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* KillSat: The defense satellites guarding Emphu.guard Emphu with deadly lasers.



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An old satellite in orbit above Earth wakes up and activates the surrounding attack satellites, which fire lasers into (what was once named) South America, making a series of giant animal carvings. A bounty is put out for whoever hacked the satellite to do this.

Most Earth residents are said to live underground, using the satellites to communicate with other worlds. They rarely venture to the surface since the Hyperspace Gate accident, which removed a sizable chunk of the Moon, bits of which still rain down onto Earth in 'rock showers' to this day. A skinny red-headed teenager is lying on the ground, basking in the sun and listening to the daily 'rock shower' forecast. The odds for a shower start low, but a sudden rock shower (caused by the satellites carving) revises the odds up to 90%. She then checks the spaceship travel logs, and seeing that the Bebop is coming to Earth she jumps for joy.

The crew hear that there's an extraordinary hacker on Earth called Radical Edward who could help them secure their bounty. Jet interviews various people to build a profile on Radical Edward, but gets outlandish and contradictory accounts from everyone.

Meanwhile, Police break down the door of a shack, declaring Edward under arrest. The redheaded teenage girls leaps out of a pile of junk, yelling a friendly "HI!" and startling them. She then hacks into the police ship parked outside and remote controls it, as if it were a toy. The cops look out the window in despair as Ed accidentally crashes the ship in a ball of flame. Ed hacks into the satellite network, and communicates with the AI. She nicknames it Emphu. She deduces that there was no hack and no hacker: This was all the satellite AI's doing. The AI missed the ancient land carvings and decided to recreate them. Ed decides to call the Bebop and give them the news. The crew are surprised that they're receiving a video call, especially as they don't have a live communication channel in that computer. Ed says that if Faye promises her something (revealed at the end of the episode) then Ed will help and not claim a portion of the bounty. Faye agrees to these terms.

The plan is to fly to Emphu and disable its communications array. Spike approaches the satellite with as many ship systems turned off as possible to avoid detection. Nevertheless, once he fires his Swordfish cannon, it still notices him and blocks the laser with another satellite. The attack satellites erupt into laser fire, trying to hit Spike and Faye's ships. Ed advises them to get very close to Emphu, as the others will not fire and risk hitting it. Spike makes the manual connection, and Ed makes a copy of Emphu.

Spike and Jet hand the copy over to the police and explain it was the culprit. Big Shot announce that the bounty association have ruled that they only payout for humans: The Bebop crew get nothing.

Faye is impatient to leave Earth. Jet asks her what promise she made to Ed: Faye testily replies that "some promises are made to be broken". The Bebop takes off, and Ed is watching from the ground. She then hacks into the Bebop, changes its course and forcing it to land. Coming aboard, Ed is overjoyed that she gets what she was promised... to be part of the Bebop crew. Spike reminds Jet that he dislikes women, children and animals, and he is furious that now they have all three on the ship.

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* TheCakeIsALie: As the crew try to locate Emphu, Faye and Ed get to talking and Ed offers to let the crew have the bounty in exchange for a favor. Faye accepts the offer, and being Faye has no intention of keeping her word. Once the bounty seems secured, Faye tries to have the Bebop ditch Ed, only for her to hack their controls and force the ship to land. The favor? Becoming a member of the Bebop's crew.



* ThePromise: As the crew try to locate Emphu, Faye and Ed get to talking and Ed offers to let the crew have the bounty in exchange for a favor. Faye accepts the offer, and being Faye has no intention of keeping her word. Once the bounty seems secured, Faye tries to have the Bebop ditch Ed, only for her to hack their controls and force the ship to land. The favor? Becoming a member of the Bebop's crew.
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* LoopholeAbuse: The Bebop find and apprehend the vandal, but the government decide the "only live captures" rules of bounties [[InhumanableAlienRight does not include an artificial intelligence]], and so [[DudeWheresMyReward the Bebop are paid literally nothing for it]].

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* LoopholeAbuse: The Bebop find and apprehend the vandal, but the government decide the "only live captures" rules of bounties [[InhumanableAlienRight [[InhumanableAlienRights does not include an artificial intelligence]], and so [[DudeWheresMyReward the Bebop are paid literally nothing for it]].
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* LoopholeAbuse: How the government screws the Bebop crew out of their bounty. Supposedly, the bounty has to be a ''human'' turned in to claim a reward.

