Cowboy Bebop fans new and old are watching the original anime and the new live-action Netflix show, and they may like a recap of what events happen in both series. Every episode of the live-action series is adapted from an episode of the anime, though not in the exact same order as the anime.

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Some episodes pull heavily from the anime, featuring the same characters and plot points. Other episodes just feature the basic structure of the anime episode, or they adapt select elements. Spoilers for both shows follow.

Asteroid Blues

Katerina from the first episode of Cowboy Bebop, in her anime and live-action forms

"Asteroid Blues," the anime's 1st episode, inspired the 1st live-action episode, "Cowboy Gospel." Both episodes feature the drug dealer Asimov and his love interest, Katerina. In both, the drug is called Red Eye, a shootout at a bar leaves Asimov's contact dead, and Katerina allows herself to be killed by flying her ship into a police blockade (despite Spike trying to stop her). Both also feature Katerina's fake pregnancy being a cover for her holding the vials of Red Eye, and a bullet revealing the vials.

Notable differences in "Cowboy Gospel" include the introduction of Faye during this story, Asimov and Katerina being married instead of just dating, and Faye fatally shooting Asimov instead of Katerina. In "Asteroid Blues," Katerina shoots Asimov when she realizes she's lost him.

Stray Dog Strut

Split image of Ein at his food bowl & Ein being hugged by Faye in Cowboy Bebop.

The anime's 2nd episode is "Stray Dog Strut," and it inspired the 3rd episode of the Netflix show, "Dog Star Swing." Both episodes largely feature the bounty Abdul Hakim and the loveable Corgi Ein. Both have Hakim using a disguise and Ein being one of Cowboy Bebop's smartest characters.

In "Stray Dog Strut," Hakim had plastic surgery, while he used a digital mask in "Dog Star Swing." Also, the bounty on the anime's Hakim was because he stole Ein, a valuable data dog. The live-action show had it down to him being a murderer. Hakim still steals Ein and other dogs in "Dog Star Swing."

Gateway Shuffle

Cowboy Bebop Space Warriors Anime Live-Action

"Gateway Shuffle," the anime's 4th episode, inspired the 4th live-action episode, "Callisto Soul." Both episodes feature Maria Murdock, an ecoterrorist with her children as her henchman. Both versions find Murdock having a love for the Ganymede Searat and being very critical of her children. Both end with Murdock being a victim of her own weaponized virus.

The largest difference comes with Murdock's virus. In "Gateway Shuffle," the virus turns humans into monkeys. In "Callisto Soul," it turns people into trees. In the anime, Murdock's son Harrison is turned into a monkey for disappointing his mother. In live-action, Harrison is her daughter who can never please her.

Ballad of Fallen Angels

Split image of Vicious standing & Vicious after a fight in Cowboy Bebop.

"Ballad of Fallen Angels," the anime's 5th episode, inspired "Supernova Symphony," the 10th episode and season finale of the Netflix series. Both episodes find Spike and Vicious facing off for the first time in the present day with a climactic fight in a church. Spike is also trying to rescue a kidnapping victim in both stories, and an identical shot happens with Spike and Vicious holding their weapons on each other. Like other episodes, there's dialogue adapted word-for-word, like Vicious asking Spike, "Then why are you still alive?!"

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In "Ballad of Fallen Angels," Vicious kidnaps Faye, while it's Jet and his daughter in "Supernova Symphony." The anime has Vicious shooting Spike, which leads to him falling through a stained-glass window, but in a big twist, the live-action series finds Julia shooting Spike before he falls through the same window. Anime Spike ends up in full-body cast aboard the Bebop, while live-action Spike falls in the water and crawls out.

Black Dog Serenade

Jet looks at a computer screen in Cowboy Bebop.

The anime's 16th episode, "Black Dog Serenade," inspired the 5th Netflix episode, "Darkside Tango." Both episodes focus on Jet, one of Cowboy Bebop's most likable characters. The stories show his past as a police officer, his investigation of Udai Taxim, the loss of his arm, and the betrayal by his partner on the police force. In both stories, Jet's partner reveals his betrayal when he kills Taxim, and Jet then kills his partner in self-defense.

