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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the episode Katrina takes a sip of beer despite supposedly being pregnant, a sign that the bulge in her belly isn't actually a fetus.
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* BulletTime: The combat drug Red Eye is more or less a form of weaponized CaffeineBulletTime, allowing the user to [[DrugsCausingSlowMotion perceive the world in slow motion]] and react accordingly. Spike easily counters this in an EstablishingCharacterMoment for himself and the series, quickly realizing that this isn't much help if you can't anticipate your opponent's moves, and it relies entirely on being able to ''see'' them... so he wears a poncho and sombrero and tosses up tables and furniture, all to keep Asimov distracted:

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* BulletTime: The combat drug Red Eye is more or less a form of weaponized CaffeineBulletTime, allowing allows the user to [[DrugsCausingSlowMotion perceive the world in slow motion]] and react accordingly. Spike easily counters this in an EstablishingCharacterMoment for himself and the series, quickly realizing that this isn't much help if you can't anticipate your opponent's moves, and it relies entirely on being able to ''see'' them... so he wears a poncho and sombrero and tosses up tables and furniture, all to keep Asimov distracted:
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Cut to an overview of the solar system of that time. Obviously, things have changed since the 20th century, space travel now being very common most importantly. After which we shift to a ship with the words "Bebop" scrawled on the side. Cut to a man in shadow boxing in the dark and some food being cooked. It's here we meet the main characters, Spike Spiegel and Jet Black. After they eat, the two make it known they are down-on-their-luck bounty hunters and get down to business on their next perpetrator (with some funny dialogue about their last job explaining why Jet's "bell peppers and beef" had no beef).

We then shift to a domed city built on an asteroid, Tequila, and the perpetrator in question Asimov Solman, entering a bar with his seemingly pregnant girlfriend. Asimov and the bar's owner go to the back room to discuss a drug deal on "Bloody Eye" which Asimov uses on himself as a demonstration. Things explode into chaos when a group of flunkies working for the crime syndicate that Asimov stole the drug from storm into the bar with guns blazing. The dealer Asimov was trying to sell the drug to is killed, but Asimov takes out the attackers easily thanks to the drug boosting his speed, reflexes, and strength to superhuman levels. Elsewhere Spike visits his Indian friend Laughing Bull to get the location on Asimov's whereabouts while Jet checks in on what's left of the bar and gets information from two loud-mouthed syndicate stragglers.

Asimov and his girlfriend, Katrina, have taken a break at a rest stop where he is suffering from the after effects of the drug. Spike just happens to be in the restroom with him as well, but nonchalantly gives Asimov advice on washing his hands and leaves him be. Spike runs into Katrina soon after and has a friendly conversation with her where the two show a fair amount of chemistry. They talk about Katrina and Asimov's plans for the future, but Spike is very pessimistic about their chances, and reveals that he's a bounty hunter who was planning to capture Asimov, but after seeing Asimov coming down from the drug he thinks Asimov is sick, weakened from the drugs, and beneath him to capture. Spike has barely finished speaking, however, when Asimov gets the drop on Spike and almost chokes him to death but Katrina stops him. With that Asimov and Katrina make a hasty exit as Spike loses consciousness, but not before he is able to quickly swipe a vial of Bloody Eye from Asimov's pocket.

Jet finds Spike later, waking up after passing out from Asimov's death grip. The two trade information and Spike shows his partner he has the sample of the drug, (revealing himself to be quite a sneaky pickpocket) and Laughing Bull's prediction as to where Asimov will be next. Jet opts to pass on this bounty, however, saying that Asimov isn't worth the hassle if they have to deal with him while he's on Bloody Eye, and votes to let the police or Asimov's old syndicate take care of him. Some time later we see that Asimov has arrived at his next location, a café, and once again bargains with the "owner". When asked for a demonstration of the Bloody Eye, Asimov finds his sample missing, which the owner proudly holds out in front of him. The owner, who is of course Spike, reveals his knowledge of the bounty, destroys the sample, and then proceeds to kick the un-boosted Asimov's arse.

Syndicate goons soon arrive in the midst of their fighting. While Spike is fighting them off to keep them from summarily killing Asimov, Asimov and Katrina make their escape. A stray bullet grazes Katrina's stomach and we see that her "pregnancy" is nothing more than a holding bag for the drugs. Asimov angrily yells at her for this, showing the he cares more about the drugs than her. Despite what he said earlier, Jet arrives to take care of the mob while Spike goes after the pair in his spacecraft. As they head toward the dome's exit, Asimov uses copious amounts of the drug on himself, despite the pleas of Katrina. The police barricade the exit and Katrina realizes that neither she nor Asimov are getting out of there alive. A gunshot rings out as Spike catches up to their ship and finds that she has shot Asimov and is cradling his head in her arms. Katrina sadly tells Spike 'adios' as the police riddle her craft with bullets, forcing Spike to pull away; when he looks back, Katrina's corpse is floating through space, the remaining Red Eye vials spilling out from her dress.

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Cut to an overview of the solar system of that time. Obviously, things have changed since the 20th century, most importantly space travel now being very common most importantly.common. After which we shift to a ship with the words "Bebop" scrawled on the side. Cut to a man in shadow boxing in the dark and some food being cooked. It's here we meet the main characters, Spike Spiegel and Jet Black. After they eat, the two make it known they are down-on-their-luck bounty hunters and get down to business on their next perpetrator (with some funny dialogue about their last job explaining why Jet's "bell peppers and beef" had no beef).

