Name: Jet Black Age: 36 Gender: Male Occupation: Bounty Hunter Jet Black is the closest thing to an authority figure you'll find aboard the Bebop. Formerly an agent within the ISSP, Jet quit, disgusted with the corruption he found prevalent throught the interstellar police force. Jet now finds himself himself a bounty hunter alongside Spike and the rest of the crew of the Bebop, his beloved ship. Jet is a calm, thoughtful man, who maintains a cool head throughtout the many ordeals he's found himself in since teaming up with Spike. Much preferring to tend his bonsai then to go dashing off frantically on a risky case, Jet often clashes with the more headstrong Spike, even going so far as to banish him from the ship on more than one occasion, though never for long. Jet's past is nearly as mysterious as Spike's, for the real reason he left the ISSP, as well as the origin of his prosthetic arm, remain unknown, even to Spike. As the most senior member of the Bebop's eccentric crew, as well as the captain of the Bebop Jet is perhaps the closest thing the crew has to a leader, and often acts the guiding hand behind the gang's misadventures.
Name: Spike Spiegel Age: 21 Gender: Male Occupation: Bounty Hunter A laid back bounty hunter with a mysterious past and a questionable future, Spike Spiegel isn't your typical animé hero. And with his lanky build, breezy demeanor and retro fashion sense, he's not your typical action hero either. Yet somehow he pulls off being both, pulling off truly spectacluar feats of physical dexterixty in combat (using what seems to be a mix of Jeet Kun Do and his own moves) and his truly carefree attitude towards putting himself (and occasionally others) at risk. Spike's past is an enigma that is gradually unfolded throughout the course of the series. Initially all that's known is that Spike worked for the Red Dragon Mafia on Mars, and three years ago faked his own death in order to escape the organization. Once out he ended up meeting with Jet Black, a former ISSP (a sort of interstellar plocie force) officer who quit the force after a double cross cost him his arm. Together they decided to skirt the edge of the law as bounty hunters, and its during this time period that the show takes place.
Name: Faye Valentine Age: 23 Gender: Female Occupation: Bounty Hunter The heroine of the series, Faye Valentine is beautiful, smart and deadly. Not to mention insane. As comfortable blowing up a building as she is putting on lipstick, Faye is one woman you don't want to cross. And with her oddly designed, but heavily armed Redtail space superiority fighter, not even space is safe. Faye's past is a mystery, even to her. Seems that while spending some time (54 years to be exact) in cryogenic suspension, an accident caused her to lose her memory, making it even harder for her to explain to the doctor that woke her up why she can't paint the enormous medical bill she accrued. On the lamb with a huge price on her head, Faye discovered her calling as a bounty hunter. Nowadays she hangs out on the Bebop of course, eating constantly, torturing Ein, and generally making life difficult for everybody while trying to pay back the creditors that track her every move.
Name: Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV (AKA ED) Age: 13 Gender: Female Occupation: Hacker/Bounty Hunter Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, or Ed as she(yes she) is more commonly known is the Bebop's resident hacker and computer expert. An orphan who grew up on the devastated remains of the Earth, Ed lived underground in the technologically advanced society that remained on the Earth after the destruction caused during the "Gate Incident". Living without ever knowing her parents Ed took it upon herself to get a name, resulting in her outlandish moniker. Growing up without parental restraints in a land of technology Ed quickly picked up the tools of the hacker trade, and along with her trusty laptop "Tomato" became feared as the hacking genius "Radical Edward". Spike, Jet and Faye caught up with Ed while pursuing a bounty and soon found themselves with a persistent stowaway. Ed's personality is best described as "raving lunacy" (to put it politely). Often prone to random bursts of unintelligible gibberish, non-sensical songs and bizarre acts of flexibility (the girl can use a keyboard with her toes for crying out loud) Ed is seen as something along the lines of a crazy pet by the rest of the crew. Though eccentric to say the least, Ed, along with her bosom buddy Ein the superintelligent Corgi, always comes through in a pinch, and can't be matched for sheer know-how in the field of information technology.
Name: Ein Age: Unknown Gender: Male Occupation: Pet/Mascot/Data Dog More than just your average quadraped, Ein is a genetically engineered "data dog", a superintelligent canine developed illegally by a shady corporation for unknown reasons. Though no one on the show seems to realize exactly how special Ein is, we see him do a variety of strange feats, opening car doors via control panels, answering video phones, etc, proving that he's more tha meets the eye. Ein first joined up with Spike and his crew in Session 2, "Stray Dog Strut". In which Spike rescued him from profit-minded petnapper Abdul Hakim. Even though Spike says he hates "kids and critters" he still goes out of his way to save Ein from falling off a bridge, which in turn led to the escape of Hakim, though he didnt get very far (Hakim crashed a stolen car into a nearby police station). Once aboard the Bebop Ein becomes a strange cross between a pet and a toy. Over the course of the series, the long suffering Ein is slept on, doodled on, forced to watch as Faye eats his dog food (!) and generally picked on/tortured. Most of the time Ein can be seen following around/being commandeered by Ed, who he seems to like for no particular reason, especially since Ed does some of the strangest things of all to him (hallucinogenic mushrooms ayone?). But through it all, Ein holds his head up (relatively) high and just strives to be the best darn mascot he can be.