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* LoopholeAbuse: How The Bebop find and apprehend the vandal, but the government screws decide the "only live captures" rules of bounties [[InhumanableAlienRight does not include an artificial intelligence]], and so [[DudeWheresMyReward the Bebop crew out of their bounty. Supposedly, the bounty has to be a ''human'' turned in to claim a reward.are paid literally nothing for it]].
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: An alien-favoring conspiracy theorist by the name of Yuri Kellerman (Uri Geller) works for the news.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: An alien-favoring conspiracy theorist by the name of Yuri Kellerman (Uri Geller) works for the news. His English voice is also a Creator/PeterLorre impersonation.

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* RadarIsUseless: {{Subverted}}. Spike tries to approach Emphu's satellite in an armed spacecraft just by turning his computer off and flying manually, assuming that its sensors are designed to detect the presence of active computers... But the satellite ''does'' see him approaching, and dodges the attack.



* RadarIsUseless: {{Subverted}}. Spike tries to approach Emphu's satellite in an armed spacecraft just by turning his computer off and flying manually, assuming that its sensors are designed to detect the presence of active computers... But the satellite ''does'' see him approaching, and dodges the attack.

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* RadarIsUseless: {{Subverted}}. Spike tries to approach Emphu's satellite TakeThat: The crazy alien conspiracy theorist is named (at least in an armed spacecraft just by turning his computer off the English dub) Yuri Kellerman, and flying manually, assuming is a take-down of fraud psychic spoon bender Yuri Geller. Though Geller wasn't a conspiracy theorist of that type, he did make his living off of mystical nonsense in its sensors are designed to detect heyday of the presence of active computers... But the satellite ''does'' see him approaching, and dodges the attack.70s.
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* RadarIsUseless: {{Subverted}} Spike tries to approach Emphu's satellite in an armed spacecraft just by turning his computer off and flying manually, assuming that its sensors are designed to detect the presence of active computers... But the satellite ''does'' see him approaching, and dodges the attack.

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* RadarIsUseless: {{Subverted}} {{Subverted}}. Spike tries to approach Emphu's satellite in an armed spacecraft just by turning his computer off and flying manually, assuming that its sensors are designed to detect the presence of active computers... But the satellite ''does'' see him approaching, and dodges the attack.
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* RadarIsUseless: For some reason, the defence systems protecting Emphu's advanced satellite can only detect active computers, which Spike is able to exploit by piloting his ship manually towards it.

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* RadarIsUseless: For some reason, the defence systems protecting {{Subverted}} Spike tries to approach Emphu's advanced satellite can only in an armed spacecraft just by turning his computer off and flying manually, assuming that its sensors are designed to detect the presence of active computers, which Spike is able to exploit by piloting his ship manually towards it.computers... But the satellite ''does'' see him approaching, and dodges the attack.
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* RadarIsUseless: For some reason, the defence systems protecting Emphu's advanced satellite can only detect active computers, which Spike is able to exploit by piloting his ship manually towards it.
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* BerserkButton: Spike put it like so...
--> '''Spike''': Jet, do you know that there are three things that I particularly hate? Kids, animals and women with attitudes. So tell me, Jet, '''WHY DO WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THEM NEATLY GATHERED ON OUR SHIP?!'''

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* BerserkButton: BrickJoke: Spike put mentions earlier that he can't stand kids or pets. Adding Faye to the mix, he puts it like so...
--> '''Spike''': Jet, do you know that there are three things that I particularly hate? Kids, animals and women with attitudes.attitudes... So tell me, Jet, '''WHY DO WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THEM NEATLY GATHERED ON OUR SHIP?!'''



* LoopholeAbuse: How the government screw the Bebop crew out of their bounty. Supposedly, it has to be a ''human'' turned in to claim a reward.

