 Spike Spiegel is a regular, laid-back cowboy (popularly called bounty hunters) living with 3 others on the Bebop. Ed, the underage whiz hacker. Jet Black, level-headed ex-cop and Faye Valentine, a girl who loves spending her share of the bounties gambling. Spike and co. troll the universe for good pay-offs as Spike tries to cope with his dark past.