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Main Characters
Spike Spiegel
Spike Spiegel/Fearless
Played by: John Cho
The main lead of the series. A former Syndicate member who originally went by the name Fearless. But after an attempt to leave nearly resulted in his death, he changed his name and took to bounty hunting. However he finds his past slowly starting to catch up to him.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: Spike's hair was originally dark green in the anime. Here, it's black.
- Adaptational Name Change: Downplayed. In the anime continuity, Spike Spiegel is his real name, or at least the name he's used for most of his life. In this continuity, it's a pseudonym he took following his faked death. During his time in the Syndicate, he went by the name "Fearless". Given that he was an orphan raised on the street, it's implied he has no idea what his real name is.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Like his anime counterpart, Spike is withdrawn and sarcastic, his charisma covering up a capacity for ruthlessness. Unlike in the anime, he's much more capable of showing compassion and genuine affection, especially where his crewmates are concerned, and he's far less abrasive.
- Adaptational Personality Change: His dissociative existentialism and habit of wondering if he’s alive or dead or just dreaming is almost entirely absent, so his personality is much more open, lacking the blasé attitude his anime counterpart is famous for.
- Adaptational Sexuality: Spike in the anime never showed much interest in anyone, other than Julia, Elektra, and (occasionally) Faye. In his live-action iteration, Spike is far more flirtatious, with women in general, and with
Jet. - Age Lift: Spike was 27 years old in the original anime. While his age is never stated in this version, he is clearly much older than that (his actor John Cho was 49 years old at the time, making him the oldest of the principal cast members).
- Dark Secret: In this version, Spike never told Jet about his past with the Syndicate and tries his damndest to make sure he doesn't learn about it. This extensive lie backfires spectacularly.
- Deadpan Snarker: As usual, he not above snarking about the situations he gets into.
- The Fixer: His specialty when working for the Syndicate was keeping a lid on Vicious' more violent tendencies, and when that didn't work, cleaning up after his messes.
- Faking the Dead: Was nearly killed in the past but survived and went into hiding, changing his name and appearance so that the Syndicate wouldn't find him.
- Made of Iron: The amount of punishment he survives throughout the series is ridiculous. This includes being shot multiple times, and falling backward out of a window several stories up into a harbor.
- One-Man Army: When he gets serious, he can clear out a room of targets single-handily. Being a former Syndicate member likely has something to do with it.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Noodles, to the point he gets excited by an open noodle bar and temporarily gets distracted by a bounty because he sees an open container of Cup Noodles.
- That Man Is Dead: He refuses to go by his old Syndicate name, Fearless.
- We Used to Be Friends: When he worked for the Syndicate, he and Vicious considered each other brothers. Then he hooked up with Vicious' girl Julia, and tried to leave the Syndicate behind, leading to he and Vicious becoming Arch-Enemies.
- Wouldn't Hurt a Child: During his Syndicate days, his one rule was that he refused to hurt or kill children, even if they had witnessed a crime scene.
Jet Black
Jet Black
Played by: Mustafa Shakir
A former ISSP cop who lost his arm in a bad sting operation and sent to prison for eight years on a bogus charge. He now roams the planets as a bounty hunter. He's the owner of the Bebop ship.
- Age Lift: Jet was significantly older than the rest of the cast in the original anime (but still younger than he looked) and served as a Team Dad of sorts. In this version he is about the same age as Spike (his actor Mustafa Shakir is actually four years younger than John Cho, who plays Spike).
- Artificial Limbs: His left arm is robotic and, despite technology available in the future to craft him a new biological one, he prefers the prosthetic.
- Bald of Authority: While he’s not the leader per se of the group, the Bebop is his ship and he is shown to be more reasonable and have a cooler head than Spike.
- Frame-Up: Framed by his partner and sent to prison for five years.
- I Have Your Wife: In the season one finale, Vicious kidnaps his daughter in order to lure out Spike. This is what reveals Spike's past to him, and damages their relationship to the point of separation.
- No-Respect Guy: Poor dude always seems to get the short end of the stick.
- Race Lift: A black man in this version.
