Memorable Quotes from Cowboy Bebop

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This page contains a collection of memorable quotes from every session of Cowboy Bebop plus the feature movie. All quotes are categorized by Session.

[edit] Cowboy Bebop: The Series

[edit] Asteroid Blues

[Spike is eating a plate of stir-fried bell peppers that Jet made.]

Spike: Uh, listen Jet. You said "bell peppers and beef." There's no beef in here. So you wouldn't really call it "bell peppers and beef," now would you?
Jet: Yes, I would.
Spike: Well, it's *not*!
Jet: It is when you're broke!

[Antonio, Carlos and Jobin (aka The Three Old Men) are playing cards.]

Antonio: This again, son of a bitch. Taking my money like that you cheating dogs! Why the only reason you can even live here is cause of what I’ve done. I busted my tail to dig that gate.
Carlos: For criminy sakes you always say the same thing when your losing. We all dug that gate together and you know it.
Jobin: That we did, we worked like there was no tomorrow.

[Asimov and Katrina walk up to the bar at the El Ray.]

Asimov: Get me a beer.
Katrina: And I will have a bloody mary, in fact make it a double.
Barkeep: I’ve got the vodka but I’m afraid I’m fresh out of tomato juice.
Asimov: I’m sure there’s one can in the back room.

[Asimov pulls out a vial of Bloody Eye.]

[Spike smokes a pipe in Laughing Bull’s tent.]

Spike: This is real mystic and all, but uh, do you have anything to eat here?

[Someone’s stomach growls.]

Spike: I see.
Laughing Bull: The red-eyed Coyote will appear in the Zona Norte at the far end of town. That is what I see.

[edit] Stray Dog Strut

[Spike is walking Ein to lure Abdul Hakim]

Spike: Well here’s another great moment in the legend of Spike, famous bounty hunter and dog walker.

[edit] Honky Tonk Women

[Faye talking to a shopkeeper in a shootout]

Faye: You know the first rule of combat? Shoot them before they shoot you.

[After Faye is captured and handcuffed by the criminal casino owner, Gordon]

Gordon: I had no idea the legendary lady luck was still alive—Poker Alice, Queen of Hearts. They tell tales of you on every asteroid from here to T.J.
Faye: If Alice was still alive she’d be over 200 years old.
Gordon: That’s true. Considering you’re looking pretty good—hottest granny in the star system. Poker Alice never lost a game, and she never cheated. She was just a born winner.

[Spike and Jet talking in a casino elevator]

Jet: So Charlie says, “only hands can wash hands. If you want to receive, you have to give.” Something like that—wish I could remember the exact words—anyway, I think Charlie’s telling us to just do it. Ha. What do you make of it?
Spike: Somehow I don’t think Charlie Parker would be quoting Goethe.
Jet: Come one, it’s just a dream I had. Lighten up.
Spike: I have a feeling that dream’s going to suck up our last 5 thousand Woolongs.

[After Faye is captured and handcuffed by Spike and Jet]

Faye: I can’t be stuck in one place for long—it’ll kill me. My whole family’s like that.
Spike: Yeah right.
Faye: We’re Romani’s. For eons we’ve wandered the stars looking for love. It’s our way.
Spike: Huh?
Faye: You don’t know anything, do you? Romanies are gypsy’s. And you know what we call someone like you? A gaucho, that means a bumpkin that doesn’t know which way is up.
Spike: Gaucho. I like that.
Faye: [howls] The wilds are calling me! You can’t keep me locked up!

[Jet and Spike talking about the bounty on Faye]

Jet: Spike my friend that girl is money in the bank.
Spike: Yeah, no penalty for early withdraw.
Jet: It’s just like Charlie said in my dream. If you want to receive you have to give. See Spike, you got to listen to your dreams, that’s how you find your dream girl.

[edit] Gateway Shuffle

[Jet and Spike ordering at a restaurant]

Jet: The house specialty is Sea Rat. Used to be a staple food, harvested in the Ganymede Sea. After the gate stabilized food wasn’t scare any more and people stopped eating it so they ran some fancy ad campaign and claimed it was a delicacy.
Spike: And is it tasty?
Jet: It’s totally disgusting. People eat it anyway for status, it’s in now.
Spike: Well in that case, I guess I’m out.

[After Spike captured Twinkle Maria]

Twinkle Maria Murdock: Please do not associate us with common terrorists. We are warriors of peace fighting a noble battle for the law of nature.
Spike: Yeah yeah. We saw how peaceful you are.

