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{{quote|''Where life had no value, death, sometimes, had its price. That is why the bounty killers appeared.''|'''''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'''''}}
Born of the [[The Western|Old West]] but found in many other genres since, the
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When in the company of actual bounty hunters, you will speak of them as [[Insistent Terminology|"bail agents"]].
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** It's implied that the Bebop crew takes on more missions than we see them doing, however, they still seem to be in the poor house thanks to [[Destructive Saviour|Spike's tendency to destroy everything he touches]] when the crew go after a bounty head. All that collateral damage runs up a huge bill.
* ''[[Gunnm]]'''s leading characters Ido and Gally/Alita are both bounty hunters, along with half the cast in the early books.
* Nagi from the ''[[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi Universe]]'' TV series is a bounty hunter who acts as Ryoko's [[Inspector Javert]]
* The ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]'', Rally Vincent and Minnie-May Hopkins (and friends), spend most of their time as bounty hunters when they're not running their titular gun store.
** And according to Minnie-May, Rally earns far more money from bounty hunting than from selling guns.
** Rally and Minnie-May hold the distinction of being one of the most accurate portrayals of real-life bounty hunters that can be found in anime, or at least getting a lot closer to the real thing than most shows do. Unlike most other hunters, they maintain very close ties with their local police forces and are ''not'' regarded as being above or outside the law by any means; on one memorable occasion, a crook managed to kidnap Minnie-May because his and Rally's high-speed chase caught police attention and ended with Rally being arrested for breaking traffic laws.
** There's also an instance where Rally drives past a serious hostage situation, and stops to chat with her cop friends, but since none of the perps have jumped the bail, she has no legal right to intervene in any way, and goes on her way.
* ''[[Vampire Hunter D]]'' is a sort of the old west-style bounty hunter - [[Vampire Hunter|albeit of a very specific type of quarry]]. Though as the books and [[The Movie
* In ''[[Hyper Police]]'', all law enforcement in their post-magical-apocalypse world is handled by private companies of bounty hunters. The main characters make their money by claiming bounties. Licensing procedures are exacting and complex. And ''anyone'' can stick a bounty on the internet and expect the person to be delivered.
* Train, Sven, and Eve from ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'' are "sweepers," which are essentially the same thing as bounty hunters.
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* Johnny Alpha the protagonist in the ''[[Strontium Dog]]'' stories from the British [[Anthology Comic]] ''[[2000 AD]]'',
* [[Deadpool]] was employed to hunt down unregistered superheroes, for about an hour, during [[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]. Then he was sacked, mainly thanks to Cable.
* After [[She Hulk]]'s disbarment in her most recent series, she became a
* The title character of the graphic novel ''[[Jinx]]''.
* Exeter from ''[[Scion]]''. A "Lesser Race" being who hunts fugitive Lesser Races out of a sense of self-loathing.
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* ''[[The City of Dreaming Books]]'' by Walter Moers has ''Book Hunters'', who could have been taken straight from [[Star Wars]], except that they make underground raids for old books. They got the patchwork armor and rusty swords, and like to prey on each other for the greates prizes.
* Velith Il-nok of ''[[The Sirantha Jax Series]]'' is definitely a stand-up individual who is in the profession for the good it does rather than just getting paid. It's interesting in that, even while being alien, he is more "human" than some actual human characters.
* In the short story [http://www.ac-mag.com/story.php?issue_id=5&story_id=25 "A Good Boy"] by Desmond Warzel, Stitsky is a
* ''[[Literature/Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep|Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep]]'' features bounty hunters who track down and kill [[Artificial Human|androids]] who have escaped into mainstream society and are posing as humans, much like [[Blade Runner|the film it was later adapted into]]. Many characters express distaste for bounty hunters and their role in society. Unlike in the movie, they are known simply as "bounty hunters", rather than "blade runners".
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The eponymous star of ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County Jr]]'' was a
* ''[[MacGyver]]'' frequently crossed paths with the Coltons, an entire ''family'' of bounty hunters. They only all appeared together in the [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]] for an aborted [[Spin-Off]].
* Sam leapt into a
* ''[[Dog the Bounty Hunter]]'' is a [[Reality Show]] following Hawaiian-based bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman. His brushes with the law and liberal use of [[N-Word Privileges|forbidden slurs]] have made him something of a controversial figure.