"Darkside Tango" finds Jet specifically thinking his ex-wife's new husband was the cop who betrayed him. It also adds a subplot where Spike and Faye bond while trying to choose a bounty to go after.

Speak Like A Child

Split image of Faye sitting down & faye with a knife outside in Cowboy Bebop.

The anime's 18th episode was "Speak Like a Child," and it was the inspiration for the live-action show's 7th episode, "Galileo Hustle." Both center around a tape that reveals a young Faye (before she's cryogenically frozen for decades) in the past giving a message to her future self. The message and the other contents of the tape are nearly identical in the two shows, and both have Faye watching the tape in shock.

"Speak Like a Child" is one of Cowboy Bebop's saddest episodes. In it, a Betamax tape is delivered to the Bebop with Faye's name on it, and Spike and Jet go looking for a Beta player. "Galileo Hustle" changes it to a VHS tape found in Faye's indetikit. The anime episode "My Funny Valentine" establishes that a man who wanted to pass on his debt was behind Faye's troubles, while the live-action show has a con artist posing as Faye's mother being responsible.

Pierrot Le Fou

Superimposed image of the animated and live-action versions of Pierrot smiling in Cowboy Bebop.

"Pierrot le Fou," the anime's 20th episode, inspired the 8th live-action episode, "Sad Clown-A-Go-Go." Both have the villain Mad Pierrot, a skilled assassin who was experimented upon. Pierrot has a maniacal laugh in both versions. He fights Spike in similar fights, complete with a silhouette on a wall from the fight both times.

"Pierrot le Fou" establishes Pierrot having trauma associated with cats, because of a cat that was present at the experiments. "Sad Clown A-Go-Go" changes the trauma to dogs, with Ein specifically making him remember a Corgi at the experiments.

Cowboy Funk

Cowboy Bebop Teddy Bomber Anime Live Action

The 22nd anime episode, "Cowboy Funk," inspired the live-action show's 2nd episode, "Venus Pop." The similarity is mostly contained to the villain Teddy Bomber, who uses bombs in teddy bears.

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"Cowboy Funk" mostly features Spike competing against a rival bounty hunter named Andy, while "Venus Pop" includes a subplot of Spike going to see Ana. The live-action Teddy Bomber mostly wears a bear mask, while the anime's Teddy only briefly wears it.

Brain Scratch

Multiple TVs show an image of a man with white hair in Cowboy Bebop.

The anime's 23rd episode, "Brain Scratch," inspired "Binary Two-Step," the 6th live-action episode. Both episodes deal with the team tracking Dr. Londes, who is somehow freeing minds. Both episodes also have Dr. Londes communicating through a stack of TVs, and both reveal that Dr. Londes doesn't actually exist.

The anime reveals Londes is actually a teenage hacker who fell into a coma, while the live-action series portrays Londes as an AI. "Binary Two-Step" also uses the Londes VR to put Spike in a Groundhog Day situation and flesh out his relationship with Julia. Spike has to fight back with his mind, whereas he normally handles things physically as Cowboy Bebop's strongest character.

The Real Folks Blues: Part 1

Split image of Spike and Vicious in the anime & live-action versions of Cowboy Bebop.

The 25th episode of the anime, "The Real Folk Blues: Part 1," inspired the live-action show's 9th episode, "Blue Crow Waltz." Both episodes show flashbacks to what happened between Spike, Vicious, and Julia.

The anime goes back and forth between the past and present, while the live-action show specifically focuses on the past. "Blue Crow Waltz" also specifically goes into Vicious and Spike's friendship.

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

Spike points a gun in a store in Cowboy Bebop: The Movie.

While technically not an episode, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie was the inspiration for the first and last scenes of the season. The movie's opening scene is translated to the opening scene of the Netflix show, and the movie's villain is mentioned by Ed in the last scene of the season.

While the movie opens in a convenience store and the Netflix show in a casino, most of the scene remains the same. In both, a robbery is occurring, Spike enters with headphones on, Jet shows up, one henchman is in the bathroom, and Spike answers an old woman's question of who they are with "Just a humble bounty hunter, ma'am." Ed's appearance at the end of "Supernova Symphony" has her mentioning Volaju, "the butterfly man." Vincent Volaju is the villain of the movie, and his virus makes people see butterflies when exposed to it.

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