- Revolvers Are Just Better: He carries a revolver, namely a Chiappa Rhino.
- Parents as People: He does his absolute best to be a good father and make up for the time he was robbed of with his daughter despite his strained relationship with his ex-wife and with her new boyfriend—the man who framed Jet and sent him to prison in the first place.
- This Is Unforgivable!: His reaction to learning Spike once worked for the Syndicate in the final episode, after it directly leads to Vicious kidnapping his own daughter to get to Spike. He only lets Spike walk away because Spike actually helped rescue Kimmie and even took a bullet for her in the escape.
Faye Valentine
Faye Valentine
Played by: Daniella Pineda, Beatrice Taniguchi (Young)
A initial rival bounty hunter, she's joins the boys later finding them interesting. Later it is revealed she hails from the 20th century and has amnesia as a side effect from her cryo-treatment.
- Adaptational Early Appearance: She didn't show up till the third episode of the anime, here she appears right in the first episode.
- Adaptational Job Change: Somewhat, she's still a con artist, but first appears already bounty hunting. In the anime this didn't happen till she officially joined the Bebop crew.
- Adaptational Personality Change: In the anime, Faye is a gambling addict; whenever the Bebop crew is lucky enough to snag a bounty, she immediately heads to the race tracks. Her addiction is reflective of her tendency to get in over her head. This trait is absent entirely from the Netflix version of Faye.
- Adaptational Modesty: Her main outfit is less skimpy and far more practical. Though she wears the occasional evening dress.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Many of her more negative personality traits from the anime have been largely downplayed or smoothed out, leaving her with a more laid back goofball personality for most of the show. Her main vices, pathological lying and gambling addiction, are also gone. On the other hand, she is more abrasive and foul-mouthed in this version, whereas her original anime version was more soft-spoken and rarely raised her voice.
- Adaptational Sexuality: Bisexual, or possibly a lesbian, compared to heterosexual in the anime. Her only onscreen romantic or sexual relationship is with another woman, though she does specify that she has no memory, and therefore no knowledge of who she has or hasn't sexed before.
- Lady Swears-a-Lot: She uses a LOT of profanity.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: As in the anime, she has amnesia from coming out of cryo-sleep.
- Race Lift: Singaporean in the anime, played by Latin American actress Daniella Pineda in this version.
Ein
Ein aka E1N
Played by: Charlie and Harry
A Welsh Corgi that Jet picks up during a job. He turns out to be smarter than he looks.
- Animal Eye Spy: Mad Pierrot hacks into Ein's eyes to get intelligence on the BeBop crew, and project a Huge Holographic Head to threaten them.
- Big Damn Heroes: Though (theoretically) unintentional, he saves Spike's life by causing Mad Pierrot to freak out due to the latter's fear of dogs.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Just look at his picture!
- Team Pet: He's the main pet to the Bebop crew.
- Uplifted Animal: He's a lab animal who was experimented on, showing off his intelligence now and then through the series, as well as certain technological enhancements.
Red Dragon Syndicate
Vicious
Vicious
Played by: Alex Hassell
A high ranking Red Dragon Syndicate member who has ties with Spike in the past. He has desires on taking over the Syndicate.
- Adaptational Backstory Change: Anime Vicious' background of fighting in a war on Titan with Gren, then framing his comrade for his own role as a double agent, is omitted in this version.
- Adaptational Personality Change: In the anime, Vicious has a quiet, stoic demeanor that stands in stark contrast to his violent and sadistic personality. His live-action counterpart is much more volatile and prone to emotional outbursts, often acting like a Psychopathic Manchild.
- Adaptational Wimp: Downplayed; he's still very dangerous, but lacks the stoic cold blooded demeanor of his anime counterpart, uses his connections (and previously, Fearless intervening and taking the blame to keep his standing in the Syndicate), and far more skittish around the authorities of the Syndicate if he gets into trouble with them, unlike in the anime where he gleefully murdered his own mentor in his very first appearance and only got worse from there.
- Ascended Extra: Although Vicious is Spike's Arch-Enemy and was a reoccurring threat in the original anime, he only appeared in five out of the twenty five sessions and served as a reminder of Spike's past. By contrast in this show, he is a much more prominent character, appearing in all of the episodes in the first season.
