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* In the "Charity" arc, we have Zoe managing to almost singlehandedly {{spoiler|fight off half-a-dozen armored, well-armed and well-trained mercenaries}} with just her shotgun and a knife. And this is while she's ''[[Pregnant Badass|pregnant]].''

** Two chapters later, Zoe {{spoiler|shoots down a heavily-armed gunship with just a lever-action rifle.}}

** Book kicking three Talons' asses offscreen before giving the leader a [[Click Hello]].

** River's {{spoiler|[[Ceiling Cling]] ambush of Talons attacking the abbey.}}

** When the pirates come back for another round, she draws them away from the nearby town to keep civilians from getting caught in the crossfire, and in the process {{spoiler|gets hit by the pirates' thrusters, resulting in a broken back and legs}} - but she's still able to make the pirates back off when they close in on foot by {{spoiler|drawing an incendiary grenade with a primed dead-man's switch.}} Ultimately, it results in {{spoiler|a [[Blast Out]] where she has to shoot the pirate captain dead, but only after he both shot her int he stomach and she was apparently given a concussion by a ricochet off her skull.}} Now that's a [[Determinator]] for you.

** Quote River's own mental analysis:

* River and Jayne's escape from Niska's ship in "Unfinished Business" is made, on equal parts, of brutality and awesomeness.

* Mal weaponizing Serenity's exhaust to weaken an Alliance's ship so much that it weakens the glass separating the bridge from the Black and, three armour-piercing rounds [[Explosive Decompression|later...]]