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For starters, that's a girl. Her name is Ed. 'Cowboy' is slang for 'bounty hunter,' the profession of the Five-Man Band. The main character, Spike, is a man with black hair impossible to mistake for her. 'Bebop' is the name of the ship. In both cases, it's Bebop, not BeBop. There's only a monitor in that shot, and it's not the whole computer. There are two correct words in the image; 'At', and 'Bandai', which was the US distributor of the series.

Knoll's Law of Media Accuracy: Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for that rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge.

Sometimes, it seems, the entire process of fact-checking gets left out of the newsmaking process—specially when it comes to Those Damn Youngsters' Pop Culture.

Compare Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch, New Media Are Evil. (If you find yourself constantly annoyed by this kind of thing, you probably believe Old Media Are Evil). For claims made In-Universe that are blatantly inaccurate, see Critical Research Failure.

This was previously known as Cowboy Bebop at His Computer before being renamed at All The Tropes because of the realization that the esoteric name was confusing, especially for non-tropers.

Examples of Media Research Failure are listed on these subpages:

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-[[File:CowboyBebopClip.jpg|link=Cowboy Bebop|frame|For starters, that's a girl. Her name is [[Gender Blender Name|Ed]]. 'Cowboy' is slang for 'bounty hunter,' the profession of the [[Five Man Band]]. The main character, Spike, is a man with black hair impossible to mistake for her. 'Bebop' is the name of the ship. In both cases, it's Bebop, not BeBop. There's only a monitor in that shot, and [[Computer Equals Monitor|it's not the whole computer]]. There are two correct words in the image; 'At', and '[[Bandai Entertainment|Bandai]]', which was the US distributor of the series.]]
+[[File:CowboyBebopClip.jpg|link=Cowboy Bebop|frame|For starters, that's a girl. Her name is [[Gender Blender Name|Ed]]. 'Cowboy' is slang for 'bounty hunter,' the profession of the [[Five-Man Band]]. The main character, Spike, is a man with black hair impossible to mistake for her. 'Bebop' is the name of the ship. In both cases, it's Bebop, not [[CamelCase|BeBop]]. There's only a monitor in that shot, and [[Computer Equals Monitor|it's not the whole computer]]. There are two correct words in the image; 'At', and '[[Bandai Entertainment|Bandai]]', which was the US distributor of the series.]]
-{{quote| '''''Knoll's Law of Media Accuracy:''' Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for that rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge.''}}
+{{quote|'''''Knoll's Law of Media Accuracy:''' Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for that rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge.''}}
-Sometimes, it seems, the entire process of fact-checking gets left out of the newsmaking process -- specially when it comes to Those Damn Youngsters' Pop Culture.
+Sometimes, it seems, the entire process of fact-checking gets left out of the newsmaking process—specially when it comes to Those Damn Youngsters' Pop Culture.
-Compare [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch]], [[New Media Are Evil]]. (If you find yourself constantly annoyed by this kind of thing, you probably believe [[Old Media Are Evil]]).
+Compare [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch]], [[New Media Are Evil]]. (If you find yourself constantly annoyed by this kind of thing, you probably believe [[Old Media Are Evil]]). For claims made [[In-Universe]] that are blatantly inaccurate, see [[Critical Research Failure]].
-{{examples|Examples go in subpages:}}
+This was previously known as ''Cowboy Bebop at His Computer'' before being renamed at All The Tropes because of the realization that the esoteric name was confusing, especially for non-tropers.
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Anime and Manga|Anime and Manga]]
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Comic Books|Comic Books]]
+{{examples on subpages}}
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Film|Film]]
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Literature|Literature]]
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Live Action TV|Live Action TV]]
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Music|Music]]
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Myth and Religion|Myth and Religion]]
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Newspaper Comics|Newspaper Comics]]
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Professional Wrestling|Professional Wrestling]]
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Tabletop Games|Tabletop Games]]
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Video Games|Video Games]]
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Web Media|Web Media]]
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Western Animation|Western Animation]]
-* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer/Other|Other]]
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+[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
 [[Category:Did Not Do the Research]]
 [[Category:Public Medium Ignorance]]
 [[Category:News Tropes]]
-[[Category:Fallout (Video Game)]]
-[[Category:Cowboy Bebop At His Computer]]
-[[Category:Trope]]