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* LoopholeAbuse: How the government screw screws the Bebop crew out of their bounty. Supposedly, it the bounty has to be a ''human'' turned in to claim a reward.
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* AllForNothing: The Bebop Crew went through all of the trouble of capturing Emphu, only to learn that they won't receive a single Woolong because their target isn't ''human''.
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* NeverTellMeTheOdds: Spike shows no interest in the hacker case until he hears Jet say that success is impossible.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: "[[ThirdPersonPerson Edward is Edward.]]" [[SarcasmMode For some reason]] the crew doesn't understand at first.
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--> '''Spike''': Jet, do you know that there are three things that I particularly hate? Kids, animals and women with attitudes. So tell me Jet '''WHY DO WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THEM NEATLY GATHERED ON OUR SHIP?!'''

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--> '''Spike''': Jet, do you know that there are three things that I particularly hate? Kids, animals and women with attitudes. So tell me Jet me, Jet, '''WHY DO WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THEM NEATLY GATHERED ON OUR SHIP?!'''
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A satellite suddenly gains self awareness and begins making carving within the Earth. Police come to the conclusion that a hacker name Radical Edward is the cause and put a bounty on him with the Bebop crew getting in on the chase. However when they meet Edward, they find Ed's not exactly what they were expecting, and Ed request their help in saving the A.I in the satellite of which he befriended.

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A An obsolete satellite drifting in Earth's orbit suddenly gains self awareness and begins making carving within carvings on the Earth. Police come to the conclusion that a hacker name named Radical Edward is the cause responsible and put a bounty on him with "him", and the Bebop crew getting get in on the chase. However However, when they meet Edward, they do not find Ed's not exactly what they were expecting, expected, and Ed request requests their help in saving the awakened A.I in the satellite of satellite, which he she has befriended.



* ADayInTheLimelight: Introduction of Ed
* AIIsACrapshoot: Subverted in this case, Emphu isn't malicious and was just making carvings in the Earth as he missed the way it used to be. Specifically, it redraws the Nazca Lines after they get erased by a meteor shower.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Introduction The introduction of Ed
Ed.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Subverted in this case, Nope! Emphu isn't malicious and was just making carvings in the Earth as he missed the way it used to be.keep itself company. Specifically, it redraws the Nazca Lines after they get erased by a meteor shower.



* DefaceOfTheMoon: Inverted. Emphu redoes the Nazca Lines because it misses them, which sends the authorities into a tizzy. At the end, Ed sketches a smiley face on South America that can be seen from orbit.
* KillSat: The defense satellites guarding Emphu
* LoopholeAbuse: How the government screw the Bebop crew out of their bounty as they claim it has to be a ''human'' bounty turned in to claim a reward.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: An aien-favoring conspiracy theorist by the name of Yuri Kellerman (Uri Geller) works for the news.
* PlayfulHacker: Ed makes her appearance in this episode.
* ThePromise: As the crew try to locate Emphu, Faye and Ed get to talking with Ed agreeing to let the crew have the bounty in exchange for a favor. Faye agrees instantly though obvious she didn't intent to keep her word. When alls said and done, Faye tries to have the Bebop ditch Ed. Only for her to hack their controls and force the ship back. The favor? Becoming a member of the Bebop.
* SamusIsAGirl: Confirmed by Faye at episode's end that Ed is indeed a girl
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Ed attempts to download Emphu into her computer, we never see him again. Either he got fried in download or Ed released him onto the net.

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* DefaceOfTheMoon: Inverted. Emphu redoes the Nazca Lines because it misses them, which sends the authorities into a tizzy. At the end, Ed sketches a smiley face on South America that can be seen from orbit.
* KillSat: The defense satellites guarding Emphu
Emphu.
* LoopholeAbuse: How the government screw the Bebop crew out of their bounty as they claim bounty. Supposedly, it has to be a ''human'' bounty turned in to claim a reward.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: An aien-favoring alien-favoring conspiracy theorist by the name of Yuri Kellerman (Uri Geller) works for the news.
* PlayfulHacker: Ed makes her first appearance in this episode.
* ThePromise: As the crew try to locate Emphu, Faye and Ed get to talking with and Ed agreeing offers to let the crew have the bounty in exchange for a favor. Faye agrees instantly though obvious she didn't intent to keep accepts the offer, and being Faye has no intention of keeping her word. When alls said and done, Once the bounty seems secured, Faye tries to have the Bebop ditch Ed. Only Ed, only for her to hack their controls and force the ship back. to land. The favor? Becoming a member of the Bebop.
Bebop's crew.
* SamusIsAGirl: Confirmed by Faye at episode's end that Ed is indeed a girl
girl.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Ed attempts to download Emphu into her computer, we never see him it again. Either he it got fried in download or Ed released him it onto the net.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: Subverted in this case, Emphu isn't malicious and was just making carvings in the Earth as he missed the way it used to be

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* AIIsACrapshoot: Subverted in this case, Emphu isn't malicious and was just making carvings in the Earth as he missed the way it used to bebe. Specifically, it redraws the Nazca Lines after they get erased by a meteor shower.


