Guide
1. The Return of Lupin III
Lupin and the gang are reunited in a bizarre twist which brings Lupin's old nemesis back!
2. Buns, Guns, and Fun in the Sun
This time the gang is in Rio De Janeiro, where they are ready to rip off a large soccer tournament and flee with the cash.
3. Gold Smuggling 101
While in Nice, Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon are approached by Fujiko and a mysterious man in a wheelchair for a gold smuggling job.
4. 50 Ways to Leave Your 50-Foot Lover
For some reason, Fujiko is in Ireland, and is very good at singing. Whenever she sings, Nessie comes to her. She is kidnapped by a mad scientist who forces her to sing so he can capture Nessie. Lupin and Jigen come to the rescue, while being tailed by Zenigata.
5. Shaky Pisa
The gang, including Fujiko, are in Italy, where they're checking out the leaning tower of Pisa. A mad scientist plans to create an earthquake to knock the tower down.
6. Cursed Case Scenario
The whole gang is in Cairo, where Lupin and Fujiko are obsessed with a newly stolen mask of a dead Egyptian king.
7. The Disorient Express
Lupin and Fujiko travel undercover on a train in order to steal some priceless jewels. Jigen and Goemon stay in a truck, to cut off the train so that Lupin and Fujiko can get away with the paintings. Will they pull off the heist?
8. Now Museum Now You Don't
NASA has just developed microfilm to mass-produce diamonds, but is keeping it under wraps. If it gets out, it could make all the gems and jewels Lupin's snatched worthless, so he and Jigen go undercover to steal it.
9. ZenigataCon
Lupin and Fujiko are at a party thrown by a man that Fujiko, and all the other women, think is handsome.
10. Who's Vroomin Who?
Lupin is cheated out out of his money, clothes, and racecar in a bogus game of poker at a casino. It's really a scam set up by Fujiko to get Lupin to win the race for a rich businessman. . .but Fujiko allows him to think she's working for him, when in reality she wants to get away with the money! Everyone backstabs each other in this classic Lupin episode.
11. Sleight Before Christmas
It's Christmas, and Lupin decides to get Fujiko a great present by stealing a 200-year old bottle of wine scheduled to be presented to the US on Christmas eve, from France.
12. I Left My Mind in San Fransisco
NASA has just developed microfilm to mass-produce diamonds, but is keeping it under wraps. If it gets out, it could make all the gems and jewels Lupin's snatched worthless, so he and Jigen go undercover to steal it. .. Unfortunately, it's already been swiped! Two crooks implant it in Zenigata teeth while he's asleep, to make sure Lupin is out of a job for good. To add to the problems, Zenigata been having recurring nightmares about Lupin and goes to see a psychiatrist. He eventually decides that Lupin isn't real, so the tables are turned . . . and now Zenigata on the run from Lupin!
13. Curse of the Jumbo Juju
In order to steal a diamond Fujiko marries this rich old guy. However, this jewel has a curse on it, that soon kills the man, and next is aiming for Fujiko. Lupin and co. try to save her from it, but she's struck ill, and so they go to an ancient temple to try and destroy the curse itself!
14. Case of the Risible Dirigible
In a plan to capture Lupin, a Austrian nobleman Earl Gabriel challenges Lupin to steal a priceless gem, the Dracula's Tear, while it is transported on the Earl's dirigible. In addition, the 4 'greatest' living detectives, including Zenigata, are guarding the gem. The other three detectives end up not living up to their reputation when it turns out that Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon were impersonating them all along.
15. Crude Reproduction, Perfect Frame
There a murderer on the loose, taking the goods after the deed is done. And that person is none other then...Lupin? Confused, the master thief goes to visit a doctor whose friends with the family. And finds out he has the "Hyde" disease which supposedly takes effect at midnight. Is Lupin really the culprit of these latest crimes or is there somebody out to ruin his reputation.
16. Sheik-down
Lupin and the gang are in the Middle East. There have been terrorist organizations threatening oil companies to pay them money or else they blow up their oil mines, and Lupin and the gang plan to intercept the money and get away with it. However, the whole threat business was actually a trap! They are captured, and planned for a soldier's death!
17. My Birthday Pursuit
Lupin searches for the perfect birthday gift for Fujiko and finds the Black Panther Diamond, which for some odd reason can change into a panther when it hits the right light. They're able to steal and hide it in a statue in the museum. However things get complicated when an inspector and his clumsy kung fu crazy assistant switch the statue oblivious to the gem inside. Now Lupin and his crew must find it before the b-day hits, of course avoiding the inspector And the ever pursuing Zenigata.
18. A Safe Bet
An old safe maker gets frustrated when Lupin always manages to crack his safes no matter how tough he makes the lock. He then come up with the ultimate safe which only opens by a time lock. Unfortunately the master thief still gets through and the safe maker's honor in his work is shattered. His son sets out to reclaim this by challenging Lupin to crack one of his safes. Our hero refuses at first so the son puts handcuffs on Fujiko, the only key to open it is in his safe. When Lupin doesn't take this bait the son goes to drastic measure by poisoning Lupin. The antidote , you guessed it, in the son's ultra tough safe. Can our hero break through it in time?
19. Hell Toupee
Lupin and Fujiko are trapped in an archaic castle in a fictional North European country with a Hitler-esque character who has a vendetta against them after they accidentally removed his toupee during one of his rallies. Now Goemon, Jigen, and Zenigata must save them from a Neo-Nazi army.
