1. The Dashing Entrance of Lupin III  

First aired: 10/3/1977    Production Code: 101

Jigen Daisuke, Ishikawa Goemon, and Mine Fujiko are all invited aboard a ship by Lupin III. However, things take a twist when he arrives and says that he got an invitation from Fujiko. They're now trapped aboard the ship with Inspector Zenigata, and Lupin's nemesis soon makes an appearance.

2. A Bouquet of Bills Blossoms in Rio's Sunset  

First aired: 10/10/1977    Production Code: 102

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 from the bets on the match. To do this, they first need to get themselves an alibi by getting thrown in jail.

3. Hitler's Legacy  

First aired: 10/17/1977    Production Code: 103

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?

4. I Can Hear Nessie's Song  

First aired: 10/24/1977    Production Code: 104

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. I'll Tell You How to Transport Gold Bullion  

First aired: 10/31/1977    Production Code: 105

While in Nice, Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon are approached by Fujiko and a mysterious man in a wheelchair for a gold smuggling job.

6. Is the Leaning Tower of Pisa Standing?  

First aired: 11/7/1977    Production Code: 106

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.

7. Tutankhamen's 3000-Year Curse  

First aired: 11/14/1977    Production Code: 107

The whole gang is in Cairo, where Lupin and Fujiko are obsessed with a newly stolen mask of a dead Egyptian king.

8. The Venice Superexpress  

First aired: 11/21/1977    Production Code: 108

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?

9. What Do You Think of Ukiyoe Blues?  

First aired: 11/28/1977    Production Code: 109

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.

10. Steal File M123  

First aired: 12/5/1977    Production Code: 110

Lupin and Fujiko are at a party thrown by a man that Fujiko, and all the other women, think is handsome.

11. Wager on the Monaco GPE  

First aired: 12/12/1977    Production Code: 111

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.

12. A Present for the President  

First aired: 12/19/1977    Production Code: 112

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.

13. The Great San Francisco Chase  

First aired: 12/26/1977    Production Code: 113

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!

14. The Great Caribbean Adventure  

First aired: 1/9/1977    Production Code: 114

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!

15. The Great Detectives Take to the Sky  

First aired: 1/16/1977    Production Code: 115

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.

16. The Two Faces of Lupin  

First aired: 1/23/1977    Production Code: 116

There's 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.

17. Go for the Oildollar!  

First aired: 1/30/1977    Production Code: 117

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!

18. Black Panther  

First aired: 2/6/1978    Production Code: 118

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 (the physical appearance of the gem does not change). 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.

19. Can You Open the Ten-Year Vault?  

First aired: 2/13/1978    Production Code: 119

An old safemaker 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 safemaker'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?

20. Lupin Up Against the Wall  

First aired: 2/20/1978    Production Code: 120

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, Jigan, and Zenigata must save them from a Neo-Nazi army.

21. Goemon's Revenge  

First aired: 2/27/1978    Production Code: 121

Goemon goes to visit his Sensi only to find his dojo burning down and his Sensei 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 sensei.

22. Search the House of Mystery Women  

First aired: 3/6/1978    Production Code: 122

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!?

23. Witch of the Fourth Dimension  

First aired: 3/13/1978    Production Code: 123

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. Threating him (along with Jigen and Goemon), she needs Lupin to find a treasure long forgotten by the Nazis using a hologram of her niece to get him to cooperate.

24. The Great Thief Nezumi-Koozoo Makes his Appearance  

First aired: 3/20/1978    Production Code: 124

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 (with the help of Goemon) in a who steals first contest.

25. The Coming of the Killer Iron Lizards  

First aired: 3/27/1978    Production Code: 125

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!

26. The Rose and the Pistol  

First aired: 4/3/1978    Production Code: 126

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.