In [[Cowboy Bebop]], Julia is the lost love from [[Spike Spiegel|Spike Spiegel's]] past. Once the lover of [[vicious (cowboy bebop)|Vicious]], she and Spike fell in love when she nursed Spike back to health after a job that went bad. Spike wanted to leave the Red Dragon syndicate with Julia, but upon finding out about the affair, Vicious issued Julia an ultimatum: either she was to kill Spike, or Spike and Julia would both face death for her betrayal. Spike faked his own death by engaging in a gunfight alone in a church against a rival syndicate, but when he waited for Julia so that they could escape and be free, she never arrived. Spike has been searching for her ever since.