We then shift to a domed city built on an asteroid, Tequila, and the perpetrator in question question, Asimov Solman, entering a bar with his seemingly pregnant girlfriend. Asimov and the bar's owner go to the back room to discuss a drug deal on for "Bloody Eye" Eye", which Asimov uses on himself as a demonstration. Things explode into chaos when a group of flunkies flunkies, working for the crime syndicate that Asimov stole the drug from from, storm into the bar with guns blazing. The dealer Asimov was trying to sell the drug to Asimov's buyer is killed, but Asimov easily takes out the attackers easily thanks to the drug boosting his speed, reflexes, and strength to superhuman levels. Elsewhere Elsewhere, Spike visits his Indian friend Laughing Bull to get the location information on Asimov's whereabouts whereabouts, while Jet checks in on what's left of the bar and gets information from two loud-mouthed syndicate stragglers.

Asimov and his girlfriend, Katrina, have taken a break at a rest stop where he is suffering from the after effects of the drug. Spike just happens to be in the restroom with him as well, but nonchalantly gives Asimov advice on washing his hands and leaves him be. Spike runs into Katrina soon after and has a friendly conversation with her her, where the two show a fair amount of chemistry. They talk about Katrina and Asimov's plans for the future, but Spike is very pessimistic about their chances, and reveals that he's a bounty hunter who was planning to capture Asimov, but after seeing Asimov coming down from the drug drug, he thinks Asimov is sick, weakened from the drugs, and beneath him to capture. Spike has barely finished speaking, however, when Asimov gets the drop on Spike and almost chokes him to death death, but Katrina stops him. With that that, Asimov and Katrina make a hasty exit as Spike loses consciousness, but not before he is able to quickly swipe a vial of Bloody Eye from Asimov's pocket.

Jet finds Spike later, waking up after passing out from Asimov's death grip. The two trade information information, and Spike shows his partner that he has the sample of the drug, drug (revealing himself to be quite a sneaky pickpocket) and Laughing Bull's prediction as to where Asimov will be next. Jet opts to pass on this bounty, however, saying that Asimov isn't worth the hassle if they have to deal with him while he's on Bloody Eye, and votes to let the police or Asimov's old syndicate take care of him. Some time later later, we see that Asimov has arrived at his next location, a café, and once again bargains with the "owner". When asked for a demonstration of the Bloody Eye, Asimov finds his sample missing, which the owner proudly holds out in front of him. The owner, who is of course Spike, reveals his knowledge of the bounty, destroys the sample, and then proceeds to kick the un-boosted Asimov's arse.

Syndicate goons soon arrive in the midst of their fighting. While Spike is fighting them off to keep them from summarily killing Asimov, Asimov and Katrina make their escape. A stray bullet grazes Katrina's stomach and we see that her "pregnancy" is nothing more than a holding bag for the drugs. Asimov angrily yells at her for this, showing the that he cares more about the drugs than about her. Despite what he said earlier, Jet arrives to take care of the mob while Spike goes after the pair in his spacecraft. As they head toward the dome's exit, Asimov uses copious amounts of the drug on himself, despite the pleas of Katrina.Katrina's pleas. The police barricade the exit and Katrina realizes that neither she nor Asimov are getting out of there alive. A gunshot rings out as Spike catches up to their ship and finds that she has shot Asimov and is cradling his head in her arms. Katrina sadly tells Spike 'adios' as the police riddle her craft with bullets, forcing Spike to pull away; when he looks back, Katrina's corpse is floating through space, the remaining Red Eye vials spilling out from her dress.



* BadassCape: Spike Jeet Kun Do's the hell out of Asimov while wearing a Mexican poncho

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* BadassCape: Spike Jeet Kun Do's the hell out of Asimov while wearing a Mexican ponchoponcho.



* DownerEnding: Spike actually does seem to start a budding relationship with Katrina during their talk at the rest stop and her dream of seeing Mars. Sadly however, her dream never comes true.

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* DownerEnding: Spike actually does seem to start a budding relationship with Katrina during their talk at the rest stop and her dream of seeing Mars. Sadly Sadly, however, her dream never comes true.



* {{Foil}}: Although we won't realize it until much later in the show, Asimov and Katrina (an OutlawCouple looking to escape the syndicate that he's involved with and set up a new life for themselves, but are being prevented from doing so by his criminal organization) share an awful lot of similarities with Spike and Julia, (an OutlawCouple who looked to escape the syndicate that he was involved with and set up a new life for themselves, but were prevented by Spike's old fellow syndicate member Vicious) and Spike's look of complete shock when he sees that Katrina has done a MercyKill on Asimov is because it hits a little too close to home for him.

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* {{Foil}}: Although we won't realize it until much later in the show, Asimov and Katrina (an OutlawCouple who are looking to escape the syndicate that he's involved with and set up a new life for themselves, but are being prevented from doing so by his criminal organization) said syndicate) share an awful lot of similarities with Spike and Julia, Julia (an OutlawCouple who looked to escape the syndicate that he was involved with and set up a new life for themselves, but were prevented from doing so by Spike's old fellow syndicate member Vicious) Vicious), and Spike's look of complete shock when he sees that Katrina has done a MercyKill on Asimov is because it hits a little too close to home for him.



* SuperSerum: Red Eye slows the perception of time to a point that Asimov can kill a horde of Mooks with guns bare handed. It also induces [[TheBerserker berserk fury]].
* WalkingDisasterArea: Jet rants about how they recently succeeded in bringing in a huge bounty, only to have to use all the money to pay off the damages Spike racked up in the process.

