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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Ana does this to Spike upon seeing him in her office, angry that he let her believe that he died three years ago and never tried to contact her.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Teddy Bomber in the anime was less a terrorist than a rogue demolitionist: he went out of his way to make sure no one really got hurt by his bombs, and was attempting to warn of the evils of ConspicuousConsumption found in a late-stage capitalism -- a WellIntentionedExtremist at worst, an AntiVillain at best. Here, he just bombs buildings ForTheEvulz because he likes the halo like blast way that goes off when he detonates his bombs.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: Teddy Bomber in the anime was less a terrorist than a rogue demolitionist: he went out of his way to make sure no one really got hurt by his bombs, and was attempting to warn of the evils of ConspicuousConsumption found in a late-stage capitalism -- a WellIntentionedExtremist at worst, an AntiVillain at best. Here, he just bombs buildings ForTheEvulz because he likes the halo like halo-like blast way wave that goes off when he detonates his bombs.
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Spike and Jet are attempting to track down their next bounty, a mad bomber dubbed the Teddy Bomber. But during a stake out, Spike is attacked by an assassin sent from the Syndicate. Worried that Vicious might know he's alive, he abandons the bounty hunt to look into things using his old connections, puts a strain on his partnership with Jet. Meanwhile Vicious gains the ire of the Elders who nearly force him to kill Julia and later indeed confirms Spike is still alive.

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Spike and Jet are attempting to track down their next bounty, a mad bomber dubbed the Teddy Bomber. But during a stake out, Spike is attacked by an assassin sent from the Syndicate. Worried that Vicious might know he's alive, he abandons the bounty hunt to look into things using his old connections, puts putting a strain on his partnership with Jet. Meanwhile Vicious gains the ire of the Elders who nearly force him to kill Julia and later indeed confirms Spike is still alive.
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Spike and Jet track down their next bounty, a mad bomber dubbed the Teddy Bomber. But during a stake out, Spike is attacked by an assassin sent from the Syndicate. Worried that Vicious might know he's alive, he departs from the job to look into things using his old connections, much to Jet's frustration who think he's just doing his own whims, to the extent that it that puts a strain on their partnership. Meanwhile Vicious gains the ire of the Elders who nearly force him to kill Julia and later indeed confirms Spike is still alive.

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Spike and Jet are attempting to track down their next bounty, a mad bomber dubbed the Teddy Bomber. But during a stake out, Spike is attacked by an assassin sent from the Syndicate. Worried that Vicious might know he's alive, he departs from abandons the job bounty hunt to look into things using his old connections, much to Jet's frustration who think he's just doing his own whims, to the extent that it that puts a strain on their partnership.his partnership with Jet. Meanwhile Vicious gains the ire of the Elders who nearly force him to kill Julia and later indeed confirms Spike is still alive.



* AdaptationalJobChange: In the anime, Annie was just a simple convenience store clerk. He she runs a classy nightclub that likewise fronts for the Syndicate (Julia used to work there as a singer). Gren also works there as a maitre'd where as in the anime he was an ex-soldier.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Teddy Bomber in the anime was a terrorist but went out of his way to make sure no one really got hurt by his bombs and was just doing it to make a statement to the point a guard sympathized with him at the end. Here, he just bombs buildings ForTheEvulz because he likes the halo like blast way that goes off when he detonates his bombs. However he does try to warn Spike and Jet to head for the EscapePod.

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* AdaptationalJobChange: In the anime, Annie was just a simple convenience store clerk. He she runs a classy nightclub that likewise fronts for the Syndicate (Julia used to work there as a singer). Gren also works there as a maitre'd where as in the anime he was an ex-soldier.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Teddy Bomber in the anime was less a terrorist but than a rogue demolitionist: he went out of his way to make sure no one really got hurt by his bombs bombs, and was just doing it attempting to make a statement to warn of the point evils of ConspicuousConsumption found in a guard sympathized with him late-stage capitalism -- a WellIntentionedExtremist at the end.worst, an AntiVillain at best. Here, he just bombs buildings ForTheEvulz because he likes the halo like blast way that goes off when he detonates his bombs. However he does try to warn Spike and Jet to head for the EscapePod.



