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* DramaticIrony: If Jet had just let Chalmers do his job, he'd be in the clear. Of course, Chalmers is also Jet's top suspicion for being the crooked cop -- possibly related to the fact that Alicia divorced Jet while he was in jail and re-married Chalmers.

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* DramaticIrony: If Jet had just let Chalmers do his job, he'd be in the clear. Of course, Chalmers is also Jet's top suspicion suspect for being the crooked cop -- possibly related to the fact that Alicia divorced Jet while he was in jail and re-married Chalmers.
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** Fad in the anime actually showed remorse for his action to Jet that when the truth was revealed, he let Jet kill him in atonement. Here, he shows no such scruples and doesn't hesitate in trying to kill Jet when he finds him out.
** Mao in the anime was a Syndicate member but was willing to break bread with the other Syndicate bosses to avoid any more bloodshed only being stopped by Vicious. Here, she considers Vicious' plan to overthrow the elders.

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** Fad in the anime actually showed remorse for his action what he did to Jet so that when the truth was revealed, he let Jet kill him in atonement. Here, he shows no such scruples and doesn't hesitate in trying to kill Jet when he finds him out.
** Mao in the anime was a Syndicate member but was willing to break bread with the other Syndicate bosses to avoid any more bloodshed bloodshed, only being stopped by Vicious. Here, she considers Vicious' plan to overthrow the elders.
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A massive haul of bounties are announced on Big Shot due to a prison transport crashing and letting loose dangerous criminals. One of them, a fellow named Udai Taxim, triggers's him: this was the criminal he was hunting down with his partner Fad when he (Jet) lost his arm, was framed and ended up in prison for eight years. Wanting to settle the score, Jet links up with Fad and heads out after Udai. He orders Spike and Faye to team up and score some bounties, but the two squabble on which ones to go after. Meanwhile Vicious meets with Mao and tries to gain her allegiance in taking over the Syndicate.

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A massive haul of bounties are announced on Big Shot due to a prison transport crashing and letting loose dangerous criminals. One of them, a fellow named Udai Taxim, triggers's him: this triggers Jet as he was the criminal he was hunting down with who cost him his partner Fad when he (Jet) lost arm during his arm, police days, was framed and ended up in prison for eight years. Wanting to settle the score, Jet links up with his old partner Fad and heads out after Udai. He orders Spike and Faye to team up and score some bounties, but the two squabble on which ones to go after. Meanwhile Vicious meets with Mao and tries to gain her allegiance in taking over the Syndicate.

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A massive haul of bounties are announced on Big Shot due to a prison transport crashing and letting loose dangerous criminals. One of them, a fellow named Udai Taxim, triggers's PostDramaticStressDisorder: this was the criminal he was hunting down with his partner Fad when he (Jet) lost his arm, was framed and ended up in prison for eight years. Wanting to settle the score, Jet links up with Fad and heads out after Udai. He orders Spike and Faye to team up and score some bounties, but the two squabble on which ones to go after. Meanwhile Vicious meets with Mao and tries to gain her allegiance in taking over the Syndicate.

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A massive haul of bounties are announced on Big Shot due to a prison transport crashing and letting loose dangerous criminals. One of them, a fellow named Udai Taxim, triggers's PostDramaticStressDisorder: him: this was the criminal he was hunting down with his partner Fad when he (Jet) lost his arm, was framed and ended up in prison for eight years. Wanting to settle the score, Jet links up with Fad and heads out after Udai. He orders Spike and Faye to team up and score some bounties, but the two squabble on which ones to go after. Meanwhile Vicious meets with Mao and tries to gain her allegiance in taking over the Syndicate.



* SmokeOut: Made more effective when Fad smashes the hookah in the opium den, not only covering their escape but also knocking out everyone in the building. Unfortunately, this includes the man who was supposed to lead them to Udai.