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* SuperSerum: Red Eye slows the perception of time to a the point that a barehanded Asimov can kill a horde of Mooks with guns bare handed.guns. It also induces [[TheBerserker berserk fury]].
* WalkingDisasterArea: Jet rants about how they recently succeeded in bringing in a huge bounty, only to have to use all the money of it to pay off the damages that Spike racked up in the process.
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* BulletTime: The combat drug Red Eye is more or less a form of weaponized CaffeineBulletTime, allowing the user to [[DrugsCausingSlowMotion perceive the world in slow motion]] and react accordingly. Spike easily counters this in an EstablishingCharacterMoment for himself and the series, quickly realizing that this isn't much help if you can't anticipate your opponent's moves, and it relies entirely on being able to ''see'' them... so he wears a poncho and sombrero and tosses up tables and furniture, all to keep Asimov distracted:
-->'''Spike:''' ''[chuckling]'' You trust your eyes too much, Asimov! You're not a chameleon, you know-- can't see everywhere at once!
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Instead of an up-tempo number like you'd expect, the final chase is scored with a sad saxophone track, foreshadowing the DownerEnding for Katrina and Asimov.
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* BookEnds: Jet makes "bell peppers and beef" at both the start and end of the episode.
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*BadassCape: Spike Jeet Kun Do's the hell out of Asimov while wearing a Mexican poncho

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We then shift to a domed city built on an asteroid, Tequila, and the perpetrator in question Asimov Solman, entering a bar with his seemingly pregnant girlfriend. Asimov and the bar's owner go to the back room to discuss a drug deal on "Bloody Eye" which Asimov uses on himself as a demonstration. Things explode into chaos when men, syndicate flunkies from whom Asimov stole the drug, storm into the bar with guns blazing. Asimov takes them out easily thanks to the drug's reflex-boosting effects. Elsewhere Spike visits an Indian friend to get the location on Asimov's whereabouts while Jet checks in on what's left of the bar and gets information from two loud-mouthed syndicate stragglers.

Back with Asimov, he and his girlfriend, Katrina, have taken a break at a rest stop where he is suffering from the after effects of the drug. Spike just happens to be in the restroom with him as well, but nonchalantly gives Asimov advice on washing his hands and leaves him be. Spike runs into Katrina soon after and tricks her into revealing Asimov is the bounty he's after. However Asimov gets the drop on Spike and almost chokes him to death but Katrina stops him. With that Asimov and Katrina make a hasty exit as Spike loses consciousness, but not before he is able to quickly swipe Asimov's last vial of Bloody Eye from his pocket.

Jet finds Spike later, waking up after passing out from Asimov's death grip. The two trade information and Spike shows his partner he has the sample of the drug (revealing himself to be quite a sneaky pickpocket) as well as where Asimov will head next. Back with the criminal, he arrived at his next location, a café, and once again bargains with the "owner". When asked for a demonstration, Asimov finds his sample missing, which the owner proudly holds out in front of him. The owner, who is of course Spike, reveals his knowledge of the bounty, destroys the sample, and then proceeds to kick the un-boosted Asimov's arse.

Syndicate goons soon arrive in the midst of their fighting. While Spike is holding them off, Asimov and Katrina make their escape. A stray bullet grazes Katrina's stomach and we see that her "pregnancy" is nothing more than a holding bag for the drugs. Asimov angrily yells at her for this, showing the he cares more about the drugs than her. Jet arrives to take care of the mob while Spike goes after the pair in his spacecraft. As they head toward the dome exit, Asimov uses copious amounts of the drug on himself, despite the pleas of Katrina. The police barricade the exit and Katrina realizes that neither she nor Asimov are getting out of there alive. A gunshot rings out as Spike catches up to their ship and finds that she has shot Asimov and is cradling his head in her arms. Katrina sadly tells Spike 'adios' as the police riddle her craft with bullets, forcing Spike to pull away; when he looks back, Katrina's corpse is floating through space, the remaining Red Eye vials spilling out from her dress.

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We then shift to a domed city built on an asteroid, Tequila, and the perpetrator in question Asimov Solman, entering a bar with his seemingly pregnant girlfriend. Asimov and the bar's owner go to the back room to discuss a drug deal on "Bloody Eye" which Asimov uses on himself as a demonstration. Things explode into chaos when men, a group of flunkies working for the crime syndicate flunkies from whom that Asimov stole the drug, drug from storm into the bar with guns blazing. The dealer Asimov was trying to sell the drug to is killed, but Asimov takes them out the attackers easily thanks to the drug's reflex-boosting effects. drug boosting his speed, reflexes, and strength to superhuman levels. Elsewhere Spike visits an his Indian friend Laughing Bull to get the location on Asimov's whereabouts while Jet checks in on what's left of the bar and gets information from two loud-mouthed syndicate stragglers.

Back with Asimov, he Asimov and his girlfriend, Katrina, have taken a break at a rest stop where he is suffering from the after effects of the drug. Spike just happens to be in the restroom with him as well, but nonchalantly gives Asimov advice on washing his hands and leaves him be. Spike runs into Katrina soon after and tricks has a friendly conversation with her into revealing where the two show a fair amount of chemistry. They talk about Katrina and Asimov's plans for the future, but Spike is very pessimistic about their chances, and reveals that he's a bounty hunter who was planning to capture Asimov, but after seeing Asimov coming down from the drug he thinks Asimov is sick, weakened from the bounty he's after. However drugs, and beneath him to capture. Spike has barely finished speaking, however, when Asimov gets the drop on Spike and almost chokes him to death but Katrina stops him. With that Asimov and Katrina make a hasty exit as Spike loses consciousness, but not before he is able to quickly swipe Asimov's last a vial of Bloody Eye from his Asimov's pocket.

