History Characters / CowboyBebopBebopCrew

* ActionGirl: While she isn't as action packed as Spike, Faye has been shown a few times she can handle things on her own despite her looks. She is introduced in a gunfight and demonstrates cool under fire throughout the series -- at least when things are going according to plan. While she's an AcePilot and sharpshooter no matter what, she tends to get a little hysterical in the face of the unexpected -- interestingly, this is especially the case when she's forced to act in the interest of others, such as when they're trying to save Ganymede from an incoming missile attack, the similar situation with Vincent's bombs in the movie, and when she's trying to save [[spoiler:Whitney from the cops, over his protests.]] She also is pretty good in a physical fight, kicking the ass of a thug on Callisto until Gren pulls her away from the mob. With her reaction toward the group of thugs she encountered on Callisto, it's implied she has no problem taking on a crowd.

* ActionGirl: While she isn't as action packed as Spike, Faye has been a few times she can handle things on her own despite her looks. She is introduced in a gunfight and demonstrates cool under fire throughout the series -- at least when things are going according to plan. While she's an AcePilot and sharpshooter no matter what, she tends to get a little hysterical in the face of the unexpected -- interestingly, this is especially the case when she's forced to act in the interest of others, such as when they're trying to save Ganymede from an incoming missile attack, the similar situation with Vincent's bombs in the movie, and when she's trying to save [[spoiler:Whitney from the cops, over his protests.]] She also is pretty good in a physical fight, kicking the ass of a thug on Callisto until Gren pulls her away from the mob. With her reaction toward the group of thugs she encountered on Callisto, it's implied she has no problem taking on a crowd.

* ActionGirl: While she isn't as action packed as Spike, Faye has been a few times she can handle things on her own. She is introduced in a gunfight and demonstrates cool under fire throughout the series -- at least when things are going according to plan. While she's an AcePilot and sharpshooter no matter what, she tends to get a little hysterical in the face of the unexpected -- interestingly, this is especially the case when she's forced to act in the interest of others, such as when they're trying to save Ganymede from an incoming missile attack, the similar situation with Vincent's bombs in the movie, and when she's trying to save [[spoiler:Whitney from the cops, over his protests.]] She also is pretty good in a physical fight, kicking the ass of a thug on Callisto until Gren pulls her away from the mob. With her reaction toward the group of thugs she encountered on Callisto, it's implied she has no problem taking on a crowd.

* ActionGirl: She's introduced in a gunfight and demonstrates cool under fire throughout the series -- at least when things are going according to plan. While she's an AcePilot and sharpshooter no matter what, she tends to get a little hysterical in the face of the unexpected -- interestingly, this is especially the case when she's forced to act in the interest of others, such as when they're trying to save Ganymede from an incoming missile attack, the similar situation with Vincent's bombs in the movie, and when she's trying to save [[spoiler:Whitney from the cops, over his protests.]] She also is pretty good in a physical fight, kicking the ass of a thug on Callisto until Gren pulls her away from the mob. With her reaction toward the group of thugs she encountered on Callisto, it's implied she has no problem taking on a crowd.

* ActionGirl: She's introduced in a gunfight and demonstrates cool under fire throughout the series -- at least when things are going according to plan. While she's an AcePilot and sharpshooter no matter what, she tends to get a little hysterical in the face of the unexpected -- interestingly, this is especially the case when she's forced to act in the interest of others, such as when they're trying to save Ganymede from an incoming missile attack, the similar situation with Vincent's bombs in the movie, and when she's trying to save [[spoiler:Whitney from the cops, over his protests.]] She also is pretty good in a physical fight, kicking the ass of some thugs on Callisto until Gren pulls her away from the mob.

* BornInTheWrongCentury: Part of what makes him seem [[YoungerThanHeLooks older than he actually is]]. And what's more, it's implied that the kind of old-fashioned morality he wants to believe in never really existed in the first place.

* YoungerThanHeLooks: He's only 36, but has the appearance and demeanor of someone well into his forties. This is acknowledged in more than one episode.

* YoungerThanHeLooks: Spike is 27 at the time of the series, in reference to the many musicians who have [[spoiler: died young at that age from drugs, fights, or suicide]], but appears to resemble a handsome man in his mid or late thirties. In part this is due to the stock age-related anime trope of every main character above their teens being a twenty-something prodigy, but in part this can also be justified by his rough and world-weary lifestyle.

* ChildHater: Spike claims he does not like kids (or pets, or women with attitude) in the second episode, which he furiously brings up again when Ed muscles her way into the crew. [[DownplayedTrope Spike never actively antagonizes Ed]], but he is the most averse to interacting with her, virtually never doing more than bemusedly watching her antics from a distance.
** Seems to be over this by "Cowboy Funk", as he gifts Ed the hat he got from Cowboy Andy, [[spoiler:and later acts genuinely broken up by her departure in "Hard Luck Woman". Spike even tapes the pinwheel she'd given him to the front of the ''Bebop'' in a rare display of sentimentality.]]

* AgeLift: Spike is canonically 27 years old, but the European Spanish dub of the series has him voiced by an actor that sounds and acts about twice that number, which coupled with Spike's jaded attitude makes it look like they tried to go for a really athletic middle-aged man rather than a really cynic young man.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Spike has a surname that is quite common among Jewish people, a stereotypically (in the US, anyway) Jewish haircut, and carries an Israeli-made Jericho 941 pistol. When asked about it, the series' creators once said he wasn't Jewish and his hair was modeled after the actor [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusaku_Matsuda Yusaku]] [[https://media0dk-a.akamaihd.net/71/90/bdb7ae4a4f44688a635e58d441603f87.jpg Matsuda]], and they just picked "Spiegel" as his name because they thought it sounded cool. On the other hand, when asked directly whether Spike was meant to be of Jewish descent in another interview, the series creator said it's entirely ''possible'' he could be Jewish. And while some people cite a manga where Spike is referred to as "Asian" as proof he can't be Jewish (for some reason), the two are not mutually exclusive.

* RunningGag: Several times he pulls out a cigarette (or already has one lit), only to be told or see a sign that says "No smoking". Depending on the episode, he either ignores it or spits the cigarette out, irritated.

* OverlyLongName: Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV.

* AgeLift: Spike is canonically 27 years old, but the European Spanish dub of the series has him voiced by an actor that sounds and acts over twice that number, which coupled with Spike's jaded attitude makes it look like they tried to go for a really athletic middle-aged man rather than a really cynic young man.

* DyingDream: Spike holds this opinion on life, at times vacillating on whether he's truly alive at all or if he died during his last job for the Red Dragon. [[spoiler:It takes Julia getting killed in front of him to 'awaken' from that attitude.]]

* BruceLeeClone: Spike is a big fan of Mr. Lee, practicing Jeet Kune Do and his philosophy.