* AwfulWeddedLife: Julia is revealed to be married to Vicious here but it's obvious it's not a happy marriage and Vicious abuses her when she argues with him about how he handled things with the Elders.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Julia is revealed to be married to Vicious here Vicious, but it's obvious it's obviously not a happy marriage and marriage: Vicious abuses her when she argues with him about how he handled things with the Elders.



* EscapePod: Spike and Jet find one to get them off the freighter. They're implied to be standard on most ships bar the Bebop.

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* EscapePod: Spike and Jet find one to get them off the freighter. They're implied to be standard on most ships bar the Bebop.ships.
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* StockScream: A Wilhelm scream can be heard shortly after the stuffed bear explodes in the "Big Shot" segment.
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* EscapePod: Spike and Jet find one to get them off the freighter. They're implied to be standard on most ships bar the Bebop.

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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Ana does this to Spike upon seeing him in her office, angry that he let her believe that he died three years ago and never tried to contact her.


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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Ana does this to Spike upon seeing him in her office, angry that he let her believe that he died three years ago and never tried to contact her.
* ArtificialGravity: The freighter has it but doesn't seem to have any [[CentrifugalGravity rotating parts]] like the Bebop does.
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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: The assassin at the start attempts to kill Spike with a blade hitting his sleeve.

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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: The assassin at the start attempts to kill Spike with a blade hitting hiding in his sleeve.
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* SchmuckBait: When Spike and Jet discover the man supplying explosive to construction sites is called Theodore (aka Teddy), they wonder if it really is that easy. [[FromBadToWorse Nope.]]
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* FailedASpotCheck: Spike and Jet argue over whether Teddy's spaceship has an EscapePod, completely missing the large luminous sign saying ESCAPE POD.


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* FromBadToWorse: Jet and Spike board Teddy's spaceship only for it to take off, space debris to destroy the cockpit, Jet to step on a BoobyTrap and Teddy to appear holding a radio detonator and shouting incoherently.


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* HardWorkMontage: Subverted; we get a montage of Jet doing a chemical analysis, reading the bomber's manifesto and pruning his bonsai tree. Later we find out the ship's computer did the analysis, while Jet only skimmed the manifesto and actually spent most of the time on his bonsai.


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* TheUnintelligible: Teddy tries to warn our heroes to get to the escape pod before he blows up his ship, only they can't understand him as he's wearing a huge Teddy bear mask on his head.

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* AdaptationalJobChange: In the anime, Annie was just a simple convenience store clerk. He she runs a classy nightclub that likewise fronts for the Syndicate (Julia likewise works there as a singer). Gren also works there as a maitre'd where as in the anime he was an ex-solider.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Teddy Bomber in the anime was a terrorist but went out of his way to make sure no one really got hurt by his bombs and was just doing it to make a statement to the point a guard sympathized with him at the end. Here, he just bombs buildings ForTheEvulz because he like the halo like blast way that goes off when he detonates his bombs.
* AssassinationAttempt: Spike gets ambushed by an assassin in the bathroom while staking out for a bounty, leading into a fight and Spike killing him. This unfortunately prevents him from going to help Jet catch Teddy, which kicks off their argument through most of the episode.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Julia is revealed to be married to Vicious here but it's obvious it's not a happy marriage and Vicious abuses her when she argues with him about how he he handled things with the Elders.

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* AdaptationalJobChange: In the anime, Annie was just a simple convenience store clerk. He she runs a classy nightclub that likewise fronts for the Syndicate (Julia likewise works used to work there as a singer). Gren also works there as a maitre'd where as in the anime he was an ex-solider.
ex-soldier.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Teddy Bomber in the anime was a terrorist but went out of his way to make sure no one really got hurt by his bombs and was just doing it to make a statement to the point a guard sympathized with him at the end. Here, he just bombs buildings ForTheEvulz because he like likes the halo like blast way that goes off when he detonates his bombs.
bombs. However he does try to warn Spike and Jet to head for the EscapePod.
* AssassinationAttempt: Spike gets ambushed by an assassin [[CampingACrapper in the bathroom bathroom]] while staking out for a bounty, leading into a fight and Spike killing him. This unfortunately prevents him from going to help Jet catch Teddy, which kicks off their argument through most of the episode.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Julia is revealed to be married to Vicious here but it's obvious it's not a happy marriage and Vicious abuses her when she argues with him about how he he handled things with the Elders.



