History Recap / CowboyBebopSession17MushroomSamba

The episode has the following tropes:

* WayPastTheExpirationDate: Faye eats all of Jet's emergency rations. They spoiled "a year ago".

* WayPastItsExpirationDate: Faye eats all of Jet's emergency rations. They spoiled "a year ago".

* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: Faye eats all of Jet's emergency rations. They spoiled "[[{{squick}} a year ago"]].

* WaterGunsAndBalloons: What Ed tries to use against Domino, only filled with stink gas. Didn't take into account she would get hit too.

* BlaxploitationParody: The guest characters really play up the JiveTurkey type, dig? A SassyBlackWoman is on the trail of a black Mexican (yes, black Mexican) shroom dealer, who killed the brother of a wannabe ScaryBlackMan, and the one good or at least competent cop that is not hard nosed and aggressive is also black.

* BlaxploitationParody: The guest characters really play up the JiveTurkey type, dig? A SassyBlackWoman is on the trail of a black Mexican (yes, black Mexican) shroom dealer, who killed the brother of a wannabe ScaryBlackMan, and the one good or at least competent cop that is not hard nosed and aggressive is a negro.

* BlaxploitationParody

* AnimalTalk: The only time you'll find it in this series. PlayedForLaughs of course

* KarmaHoudini: Domino manages to get away, and tricks Ed into taking ordinary shiitake mushrooms as a bribe. Ed counts as well, since her antics caused trouble for Coffee, Shaft and the ''Bebop'' crew, and she didn't suffer any consequences.

* SchmuckBait: Faye, Jet, and Spike eat The Mushrooms that Ed purposely leaves out with little hesitation.

* AllDesertsHaveCacti: on ''Europa?''

* PunkInTheTrunk: When the cops search Coffee's car, they find Ed and Ein unconscious [[NotWhatItLooksLike and assume the worse]]. Ed and Ein weren't put into the trunk, they snuck in and took a nap.

* BrainFreeze: Shaft gets this when he tries to scarf down his shaved ice before joining in an ensuing [[ChaseScene chase scene]].

* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: Faye eats all of Jet's emergency rations. They spoiled "[[{{squick}}a year ago"]].

* TheFoodPoisoningIncident

* WaterGunsAndBalloons: What Ed tries to use against Domino, only filled with stink gas. Didn't take into account she would get hit too.

* LaserGuidedeKarma: Faye's the one who ate all the emergency rations. But since they expired years ago, she ends up getting sick from them.

* PunkInTheTrunk: When the cops search Coffee's car, subverted in that Ed and Ein snuck into the trunk rather then be put into it.

* BrainFreeze: Shaft gets this when he tries to scarf down his ice cream before joining in an ensuing [[ChaseScene chase scene]].

* BrainFreeze: Shaft gets this when he tries to scarf down his ice cream before joining in an ensuing [[CarChase car chase]].

The episode begins with Ed and Ein searching the ship's fridge but finding nothing. Seems the Bebop has hit a food shortage, plus the ship is now low on fuel and drifting through space, with Jet hoping the inertia will take them to Mars where they can refuel. Jet, Spike, and Faye argue over an empty box of rations, the last of their food which has been eaten with the latter two denying having opened it.Ed manages to find a peanut in her shorts and is about to eat it before being discovered by the crew. Before anything more can happen, the ship suddenly rocks. Checking outside reveals another ship has hit them. But as Jet tries to hail them, the ship re-aligns itself and blasts off. What's more, the impact has knocked the Bebop off its trajectory and down into the orbit of a western type planet still in development.

The episode begins with Ed and Ein searching the ship's fridge but finding nothing. Seems the Bebop has hit a food shortage, plus the ship is now low on fuel and drifting through space, with Jet hoping the inertia will take them to Mars where they can refuel. Spike, Jet and Faye argue over an empty box of rations which has been eaten, with the latter two denying having opened it, while Ed manages to find a peanut in her shorts and is about to eat it. Before anything more can happen, the ship suddenly rocks. Checking outside reveals another ship has hit them. But as Jet tries to hail them, the ship re-aligns itself and blasts off. What's more, the impact has knocked the Bebop off its trajectory and down into the orbit of a western type planet still in development.

The episode begins with Ed and Ein searching the ship's fridge but finding nothing. Seems the Bebop has hit a food shortage plus the ship is now low on fuel and drifting through space with Jet hoping the inertia will take them to Mars where they can refuel. Spike, Jet and Faye argue over an empty box of rations which has been eaten with the latter two denying having opened it. As they continue, Ed manages to find a peanut in her shorts and is about to eat it when the three discover this. Before anything can happen, the ship suddenly rocks. Checking outside reveals another ship has hit them. But as Jet tries to hail them, the ship re-aligns itself and blasts off. What's more the impact has knocked the Bebop off it trajectory and down into the orbit of a western type planet still in development.