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* SmokeOut: Made more effective when Fad smashes the hookah in the opium den, not only covering their escape but also knocking out everyone in the building. Unfortunately, this includes the man who was supposed to lead them to Udai.Udai.
* SuspiciousSpending: Fad suspects Duero as the DirtyCop due to her lakeside house. Subverted as he is the corrupt one. The reason Fad doesn't spend the money in suspicious ways is because he puts it down into debts.
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A massive haul of bounties are announced on Big Shot due to a prison transport crashing and letting loose dangerous criminals. However one of which, Udai Taxim, triggers Jet as it was his case in the past that resulted in Jet losing his arm, being framed and ending up in prison for eight years. Wanting to settle the score, Jet heads out to catch him hooking up with his old partner, Fad. As he does, he tasks Spike and Faye to team up and score some bounties, but the two squabble on which ones to go after. Meanwhile Vicious meets with Mao and tries to gain her allegiance in taking over the Syndicate.

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A massive haul of bounties are announced on Big Shot due to a prison transport crashing and letting loose dangerous criminals. However one One of which, them, a fellow named Udai Taxim, triggers Jet as it triggers's PostDramaticStressDisorder: this was the criminal he was hunting down with his case in the past that resulted in Jet losing partner Fad when he (Jet) lost his arm, being was framed and ending ended up in prison for eight years. Wanting to settle the score, Jet links up with Fad and heads out to catch him hooking up with his old partner, Fad. As he does, he tasks after Udai. He orders Spike and Faye to team up and score some bounties, but the two squabble on which ones to go after. Meanwhile Vicious meets with Mao and tries to gain her allegiance in taking over the Syndicate.



** Mao in the anime was a Syndicate member but was willing to break bread with the other Syndicate bosses to avoid anymore bloodshed only being stopped by Vicious. Here, she considers Vicious' plan to overthrow the elders.

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** Mao in the anime was a Syndicate member but was willing to break bread with the other Syndicate bosses to avoid anymore any more bloodshed only being stopped by Vicious. Here, she considers Vicious' plan to overthrow the elders.



* BittersweetEnding: Jet kills Fad (largely out of self defense) for his actions in the past but it's clearly not a happy victory for him since he thought Fad was a friend. Also since Fad killed Udai, that prevented him from clearing Jet's name on who the real corrupt cop was. Chambers even lampshades this after he and his partner arrive on the scene after everything is said and done.
--> '''Chambers''': Shit Jet, you got the worst luck I've ever seen.
--> '''Jet''': Yeah...I'm aware of that.

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* BittersweetEnding: Jet kills Fad (largely out of self defense) for his actions in the past but it's clearly not a happy victory for him since he thought Fad was a friend. Also Also, since Fad killed Udai, that prevented him from clearing no one can clear Jet's name on who the real corrupt cop was. Chambers even Chalmers, a fellow member of the ISSP who has in fact been trying to get this testimony from Udai, lampshades this after he and his partner arrive on the scene after everything is said and done.
--> '''Chambers''': '''Chalmers''': Shit Jet, you got the worst luck I've ever seen.
--> '''Jet''': Yeah... I'm aware of that.



* DramaticIrony: If Jet had just let Chambers do his job, he'd be in the clear. Of course he has plenty of reason to worry that Chambers might not do so even if he wasn't corrupt.

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* DramaticIrony: If Jet had just let Chambers Chalmers do his job, he'd be in the clear. Of course he has plenty of reason course, Chalmers is also Jet's top suspicion for being the crooked cop -- possibly related to worry the fact that Chambers might not do so even if Alicia divorced Jet while he wasn't corrupt.was in jail and re-married Chalmers.



* MundaneLuxury: Faye convinces Spike to try her shower-bath-shower bathing technique, (not to mention the Joy of the Loofah). Apparently onsens are unknown in the future, or Spike just isn't familiar with them.

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* MundaneLuxury: Faye convinces Spike to try her shower-bath-shower bathing technique, technique (not to mention the Joy of the Loofah). Apparently onsens are unknown in the future, or Spike just isn't familiar with them.



* SkewedPriorities: There's a massive breakout from a crashed prison ship, leading to any number of lucrative potential bounties. Spike and Faye spend the entire episode engaging in SnarkToSnarkCombat and arguing over which bounty to choose, so they never even leave the ship. Fortunately it's not a complete waste of time, as the experience enables them to bond.
* SmokeOut: Made more effective when Fad smashes the hookah in the opium den, not only covering their escape but also knocking out everyone in the building. Unfortunately that also means the man who was supposed to sell the papers to their target.