Jet finds Spike later, waking up after passing out from Asimov's death grip. The two trade information and Spike shows his partner he has the sample of the drug drug, (revealing himself to be quite a sneaky pickpocket) and Laughing Bull's prediction as well as to where Asimov will head be next. Back Jet opts to pass on this bounty, however, saying that Asimov isn't worth the hassle if they have to deal with him while he's on Bloody Eye, and votes to let the criminal, he police or Asimov's old syndicate take care of him. Some time later we see that Asimov has arrived at his next location, a café, and once again bargains with the "owner". When asked for a demonstration, demonstration of the Bloody Eye, Asimov finds his sample missing, which the owner proudly holds out in front of him. The owner, who is of course Spike, reveals his knowledge of the bounty, destroys the sample, and then proceeds to kick the un-boosted Asimov's arse.

Syndicate goons soon arrive in the midst of their fighting. While Spike is holding fighting them off, off to keep them from summarily killing Asimov, Asimov and Katrina make their escape. A stray bullet grazes Katrina's stomach and we see that her "pregnancy" is nothing more than a holding bag for the drugs. Asimov angrily yells at her for this, showing the he cares more about the drugs than her. Despite what he said earlier, Jet arrives to take care of the mob while Spike goes after the pair in his spacecraft. As they head toward the dome dome's exit, Asimov uses copious amounts of the drug on himself, despite the pleas of Katrina. The police barricade the exit and Katrina realizes that neither she nor Asimov are getting out of there alive. A gunshot rings out as Spike catches up to their ship and finds that she has shot Asimov and is cradling his head in her arms. Katrina sadly tells Spike 'adios' as the police riddle her craft with bullets, forcing Spike to pull away; when he looks back, Katrina's corpse is floating through space, the remaining Red Eye vials spilling out from her dress.



* EyeScream: Red Eye is administered as an optical spray

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* EyeScream: Red Eye is administered as an optical sprayspray.
* {{Foil}}: Although we won't realize it until much later in the show, Asimov and Katrina (an OutlawCouple looking to escape the syndicate that he's involved with and set up a new life for themselves, but are being prevented from doing so by his criminal organization) share an awful lot of similarities with Spike and Julia, (an OutlawCouple who looked to escape the syndicate that he was involved with and set up a new life for themselves, but were prevented by Spike's old fellow syndicate member Vicious) and Spike's look of complete shock when he sees that Katrina has done a MercyKill on Asimov is because it hits a little too close to home for him.
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* EyeScream: Red Eye is administered as an optical spray


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* SuperSerum: Red Eye slows the perception of time to a point that Asimov can kill a horde of Mooks with guns bare handed. It also induces [[TheBerserker berserk fury]].
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Cut to an overview of the solar system of that time. Obviously, things have changed since the 20th century, space travel now being very common most importantly. After which we shift to a ship with the words "Bebop" scrawled on the side. Cut to a man in shadow boxing in the dark and some food being cooked. It's here we meet the main characters, Spike Spiegel and Jet Black. After they eat, the two make it known they are bounty hunters and get down to business on their next perpetrator (with some funny dialogue about their last job explaining why Jet's "bell peppers and beef" had no beef).

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Cut to an overview of the solar system of that time. Obviously, things have changed since the 20th century, space travel now being very common most importantly. After which we shift to a ship with the words "Bebop" scrawled on the side. Cut to a man in shadow boxing in the dark and some food being cooked. It's here we meet the main characters, Spike Spiegel and Jet Black. After they eat, the two make it known they are down-on-their-luck bounty hunters and get down to business on their next perpetrator (with some funny dialogue about their last job explaining why Jet's "bell peppers and beef" had no beef).
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* WalkingDisasterArea: Jet rants about how they recently succeeded in bringing in a huge bounty, only to have to use all the money to pay off the damages Spike racked up in the process.

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* WalkingDisasterArea: Jet rants about how they recently succeeded in bringing in a huge bounty, only to have to use all the money to pay off the damages Spike racked up in the process.process.
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Cut to an overview of the solar system of that time. Obviously, things have changed since the 20th century, space travel now being very common most importantly. After which we shift to a ship with the words "Bebop" scrawled on the side. Cut to a man in shadow boxing in the dark and some food being cooked. It's here we meet the main characters, Spike Spiegel and Jet Black. After the food "bell peppers and beef" (minus the beef) has been prepared, the two make it known they are bounty hunters and get down to business on their next perpetrator (with some funny dialogue about their last job leading to why there no beef in the food).

We then shift to a domed city built on an asteroid, Tequila, and the perpetrator in question Asimov Solman, entering a bar with his seemingly pregnant girlfriend. Asimov and the bar's owner go to the back room to discuss a drug deal on "Bloody Eye" which Asimov uses on himself as a demonstration. Things explode into chaos when men, syndicate flunkies from whom Asimov stole the drug, storm into the bar with guns blazing. Asimov takes them out easily thanks to the drug's reflex-boosting effects. Elsewhere Spike visits an Indian friend to get the location on Asimov's whereabouts while Jet checks in on what's left of the bar and gets information from two loud mouthed syndicate stragglers.

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Cut to an overview of the solar system of that time. Obviously, things have changed since the 20th century, space travel now being very common most importantly. After which we shift to a ship with the words "Bebop" scrawled on the side. Cut to a man in shadow boxing in the dark and some food being cooked. It's here we meet the main characters, Spike Spiegel and Jet Black. After the food "bell peppers and beef" (minus the beef) has been prepared, they eat, the two make it known they are bounty hunters and get down to business on their next perpetrator (with some funny dialogue about their last job leading to explaining why there Jet's "bell peppers and beef" had no beef in the food).

beef).

We then shift to a domed city built on an asteroid, Tequila, and the perpetrator in question Asimov Solman, entering a bar with his seemingly pregnant girlfriend. Asimov and the bar's owner go to the back room to discuss a drug deal on "Bloody Eye" which Asimov uses on himself as a demonstration. Things explode into chaos when men, syndicate flunkies from whom Asimov stole the drug, storm into the bar with guns blazing. Asimov takes them out easily thanks to the drug's reflex-boosting effects. Elsewhere Spike visits an Indian friend to get the location on Asimov's whereabouts while Jet checks in on what's left of the bar and gets information from two loud mouthed loud-mouthed syndicate stragglers.