- Awful Wedded Life: He's married to Julia in this version, but it's clear it's not a happy marriage as he readily abuses her if she gets out of line.
- Badass Longcoat: His costume incorporates a long, black coat that conceals his katana and sheath.
- Big Bad: As in the original anime, Vicious is Spike's Arch-Enemy and the biggest trouble in the series with his plot to usurp control of the Syndicate and murder his former friend.
- Berserk Button: Insulting his masculinity.
- Daddy Issues: His father forced him to watch his mother commit suicide by jumping off a building, and constantly berated him for being a screw-up and a Manchild. This led to him developing a nasty Berserk Button and generally living up to his name when conducting business for the Syndicate.
- Evil Brit: While the character himself isn't stated to come from the area, he does have the accent.
- Evil Is Hammy: Alex Hassell is definitely enjoying playing Vicious.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: It doesn't take much to get him angry if he gets displeased. Especially if Spike/Fearless is involved.
- Katanas Are Just Better: He wields a katana that can slice through someone's neck with ease.
- Master Swordsman: He's good enough with his sword to take on and win against half a dozen combatants, even with a stab wound in his back.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: He earned that name.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: An integral part of his character in this adaptation.
- We Used to Be Friends: He saved Fearless from a dead end life on the streets and the two of them regarded each other as brothers. Then Fearless ran out on the Syndicate with Julia, leading Vicious to swear death on him.
Julia
Julia
Played by: Elena Satine
A former singer whom Spike was smitten with and tried to run away with. However the attempt fail and nearly resulted in Spike's death. At the current, she's now Vicious' wife.
- Adaptational Badass: In contrast with her anime counterpart's attempts to distance herself from the Syndicate, this Julia betrays Vicious and takes control of the Syndicate.
- Adaptational Villainy: In a contrast to the anime, where her only motive seems to be self-defense, she becomes a major antagonist by the end of Season 1, having turned on both Spike and Vicious to take over the Syndicate herself, having grown just as power-hungry as her husband.
- Ascended Extra: Julia barely appears in the original anime outside of flashbacks, only properly appearing in the flesh in the last two episodes before getting killed off in the last episode. In this show though, Julia is a far more prominent character and appears in all of the episodes alongside Vicious, with her backstory with him and Spike being much more of a central focus than in the anime. She even becomes a major antagonist in the season 1 finale.
- Brains and Brawn: She's the brains to Vicious' brawn, as she is the one to come up with a viable plan for a coup against the Elders, and ultimately manages to completely usurp the Syndicate all on her own.
- The Chanteuse: Before meeting Fearless and Vicious, she was an up and coming singer at Ana's club who eventually becomes her headliner, before attempting to run away with Fearless. Eventually she winds up married to Vicious.
- Character Development: Her story arc runs from low-level nightclub worker, to star singer, to trophy wife who just wants to run away with the guy who doesn't beat her and threaten to kill her to deciding she can't depend on men at all and engaging in Syndicate power plays herself.
- Flower Motifs: Roses. She has a rose tattooed over her left shoulder blade, and Spike's flashbacks to the night when he tried to meet and escape the Syndicate with her always feature a single rose falling to the ground.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Implied to have been at first. Then things go south quickly once she meets Vicious and Fearless.
- Hidden Depths: She initially comes across as a meek trophy wife, but eventually shows some fangs.
- Lady Macbeth: She's the one to push Vicious into plotting a coup against the Syndicate and smooths over his rough edges to get the other capos to go along with the plan.
- Sensual Slav: Of Russian heritage here, probably as a Shout-Out to her actress' background.
- Silk Hiding Steel: Other characters are immediately entranced by her beauty and some find, to their cost, that she can and will destroy anyone who crosses her.
- Xanatos Speed Chess: No matter what twists are thrown into her overarching plan, she finds ways to get out of trouble and further her own aims.
Mao Yenrai
Mao Yenrai
Played by: Rachel House
A capo within the Syndicate.
