Cowboy Bebop - Session 20 Pierrot Le Fou - Group Reaction

[@supersomeone9032]

Spike has different colored eyes and when light reflected off of it, it gave Pierrot some Vietnam flashbacks of the cat

[@lylehimself9287]

vietnam flashbacks haha this is gold~

[@Otokichi786]

"Vietnam flashbacks"? Do you mean PTSD from the government experiments? (I doubt that Pierrot came within a continent of SE Asia.)

[@banditpicasso]

@@Otokichi786 I know I’m late, but the term “Vietnam flashbacks” is a meme. He intended to use the term as a joke.

[@jamesllyod944]

I have been told by a friend it was to show that Spike basically has the red eye from the first episode constantly.

[@supersomeone9032]

@@jamesllyod944 idk if u finished the show but it’s for a diff reason

[@MagusMirificus]

Fun fact: this episode was partly conceived as a tribute to Batman: The Animated Series. Pierrot is a bit of an amalgamation of a bunch of villains from that show, and the noir-esque style, especially in the fist scene, is directly influenced by that show.

[@Shad0wmoses]

hey just wondering but do you think that alchemist from FMA that got murdered by Scar was a reference to this? He looks just like Mad Pierrot and also the setting that scar fights him is almost like the one spike fights him in (some city alley with a canal/waterway running near by) *also yea this episode totally felt like a stand alone batman TAS episode*

[@apoorvanand1517]

Joker by behaviour and personality and Penguin by costume and weaponry. He invited Spike to an amusement park like in the Killing Joke. He was also on a Penguin ride. Apart from those two of who he is a combination, Pierrot is also based on a lesser known Batman villain called Tally Man.

[@rellikbackwards2308]

Michael Mathers No one cares

[@TimedRevolver]

Um...you do know that people who worked on this episode worked on Batman: The Animated Series, right? Why do you think that intro feels so familiar?

[@suncore598]

I love how crazy this episode is. Mad Pierrot is scarier than Vicious.

[@Scrumshiz]

He has the body of the Penguin, the relentless will of the Terminator and the face of Hide the Pain Harold. Truly the stuff of nightmares.

[@pitaalfereti58]

That implies that Vicious was any amount of scary.

[@ralife11379]

This is my favorite episode, mostly because of that final moment. This seemingly invincible killing machine that can deflect bullets and fly reduced to a crying child. His screams pulled at my heart, I honestly nearly cried as I heard him cry for his mother. The fact that this show made me care for a character that was trying to kill the main character to that degree in a single episode (arguably the final ten minutes of the episode) Is a testament to this shows ability to bring meaning to something in very few words and basically no time.

[@lightningleopard9339]

Bro this was like one of the saddest episodes the way he begged for his mom and the fact he was a normal human being who was forced to be experimented on. A poor man with a mind of a toddler

[@FearlessGamer27]

I gotta agree, one of my favorite episodes of this entire series. The menace Mad Pierrot had really fed into the moment where we finally see him get hurt and revert to a child screaming for his mom. The music and sound design of this episode was also amazing. Especially in that final scene.

[@AubreySciFi]

"The slow blade penetrates the shield": Dune

[@insert-name101]

I think this episode referenced dark side of the moon, dune, batman, Anton chigrurh. This is one crazy episode

[@Udgrasil13]

The cobblepot comparison is pretty accurate. Watanabe based him on his two favourite Batman villains: Joker and Penguin.

[@clem1257]

Haha this episode is crazy and i loved it ever since i've watched it the first time. One of my favorites.

[@SwordfighterHayate]

The knife was the one that was thrown at Spike in the beginning of the episode.

[@Crimsonzs]

The music during Pierrot’s backstory was a cover of the Pink Floyd’s “On The Run” The episode is heavily influenced by “Batman The Animated Series” almost mimicking the artstyle and shadows. Pierrot is based off of Penguin and Joker. The episode deals with the real life MKUltra conspiracy where the government supposedly tests real humans via serums and or mind control. This episode is my absolute favorite in the series. And this was my favorite reaction from you guys. I have waited for you guys to get to this episode to see your jaw drop the way mine did when I first saw this 18 years ago!

