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Abdul Hakim (Netflix)

Character

Abdul Hakim is the live-action reimagining of the pet thief, recast for the Netflix series as a grieving killer. Hunted across Tharsis by Spike and Jet, he hides behind a face-changing disguise while wrestling with the very dogs he was hired to destroy.

Eye: Brown, Blue (disguise)
Hair: Black, Ginger (disguise)
Actor: Cali Nelle, Jay Paulson
Crimes: Murder, Theft
Status: Deceased
Sessions: 3, 8
Continuity: Netflix live-action
Occupation: Bounty head
First Appearance: Dog Star Swing
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Appearance

Without his disguise, Hakim keeps his black hair styled in an afro, with dark skin and brown eyes. A face-changer module lets him swap that look for something entirely different: long ginger hair, thick sideburns, and blue eyes. The disguised version dresses in a brown leather jacket over a pale tan tunic, tight blue denim, and black boots.

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Personality

Beneath the reputation of a wanted murderer sits a more tangled man. He keeps returning to a dominatrix named Greta, which points to a masochistic streak, yet he also proves unexpectedly tender. Ordered to slaughter a group of dogs, he cannot bring himself to do it once he sees how innocent they are, growing attached to them instead. He is a capable martial artist as well, quick and dangerous in a close fight.

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History

Jet studies security footage of the newest bounty and reaches out to an information broker, Woodcock, who notes that every victim came from Earth and hands over the raw video in trade for a dinner date. Reading Hakim's lips in the recording, Spike works out that the man is chasing revenge for his family and holding a relative of his victims hostage. A cut on Hakim's wrist points to a face-changer, gear favored by brothel owners, so the pair rig a frequency scrambler and split up to comb Betty's Boop and Betty's Bottom on Tharsis.

The scrambler exposes Hakim at a gas station, sending him fleeing in his van toward Betty's Bottom in search of Betty. Spike gets the drop on him, but Hakim knocks the gun away and dashes to the roof, where their fight ends with Spike kicked into a massive sign. Jet pulls Spike to safety as Hakim reactivates his disguise and vanishes once more.

Tracing his habits back through Greta, the hunters learn he keeps a dog at the Atmo Farm where he works, and they find him there ringed by animals that nuzzle and cling to him. Cornered, he explains that he meant to kill them but could not, because his family once served the wealthy owners who abandoned them to save their pets when the Earth Gate detonated. Years of planned vengeance dissolve into affection for the creatures. Jet and Spike coax him into lowering the gun he holds to his own chin, only for the ISSP to gun him down.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Abdul Hakim known for?

Abdul Hakim is known in the Netflix Cowboy Bebop series as a grieving killer turned bounty head, hunted by Spike and Jet across Tharsis while using a face-changing disguise to hide from them.

What does Abdul Hakim look like without his disguise?

Without his disguise, Abdul Hakim has black hair styled in an afro, dark skin, and brown eyes. His face-changer module lets him switch to long ginger hair, thick sideburns, and blue eyes.

Why does Abdul Hakim target the dogs he was hired to kill?

Abdul Hakim was ordered to kill a group of dogs but could not go through with it once he saw how innocent they were, growing attached to them instead; his family had once served the wealthy owners who abandoned the pets rather than save them.

Who hunts Abdul Hakim in the Netflix series?

In the Netflix series, Spike Spiegel and Jet Black hunt Abdul Hakim after reading his lips in security footage and tracing him through the information broker Woodcock and the dominatrix Greta.

How does Abdul Hakim's story end?

Abdul Hakim is cornered by Spike and Jet at the Atmo Farm where he works, surrounded by the dogs he could not bring himself to kill, and is ultimately shot down by the ISSP.

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