- Adaptational Job Change: A straight gangster in the anime, a foundry worker here.
- Adaptational Villainy: In the anime, while Mao was a Syndicate boss, he knew the warfare between the mafias couldn't continue as they got older, so he optioned for a peaceful solution between them only to be thwarted by Vicious. Here, she's more then willing to aid in Vicious' coup, then double cross him for more power—and to help Julia.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: She plots with Vicious to overthrow the elders and then plots with Julia to double-cross Vicious.
- Gender Flip: In the anime, he was a middle aged man. This series makes her a middle aged woman.
- Off with Her Head!: Vicious takes her head as a prize after he kills her.
- Race Lift: Chinese in the anime, played by a New Zealand Māori actress in this version.
Santiago
Played by: Blessing Mokghola
A capo within the Syndicate.
- Canon Foreigner: A completely new creation for the series.
- The Dandy: He's a natty dresser and has dainty mannerisms.
- Non-Indicative Name: He's known as "The Eunuch". Not because he's gelded but because he used a pruning knife to cut off another man's testicles after torturing him for days.
- Off with His Head!: Forced to impersonate Vicious and is beheaded in his place.
- Wine Is Classy: He owns a vineyard that makes wine. He also offers Mao and Vicious a special bottle from his collection.Santiago: Earth stock. Pinot noir. A '67 Two Fields. Aromas of wild berries and dark chocolate...hedonistic body. And a deep finish with lingering hints of tobacco! Profoundly luxurious mouth feel.
Caliban
Played by: John Noble
De facto head of the Elders ruling the Syndicate and Vicious' father.
- Abusive Parents: Looks at Vicious as a disappointment and made him witness his mother's suicide, something which Caliban called her weak for committing and mocked Vicious for crying at the sight of.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: After wishing his son would be more bloodthirsty, confident and "worthy" of succeeding him, Vicious ends up coming up with (Julia's) devilishly clever plan to usurp Caliban, leaving him to beg for his life before Vicious kills him to take over the Syndicate.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: The centermost Elder was killed in the anime by taking a slash through his head. Caliban takes a stab to the heart and is left to bleed out.
- Dirty Coward: He talks a big game about strength and power but when Vicious has him cornered with his guards dead Caliban is quick to try and calm his son out of fear for his own life.
- Domestic Abuser: Implied, what with him using his wife's suicide to teach his son about strength and refusing to let the boy look away, as well as his general treatment of Vicious.
- Evil Brit: Like his son he's got an English accent and is the iron-fisted head of the Syndicate.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Vicious is Spike's Arch-Enemy but Caliban is one of the Syndicate's leading Triumvirate, and his cruelty drives Vicious in what he does.
- He-Man Woman Hater: Implied with his goading his wife to suicide and mocking her as "weak" for going through with it. He also seems to view Julia as a possession of his son's, referring to her as his "whore" and trying to punish Vicious by making him think the Elders are forcing him to kill her like they're taking away something he owns.
- Related in the Adaptation: Wang Long seemed to be the de facto leader of the Van triumvirate in the original anime and here is rewritten as "Caliban", becoming Vicious' father, amongst other changes.
Shin & Lin
Shin & Lin
Played by: Ann Truong & Hoa Xuande
Vicious' main subordinates.
- Adaptational Early Appearance: Both their characters in the anime only show up at separate intervals (Lin in the middle of the series, Shin in the final two eps). Here, they're front and center in the first episode together.
- Gender Flip: Shin was a man in the anime, here she's a woman.
- Mauve Shirt: They manage to survive all the way to the end even when Faye attacks with her ship but are quickly dispatched by Spike.
Recurring Characters
Ana
Ana
Played by: Tamara Tunie
A old associate of Spike, she operates a nightclub bearing her name.
- Adaptational Job Change: She was a simple convenience store clerk in the anime. Here she runs a nightclub.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Gave up Spike's location to Vicious after being stabbed through the leg with a sword.
- Expy: Of Annie in the original anime, serving the same function: an old associate of Spike and Julia.
- Knowledge Broker: She closely monitors her clientele and has feelers throughout the system to obtain intelligence that she's willing to pass on to others.