The ship crash lands but everyone survives. Faye suddenly starts complaining of stomach pains and rushes to the restroom while Ein hands Jet the ration box which reveals it has expired long ago, revealing that Faye (naturally) was the culprit. Spike and Jet have a laugh before their hunger kicks in again and they get to work looking over the damage of the ship. Ed tries to assist but only ends up breaking things so the men send her off to get food. Ein accompanies her as they make their way through the desert. After walking a couple of miles they come across a road and a truck selling watermelons. However as Ed doesn't have any money, she's denied the fruit. At that moment a Porsche pulls up driven by afro haired African American. She buys a melon and asks for any information on a chubby looking man with a rasta hairdo, sunglasses and sun hat which. She drives off after making her purchase unaware that Ed and Ein have stowed away in the trunk of her car. The woman arrives in a town but is stopped by two local police officers who asks to look through her car. They find a sleeping Ed and Ein which makes it seem as if the woman was kidnapping. As the woman struggles with the officers, the pair awaken, slip out and mill around town.

The come across the same man from the woman's photo, but are more concerned with the hot dog he's eating. Naturally he's confused when Ed calls him a "meanie" for finishing the food. However another individual shows up looking for said man whom he calls Domino. Said man, named Shaft, is dragging around a coffin which wishes to put Domino into for killing one of his brothers with some bad mushrooms. However the coffin gets destroyed as Shaft leaves it out in the road and a truck plows over it. Domino uses the distraction to get away with Shaft on his heels, dropping a few mushrooms from his bag. Ein eats one in his hunger and suddenly starts hopping around like a wind up doll. Curious, Ed gathers the mushrooms and heads back to the Bebop where she leaves one out on a plate in the campsite near the ship. Spike, Jet and Faye shamelessly take the bait for each mushroom laid out when they come across it.

However the effects of the shrooms soon take hold with each member experiencing a different hallucination. Spike, going up the stairs to the cockpit area finds himself walking up an endless stairway encountering a talking frog who informs him its a "stairway to Heaven", Spike ignores him and keeps going. Faye, in the bathroom, suddenly see the toilet grow and overflow with water with her soon underwater teeming with marine life. Jet, who was working on his bonsai plants, suddenly starts talking with them as if they were real people. Through all of these, Ed and Ein observe their behavior. They then turn on Big Shots where Domino is revealed to be the bounty of the day. Ed decides to go after him, grabbing a motor scooter and putting Ein in a backpack before she sets off. As she goes through town both the woman, now named Coffee, and Shaft see her and head off to follow for some reason. Ed locates Domino's ship and gets inside as he's plucking off mushrooms from the trees he's growing them on. Ed attacks with a gun that shoots out stink gas but it backfires as she's affected too. Domino makes a run for it with Ed in pursuit.

They come across some train tracks where Shaft and the melon vender from before happen to be waiting on the opposite side. Shaft sees Domino but a train passes through which Domino manages to leap onto. Shaft hijacks the melon vendor's truck to give chase, Ed and Ein likewise on her motor scooter. Shaft manages to make his way on the train first but is interrupted by the arriving Coffee in her Porsche who tries to get him out of the way. Ed, tailing being Coffee, leaps from her scooter onto Coffee's car (as well as her head) and scrambles up the back of the train. She sends Ein on ahead who rushes past Shaft and grabs one of Domino's bags of mushrooms. Yanking it away, it hits Shaft who goes flying from the train and onto Coffee who swerves and crashes her car. Both survive but are out of the chase, allowing Ed to corner Domino at the front of the train. However the train brakes when a cow appears on the track. Both Ed and Domino are throw ahead with Ed landing on Domino. Domino bargains with Ed to take the mushrooms claiming they're worth more then his bounty. Ed accpets while Ein thanks the cow for stopping the train (I am NOT making that up). The duo arrives back at the ship just as the crew are coming out of their stupors.

She tells the crew what Domino told her and the crew are all for the priceless shrooms. However a cop comes by to check on their ship. Faye and Jet try to act as if nothing wrong but just draw suspicion to themselves. Spike comes out with the bag of mushrooms and the cop scans them revealing their just ordinary mushrooms much to Faye and Jet's dismay. Eventually the Bebop is fixed and heads back into space. Jet makes the most of the mushrooms and fixes a variety of dishes with them though Spike and Faye soon tired of eating them. Ed and Ein are more then happy to dig in however and happily eat them though Ein hiccups after gobbling one, indicating there might still be some bad ones among the bunch. Hoo boy.

The ship crash lands but everyone survives. Faye suddenly starts complaining of stomach pains and rushes to the restroom while Ein hands Jet the ration box which reveals it has expired long ago, revealing that Faye (naturally) was the culprit. Spike and Jet have a laugh before their hunger kicks in again and they get to work looking over the damage of the ship. Ed tries to assist but only ends up breaking things so the men send her off to get food. Ein accompanies her as they make their way through the desert. After walking a couple of miles they come across a road and a truck selling watermelons. However as Ed doesn't have any money, she's denied the fruit. At that moment a Porsche pulls up driven by afro haired African American. She buys a melon and asks for any information on a chubby looking man with a rasta hairdo, sunglasses and sun hat which. She drives off after making her purchase unaware that Ed and Ein have stole away in her car. The woman arrives in a town but is stopped by two local police officers who asks to look through her car. They find a sleeping Ed and Ein in the truck which makes the woman as she kidnapping. As the woman struggles with the officers, the pair slip out and mill around town.

