Talk:List of Cowboy Bebop characters

Differences between the Anime (1998) and the 'live action'/Netflix series (2021)
Just noting that there are significant characterization differences between the Anime and the Netflix versions. Though probably most of the addendum are being done over at the Wikia/Fandom site, as opposed to here.

Not going to contribute towards this though, personally; not at this time... (for various reasons...) (the least of which I just don't have the spare energy right now...) ✌

--Ferdi Zebua (username: Lemi4) (talk) 10:33, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Original Character Design
Is there a source for the information about the original character design, including the idea that the orginal character design is in one episode? Hackwrench 05:40, 18 June 2006 (UTC) Also Ed needs a image.

um isn't ein a girl?
 * Ein's a boy. Ein is referred to as "he" by Jet. ForestAngel (talk) 19:33, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Debatable. Jet isn't a vet, and a lot of people don't really know the real sex of their pet. There is an official postcard, which has been reprinted in some of the artbooks that has Ein with a bunch of puppies. As there is no other dog present, it could be that Ein is the mama. Also people mistake Ed for a boy, and there is a lot of other gender bending in the show (Gren, Julius), so it would not be surprising if Ein was actually a she.

--173.34.177.190 (talk) 20:46, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm assuming that who ever wrote that meant either Spike or Jet stole the magazine, but failed to mention who...68.32.154.156 04:22, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Nope. Two boys (one white, one black) where in Annie's convenience store and when they though she wasn't looking, they stole some porno mags. The black kid is based off of the original character design for Ed. This has been mentioned in a few places, but the most recent I guess was the artbook "The Wind" by Toshihiro Kawamoto, who is the character designer for Bebop.

--173.34.177.190 (talk) 20:46, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

What I'm wondering is, why does Jet sound black in the American dub? ForestAngel (talk) 19:33, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * He doesn't really.. but he does speak like a jazz man.


 * The actor who plays Jet in the US dub is black.

--173.34.177.190 (talk) 20:46, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Character Name
There is some controversy over Ed's full name. It's been written two ways, Edward Wang Hwe Pepel Cybulski 4th and Edward Wong Hau Pepulu Tivruskii 4th. There is a screen shot of one of the slides from the series that uses the first spelling (Cybulski), and one of the official books for the series spells it that way too. The anime guides, the subtitles and everything else uses the second spelling (Tivruskii).

I watch the series in the original Japanese with subtitles. The subtitles and the actress speaking the part both say Tivruskii. That is the most common spelling (and pronounciation) of the name.

I'm thinking of modifying the entry to include both - Tivruskii with Cybulski as an alternate spelling, since both have been used. I'm wondering if it wasn't originally Cybulski but was later changed before filming of Jammin' With Edward. Any objections? --MrsSpooky 14:54, 10 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by MrsSpooky (talk • contribs)

I think that "Tivruskii" is just Japanese way of pronounciating "Cybulski" which is a foreign name ("Cybulski" sounds like a person from Poland) and it should be noted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.24.3.252 (talk) 17:33, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Aoi Tada herself pronounces it 'Chiburusuki', which is how it's written in Katakana and I agree was probably intended as an approximation of 'Cybulski', My best guess is that 'Tivruskii' was a later transliteration from the katakana (but has an added 'i' that doesn't match the kana. Just to confuse the issue, the character designer has spelt it Tivrusky (although in the same drawing, he missed the 'r' of Edward).--Contrafour (talk) 14:16, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

--- Hello.

"Her Father, whose name on screen is Appeldelhi siniz Hesap Lutfen, recognizes her immediately despite misremembering her name"

Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky the 4th being a self-invented name, as written in the article (Edward being a boy name there really is no reason it could be her real firstname), how can you be sure her father didn't call her by her real name (namely フランソワーズ - i.e. Françoise (which is a (female) French firstname))? 2A01:E34:EE78:69E0:9582:F81E:A285:47F4 (talk) 09:57, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Vicious
I added some information about him, mostly based on the guidebok 'The After' (ISBN4-04-853103-4). --Mufurc 13:12, 29 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I think this line in the article on Vicious could be rewritten: "Vicious was Spike's partner in the Red Dragon crime syndicate until they fell into conflict over Julia (and possibly over Spike's decision to abandon the Syndicate, though the two may be related)."  Isn't it clear from the episodes' content that the two actions are related?  Spike fell in love with Julia, and planned to leave the syndicate with her.  That's how I have always understood the story.  Or am I making a false assumption?  Best regardsTheBaron0530 (talk) 20:40, 18 October 2016 (UTC)theBaron0530