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* SkewedPriorities: There's a massive breakout from a crashed prison ship, leading to any number of lucrative potential bounties. Spike and Faye spend the entire episode engaging in SnarkToSnarkCombat and arguing over which bounty to choose, so they never even leave the ship. Fortunately it's not a complete waste of time, as the experience enables them to bond. \n (They also turn out to have reasonable concerns about most of the bounties, given that one or the other of them is who brought a lot of them in to start with.)
* SmokeOut: Made more effective when Fad smashes the hookah in the opium den, not only covering their escape but also knocking out everyone in the building. Unfortunately that also means Unfortunately, this includes the man who was supposed to sell the papers lead them to their target.Udai.
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* InterrogationByVandalism: Jet and his ex-partner Fad go visit a man who lost his teeth [[BlatantLies falling down the stairs]] during their last encounter. This time they remove his expensive false teeth and start pulling the teeth out one at a time until he talks. They then hold the teeth hostage as insurance he won't tip off the man they're looking for.

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* InterrogationByVandalism: Jet and his ex-partner Fad go visit a man criminal who lost his teeth [[BlatantLies falling down the stairs]] during their last encounter. This time they remove his expensive false teeth and start pulling the teeth out one at a time until he talks. They then hold the teeth hostage as insurance he won't tip off the man they're looking for.



* RockPaperScissors: Spike and Faye agree to throw to decide which bounty they're going after. Faye suggests they do "Ninja-Bear-Hunter" instead (Hunter kills bear, Bear eats Ninja, Ninja kills Hunter) and when Spike doesn't recognise it suggests "Foot-Cockroach-Atomic Bomb" (Atomic Bomb kills the human foot, the foot steps on cockroach, cockroach outlives the bomb). Spike then insists they do the old fashioned Rock-Paper-Scissors and correctly works out that Faye [[PoorPredictableRock always goes for the third option]].

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* RockPaperScissors: Spike and Faye agree to throw do this trope to decide which bounty they're going after. Faye suggests they do "Ninja-Bear-Hunter" instead (Hunter kills bear, Bear eats Ninja, Ninja kills Hunter) and when Spike doesn't recognise it suggests "Foot-Cockroach-Atomic Bomb" (Atomic Bomb kills the human foot, the foot steps on cockroach, [[CockroachesWillRuleTheEarth cockroach outlives the bomb).Bomb]]). Spike then insists they do the old fashioned Rock-Paper-Scissors and correctly works out that Faye [[PoorPredictableRock always goes for the third option]].
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** When Faye recounts to Spike how she captured a bounty via a dance, we get a brief snippet of it as she dances with Ein.

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** When Faye recounts to Spike how she captured a bounty [[DanceBattler via a dance, dance]], we get a brief snippet of it as she dances with Ein.



** Before Fad's betrayal, Jet and he are show to get along well, working in tandem and joking back and fourth.

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** Before Fad's betrayal, Jet and he are show shown to get along well, working in tandem and joking back and fourth.
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* GroinAttack: Turns out The Eunuch isn't called that for lack of balls, but for cutting off someone else's balls ''and eating them!''
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* RockPaperScissors: Spike and Faye agree to throw to decide which bounty they're going after. Faye suggests they do "Ninja-Bear-Hunter" instead (Hunter kills bear, Bear eats Ninja, Ninja kills Hunter) and when Spike doesn't recognise it suggests "Foot-Cockroach-Atomic Bomb" (Atomic Bomb kills the human foot, the foot steps on cockroach, cockroach outlives the bomb). Spike then insists they do the old fashioned Rock-Paper-Scissors and correctly works out that Faye [[PoorPredictableRock always goes for the third option]].
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* InterrogationByVandalism: Jet and his ex-partner Fad go visit a man who lost his teeth [[BlatantLies falling down the stairs]] during their last encounter. This time they remove his expensive false teeth and start pulling the teeth out one at a time until he talks. They then hold the teeth hostage as insurance he won't tip off the man they're looking for.
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* BlindedByTheLight: In the flashback, Jet is holding Udai at gunpoint and demands to know the identity of the DirtyCop he's working with. Then he's blinded by the headlights of a parked car and someone shoots him with a police-issue revolver. As he never saw his assailant, he has no idea which one of his fellow officers set him up to be killed.