* FriendshipMoment: Even though there's no need, Spike takes Jet's place on the pressure-activated BoobyTrap, to prove he really does care.



* LandMineGoesClick: Teddy booby traps his ship with landmines to take care of intruders. Jet nearly steps on one when they're looking for him and actually does when they reach the cockpit. Spike takes his place on it after Teddy is dealt with giving Jet time to deactivate it.

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* LandMineGoesClick: Teddy booby traps his ship with landmines to take care of intruders. Jet nearly steps on one when they're looking for him and actually does when they reach the cockpit. cockpit, then has to do a DesperateObjectCatch of Teddy's remote detonator without taking his foot off it. In contrast to how this trope usually runs, one of them [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome just leaves in the escape pod to get help rather than try to defuse it.]]
* NothingUpMySleeve:
Spike takes has FiveSecondForeshadowing that the man in a white suit who followed him into the toilet is an assassin when he sees the tip of a knife sticking out of a sleeve when he goes to wash his place on it after Teddy is dealt with giving Jet time to deactivate it.hands.



* ShoutOut: The BathroomBrawl fight is likely one to ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'' which had a similar style set up and fight (just with two on one there rather then one v one).
* ShootYourMate: The Elders force Vicious to do this upon finding out he went behind their back selling Red Eye and question his loyalty, with this being a test of that. Luckily for Julia, the gun was empty and the Elders did this as a warning.
* ThatManIsDead: When Spike leaves to get back to Jet. Ana calls him by his Syndicate name, Fearless. He retorts he just goes by Spike Spigel nowadays.

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* ShoutOut: The BathroomBrawl fight is likely one to ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'' which had a similar style set up and fight (just with two on one two-on-one there rather then one v one).
* ShootTheMessenger: Discussed when Shin and Lin contemplate getting someone else to deliver the bad news that Fearless is alive.
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ShootYourMate: The Elders force of the Syndicate discover Vicious to do this upon finding out he went has been dealing [[FantasticDrug Red Eye]] behind their back selling Red Eye backs, so give him a pistol and question his loyalty, with this being order him to shoot Julia as a test of that. Luckily for Julia, the gun was empty loyalty, even though he begs to [[{{Yubitsume}} sacrifice a finger]] or a hand instead. [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets The pistol turns out to be empty.]] Vicious claims afterwards that he knew that due to its weight, but Julia doesn't believe him and the Elders did this as a warning.
tells him to [[FateWorseThanDeath make sure it's loaded next time]].
* ThatManIsDead: When Spike leaves to get back to Jet. Ana calls him by his Syndicate name, Fearless. He retorts he just goes by Spike Spigel Spiegel nowadays.
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Spike and Jet track down their next bounty, a mad bomber dubbed the Teddy Bomber. But during a stake out, Spike is attacked by an assassin sent from the Syndicate. Worried that Vicious might know he's alive, he departs from the job to look into things using his old connections, much to Jet's frustration who think he's just doing his own whims, to the that puts a strain on their partnership. Meanwhile Vicious gains the ire of the Elders who nearly force him to kill Julia and later indeed confirms Spike is still a alive.

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Spike and Jet track down their next bounty, a mad bomber dubbed the Teddy Bomber. But during a stake out, Spike is attacked by an assassin sent from the Syndicate. Worried that Vicious might know he's alive, he departs from the job to look into things using his old connections, much to Jet's frustration who think he's just doing his own whims, to the extent that it that puts a strain on their partnership. Meanwhile Vicious gains the ire of the Elders who nearly force him to kill Julia and later indeed confirms Spike is still a alive.
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* AGlassInTheHand: Vicious crushes a glass in his hand after Shin and Lin inform him that Spike (or Fearless as he was called in the Syndicate) is alive as he was told in the previous episode.
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* BathroomBrawl: Spike gets into a fight with an assassin in a bathroom of a wedding he's staking out.


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* ShoutOut: The BathroomBrawl fight is likely one to ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'' which had a similar style set up and fight (just with two on one there rather then one v one).
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* AssassinationAttempt: Spike gets ambushed by an assassin in the bathroom while staking out for a bounty, leading into a fight and Spike killing him. This unfortunately prevents him from going to help Jet catch Teddy, which kicks off their argument through most of the episode.


