Spy × Family season 3

"Berlint Panic": The Forger family have a fun time at a carnival until Bond has a vision of an excavator attacking the carnival. Anya discovers the culprit is an angry, overworked construction worker who is forced to work overtime at a nearby construction site. Anya tricks her parents to go the construction site where Loid stops the construction worker when he finally snaps while Yor saves an old man nearby.

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"The Informant and Nightfall": Fiona is assigned to get forged Ostanian trade documents for strawberries to be exported to Westalis for the Westalis Trade Minister son's birthday party. To help her task, Fiona contacts Franky who knows a document forger known as "Mr. Quill" who can make the fake documents. Fiona and Franky heads to a disco to meet Mr. Quill, but the latter refuses their request at first. When SSS agents after Mr. Quill chase him, Fiona and Franky protect him from the agents and help him escape. Some time later, Fiona is able get the fake documents from Franky while the latter wonders if Fiona set up the encounter with the SSS agents to get Mr. Quill to agree with her request. Nevertheless, Franky vows never to work Fiona again due to her unlikable demeanor.

"Avoid Getting Tonitrus Bolts": Donna Schlag, a teacher at Eden Academy who punishes students with Tonitrus Bolts for any infraction regardless how minor it is, inspects the new students. When Damian fears he will get a Tonitrus Bolt for not bringing a handkerchief, Anya gives her handkerchief to him as she has another one in her bag, only to discover she forgot to bring it, leading to Schlag giving her a Tonitrus Bolt. Loid faints after learning of Anya's second Tonitrus Bolt.

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"■■■■'s Memories": Years before he became Loid Forger/ Agent Twilight, Loid was a young, happy boy who enjoyed playing soldier with his friends in a town in Westalis. However, he had a strict father who disapproved of his dreams to join the Westalis Army as the boy was ignorant in thinking the Ostanians are evil monsters. While the news report of tensions between the two nations, Loid and his friends are assured by the adults that war was unlikely to happen. After having a talk with the croquette seller who has relatives in Ostania and feeling guilty of lying to his father to get money to buy a soldier toy set, Loid plans to pay back his father and tell the truth. However, the Ostanian Army launches a surprise attack into Westalis and Loid is caught in an explosion.

A horrified Loid awakes to see his town in ruins and survivors escaping. He and his mother later move to his uncle's house at the town of Luwen for safety until a bombing raid destroys the home. With his father nowhere to be found and mother dead, a teenage Loid joins the Westalis Army by using another person's identity and lying about his age to get revenge and kill as many Ostanian soldiers as he can. While on patrol, he encounters Franky, then an Ostanian soldier who just deserted and spares him. As Franky tells Loid he deserted because he believes the war was started by their countries leaders who lied to their people over who started war, they are attacked by Ostanian soldiers chasing Franky, and both men escape. Because of the injuries he received, Loid is transferred to Logistics where he discovers his childhood friends are alive. However, his joy is short-lived when his friends are killed during a poorly planned campaign. Loid becomes disillusioned and realizes if more information was available, the war and the people who died could have been prevented. A WISE agent then uncovers Loid's identity theft and recruits him as a spy. Loid awakes from remembering his past after fainting from hearing of Anya's Tonitrus Bolt. When he learns she did it to protect Damian, Loid praises her for caring for her friend.

"Behind the Scandal": Jonas Wellman, an Ostanian Opera singer who is popular in Westalis, will be joining a musical tour to Westalis to improve relations between the two nations. However, Wellman is slandered by far-right publications with scandals from questionable sources. Sylvia criticizes a rookie agent for immediately believing the stories which later prove to be false after most of the news are forced to retract. Nevertheless, WISE takes a death threat against Wellman seriously and Sylvia and her team stop a disgruntled ex-Ostanian soldier from killing Wellman. With the threat stopped, the rookie hopes to see Wellman's concert to make up for doubting him, only to learn Wellman is defecting to the West after allegedly being caught cheating with the wife of an angry Mafia boss. With the rookie unsure of which story is true, Sylvia advises him to always think with his head as anyone may not be who they seem to be.

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"The Path to an Imperial Scholar": While Anya is waiting for the late school bus to take her home, Henderson asks her to help him carry some books to his office in exchange for some snacks. During their walk, they discuss her time at school and her second Tonitrus Bolt. Henderson tells Anya not to be discouraged as many students had several Tonitrus Bolts like her before becoming Imperial Scholars. Despite not understanding Henderson's talk, Anya is inspired to study more and asks Loid to teach her, only for Loid to faint again thinking she got another Tonitrus Bolt.

When Yor heads to a high class department store to buy snacks for Anya, she saves a rich woman named Melinda from falling down the stairs. Impressed with her agility, Melinda invites Yor to join her friends in the Lady Patriots Society in a game of volleyball. While having lunch, Melinda learns Yor is Anya's stepmother and introduces herself as Melinda Desmond, Damian's mother and Donovan Desmond's wife. While Yor tries to apologize for Anya punching Damian, Melinda strongly insists they drop the subject since she's fine and that it's kids just being kids. Because of Yor learning to be a wife and mother and unfamiliarity with the Desmond family, Melinda befriends Yor and invites her to join her and the Lady Patriots Society. Learning that Yor is now friends with Melinda, Loid hopes to use their relationship to get close with Donovan as a backup plan in case Anya fails to become an Imperial Scholar or befriends Damian. Concerned Loid will replace her with Yor, Anya intensifies her attempts to befriend Damian, only for it to backfire when she accidentally spills food on him.

