Spike Spiegel is a bounty hunter on a spaceship called the Bebop and travels through the space with his crew. Before becoming a bounty hunter, Spike was a member of the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate. Spike displayed many talents and abilities, including being skilled in hand-to-hand combat and martial-arts fighting.Spike was partnered with Vicious in the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate criminal organization, and the two garnered a reputation as the Syndicate's strongest fighters. But all that changed after Spike started a romantic affair with Vicious' girlfriend Julia, causing the two to become bitter enemies. After finding happiness outside violence, Spike tried to leave the Syndicate, and was then forced to fake his own death and separate from Julia in order to leave. After Spike fakes his death to escape the Syndicate, Julia never arrives to rendezvous with him—instead she goes into hiding to avoid betraying him or being killed herself.Spike eventually met and teamed up with former Inter-Solar System Police (ISSP) officer and bounty hunter Jet Black, the captain of the Bebop. Spike also became a pilot and flied a converted Asteroid racer called the Swordfish II. As legal bounty hunters, Spike and Jet travel the Solar System's inhabited worlds hunting bounty heads across the populated planets and moons of the solar system. They are later joined by Faye Valentine, Edward, and Ein. During his adventures on board the Bebop, Spike confronted various bounty heads and had interactions with other people, including a terrorist, a deranged serial killer, and a bounty hunter styled after an American Western cowboy.During his career as a bounty hunter, Spike was also drawn back into his bitter feud with Vicious, who had since become the head of the Syncidate, who seeks to kill him. After having run-ins with Vicious on two occasions, Spike was informed that Julia is alive and in hiding, and they later reunite after Julia comes out of hiding. Unfortunately, Vicious sends hitmen after them. Julia perishes in the midst of Vicious' vengeful bloodbath, prompting Spike to return the favor. After saying his goodbyes to Jet and Faye, Spike storms the headquarters of the Syndicate and has a final confrontation with Vicious. Spike succeeds in killing him, but not without serious injuries. Shortly afterwards, Spike walks into and collapses in the entrance hall with no indication of whether he lives or dies, his ultimate fate being ambiguous.

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