[@YoursEteranally]

This was the first episode of cowboy bebop I ever watched. I remember being stoned out of my mind at 5 in the morning and sitting next to my friend and not saying a single word the whole time except "damn". I always thought anime was gay baha

[@Otokichi786]

Pink Floyd, "On The Run": kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKS4qp5rr7iVnq8

[@marer1000]

You're gonna regret watching the movie before the ending. After the ending, you're gonna want more like an encore which the movie was made out to be. One last session after the finale to satisfy the chanting.

[@agarciahunter]

steven but the movie takes place before the final.

[@joshuagross3151]

Really? Cuz when I watched after the show, it seemed out of place. I've since watched both several times and it just seems sensible to leave it interwoven into the actual, not a standalone.

[@agarciahunter]

Joshua Gross Especially since there is a good time frame of when the movie takes place in regards to the show.

[@Alex-dn5ns]

@@agarciahunter The movie makes a lot of references to the final episodes of the show so watching it before the show ends just makes it lose its full potential. It's a cool action movie but nothing more than that. The movie was made after the show was ended with the show's end in mind and it's only natural that it should be watched after the show ends. I can't understand why ANYONE convinces people to watch the movie inbetween the episodes.

[@KlooKloo]

@@agarciahunter Flashbacks in LOST take place before the stuff on the Island, should we re-edit the episodes to watch them first?

[@xsithspawnx]

Calling an episode of this show filler is really missing the point of the whole show. It's not a traditional narrative storytelling experience where we're just going from point A to point B. This show is all about the characters, the world they're in, and how they interact and deal with it and each other. A lot of the episodes are very deliberate nods to different genres or are based around a particular concept just because it's an interesting, fun concept. It's all about the journey and not just reaching some destination.

[@jmon24ify]

this is one of my favorite episodes. the music, imagery and art style are in perfect harmony in my opinion. for every episode cowboy bebop does this and does it well to help the viewer capture the atmosphere instinctually while allowing that viewer to be completely captured in the moment. but out of all the episodes, this had the least amount of dialogue because the visuals and music tells everything you need to know. this episode is also horrific as Tongu slightly resembles the clown which a lot of people are afraid of especially with the creepy laugh. yes like other animes and throughout this series, Cowboy Bebop pays a lot of homage to real life events, movies, and shows. In this episode there is "Pierrot Le Fou" which is a 1965 french movie which means "the sad clown" in the movie but in this episode means "Clown's Requiem". The antagonist, Tongpu, is highly influenced by the Penguin from the Batman series which becomes more prevalent in scene with the penguins. The amusement park references Disney and many of it's characters you see as giant robot animals. Tongpu being experimented on has been seen things like Jason Bourne. All the antagonist in the 1980s had a cat like Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Dr Evil and Dr Claw so Tongpu sees the cat as his main nemesis which can bring his downfall.

[@thequietrevolution3404]

Haven't seen this episode in a while but do remember (1) It was the same knife Pierrot threw into Spike's shoulder. (2) The weird music during Pierrot's training is titled "On The Run" from Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of The Moon" album. and (3) Spike has one artificial eye which reflected off the lights.

[@takanara7]

After these guys started this I ended up not being able to hold off watching the whole series, lol. This was actually one of my fav episodes. the other thing, somehow for the vast majority of episodes I didn't remember them at all. I remembered the general feel of the series but each episode was like a surprise. This one was one of the few I actually did remember, lol. (also the Fey/VCR one)

[@heyzeuscreestow9394]

One of my personal favorites! I use to wake up to this episode at night more than any episode they would re air

[@supersomeone9032]

There are couple spoilers Chris shouldn’t hint at

[@Otokichi786]

One of the times that a killer nearly got "Spike Spiegel," in spite of his martial arts and Pistolero skills.

[@BrowenWhitefire]

Spike's right eye was the one he had replaced... so it reflected light differently just like the cat's.

[@heyzeuscreestow9394]

Spoiler homie

[@supersomeone9032]

Spoiler, I’d edit ur comment to say different color eyes

[@issa4767]

@@heyzeuscreestow9394 there are no spoilers remember? They said it themselves so its right

[@marklion315]

@@heyzeuscreestow9394 That was explained in a previous episode, the one with Gren

[@heyzeuscreestow9394]

Its not revealed till the last episode...

[@TediousNomenclature]

My favorite episode. Spike getting juggled by Pierrot always stuck with me.

