Cowboy Bebop
Anime • 1998 • Sci-Fi
ReportThe space Western story follows Spike Spiegel and his rag-tag crew of bounty hunters, or Cowboys, as they try to capture the galaxy's worst criminals and survive the unexpected dangers they encounter throughout space, sometimes saving the world in the process but always leaving millions in damages. Live action adaptation of the Japanese TV show.
This anime contains 52 potentially triggering events.
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Is there body horror?
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cosmichorn
episode 4, humans are tortured by being transformed into something else against their will
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Pedroemo
Many characters are introduced without giving a proper goodbye, some sre nust for conveniencesake but other ties in with one of the themes from the anime, where characters finds it really hard to to let go of things, either it being feelings or people.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
22 supporters
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LadyOfDawn
This is the backstory of one of the main characters, though it only comes up in the episode "Hard Luck Woman"
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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FableAgainIGuess
The main characters are bounty hunters who track down criminals. They look for clues on their whereabouts on their computer and by asking around.
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FableAgainIGuess
The main antagonist couple in episode 1 is shown to have a very toxic relationship. There is no hitting and very little shouting except for near the end. This is also when one of them ends up shooting the other dead.
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Anonymous
There is no child abuse but it is implied that prior to the show Ed was abandoned (neglected) by her father.
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Addiction
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Anonymous
In addition, one episode ('Mushroom Samba') is about the group getting ahold of a huge ammount of 'shrooms and their adventures in Never-Never Land whilst high as sattelites.
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Is there addiction?
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FableAgainIGuess
In the first episode a character is shown to be addicted to eye spray drugs. He uses the drugs and later in the episode he is very frantic to use them again, which might also be withdrawal symptoms.
In Jupiter Jazz, a character talks about being experimented on using addictive drugs.
In Jupiter Jazz, a character talks about being experimented on using addictive drugs.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Anonymous
Social and private drinking throughout.
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Animal
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leee
no, but there is a scene in “stray dog strut” where a dog is sprayed something that makes him fall unconscious. we see the dog recovered in the same episode.
in “toys in the attic” a dog is seen lying on the floor with a non graphic injury (it appears as a purple spot) & his tongue sticking out of his mouth, but he’s audibly whimpering.
in “toys in the attic” a dog is seen lying on the floor with a non graphic injury (it appears as a purple spot) & his tongue sticking out of his mouth, but he’s audibly whimpering.
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Are animals abused?
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Blackfeathr
In the episode introducing Ein, there is a scene where he gets sprayed by the antagonist using something that causes him to temporarily fall unconscious. He recovers shortly after. Spike also jokes about eating Ein at the end of the episode.
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Is there a dead animal?
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pinkwill
dead lizard and scorpion appear briefly in the 11th episode. a scorpion is cut in half in a flashback in episode 13.
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Does a pet die?
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hotaruin0
However, in an episode where a mysterious creature is biting people, the dog also gets bitten and the sounds can be a bit distressing.
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Are there snakes?
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Anonymous
Reptillian pets in 'Stray Dog Strut'
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Are there bugs?
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cyanideteabags
There is a cockroach put into a drink in the second episode
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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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FableAgainIGuess
Characters are regularly restrained, both with rope, handcuffs or just by physically restraining them. Faye, one of the female main characters, gets restrained especially often.
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leee
there’s a scene in episode 7 where a group of men attempt to assault a waitress.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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FableAgainIGuess
There are characters who use bladed weapons like swords or knives.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Rubylux
In the first episode “Asteroid Blues” Spike is strangled from behind to the point of losing consciousness
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Is there amputation?
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alicia15
there's no on-screen amputation, but one of the main characters discusses how he lost his arm. he has a prosthesis for the whole series except for in a few flashbacks.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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FableAgainIGuess
People regularly have their teeth knocked out during fight scenes.
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Is someone tortured?
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leee
In Pierrot le Fou
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Does someone fall to their death?
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pedroemolk
ok who?????
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Is there eye mutilation?
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redrosy
The first episode’s antagonist hoards & sells a red drug that is administered by being sprayed onto the eyes. The scenes of him using it are pretty disturbing.
Episode 6 also has a shot in the beginning of someone’s eye being held open by machinery, but doesn’t feature again
Episode 6 also has a shot in the beginning of someone’s eye being held open by machinery, but doesn’t feature again
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Is there excessive gore?
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Pedroemo
There's violent scenes, but nothing too graphic or repulsive. The gore is kept at a minimum.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Anonymous
In one episode, a young (early teens) gangster is killed for stealing the plant the rest of them wanted to make into drugs.
In 'Pierrot le Fou,' the antagonist mentally regresses to early childhood and is run over by a parade float.
In 'Pierrot le Fou,' the antagonist mentally regresses to early childhood and is run over by a parade float.
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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cosmichorn
end of episode one
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Does someone die?
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Pedroemo
Death is frequent throughout the series.
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Disability
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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FableAgainIGuess
In Sympathy For The Devil, the antagonist's parents die very horrifically in the astral gate incident, an event which in this context could be likened to the falling of an atomic bomb. The child survives and is seen standing up from the wreckage with one of his parent's burnt body hanging off him.
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Does someone cheat?