* Jubal Early from the ''[[Firefly]]'' episode "Objects in Space" was a villainous bounty hunter.
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* Ilana on ''[[Lost]]'' is (or claims to be) a bounty hunter hired to bring Sayid to Guam.
* Ben Crowley on ''[[Chase]]''.
* In some ways, Kamen Rider Birth from ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'' could be seen as a
** Likewise, Keisuke Nago from ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' was a bounty hunter shortly before becoming Kamen Rider IXA.
* In ''[[Castle]]'', [[Love Interest|Beckett]]'s former mentor and flame returns as a bounty hunter. He tries to get her to work for him to catch crooks, get better pay, and avoid the red tape. She refuses. {{spoiler|He is later killed, causing Beckett to go on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]}}.
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* ''[[Popful Mail]]'' often goes after big-time criminals (the bigger the reward, the better), but never manages to ''catch'' any of them.
* Inverted by Wrex of ''[[Mass Effect]],'' who describes himself as a mercenary, but his actual role tracks much more with that of a bounty hunter. The jobs of his that you see or he describes in-game usually involve tracking down and kidnapping or killing one person (Fist, Aleena, the unnamed volus, etc) at the behest of a private employer.
** He's also done bodyguarding and space piracy according to his stories, so he's pretty much an all-around hired gun. However, he found bodyguarding to be boring (but easy money, naturally) and prefers to work in smaller groups or alone, so he's arguably a
** The sequel plays it a little straighter while still being flexible in the form of Zaeed Massani. The guy is described as the best bounty hunter in the business. Even when Shepard first meets him, he's cornered a Batarian bounty. (As well as shooting him in the back of the knee when he tries to run.) That said, Zaeed also co-founded the Blue Suns mercenary corporation and has fought in many battles as a soldier for hire. Ultimately, Zaeed burns this trope's candle at both ends. The only difference being if the contract in question says "capture" rather than "kill", "secure", "breach" or other more strategic terms.
* B.B. Hood/Bulleta of ''[[Darkstalkers]]'' is a bounty hunter specializing in monsters (called a Darkhunter in the fluff). She very much falls under the "villain" category, being a greedy, sadistic, amoral [[Ax Crazy]] [[Enfant Terrible]] [[Psycho for Hire]].
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* In ''[[Mercenaries]]'', the player characters (a trio of [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|mercenaries]]) are often dispatched to capture or kill selected targets with prices on their head. In fact, in the original game, the players primary reason for being there was the massive bounty on the [[Big Bad]]'s head.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', one of the [[Sidequest
* ''[[Freelancer]]'' has an entire faction of these, which the Discovery [[Game Mod]] expands upon.
* Hachimen from ''[[Sacrifice]]'' works entirely for the highest bidder. Presented due to him having an array of different spells, mostly early [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Pyro]] units, and later, [[Magnificent Bastard|Stratos]] units.
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* The Regulators in ''[[Fallout 3]]'' are bounty killers who target evildoers and turn in their [[Fingore|fingers]] for caps. Players with very good karma can join them.
* In [[Fallout: New Vegas]] the player can pursue bounties for [[Always Chaotic Evil|Fiend]] leaders for the NCR, who will pay for their heads. The catch being that the player must leave the head intact and recognizable (IE no [[Boom! Headshot!|headshots]] or any attacks that [[Ludicrous Gibs|gibs]]/disintegrates them) or else the Major in charge of the bounties can't verify them and cannot pay you full price.
* Many [[MMORPG
* ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]'' has a small tree of sidequests where the player takes the role of
* Although ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Privateer]]'' has AI pilots referred to as bounty hunters (and the [[Player Character]] occasionally takes on jobs with the label), the actual task is never to actually capture them, just shoot them down.<ref>On the rare occasions a bounty mission target ejects, they only show up as generic pilots, and once you land they're just regular slaves to sell.</ref>
* In ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' The [[All There in the Manual|Teach Me Miss Lichi]] segments explain that "Vigilantes" are (despite the name) this. Criminals the [[The Empire|NOL]] want to capture are given bounties which anyone can turn in (although it's noted that their bounties don't always tally with the threat the individual presents and they may or may not be of the "dead or alive" variety) and the NOL allows citizens to collect them (they even offer a service where they dispatch an agent to collect the bounty and freely teach otherwise restricted [[Functional Magic|ar magus]] which can be used to bind criminals and drag them to the nearest NOL outpost).
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