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[[File:joss-whedon1.jpg|frame|This man will kill your nerd crushes. <ref>Well, first he'll make them, ''then'' he'll kill them.</ref> ]]
{{quote|''"Always be yourself... [[Bait and Switch Comment|unless you suck]]."''
▲{{quote|''"Always be yourself... [[Bait and Switch Comment|unless you suck]]."''|'''Joss Whedon'''}}
▲''Joss Whedon you Bastard!''
Joseph Hill Whedon (born 1964) is a scriptwriter, director, cameo actor, television producer through his famed [[Mutant Enemy]] production company, [[Comic Book]] author, and as of the live movie-theater broadcast of [[This American Life]] a singer. Joss comes from a family of talented writers, and is one of the first ''third''-generation television writers.
Best-known for ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Angel]]'', ''[[Dollhouse]]'', the famously-canceled cult hit ''[[Firefly]]'' and [[The Movie|its motion picture]], ''[[Serenity]]'', ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Whedon's characters and scripts are famous among his fans for containing a dry, caustic wit. He can be counted on to do something completely unexpected in every new series. In ''Buffy'', he listed a regular guest-star in the opening credits for the first time -- only to kill her off in that very episode. He also gets a lot of praise from feminists for his strong female characters.
Whedon delights in [[Teasing Creator|defying the audience's expectations]]. for example, rather than killing a major character, he'll kill off a lesser-known but much more endearing character. In the DVD commentary for ''Serenity'', Whedon explains that he likes doing such things because people ''expect'' the hero to die or be horribly injured at some point during the production -- but they ''don't'' expect the minor characters to die, so the impact is much greater. Unfortunately, at this point he's [[Signature Style|done this so often]] that nobody ''expects'' the characters they like to live.
Since ''Justice League'' came out, Ray Fisher, Gal Gadot and Jason Momoa called out his abusive behavior on set once [[Zack Snyder]] left. ''Buffy'' and ''Firefly'' cast members also called out Joss' behavior on the sets of his shows. For example, Whedon fired [[Charisma Carpenter]] while she was pregnant during the filming of ''Angel'' season 4 despite returning for the 100th episode.
Not to be confused with [[Joss Stone]].
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* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]
* [[Jossed]]
== Films written: ==
* [[The Movie]] of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy The Vampire Slayer]]''
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* ''[[Waterworld]]'' (script doctored by)
* ''[[Twister]]'' (script doctored by)
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' (with seven other writers, nominated for [[Academy Award|Oscar]])
* ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]: Resurrection'' (apparently the experience was so bad that he sheds tears when asked about it - apparently due to the script being written as a camp parody, but treated as a genuine horror/action film.)
* ''[[Titan A.E.]]'' (most of it)
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* ''[[Serenity]]''
* ''[[The Cabin in the Woods]]'' (with Drew Goddard)
* ''[[Captain America: The
* ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]''
* A new adaptation of ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' that he apparently made at his house just recently{{when}} in the midst of shooting ''[[The Avengers]]''.
* ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]''
* ''[[Justice League (2017 film)|Justice League]]'' (rewrites)
== Films directed: ==
* ''[[Serenity]]''
* ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]''
* ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''
* ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]''
* ''[[Justice League (2017 film)|Justice League]]'' (reshoots)
== Films Produced: ==
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== Television Work: ==
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
▲* {{smallcaps| As Creator/Executive Producer/Director}}
▲** ''[[Angel]]''
▲** ''[[Firefly]]''
▲** ''[[Dollhouse]]''
▲* {{smallcaps|As Writer/Guest Writer:}}
▲** ''[[Parenthood (TV series)|Parenthood]]'' (The 1990 version)
* {{smallcaps| As Director:}}▼
** ''[[The Office]]'' ("Business School" and "Branch Wars")▼
** ''[[Glee]]'' ("Dream On")▼
** [[Veronica Mars]] (Douglas the car rental office boss in "Rat Saw God")▼
=== As Actor ===
== Comics written: ==
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== [[Web Original]] projects: ==
* ''[[
One warning - when approaching his work, whatever the medium, expect [[True Art Is Angsty|angst]]. [[Wangst|Lots and]] [[Deus Angst Machina|lots of]] [[Diabolus Ex Machina|angst]]. [[Angst Dissonance|Even when it's a really]], ''[[Angst Dissonance|really]]'' [[Angst Dissonance|bad idea]]. And even after, or in the midst of, [[Cerebus Syndrome|a previously comic storyline or situation]]. And don't get attached to anyone, because [[Tonight Someone Dies|they're going to die in the name of "dramatic value"]]. [[The Firefly Effect|But only if]] [[Screwed by the Network|the network doesn't]] [[Friday Night Death Slot|do it first]].
Also, be prepared for [[Trope Overdosed|more tropes than you can shake a stick at]].
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* [[Abusive Parents]] / [[Parental Abandonment]]: A staple of the Jossverse, sometimes lampooned. For the Freudians out there, Joss' parents split before he turned 10.
