Cowboy Bebop Episode 22 "Cowboy Funk" Reaction & Review!

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[@pablolacalle6098]

Andy calling himself Musashi is a reference to Miyamoto Musashi, arguably the most famous samurai in history :) also works as a fun nod to how the archetype of the lone swordsman and lone gunslinger in Japanese and Western media are so closely linked together

[@chrisserfass8635]

Also the IJN Battleship Musashi.

[@endless013]

Andy isn't stupid he's a combination of 2 things, he's face blind but he's also right about faces being unreliable which might just be a convenient excuse to cover up his being face blind... Also the horse is Whistling

[@Noah-pc6wq]

Andy being a literal palette swap of Spike is truly the best

[@MohammedAli1228]

I hope you guys give the show creators other shows a chance like Samurai Champloo, space dandy, kids on the slope, and Carol & Tuesday. As a reaction or personally they really are unique shows

[@mr.crumbles2557]

yes please to all of those 🙏 Watanabe is a genius

[@decristal48]

I love Carol & Tuesday 💓

[@ILikeCHEEZ9]

I need more people discovering anime to watch samurai champloo, among other classics

[@mr.crumbles2557]

wait, does Andy whistle his own theme? if so there's a parallel with Spike whistling the blues in the first episode.

[@patrickwaldeck6681]

I like how despite being a total idiot, Andy is one of like three or four people in the entire series who can fight Spike on equal footing and actually give him a bit of an ass kicking.

[@MageBurger]

This is why Battle IQ is it’s own separate category. Also I partly feel Spike was weakened by his blind rage specifically at being offended by the parallels of Andy to himself, but still not enough to take from Andy’s talents. Ted Baumer literally put Spike on the same level as Andy at the beginning, so Andy must be good at some bounties to have any reputation at all in the first place.

[@tiredidealist]

Crazy how they just straight up made a character based off Ted Kaczynski. Also love this episode for the many meta moments. Spoilers for most of the rest of this comment, btw. The whole episode, but especially the "See you space cowboy" from Andy is a great way for the show to acknowledge one of its heaviest thematic influences. Although in retrospect the cowboy hat is 100% a death flag. The archetype of the outlaw seeking redemption is one that almost never gets a happy ending. Cowboy Bebop is certainly a genre-defying show, but much like Spike, you can't run from the past forever. Eventually you have to turn and face it. This episode is where that turn is made for the show and everything starts to come to a close.

[@mr.crumbles2557]

Really well said, thank you. This episode always stood out to me as having deeper symbolism/meaning than I knew how to express, or even interpret. Hope the weight you carry isn't too heavy, stranger.

[@seriomarkj]

The horse is the real MVP

[@ImitationBrand]

In the beginning of the video when you mention that they wouldn't have wired devices in the future; that is a great example of a literary and artistic term called "Retro-Futurism." Basically it's how we envision the future from an earlier era. Like in Alien all of the devices resemble old-school IBM computer terminals with the pixelated text. If you look at old scientific magazines from the turn of the 20th century there are examples of "automatic brooms" which essentially was imagining vacuum cleaners and Roombas in an earlier context. And there you go, your fun/boring fact of the day!

[@orlog3343]

The Teddy Bomber is a reference to the UNABOMBER Ted Kaczynski

[@midgameshadow]

The horse used the elevator? I didn’t know they knew how to do that 🤣

[@BlahwoofIsMyFavoriteSubscriber]

I love that Spike & Andy are taking all this time competing & failing to catch this guy then Faye just comes up behind & punches him.

[@Narutoanime16g]

I need to download the soundtrack for this show its so good

[@Sinvare]

Andy is a D tier bounty hunter. His horse is SSS tier.

[@ethanlivemere1162]

I'm fully convinced the reason he always shows up in the right place despite having no clue who he's even looking for is because the horse carries him to the right spot

[@TheBlond49]

The horse on the elevator XD

[@ILikeCHEEZ9]

Lmao I love how the theme here has been "I'm not a great texan"

[@hermaeusmora424]

Lol I just watched this episode and it was so funny that I wanted to see others react to it and I realized that the scenes in german dub are completely different than in english dub. In german the scenes with Faye and Andy are even funnier. The thing is the wordplay they used would also work in english which makes me wonder which dub deviates from the original. For example the scene with Faye and Andy in the elevator in german is more like. Faye: What a great stud. Andy: Yeah and the horse isn't half bad either. Faye: Could I take it for a ride? The scene where she eats dinner with him deviates in the same direction with the double meanings.

[@thewoold]

yes, I also thought you said 'cowboy fuck'

[@isaibravo3917]

Isn't this like the first time we get to see this guys earning money for a bounty hunter job?

