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Sad spike cowboy bebop8/10/2023 “Pierrot Le Fou” comes in at episode twenty out of twenty-six, right at the beginning of Bebop ’s final stretch. ![]() Each session of Bebop goes roughly like this: opening in the middle of a bounty hunt, with Spike playing it cool and trying to find a lead a chase, usually leading to an encounter with the target when we least expect it an overlooked element that leads to things taking a turn for the worst, almost always leading to some combination of kung fu brawl and gunfight that leaves the crew in freefall new information emerging in said moments of violence that makes things somewhat clearer a space chase and finally a moment that knocks Spike flat on his back, leaving Jet to have to come and clean up the mess left behind. We’ve got a lot to cover, so let’s get started.Īs YouTuber Mother’s Basement explains in an excellent analysis of Bebop ’s iconic opening credits, each episode of the show tends to follow a similar set of story beats while subtly remixing them and discarding what isn’t needed to make it feel fresh each time. Today…we’re going to talk about “Pierrot Le Fou,” a full-on nightmare that stands as not only one of Bebop ’s finest moments, but as a rich, multilayered piece of horror that, to me, stands among some of the best pieces of horror I’ve ever seen-and once we’re done with that, we’re going to talk about something truly horrifying: the Netflix adaptation of this episode that thoroughly butchers it. It’s somewhat of a more comedic take on horror, and while it’s absolutely a fun watch, that’s not what we’re here to talk about today. Go ahead and watch the episode if you don’t believe me. ![]() Cowboy Bebop in fact has two episodes that fall into what we consider horror.įirst off, there’s “Toys In the Attic.” Several episodes of Bebop have a plot directly influenced by some piece of western cinema-for example, ”Black Dog Serenade” is basically Con Air in space, and “Toys In the Attic” basically plays off as Bebop ’s take on the one and only Alien -only the Alien is that thing in the back of your fridge that was thrown in three years ago and has long since been forgotten, not a seven-foot-tall H.R. While it’s true that Bebop isn’t a full-on, twenty-four/seven horror series, by its own nature, the show jumped from one genre to another from episode to episode. “But Tim, this is Horror Obsessive, why are you talking about Cowboy Bebop, that’s not horror at all!” Ah but you see, reader, you’d only be half correct.
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