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* [[Accidental Aesop]]: From the main page under [[Strawman Political]], the Core Worlds are [[Crystal Spires and Togas|peaceful and prosperous]], but [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them|the government can do damn near anything they want]] to their citizens as long as they can [[I Did What I Had to Do|justify it]] -- such as [[Playing
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Is Jayne a [[Psycho for Hire|barely-restrained murderous idiot,]] or is this a [[Obfuscating Stupidity|facade]] created to ensure he has [[Dismotivation|minimal responsibilities]] and [[Almighty Janitor|maximum opportunities]] to [[Blood Knight|hurt people he dislikes?]] Mal often relies on Jayne to accomplish impressive tasks with no supervision and little foreknowledge -- and he always does, [[Lovable Traitor]] tendencies notwithstanding.
** How exactly River's psychic abilities work is up to interpretation. The two most common theories are that either she's precognitive and can sense things before they happen, or that she possesses exceptional telepathic awareness of her surroundings which, coupled with her extreme intellect, lets her ''predict'' what's going to happen through analysis. Or maybe both at the same time.
* [[Awesome Anachronistic Apparel]]: It ''is'' a space western... with T-Shirts, corporate logos, the occasional mongol raider-style hat and space hookers. ''Of course'' everyone looks awesome!
* [[Better
* [[Bittersweet Ending]] / [[Distant Finale]]: The short story "Take the Sky," included in the ''Firefly: Still Flying'' companion book. Set 20 years after ''[[
* [[Complete Monster]]: Jubal Early.
** Freakin' ''Niska''! This is a guy who had his wife's nephew tortured to death, and shows him off to the people he hires. Not a nice guy at all, especially in "War Stories" when he gets his hands on our [[Big Damn Heroes]].
* [[Creepy Awesome]]: River.
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: ''[http://www.amazon.com/Original-Television-Soundtrack-Edmonson-Composer/dp/B000BLI4PQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1321716400&sr=8-5 Firefly]'' and ''[http://www.amazon.com/Serenity-David-Newman-Composer/dp/B000AYYUGQ/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b Serenity]'' both have decidedly awesome soundtracks composed by Greg Edmonson and David Newman, respectively. Special mention goes to "Mal Fights Niska / Back Home" from "War Stories", and "Reavers Chase ''Serenity''" from the pilot.
** Not to mention the end credits for ''Serenity'', the tail end of which features an instrumental [[
* [[Cult Classic]]
* [[Ear Worm]]: The title theme is the ''first'' example listed under [[Live Action TV]] on that page for a reason. Also frequently mentioned are the Fruity Oaty Bars jingle and the Ballad Of Jayne Cobb.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: River, who went from being a secondary character -- who still had quite a bit of focus on in the main series -- to being one of the two leads in [[The Movie]]. She's on the [[All
* [[Evil Is Cool]]: Averted. Dr. Matthias is a banal and rather boring person. The sort of person who would be running a government brainwashing project in other words.
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Saffron, but she ''is'' played by [[Christina Hendricks]].
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* [[It Was His Sled]]: Major plot points in the series are often discussed without spoiler warnings, since [[Fan Myopia|it's assumed everyone knows or "should" know them already]].
* [[Large Ham]]: Niska + scenery = [[Chewing the Scenery|nom nom nom...]]
* [[Memetic Badass]]: [[Xkcd
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "I'll be in my bunk.", "Also? [[Psychic Powers|I can kill you with my brain.]]", "[[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!]]", "Mine is an [[Evil Laugh]]!", "This food is problematic", "[[Big Damn Heroes]], sir!" Etc., etc.
** [http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0c2l0k7Kf1r8rauqo1_1280.png Jew-bal Early]
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*** Alternately, the point where Zoe jumps the gun on his [[Sadistic Choice]] and he responds by giving her "small refund".
** "Heart of Gold". Rance. {{spoiler|Willing to take out the entire brothel just to get to his kid, and is willing to be sexually serviced in public, because he thinks that's what women are for. Rather telling for someone who doesn't even survive the ep}}.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: [[Firefly (TV series)/Nightmare Fuel|A surprising amount]].
* [[Saved
** Sadly averted, however, when it came to reviving the series as a whole. An attempt was made to buy the rights, but it failed without support from Joss Whedon or Nathan Fillion.
* [[Selfish Evil]]: [[Discussed Trope]]. When Saffron heads the plot to steal the Lassiter in ''Trash'', half the crew basically ask "Why is the selfish, conniving bitch who {{spoiler|tried to kill us}}, who betrays everybody for her own personal gain ''here''?" The other half have expressions that say they're thinking the same thing.
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** [[Stoic Woobie]]: Simon has to deal with pretty much everything his sister is going through, and received little to no support from either of his parents when he made his move to get her out of there.
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