Jet finds Spike later, waking up after passing out from Asimov's death grip. The two trade information and Spike shows his partner he has the sample of the drug (revealing himself to be quite a sneaky pickpocket) as well as where Asimov will head next. Back with the criminal, he arrived at his next location, a café, and once again bargains with the "owner". When asked for a demonstration, Asimov finds his sample missing which the owner proudly holds out in front of him. The owner, who is of course Spike, reveals his knowledge of the bounty, destroys the sample, and then proceeds to kick the un-boosted Asimov's arse.

Syndicate goons soon arrive in the midst of their fighting. While Spike is holding them off, Asimov and Katrina make their escape. A stray bullet hits Katrina's stomach and we see that her "pregnancy" is nothing more then a holding bag for the drugs. Asimov angrily yells at her for this, showing the he cares more about the drugs than her. Jet arrives to take care of the mob while Spike goes after the pair in his spacecraft. As they head toward the dome exit, Asimov uses copious amounts of the drug on himself, despite the pleas of Katrina. The police barricade the exit and Katrina realizes that neither she nor Asimov are getting out of there alive. A gunshot rings out as Spike catches up to their ship and finds that she has shot Asimov and is cradling his head in her arms. Katrina sadly tells Spike 'adios' as the police riddle her craft with bullets.

After this, we cut back to the ''Bebop'', where Spike finishes practice and gloomily looks out over the stars. Dinner, "bell peppers and beef" is then served.

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Jet finds Spike later, waking up after passing out from Asimov's death grip. The two trade information and Spike shows his partner he has the sample of the drug (revealing himself to be quite a sneaky pickpocket) as well as where Asimov will head next. Back with the criminal, he arrived at his next location, a café, and once again bargains with the "owner". When asked for a demonstration, Asimov finds his sample missing missing, which the owner proudly holds out in front of him. The owner, who is of course Spike, reveals his knowledge of the bounty, destroys the sample, and then proceeds to kick the un-boosted Asimov's arse.

Syndicate goons soon arrive in the midst of their fighting. While Spike is holding them off, Asimov and Katrina make their escape. A stray bullet hits grazes Katrina's stomach and we see that her "pregnancy" is nothing more then than a holding bag for the drugs. Asimov angrily yells at her for this, showing the he cares more about the drugs than her. Jet arrives to take care of the mob while Spike goes after the pair in his spacecraft. As they head toward the dome exit, Asimov uses copious amounts of the drug on himself, despite the pleas of Katrina. The police barricade the exit and Katrina realizes that neither she nor Asimov are getting out of there alive. A gunshot rings out as Spike catches up to their ship and finds that she has shot Asimov and is cradling his head in her arms. Katrina sadly tells Spike 'adios' as the police riddle her craft with bullets.

bullets, forcing Spike to pull away; when he looks back, Katrina's corpse is floating through space, the remaining Red Eye vials spilling out from her dress.

After this, we cut back to the ''Bebop'', where Spike finishes practice and gloomily looks out over the stars. Dinner, once again "bell peppers and beef" beef", is then served.
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* ShoutOut: The villain takes his name from famous sci-fi author {{Isaac Asimov}}.

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* ShoutOut: The villain takes his name from famous sci-fi author {{Isaac Asimov}}.Creator/IsaacAsimov.
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Back with Asimov, he and his girlfriend, Katrina, have taken a break at a rest stop where he is suffering from the after effects of the drug. Spike just happens to be in the restroom with him as well, but nonchalantly gives Asimov advice on washing his hands and leaves him be. Spike runs into Katrina soon after and tricks her into revealing Asimov is the bounty he's after. However Asimov gets the drop on Spike and almost chokes him to death but Katrina stops him. With that Asimov and Katrina make a hasty exit.

Jet finds Spike later, waking up after passing out from Asimov's death grip. The two trade information and Spike shows his partner he has the sample of the drug (revealing himself to be quite a sneaky pickpocket) as well as where Asimov will head next. Back with the criminal, he arrived at his next location, a café, and once again bargains with the "owner". When asked for a demonstration, Asimov finds his sample missing which the owner proudly holds out in front of him. The owner, who is of course Spike, reveals his knowledge of the bounty and then proceeds to kick the un-boosted Asimov's arse.

Syndicate goons soon arrive in the midst of their fighting. While Spike is holding them off, Asimov and Katrina make their escape. A stray bullet hits Katrina's stomach and we see that her "pregnancy" is nothing more then a holding bag for the drugs. Asimov angrily yells at her for this, showing the he cares more about the drugs than her. Jet arrives to take care of the mob while Spike goes after the pair in his spacecraft. As they head toward the dome exit, Asimov uses copious amounts of the drug on himself, despite the pleas of Katrina. The police barricade the exit and Katrina realizes that neither she nor Asimov is getting out of there alive. A gunshot rings out as Spike catches up to their ship and finds that she has shot Asimov and is cradling his head in her arms. Katrina sadly tells Spike 'adios' as the police riddle her aircraft with bullets.

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Back with Asimov, he and his girlfriend, Katrina, have taken a break at a rest stop where he is suffering from the after effects of the drug. Spike just happens to be in the restroom with him as well, but nonchalantly gives Asimov advice on washing his hands and leaves him be. Spike runs into Katrina soon after and tricks her into revealing Asimov is the bounty he's after. However Asimov gets the drop on Spike and almost chokes him to death but Katrina stops him. With that Asimov and Katrina make a hasty exit.

exit as Spike loses consciousness, but not before he is able to quickly swipe Asimov's last vial of Bloody Eye from his pocket.

