Alias: Wandering Star (Laughing Bull)
Age: 25
Appearance: Recessional of the Red Dragons, A Trip in Paradise
Occupation: Bounty Hunter, member of the Red Dragon Hunters
Birthplace: Earth
Best Friends: Jet, Spike, Edward, Ein, Victoria (deceased), Laughing Bull, Lt. Elektra, Roco (deceased), Julia, Annie (vision), Lin and Shin (visions)
Theme Song: Space Oddity (David Bowie)
The iron maiden started out living on Earth. She wound up in the slums for a few months. She was homeless, estranged, and down on her luck until she saw a spaceship crash-land in the far-off distance. She came across the Bebop and met the two bounty hunters, Jet and Spike. At first, she was turned away, but thanks to her fast thinking and bravery, she became an honorary member of the crew.
Trudy in the new bounty hunter team
Trudy as part of the special forces for the Red Dragon War
The Bebop turned to be her new home as she travels planet to planet with her surrogate family: Jet being a father figure, and Spike being the cocky, skillful brother. She always looks up to him the most.
Trudy always has an unwavering interest of what lies beyond, and she constantly hopes to see her favorite planet, Saturn. She also has a heart of gold, and sharp wits and great courage due to Spike’s vigorous training. She tends to get enthralled in solving other people’s problems, like solving a puzzle, from Spike’s dark past, to Jet’s deadly enemy. But she has a “sixth sense” as she feels a sharp chill course through her body, which is usually a biological alarm of grave danger.
She has plenty of allies across the universe who’ll later be essential as she would one day come to terms with her worst fears… Thankfully, the nightmare ended after Zekrom, Reshiram, and Victoria sacrificed themselves in order to save her and her comrades from Olympus Mons’ destruction. The Red Dragons later surrendered, Julia and Spike finally reunited in a life with no fear nor ridicule, and Zero decided to stay on Mars to become a bounty hunter along with Spike’s beloved.
Recently, she came across two new bounty heads named Takeshi and Lyn, on their mission to manipulate all the interplanetary residents to convert to a zealous group known only as the Drifters. Jet and Faye were amongst them, and despite the Bebop crew’s successful retrieval, outside of losing their bounties to Andy, she had a heart-wrenching fallout. She wound up at Laughing Bull’s camp, and he and Spike wanted to convince her to return to Tharsis and reconcile with them. Despite the oncoming dust storm, only time would tell whether or not she’s ready to trust them again.
Whether she’s named the Wandering Star or space cadet, and later an official space cowgirl, Trudy is certainly a bona fide bounty hunter.
Trivia[]
- Trudy was a self-insert character for Cowboy Bebop by Ikran.
- She's autistic and doesn't drive like she does, and she happens to be sensitive to tension and conflict, even light and sound. Her favorite planet is Saturn.
- She has multiple nicknames such as space cadet and Wandering Star, due to her wandering mind.
- Some of her best friends include the Pokémon Trainer OCs created by pikaace.
- Her age is 25, which was the same age Ikran saw Bebop.
- Trudy does usually mean spear maiden.