Sessions 20-23
From Cowboy Bebop: Space Cowboy
- Origin of Name: One of the only two episodes to not reference a song or style of writing, this episode's name may have come from an avant garde film of the same name produced in 1965. Roughly translated it means, "Pete Gone Wild" or "Pete the Insane"
When a top-secret experiment gone rogue escapes a facility and begins hunting ISSP agents, Spike attempts to step in. Having witnessed a brutal murder, Spike takes on the renegade assassin but is no match for his mentalit or his technology. Retreating, Spike finds himself "invited" to Spaceland, an old amusement park on Mars. Through luck and guile, Spike survives victorious, but will ISSP cease their experiments?
Session 21: Boogie Woogie Feng Shui
- Origin of Name: Session 21 draws its name from the up-tempo style of Piano Blues, but involves a reference to Feng Shui, a religious practice of Meifa, a character in this episode
Jet receieves a cryptic message from an old acquaintance, and so goes to Mars to find him. What he finds there is his old friend's gravestone, and his daughter. Chased by mysterious me in black, Jet and the daughter of his friend go to the Bebop, where they begin to piece together the clues from the universal Feng Shui Master. After locating the locations described in the cryptic message, Jet and the girl find a valuable item called the Sunstone, which they use to find his old friend.
- Origin of Name: This references the music genre of Funk in relation to one of its out-of-the ordinary characters, who fancies himself a cowboy, in the literal sense of the term.
This episode introduces something akin to a guest star in the person of Andy, a bounty hunter and cowboy in the most literal sense. Looking and acting a little too much like Spike, Andy manages to accidentally ruin two attempts by Spike to catch the "Teddy Bomber" and the two become fast rivals. After another fight with each other, Spike and Andy call a truce and take down the Teddy Bomber. Afterwards, Andy agrees that Spike is the real cowboy, and goes off to be a Samurai.
- Origin of Name: The second and last episode to not reference a song or writing/music style, Brain Scratch obtained its name from the origianlity of the creators, but its them from the films Brainstorm, produced in 1983 and Strange Days, produced in 1995.
Cult members of a new cult called Scratch are committing suicide at an alarming rate, and a high bounty has been placed on the leader of the cult. Faye infiltrates the cult, but eventually falls into a trap. In a rush move to save Faye, Spike confronts the face behind the screen of the internet cult and finds out the truth just as Jet does: The leader is only digital entity, run by someone's mind somewhere else. After freeing Faye, Spike, Jet and Faye (with the help of the Data Dog Ein) find the real person behind the face, and put him to rest.
