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* In "Speak Like a Child", the logos of the two delivery companies are, in order of arrival, [[Literature/AesopsFables a turtle and a rabbit]].
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* In "My Funny Valentine", the designation of Faye's cryostasis pod is [[Film/StarTrekGenerations NCC 1701 B]].
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There are more shout-outs (and ThemeNaming below) in ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' than this page can possibly list. [[http://www.Jazzmess.com The Jazz Messengers]] has a full list of all intentional and probable references for every episode.
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** Tongpu seems to take his name from "Tong Poo" by Japanese SynthPop band Music/YellowMagicOrchestra, itself derived from the Chinese term for "Eastern wind."
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* In "The Real Folk Blues" Spike making a FingerGun and pretending to shoot after a shooting rampage is similar to Travis Bickle in ''Film/TaxiDriver''.
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* For starters, a number of episode titles are references to real-world popular music:
** [[Music/LetItBleed "Honky Tonk Women"]], [[Music/BeggarsBanquet "Sympathy for the Devil"]], and [[Music/StickyFingers "Wild Horses"]] are all titled after songs by Music/TheRollingStones
** "Jamming With Edward" is titled after a collaborative album by Rolling Stones members Music/MickJagger, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman, accompanied by Ry Cooder and Nicky Hopkins
** "Toys in the Attic" is titled after the Music/{{Aerosmith}} album and/or its accompanying TitleTrack
** [[Music/ANightAtTheOpera "Bohemian Rhapsody"]] is titled after the Music/{{Queen}} song
** "My Funny Valentine" is titled after either the 1937 showtune by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, the Music/MilesDavis album, or the Larry Willis album
** "Speak Like a Child" is titled after the Music/HerbieHancock album and/or its associated TitleTrack
** "Hard Luck Woman" is titled after a Music/{{Kiss}} song
** "The Real Folk Blues", in addition to being named after the show's ending theme, partly takes its title from a series of blues albums released by Chess Records between 1965 and 1967 (the ending theme, by extension, can also be considered a reference to the same).
** The Japanese title of the 2001 film, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", is taken from a Music/BobDylan song
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* If that wasn't enough, the episode he's featured in has more than enough scenes that mirror Episode 11 "Be A Clown" of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
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** While not related to the ''Batman'' series, the title of said episode, "Pierrot le Fou", is another reference in that it comes from the title of a Creator/JeanLucGodard film from 1965.
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* Also in "Honky Tonk Woman" is the fact that the casino is named [[Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars "Spaiders from Mars"]]. Granted, they spelled it wrong, but still.
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** In fact, Spike Spiegel is portrayed as Vincent Vega, Jet Black as Jules Winnfield and Faye Valentine as Mia Wallace, in various Cowboy Bebop/Pulp Fiction promos and fanfictions.
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* The hosts of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Big Shots]]'' are named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_and_Judy Punch and Judy]], stock characters from a puppet show that is more than 500 years old.
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* "Asteroid Blues" was inspired by ''Film/{{Desperado}}''. Asimov and Katrina Solensan are even visually inspired by Creator/AntonioBanderas and Creator/SalmaHayek.
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* Spike's mode of combat is Jeet Kune Do, which is a shout out to Bruce Lee, whom created the martial art.
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* Engineer Doohan, in addition to being a Shout Out to the actor who player [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Montgomery Scott]], has a space shuttle that reuses some computer noises from ''Film/{{Alien}}''.
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* Engineer Doohan, in addition to being a Shout Out to the actor who player played [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Montgomery Scott]], has a space shuttle that reuses some computer noises from ''Film/{{Alien}}''.
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* Vicious bears more than a passing resemblance to Anime/CaptainHarlock, right down to the cormorant that likes to perch on his shoulder.
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* The bountyhead Dexter from "Heavy Metal Queen" looks a lot like [[Creator/WoodyAllen Woody Allen]], and shares some of the same nervous tics he usually have in his movies. Faye even encounters him in a place called Woody's.
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* The bountyhead Dexter bounty Decker from "Heavy Metal Queen" looks a lot like [[Creator/WoodyAllen Woody Allen]], and shares some of the same nervous tics he usually have in his movies. Faye even encounters him in a place called Woody's.
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* Engineer Doohan, in addition to being a Shout Out to the actor who player [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Montgomery Scott]], has a space shuttle that reuses some computer noises from [[Film/{{Alien}}]].
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* Engineer Doohan, in addition to being a Shout Out to the actor who player [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Montgomery Scott]], has a space shuttle that reuses some computer noises from [[Film/{{Alien}}]].
''Film/{{Alien}}''.
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* Engineer Doohan, in addition to being a Shout Out to the actor who player [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Montgomery Scott]], has a space shuttle that reuses some computer noises from [[Film/{{Alien}}]].