* [[Action Girl]]: Very common. Though Whedon himself doesn't think this should even be a trope. He once recounted how interviewers always ask why he writes so many strong, competent female characters, saying he always wants to yell at them about why they aren't asking every other writer why they ''don't'' write these kinds of character.
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** People with mental illness shows up in a lot of his shows.
** And [[Foot Focus|feet]].
** [[Elvis Costello]] references.
** [[Yuri Fan|Tends to turn]] [[Les Yay|his female characters into]] [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|lesbians]], if they weren't already.
** Likes to name his characters after objects (Willow, River, Angel, Spike, Faith, Book and Dawn)
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* [[Creator Cameo]]: [[Angel|Numfar! Do the dance of joy!]] He's also made two self-inserts in the ''Buffy'' comics line.
* [[Deus Angst Machina]], [[Diabolus Ex Machina]], usually combined with [[Too Happy to Live]] below.
* [[Family Business]]: [[wikipedia:John Whedon|Members]] [[wikipedia:Tom Whedon|of]] the Whedon family have been writing for television practically since the medium's inception, and then, of course, there are his brothers.▼
* [[Foot Focus]]: Before there was River, there was Dawn. ...And Fred. And Eve. And Lilah. (Wesley even serves as [[Author Avatar]] on that one.)
** Notably, both Summer Glau and Michelle Trachtenberg have a background in ballet, which was incorporated into their roles. The former played a ghost ballerina on ''Angel'', while the latter got a dance sequence all to herself in the [[Musical Episode]].
* [[Hollywood Atheist]]: Malcolm Reynolds is deeply bitter against God/Christianity after losing a war. [[Nathan Fillion]] himself stated that Mal is actually a [[Nay Theist]] who's pissed off after the Serenity Valley.
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* [[Old Shame]]: The unaired ''Buffy'' pilot. It's on Youtube if anyone's interested. Also, the film.
** Whedon was asked by IGN Film Force in June 2003 about the unaired presentation:
{{quote|
'''Whedon''': Not while there is strength in these bones.
'''IGNFF''': Well, I mean, it's one of the most heavily bootlegged things on the Internet.
'''Whedon''': Yeah. It sucks on ass.
'''IGNFF''': Yeah, it does, but it's sort of that archival, historical perspective...
'''Whedon''': Yeah, [[I Will Show You X|I've got your historical perspective]]. }}
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: Joss Whedon, you Bastard!
* [[Production Posse]]: Some actors achieved a "hat trick" of appearing as [[You Look Familiar|different characters]] in all three of his series. The most notable of these actors is Jonathan M. Woodward. Not only did Woodward appear in all three of Whedon's shows(Holden Webster in ''Buffy''; Knox in ''Angel'' and Tracy in ''Firefly''), his character died in each instance.
** Carlos Jacott, best known for {{spoiler|shooting Bill Henrickson}} in the finale of ''[[Big Love]]'', played the smarmy villain Ken in the ''Buffy'' episode "Anne". He would later appear on ''Angel'' ("Bachelor Party") and ''Firefly'' ("Serenity").
** [[Amy Acker]] (''Angel'') and Alan Tudyk (''Firefly'') both resurfaced on ''Dollhouse'' after the demise of their respective shows. Acker would later be cast in ''The Cabin in the Woods''.
** [[Adam Baldwin]] and Gina Torres were salvaged from ''Firefly'' to play villains on ''Angel''. Morena Baccarin was slated to appear (also as a baddie), but Fox execs [[Executive Veto|nixed the idea]]. And, of course, [[Nathan Fillion]] was a recurring villain in ''Buffy'''s last season.
** Alexis Denisof is a frequent collaborator. In addition to playing Wesley on ''Buffy'' and ''Angel'', he had a surprise voiceover in ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'' (as {{spoiler|[[Thanos]]'s right hand man The Other}}) and is Benedick in Whedon's ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''.
** Jeremy Renner, who plays Clint "[[Hawkeye]]" Barton in ''The Avengers'', previously played a vampire on ''Angel'' way back in 2000.
** Gnarl, the Gentleman, the Ubervamp, and the Prince of Lies were all the same guy: Camden Toy.
** Andy Umberger was D'Hoffryn on ''Buffy'', a crazy psychosurgeon on ''Angel'', and an Alliance Captain in the ''Firefly'' pilot.
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Numerous characters, but most notably {{spoiler|Kitty Pryde}} during his run on ''Astonishing X-Men''. Particularly shocking, considering how much he loved the character ( {{spoiler|she's often cited as an inspiration for Buffy}}). [[Comic Book Death|Obviously, another writer undid it]]. But still...
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* [[Trolling Creator]]: His constant [[Kill the Cutie|killing]] and [[Break the Cutie|breaking]] all of his [[The Woobie|sweet lovable characters]] definitely makes him one.
* [[Waif Fu]]: He's very fond of this.
▲* [[Family Business]]: [[wikipedia:John Whedon|Members]] [[wikipedia:Tom Whedon|of]] the Whedon family have been writing for television practically since the medium's inception, and then, of course, there are his brothers.
▲* [[Phrase Catcher]]: Joss Whedon, you Bastard!
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