Cowboy Bebop - Episode 5
DarkStar
Cowboy Bebop. Specifically about what Spike recalled and said to Faye. I
know the flashbacks were about how he was saved by Julia (I hope I'm not
that dense), but what did Spike mean when he said "Tonedeaf" to Faye? Why
did she slap him with a pillow?
My understanding of it was that Spike made some sort of sexual comment, but
I'm not really sure. Anyone care to elaborate?
Chibi-Light
wrote:
It's cause Faye was humming a melody (flattly apparently) and Spike
calls her tonedeaf meaning that she's can't hear different tones.
Ever hear people who just can't sing and they're horribly off? Good
chance they're tonedeaf.
Jeffo Swarthmore
Wasn't she singing to him or something? Spike then made a sarcastic
comment even if he was badly injured. The reason was to tease Faye?
Junkster
If you listen carefully, Faye is humming the same tune that Julia was
humming/singing when she was nursing him. I think the comment was
twofolds: One, Spike is trying to tease Faye, even when he is down,
to who her that he's okay. Second, Spike recognizes the tune, feels
some sort of emotional tie between the tune and Julia, so instead of
telling Faye to stop, he makes a wisecrack to not give her a clue on
why he wants her to stop. But that's just my 2 cents.
Junkster, who can't remember the tune really.
Heavyarms
"DarkStar" <mohame...@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:6tXtb.86059$HoK....@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
I don't recall the the sub, but in the dub Spike calls Faye over and
grumbles "You sing off-key." Faye apparently took it upon herself to help
care for Spike since he came to her "rescue." I think the song she was
humming was one that Julia had sung to him in a similar situation. It was
one of the few times Faye had shown any sort of feelings toward Spike, and
was pissed off at his smart-ass comment.
Heavyarms
"Junkster" <junk...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:41ca6732.03111...@posting.google.com...
That's pretty astute. That was what I thought as well. Its the old cliche'
where Spike's been "hurt" before, and didn't want to be hurt again. He was
in the same situation he was in when he first me Julia. As Barney Fife
would say, he needed to "nip it...nip it in the bud."
JonLke
>humming/singing when she was nursing him.
Wonder where Faye heard and learned it?>Spike recognizes the tune, feels
>some sort of emotional tie between the tune and Julia, so instead of
>telling Faye to stop, he makes a wisecrack to not give her a clue on
>why he wants her to stop.
Notice how well the music, story and action fit in "Cowboy Bebop". "Ave Maria"
as Faye enters the opera house- irony as it is for Faye, and also a connection
to "The Man Who Knew Too Much", and yet, at the end, even after Spike snaps off
that shot that could have killed her, Faye is nursing Spike, like a Madonna.
This another 'forshadowing' of the ending-the card that Spike picks up...