Jet finds Spike later, waking up after passing out from Asimov's death grip. The two trade information and Spike shows his partner he has the sample of the drug (revealing himself to be quite a sneaky pickpocket) as well as where Asimov will head next. Back with the criminal, he arrived at his next location, a café, and once again bargains with the "owner". When asked for a demonstration, Asimov finds his sample missing which the owner proudly holds out in front of him. The owner, who is of course Spike, reveals his knowledge of the bounty bounty, destroys the sample, and then proceeds to kick the un-boosted Asimov's arse.

Syndicate goons soon arrive in the midst of their fighting. While Spike is holding them off, Asimov and Katrina make their escape. A stray bullet hits Katrina's stomach and we see that her "pregnancy" is nothing more then a holding bag for the drugs. Asimov angrily yells at her for this, showing the he cares more about the drugs than her. Jet arrives to take care of the mob while Spike goes after the pair in his spacecraft. As they head toward the dome exit, Asimov uses copious amounts of the drug on himself, despite the pleas of Katrina. The police barricade the exit and Katrina realizes that neither she nor Asimov is are getting out of there alive. A gunshot rings out as Spike catches up to their ship and finds that she has shot Asimov and is cradling his head in her arms. Katrina sadly tells Spike 'adios' as the police riddle her aircraft craft with bullets.
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* SlasherSmile: Asimov after taking the drug.

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* SlasherSmile: Asimov after taking the drug.drug.
* WalkingDisasterArea: Jet rants about how they recently succeeded in bringing in a huge bounty, only to have to use all the money to pay off the damages Spike racked up in the process.
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* ShoutOut: The villain takes his name from famous sci-fi author {{Issac Asimov}}.

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* ShoutOut: The villain takes his name from famous sci-fi author {{Issac {{Isaac Asimov}}.
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Cut to an overview of the solar system of that time. Obviously things have change since the 20th century, space travel now being very common most importantly. After which we shift to a ship with the words "Bebop" scrawled on the side. Cut to a man in shadow boxing in the dark and some food being cooked. It's here we meet the main characters, Spike Spiegel and Jet Black. After the food "bell peppers and beef" (minus the beef) has been prepared, the two make it known they are bounty hunters and get down to business on their next perpetrator (with some funny dialogue about their last job leading to why there no beef in the food).

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Cut to an overview of the solar system of that time. Obviously Obviously, things have change changed since the 20th century, space travel now being very common most importantly. After which we shift to a ship with the words "Bebop" scrawled on the side. Cut to a man in shadow boxing in the dark and some food being cooked. It's here we meet the main characters, Spike Spiegel and Jet Black. After the food "bell peppers and beef" (minus the beef) has been prepared, the two make it known they are bounty hunters and get down to business on their next perpetrator (with some funny dialogue about their last job leading to why there no beef in the food).



After this, we cut back to the Bebop, where Spike finishes practice and gloomily looks out over the stars. Dinner, "bell peppers and beef" is then served.

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After this, we cut back to the Bebop, ''Bebop'', where Spike finishes practice and gloomily looks out over the stars. Dinner, "bell peppers and beef" is then served.
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Cut to an overview of the solar system of that time. Obviously things have change since the 20th century, space travel now being very common most importantly. After which we shift to a ship with the words "Bebop" scrawled on the side. Cut to a man in shadow boxing in the dark and some food being cooked. It's here we meet the main characters, Spike Speigal and Jet Black. After the food "bell peppers and beef" (minus the beef) has been prepared, the two make it known they are bounty hunters and get down to business on their next perpetrator (with some funny dialogue about their last job leading to why there no beef in the food).

We then shift to a domed city built on an asteroid, Tequila, and the perpetrator in question Asimov Solman, entering a bar with his seemingly pregnant girlfriend. Asimov and the bar's owner go to the back room to discuss a drug deal on "Bloody Eye" which Asimov uses on himself as a demonstration. Things explode into chaos when men, syndicate flunkies from whom Asimov stole the drug, storm into the bar with guns blazing. Asimov takes them out easily thanks to the drug's relex-boosting effects. Elsewhere Spike visits an Indian friend to get the location on Asimov's whereabouts while Jet checks in on what's left of the bar and gets information from two loud mouthed syndicate stragglers.

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Cut to an overview of the solar system of that time. Obviously things have change since the 20th century, space travel now being very common most importantly. After which we shift to a ship with the words "Bebop" scrawled on the side. Cut to a man in shadow boxing in the dark and some food being cooked. It's here we meet the main characters, Spike Speigal Spiegel and Jet Black. After the food "bell peppers and beef" (minus the beef) has been prepared, the two make it known they are bounty hunters and get down to business on their next perpetrator (with some funny dialogue about their last job leading to why there no beef in the food).

We then shift to a domed city built on an asteroid, Tequila, and the perpetrator in question Asimov Solman, entering a bar with his seemingly pregnant girlfriend. Asimov and the bar's owner go to the back room to discuss a drug deal on "Bloody Eye" which Asimov uses on himself as a demonstration. Things explode into chaos when men, syndicate flunkies from whom Asimov stole the drug, storm into the bar with guns blazing. Asimov takes them out easily thanks to the drug's relex-boosting reflex-boosting effects. Elsewhere Spike visits an Indian friend to get the location on Asimov's whereabouts while Jet checks in on what's left of the bar and gets information from two loud mouthed syndicate stragglers.



* DownerEnding: Spike actully does seem to start a budding relationship with Katrina during their talk at the rest stop and her dream of seeing Mars. Sadly however her dream never comes true.
* MercyKill: Katerina to Asimov as he was most likely addicted to Red Eye and wouldn't have given it up even if they had escaped.
* PillowPregnancy: How Katerina manages to smuggle the Red Eye.