Faye's gun
I could have sworn Faye Valentine carried a GLOCK 26, not a GLOCK 30? Orca1 9904 15:01, 15 September 2006 (UTC)Orca1_9904

No, it's a 30, clearly visible on screen in the movie. Besides, I have a Glock 26, and Faye's gun is much too large. --MrsSpooky (talk) 15:04, 11 September 2009 (UTC)MrsSpooky

Three Old Men
The article presumptuously states that in Episode 23-Brain Scratch the corpse of one of The Three Old Men (presumably Jobin) can be spotted. This is pretty objectionable, as the only frames we see of the corpse are shaded and there is hardly enough evidence (facial features? type and color of clothing?) to justifiably indicat it is one of the old men.



There are several sources which hint at the same but to say it is the gospel is a bit far. I mean the bloody shirt looks more white to me (whereas Jobin's is yellow) and I can't see any distinguishable facial marks. This statement should be at least changed to show there is no certainty.--70.65.187.113 22:33, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Agreed, the boots are wrong, the shirt color is off, adjust the brightness and you can see he doesn't have Jobim's beard. There are also official sources which list the three's appearances, including #22 when Jobim is alone, but not #23, and since they were the head writer's favourite characters, I doubt she'd have sanctioned killing one off-screen. 10+ years of this sitting here unsourced (fueling to yet another CB rumour) is probably more than enough. --Contrafour (talk) 14:05, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Faye's article
I rewatched the Real Folk Blues episodes(and the whole series over the week) and I realised that Spike did NOT leave the ship to seek Julia when he upset Faye -who fired 5 shots into the ceiling- he had already found Julia and she was already dead. He left the ship in order to fight Vicous only! That's what upset Faye as she knew the possiblities of him not coming back. And yes she did know Julia was dead anyway because she heard everything Spike had said from round the corner. Therefore I took out the part about him seeking Julia as it was not correct, he only went to seek Vicous.

However that now means the sentence: "Though he comes to see her as a companion, Spike does not seem to have romantic feelings for Faye, as could be evidenced by his decision to seek and face Vicious in The Real Folk Blues, a decision which upsets Faye to the point where she fires her pistol into the ceiling five times as Spike leaves." doesn't realy make sense any more as it is no longer realy evidence if he only went to seek Vicous. So it needs rephrasing. Blindfold 09:04, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Red Eye
I've been meaning to ask this for a long time... Why does everyone seem to believe that Vicious uses Red Eye? I mean, apart from the fact that he's a bad guy thus he's the first suspect by default. But other than that, we never see him having anything to do with Red Eye, except for smuggling it, during the time the story takes place, and there's no hint whatsoever that he was the one who used the vial on the table.

I can't check RFB at the moment, but in the flashback in episode 5 first we see Spike fighting with syndicate guys, firing first from a bouquet of roses; then a rose falling; the Red Eye on a table with roses; then in the next shot Spike is mowing people down. I know that the scenes are not necessarily in chronological order, but still, there's no Vicious in sight during the church fight, in fact, it seems to me that he wasn't even present (which is very possible if he's half as clever as we're expected to believe). While Spike draws the grenade out from his pocket we hear and see people firing at him, so he's definitely not in a duel with Vicious. I see no reason for Vicious to use Red Eye if he wasn't going to fight Spike one-on-one, which he apparently didn't do. (And let's not forget the roses: there are red roses beside the vial of Red Eye on the table. But why would've Vicious had roses? It was Spike who had a bouquet of roses, and I'm pretty sure he hadn't stopped by to give a few of them to Vicious.)

As for his appearance, it doesn't scream "Red Eye addict" to me... it screams "insomniac" and "psycho", neither of which have necessarily anything to do with Red Eye. Besides, apparently he's always had white hair and bags under his eyes, they just got worse after the incident with Spike and Julia. (Btw, according to my personal theory his appearance is more symbolic than anything, but that's a different matter.) And the "affinity towards Red Eye deals"... eh? IIRC he does it only once in the show, and that's because Gren requested to deal with him.