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* DecadeThemedFilter: There's a sepia-tinted flashback to Jet Black's days as a detective in the ISSP, which has a 1950's style clothing and vehicles. This continues even in contemporary scenes where Jet works with his ex-partner to find out who framed him back then.
* DramaticIrony: If Jet had just let Chambers do his job, he'd be in the clear. Of course he has plenty of reason to worry that Chambers might not do so even if he wasn't corrupt.



* EveryScarHasAStory: While taking about previous bounty hunts, Spike and Faye show off the scars they got from them.

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* EveryScarHasAStory: While taking bragging about their previous bounty hunts, Spike and Faye show off the scars they got from them.them.
* ExtendedDisarming: Faye Valentine demonstrates (while holding Ein as a dance partner) how she took down a notoriously well-armed bounty by dancing the {{tango}} with him, and surreptitiously removing various guns, knives and a knuckle duster--which she then used to knock him unconscious. Even Spike is moved to applaud.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Fad was the reason Jet lost an arm in the past, having shot him back then. When he tries to kill Jet in the present, Jet blocks the bullet with his prosthetic arm allowing him to return fire and kill Fad.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Fad was the reason Jet lost an arm in the past, having shot him back then. When he tries to kill Jet in the present, Jet blocks the bullet with his prosthetic arm allowing him to return fire and kill Fad.Fad.
* MundaneLuxury: Faye convinces Spike to try her shower-bath-shower bathing technique, (not to mention the Joy of the Loofah). Apparently onsens are unknown in the future, or Spike just isn't familiar with them.
* {{Pride}}: Vicious angrily refuses to let his wife sing for Mao, and tries to storm off until Julia starts singing on the spot.
* SkewedPriorities: There's a massive breakout from a crashed prison ship, leading to any number of lucrative potential bounties. Spike and Faye spend the entire episode engaging in SnarkToSnarkCombat and arguing over which bounty to choose, so they never even leave the ship. Fortunately it's not a complete waste of time, as the experience enables them to bond.
* SmokeOut: Made more effective when Fad smashes the hookah in the opium den, not only covering their escape but also knocking out everyone in the building. Unfortunately that also means the man who was supposed to sell the papers to their target.
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** Before Fad's betrayel, Jet and he are show to get along well, working in tandem and joking back and fourth.

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** Before Fad's betrayel, betrayal, Jet and he are show to get along well, working in tandem and joking back and fourth.
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* ContinuityNod: Gunther, the assassin that tried to killed Spike in the second episode, is brought up between Mao and Vicious, revealing that he was one of Mao's top men that she had loaned to Vicious. Naturally she was happy to have him returned in a box.

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* ContinuityNod: Gunther, the assassin that tried to killed Spike in the second episode, is brought up between Mao and Vicious, revealing that he was one of Mao's top men that she had loaned to Vicious. Naturally she was wasn't happy to have him returned in a box.
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* ContinuityNod: Gunther, the assassin that tried to killed Spike in the second episode, is brought up between Mao and Vicious, revealing that he was one of Mao's top men.

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* ContinuityNod: Gunther, the assassin that tried to killed Spike in the second episode, is brought up between Mao and Vicious, revealing that he was one of Mao's top men.men that she had loaned to Vicious. Naturally she was happy to have him returned in a box.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: Fad in the anime actually showed remorse for his action to Jet that when the truth was revealed, he let Jet kill him in atonement. Here, he shows no such scruples and doesn't hesitate in trying to kill Jet when he finds him out.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: AdaptationalVillainy:
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Fad in the anime actually showed remorse for his action to Jet that when the truth was revealed, he let Jet kill him in atonement. Here, he shows no such scruples and doesn't hesitate in trying to kill Jet when he finds him out.out.
** Mao in the anime was a Syndicate member but was willing to break bread with the other Syndicate bosses to avoid anymore bloodshed only being stopped by Vicious. Here, she considers Vicious' plan to overthrow the elders.