[@CASTALYA77]

In the 'Valtz for venus' episode the crew did capture their bounties.In the 'Bohemian rhapsody' episode they found out the mastermind and could have arrested him,but chose not to.They did also arrest the mastermind in the 'Brain Scratch' episode.

[@mattbeilewech3517]

This is one of the funniest episodes! Great reaction!

[@neonghost8608]

I hope they watch samurai champloo after this show

[@nateisler3]

Andy is a color pallet swap of Spike

[@Tachikawa92]

jet looked like young Tommy Chong

[@raulel6999]

Before you guys get to episode 24, you guys should watch & react to the cowboy bebop movie.

[@tsogobauggi8721]

No, they absolutely should not.

[@m.winfree1912]

Great job!

[@ferdz6510]

Nice. Is the Cowboy Bebop movie reaction next?

[@tsogobauggi8721]

No. Of course not.

[@joshwilliams5860]

based on scrolling through their Patreon, they haven’t watched it

[@maxdon2001]

Great reaction!

[@Jack_80]

why is episode 21 missing from the playlist?

[@johnpittsii7524]

Classic

[@lorettabes4553]

This episode is *so* funny!

[@m.winfree1912]

Keep up the good work!

[@Dannydarko27]

Andy is such a nuisance it's lovable lol

[@shathriel]

Still love this series, once you've watched it through, try the movie out :)

[@brandonstone6720]

Loving the reactions! By far one of the best episodes!

[@cjpolett2055]

Best episode! When you guys finish the series (and movie) I hope you watch Steak Bentley's "Cowboy Bebop and the West", which is THE best look at the series. It goes deeply into this episode in particular. Many heroes have villains that are a dark reflection of themselves. That role is fulfilled by Vicious. Andy is the Funhouse Mirror reflection of Spike.

[@Poopcopy]

do they watch the movie next or just the next episode?

[@CertifiedSunset]

Next episode

[@se7632]

Still my favorite episode of Cowboy Beebop.

[@kef41]

I think that from here you should see the movie, but I prefer to see the movie as a last goodbye

[@ergoat]

The movie if definitely meant to be watched after Ep 26.

[@brandonstone6720]

Early gang

[@shathriel]

Still think you guys should try out Madoka Magica the series and Gurren Lagann, both are amazing :) Gurren Lagann is such a great feel good mecha as you can tell from this tune :D kzbin.info/www/bejne/al6qYoxsqNF7mLM

[@primepm8861]

This episode was considered controversial back then after 9/11.

[@j_tylor_captylor3822]

Of the many rotations on Cartoon Network where they flip between this episode and Wild Horses not being shown because of what was in each episode..

[@orlog3343]

Except this came out before 911

[@j_tylor_captylor3822]

@@orlog3343 "" Anime News Network - Cowboy Bebop Confirmed for Adult Swim posted on 2001-08-02 18:46 EDT "" "" Wikipedia - During its original run on Adult Swim, episodes 6 (Sympathy for the Devil), 8 (Waltz for Venus), and 22 (Cowboy Funk) were skipped due to their violent themes in wake of the September 11 attacks. By the third run of the series, all these episodes had premiered for the first time. Cowboy Bebop was successful enough to be broadcast repeatedly for four years. It has been run at least once every year since 2007, and HD remasters of the show began broadcasting in 2015. "" "" Fandom Wiki - Cowboy Bebop (Episode 19 Wild Horses) ' NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia, incidentally was destroyed on re-entry on February 1, 2003, two years after the episode aired in America. ""

[@orlog3343]

@@j_tylor_captylor3822 the show was made in 1999

[@j_tylor_captylor3822]

@@orlog3343 Weird 1999 you say? Then the date from thetvdb must be wrong? Astroid Blues 10/24/1998 Which means the Title Card that says © 1998 SUNRISE INC. that also must be wrong as well? Original run TV Tokyo broadcast (Over the Air) April 3, 1998 - June 26, 1998 Wowow broadcast (Pay Satellite TV) October 24, 1998 - April 24, 1999 Wikipedia - ""Cowboy Bebop debuted on TV Tokyo, one of the main broadcasters of anime in Japan, airing from April 3 until June 26, 1998. Due to its 6:00 PM timeslot and depictions of graphic violence, the show's first run only included episodes 2, 3, 7 to 15, 18 and a special. Later that year, the series was shown in its entirety from October 24 until April 24, 1999, on satellite network Wowow. The full series has also been broadcast across Japan by anime television network Animax, which has also aired the series via its respective networks across Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia. ""