Spike Spiegel ~ Cowboy Bebop

Background

Spike was a member of a large Chinese syndicate.  There, he was friends with Vicious and in love with a woman named Julia.  When he decided to leave the syndicate, Vicious betrayed him.  Spike was almost killed in the incident.   Unable to bring Julia with him, as he had wanted to, he then went on to team up with Jet Black and work as a bounty hunter.

Mentally...

Spike is, without a doubt, one of the coolest, most laid-back characters I have ever seen.  Despite his dark past, he doesn't let it bother him.  It's hard to put into words exactly what I like about him...I just do ^_^

Physically...

I love his facial expressions! ^_^  Those eyes...and of course, that hair!  Plus, he has a certain physical grace, especially when he fights.  His unique brand of street brawling, and how graceful he looks as he fells his opponents, reminds me a LOT of Sanosuke ^_^

Vocally...

I've only seen CB subtitled, so I can't comment on his English voice, but I liked his Japanese one ^_^

Quotes

“Jet, do you know there are three things I particularly hate? Kids, animals, and women with attitudes. So, tell me, Jet; Why do we have all three of them neatly collected on our ship?!?” -- Spike to Jet Black

“My ship works better when I kick it.”

“And so what is the *real* lesson...? Don't leave stuff in the fridge.”

"Look at my eyes, Faye. One of them is a fake because I lost it in an accident. Since then, I've been seeing the past in one eye and the present in the other. So, I thought I could only see patches of reality, never the whole picture. I felt like I was watching a dream I could never wake up from. Before I knew it, the dream was over."  -- Spike to Faye Valentine

"I'm not going there to die, I'm going to find out if I'm really alive."

"Whatever happens, happens."