- Race Lift: A Caucasian woman in the anime, a Black woman here.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Her anime counterpart gets shot in the stomach and dies from her wounds, while she survives this series.
- Truce Zone: Her bar is open to anyone as long as they agree to leave their squabbles at the door.
Gren
Gren
Played by: Mason Alexander Park
The non-binary maître d' of “Ana's” as well as her right hand.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: Originally had black hair in the anime. Here, their hair is blonde.
- Adaptational Job Change: An ex-soldier that got experimented on in the anime. A maître d here (though the series implies they may have worked for the syndicate in the past).
- Ascended Extra: Only appeared in a two-part episode in the original anime, but is a recurring character here appearing in half the episodes.
- Gender Flip: In the anime, Gren was originally a man who gained breasts as a result of having his hormones screwed with during the medical experiments performed on him on Titan. Here, Gren is non-binary.
- The Lancer: As Ana's number two, they keep order in the bar and handle day-to-day management of the staff.
Chalmers
Chalmers
Played by: Geoff Stults
An ISSP detective who Jet has had a long-time antagonistic relationship with, dating back to when they were both on the force. The fact that Chalmers is dating Jet's ex-wife doesn't help matters.
- Canon Foreigner: A completely new creation for the series.
- Expy: A two-fer; of Alisa's boyfriend Rhint, and of Jet's old comrade Bob. His role of Jet's previous lover's new paramour is relatively straightforward, but his similarities to Bob are far sparser. Jet and Bob of the anime were still friendly, despite ideological differences. In contrast, Jet believes Chalmers framed him and had him sent to prison, and he has inserted himself into Jet's family in his absence.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In his introduction, he's cheerfully rubbing Jet's misfortune in his face. As the first season goes along, he's revealed to have been investigating the mole that truly framed Jet and encourages Jet to reconnect with his daughter via attending the school play.
Woodcock
Woodcock
Played by: Carmel McGlone
Jet's informant who always has interesting tips on the bounties he's pursuing.
- Canon Foreigner: A completely new creation for the series.
- Did They or Didn't They?: Spike tries to pry this out of Jet, to no avail.
- Dirty Old Woman: She shamelessly hits on Jet while trading information with him.
One-Shot Characters
Asimov and Katarina
Asimov and Katarina
Played by: Jan Uddin & Lydia Peckham
A couple on the run from the Syndicate and the latter's father. They hope to sell some Red Eye and move to Mars to start a new life.
- Abusive Parents: Katarina's father is implied to be this considering how she panics when Faye reveals he was the one that hired her to bring Katraina home. So much so she would rather kill herself then go back to him.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Asimov in the anime becomes more progressively concerned with the Red Eye drug then Katarina's life that she eventually had to put him down when it was clear he was addicted to it. In the series, while does use the drug, it's clear he's doing it reluctantly and doesn't have a choice (The first time, the potential buyer he tried to sell to requested a demonstration and had to fight off the Syndicate squad sent after them. The second he used it to defend himself against Spike and Jet). Otherwise he's shown caring very deeply for Katarina, coming to her aid instantly when he see Syndicate goon closing in on her.
- The Berserker: Under the influence of Red Eye, Asimov is this.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the anime, Katarina kills Asimov himself when it's clear he's too addicted to the Red Eye to stop using it and she has to put him down. In this series, Faye mortally wounds Asimov via a shot to the neck to keep him from killing Jet via choking. He later bleeds out as Katarina and he try to make a break for the gate.
- Evil Is Hammy: Asimov, full stop.Asimov: It FEELS like I just MAINLINED God!!!!!!!
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Jan Uddin looks incredibly similar to Asimov. But his sharp cheek bones, jawline, sculpted face, bronze skin and long black haor makes him look like a Male Fashion Model with rough hair after a hangover.
- Pillow Pregnancy: As in the anime, Katarina's "pregnancy" is just a holding bag for the Red Eye drug, shown when a bullet nicks her stomach in the climax of the first episode.