[@bobriemersma]

If you watch the movie before finishing the series you risk breaking the impact of the way the series finishes.

[@joshuagross3151]

That's your opinion. Besides, they've already made their choice. The movie will be in the next 2-3 episodes, before ep 23, as that's when the story begins to wrap up.

[@reverseBLT]

This batshit insanity was the very first episode I ever saw of Cowboy Bebop. It made me want to know more about what became one of my favorite series of all time.

[@tonym4916]

Spiked eyes are significant later, you guys will find out later. Just remember why that dude freaked out when he saw spikes eyes.

[@3AHoles]

This is a fantastic episode. So crazy and out there.

[@MelmisterDave]

Kurapika is a he

[@DavidRomigJr]

Spike is not enhanced. He just has a prosthetic eye. They’ve shown him dreaming about the surgery and had characters talk about how his eyes are different colors.

[@alund1306]

Sorry we didn't acknowledge your dancing and focused on a key moment in a main character's arc that you guys all missed. Our bad

[@jed52]

lol

[@centenodyllan]

Shifting Sands when did they say that? No like actually time stamp it plz

[@alund1306]

@@centenodyllan 2:00

[@centenodyllan]

Shifting Sands lol ty

[@3kingzs1]

I've been waiting for you guys to get to this episode. One of my favorite anime episodes period.

[@tabulastranger1705]

Yeah this episode is so weird yet so memorable... lmao

[@insert-name101]

Apart from the vicious episodes, this was my favourite episode from the entire show. So much to love from it. Simplistic adrenaline rush from start to finish. Reminded me of Anton Chigurh in No Country for old men. How it was said that “you shouldn’t be alive if you saw him”. Undoubtedly the most menacing character in the entire show. Pure evil as he himself was subjected to pure evil. With a mind going backwards. On top of that, the ‘on the run’ sample from pink floyd’s dark side of the moon. This already has two aspects from my favourite thriller & my favourite album. They really nail on this episode with everything. Especially the cat. How the cat is really a reference to Spike. One eye is of a different colour to the other. Direct reference to spike. Also the story spike tells jet in the final episode. About how he is like the cat who dies a million times only to die forever after crying a million times. This is really the peak of the show. Horror, pity, adrenaline. Cowboy Bebop itself is a masterpiece.

[@oddish3022]

Spikes right eye is cybernetic

[@TheDefectiveAI]

From what I remember, the suit allowed him to ignore gravity as well as stop projectiles traveling over a certain velocity. So bullet would get stopped by the shield but a knife throw would not normally.

[@smugsneasel]

You know, I always felt bad when the amusement park animatronic was destroyed. I know it's not real in the context but I hate it when things built to signify innocence are destroyed in media. Teddy bears that say "i love you", animatronics in happy animal suits. That stuff just gets to me, man.

[@AlexG-ku3dq]

All of Mad Pete's abilities are encoded in his genes...he did not even need clothes. The shield, floating, all of it was embedded into his genes.

[@quwykxz]

Le Fou means "the fool" in French; a fool is another name for jester or joker, as in The Joker, from Batman.

[@Nekoala]

@@rous3369 It can mean both, but in this particular case I'd translate it by madman

[@jgonzalez20]

Y'all were on a commercial on Fox during the world series. I thought I was trippin

[@tonym4916]

I've been waiting for yall to watch this episode!!! One of the best!

[@Punkanova]

This was the episode that stuck out in my memory better than any other from when I watched it as a teenager

[@masterv8775]

Just in time for Halloween, our favorite unholy combo of Penguin, Joker and V😵😵😵😵😵😵

[@kamenwaticlients]

YES!!!

[@mormacil]

I really recommend you guys check out Space Dandy afterwards, same director, very different style but similar quality.

[@FlubbedPig]

The movie's actually the Halloween special.

[@allyourmoney]

I like how with very few words the show is able to convey that the ISSP regularly assassinates people. Most anime & shows would've gone through pages of dialogue but Bebop does it mostly with imagery. That's a masterful use of film, which is a _visual_ medium. I love Ghost in the Shell but those writers would've done it with a clunky 10 minute discussion with everyone acting like a bunch of professors at a conference. I wish they had taken a cue from this episode.

[@TheDunnDusted]

You couldn't have timed this episode more perfectly to come out than right before Halloween

[@nickfernandez6387]

Movie after the end of the show the way it was ment to be seen.

