Zebra is a former operative of the Self Defense Volunteer Squad and a longtime comrade of Giraffe. Left paralyzed and held captive for a decade, he becomes a silent witness to a murder and, later, a key to unlocking the truth for the Bebop crew.
Zebra has fair blonde hair and a blue eye. He is identified by the code Z89641BUS and hails from Mars.
Years of forced paralysis strip away any outward expression, yet awareness lingers underneath. Though he cannot move or speak, he takes in everything around him, and a single tear reveals that his mind remains fully present despite the frozen body.

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Zebra spent years in the Squad alongside Giraffe. In 2061 the two slipped into a hidden research facility to take it back, but shortly afterward Zebra was seized by Wen, who kept him paralyzed and paraded him as an invalid father to sell a false identity. That imprisonment stretched across ten years. In 2071, Giraffe tracked Wen to a high-rise hotel, and Zebra could only watch as Wen gunned his old friend down and sent him tumbling out a window.
Because Giraffe carried a bounty, Spike Spiegel had been trailing him. Wen cornered and interrogated Spike, warning him off, with the motionless Zebra at his side. When Spike refused to back down, the ensuing shoot-out saw Zebra shoved down a staircase to buy Wen an escape. The crew brought him aboard the Bebop and realized he was conscious after he shed a tear. Jet Black applied the Alfa Catch to read Zebra's memories, drawing out the real story of Giraffe's death and his true purpose.
Zebra, a former Self Defense Volunteer Squad operative, was captured by Wen and kept forcibly paralyzed for a decade as a fake guardian cover; he was later brought aboard the Bebop by Spike Spiegel and the crew, who read his frozen memories to learn the truth about Giraffe's death.
Zebra and Giraffe were longtime comrades in the Self Defense Volunteer Squad who together infiltrated a hidden research facility in 2061, though Zebra was soon captured by Wen while Giraffe spent years still searching for him.
Wen kept Zebra forcibly paralyzed for ten years, parading him as an invalid father figure to conceal his own unaging condition.
The crew realizes Zebra remains fully aware despite his frozen body when he sheds a single tear after being brought aboard the Bebop.
Jet Black applied the Alfa Catch device to read Zebra's memories, drawing out the real story of Giraffe's death and Wen's true purpose.
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