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Born of the [[The Western|Old West]] but found in many other genres since, the '''Bounty Hunter''' makes a living pursuing criminals for the price on their heads. His line of work often makes him gruff and cynical, if he lives long enough, and in the eyes of some citizens he may be only slightly better than the criminals he hunts.
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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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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Bounty hunting is the occupation of Jet Black, Spike Spiegel, Faye Valentine and about 300,000 folks in the ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' universe. In fact, so many people make a living chasing criminals in the future that a cheesy Western-themed TV series (a cross between ''[[Bonanza]]'' and an interplanetary ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'') exists to provide them with intel on known bounty heads. All bounties must be taken alive, which is why the cast [[Perpetual Poverty|miss almost every big bounty]], as well as in one particularly unlucky case the guy ''crashed into a police station'', and once when they weren't given a bounty for stopping an AI in a satellite as it technically doesn't count as "alive".
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*** Really bored/crazy/skilled private individuals, whether on their own or as a group.
*** Finally, to top it all off, the relatives of the hunted individual(s). Given the economic situation in the Philippines, your good-for-nothing, hunted relative could pay off some debts.
* Bounty hunters do exist somewhat like they are portrayed in fiction over in the
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