[@dragonandavatarfan8865]

Nick Fernandez Nope

[@nickfernandez6387]

@@dragonandavatarfan8865 Yep

[@dragonandavatarfan8865]

Nick Fernandez The timeline of the movie doesn't agree with your opinion.

[@manuelsilva9993]

@@dragonandavatarfan8865 thats a dumbass reason they sure as shit couldn't have made the movie take place after the series for obvious reasons

[@nomanaleft8124]

Hell yeah, I was waiting for this episode to come along.

[@blatherskype25]

Was looking forward to you guys watching this episode

[@heibk-2019]

"Bro hes got a shotgun that shoots missiles" ...i think its called a grenade launcher...

[@adamarens3520]

This is the first episode of Bebop I ever saw. Needless to say, I was intrigued.

[@blackcorp0001]

Hope you guys and girls are enjoying it as much as I did

[@tsogobauggi8721]

A perfect thing to watch now when it is Halloween. :) This really is maybe the strangest session. Some very weird stuff in this one. And then the ending is very sad. He was like some kind of killing machine, but then he dies crying for mommy. Very unhappy end.

[@spikespiegel7964]

how dont yall remember spike having different color eyes..jfc

[@martok2008]

It's barely noticeable and has low/none impact on the general understanding of the show.

[@spikespiegel7964]

@@martok2008 true but they keep missing details that come back in future episodes repeatedly then say they have no idea whats happening. not just for this show but for most of the series they do

[@drewbieware]

Back in the day, I’m talking 2000, 2001, this was played on adult swim with certain other episodes of other TV shows on a certain night and it was met as like we are being fucked up tonight and we are getting you fucked up as well. It was amazing.

[@allyourmoney]

5:49 TEKKEN 2!

[@decaomoral]

This episode reminds me of Paprika.

[@lylehimself9287]

and Akira too, dont know why stuffed animals are related to mental illness...

[@rickyricardo9710]

I thought the same thing when the parade of animatronics was going by

[@landosalemchainsaw]

what a coincidence you chose this spooky episode for the Halloween week

[@Nekoala]

Aside from the Batman animated series, that episode is an obvious tribute to 1965's film "Pierrot le Fou".

[@danzansandeev6033]

I remember reading bout this episode someone said that "attraction parks are creepy cause in the middle of every attraction park there is crying little kid and noone notices him behind the fun and games"

[@LadyVenomWay]

Rana has the cutest outfits. Great reaction guys!

[@Ablestron]

If you look closely at the moment when the light hits spikes right eye you'll notice its a prosthetic cybernetic eye. The cats right eye was dead, so spikes probably gave Pierre the same feeling.

[@methodology8]

Ive been waiting for 20 since session 1

[@captainhowlerwilson508]

This is my second favourite episode behind Ballad of Fallen Angels.

[@brianapizarro3128]

You guys should check out, The haunting of Hill house on Netflix. It’s extremely good I think a lot of the Normies would enjoy it.

[@Piensamalyacertaras]

Was that the same throwing knife he stabbed spike with?

[@aristothethrone9032]

I remember watching this three times but blocking it out each time because of the weird dreams. and I binged twin peaks. i still have all the albums by the seatbelts.

11:00 Huh. I don't remember Navi from Ocarina of Time coming in this show. Pierrot Le Fou has got to be one of the most terrifying characters in Anime. An indistructable ptsd psychopath with the mind of a child. Also you skipped the line at the end which was honestly a nice touch to the episode, Jet alerts Spike about him but he cuts Jet off because it didn't matter anymore.

[@chaost4544]

I couldn't imagine watching this on shrooms or acid.

[@garrettbyers3729]

Best ep, i remember this from my childhood and toonami, so dark and good action after a bunch of off the wall eps

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

One of my favourite episodes and antagonists.

[@mookiestewart3776]

“They do that in boondocks “ yeah bruh as a throwback to this , the creator of boondocks is obsessed with this anime

[@headybud]

My favorite episode

[@chimere38]

in manga animes there is a lot of reference to French culture, even today. this episode refers to the French movie Pierrot le Fou 1965 and the real french killer.

[@Shayed07121997]

my favorite episode

[@nicooyarzun7356]

Yeaah i was waiting for this episode!!

