子に花嫁衣裳はにあわない. www.mau2.com (in Japanese)