History Anime / CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jet ''tries'' to do this after the train incident confirms, as he'd feared, that Vincent isn't an ordinary bounty and they're in way over their heads on this one. Doesn't work, as Spike keeps digging and circumstances force the ''Bebop'' crew to step up to stop Vincent's endgame.

* BackForTheFinale: In terms of production order rather than chronological order, Punch and Judy, Laughing Bull, and the Three Old Men all return for final appearances. Punch and Judy's return is also a downplayed Meta plot point, as it establishes ''when'' the film takes place in the series narrative (given their cancellation in Episode 23).
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Vincent fakes an attack on the city's water supply to divert the ISSP's manpower and resources to and leave the Halloween parade wide open for his ''real'' plan. Given his military background, Vincent also likely knew the Army would get caught up in jurisdictional squabble and ensured they'd be diverted from the parade as well.]]

* TheCameo: You can see Cowboy Andy -- or "Samurai Musashi", in this case -- from episode 22 of the series during the parade scene.

* HididenInPlainSight: In the climax, Vincent disguises himself as a warlock to get into position for the Halloween parade. [[spoiler: The bombs are also hidden inside the Halloween parade floats and balloons]].

* HalloweenEpisode: The whole movie takes place around Halloween.

''Cowboy Bebop: Knockin on Heaven's Door''[[note]]''Cowboy Bebop: The Movie'' outside of Japan[[/note]] is a 2001 anime film based off the [[Anime/CowboyBebop popular show of the same name]]. It serves as a {{Interquel}} to the series, as the events of the film take place chronologically between episodes 22 and 23 of the show. It was directed by Creator/ShinichiroWatanabe with assistance from Hiroyuki Okiura (''Anime/ALetterToMomo'') and Tensai Okamura (''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''), with the screenplay written by Keiko Nobumoto, who also wrote and co-wrote 11 episodes of the main series, and was released on September 1, 2001.

''Cowboy Bebop: Knockin on Heaven's Door''[[note]]''Cowboy Bebop: The Movie'' outside of Japan[[/note]] is a 2001 anime film based off the [[Anime/CowboyBebop popular show of the same name]]. It serves as a {{Interquel}} to the series, as the events of the film take place chronologically between episodes 22 and 23 of the show. It was directed by Shinichiro Watanabe with assistance from Hiroyuki Okiura (''Anime/ALetterToMomo'') and Tensai Okamura (''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''), written by Keiko Nobumoto and was released on September 1, 2001.

* AllJustADream: [[OrWasItADream Or Was It]] in that the film may or may not be just a dream: [[spoiler:it starts with Spike falling asleep and ends with him waking up]].

* ForegoneConclusion: Since it's set late in the series and prior to the closing stretch of episodes, the crew of the ''Bebop'' will all survive the events of the film. [[spoiler: However, given the ambiguity of the ending and whether or not the film was all just a dream of Spike's, it can alternately be argued if the trope even applies or not.]]

* DubNameChange: The film was retitled ''Cowboy Bebop: The Movie'' in the U.S. because the distribution company could not secure the rights to use "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" from the estate of Bob Dylan.

* ForTheEvulz: The film never really clarifies the motive for Vincent's rampage. He does what he does because, as he puts it, he feels like he is in a dream from which he can cannot awaken. He believes that if he does somethi g extreme enough in this "dream," it will basically shock him awake so he can be in the "real" world.

* ForTheEvulz: The film never really clarifies the motive for Vincent's rampage. He does what he does because, as he puts it, he feels like he is in a dream from which he can cannot awaken.

* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:Vincent cuts open Faye's shirt and threatens her, but before he could do anymore, Sampson shows up for his money and Vincent kills him.]]

* GunTwirling: Spike does this to great effect (not to mention just oozing style) in the opening sequence. For those viewers for whom the film is their introduction to the characters, it was a definitive Spike moment start them out.

* AllJustADream[=/=][[OrWasItADream Or Was It]]: Played with that the film may or may not be just a dream: [[spoiler:it starts with Spike falling asleep and ends with him waking up]].

* BigBad: Vincent Volaju

* WeatherControlMachine: Mars' weather is man-made and controlled at a central station. Faye breaks in and threatens the workers there so they will make in rain, as part of the ''Bebop'' crew's plan to stop a terrorist.

* AutobotsRockOut: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiUjOFYDiBE "Pushing the Sky"]], which plays in the final battle with Vincent.

* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Spike does this in the middle of the movie to infiltrate Cherious Medical Pharmaceutical Comapany. Elektra sees through the disguise before he can get too far inside.

''Cowboy Bebop: Knockin on Heaven's Door''[[note]]''Cowboy Bebop: The Movie'' outside of Japan[[/note]] is a 2001 anime film based off the [[Anime/CowboyBebop popular show of the same name]]. It serves as a {{Interquel}} to the series, as the events of the film take place chronologically between episodes 22 and 23 of the show. It was directed by Shinichiro Watanabe with assistance from Hiroyuki Okiura (''Anime/ALetterToMomo'') and Tensai Okamura(''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''), written by Keiko Nobumoto and was released on September 1, 2001.

''Cowboy Bebop: Knockin on Heaven's Door''[[note]]''Cowboy Bebop: The Movie'' outside of Japan[[/note]] is a 2001 anime film based off the [[Anime/CowboyBebop popular show of the same name]]. It serves as a {{Interquel}} to the series, as the events of the film take place chronologically between episodes 22 and 23 of the show. It was directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (with assistance from Hiroyuki Okiura and Tensai Okamura), written by Keiko Nobumoto and was released on September 1, 2001.

''Cowboy Bebop: Knockin on Heaven's Door''[[note]]''Cowboy Bebop: The Movie'' outside of Japan[[/note]] is a 2001 anime film based off the [[Anime/CowboyBebop popular show of the same name]]. It serves as a {{Interquel}} to the series, as the events of the film take place chronologically between episodes 22 and 23 of the show. It was directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, written by Keiko Nobumoto and was released on September 1, 2001.

The film also stars Ai Kobayashi as Elektra Ovilo.

The ''Bebop'' crew -- Spike (Creator/KoichiYamadera), Jet (Creator/UnshoIshizuka), Faye (Creator/MegumiHayashibara), Ed (Aoi Tada), and Ein -- are going about their usual bounty hunter business when a bomb goes off in a city on Mars. The culprit, Vincent Volaju, soon has a sizeable bounty placed on his head. The gang jumps at the chance to catch Vincent Volaju (Creator/TsutomuIsobe) and claim the reward, but soon discover a deeper well of conspiracy and revenge that puts the fate of the city -- and the lives of the ''Bebop'' crew--at stake.

''Cowboy Bebop: Knockin on Heaven's Door''[[note]]''Cowboy Bebop: The Movie'' outside of Japan[[/note]] is a 2001 anime film based off the [[Anime/CowboyBebop popular show of the same name]]. It serves as a {{Interquel}} to the series, as the events of the film take place chronologically between episodes 22 and 23 of the show.

The ''Bebop'' crew -- Spike, Jet, Faye, Ed, and Ein -- are going about their usual bounty hunter business when a bomb goes off in a city on Mars. The culprit, Vincent Volaju, soon has a sizeable bounty placed on his head. The gang jumps at the chance to catch Vincent and claim the reward, but soon discover a deeper well of conspiracy and revenge that puts the fate of the city -- and the lives of the ''Bebop'' crew--at stake.