Spike Spiegel quotes from Cowboy Bebop

Spike

I’m just an old-fashioned cowboy.

Spike

I hate kids and pets. They’re all a royal pain in the butt!

Spike

Well, here’s another great moment in the legend of Spike, famous bounty hunter and dog walker.

Spike

The music box is broken, or is it? It starts to play and a haunting tune fills the air. I awake suddenly from my dream, there is no music box and yet there it is, a tiny one, nestled in my hand and I awake from the dream again as if I were peeling an onion. It’s a dream no matter how far I go; I can never reach reality, trapped in an endless nightmare.

Spike

And what was the real lesson? Don't leave things in the fridge.

Spike

Most things get better when I kick them...

Spike

Whatever happens, happens.

Spike

'You're like a kid with a toy... You're the one that can't tell fantasy from reality. You're the one who lives in the little dots of light. If you want to dream, just do it by yourself!

Spike

Bang...

Jet Black

Asimov Solensan. He's our next target. [Spike looks uninterested to his dinner]

Spike Spiegel

Uh, listen, Jet...

Jet

This guy's a major player in the syndicate, operates all around the asteroids.

Spike

You said "bell peppers and beef"...

Jet

His name's Asimov Solensan. Are you listening to me?

Spike

There's no beef in here. So, you wouldn't really call it "bell peppers and beef" now, would you?

Jet

[pause] Yes, I would.

Spike

Well, it's not!

Jet

It is when you're broke, all right?

Spike

What happened to the million woolong reward we got for that last guy?

Jet

The repair bill for the cruiser you wrecked, and the one from the shop you trashed, and the medical bill from the cop you injured killed the dough! [both pause for a long beat] Now, three days ago, there was a big shootout between his group and a rival syndicate. He killed his own guys then took off like the wind. Word is, he's hiding out with some sweet thing in Tijuana.

Spike

TJ? That place is for small fries.

Jet

Yeah, well, this small fry is worth two-and-a-half million.

Spike

I don't feel like it.

Jet

Speaking of beef, they say in TJ, "the carnitas are out of this world"...

Spike

This is real mystic and all, but uh, do you have anything to eat here?

[Stomach growls]

Spike

I see.

The red-eyed coyote will appear in the Zona Norte at the far end of town. That is what I see.

Spike

A red-eyed coyote north of town?

You, Swimming Bird.

Spike

Hm?

The Swimming Bird will meet a woman. The bird will be hunted by this woman, and then-- death.

Spike

[beat] One more time.

What's that?

Spike

I was killed once before... by a woman.

You take women too lightly, my friend.

Spike

On the contrary. Catch ya' later. [he exits the tent]

Wakan Tanka, guide his spirit.

Jet

Having ourselves a little nap, huh?

Spike

I had a sweet dream.

Pet shop? What kind?

Spike

The shady kind.

Listen, bro, here's the deal. You can buy anything here on Mars from guns to human lives. And of course, choice information can be purchased as well. So if you wanna know something, let me see some cash. [Spike looks at a pair of long black nunchucks]

Spike

Hmm. Long chain on this one. Way of the Dragon model?

Hey, pretty good eye! That's a rare one from back in the mid-30s. [Spike tries using the nunchucks]

Spike

Yeah, it's an antique for sure.

So are you a bounty hunter, or some animal rights chump?

Spike

You know, you really make me laugh, Hakim--risking your life for a dog that’s only worth a fistful of woolongs.

What's it to you?

Spike

Nothin' but a giggle, but you're worth a barrel full of woolongs yourself, my friend.

Spike

[at the park holding the Welsh Corgi on lead] Why don't you do this part?

Jet

Complaining again. Didn’t your grandmother ever tell you that a good boy has to finish what he starts?

Spike

My grandmother died before I was born.

Jet

My condolences.