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* The whole UsedFuture-meets-FilmNoir look of the series owes a lot to ''Film/BladeRunner''.
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** In addition, the SpaceTrucker radio chatter is similar to that found in the film/song ''Film/Convoy''. Some of the truckers' handles are even pulled straight from the film.
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** In addition, the SpaceTrucker radio chatter is similar to that found in the film/song ''Film/Convoy''.''Film/{{Convoy}}''. Some of the truckers' handles are even pulled straight from the film.
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** In addition, the SpaceTrucker radio chatter is similar to that found in the film/song ''Film/Convoy''. Some of the truckers' handles are even pulled straight from the film.
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* The bountyhead Dexter from "Heavy Metal Queen" looks a lot like [[Creator/WoodyAllen Woody Allen]], and shares some of the same nervous tics he usually have in his movies. Faye even encounters him in a place called Woody's.
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* "Asteroid Blues" was inspired by ''Film/{{Desperado}}''. Asimov and Katrina Solensan are even visually inspired by Creator/AntonioBanderas and Creator/SalmaHayak.
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* "Asteroid Blues" was inspired by ''Film/{{Desperado}}''. Asimov and Katrina Solensan are even visually inspired by Creator/AntonioBanderas and Creator/SalmaHayak.Creator/SalmaHayek.
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* "Asteroid Blues" was inspired by ''Film/{{Desperado}}''. Asimov and Katrina Solensan are even visually inspired by Creator/AntonioBanderas and Creator/SalmaHayak.
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* Sunrise previously worked on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and as tribute based [[PsychopathicManchild Tongpu/Mad Pierrot]] on SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker and the Penguin.
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* Sunrise previously worked on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and as tribute based [[PsychopathicManchild Tongpu/Mad Pierrot]] on SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker ComicBook/TheJoker and the Penguin.
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* The name of the thugs Spike collars at the start of episode 8? [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Huey, Dewey and Louie]]
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* The whole UsedFuture meets FilmNoir look of the series owes a lot to ''Film/BladeRunner''.
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* The [[BloodstainedGlassWindows shootout in the church]] in "Ballad of Fallen Angels" is similar to the climactic shootout in ''Film/TheKiller'' and to an extent, the climactic shootout in ''Film/FaceOff''.
* The final shootout at the Red Dragon Syndicate's headquarters in "The Real Folk Blues, Part 2" is inspired by the final shootout in ''[[Film/ABetterTomorrow A Better Tomorrow 2]]''.
* The final shootout at the Red Dragon Syndicate's headquarters in "The Real Folk Blues, Part 2" is inspired by the final shootout in ''[[Film/ABetterTomorrow A Better Tomorrow 2]]''.
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* Speaking of ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', ever notice in "Honky Tonk Woman" that Spike's red spacesuit is nearly identical to Dave Bowman's?
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* In "Session 2: Stray Dog Strut," the dogcatchers' van has a vanity license plate that reads "NCC-1701," which is the registry number of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries the starship Enterprise]]. Given that the drivers are scientists who act in a stereotypically nerdy manner, this is ''entirely'' in-character for them.
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* ShoutOut: There are more shout-outs (and ThemeNaming below) than this page can possibly list. [[http://www.Jazzmess.com The Jazz Messengers]] has a full list of all intentional and probable references for every episode.
** Sunrise previously worked on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and as tribute based [[PsychopathicManchild Tongpu/Mad Pierrot]] on SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker and the Penguin.
** If that wasn't enough, the episode he's featured in has more than enough scenes that mirror Episode 11 "Be A Clown" of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
** The opening of the movie could be one toward the beginning of ''Film/PulpFiction''. Starts with a TakeThat aimed at Jules ("Another wannabe preacher with a gun."), some CasualDangerDialog, and finishes up with everything (very nearly) going to hell when the one guy they didn't know about comes out of the bathroom with a gun.
** Vicious bears more than a passing resemblance to Anime/CaptainHarlock, right down to the cormorant that likes to perch on his shoulder.
** "Jamming with Edward" is notable for containing a few {{Shout Out}}s to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey", including a sentient AI that looks and talks like HAL 9000.
** Asimov Solensan's name is a reference to the famous science fiction writer, Creator/IsaacAsimov.
** The whole of Session 11: Toys in the Attic is a shout out to ''Film/{{Alien}}'', including how the fridge is ejected out the airlock, Spike crawling around the vents, arming himself with a flamethrower, and using a motion tracker of a similar design. The ending itself is one giant allusion to Space Shuttle scene from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
** Jet makes a reference to Ernest Hemingway's short story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" in the "The Real Folk Blues Part 2".
** Spike's CharacterArc is a WholePlotReference to cult director Creator/SeijunSuzuki's classic {{Yakuza}} movie ''Tokyo Drifter'', among others.