* MushroomSamba: The troper namer of course.

The episode begins with Ed and Ein searching the ship's fridge but finding nothing. Seems the Bebop has hit a food shortage plus the ship is now low on fuel. Spike, Jet and Faye argue over an empty box of ration which has been eaten with the latter two denying having opened it. As they continue, Ed manages to find a peanut in her shorts and is about to eat it when the three discover this. Before anything can happen, the ship suddenly rocks. Checking outside reveals another ship has hit them. But as Jet tries to hail them the ship re-aligns itself and blast off. What's more the impact has knocked the Bebop off it trajectory and down into the orbit of a western type planet still in development.

The ship crash lands but everyone survives. Faye suddenly starts complaining of stomach pains and rushes to the restroom while Ein hands Jet the ration box which reveals it has expired long ago, revealing that Faye (naturally) was the culprit. Spike and Jet have a laugh before their hunger kicks in again and they get to work looking over the damage of the ship. Ed tries to assist but only ends up breaking things so the men send her off to get food. Ein accompanies her as they make their way through the desert. After walking a couple of miles they come across a road and a truck selling watermelons. However as Ed doesn't have any money, she's denied the fruit. At that moment a Porsche pulls up driven by afro hair African American. She buys a million and ask for any information on a chubby looking man with a rasta hairdo, sunglasses and sun hat which. She drives off after making her purchase unaware that Ed and Ein have stole away in her car. The woman arrives in a town but is stopped by two local police officers who asks to look in her car. They find a sleeping Ed and Ein in the truck which makes the woman as she kidnapping. As the woman struggles with the officers, the pair slip out and mill around town.

The come across the same man from the woman's photo, but are more concerned with the hot dog he's eating. Natually he's confused when Ed calls him a "meanie" for finishing the food. However another indiviual shows up looking for said man whom he calls Domino. Said man, named Shaft, is dragging around a coffin which wishes to put Domino for killing one of his brothers with some bad mushrooms. However the coffin gets destroyed as Shaft leaves it out in the road and a truck plows over it. Domino uses the distraction to get away with Shaft on his heels, dropping a few mushrooms from his bag. Ein eats one in it hunger and suddenly starts hopping around like a wind up doll. Curious, Ed gathers the mushrooms and heads back to the Bebop where she leaves on out on a plate in the campsite near the ship. Spike, Jet and Faye shamelessly take the bait for each mushroom laid out when they come across it.

However the effects of the shrooms soon take effect with each experiences a different hallucination. Spike, going up the stairs to the cockpit area finds himself walking up an endless stairway encountering a talking frog who informs him its a "stairway to Heaven", Spike ignores him and keeps going. Faye, in the bathroom, suddenly see the toliet grow and overflow with water with her soon in the underwater teeming with marine life. Jet, who was working on his bonsai plants, suddenly just talking with them as if they were real people. Through all of these, Ed and Ein observe their behavior. They then turn on Big Shots where Domino is revealed to be the bounty of the day. Ed decides to go after him, grabbing a motor scooter and putting Ein in a backpack before she sets off. As she goes through town both the woman, now named Coffee, and Shaft see her and head off to follow for some reason. Ed locates Domino's ship and gets inside as he's plucking off mushroom from the trees in his ship. Ed attack with a gun that shoots out stink gas but it backfires as she's affected too. Domino makes a run for it with Ed in pursuit.

They come across some train tracks where Shaft and the melon vender from before happen to be waiting on the other side. Shaft sees Dominio but a train passes through which Domino manages to leap onto. Shaft hijacks the melon vendor's truck to give chase, Ed and Ein likewise on her motor scooter. Shaft manages to make his way on the train first but is interupted by the arriving Coffee in her Porsche who tries to get him out of the way. Ed, tailing being Coffee, leaps from her scooter onto Coffee's car (as well as her head) and scambles up the back of the train. She sends Ein on ahead who rushes past Shaft and grabs one of Domino's bags of mushrooms. Yanking it away it hits Shaft who goes flying from the train and only Coffee who serves and crashes her car. Both survive the crash but are out of the chase, allowing Ed to corner Domino at the front of the train. However the train brakes when a cow appears on the track. Both Ed and Domino are throw ahead with Ed landing on Domino. Domino bargains with Ed to take the mushrooms as they're worth more then his bounty. Ed does so and arrives back at the ship just as the crew are coming out of their stupors.

She tell the crew what Domino told her and the crew are all for the shrooms. However a cop comes by to check on their ship. Faye and Jet try to act as if nothing wrong but just draw suspicion to themselves. Spikes comes out with the bag of mushrooms and the cop scans them revealing their just ordinary mushrooms much to Faye and Jet's dismay. Eventually the Bebop is fixed and heads back into space. Jet make the most of the mushrooms and fixes a variety of dishes with them though Spike and Faye soon tired of eating them. Ed and Ein are more then happy to dig in however and happyily eat them though Ein hiccups after gobbling one, indicating there might still be come bad one among the bunch. Hoo boy.


''Life is but a dream''

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