[After Spike captured Faye]

Spike: That’s what you did? You took all the money you stole from us and you lost it gambling in a casino?
Faye: You know what they say cowboy, easy come easy go.

[Faye offering to help Spike chase the virus]

Faye: Hey there, having a little trouble?
Spike: Huh?
Faye: I can bail you out for 80%.
Spike: You’re insane!
Faye: Okay! Bye-bye now!
Spike: All right 40% that’s my last offer!
Faye: Okay, I get the 60!

[edit] Ballad of Fallen Angels

[Vicious and Spike face-down at the Cathedral.]

Vicious: When angels are forced out of heaven, they become devils. You agree, don’t you Spike?
Spike: I’m just watching a bad dream I never wake up from.
Vicious: I’ll wake you up right now.

[edit] Sympathy for the Devil

[Faye eats the only thing left in the refrigerator, a can of dog food, while Ein waits by his food dish.]

Faye: If you don’t work, you don’t eat. You’re a hunting dog…hunt up some food. We girls are different. We have to be pampered because we’re delicate and refined.

[Jet and Spike are watching a bounty target at a nightclub.]

Jet: Damn that blues harp sounds sweet; I knew it would.
Spike: I thought you liked jazz.
Jet: Don’t be dense. I started wailing the blues when the doctor whacked my bottom on the day I was born.
Spike: A baby hipster, very cool.

[edit] Heavy Metal Queen

[edit] Waltz for Venus

[Rocco comes at Spike with a knife and Spike sends Rocco to the ground]

Rocco: How did you do that?
Spike: You’re tense, I’m calm. You apply excessive force and I control that force through fluid motion. That means relaxing the whole body so it can react instantly without resistance—no, without thought. Do you see now? It means becoming like clear water.
Rocco: Water.
Spike: Right. Water can take any form. It drifts without effort one moment, then pounds down in a torrent the very next.

[Stella points a gun at Spike who has trespassed onto her shuttle.]

Stella: Hold it right there. Both hands up!
Spike: I’m not a criminal. Woah, that makes me sound more like a criminal, doesn’t it.

[Rocco has been shot and is lying on the ground dying]

Spike: Come on, hang in there, you hear me? Rocco!
Rocco: Master, you see it? I was fluid like water.

[Spike visits Stella in the hospital and she learns from his silence that Rocco is dead]

Stella: I never got to see Rocco once with my own eyes. Hey, what was he really like?
Spike: You know better than anyone, without looking. He was a terrific guy. Exactly the person you thought he was.

[edit] Jamming with Edward

Jet: I'm not the type to be led around by a woman.
Spike: You'll just have to lead her.
Jet: I'm even less the type to do that.

Jet: You can't tell the age of a woman by looking at her.

[Faye gets mad and jams her heal into Jet's foot. This is interesting foreshadowing on Faye's character]

Faye: Those Earthlings are weird.

Jet: Radical Edward's profile, he's a seven foot ex basketball pro, hindu, guru, drag queen, alien!

Faye: You really are Radical Edward!
Ed: Uh huh! What have you heard?

[edit] Ganymede Elegy

[Spike and Faye are getting their bounty from the ATM, Edward twirls Ein into the air.]

Edward: Duty calls, 3 o’clock tea!

[Jet and Elisa are sitting inside La Fin.]

Jet: Back then when I got home from work, you were always there waiting for me. And that was all I needed. Just you. But on that day, when I came back home the only thing there was that pocket watch; that and a small piece of paper that just had one word written across it: farewell. For some reason, I didn’t feel sad or broken up—it just didn’t seem real. But slowly I realized that it was real; that you were gone. And little by little I felt something inside of me go numb. After six months I made a kind of bet with myself; a pledge, that I would leave this planet and start a new life if you didn’t return by the time the watch stopped. I didn’t come here to blame you, I…I just wanted to know why. Why you disappeared like that.
Elisa: The way you talk about it, you seem to think that time really has stopped here. That’s a story from long ago, and I…I’ve forgotten about it. Time never stands still.

[Jet and Spike are chasing after Rhint and Elisa in their aircrafts.]

Jet: I’ll take care of this, you can go back.
Spike: You’re not going to let him get away, are you?
Jet: When I was a cop, this was my beat. I’m the Black Dog and when I bite I don’t let go. I have no regrets about her, but I’ll settle this score on my own turf.

[Elisa is holding Jet at gunpoint, but Jet continues to walk towards her.]

