History Trivia / CowboyBebop

** KirkThornton is Mad Pierrot.

** MelissaFahn is Ed.

** SteveStaley is Rhint.

** DerekStephenPrince is Lin.

* [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Keep Circulating The Tapes - Rescued]]: Being owned by Creator/BandaiEntertainment, the rights to the show were hanging in limbo... until Creator/{{Sunrise}} started auctioning their Bandai-licensed shows to other distributors. The lucky company who ended up with the rights to '''Cowboy Bebop''? Creator/{{Funimation}}.

* [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Keep Circulating The Tapes - Rescued]]: Being owned by Bandai Entertainment, the rights to the show were hanging in limbo... until {{Creator/Sunrise}} started auctioning their Bandai-licensed shows to other distributers. The lucky company who ended up with the rights to Cowboy Bebop? {{Funimation}}.

** It's also said that Edward might be based on YokoKanno herself. Edward's [[PropRecycling original character design appears in the series]], as one of the boys that Annie catches shoplifting a nudie mag.

** SteveBlum is Spike.
** Faye is voiced by WendeeLee.

** Jet and Ed are voiced by BeauBillingslea and MelissaFahn.

** Electra Ovilo in the English dub of TheMovie is voiced by JenniferHale.
*** Also from TheMovie's English dub, Vincent Volaju is voiced by DaranNorris.

** MaryElizabethMcGlynn is Julia.

** "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" was originally conceived as elaborating on Spike's backstory as part of the Red Dragon Syndicate. But they determined that one of the defining characteristics of the show was the ''lack'' of exposition on backstory, in addition to all of the fan theories surrounding it, and thus they decided on an interquel.

** PaulStPeter is Punch.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Edward was originally going to be a boy, but they decided that the character's mannerisms were more suited to a girl.

** SteveBlum is Spike.
** Faye is voiced by WendeeLee.

** Jet and Ed are voiced by BeauBillingslea and MelissaFahn.

** In Japan, Ed is [[{{Digimon}} Terriermon]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Edward was originally going to be a boy, but they decided the character's mannerisms were more suited to a girl.

** SteveBlum, the voice of Spike, is in lots and lots of anime dubs, as well as American cartoons such as MegasXLR and WolverineAndTheXMen. Blum actually used the same voice for an American insurance commercial; which is actually a rather humorous choice when you take into account what Spike's opinions would have been on such a company.
** Faye in the dub is voiced by WendeeLee, who is in damn well everything dubbed. In the original Japanese she is voiced by MegumiHayashibara, so this show has a lot of this.
** Jet and Ed's voice actors, BeauBillingslea and MelissaFahn respectively, are also recognizable from the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' series. [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Ogremon]] and [[Anime/DigimonTamers Rika Nonaka]] anyone?
** As for Japan, Ed is Terriermon instrad of Rika.
*** Don't forget [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Gaz]], everyone! Yep, Edward is Dib's sister!
*** And if you watched {{FLCL}} before you watched Bebop like I did, you'll find that Eri Ninamori sounds like a very sensible version of Ed.
** Electra Ovilo in the English dub of TheMovie was voiced by JenniferHale, which is interesting since it's the only time that she's dubbed anime. She normally does voices for Western animation and video games.
** Cowboy Andy Von de Oniyate is voiced by [[TheFairlyOddparents Cosmo]].

** Jet and Ed's voice actors, BeauBillingslea and MelissaFahn respectively, are also recognizable from the ''{{Digimon}}'' series. [[DigimonAdventure Ogremon]] and [[DigimonTamers Rika Nonaka]] anyone?

*** And if you watched {{FLCL}} before you watched Bebop like I did, you'll find that Eri Ninamori sounds like a [[BeyondTheImpossible very sensible version]] of Ed.

*** Don't forget [[InvaderZim Gaz]], everyone! Yep, Edward is Dib's sister!

** Jet and Ed's voice actors, Beau Billingslea and Melissa Fahn respectively, are also recognizable from the ''{{Digimon}}'' series. [[DigimonAdventure Ogremon]] and [[DigimonTamers Rika Nonaka]] anyone?

* Edward was originally going to be a boy, but they decided the character's mannerisms were more suited to a girl.
** It's also said that Edward might be based on YokoKanno herself. Edward's [[PropRecycling original character design appears in the series]], as one of the boys that Annie catches shoplifting a nudie mag.

* ShoutOut: There are more shout outs (and ThemeNaming below) than this page can possibly list. [[http://www.Jazzmess.com The Jazz Messengers]] has a full list of all intentional and probable references for every episode.
** Sunrise previously worked on ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and as tribute based [[PsychopathicManchild Tonpu]] on TheJoker and the Penguin.
** The opening of the movie could be one toward the beginning of ''PulpFiction''. Starts with a TakeThat aimed at Jules ("Another wannabe preacher with a gun."), some CasualDangerDialog, and finishes up with everything (very nearly) going to hell when the one guy they didn't know about comes out of the bathroom with a gun.

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** Cowboy Andy Von de Oniyate is voiced by Daran Norris who does voices for Western animation.