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pedroemolk
There is, In the episode 13 is shown that spik did cheated on vicious with julia, that the reason why they hate eacth other
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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pikachucetthesecond
In Episode 20 "Pierrot le Fou" a meowing cat toy is blown to pieces by the villain during a panic attack.
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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leee
there are no jump scares in the traditional scene (that i can remember), but there are sudden noises that happen in tense situations.
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Is someone possessed?
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FableAgainIGuess
Not in the traditional sense, but in Brain Scratch people are shown to be brainwashed.
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Are there clowns?
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Melange Gel
The episode Pierrot le Fou" has a clown villain.
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Is there a shower scene?
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SodaButt
Breasts are shown
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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MaximTomato
In episode 2, "Stray Dog Strut", a man is force fed a drink with a bug, then it happens. He is turned around so you don't see anything, but you can hear it and it may be triggering. You can skip from around 5:30 to 5:50 to be safe.
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Does someone spit?
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LadyOfDawn
Spike does the absolutely most disgusting noise when he spits out the cigarette he swallowed in "Honky Tonk Women"
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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FableAgainIGuess
9/11 hadn't happened yet when this anime was made.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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LadyOfDawn
The ISSP is shown as a systemically corrupt organization. While the main cast are bounty hunters, the whole bounty hunting system is shown as merciless and causes more trouble to innocent people than anything
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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atthehuskinbee
In Pierrot le Fou, the antagonist is shown in a mental institution being studied by doctors and perturbed by the doctor's cat.
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Mental Health
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Is autism misrepresented?
19 supporters
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Pedroemo
No character has autism
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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FableAgainIGuess
You could say that this applies to the antagonist in Pierrot le Fou. I mean, it's even in the name: 'fou' means mad or crazy.
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Is there misophonia?
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FableAgainIGuess
In Pierrot le Fou, the antagonist suffers of flashbacks when he hears the sound of a cat meowing. I'm not sure if this qualifies, but it's definitely the closest Cowboy Bebop comes to misophonia.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Ryuu
In Pierrot le Fou towards the end of the episode, it's quite sad
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Anonymous
Teensy-ass spaceship cockpits, and one episode ('Heavy Metal Queen') involves narrow mining tunnels.
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MariaClocktower
A cult like group seems to manipulate offscreen characters into suicide during the setup of one episode
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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FableAgainIGuess
There's shaky cam basically whenever there's a scene where they fight with their smaller spaceships. It's used most often when they have to manoeuvre quickly or make a tight turn, to show the rattling of the machinery.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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DeenGray
Some moderate language (i.e "shit," "son of a bitch," "goddammit").
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Anonymous
If you simply dislike strobe effects, you are okay. However if you are photosensitive or have epilepsy, the animation around the gunshots and also background animation at times (such as the ground when they are moving very quickly) can have a strobe like effect.
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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FableAgainIGuess
In the first episode there's a woman the audience is led to believe is pregnant, but it's part of a disguise and she's not pregnant at all.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Anonymous
The only instance of a 'pregnant' woman in the show is a woman hiding a shipment of drugs in a pillowcase hidden in her dress.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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pedroemolk
There a extra characther called Fatty, although, he is treated with respect.
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Anonymous
This is a little subjective. There is one character who is intersex and states that they are neither male nor female, but does not state their pronouns. That character is frequently referred to as He. Also, Edward always speaks in third person and never states preferred pronouns, and is referred throughout the show as He and She. Both characters are asked if they are a boy or a girl, multiple times.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Meros
In the german dub Jet calls Ed "schwulinski" which somehow translates into faggot
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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theodrred
In episode 12: Jupiter Jazz, there is a transmisogynistic caricature of a sex worker. There are other transphobic moment in that & the following episode where a character with an ambiguous gender is forcibly outed when someone walks in on them in the shower. They are transmisogyny-aligned and I would say the treatment of this character is quite fetishistic & disrespectful at times.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Anonymous
A gay intersex character dies, the scene of and after his death are very sad.
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Relationships
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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atthehuskinbee
There's a few instances of nudity and a few flashes of characters having sex, though nothing is shown.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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FableAgainIGuess
Faye regularly dresses in skimpy clothes and gets a lot of lewd looks. One could argue that's what she wants and it's sexually empowering to her. One could also argue she's a victim of the male gaze.
There's also a scene in the first episode where a group of old men oogle the breasts of a woman. The same can be said for her, since she might've been showing them off, so she might've been toying with them.
There's also a scene in the first episode where a group of old men oogle the breasts of a woman. The same can be said for her, since she might've been showing them off, so she might've been toying with them.
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Are there nude scenes?
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FableAgainIGuess
There's a scene at the very end of Jupiter Jazz part 1 where breasts are shown. The "previously on..." scene at the beginning of Jupiter Jazz part 2 does show that scene again, but the breasts are cut out of the frame.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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wolves
Yes, leaving a comment to hide spoiler
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Vehicular
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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MariaClocktower
While not nuclear, there are massive explosions caused by very powerful small materials
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Is there blood/gore?
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FableAgainIGuess
There is blood and/or gore in almost every episode.
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Is there gun violence?
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MariaClocktower
The main characters use guns frequently, many characters are shot dead throughout
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