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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:02 pm

Cowboy Bebop

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Taking place in a future where earth has migrated to space, "Cowboy Bebop" follows the exploits of bounty hunters, Spike and Jet, as they roam the galaxy tracking down criminals in a world rampant with crime and opportunity.

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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:03 pm

Episode guide:

1 Asteroid Blues
2 Stray Dog Strut
3 Honky Tonk Woman
4 Gateway Shuffle
5 Ballad of Fallen Angels
6 Sympathy for the Devil
7 Heavy Metal Queen
8 Waltz For Venus
9 Jamming with Edward
10 Ganymede Elegy
11 Toys in the Attic
12 Jupiter Jazz I
13 Jupiter Jazz II
14 Bohemian Rhapsody
15 My Funny Valentine
16 Black Dog Serenade
17 Mushroom Samba
18 Speak Like a Child
19 Wild Horses
20 Pierrot Le Fou
21 Boogie Woogie Feng Shui
22 Cowboy Funk
23 Brain Scratch
24 Hard Luck Woman
25 The Real Folk Blues I
26 The Real Folk Blues II

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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:06 pm

Characters:

Spike Spiege: A 27-year-old bounty hunter who was born on Mars. In appearance, Spike is tall and thin, but with muscular shoulders. He has dark green hair and red/brown eyes, one of which is artificial and lighter than the other. A flashback in Session 6 revealed it was his fully functioning right eye which was surgically replaced by the cybernetic one (although Spike himself may not have conscious recollection of the procedure since he claims to have lost his natural eye in an "accident"). The purpose of this cybernetic eye is never explicitly stated. It is hinted that the prosthetic gives him exceptional hand-eye coordination - particularly with firearms - as well as a time-stalling effect similar to those of the ficticious narcotic Red Eye seen in Session 1[1]. He is usually dressed in a blue leisure suit, with a yellow shirt and Lupin III inspired boots. Spike often has a cigarette between his lips, sometimes despite rain or "No Smoking" signs.

Jet Black: Jet, known on his home satellite as the "Black Dog" for his tenacity, is a 36-year-old former cop from Ganymede (a Jovian satellite) and acts as Spike's foil during the series. Spike acts lazy and uninterested, whereas Jet is hard working and a jack-of-all-trades. Jet was once an investigator in the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) for many years until he lost his arm in an investigation that went awry. His arm was replaced with a cybernetic limb (later revealed to be by choice, as biological replacements were possible, he wanted the fake arm as a reminder of what happened), yet his loss of limb coupled with the general corruption of the police force prompted Jet to quit the ISSP in disgust and become a freelance bounty hunter. Jet also considers himself something of a renaissance man: he cultivates bonsai trees, cooks, enjoys jazz/blues music, especially Charlie Parker, and even has interest in Goethe. As a character, Jet is the quintessential oyaji or "dad" even though he often wishes people would view him as a more brotherly figure (so as not to seem old).

Faye Valentine By all appearances, Faye is a 23 year old woman in 2071. However, she was actually born in 1994 and was cryogenically frozen sometime before the gate incident. Faye is confident, audacious, independent, and somewhat self-centered. She is also quite lazy, but takes time to care for her appearance. She enjoys gambling, and often loses a great deal of money doing so. Faye is a very competent bounty hunter, being skilled in flying and both hand-to-hand and firearm combat.

Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV: Ed is a very strange young girl assumed to be about 13 years old. Ed could be considered a "free spirit"; she is fond of silly exclamations and childish rhymes, easily distracted, and the show's primary source of physical humor. Over the course of the show she rarely walks anywhere, preferring to run, crawl, flip, roll, walk on her hands, or even just saunter. She is perpetually barefoot. In the English version, she always refers to herself in the third person. Not much is known about her origins, only that she spent some of her earlier childhood in an orphanage after being left there by her father, a man named Appledelhi Siniz Hesap Lütfen (he calls Ed "Françoise", and she may be of Turkish origin as this man's name means "excuse me, check please" in Turkish). Ed's primary use to the Bebop crew is as a hacker; she is widely known to be a genius behind a computer (and possibly unparalleled, save for Ein the data dog). Ed has a strong rapport with Jet, who acts as a surrogate father, and Faye, who acts as something of a big sister (much to Faye's chagrin). Ed also seems to be the only person who can understand Ein.