[@AlexG-ku3dq]

If you rewatch the first flashback, the technicians shoot at Mad Pete, point blank, with a real gun, and his "mind shield" saves him.

[@tubenachos]

This episode and Toys in the Attic are my faves

[@unknowperception]

Hey there not idiots ... there just normies ;)

[@HappyPotat]

Fucking love this episode, ever since I saw the preview for it.

[@andyheydt]

Man, I'd give almost anything to hang out with you guys

[@toobadmynamewastaken]

Spikes eye reflected like that because it’s his artificial one so that tied into the overall story

[@jackiegreen4022]

There is some story in this ep. mostly more of spikes psyche/ outlook but I wont say more bc I do not want to spoil anything.

[@vaannebilim]

remember that old batman cartoon show opening ? guess who did that

[@themagiccaster3455]

One of my favorite episodes.

[@0okamino]

The music playing during the experiments is a pretty clear homage to _On The Run_ by Pink Floyd. A truly bizarre and great episode. It's really unnerving watching Spike get his ass handed to him so much by Pierrot.

[@felipebermudez7638]

In the beginning of the sixth episode Spike has a dream of a eye surgery.

[@weluvb5]

Maybe ISSP experimented on him too?

[@mystery_mike23]

Anyone else get Batman/ Joker vibes? Like Killing joke or Dark Knight Returns?

[@jerkwater407]

atch this on Halloween, great Halloween watch. Pierrot is that goood!

[@LeethLee1]

It's fine, thanks for doing your best. Worthy sub channel for sure.

[@sergeantkitty]

This was the first episode of Bebop I saw on Adult Swim back in the day - after that I was hooked!

[@renzpapunas8086]

this episode is insane.... they just squashed him .. wow

[@Roger6233]

Pierrot shield looks to work like a seatbelt to me, if the impact is to fast it activates

[@Cosmoproto]

In Japan, they call jack o'lanterns "ghost gourds" lol

[@dannybob42]

Here we go, the creepy episode, and perfect timing for it too PierrOT not Pierre, Pierrot are stock characters made for comedic effect in theater, Pierrot le Fou also translates to Pierrot the Mad Speak Like a Child creeping up on you? Except the fact that Faye and Spike's respective pasts are recurring themes and thus an overarching plot Probably because Toonami aired its fair share of anime Gonna be fucking creepy is what it is French do have vampires Pierrot was based slightly off of Cobblepot, and Joker Chris have you heard of a grenade launcher? Or considered the fact that modern technology would reach this point given that this show has hyperspeed and terraforming well usually if there's an O in a name next to two consonants, you say the O As much as Faye acts like a dick, she was very quick to try and protect Spike from harm Chris you haven't taken your girl to Space Land? You gotta climb that mountain boy WOOOO! Oh God Spike! You Killed Goofy and Donald's chimera child! Yeah Pierrot is chilling, and he's really the reverse of another villain Spike faced; a seemingly indestructible adult with a mind like a child, to come full circle after killing the seemingly indestructible child with the mind of an adult And a discomforting end to Pierrot, crushed under a stampede of animatronics crying for his mother Well ISSP are the universal policing agency, also you forget that Syndicates are a recurring theme, as well as the 3 old guys, missing out on bounties and smoking policies There is no filler in Bebop, it served to push Spike to his limits, and to point out that Spike is somewhat yearning for a fight he won't come back from, a self-destructive tendency Spike didn't see them get killed, he heard them sure, but he's made a life out of the sound of gunfire

[@lexterjordanguballa8840]

do a Black Lagoon reaction you all gonna love it!

[@JamesMeechan-os6sl]

The issi gave him the shield on his suit

[@DavidHernandez-ug9gb]

That episode terrified me as a kid

[@stilmaho]

I'm not saying that this is the best episode but it is my favorite. Also Pierrot Le Fou is a French movie

[@Brekkenrick]

The dude is like a mix of ishvalan and general raven and the silver alchemist from fullmetal alchemist brotherhood.

[@thedanceoftuila6999]

precisely

[@Deedric_Kee]

It was definitely on the crazy a side 😊... Love that thumbnail 😋

[@hemmojito]

16:18 Marketta and Rana o0 priceless XD

[@hankokimko2806]

What was spike doing in that empty city

[@saahir18]

I've been waiting on this reaction