** Sunrise previously worked on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and as tribute based [[PsychopathicManchild Tongpu/Mad Pierrot]] on SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker and the Penguin.
** If that wasn't enough, the episode he's featured in has more than enough scenes that mirror Episode 11 "Be A Clown" of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
** The opening of the movie could be one toward the beginning of ''Film/PulpFiction''. Starts with a TakeThat aimed at Jules ("Another wannabe preacher with a gun."), some CasualDangerDialog, and finishes up with everything (very nearly) going to hell when the one guy they didn't know about comes out of the bathroom with a gun.
** Vicious bears more than a passing resemblance to Anime/CaptainHarlock, right down to the cormorant that likes to perch on his shoulder.
** "Jamming with Edward" is notable for containing a few {{Shout Out}}s to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey", including a sentient AI that looks and talks like HAL 9000.
** Asimov Solensan's name is a reference to the famous science fiction writer, Creator/IsaacAsimov.
** The whole of Session 11: Toys in the Attic is a shout out to ''Film/{{Alien}}'', including how the fridge is ejected out the airlock, Spike crawling around the vents, arming himself with a flamethrower, and using a motion tracker of a similar design. The ending itself is one giant allusion to Space Shuttle scene from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
** Jet makes a reference to Ernest Hemingway's short story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" in the "The Real Folk Blues Part 2".
** Spike's CharacterArc is a WholePlotReference to cult director Creator/SeijunSuzuki's classic {{Yakuza}} movie ''Tokyo Drifter'', among others.
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* Jet Black mentions a historical "[[Anime/CaptainHarlock Captain H]]'' who became so famous that they made an anime series about his exploits.
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* ShoutOut: There are more shout-outs (and ThemeNaming below) than this page can possibly list. [[http://www.Jazzmess.com The Jazz Messengers]] has a full list of all intentional and probable references for every episode.
** Sunrise previously worked on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and as tribute based [[PsychopathicManchild Tongpu/Mad Pierrot]] on SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker and the Penguin.
** If that wasn't enough, the episode he's featured in has more than enough scenes that mirror Episode 11 "Be A Clown" of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
** The opening of the movie could be one toward the beginning of ''Film/PulpFiction''. Starts with a TakeThat aimed at Jules ("Another wannabe preacher with a gun."), some CasualDangerDialog, and finishes up with everything (very nearly) going to hell when the one guy they didn't know about comes out of the bathroom with a gun.
** Vicious bears more than a passing resemblance to Anime/CaptainHarlock, right down to the cormorant that likes to perch on his shoulder.
** "Jamming with Edward" is notable for containing a few {{Shout Out}}s to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey", including a sentient AI that looks and talks like HAL 9000.
** Asimov Solensan's name is a reference to the famous science fiction writer, Creator/IsaacAsimov.
** The whole of Session 11: Toys in the Attic is a shout out to ''Film/{{Alien}}'', including how the fridge is ejected out the airlock, Spike crawling around the vents, arming himself with a flamethrower, and using a motion tracker of a similar design. The ending itself is one giant allusion to Space Shuttle scene from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
** Jet makes a reference to Ernest Hemingway's short story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" in the "The Real Folk Blues Part 2".
** Spike's CharacterArc is a WholePlotReference to cult director Creator/SeijunSuzuki's classic {{Yakuza}} movie ''Tokyo Drifter'', among others.
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** Sunrise previously worked on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and as tribute based [[PsychopathicManchild Tongpu/Mad Pierrot]] on SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker and the Penguin.
** If that wasn't enough, the episode he's featured in has more than enough scenes that mirror Episode 11 "Be A Clown" of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
** The opening of the movie could be one toward the beginning of ''Film/PulpFiction''. Starts with a TakeThat aimed at Jules ("Another wannabe preacher with a gun."), some CasualDangerDialog, and finishes up with everything (very nearly) going to hell when the one guy they didn't know about comes out of the bathroom with a gun.
** Vicious bears more than a passing resemblance to Anime/CaptainHarlock, right down to the cormorant that likes to perch on his shoulder.
** "Jamming with Edward" is notable for containing a few {{Shout Out}}s to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey", including a sentient AI that looks and talks like HAL 9000.
** Asimov Solensan's name is a reference to the famous science fiction writer, Creator/IsaacAsimov.
** The whole of Session 11: Toys in the Attic is a shout out to ''Film/{{Alien}}'', including how the fridge is ejected out the airlock, Spike crawling around the vents, arming himself with a flamethrower, and using a motion tracker of a similar design. The ending itself is one giant allusion to Space Shuttle scene from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
** Jet makes a reference to Ernest Hemingway's short story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" in the "The Real Folk Blues Part 2".
** Spike's CharacterArc is a WholePlotReference to cult director Creator/SeijunSuzuki's classic {{Yakuza}} movie ''Tokyo Drifter'', among others.
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