The cast of Cowboy Bebop is many things, but one of the things that's constant with all of them is that they're all poor and hurting for cash. That's probably part of why they're bounty hunters, ridding the universe of crime and unscrupulous individuals. This section is dedicated to those unfortunate criminals who have had the bad luck to run across the bounty hunters of the Bebop, and it's called "Big Shot Lineup" since the informational (and somewhat cheesy) bounty hunter show "Big Shot" is what everyone uses to track down the biggest criminals. You'll find some information on each villain below.

Thanks to The Real Folk Blues for the great reference for some of this information! Also thanks to Misato for compiling this information.

Asimov Solensan
Appearance: Session 1 - Asteroid Blues
Worth: 2.5 Million Woolongs
Caught by: Spike
Asimov was part of a crime syndicate until he stole a large cache of "Red Eye" that he plans to sell so he and his girlfriend Katerina can escape to Mars. The drug, which enhances the sense of vision and causes berserker rage, is highly addictive. Asimov became an eye spray addict himself. Spike and Jet consider Asimov "small fry" because of his low bounty.

Abdul Hakim
Appearance: Session 2 - Stray Dog Strut
Worth: 8 Million Woolongs
Caught by: Spike/Ein
Hakim is a notorious pet thief. Normally, this wouldn't really mean too much, but by the time Spike and Jet get to him, he has already stolen an experimental animal from a lab, one that is worth quite a bit of woolongs to anyone who would want to have it. He has had multiple plastic surgeries to change his face to avoid authorities.

Faye Valentine
Appearance: Session 3 - Honky Tonk Women
Worth: 6 Million Woolongs
Caught by: None
Faye Valentine, also known as 'Poker Alice', has a gargantuan debt to pay and Gordon, the owner of the casino "Spiders From Mars," promises to clear this debt if she would collect a mysterious casino chip. She inadvertantly runs into Spike, who mixes up his last gambling chip with the one that Faye needs to erase her debt. Spike and Jet eventually find out about the bounty on her head and try to capitalize on the chip by trading it to Gordon, but Faye gets the money and runs away. Eventually though, Faye joins Spike and Jet to be a bounty hunter instead of the bounty.

Morgan
Appearance: Session 4 - Gateway Shuffle
Worth: 8 Million Woolongs
Caught by: None
Morgan is a minor felon that Spike and Jet are attempting to collect the bounty on while eating in a restaurant. However, their job is interupted by the eco-terrorist "Space Warriors" group, and when they find out the bounty on the group's leader, they go after her instead.

Twinkle Marie Murdoch
Appearance: Session 4 - Gateway Shuffle
Worth: 25 Million Woolongs
Caught by: None
The maniacal leader of an eco-terrorist group called the "Space Warriors", supposedly a family-run organization. She and her "boys" believe that they are fighting to save the untouched beauty of the natural universe, which is being tainted by human progress into space. To that end, her boys have a stash of virus called "Monkey Business" that turns humans into apes, and Spike, Jet, and Faye must stop them in order to collect the bounty on her head.

Mao Yenrai
Appearance: Session 5 - Ballad of Fallen Angels
Worth: 28 Million Woolongs
Caught by: None
A major figure of the "Red Dragon" crime syndicate and one of Spike's former comrades. Mao and his "Red Dragons" have been feuding with another group called the "White Tigers" for years, but Mao and the leader of the "White Tigers" finally decide to call a truce. However, a third party decides to intervene in the negotiations - one that could keep Spike and Faye from collecting on Mao's bounty.

Giraffe
Appearance: Session 6 - Sympathy for the Devil
Worth: 3 Million Woolongs
Caught by: None
A leader of the "Self Defense Volunteer Squad" a decade ago, Giraffe seems to be after his old comrade Zebra and the child prodigy with him, Wen. Because of his attempts at killing both Zebra and Wen, there is a bounty on his head, and Spike goes to collect it. However, as Spike is about to find out, there is more to the pasts of Giraffe, Zebra, and Wen than meets the eye.

Decker
Appearance: Session 7 - Heavy Metal Queen
Worth: 12 Million Woolongs
Caught by: None
His appearance belies his dangerous nature, because this short, skinny man is a heavy exposives carrier. He possesses a dragon tattoo, and it takes a while for Spike, Jet, and Faye to track him down. When they finally do attempt to catch him, Decker threatens to blow them up with the explosives he is hauling around.

Huey, Dewey, & Louie
Appearance: Session 8 - Waltz for Venus
Worth: 1.5 Million Woolongs
Caught by: Spike
Yet another "small fry" bounty for Spike, Jet, and Faye, these three are a band of (unusually named) space shuttle hijackers.They attempt to take a shuttle going to Venus, but make the mistake of trying to hijack a shuttle with Spike on it.

Piccaro Calvino (& Gang)
Appears In: Session 8 - Waltz for Venus
Worth: 500 Thousand Woolongs (Piccaro) 1.1 Million Woolongs (entire gang)
Caught by: None
A gang based off of Venus, Calvino and his gang are a bunch of cutthroats, thieves, and low-lifes. Spike is somehow roped into their business, and the group attempts to kill him for his trouble.