- Race Lift: Asimov is inspired by Spanish actor Antonio Banderas. Here is he is portrayed by British Bangladeshi Jan Uddin. Katerina is inspired by Mexican Salma Hayek who is half Lebanese half Spanish. Here she is portrayed by White New Zealander Lydia Peckham.
- Secretly Wealthy: In this version, Katarina is the daughter of a well-known entrepreneur which surprises Spike when Faye drops her last name. Regardless Katarina isn't thrilled when hearing her father had hired Faye to track her down.
- Suicide by Cop: After Asimov dies, Katarina doesn't have much to live for and, despite Spike's trying to talk her down, she chooses to fly at a I.S.S.P blockade who shoot her craft into pieces.
- Tall Darkand Handsome: At 6'1" with a beautiful brown skin tone. Asimov ks very easy on the eyes even if he is a bit rough around the edges from his criminal lifestyle.
- Together in Death: If nothing else, the two lovebirds died together, truly free from the Syndicate and Katarina's father.
Teddy Bomber
Theodore/Teddy Bomber
Played by: Rodney Cook
A bomber with a penchant for blowing up buildings.
- Adaptational Badass: He wasn't much of a fighter in the anime, Faye took him out with a single punch; here he goes toe to toe with Spike in the climax of his episode.
- Adaptational Villainy: In the anime he bombed buildings to make a political statement but did try to limit casualties, only making an exception for Spike and Andy when they wouldn't listen to him. In this series, he just does it For the Evulz because he likes the halo effect from the chemical he uses in his bombs when they go off.
- Artificial Limbs: He has a prosthetic hand that Jet pulls off of him when he initially confronts him. Jet later uses it to track him down.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: His entire body is scarred all over and he has at least a prosthetic hand, likely the result of multiple failed bomb making attempts.
- The Unintelligible: His large teddy-bear mask makes it impossible for Spike and Jet to understand what he's saying.
Abdul Hakim
Abdul Hakim
Played by: Jay Paulson & Cali Nelle
A bounty known for stealing dogs from rich people.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Somewhat. In the anime, he stole Ein from a research facility namely to sell to an unseen buyer and wasn't afraid to do anything to reach his goal. He was also shown to be petty and vindictive, as seen when he tried to force-feed a cockroach to a guy for accidentally spilling his drink. Here, he kidnaps not only Ein but several other dogs and his reasons for stealing pets was to kill them and send a message to their rich owners whom he feels look down on people like him. But when it came time to do the deed however, he couldn't bring himself to do so and Spike and Jet find him playing with them instead. Likewise he willingly surrenders to two and was willing to serve his time...least before the ISSP kill him.
- Afro Asskicker: When in disguise, and when he faces Spike, he changes his look into a Black man with an afro. Likely a Mythology Gag to his post-plastic surgery look in the anime.
- Boom, Headshot!: Shot in the head from afar by corrupt cops just as he was surrendering to Spike and Jet.
- Death by Adaptation: He's merely arrested in the anime after he crashes his car into a police station following a chase. In this series, he's shot dead by corrupt police to keep Spike and Jet from collecting his bounty.
- Glamour Failure: Hakim uses face changing technology here, but it's not perfect, glitching out at one point to the degree that a civilian managed to identify him.
The Murdocks
The Murdocks, aka the Callisto Liberation Front
Maria played by: Adrienne Barbeau
Harrison, Derek, and Ron played by: Miranda Daughtry, Zane Fleming, and Tim Carlsen
A group of dim-witted but violent ecoterrorists who aren't afraid to kill to make their point, led by Maria Murdock.
- Abusive Parent: Maria emotionally belittles her children for any screw up in her plans. It comes back to bite her hard at the end of her episode.
- Adaptational Karma: Harrison's anime counterpart was unfairly turned into a monkey just because Maria wanted to punish someone for a slip up with an ISSP spy infiltrating their gang despite the group managing to take care of the problem. Here, Harrison herself delivers the final retribution to Maria, with Maria's own weapon to boot.
- Ax-Crazy: Their plans involve launching missiles with warheads containing spores that will painfully transform anyone who breathes them in into trees.