Elisa: That’s just how you were back then, you decided everything; in the end you were always right. When I was there with you I never had to do anything for myself. All I had to do was to hang onto your arm like a child without a care in the world. I wanted to live my own life; make my own decisions, even if they were terrible mistakes.

[edit] Toys in the Attic

[edit] Jupiter Jazz (Part 1)

[Laughing Bull chants as he and his Son sit around a campfire at night. They are on a moon of Jupiter.]

Kid: A star just fell from the sky.
Laughing Bull: That is not an ordinary star, my son. That star is the tear of a warrior.
Kid: What warrior is it?
Laughing Bull: A lost soul who has finished his battles somewhere on this planet. A pitiful soul who could not find his way to the lofty realm where the great spirit awaits us all.

[Laughing Bull begins to chant]]

[The Van has granted Vicious permission to buy/sell Red Eye on Callisto with Gren.]

Wen Lon: Callisto’s a frigid planet, Vicious. You’ll need special clothing for the artic conditions.
Vicious: Cold climates do not concern me.
The Van: True. Your heart is colder than any planet. Colder than the eye of a snake about to strike. Vicious! Remember, a snake cannot eat a dragon.

[Faye takes a drink at the Blue Crow and sneezes.]

Gren: Take care. Yeah, that was a close one.

[Faye looks at him weird.]

Gren: If someone sneezes and no one says ‘take care’, that person will turn into a fairy. That’s what people say around here, you know.
Faye: Then there’s no problem. I’m already a fairy, don’t you know that?

[Gren puts his coat around Faye’s shoulders.]

Faye: I’m not as simple as I seem, Mr. Saxophone.

[edit] Jupiter Jazz (Part 2)

[Laughing Bull chants as he and his Son sit around a campfire at night. They are on a moon of Jupiter.]

Kid: A star just fell from the sky.
Laughing Bull: That is not an ordinary star, my son. That star is the tear of a warrior.
Kid: What warrior is it?
Laughing Bull: A lost soul who has finished his battles somewhere on this planet. A pitiful soul who could not find his way to the lofty realm where the great spirit awaits us all.

[edit] Bohemian Rhapsody

[Gate Corp CEO complaining about the complaints]

Gate Corp CEO: Still using paper to send in their complaints, that’s just harassment; waste of resources.
Gate Corp Lackey: And our servers gone down from all the e-complaints. You know there’s a movement out there to sue the company for damages.
Gate Corp CEO: Where are the damn bounty hunters when you need them? We put out a huge bounty on the guy!
Gate Corp Lackey: True, but maybe it wasn’t enough.

[The episode of Big Shot talking about Bebop's bounty catches]

Punch: Hi amigos! All you bad bounty hunters, how y’all doin?
Judy: Once again it’s time for Big Shot!
Punch: Here’s today’s hot news! They caught the low down outlaws that carried out those recent gate attacks!
Judy: Really? The bounty on that guy was 12 million Woolong!
Punch: I said outlaws—they caught 20 of them!
Judy: Huh? What do you mean, Punch?
Punch: It looks like they were caught in the act, but none of them was the mastermind.
Judy: Oh, well you don’t get the reward unless you find the mastermind, right?
Punch: Schucks howdy, that’s right!
Judy: Then the guys who caught them don’t get a penny! Sorry you guys!

[Faye joking about their bounties]

Jet: Why would the kind of two-bit hood who usually rob convenient stores suddenly attack an Astral Gate?
Spike: I don’t know. Maybe it’s a new fad for criminals.
Faye: Right, hey kids if you’re a fashion-conscious young hood, remember that cute girl won’t even look your way unless you knock over an Astral Gate. Do it today! You mean like that?

[Ed explaining how the game works]

Ed: There it is. This is a memory cartridge for playing e-chess. The memory chip stores data within the piece. Yah, you can activate one game. It connects to the net. See?
Faye: And so this has something to do with the incidents at the gate?
Ed: Not a bit!

[A nonsensical Edwardism]

Ed: Oooookay! One! Two! Three Fo-our! Ed’s gonna score mo-ore! [laughs] Play Ball!

[Jet using a chess pun]

Jet: You suits are using us bounty hunters like pawns, and I don’t appreciate it.

[Learning what the Gate Corp has been hiding from the public]

Gate Corp Lackey: We should’ve never taken such a risk. If this thing ever gets out, you know what will happen.
Gate Corp CEO: I’m fully aware of the danger. And if we don’t catch him fast, the situation can only get worse.
Gate Corp Lackey: But why would a ghost from 50 years ago suddenly come back now? It doesn’t make any sense.
Gate Corp CEO: And he gives everyone a chess piece—unbelievable. Chess Master Hex.
Gate Corp Lackey: Yeah. The whole thing really is a game for him.