Ein Ein is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi brought aboard the Bebop by Spike after a failed attempt to capture a bounty. Ein is a "data dog". It is obvious that Ein is abnormally intelligent, as he is able to answer the telephone, drive a car (just the wheel), use the SSW, play shōgi, and generally do a number of other things that an average canine shouldn't be able to do, but he never talks in a human language during the show. He does, however, speak during one of the previews. He is able to 'speak' to other species, as demonstrated in Session 17, "Mushroom Samba" (he spoke to a cow with a subtitled bark of "Thanks", to which the cow has a subtitled moo back of "No problem"). Ein is apparently also able to hack into computers via a brain wave interface (demonstrated in Session 23, "Brain Scratch"), further indication of his abnormal capabilities. It is likely that Ed is the only crew member with any idea of Ein's capabilities, as the other crew members are quick to dismiss Ein, and never seem to acknowledge him as more than a pet. Ein initially takes a shine to Jet, but when Ed joins the crew, he comes around to her as well. Frequently the two trade roles, with Ein expressing very human sentiments via facial expression and Ed regressing to a feral state. He went with Ed after she left the crew, probably because of his attachment to her.

Vicious: Vicious lives up to his name: he is ruthless, bloodthirsty, cunning and ambitious, willing to do anything in order to secure a position of power. He is a member of the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate in Tharsis, and is often referred to or depicted as a venomous snake. It is suggested in the series and in guidebooks that he has not always been like this, and that the betrayal of Spike, his friend, and Julia, his lover, pushed him over the edge and made him into the monster that he is in the series.

Julia: Julia is a beautiful and mysterious woman from both Spike and Vicious' pasts. A love triangle among the three caused Spike to leave the syndicate rather than challenge Vicious. Spike had wanted to take her with him when he left the syndicate, but she was blackmailed by Vicious into almost shooting Spike. Vicious found out they were planning to run away together and confronted Julia, telling her that she would kill Spike, or both of them would be killed. To protect not only herself but also the man she loved, she ran away, never meeting Spike at the cemetery as both of them had planned. (Spike himself was never aware of her reasons for not meeting him until the very end of the series.) Julia only appears in flashbacks until the final two episodes of the series. Julia acts as a stark contrast to the world around her — her blonde hair, bright red umbrella and automobile stand out in the otherwise drab environments that she inhabits.

Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener: Gren was once a soldier for the war on Titan who appears in the two part episodes 'Jupiter Jazz'. On Titan he fought beside Vicious, whom he looked up to and found encouragement in during the brutal, bloody war. After the war Gren came back in hopes of a life as a jazz musician but that plan was cut short when he was arrested on the pretence of being a spy. In prison Gren heard that it was Vicious who testified against him; this, the isolation, and insomnia drove him mad. To top it off the prison had taken to using prisoners for drug experiments, and he was forced to endure these tests, having powerfuly, highly addictive drugs forced into him. In turn, the drugs threw his hormones severely out of whack, and caused him to develop more a feminine figure, breasts included.

Punch and Judy: Punch and Judy are the characters of the TV show Big Shot. The show provides information on various bountyheads, but is often unreliable. The Bebop crew often has the show playing in the background, but seldom pays close attention (they usually get their information from close contacts). Punch and Judy play the "cowboy" persona in a characteristic, "over the top" fashion. Punch adopts a mid-western drawl mixed with a Mexican accent (both faked), and uses random old-West sayings. Judy plays the stereotypical dumb blonde, and always appears in an open bolero jacket with nothing underneath, frequently wiggling her hips with excitement.

The Three Old Men: Throughout the series and the movie, three rude, foul-mouthed, crotchety old men make frequent appearances, as speaking characters, or in the background during scenes. They make various claims about what they did before becoming old-timers, including bounty hunting, building the stargates, farming, piloting planes in a war, digging ditches, and crop-dusting. They seem on speaking terms with many supporting characters, and though they run into the main characters often there is not much attention paid to them (or even that the main characters have seen them before). They also did the voice-overs for the preview of the episode "Mushroom Samba". According to the movie credits, they are called Antonio, Carlos, and Jobim (a reference to the Brazilian musician Antonio Carlos Jobim).

Roco Bonnaro: Roco Bonnaro is a member of Piccaro Calvino's gang. He is involved in organized crime in order to support his blind sister, Stella, and does everything he can to help her regain her sight. Roco sees Spike effortlessly take out several hijackers on a spaceliner and begs Spike to teach him how to fight. He befriends Spike although he doesn't tell him about the bounty on his head. Everything goes awry when Roco gives Spike a package to hold onto, which contains a plant called "Grey Ash" that he stole from Calvino. This plant, worth millions upon millions of woolongs, is capable of curing "Venus Sickness", the disease which has blinded Stella.

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:34 pm

I own it now the series and the movie

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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:17 am

That's great! I can't remember if I ever got on YouTube and watched the movie. Hmm...

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