- Deadly Gas: Combined a bit with Green Thumb, they develop a gas that, when breathed in, turns the unfortunate victim into a tree, killing them during the transformation.
- The Dog Bites Back: Harrison eventually tires of Maria's abuse and decides to end her mother once and for all.
- Gender Flip: Harrison was a man in the anime, but a woman here.
- Hoist by Her Own Petard: Twofold by Maria: She really should've treated her daughter better instead of trying to mold her to be like her, and similar to the anime, she's done in by her own chemical weapon.
- Manchild: Derek and Ron, who are infantile and incapable of functioning without their mother's supervision.
- My Beloved Smother: Maria keeps her three children firmly beneath her thumb. Derek and Ron easily bend to her will, but Harrison starts to chafe.
- Offing the Offspring: Attempted: She abandons two of her children on the planet she's set to unleash her chemical weapon on. And when that failed, she was willing to hit it with a missile not long afterward.
- Oh, Crap!: When she sees Harrison pull out one of the chemical grenades that turn people into tree after Harrison declares she refuses to go to prison with her.
- Undying Loyalty: Despite Maria abandoning them on the planet they plan to unleash the virus on, Derek and Ron continue the launch sequence for the rocket carrying the virus.
Whitney
Whitney Haggis Matsumoto
Played by: Christine Dunford
A con woman who took advantage of Faye's cryo-sleep-induced amnesia.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the anime, Whitney was Faye's supposed lover who conned her into taking his debts. Here, she portrayed as a mother figure to her, though still runs cons on unsuspecting cryo-patients.
- Composite Character: Not only of Whitney from the anime, but of Linda Wise from the Cowboy Bebop manga story, "Great Deceiver". In that story, Linda was Faye's mentor and taught her all the tools of the trade in running cons, being the closet thing to a mother figure she had upon awakening in the future.
- Casual Kink: The events of "Galileo Hustle" turn out to be one very kinky role play — which involves waves of armed assailants and at least one death — between herself and her husband. When it progresses to actual sex, the two discuss using Noodle Implements like "the muscle" and a pontoon (even though she has no oil).
- Con Artist: Her go-to scheme is to take advantage of vulnerable people coming out of cryo-sleep and either take their money and identikits or saddle them with her debts by pretending to be a loved one.
- Gender Flip: A middle-aged man in the anime. An attractive older woman here.
- Race Lift: Appears white despite her anime counterpart having darkish skin and a clearly black uncle.
Mad Pierrot
Mad Pierrot
Played by: Josh Randall
A crazed serial killer released from a lab by Vicious to kill Spike.
- Ax-Crazy: Downplayed compared to the anime, he's capable of holding a conversation in this version. He's still plenty unhinged.
- Deflector Shields: However, Spike correctly surmises that Pierrot's shields can only deflect explosions and high velocity projectiles like bullets, making him vulnerable to knives.
- Emotional Regression: When Spike wounds him. It ends up being his undoing.
- Laughing Mad: His trademark.
- Monster Clown: Naturally. Although it's worth pointing out that here he doesn't don the clown costume until later in the episode, whereas he showed up dressed like one in the anime.
- Trauma Button: Dogs.
The Hacker
Radical Edward
Played by: Eden Perkins
A perky female hacker who sends the Bebop a few leads to bounties. Though not always reliable.
- Adaptational Late Appearance: Edward doesn't show up until the very end of Season 1, whereas in the anime, she shows up in the 9th episode (and appears in the opening credits from the start).
- Adaptational Modesty: Unlike her anime counterpart, she doesn't bare her midriff and wears shoes.
- Crosscast Role: Her actor is non-binary.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Not in person, but a QR code in episode 5 links to a hidden YouTube video teaser of her. She's also the one who sent the information about Londes to Jet in episode 6.
- Gender-Blender Name: Edward. In the anime, it's the name she gave herself, while her missing father call her Françoise.
- Genki Girl: As in the original anime, she's utterly hyper.
- The Ghost: For most of season one, she doesn't show up in person, only sending the Bebop crew some occasional information via computer.
- Last Episode, New Character: She shows up in the last minutes of the season one finale, finding a very wounded Spike on the ground.
