- Arpin Lusène
DisneyChar
name =Arpin Lusène
image caption =
first appearance =Uncle Scrooge #314 (first US appearance)
"The Black Knight" (1998)
created by =Keno Don Rosa
voiced by =
aliases =Le Chevalier Noir, The Black KnightArpin Lusène is a
fictional character of theScrooge McDuck Universe created byKeno Don Rosa .Nicknamed Le Chevalier Noir ("The Black Knight"), he is a French
gentleman , and a notoriousthief with, naturally, a cheesy French accent which other characters have hard time understanding at times, which often leads to clever word play, and which he, apparently, also writes in. His home has been told to be hiscastle inPortofino on theItalian Riviera .He is a sticky fingered thief. On some occasions he is even seen stealing people's clothes while the victims are wearing them. His life's goal is to steal
Scrooge McDuck 's money, or make it disappear to make people think he stole it. His motive for this is to be remembered as the greatestthief ever to exist, rather than to make a profit out of it, as he has plenty ofmoney already.Lusène strictly refuses to appear in any
photograph s, claiming he has never been photographed. He likes to use his extreme dexterity to avoid being photographed. He once removed the filament from thelightbulb of a camera's flash, without breaking the bulb glass.Usually on his appearances, Lusène wears an
armor of aknight , almost completely covered inGyro Gearloose 's invention, a universal solvent which has the ability of absorbing all kinds of matter, excluding diamonds.Lusène has appeared in several stories, the first one being "The Black Knight" in 1997. This story was mainly the introduction to the character as well as a sequel to the story "Universal Solvent". As the main plot, Arpin comes to Duckburg in order to rob the Money Bin. His first attempt fails, however he steals the universal solvent and uses it to make his special armor to make another, successful attack on the Bin. Scrooge, with the help of Donald, Huey, Dewey and Louie, manage to stop him. Lusène's next appearance was in the story "Attaaaaaack" in which Scrooge stops his new plot to raid the Money Bin thank's to an invention of Gyro's. His third appearance was in Rosa's "The Black Knight GLORPS Again" which is a direct sequel to event's in "The Black Knight" and Arpine restores his suit in it. So far he has only made appearances on covers by other artists like Marco Rota.
Arpine is the first and only present day character that Don Rosa has created for the Duck Universe that has made more than one appearance.
His name comes from a
spoonerism ofArsène Lupin , a fictional character fromnovel s byMaurice Leblanc .External links
*Inducks character|Arpin+Lusene
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