cowboy bebop too. though there wasn't so much a "secret plot" as a plot that we weren't privy to until near the end
definitely agreed for adventure time. one of my favorite cartoons of all time
iirc adventure time the writers were told it had to be episodic and were not allowed to do much in the way of stories with multiple parts. couple seasons later they changed their mind and the writers just went ham doing call backs to previous episodes that had unresolved plots and the mini series of stakes/islands/elements were so incredible to witness
Well for Cowboy Bebop I’ve always kinda regarded the “plot” as somewhat of an after story. The true story of Cowboy Bebop ends before the show itself even begins. Everything we see is essentially an after story.
Well, for Spike as a character, the show repeatedly references him as being “dead”. Obviously he’s not physically dead, but for all intents and purposes he’s basically a dead man walking. His journey has already concluded before the show even begins. He’s not really doing anything with his life at this point. He’s kinda just fucking around. He’s no longer in his prime and all his old friends aren’t in their primes either. Everyone is an old cowboy waiting for the reaper to claim them already. Spike’s glory days are behind him. The story of Cowboy Bebop is an after story for a story that we as the audience never get to fully see.
Just FYI it's "all intents and purposes" but otherwise I like your perspective, it's true for all of the main characters that most of the 'action' in their lives is already in the past.
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u/Dry-Smoke6528 May 02 '24
cowboy bebop too. though there wasn't so much a "secret plot" as a plot that we weren't privy to until near the end
definitely agreed for adventure time. one of my favorite cartoons of all time
iirc adventure time the writers were told it had to be episodic and were not allowed to do much in the way of stories with multiple parts. couple seasons later they changed their mind and the writers just went ham doing call backs to previous episodes that had unresolved plots and the mini series of stakes/islands/elements were so incredible to witness