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In his own words, '''Spike Spiegel''' is "just a humble bounty hunter." Little about his past is known, but at some point when he was younger he joined the [[Red Dragon Crime Syndicate]]. | In his own words, '''Spike Spiegel''' is "just a humble bounty hunter." Little about his past is known, but at some point when he was younger he joined the [[Red Dragon Crime Syndicate]]. | ||
Revision as of 20:57, 17 November 2005
In his own words, Spike Spiegel is "just a humble bounty hunter." Little about his past is known, but at some point when he was younger he joined the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate.
He was partnered and became friends with a man named Vicious, though the exact circumstances and how far they go back are unknown. During an accident he lost one of his eyes and had it replaced with a cybernetic one. Since then he's been seeing the past in one eye, and the present in the other. Spike and Vicious were obviously both being groomed for leadership positions when Spike met and fell for Vicious's girlfriend, Julia. Going behind Vicious's back, the two had an affair and Spike began plotting to fake his death and run off with her. Vicious learned of the plot and ordered Julia to kill Spike, but she chose to run instead. When Julia did not show up at the meeting place, Spike left.
Later on Spike met and teamed up with an ex-cop named Jet Black, and for three years the two were bounty hunters, bought an old fishing ship and named it The Bebop, and traveled the solar system hoping to get rich. During their travels they were joined by Faye Valentine, a Data Dog named Ein, and a hacker named Ed.
Eventually Vicious used Faye to lure Spike into a trap, in which Spike was nearly killed. With the rest of the crew, Spike formed an unspoken friendship (though one none would ever admit to) and an uneasy partnership in the case of Faye.
Eventually, Spike again found Julia at the same time that Vicious succeeded in his coup and took control of the syndicate. Julia was later killed in a firefight, and Spike knew what he had to do. He returned to the Bebop for a last meal with Jet and exchanged final words with Faye before flying off alone to Red Dragon headquarters, fighting his way through the entire skyscraper. Battered, beaten, and shot, he and Vicious had their final duel. In the end, as he killed Vicious, his enemy's katana sliced open his midsection. Spike died moments after Vicious did, and is presumed to have found peace in his last moments.