20. Last Mastery
Goemon goes to visit his Sensi only to find his dojo burning down and his Sensi dying holding a piece of scroll to the ultimate mystic art. A cocky rival samurai of Goemon's has the other piece but gets away. Furious, Goemon tracks him down and find that his rival has willing turned himself into Zenigata. Go is almost captured himself if not for Lupin and Jigen. His rival thinks he eluded Goemon's wraith, at least until his trial where Lupin plants humiliating evidence to make him look harmless. The court finds him not guilty and Goemon goes for his chance to avenge his sensi.
21. Lupin in Paradise
Lupin and Jigen set out to find a secret treasure that they later find out that is inhabited by women. Will they get the treasure or will they get pleasure!?
22. Auntie Ballistic
After receiving a call from Fujiko, Lupin quickly heads out to meet her at a estate only to find some thugs and her aunt who is apparently also named Fujiko. Threading him, she needs Lupin to find a treasure long forgotten by the Nazis using a hologram of her niece to get him to cooperate.
23. Rats to You
Rat boy gets Goemon to join him to defeat Lupin in a stealing contest, because of a loss by their ancestors, to Lupin's Grandfather. So Rat boy seeks out with revenge in a who steals first contest.
24. The Lair of the Land-Shark
Fujiko is accidentally arrested and sent to an isolated jail. She comes in contact with Lupin and the gang, and they come to save her. They get arrested on purpose to get inside, but get something else they weren't expecting. . . DNA samples! It seems that the leader of the jail is experimenting with a new way of keeping prisoners from escaping. . . a DNA-based homing device that NEVER quits!
25. Shot Through the Heart
While at a bar with Lupin, Jigen gets thrown a rose by a beautiful Spanish dancer. When the bar is later attacked, Jigen pursues the woman to save her. They develop a budding relationship, but she's hounded by the man that had kidnapped her earlier, furious at her "resignation". Jigen heads to a meeting spot to duke it out with her former boss, a "master-of-disguise". Meanwhile, Lupin is given a strange letter from an old fiend, who seems to have kidnapped Fujiko. He is sent to the meeting spot as well, anticipating a trap.
26. To Be or Nazi Be
Lupin is after a hidden treasure of Hitler known as "Hitler's Legacy," but the problem is, no one knows where it is...except a senile ex-Nazi officer. This guy, however, is on the other side of the Berlin Wall, and getting him across is going to be a big problem. What's an even bigger problem is getting this guy to talk! Will Lupin get the treasure?
27. The Little Princess of Darkness
In this "Ransom of Red Chief"-like episode, Lupin and the gang steal a very valuable stamp but get much more when a girl named Alice tags along after claiming the stamp is hers. Thus begins a very troubling day for Lupin and co. and thus con her into giving him the stamp with Zenigata adding more to the trouble. When everything is said and done, Alice manages to outsmart Lupin and get away with the stamp...or so she thinks as the thief found out her trick but allowed her to keep it with the promise that he'll be back for it someday.
28. Revenge of La Nerd
While Lupin and his gang aim to steal all the cash from every bank in Paris, a female nerd detective named, "Galimarle Melon" vows to capture Lupin for revenge of her grandfather. Inspector Zenigata teams up with her but is not happy with her skills and weird capture attempts.
29. Fry Me to the Moon
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30. Morocco Horror Picture Show
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31. Twins Pique
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32. Lupin the Interred
Lupin is constantly being stalked by a sniper that even he can't evade. In order to protect the lives of his friends, Lupin must plan his own death.
33. A Rumble Royal
In order to steal a priceless crown Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon must go undercover to retrieve it. They thus go into an auction and end up getting the crown in a brawl between two rich guys. Fujiko and Zenigata get into the mix as well.
34. But your Brother was Such a Nice Guy
The long forgotten sister of Jesus, or assuming she is. Was locked up in a coffin holding a little, golden stature of Mary. As researchers find her it causes Lupin to get into the mix, and the always aware Lupin goes and tries to steal the Golden Mary, but ends up to be a Vampire! With Lupin a Vampire, Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko must rescue Lupin. The episode has a mind blowing twist at the end!
35. Gorilla Tactics
Lupin goes undercover to steal a priceless gem in a dance ball. As you might have expected Fujiko makes a scene and plans to steal the gem for herself. After a sudden argument on who gets the jewel, it is interrupted by two gorillas that crash the party and take the gem. In a wild goose chase Lupin finds out that these gorillas seem too intelligent, or unusual. Another double twist in this episode.
36. The Riddle of Tsukikage Castle
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37. Khan Job
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38. Happy Betrayals to You
Fujiko is hired by the ICPO to capture Lupin in exchange to erase all of her criminal records. But the real question is really, who is tricking who?
39. Pretty Cluckin' Insane
Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon are in search of valuable diamonds, but the diamonds, but they are hidden in the most unexpected place and are transported to an eccentric emperor.
40. Payload
The fastest, easiest and most surprising way to transport precious gems is by a missile, and Lupin and the gang have came to hi-jack a missile.
41. Heroes and Vixens
A strange, but beautiful women asks Lupin, Goemon and Jigen separately to get a Yeti's tear drop, a mermaid's scale, and a dragon's liver. Why in the hell is she asking these extraordinary materials?
42. Crusin' in Drag
Lupin goes undercover as a vixen, to marry a rich mafia boss, and thus steal the paintings that he owns.