Cowboy Bebop: Life Lessons

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Ice Cream

Cowboy Bebop offers us lessons, some of them stated and some of them left to us to imply.

Implicit

The important thing is to eat your ice cream before it falls off the cone. –”Boogie Woogie Feng Shui”

Someone who relies on a machine’s digital senses rather than his own analogue senses to choose a path is being used by the machine rather than using it. –”Wild Horses”

Anyone who gets rich gambling will always make one bet too many. –”Honky Tonk Women” and “Speak Like a Child”

The past is not real. –”Hard Luck Woman”

The past is real. –”The Real Folk Blues”

No one is more annoying than someone who’s just like you. –”Cowboy Funk”

Sooner or later, you will get a bad ‘shroom. –”Mushroom Samba”

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Stated

“You know the first rule in combat? To get the first attack.” –Faye “Honky Tonk Women”

“They say humans can’t live alone, but you can live a pretty long time by yourself.” –Faye “Jupiter Jazz I”

“There’s nothing as pure and cruel as a child.” –Jet, “Pierrot La Fou”

“Do not fear death. Death is always by your side. When you show fear it will spring at you faster than light. If you do not show fear, it will only gently look over you.” –Bull, “The Real Folk Blues II”

“I don’t worry about the small things in life.” –Appledelhi, “Hard Luck Woman”

You’re gonna carry that weight. –tag line, “The Real Folk Blues II”

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The song that provided this page title is by Sarah McLachlan off the album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy.