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Faye isn't brainwashed, but rather rendered unconscious by the cult's leader.
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* The Photograph at the end of "Wild Horses".
* The entire conflict in "Brain Scratch Fever" is based around the rest of the Bebop crew trying to rescue Faye from a cult that has brainwashed her. Spike and Jet had issues with her at the start, but at this point they definitely consider her [[TrueCompanions a true companion.]]
* The entire conflict in "Brain Scratch Fever" is based around the rest of the Bebop crew trying to rescue Faye from a cult that has brainwashed her. Spike and Jet had issues with her at the start, but at this point they definitely consider her [[TrueCompanions a true companion.]]
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* The Photograph photograph at the end of "Wild Horses".
* The entire conflict in "Brain Scratch Fever" is based around the rest of the Bebop crew trying to rescue Faye from a cultthat has brainwashed her.she'd attempted to infiltrate. Spike and Jet had issues with her at the start, but at this point they definitely consider her [[TrueCompanions a true companion.]]
* The entire conflict in "Brain Scratch Fever" is based around the rest of the Bebop crew trying to rescue Faye from a cult
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* In "Pierrot Le Fou", Spike and Faye's unspoken bond is given some focus. After a KickTheDog moment where Faye steals an orange from a bedridden Spike, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold she's immediately concerned for him after seeing that Tongpu wants a rematch and instructs Ed not to tell Spike about the invitation.]]
**In the same scene, Spike, who intends to fight Tongpu anyway despite getting his ass kicked the first time around, grimly remarks that he might not come back. He then says that he's just kidding, and asks if Faye will come to his rescue. Sure enough, Faye shows up in the middle of the battle to lend a hand. She doesn't end up accomplishing much, but the fact she came at all speaks volumes about how much she cares about Spike, even if she doesn't show it very often.
**In the same scene, Spike, who intends to fight Tongpu anyway despite getting his ass kicked the first time around, grimly remarks that he might not come back. He then says that he's just kidding, and asks if Faye will come to his rescue. Sure enough, Faye shows up in the middle of the battle to lend a hand. She doesn't end up accomplishing much, but the fact she came at all speaks volumes about how much she cares about Spike, even if she doesn't show it very often.
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* A more comedic episode, but "Cowboy Funk" has one at the end for the Teddy Bomber. After a whole episode of attempting to give his well-rehearsed MotiveRant, and constantly getting interrupted, the officer escorting him to jail actually asked him specifically about his motive, just when the Bomber had given up all hope of having his voice heard. Even if the cop was arresting him, it meant a lot to him.
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* A more comedic episode, but "Cowboy Funk" has one at the end for the Teddy Bomber. After a whole episode of attempting to give his well-rehearsed MotiveRant, and constantly getting interrupted, the officer escorting him to jail actually asked him specifically about his motive, just when the Bomber had given up all hope of having his voice heard. Even if the cop was arresting him, it meant a lot to him. The copper even gives a comforting pat on the shoulder. Sweet.
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* The ending of "The Real Folk Blues Pt. 2". While its no doubt a TearJerker on the count of Spike's passing and him having lost all he had to live for and being unable to achieve his dreams of freedom while alive, there's a tinge of uplifting as well; the camera rises higher and higher into the sky during daybreak with the pan ending in space with Spike's star going out. It very well signifies Spike's spirit ascending into the heavens, [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence finally gaining the truest freedom of all.]] [[DiedHappilyEverAfter Plus maybe a peaceful afterlife with Julia.]] It is sad, but the final text "You're gonna carry that weight." almost certainly means that the weight of Jet and Faye's memories of Spike, including us, the audience, will ensure that he will never truly die ("A man only truly dies when he is forgotten." quoth [[Manga/OnePiece Dr. Hiruluk]]) and that we can always choose to pick ourselves up, do what makes us feel alive, and understand what it means to achieve fulfillment and contentment in our world. "Blue" is just as life-affirming to us as it is a requiem for Spike and Julia.
** The remaining Red Dragon thugs bearing witness to Spike's last moments tie into "carrying that weight" as well. With the organization all but gone with Vicious' death, the ones that shared Shin's mindset (if there are any) can have the freedom to find any future they want which the now-deceased couldn't have in life. Spike may not have had true freedom, but unintentionally or otherwise, he gave the men who survived the raid their own. Good on him.
** The remaining Red Dragon thugs bearing witness to Spike's last moments tie into "carrying that weight" as well. With the organization all but gone with Vicious' death, the ones that shared Shin's mindset (if there are any) can have the freedom to find any future they want which the now-deceased couldn't have in life. Spike may not have had true freedom, but unintentionally or otherwise, he gave the men who survived the raid their own. Good on him.
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No, not all of it. What parts were heartwarming? Be specific.
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* [[Recap/CowboyBebopSession10GanymedeElegy Ganymede Elegy]]. All of it.
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