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* DownerEnding: Spike actully actually does seem to start a budding relationship with Katrina during their talk at the rest stop and her dream of seeing Mars. Sadly however however, her dream never comes true.
* MercyKill: Katerina Katrina to Asimov Asimov, as he was most likely addicted to Red Eye and wouldn't have given it up even if they had escaped.
* PillowPregnancy: How Katerina Katrina manages to smuggle the Red Eye.
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We begin the series with a strange montage of violent events of a past life. While we don't know this now, this will play heavily by the end of the series. After which were introduced to the excellent theme song "Tank" before opening the episode.

Cut to an overview of the solar system of that time. Obviously things have change since the 20th century, space travel now being very common most importantly. After which we shift to a ship with the words "Bebop" scrawled on the side. Cue to a man shadow boxing in the dark and some food being cooked. Its here we meet the main characters, Spike Speigal and Jet Black. After the food "bell peppers and beef" (minus the beef) has been prepared, the two make it known they are bounty hunters and get down to business on their next perpetrator (with some funny dialogue about their last job leading to why there no beef in the food).

We then shift to a domed city built on an asteroid, Tequila, and the perpetrator in question Asimov Solman, entering a bar with his seemingly pregnant girlfriend. Asimov and the bar's owner go to the back room to discuss a drug deal on "Bloody Eye" which Asimov uses on himself as a demonstration. Things explode into chaos when men, syndicate flunkies from who Asimov stole the drug from, storm into the bar gun's blazing. But the criminal takes them out easy thanks to the drug's effect which, from Asimov's P.O.V, makes it seem that time has slowed down and has sped up his reflexes. Elsewhere Spike visits an Indian friend to get the location on Asimov's whereabouts while Jet checks in on what's left of the bar and gets information from two loud mouthed syndicate stragglers.

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We begin the series with a strange montage of violent events of a past life. While we don't know this now, this will play heavily by the end of the series. After which were we're introduced to the excellent theme song "Tank" before opening the episode.

Cut to an overview of the solar system of that time. Obviously things have change since the 20th century, space travel now being very common most importantly. After which we shift to a ship with the words "Bebop" scrawled on the side. Cue Cut to a man in shadow boxing in the dark and some food being cooked. Its It's here we meet the main characters, Spike Speigal and Jet Black. After the food "bell peppers and beef" (minus the beef) has been prepared, the two make it known they are bounty hunters and get down to business on their next perpetrator (with some funny dialogue about their last job leading to why there no beef in the food).

We then shift to a domed city built on an asteroid, Tequila, and the perpetrator in question Asimov Solman, entering a bar with his seemingly pregnant girlfriend. Asimov and the bar's owner go to the back room to discuss a drug deal on "Bloody Eye" which Asimov uses on himself as a demonstration. Things explode into chaos when men, syndicate flunkies from who whom Asimov stole the drug from, drug, storm into the bar gun's with guns blazing. But the criminal Asimov takes them out easy easily thanks to the drug's effect which, from Asimov's P.O.V, makes it seem that time has slowed down and has sped up his reflexes.relex-boosting effects. Elsewhere Spike visits an Indian friend to get the location on Asimov's whereabouts while Jet checks in on what's left of the bar and gets information from two loud mouthed syndicate stragglers.



Jet finds Spike later, who waking up after passing out from Asimov's death grip, and the two trade information to which Spike shows his partner he has the sample of the drug (sneaky pickpocket he is) as well as where Asimov will head next. Back with the criminal, he arrived at his next location, a cafe', and once again bargains with the owner. When asked for a demonstration, Asimov finds his sample missing which the owner proudly holds out in front of him. Its no guess that the "owner" is Spike who lets it known of Asimov's bounty and then proceeds to kick his ass. (Asimov - Bloody Eye = Easy target).

Syndicate goons soon arrive in the mist of their fighting. While Spike is holding them off, Asimov and Katrina make their escape. A stray bullet hits Katrina's stomach and we see that her "pregnancy" is nothing more then a holding bag for the drugs. Asimov angrily yells at her for this, showing the he cares more about the drugs then her. Jet arrives to take care of the mob while Spike goes after the pair in his space craft. As they head toward the dome exit, Asimov once again use the drug on himself despite the pleas of Katrina. The police barricade the exit and Katrina realizes that neither she nor Asimov is getting out of there alive. A gunshot rings out as Spike catches up to their ship and finds that she has gunned down Asimov and cradling his body. Katrina sadly tells Spike good-bye as the police riddle her aircraft with bullets.

After which it's back to the Bebop, where Spike gloomily looks out over the stars and dinner, "bell peppers and beef" is being served.

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Jet finds Spike later, who waking up after passing out from Asimov's death grip, and the grip. The two trade information to which and Spike shows his partner he has the sample of the drug (sneaky pickpocket he is) (revealing himself to be quite a sneaky pickpocket) as well as where Asimov will head next. Back with the criminal, he arrived at his next location, a cafe', café, and once again bargains with the owner."owner". When asked for a demonstration, Asimov finds his sample missing which the owner proudly holds out in front of him. Its no guess that The owner, who is of course Spike, reveals his knowledge of the "owner" is Spike who lets it known of Asimov's bounty and then proceeds to kick his ass. (Asimov - Bloody Eye = Easy target).

the un-boosted Asimov's arse.