Anyway, I'd be glad if someone clarified this for me because the article heavily suggests that Vicious used Red Eye, but I see no proof of that anywhere. --Mufurc 14:35, 8 November 2006 (UTC)


 * For all we know, that red eye could have belonged to Julia. We know absolutely nothing about her, so she could have used.  Maybe Spike used, but no mention or evidence of that at all. Anywhere.  Any comments on it at this point would be pure speculation.  --MrsSpooky 22:08, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Image needed
Spike needs an image. -Yancyfry

Heck, pretty much everyone needs an image. -Yancyfry 02:24, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. This is a wall of text. - Godot —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.4.200.52 (talk) 05:57, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

not good...
This page is not well written, at all. I've started fixing the Gren and Spike sections, but I'll probably be back to fix the rest of it after I finish watching the series. The grammar is not good, there are lots of mistakes, and there are lots of POV and non-encyclopedic statements (like saying Spike is attractive(I editted that out)). So, someone really needs to go through and fix it. It'll probably end up being me. Dan Guan 00:12, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I intend to contribute to the page. Will need some time to brush up with the anime and hopefully, will also be able to upload the necessary pictures (BTW, can one upload screenshots from the series? At the moment, I have the series with me).

Heavynash 13:12, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Jeet Kune Do?
This article (plus the description of Waltz for Venus) states that Spike's fighting style is Jeet Kune Do. Are we sure about that? The lesson he gives to Roco sounds more like Aikido than anything else to me. Is there a link where the creators of the show talk about Spike's martial art style as being within a specific tradition? --Hermitage 06:54, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The Watanabe talks about how Spike's moves are inspired by Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee used Jeet Kune Do. The point of Jeet Kune Do is that it's mixed and not to be an "official" school of martial arts. That's why it seems mixed with aikido. ForestAngel (talk) 19:31, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Red Eye section
Why is there a section on Red Eye in the Cowboy Bebop characters article? I personally think that if the information is to be included at all, it should be in a different article than this, though I don't think that it warrants its own article. Any thoughts? Apollo Gilgamesh (talk) 00:18, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

If its been removed (seems to have been) it should have been moved elsewhere and links updated.. It redirects back to the same page clicked from.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.205.91.3 (talk) 17:18, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

I updated the link on this page. I don't know where would be a suitable place to move the information (it doesn't seem to warrant its own article), but I removed from here because it certainly doesn't belong in a "List of Cowboy Bebop characters" article. Apollo Gilgamesh (talk) 00:14, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Here's the Red Eye content for future reference: Red Eye is a fictional drug in the anime series Cowboy Bebop. In the english verison of the series the drug was refered to as "bloody eye". The drug is taken as an aerosol substance directly into the user's eyes and can give the user periodic surges of superhuman reflexes and a slowed perception of time. Popular belief is that the drug increases the connection from eyes to brain (processing information on the environment so quickly that everything moves in slow motion) to the point of dodging punches or even bullets. Red Eye appears to be one of the largest commodities of the various criminal syndicates throughout the solar system in Cowboy Bebop. Like many real drugs, heavy and prolonged use has a detrimental effect on the user.

The effect of enlarging the eyes prompts the suggestion that Red Eye also expands the entire ocular body, literally causing the eye to bulge out of the socket, making it impossible to blink or shift the eyes' line of sight.

Red Eye was developed by an unknown military institute, for use on soldiers. The Inter-Solar System Police (ISSP) considers it a high-priority/heavy-class substance, but is unable to get much of a hold on "illegal" leaking and marketing of the drug. Red Eye is very addictive, and characters shown using it are depicted with shaking hands and blood-shot eyes during withdrawal. After-effects include tremors and vomiting. Jet, a former ISSP detective knows several officers, including one he keeps in touch with for information, who might have either used or sold Red Eye canisters stolen from evidence rooms.

A version of Red Eye known as Bloody Eye is mentioned in the first episode of Cowboy Bebop, and is apparently a higher-end (purer/more powerful) version.

Apollo Gilgamesh (talk) 00:40, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * During the flashbacks depicting the inside of Julia's apartment, a canister of Red Eye and an application device can be seen sitting on her windowsill.

Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV??
shouldnt it say just "Ed"? I mean, 99% of times shes called "Ed" or "Edward".. but "Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV?"

Thats her full name so thats what it should say.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.125.232.100 (talk) 14:05, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


 * So, her real name should be Francoise Lutfen, right? Her dad's last name is Lutfen, Appledelhi is his first name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 02:45, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 71.125 and 75.73:
 * 1. Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV is Ed's full "adopted" name
 * 2. We don't know if Ed's real family name. Let's just refer to her real name as "Francoise"
 * WhisperToMe (talk) 00:11, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

That's what she calls herself, Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, so that's how she should be listed. There is controversy over the spelling of the name though (I added an entry under "Edward" with a proposal I made to include both spellings in the entry).