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* DefaceOfTheMoon: Inverted. Emphu redoes the Nazca Lines because it misses them, which sends the authorities into a tizzy. At the end, Ed sketches a smiley face on South America that can be seen from orbit.

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* PlayfulHacker

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* PlayfulHackerNoCelebritiesWereHarmed: An aien-favoring conspiracy theorist by the name of Yuri Kellerman (Uri Geller) works for the news.
* PlayfulHacker: Ed makes her appearance in this episode.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Subverted in this case, Emphu isn't malicious and was just making cravings in the Earth as he missed the way it used to be

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* AIIsACrapshoot: Subverted in this case, Emphu isn't malicious and was just making cravings carvings in the Earth as he missed the way it used to be
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* FootFocus: The first shots of Ed are pretty much from her barefeet.
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--> '''Spike''': Jet, do you know that there are three things that I particularly hate? Kids, animals and women with attitudes. So tell me Jet '''WHY DO HAVE ALL THREE OF THEM NEATLY GATHERED ON OUR SHIP?!'''

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--> '''Spike''': Jet, do you know that there are three things that I particularly hate? Kids, animals and women with attitudes. So tell me Jet '''WHY DO WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THEM NEATLY GATHERED ON OUR SHIP?!'''
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A satellite suddenly gains self awareness and begins making carving within the Earth. Police come to the conclusion that a hacker name Radical Edward is is the cause with the Bebop crew get in on the chase. However when they meet Edward, they find Ed's not exactly what they were expecting, and Ed request their help in saving the A.I in the satellite of which he befriended.

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A satellite suddenly gains self awareness and begins making carving within the Earth. Police come to the conclusion that a hacker name Radical Edward is is the cause and put a bounty on him with the Bebop crew get getting in on the chase. However when they meet Edward, they find Ed's not exactly what they were expecting, and Ed request their help in saving the A.I in the satellite of which he befriended.
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* ThePromise: As the crew try to locate Emphu, Faye and Ed get to talking with Ed agreeing to let the crew have the bounty in exchange for a favor. Faye agrees instantly though obvious she didn't intent to keep her word. When alls said and done, Faye tries to have the Bebop ditch Ed. Only for her to hack their controls and force the ship back. The favor? Becoming a member of the Bebop.
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* SamusIsAGirl: Confirmed by Faye at episode's end that Ed is indeed a girl

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* SamusIsAGirl: Confirmed by Faye at episode's end that Ed is indeed a girlgirl
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Ed attempts to download Emphu into her computer, we never see him again. Either he got fried in download or Ed released him onto the net.
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!! Short Summary

A satellite suddenly gains self awareness and begins making carving within the Earth. Police come to the conclusion that a hacker name Radical Edward is is the cause with the Bebop crew get in on the chase. However when they meet Edward, they find Ed's not exactly what they were expecting, and Ed request their help in saving the A.I in the satellite of which he befriended.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Introduction of Ed
* AIIsACrapshoot: Subverted in this case, Emphu isn't malicious and was just making cravings in the Earth as he missed the way it used to be
* AscendedFanboy: Ed turns out to be a fan of the Bebop. At the end she joins them.
* BerserkButton: Spike put it like so...
--> '''Spike''': Jet, do you know that there are three things that I particularly hate? Kids, animals and women with attitudes. So tell me Jet '''WHY DO HAVE ALL THREE OF THEM NEATLY GATHERED ON OUR SHIP?!'''
* FootFocus: The first shots of Ed are pretty much from her barefeet.
* KillSat: The defense satellites guarding Emphu
* LoopholeAbuse: How the government screw the Bebop crew out of their bounty as they claim it has to be a ''human'' bounty turned in to claim a reward.
* PlayfulHacker
* SamusIsAGirl: Confirmed by Faye at episode's end that Ed is indeed a girl

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