Jet Black quotes from Cowboy Bebop

Spike

"Next time", "we'll make money"? Jet, is she saying what I'm thinking she's saying, cause if she is...

Jet

I don't know and I have no opinion.

Spike

Man, she's taking a shower in our shower. That's not OK, right?

Jet

Don't know, I have no opinion.

Spike

...fine, I'll go tell her myself.

Jet

Mmmm... huh?- Wait, Spike! [three gunshots are heard] Bad move, Spike-o!

Jet

Let me tell you something. You're not gonna get any reward money from Mao. [Spike inserts bullets into a magazine] He's already dead. Assassinated. Internal politics. Between rival crime syndicates. You understand? It's a trap!

Spike

Yeah, I know. I know the whole sad story. [inserts magazine into his pistol]

Jet

And you're still going? Wait, does this have to do with Mao?

Spike

Yeah. I have a debt to pay off.

Jet

You wanted to know what happened to my arm.

Spike

Huh? [Jet holds the wrist of his prosthetic arm]

Jet

This is what I've paid. Yeah, for being too gung-ho and running ahead of the game. You get the point?

Spike

I don't want to do this, Jet.

Jet

Then why are you?

Spike

Let's just say my past is catching up to me.

Jet

Damn, that blues-harp sounds sweet. I knew it would.

Spike

Heh... I thought you like jazz.

Jet

Don't be dense. I started wailing the blues when the doctor whacked my bottom on the day I was born.

Spike

A baby hipster, very cool.

Jet

Yo! Hey, Fatty! Fatty River, long time no see!

Oh! Who'd have guessed, if it isn't Jet Black! [they both pat each other's shoulders] Well, well, when the hell did you blow in?

Jet

How about you? You're lookin' pretty cheery. What happened, did you catch a nice big one? [both laughing out loud]

Jet

I had no idea you were a fan of the blues, Fatty!

You kidding me? I listened to the blues when I was still in my father's sack, if you know what I mean!

Jet

When the Gate exploded, a coordinate system was created from the resulting twists in hyperspace—a kind of singularity that drew in vast amounts of energy, enclosing and crystallising them into a single faceted stone, the gem that makes up this ring. The same energy broke Wen's circadian rhythm. His pineal body continually produces a substance like melatonin that inhibits ageing. That's the theory in a nutshell. Get the picture?

Spike

Yeah, as if.

Jet

[sighs] I don't either. Which simply means, there's no way to know for sure until we stick the gem into the kid and find out.

Jet

Anything could happen. It could blow sky high the moment it hits.

Spike

..Kinda makes it interesting.

Faye

It's so ugly... and pieces of it are still broken!

Jet

[mutters] Too bad it wasn't your mouth that was broken.

Faye

I heard that.

Spike

I'm gonna have to pass this time.

Jet

You're leaving me alone with her?

Spike

Yeah, what's the problem? She's all gung-ho about this thing, y'know.

Jet

I'm not the type to be led around by a woman.

Spike

Then you'll have to lead her around.

Jet

I'm even less the type to do that.

Faye

Hackers are nerdy, pasty, tubby little geeks with triple-thick glasses, and this one is probably a demented otaku with smelly feet, so catching him will be a breeze.

Jet

Is that right? And what do you know about hackers, anyway? It might've been like that when you were young, but that was a long time ago.

Faye

What are you trying to say, Jet? That I'm starting to get old like you?

Jet

Well, you can't tell a woman's age by looking—oww! [Faye rams her heel into his foot]

Faye

And you can't tell what a woman will DO by looking, so you'll have to be very careful.

Jet

Same with a snake!

Spike

[chuckles] You two make a lovely couple.

Faye

I'm waiting!

Spike

Jet, do you know that there are three things that I particularly hate?

Jet

Really?

Spike

Kids, animals, and women with attitudes. So tell me, Jet... WHY DO WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THEM NEATLY GATHERED IN OUR SHIP!?!?

Jet

I'll do this. You can go back.

Spike

You are not gonna let him go, are ya?

Jet

When I was a cop this was my beat. I'm the Black Dog, and once I bite, I don't let go. I have no regrets about her, but I'll settle this score on my own terms.

Spike

Sense of justice and duty, huh...

Spike

I'm gonna go look.

Jet

You're not!

Spike

I'm gonna go look for my woman. You can go look for the other one.

Jet

So you're not gonna help me, are you? [long pause] That's it! You've really gone too far. Then don't come back, there won't be a place for you. [Spike puts his coat in the cockpit]

Spike

That's your call, pal. [Jet grunts] Anyway, at least you won't be lonely now, not with your weird roommates.

Jet

My roommates?! That's why you've been staying here?! You're being stupid! It's been three years since I teamed up with you, but I never knew you had such ridiculous ideas about this thing. What a joke! And I thought you were the one who was lonely!

Spike

I'm glad we cleared that up.

Jet

Good riddance! [walks off, Spike gets into ship] At least I'll be able to keep some food in the place now! [Spike inserts engine key] I never did understand you, right to the very end!

Spike

I don't understand, either.

Jet

[shows photo of Faye to the Blue Crow bartender] Are you sure it was this woman?

Oh, yeah. It's been six months since I saw a woman in the flesh, and two years since I saw a girl that good-looking. Trust me, I wouldn't make a mistake about that.

Jet

[to himself] Man, I sure wouldn't want to live around here.

She sat over there talking to Gren. [Jet sees a lone bar stool] Julia used to sit in that same seat.

Jet

Julia?

About two years ago, she wandered in out of the blue. Month later, she disappeared.

Jet

Yeah? What kinda girl was she?

She was a real woman.

Jet

This is a game, all planned out in advance. You Gate guys know exactly what I'm talkin' about. You put a bounty out on some mastermind who may not even exist, which means you don't want the police to know who's really behind this. You suits are using us bounty hunters like pawns, and I don't appreciate it. [the boss pauses for a beat]

Bounty hunters should look for bounties. I suggest you do that. Maybe you used to work for the ISSP, maybe not. Either way, you'd be wise to drop this line of inquiry. [turns away] Our guest is leaving now. Make sure he's escorted out of the building.

Faye

So, listen, guys. Why don't we all pony up the information we have on this case, and agree to spilt the bounty three ways. Whaddaya say?

Spike

You're kidding, right? You're the one who said to work separately. "Each one gathering the facts and examining them"?

Jet

Occasional rivalry between comrades is healthy. I believe that's the way you put it.

Jet

You think it's safe to leave 'em alone?

Spike

Worried about him or her?

Jet

I'm afraid she might let him escape or something.

Spike

Well, she'd have to have a heart to do that.

Jet

Don't be fooled 'cause she acts tough. Babes like her are the first ones that go soft when it comes an old boyfriend.

Spike

Is that right?

Jet

Women are hopeless. They don't work on reason.