Cowboy Bebop – “Heavy Metal Queen”

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Original Air Date: September 23, 2001
Starring: Kôichi Yamadera, Tomie Kataoka
Directed by: Hirokazu Yamada, Shinichirô Watanabe

Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains spoilers for this episode!

Synopsis: While chasing a bounty named Decker, Spike (voiced by Kôichi Yamadera) and Faye (voiced by Megumi Hayashibara) cross paths with a wise and worldly female transport driver known as V.T. (Tomie Kataoka).

Cartoon Cat: V.T.’s companion is a grey and white long-haired cat named Zeros. They are first seen exiting V.T.’s “truck.” as another trucker tries to guess what the initials V.T. stand for, hoping to win an ever-growing pile of money from people betting they can guess correctly.

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - V.T. and Zeros

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - V.T. and Zeros

The pair enter a café and bar full of bounty hunters who are waiting for a target named Decker. Zeros sits at the bar and even enjoys a drink.

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - gray and white cat Zeros

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - gray and white cat Zeros sitting on stool

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - gray and white cat Zeros sitting at bar

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - gray and white cat Zeros licking drink on bar

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - gray and white cat Zeros licking drink on bar

V.T. thinks little of bounty hunters so when Spike crosses her path he doesn’t let her know that he is one.

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - gray and white cat Zeros on bar and V.T.

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - gray and white cat Zeros sitting on bar

When V.T. finds out, she shuns Spike, but Zeros defends him.

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - gray and white cat Zeros on top of Spike's head

Later V.T. finds out that a fellow driver has had a bad run in with the escaping bounty and she sets out to get revenge.

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - gray and white cat Zeros sleeping while buckled into seat

Stuck inside a mining asteroid, V.T. has to work with Spike and Faye to escape.

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - gray and white cat Zeros licking V.T.

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - gray and white cat Zeros and V.T.

In the end they escape and Spike correctly guesses V.T.’s identity. Zeros is seen as a kitten in a photo which led Spike to guess correctly.

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - gray and white cat Zeros on Spike's head

Coyboy Bebop - Heavy Metal Queen - gray and white cat Zeros as kitten in photo

Final Mewsings: See you, Space Cat!


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