* BittersweetEnding: Jet kills Fad (largely out of self defense) for his actions in the past but it's clearly not a happy victory for him since he thought Fad was a friend. Also since Fad killed Udai, that prevented him from clearing Jet's name on who the real corrupt cop was and. Chambers even lampshades this after he and his partner arrive on the scene after everything is said and done.

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* BittersweetEnding: Jet kills Fad (largely out of self defense) for his actions in the past but it's clearly not a happy victory for him since he thought Fad was a friend. Also since Fad killed Udai, that prevented him from clearing Jet's name on who the real corrupt cop was and.was. Chambers even lampshades this after he and his partner arrive on the scene after everything is said and done.



* ContinuityNod: Gunther, the assassin that tried to killed Spike in the second episode, is brought up between Mao and Vicious, revealing that he was one of Mao's top men.



* {{Flashback}}: The episode begins with one showing Jet working on the case that ended with him losing an arm.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Fad was the reason Jet lost an arm in the past, having shot him back them. When he tries to kill Jet in the present, Jet blocks the bullet with his prosthetic arm allowing him to return fire and kill Fad.

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* {{Flashback}}: DramaticShattering: Julia at the end of the episode drops her glass when she comes to realize that Fearless aka Spike is still alive.
* EveryScarHasAStory: While taking about previous bounty hunts, Spike and Faye show off the scars they got from them.
* {{Flashback}}:
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The episode begins with one showing Jet working on the case that ended with him losing an arm.
** When Mao discusses the the third boss, Santiago, we see a brief glimpse of why he's so feared.
** When Faye recounts to Spike how she captured a bounty via a dance, we get a brief snippet of it as she dances with Ein.
* FriendshipMoment:
** Before Fad's betrayel, Jet and he are show to get along well, working in tandem and joking back and fourth.
** Spike and Faye bond a bit while taking about their previous bounty hunts.
* GenderFlip: Mao in the anime was middle-age man. Here, she's a middle-aged woman.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Fad was the reason Jet lost an arm in the past, having shot him back them.then. When he tries to kill Jet in the present, Jet blocks the bullet with his prosthetic arm allowing him to return fire and kill Fad.
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A massive haul of bounties are announced on Big Shot due to a prison transport crashing and letting loose dangerous criminals. However one of which, Udai Taxim, triggers Jet as it was his case in the past that resulted in Jet losing his arm, being framed and ending up in prison for eight years. Wanting to settle the score, Jet heads out to catch him hooking up with his old partner, Fad. As he does, he tasks Spike and Faye to team up and score some bounties, but the two squabble on which ones to go after. Meanwhile Vicious meets with Mao and tries to gain her allegiance in taking over the Syndicate.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: Fad in the anime actually showed remorse for his action to Jet that when the truth was revealed, he let Jet kill him in atonement. Here, he shows no such scruples and doesn't hesitate in trying to kill Jet when he finds him out.
* AdaptationalWimp: Udai isn't much of a killer in this one, surrendering and more then willing to talk when he was cornered. It's only something happening that he was prevented (Fad shooting Jet in the past and Fad shooting ''him'' in the present).
* BittersweetEnding: Jet kills Fad (largely out of self defense) for his actions in the past but it's clearly not a happy victory for him since he thought Fad was a friend. Also since Fad killed Udai, that prevented him from clearing Jet's name on who the real corrupt cop was and. Chambers even lampshades this after he and his partner arrive on the scene after everything is said and done.
--> '''Chambers''': Shit Jet, you got the worst luck I've ever seen.
--> '''Jet''': Yeah...I'm aware of that.
* CorruptCop: Fad is revealed to be one, stating he threw in with the Syndicate to cover his everyday expenses.
* {{Flashback}}: The episode begins with one showing Jet working on the case that ended with him losing an arm.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Fad was the reason Jet lost an arm in the past, having shot him back them. When he tries to kill Jet in the present, Jet blocks the bullet with his prosthetic arm allowing him to return fire and kill Fad.

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