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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: The assassin at the start attempts to kill Spike with a blade hitting his sleeve.


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* DefiantToTheEnd: The assassin that tries to kill Spike refuses to give him anything after Spike beats him and just laughs in his face before Spike shoots him dead.

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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Ana does this to Spike upon see him in her office, angry that he let her believe that he died three years ago and never tried to contact her.

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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Ana does this to Spike upon see seeing him in her office, angry that he let her believe that he died three years ago and never tried to contact her.


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* AdaptationalJobChange: In the anime, Annie was just a simple convenience store clerk. He she runs a classy nightclub that likewise fronts for the Syndicate (Julia likewise works there as a singer). Gren also works there as a maitre'd where as in the anime he was an ex-solider.

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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Ana does this to Spike upon see him in her office, angry that he let her believe that he died three years ago and never tried to contact her.



* DeathByAdaptation: Teddy Bomber was merely knocked and arrested at the end of his episode in the anime. Here, Spike kills him in self defense.
* GoodCopBadCop: PlayedForLaughs when Spike and Jet go to a construction site to follow a lead on Teddy. When they start arguing, the foreman notes this
--> '''Foreman''':

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Julia is revealed to be married to Vicious here but it's obvious it's not a happy marriage and Vicious abuses her when she argues with him about how he he handled things with the Elders.
* DeathByAdaptation: Teddy Bomber was merely knocked out and arrested at the end of his episode in the anime. Here, Spike kills him in self defense.
* GoodCopBadCop: PlayedForLaughs when Spike and Jet go to a construction site to follow a lead on Teddy. When they start arguing, the foreman notes this
this.
--> '''Foreman''': ''(As Spike and Jet are arguing)'' Hey! Hey! HEY! ''(Whistles to get their attention)'' I've seen the good cop, bad cop routine. But never the dick cop, asshole cop.
* LandMineGoesClick: Teddy booby traps his ship with landmines to take care of intruders. Jet nearly steps on one when they're looking for him and actually does when they reach the cockpit. Spike takes his place on it after Teddy is dealt with giving Jet time to deactivate it.



* ShootYourMate: The Elders force Vicious to do this upon finding out he went behind their back selling Red Eye and question his loyalty, with this being a test of that. Luckily for Julia, the gun was empty and the Elders did this as a warning.

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* ShootYourMate: The Elders force Vicious to do this upon finding out he went behind their back selling Red Eye and question his loyalty, with this being a test of that. Luckily for Julia, the gun was empty and the Elders did this as a warning.warning.
* ThatManIsDead: When Spike leaves to get back to Jet. Ana calls him by his Syndicate name, Fearless. He retorts he just goes by Spike Spigel nowadays.
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Spike and Jet track down their next bounty, a mad bomber dubbed the Teddy Bomber. But during a stake out, Spike is attacked by an assassin sent from the Syndicate. Worried that Vicious might know he's alive, he departs from the job to look into things using his old connections, much to Jet's frustration who think he's just doing his own whims, to the that puts a strain on their partnership. Meanwhile Vicious gains the ire of the Elders who nearly force him to kill Julia and later indeed confirms Spike is still a alive.

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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Gren, Annie (named Ana here), and the Elders make their first appearance.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Teddy Bomber in the anime was a terrorist but went out of his way to make sure no one really got hurt by his bombs and was just doing it to make a statement to the point a guard sympathized with him at the end. Here, he just bombs buildings ForTheEvulz because he like the halo like blast way that goes off when he detonates his bombs.
* DeathByAdaptation: Teddy Bomber was merely knocked and arrested at the end of his episode in the anime. Here, Spike kills him in self defense.
* GoodCopBadCop: PlayedForLaughs when Spike and Jet go to a construction site to follow a lead on Teddy. When they start arguing, the foreman notes this
--> '''Foreman''':
* OffWithHisHead: Spike kills Teddy by cutting off his head with an ax.
* ShootYourMate: The Elders force Vicious to do this upon finding out he went behind their back selling Red Eye and question his loyalty, with this being a test of that. Luckily for Julia, the gun was empty and the Elders did this as a warning.

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