And IS her name really Francois? Her father couldn't even remember he even HAD a kid, whether the kid was a boy or a girl. I wouldn't trust whatever he called her to be the correct name. --MrsSpooky 14:57, 10 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by MrsSpooky (talk • contribs)

Pictures
What happened to the pictures? Can someone get some more of them or something? Like screenshots or whatever? ForestAngel (talk) 03:41, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Individual images for each character in a list article violate WP:NONFREE, which is probably why they were all removed. Someone needs to find 1-3 group images to use. At the current size of the list, really probably just one. AnmaFinotera (talk) 19:46, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Gren session12.JPG
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The three old men
"The three old men are actually bounty hunters themselves, as revealed in the Cowboy Bebop Silver Anniversary disc." What is this silver anniversary disc? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Justinbobbybescia (talk • contribs) 00:07, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Definitely seems like something someone's invented (a popular pastime in the fandom). Silver anniversary would suggest 25 years (while this line has been kicking around in the article since at least the show's 11th), and the only place an 'anniversary disc' would've cropped up would be in the 2008 (10th anniversary) remastered DVD box- there's no such disc in that set or anything remotely similar in its printed materials. Contrafour (talk) 12:14, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

VT
How come nobody added V.T. from "Episode: Heavy Metal Queen???" Well, I decided to do so, for she is just as notable as all the other secondary characters. (LonerXL (talk) 03:43, 22 June 2009 (UTC))
 * She appeared in one episode. Characters here appeared in multiple episodes. WhisperToMe (talk) 00:10, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Sourcing
Please use Tokyopop's Cowboy Bebop anime guide to source these entries. WhisperToMe (talk) 00:10, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Jet
Paragraph 4, "In a later episode, another Vicious/Spike parallel is set up..." is problematical, or is lacking detail.

In "Black Dog Serenade", before Fad goes to kill Udai, he is clearly shown to load a single round in his empty revolver. He shoots Udai, then points the gun at Jet, who grabs a nearby gun and instead shoots Fad - Fad committed suicide by ex partner.

In "Real Folk Blues part 2", during their final clash, Spike tells Vicious that Julia is dead. They have one final clash, and instead of slashing at Spike with his katana, he slashes the floor (clearly visible on the DVD), allowing Spike to shoot him.

DEFINITE parallels between Spike and Jet, both killing their ex partners who for reasons unclear did not kill them.

Do we want to expand on that paragraph? Or would that be too much detail? Or should it just be deleted? I think if we were going to point out parallels between Jet and Spike, this should be mentioned. --MrsSpooky (talk) 15:01, 11 September 2009 (UTC)MrsSpooky

Never mind - rather than bogging it down in too much detail, I just removed the paragraph. It was conjectural and not entirely accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MrsSpooky (talk • contribs) 17:04, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Spike
Can someone help? I added a statement from Watanabe-san from a transcript of a panel discussion he was in in Detroit. The link to the transcript is here:

http://protaku.com/post/index/41/An-Evening-with-Shinichiro-Watanabe/

I'm afraid I don't know how to add references to the pages. If someone can help me with that, I'd really appreciate it. --MrsSpooky 23:58, 30 September 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by MrsSpooky (talk • contribs)


 * I added it. I think I did it correctly (would LIKE to have it show up in the references section).  If my clumsy first attempt at adding a reference can be improved, please feel free.

--MrsSpooky 00:55, 1 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by MrsSpooky (talk • contribs)

tongpu
why is mad pierrot tongpu not on the list of characters?! 69.233.245.177 (talk) 22:43, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Good question. If VT is in there, why not Tongpu?  He was certainly memorable as a one off guest as VT, and I believe Andy is in there too.  Maybe I'll write something up for him... --MrsSpooky 00:39, 22 July 2010 (UTC)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by MrsSpooky (talk • contribs)

Fixing this list
Suggest we fix it to "Main Characters" "Supporting Characters" and "Reoccuring Characters". Main holds the main characters such as the Bebop Crew and "Supporting Characters" would be Julia and Vicious but also Grencia, Shin and Lin. Recurring characters would be only those who appear more than one episode but also V.T. considering she appeared in the side story "Cowboy Bebop: U.T." so technically recurring.Lucia Black (talk) 05:18, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Becky Lynch
Is it worth mentioning under Radical Edward's section how Lynch is emulating her by dying her hair orange and wearing goggles? Ranze (talk) 02:19, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Maria Murdock?
Subject says it all. Jyg (talk) 05:03, 25 May 2021 (UTC)