Syndicate goons soon arrive in the mist midst of their fighting. While Spike is holding them off, Asimov and Katrina make their escape. A stray bullet hits Katrina's stomach and we see that her "pregnancy" is nothing more then a holding bag for the drugs. Asimov angrily yells at her for this, showing the he cares more about the drugs then than her. Jet arrives to take care of the mob while Spike goes after the pair in his space craft. spacecraft. As they head toward the dome exit, Asimov once again use uses copious amounts of the drug on himself himself, despite the pleas of Katrina. The police barricade the exit and Katrina realizes that neither she nor Asimov is getting out of there alive. A gunshot rings out as Spike catches up to their ship and finds that she has gunned down shot Asimov and is cradling his body. head in her arms. Katrina sadly tells Spike good-bye 'adios' as the police riddle her aircraft with bullets.

After which it's this, we cut back to the Bebop, where Spike finishes practice and gloomily looks out over the stars and dinner, stars. Dinner, "bell peppers and beef" is being then served.
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We then shift to a domed city build on an asteroid, Tequila, and the perpetrator in question Asimov Solman, entering a bar with his seemingly pregnant girlfriend. Asimov and the bar's owner go to the back room to discuss a drug deal on "Bloody Eye" which Asimov uses on himself as a demonstration. Things explode into chaos when men, syndicate flunkies from who Asimov stole the drug from, storm into the bar gun's blazing. But the criminal takes them out easy thanks to the drug's effect which, from Asimov's P.O.V, makes it seem that time has slowed down and has sped up his reflexes. Elsewhere Spike visits an Indian friend to get the location on Asimov's whereabouts while Jet checks in on what's left of the bar and gets information from two loud mouthed syndicate stragglers.

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We then shift to a domed city build built on an asteroid, Tequila, and the perpetrator in question Asimov Solman, entering a bar with his seemingly pregnant girlfriend. Asimov and the bar's owner go to the back room to discuss a drug deal on "Bloody Eye" which Asimov uses on himself as a demonstration. Things explode into chaos when men, syndicate flunkies from who Asimov stole the drug from, storm into the bar gun's blazing. But the criminal takes them out easy thanks to the drug's effect which, from Asimov's P.O.V, makes it seem that time has slowed down and has sped up his reflexes. Elsewhere Spike visits an Indian friend to get the location on Asimov's whereabouts while Jet checks in on what's left of the bar and gets information from two loud mouthed syndicate stragglers.
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We begin the series with a strange montage of violent events of a past life. While we don't know this now, this will play heavily by the end of the series. After which were introduced to the excellent theme song "Tank" before opening the episode.

Cut to an overview of the solar system of that time. Obviously things have change since the 20th century, space travel now being very common most importantly. After which we shift to a ship with the words "Bebop" scrawled on the side. Cue to a man shadow boxing in the dark and some food being cooked. Its here we meet the main characters, Spike Speigal and Jet Black. After the food "bell peppers and beef" (minus the beef) has been prepared, the two make it known they are bounty hunters and get down to business on their next perpetrator (with some funny dialogue about their last job leading to why there no beef in the food).

We then shift to a domed city build on an asteroid, Tequila, and the perpetrator in question Asimov Solman, entering a bar with his seemingly pregnant girlfriend. Asimov and the bar's owner go to the back room to discuss a drug deal on "Bloody Eye" which Asimov uses on himself as a demonstration. Things explode into chaos when men, syndicate flunkies from who Asimov stole the drug from, storm into the bar gun's blazing. But the criminal takes them out easy thanks to the drug's effect which, from Asimov's P.O.V, makes it seem that time has slowed down and has sped up his reflexes. Elsewhere Spike visits an Indian friend to get the location on Asimov's whereabouts while Jet checks in on what's left of the bar and gets information from two loud mouthed syndicate stragglers.

Back with Asimov, he and his girlfriend, Katrina, have taken a break at a rest stop where he is suffering from the after effects of the drug. Spike just happens to be in the restroom with him as well, but nonchalantly gives Asimov advice on washing his hands and leaves him be. Spike runs into Katrina soon after and tricks her into revealing Asimov is the bounty he's after. However Asimov gets the drop on Spike and almost chokes him to death but Katrina stops him. With that Asimov and Katrina make a hasty exit.

Jet finds Spike later, who waking up after passing out from Asimov's death grip, and the two trade information to which Spike shows his partner he has the sample of the drug (sneaky pickpocket he is) as well as where Asimov will head next. Back with the criminal, he arrived at his next location, a cafe', and once again bargains with the owner. When asked for a demonstration, Asimov finds his sample missing which the owner proudly holds out in front of him. Its no guess that the "owner" is Spike who lets it known of Asimov's bounty and then proceeds to kick his ass. (Asimov - Bloody Eye = Easy target).

Syndicate goons soon arrive in the mist of their fighting. While Spike is holding them off, Asimov and Katrina make their escape. A stray bullet hits Katrina's stomach and we see that her "pregnancy" is nothing more then a holding bag for the drugs. Asimov angrily yells at her for this, showing the he cares more about the drugs then her. Jet arrives to take care of the mob while Spike goes after the pair in his space craft. As they head toward the dome exit, Asimov once again use the drug on himself despite the pleas of Katrina. The police barricade the exit and Katrina realizes that neither she nor Asimov is getting out of there alive. A gunshot rings out as Spike catches up to their ship and finds that she has gunned down Asimov and cradling his body. Katrina sadly tells Spike good-bye as the police riddle her aircraft with bullets.

After which it's back to the Bebop, where Spike gloomily looks out over the stars and dinner, "bell peppers and beef" is being served.

"See you Space Cowboy."

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This episode has the follow tropes:

* DownerEnding: Spike actully does seem to start a budding relationship with Katrina during their talk at the rest stop and her dream of seeing Mars. Sadly however her dream never comes true.
* MercyKill: Katerina to Asimov as he was most likely addicted to Red Eye and wouldn't have given it up even if they had escaped.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The drug isn't called "Red Eye" for nothing.
* SlasherSmile: Asimov after taking the drug.

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