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'''"Lupin's Big Sayuuki"''', released in English as '''"Monkey King Business"'''. Released in 2006 by Geneon on ''Volume 13: All's Fair in Love & Thievery''.
 
In the Himalayas, a group reenacting the journey from the classic Chinese folk-tale ''[[Journey to Thethe West]]'' is interrupted by Inspector Zenigata, who believes, based on a tip, they are Lupin and his gang. They turn out to be a group of scholars with the International Folk Academy. While an embarrassed Zenigata apologies and offers to escort them, the real Lupin is, in fact, in Kathmandu. He wants to travel past Everest to a hidden kingdom, Kima-sankoku, which has a palace supposedly laden with treasure. The kindgom is closed to all outsiders, but recently announced that they are planning to let a small group of scholars enter for the first time in 1,300 years, the only time outsiders have been allowed in since the previous pilgrimage.
 
Zenigata accompanies said scholars to the sole entrance to the kingdom, but is shocked when the scholars unmask themselves as Lupin's gang, who managed to abduct the real scholars along the trail and steal their costumes and visa into Kima-sankoku. After trapping Zenigata cliffside in a handicapped jeep, the gang crosses the bridge and Lupin pulls out the visa, which Jigen notes resembles a [[Shogi]] pawn. As the gate opens, Zenigata comes after them, and Goemon cuts the bridge behind them so he can't catch them. However, it seems the inspector only wants to warns them that no one who has entered Kima-sankoku has ever been seen again!
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** The seemingly pointless conversation about the bad prison food should also make the treasure chest's contents no surprise at all.
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Zenigata gives Lupin a present for New Year's Day...he doesn't arrest him! Lupin, touched, kindly offers Zenigata a cut of the treasure, but the [[By-The-Book Cop]] naturally refuses.
* [[Homage]]: Not just of the ''[[Journey to Thethe West]]'', but also the TV series ''[[Monkey]]'' which debuted shortly before this episode aired.
* [[Human Chess]]: The English dub uses this term, while the Japanese sticks with the more precise Human Shogi.
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Goemon, in a split second, slices ''all three'' shogi pieces so they are just big enough for a person to hide inside the piece itself before they hit the acid.
* [[Involuntary Battle to Thethe Death]]: Jigen and Goemon.
* [[Knockout Gas]]: Used on Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon after Lupin accepts the maharajas' invitation.
* [[Large Ham]]: Kinkaku and Ginkaku. Also meant in the literal sense.
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* [[Rope Bridge]]: The only way into Kima-sankoku. Goemon cuts it, and Zenigata does the holding on and slamming into the side of the cliff part.
* [[Shrink Ray]]: Or, as the maharajas claim, shrink gas. Later averted; it's all trickery.
* [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?]]: The citizens of Kima-sankoku; Lupin effectively takes out their only means of contact with the outside world. Then again, the only ones ever shown are the retainers, and the brothers are big ([[Incredibly Lame Pun|hah!]]) tricksters.
 
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