Never leave a live lobster in your fridge for a year

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-05-02 02:16am

Yes, never leave a live lobster in your fridge for over a year. For all that time, who knows? It might mutate from all that CFC exposure into some kind of weird blob thingy and spawn these other tiny blob thingies that go around biting people in places. Then you'd have to go around your pad with a flamethrower, trying to burn the critter to crisp. And I also need to take the time to advise everyone that a flamethrower does not make a good cigarette lighter. Of course, you have to have a anti-climatic ending at the end of the experience when your hyperactive redhead roommate mistakes it for a piece of beef and eats it, apparently eliminating the problem. That's right. All of life's problems can be solved by eating them. Excluding grenades, acid packs, poison, etc.

EDIT: "Eating" your girlfriend should not be advised in most cases if the two of you are having relationship problems.

I'm talking about the 11th episode of Cowboy Bebop, which I have just watched. Is the crew dead?

And that's my favorite episode so far. The whole sci-fi Aliens/anime crossover is just sweet.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-05-02 02:17am

By far one of the most interesting and amusing one-off episodes. The ending just fucking makes the ep.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-02 02:18am

Oh, no, they're all fine. If I'm not mistaken, it was later confirmed somewhere (not within the series) that the bacteria in question was nothing more than E. Coli. Spike just made a mistake when analyzing what it really was. They all got better after a week of a pretty bad stomach flu.

As for Edward? She probably didn't get sick at all, due to her iron stomach. So she could have helped cure them.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-05-02 02:20am

Durran Korr wrote:Oh, no, they're all fine. If I'm not mistaken, it was later confirmed somewhere (not within the series) that the bacteria in question was nothing more than E. Coli. Spike just made a mistake when analyzing what it really was. They all got better after a week of a pretty bad stomach flu.

As for Edward? She probably didn't get sick at all, due to her iron stomach. So she could have helped cure them.

I don't ever remember hearing that. What I do know is that Spike set the Bebop on autopilot to Mars, and most likely an ISSP patrol or something tried to make contact but failed, and so boarded the ship.

EDIT: The parasite in question stung them, though. I think it was a little something different from e.coli.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-02 02:21am

I actually got that bit of information from Yosemite. So I'd have to ask him again.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-05-02 02:22am

Durran Korr wrote:I actually got that bit of information from Yosemite. So I'd have to ask him again.

I think he's confused with the movie.

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2003-05-02 02:23am

i don't remember ever hearing an explanation for what happened after the credits rolled, seeing as everyone is spry and ready to go for episode 12.....

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-05-02 02:25am

Sokar wrote:i don't remember ever hearing an explanation for what happened after the credits rolled, seeing as everyone is spry and ready to go for episode 12.....

It could be one of those spoof episodes many series do where it's not meant to be connected to the timeline, but it's just for the hell of it.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-02 02:25am

Dalton wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:I actually got that bit of information from Yosemite. So I'd have to ask him again.
I think he's confused with the movie.

No, I specifically remember Yosemite telling me that the virus in question was E. Coli, and there's no way you can confuse the movie virus with e. coli.

[edit]

Actually, not E. Coli, some other bacterium. If you take a close look when Spike is going through the various bacteria, you'll find that one of the bacteria matches the sample perfectly, it's just flipped and mirrored.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2003-05-02 02:26am

I must see this episode...

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-05-02 02:28am

Durran Korr wrote:
Dalton wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:I actually got that bit of information from Yosemite. So I'd have to ask him again.
I think he's confused with the movie.
No, I specifically remember Yosemite telling me that the virus in question was E. Coli, and there's no way you can confuse the movie virus with e. coli.

Maybe a mutated strain, but the thing caused huge purple welts.

Let Y-bear sort this out when he gets on, I suppose. I just think they got a visit from an ambulance ship.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-05-02 02:36am

No wonder it seemed so strange. I had tried acquiring the Jap versions, but 11 never worked. LoL. It's a great episode. Spike tackling that thing. The funny part is Ed eats it. LoL!!!

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-02 02:40am

OK, just pulled out the Bebop DVDs. The closest match is bifidobacterium; it is very similar to this, it appears as if the two are just being viewed slightly differently.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-05-02 02:41am

Durran Korr wrote:OK, just pulled out the Bebop DVDs. The closest match is bifidobacterium; it is very similar to this, it appears as if the two are just being viewed slightly differently.

Wasn't the mistake that the image of the sample was reversed?

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-05-02 02:44am

neoolong wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:OK, just pulled out the Bebop DVDs. The closest match is bifidobacterium; it is very similar to this, it appears as if the two are just being viewed slightly differently.
Wasn't the mistake that the image of the sample was reversed?

Yup.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-05-02 02:45am

neoolong wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:OK, just pulled out the Bebop DVDs. The closest match is bifidobacterium; it is very similar to this, it appears as if the two are just being viewed slightly differently.
Wasn't the mistake that the image of the sample was reversed?

Was that Spike's mistake or a mistake on the creators?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-02 02:45am

neoolong wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:OK, just pulled out the Bebop DVDs. The closest match is bifidobacterium; it is very similar to this, it appears as if the two are just being viewed slightly differently.
Wasn't the mistake that the image of the sample was reversed?

It's not exactly reversed, but the two look very similar indeed. The main organelle looks exactly the same, but the flagella look slightly different.

The funny thing is that Spike says "not even close" when they are just about the exact same thing.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-05-02 02:46am

Durran Korr wrote:
neoolong wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:OK, just pulled out the Bebop DVDs. The closest match is bifidobacterium; it is very similar to this, it appears as if the two are just being viewed slightly differently.
Wasn't the mistake that the image of the sample was reversed?
It's not exactly reversed, but the two look very similar indeed. The main organelle looks exactly the same, but the flagella look slightly different.

The funny thing is that Spike says "not even close" when they are just about the exact same thing.

Maybe that was just a translation gaff.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-02 02:46am

Shinova wrote:
neoolong wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:OK, just pulled out the Bebop DVDs. The closest match is bifidobacterium; it is very similar to this, it appears as if the two are just being viewed slightly differently.
Wasn't the mistake that the image of the sample was reversed?
Was that Spike's mistake or a mistake on the creators?

On Spike's behalf, yes, on the creators, who knows? In any case, this is a good enough way to fit Episode 11 into continuity, so we should stick with it.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-05-02 02:47am

Durran Korr wrote:On Spike's behalf, yes, on the creators, who knows? In any case, this is a good enough way to fit Episode 11 into continuity, so we should stick with it.

Well, I always just went with the autopilot/ambulance thing.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-05-02 02:55am

This thread got big fast.

Yes, it was flipped.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-05-02 03:10am

It's in the actual screen shots Dalton

spike's going through the list of toxins on the Bebop's computer and freezes on one for a fraction of a second (It the mirror image of what he's looking at), and he bypasses it as "Not a match"

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-05-02 06:39am

It's mentioned in 11's next episode preview that everyone just had a little bug for a while, so it is connected to the rest of the series.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-05-02 07:46am

That is the lesson...

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-05-02 07:50am

I think there are some lobster species that can hibernate. The others would freeze to death long before turning into a blob