Roco Bonnaro
Appearance: Session 8 - Waltz for Venus
Worth: 100 Thousand Woolongs
Caught by: None
One of the members of Piccaro Calvino's gang, and a thief. Roco, however, has a reason for stealing - his blind sister, Stella, could have an operation to restore her sight, but the procedure is extremely expensive. This is why Roco is a reluctant member of Calvino's gang. Roco sees Spike's fighting and begs him to teach him some techniques, one of which he is able to employ when the fighting between Spike and the Calvino gang breaks out.

MPU
Appearance: Session 9 - Jamming With Edward
Worth: 8 Million Woolongs
Caught by: Spike
The satellite control program on the D-135 artificial satellite, this entity is named "MPU" by Ed. For some reason, it is drawing designs on Earth, something which the police think is the work of a computer hacker. Eventually, the police find out about the program and hijack the satellite, but Spike, Faye, Jet, and Ed attempt their own mission to collect the bounty on the satellite program.

Baker Panchorero
Appearance: Session 10 - Ganymede Elegy
Worth: 800 Thousand Woolongs
Caught by: Jet
A small-time bank robber, Baker just happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time when Jet returns to Ganymede. Yet another one of those "small fry" with a small bounty on his head.

Rhint Celonias
Appearance: Session 10 - Ganymede Elegy
Worth: 1.8 Million Woolongs
Caught by: Police
Jet meets up with an old friend, Alissa, who introduces him to her boyfriend, Rhint. Rhint is a brooding and quiet young man, but when he finds out that the tough-looking Jet is a bounty hunter, he starts to become afraid for his own safety due to the bounty on his own head. Taking Alissa, he attempts to run away from Jet.

Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener
Appearance: Sessions 12 & 13 - Jupiter Jazz part I and II
Worth: 5 Million Woolongs
Caught by: None
Veteran of the war on Titan where he once fought alongside Vicious. After the war he was arrested, accused of being a spy. Using Julia's name, Gren is currently selling a cache of "Red Eye" to Spike's old nemesis Vicious. Gren is also an extremely good jazz musician, and even is able to capture the curiosity of Faye, but he hides more secrets than he cares to reveal willingly.

Chessmaster Hex
Appearance: Session 14 - Bohemian Rhapsody
Worth: 12 Million Woolongs
Caught by: None
A chess playing genius and former designer of the hyperspace gates, who had a grudge against the Gate Corporation. This was because of his reluctance to release the gates due to problems with their stability and design, and the Gate Corporation's disregard for his concerns. He now spends his days playing chess with opponents all over the universe, but clues in the current time lead people to believe that he is planning revenge on the Gate Corporation.

Whitney Hagas Matsumoto
Appearance: Session 15 - My Funny Valentine
Worth: 1980 Woolongs
Caught by: Faye
A suave young man, but also one that has a habit of swindling people, especially women. A while ago, he and Faye shared what could have been a romance, but he was believed to be dead, sacrificing himself so that Faye could escape from being held to pay her debt.

Domino Walker
Appearance: Session 17 - Mushroom Samba
Worth: 1.2 Million Woolongs
Caught by: Ed
An illegal drug dealer, this man's primary and current trade is mushrooms that have a hallucinogenic effect when eaten. Desperate for food, Ed and Ein steal some of Domino's mushrooms, but accidentally feed them to the starved Bebop crew. However, Ed and Ein are not the only ones after Domino for one reason or another.

George, Harman & Ruth
Appearance: Session 19 - Wild Horses
Worth: 5 Million Woolongs
Caught by: None
A small-time group of pirates, these three rob their victims by sabotaging their ships through a virus that is uploaded through a harpoon on their ship. When Faye and Spike's ships are both disabled by the virus, Spike and Faye vow to chase after them in order to get revenge and get the bounty.

Ted Bower AKA Teddy Bomber
Appearance: Session 22 - Cowboy Funk
Worth: 3 Million Woolongs
Caught by: Faye
A serial bomber who uses explosive teddy bears in order to blow up his targets. The reason for his crimes is unknown, mostly because no one is willing to listen to or care about why he wants to blow up buildings, especially tall ones. Spike and Faye set out to capture Teddy, but are constantly interupted by a third party who fancies himself a bounty hunter of sorts.

Doctor Londes
Appearance: Session 23 - Brain Scratch
Worth: 38 Million Woolongs
Caught by: Ed
The leader of SCRATCH, a religious cult that believes that the physical body is meaningless and that true spiritual enlightenment can be achieved by being a part of "cyberspace". Doctor Londes is wanted for murder when many of his followers commit suicide as a part of this agenda. Spike, Faye, Jet, and Ed attempt to find Londes, but find that the task is more difficult and complicated than it seems, especially when some of them almost fall victim to Londes' hypnotic and subliminal mind control.

Appledelhi Siniz Hesap Lufen
Appears In: Session 24 - Hard Luck Women
Worth: 50.000000 Woolongs
Caught by: None
Ed's long lost father. He left Ed behind in order to pursue his job of remapping the Earth, which was changed following the Lunar Gate accident. However, Spike, Jet, Faye, and Ed soon discover that his job is never-ending, due to the constant meteors falling to the Earth that are the remnants of the disaster.