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Welcome to the Influences Section of Cowboy Bebop
MUSICIAN: ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
Character Name Homage: Senile Old Men
FILM: DESPERADO
Character Design Influence: Asimov & Katerina
Scene Influence: Bar shoot-out
FILM: BONNIE & CLYDE
Scene Influence: Asimov & Katerina's last stand
SONG: STRAY CAT STRUT
Title Homage
PUPPET SHOW: PUNCH AND JUDY
Character Name Homage & Design Influence: Big Shot Hosts
FILM: WAY OF THE DRAGON
Referenced In Dialogue
FILM: GAME OF DEATH
Scene Influence: Spike VS Hakim
SONG: HONKY TONK WOMAN
ALBUM: ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS
Location Name Homage: Casino is named Spiders From Mars
MUSICIAN: CHARLIE PARKER
SONG: FALLEN ANGELS
LANDMARK: NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL
Location Influence
FILM: THE KILLER
Scene Influence: Church shoot-out
FILM: THE CROW
Scene Influence: The fall of Spike
SONG: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
MYTHOLOGY: TERPSICHORE THE MUSE
Character Name Homage: VT (Victoria Terpsichore)
ACTOR: WOODY ALLEN
Location Name Homage: Woody's Ice Cream Parlor
Character Design Influence: Decker
COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS: HUEY, DEWY AND LOUIE
Character Name Homage: Shuttle Hijackers
FILM: ENTER THE DRAGON
Scene Influence: Spike's kung-fu lesson
ALBUM: JAMMING WITH EDWARD
FILM CHARACTER: HAL (FROM 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY)
Character Design Influence: MPU
Celebrity: Uri Gellar
Character Name Homage: Uri Kellerman
TELEVISION CHARACTERS: BAKER AND PONCH (From CHiPs)
Character Design Influence: Baker Ponchorero
SONG: TOYS IN THE ATTIC
MOVIE: ALIEN
Plot Influence