[Ed and Hex are both impressed at each other's skill]

Ed: Neeeeee check-check-check-checkmate!
Hex: Huh?
Ed: Aah, so Ed thought. Well, at least my knight takes your rook.
Hex: [laughs] #Penelope?# This is either an idiot or a genius! I like this fellow! [laughs]

[Ed focused on her game of chess]

Spike: Hey Ed!
Ed: Edward is very busy! Try later!
Faye: Forget later we need some help now! Gimme that stu--[tries to take Ed’s chessboard].
Ed: [feral growls]
Spike: Ed? We’re trying to find a guy named Hex. He’s in cyberspace.
Ed: Hex Hex the Chessmaster! Edward is playing chess against him right now.

[Jet describing the bohemian junkheap]

Jet: Hold on a minute. Listen to me. I heard about this place a long time ago. A kind of floating scrap yard where they leave wrecked gate parts, abandoned spaceships and scrap metal. People moved in and started living there. Squatters and drifters.
Faye: Why the hell would they wanna live there of all places?
Jet: There’s no government, no nationality, no taxes and no cops. They see it as total freedom.

[Jet warning about how the mastermind is seemingly leading them to him]

Jet: Remember, this could be a trap; a continuation of the game.
Spike: Whatever happens, happens.

[A couple of bohemians talking at Faye]

Male Hippie: Hi. Peace to the whole galaxy and to my bank account. Love love.
Female Hippie: Do you want one? [holds up a joint]

[Spike and Faye realizing that Hex is not still the mastermind]

Spike: Chessmaster Hex, I take it.
Faye: Don’t try anything. Understand?
Hex: You both uh…well could you be just a little quieter please?
[Spike and Faye look at each other, confused]
Jonathan: Old man. [growls] Hand it over!
Spike: Hey hold on a minute!
Jonathan: Pretending to be senile won’t get you out of this.
Faye: Who are you?
Jonathan: Either you give me the money you took or I put a hole right through your brain!
Hex: [chuckles] That’s quite a large pipe there. [as he pushes away the gun]
Antonio: Hey, watcha’ doin’ Hex?
Hex: Oh, you got to see this. My first formidable opponent in ages! [talking about Ed]
Carlos: He must be some player to pin you down—what’s your next move?
Hex: I don’t know—let’s have lunch first!
Antonio: You ate lunch a few minutes ago, blast it!
Hex: Really? Did I like it?
Faye: Who are these guys?
Spike: Don’t know—but this one is losing it.

[Faye and Spike watching Hex play chess]

Faye: What are we gonna do with him? The old duffers out of touch, he can’t recall yesterday let alone fifty years ago.
Spike: Lucky for him, Hex is no longer here. There’s no one left but an old man who loves to play games.

[Jet meeting with the Gate Corp CEO]

Gate Corp CEO: What’s your price to keep from leaking this thing to the press?
Jet: Just leave the old guy alone. Call off the bounty hunters, that’s all we ask. You see Ed would be unhappy if she lost her favorite chess partner and we wouldn’t want that to happen now would we?

[Ed still sitting at her e-chessboard]

Faye: Are you playing again?
Ed: Not again, Ed’s still playing.
Faye: You mean…you played the same game for a week!
Ed: [tired] Mm-hmm.
Faye: I see. Well, good luck Ed.

[Jonathan smoking and looking very relaxed]

Carlos: Yo newbie, you’re in a good mood today.
Jonathan: Howdie there guys.
Antonio: He’s an easy goin’ dude, ain’t he?
Jobim: Sure is Antonio, nice fella.

[Hex finally beating Ed at their game]

Hex: Checkmate. Checkmate!
Ed: Aaaaahhhh! He got me. [defeated]

[edit] My Funny Valentine

[edit] Black Dog Serenade

[edit] Mushroom Samba

[edit] Speak Like a Child

[edit] Wild Horses

[edit] Pierrot Le Fou

[edit] Boogie-Woogie Feng-Shui

[edit] Cowboy Funk

[edit] Brain Scratch

Woman on Television: "That is why our station has the strictest broadcasting policies, prohibiting programs such as the one you're watching!"

[edit] Hard Luck Woman

[edit] The Real Folk Blues (Part 1)

[edit] The Real Folk Blues (Part 2)

Spike: " I'm not going there to die. I'm going to find out if I'm really alive. "

Spike: " ... Bang ... "