"White Jealousy": Loid tries to get more information on Melinda and her inner circle by being their psychiatrist, but hits a roadblock when Gerald Gorey, the hospital director, refuses to give any VIP patients to Loid out of spite due to Gorey's jealousy of Loid's popularity with both patients and hospital staff, especially Fiona who he has a crush on. When Gorey's attempt to humiliate Loid backfires, Gorey contacts the SSS by framing Loid as a spy. Having anticipated this, Franky and Fiona intercept Gorey's phone call and disguise themselves as SSS Agents where they arrest Gorey instead due to his corruption. Loid defends Gorey and successfully pleads to the "SSS agents" to let Gorey go, which wins Gorey's gratitude and respect.

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"The Eden College Busjacking Incident": The SSS learns that Billy Squire, one of the leaders of the Red Circus terrorist group, has returned to Ostania from abroad with his comrades. At the same time, the Eden College first year students have a field trip to the museum. While Anya tries to make Damian invite her family to visit his home, her school bus along with another one are hijacked by Billy and the Red Circus.

Billy threatens the hostages to obey them as he wants to use their status as the children of the Ostanian elite to pressure the government to release their imprisoned comrades. Anya learns where the Red Circus is bringing the school busses to using her powers and with Damian's help to distract the terrorists, Anya and Becky throw a note for help and the location of where they are being taken out the window. However, Anya is caught in the act and Billy puts a bomb around her neck to threaten the students with Damian also getting a neck bomb when trying to take Anya's place. However, Anya reads Billy's mind and learns that the bombs are fake. Sylvia learns of the busjacking and realizing Operation Strix is at risk, covertly assists the manhunt. Berlint Police stop the bus carrying Anya and her class. Now trapped by the police, Billy threatens the hostages lives unless his demands are met to the police. As the police and SSS are arguing with each other with the former wanting to save the hostages while the latter wants to kill the terrorists regardless of any civilian deaths, Yuri is assigned by the SSS to find the other school bus.

As the siege continues, Henderson brings food to the school bus and offers to take the place of a teacher that was injured during the bus hijacking. Billy reveals to Henderson that the Red Circus was originally a peaceful student protest movement that wanted freedom and equal rights for the people of Ostania which his daughter Biddy was a member. However, the government violently suppressed the protestors which killed his daughter and led Billy to join the now radicalized Red Circus to seek revenge. Elsewhere, Yuri and his SSS team manage to find the second school bus, eliminate the terrorists, and rescue the hostages. With the other bus saved, the SSS threatens Billy and his comrades to surrender or be killed. After finding out that there's a real bomb in the bus and that the SSS is sending a strike team to violently end the siege, Anya stands up to Billy, claiming she wants more food. Billy witnesses Anya's bravery which reminds him of Biddy, and he has a change of heart and orders his men to surrender. However, one of the terrorists, Vadim, refuses and takes Anya hostage. Before the SSS tries to shoot them, Anya is saved by Martha who takes down Vadim with a taser, ending the siege.

As the rescued Eden students get picked up by their parents, Damian apologies to Anya for mistreating her in the past after seeing her bravery while Anya praises his bravery as well. Yor and Melinda arrive after hearing what happened, and both children start crying and hugging their mothers. Anya realizes Loid is also present, disguised as an SSS soldier, but he decides to quietly return home to maintain his cover. Anya is also disturbed after reading Melinda's mind, who at first loves her son dearly, but her thoughts of love for him are mixed with hatred when Damian asks Melinda not to tell Donovan that he cried. Thanks to their actions during the bus jacking incident, Anya, Damian, Becky and Bill are rewarded Stella Stars and become popular at Eden. When Damian gets jealous seeing Anya being popular with her fellow students, he insults her and her family which she insults back, leading to a petty argument between the two, which causes everyone to lose interest after seeing how childish they both are.

"Austin's Trouble": Thomas Austin, the teacher who was injured during the bus jacking incident, seeks psychological help from Loid after waking up having nightmares since the incident. With Fiona's help, Loid learns the actual cause of the nightmares is Austin's wife, who has been harsh to her husband for years, long before the bus jacking. Realizing Austin failing to be a good husband and helping around the house has caused his wife's mean behavior, Loid advises Austin to talk with his wife and be a better spouse to her.

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"A Normal Mixer": After helping her coworkers finish office work early, Yor is invited by Camilla, Millie and Sharon to a mixer for dinner. Yor gets drunk and misunderstanding her coworkers, almost heads out to kill Loid to "appear normal". She heads home drunk later and faints when she thinks Loid is about to kiss her after helping her stand up.

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"Moon Landing": While watching the news about the space race between Westalis and Ostania, Damian and Emile find it boring while Ewen finds it exciting to go to space. Ewen later bonds with Anya over their excitement about Space much to Damian's jealousy.

While Anya goes to the zoo with Becky and Martha, a sober Yor feels embarrassed over what happened last night with Loid. However, Loid and Yuri are secretly called by their organizations for an important mission. Winston Wheeler, an undercover SSS agent who has been working as a mole at WISE HQ in Westalis, is forced to escape back to Ostania after his identity is exposed. However, Wheeler managed to steal several encrypted files including the location of WISE secret bases in Ostania and Operation Strix. Due to the files importance, both SSS and WISE agents head to the Northern Ostanian border to help or capture Wheeler respectively. The SSS agents including Yuri are forced to hide their identities since their mission was not approved by their government. Yuri is contacted by Wheeler who tells him the extraction point at a hotel has been compromised and tell his handlers to meet him at a park instead. However, when Wheeler meets his handlers at the park, it is revealed that "Wheeler" is actually a disguised Loid and a yellow jeweled tie pin to identity himself as Wheeler was part of a ploy by the SSS to identity the mole within the SSS and catch Loid.