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| Dark and creepy with action, a splendid episode! |
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| Wow, my mouth is still agape. This show just went full DC in the most unexpectedly awesome way; it's gonna take a minute for all that to sink in. I liked the bit of Pink Floyd influence in the soundtrack, too. Strong 5/5 |
| This is one of my favorite episodes, at first, it was creepy as but he was a great villain. For some reason I found the end to very sad, his crying to his mother, I dunno it got to me. |
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| I vaguely remember watching this episode as a kid late at night on Adult Swim... It had a lasting impression on me and I was terrified of Mad Pierrot. I mean, a creepy, fat guy who floats, that messed me up as a child. Anyways, re-watching Cowboy Bebop in its entirety, I was looking forward to this episode the most. I didn't exactly remember when this episode would appear or what happened in it, but I got excited as soon as I got to it. The episode gave me the same unsettling feeling I had as a kid. To be honest, when I first watched this episode many years ago, I got so scared that I changed the channel. But now I'm glad I was able to watch and actually understand the narrative. I feel like I got some closure off of this episode, as lame as that sounds. |
| Terrifying antagonist. Really kept me at the edge of my seat |
| Hmm, will that cat ever be explained? Nah, probably not. |
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| That is depressing. |
| Wow, that guy was scary. I felt bad for him in the end, it wasn't his fault he became like that. |
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| That was crazy scary. I wish I could have watched this as a kid for a greater shock. |
| What a shitty episode, worst so far. |
| Definitely, one of the best episodes of Cowboy Bebop. After some disappointing episodes, I'm interested again by this show. The horror elements here were one of the most creepy things i've ever watched. |
| All weebs creatures of the galaxy, hear this message. Those of you who listen will not be struck by western animation. You will no longer know hunger, nor pain. Your Anime have come to lead you now. Our strength shall serve as a luminous sun toward which all intelligence may blossom. And the impervious shelter beneath which you will prosper. However, for those who refuse our offer and cling to their western animation ways… For you, there will be great wrath. |
| Well, that was bizarre and lovely at same time, Faye going to find Spike <3 <3 A great episode, love it! |
| I enjoyed the episode, but the ending felt slightly anticlimactic. Is this the only episode that was pretty much all digitally animated? |
| I think this is pretty much my favorite episode that is not one of the Spike main st oryline episodes. Together with Toys in the Attic. I am a sucker for freaky horror stuff in general, but I feel like Cowboy Bebop pulls it off better than most "pure" horror anime. Or live action stuff for that matter. A great, creepy villain, the real threat you feel, the creepy theme park atmosphere, and some really brutal and disturbing scenes... I love it! |
| This episode is different. In a good way. I loved it, but it just doesn't feel like cowboy bebop. Pierrot basically just had no_clip, god mode and unlimited ammo tbh. The experiments were just to set his sv_cheats to 1. |
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| Dark episode. Spike once again stares death in the eye. Probably best episode so far. The villain was a man child and seeing him call out for his mom really hit home when he got shot. The trauma of cats... that guy didn’t deserve that life. |
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| weird flex but ok. |
| OωO |
| Mad Pierrot kind of reminded me of Kenny Ackerman |
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| Ok, I really should stop watching Bebop before going to bed, I thought that the fridge episode was bad enough. I have to say that I'm disappointed by one single thing - the moral choice of ending Mad Pierrot's life(or not) was taken away from Spyke. This episode's villain clearly contrasted the one with the child who never grew physically, but that time you could make the argument that the person inside has long since stopped existing. Maybe ambiguity was the purpose here and crazy payoffs aren't a new thing about this show, especially considering the added creepiness of Crazy Pierrot's way of death, so I'll let it slide this time. One thing I have to say I definitely liked was how sweet Faye's decision to go and help Spyke after all. |
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| Inconsequential and simple after all but just unbelievably potent on its own. |
| This episode was awesome, felt it when he called his mother |
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| Finally got some real JUICE after what I thought were just an OK past 2 episodes. Now while I have been very MILDLY disappointed that there’s no overarching story that serves as the core, that’s totally fine, because this is supposed to be your episodic style series anyway. That said, every episode has a central theme it’s trying to convey. Take this episode right now for example, summed up in a quote from the episode itself, talking about both how a child’s mind can be both pure and wicked. Probably referring to the vast spectrum of the morality of humankind, or something else, it’s definitely up for debate. But what I would like to see in the finale which I hear is amazing, is a theme to tie all these smaller themes together, bringing our adventures to a close together with one truly central theme that brings it all together. Or not, whatever, those are just my wishes. I just want this great series to have a fitting ending; and from what I hear it’s definitely not one that will disappoint |
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| This was one hell of an episode! This episode might have pushed this anime from a 9 to a 10 for me. |
| . ／l、 ﾞ（ﾟ､ ｡ ７ l、ﾞ ~ヽ じしf_, )ノ |
| Me: Spike you goddamn badass. Also me: wtf did I watch. |
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| damn it, best episode so far and it's animation justified the 1080p. his death was so LOL xD |
| Wow the ending made me feel very weird. At first I thought Pierrot was just a Joker kind of villain, but turns out he is basically an insane child. And that ending with him crying because he's been hurt and desperately calling his mom before being crushed by the giant dog robot and then Spike's comment that it's over while the joyful music begins to die along with the lights shutting down made me feel truly sad and also uncomfortable, in some way. It was like witnessing the death of innocence, to the end of the world's cruelty. Pierrot is an irreedemable psychopath, but is also a child. He doesn't actually have a sense of right and wrong. It's hard to explain actually, but one thing is sure is that I felt it. I heard that this episode is one of the best, and I can see why. It hits differently. And actually, there are so many things to take from it ! I could analyze it all night. |
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| Impressive episode even the 3rd time watching. Anyone knows the name of theme park soundtrack? |
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| Probably one of my favorite episodes, a good sense of borderline horror in this one which really gave that feeling of tension and eeriness to it. Also gave off a mixture of Boogiepop Phantom and Lain vibes with it's atmosphere, really well done. |
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