Jet Black
Also known as: Black Dog, Running Rock
The Bebop's owner and cook, an ex-ISSP cop who lost his arm and his faith in the system on Ganymede and keeps bonsai instead of grudges. The Black Dog bites and never lets go — mostly of the strays he pretends he isn't feeding.
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Spike Spiegel
5k works
A jazz-limbed bounty hunter aboard the Bebop, formerly the Red Dragon Syndicate's best killer, sleepwalking through space until his past with Julia and Vicious catches up. One eye sees the present, one the past — and the ending stays argued about forever.
Faye Valentine
3k works
A debt-ridden gambler woken from 54 years of cryosleep with no memory and no one left, who joined the Bebop intending to rob it and accidentally found a home. The betamax tape of her teenage self cheering her on is the show's gentlest gut-punch.
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Jet Black is primarily featured in gen (non-romantic) fanfiction, though some shipping content exists.
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