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* [[Alien Blood]]: The Doctor's blood is a paler shade of red than a human's.
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Simon'''}}: His blood is the wrong color!<br />
'''The Doctor''': [[Sarcasm Mode|Is it?]] }}
* [[Alien Invasion]]: Right after the colonies left, {{spoiler|Earth was hit with a bunch of these. The Doctor claims it's probably why the colonies have been cut off for so long}}.
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* [[Bar Brawl]]: Early on, the Doctor wears his usual attire (a brown coat) into an Alliance friendly bar. Much to his confusion, he is quickly punched out a window.
* [[Badass Boast]]:
{{quote| "Yes, I think war is a fool's game. Yes, I believe life -- all life -- is precious. But tell me something, Vharaj -- did you ever listen to my ''enemies''' tales of me? If you did, it's obvious you weren't paying attention. The Daleks do not have emotion, Vharaj. They don't know fear. But do you know what they called me? ''Ka Faraq Gatri''. It means Destroyer of Worlds. I am the Bringer of Darkness, Vharaj. The Oncoming Storm. I've watched worlds and galaxies fall, and rise, and fall again. I fought the Vampires at the dawn of Creation, and I may yet witness the end of the Universe. I brought about the destruction of my own race, the deaths of my children, my grandchildren, my siblings, my friends, all in the name of peace, to save this Universe. So you tell me, Vharaj: ''what do you think I am capable of?"''}}
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: The bad guy failed to do this. He pays for it.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: It's ''[[Trope Namer|Firefly]]'' and ''Doctor Who''. Of ''course'' there's [[Big Damn Heroes]].
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* [[Idiot Ball]]: The Doctor even admits that his little [[It's Probably Nothing]] stunt was blindingly stupid.
* [[Implausible Deniability]]: Invoked when Inara and the Doctor are {{spoiler|escaping from the enemy base}}).
{{quote| '''The Doctor''': You must be mistaken, Leftenant. The lady and I were just out for a stroll. You must have mistaken us for someone else.<br />
'''Security Mook''': Then how do you explain the blood all over you? <br />
'''The Doctor''': [[I Can Explain|Um...I got mugged?]] Really, you should do something about that, streets aren't even safe... You're not buying that for a minute, are you?<br />
'''Security Mook''': Not so much. <br />
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* [[Mood Swinger]]: The author does an excellent job of capturing both [[David Tennant]]'s expressions and the dizzying switches between [[Keet|maniacal cheerfulness]], introspective angst, and [[Tranquil Fury]] that they accompany.
* [[Never Heard That One Before]]:
{{quote| '''[[Big Bad]]''': You cannot escape, Doctor! <br />
'''The Doctor''': I can't begin to tell you how often I've heard that line over the centuries. }}
* [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]]: After Mal is {{spoiler|captured by the [[Big Bad]], some of his underlings}} try to convince him to join them over coffee. To their credit, it was ''really'' good coffee.
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* [[The Sixth Ranger]]: By the end, the Doctor has more or less fulfilled this role.
* [[A Storm Is Coming]]: The last thing River says in chapter one, almost by trope name.
{{quote| '''River:''' The storm. It's coming.}}
** The joke here being that in the new series the Doctor is kind of a bogeyman to lots of baddies, especially the Daleks, and one of the more frequently heard of the names they have for him is [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|The Oncoming Storm]].
* [[Strange Girl]]: Even a [[Time Abyss|millenia]]-[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|old]] [[Human Alien|alien]] is weirded out by River.
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* [[Techno Babble]]: From both sides.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: While infiltrating the enemy stronghold.
{{quote| '''Inara''': They seem to be expecting an auditor.<br />
'''The Doctor''': Good. No one will get too fussed when we go about asking nosy questions then.<br />
'''Inara''': As long as the ''real'' auditors don't show up, we should be alright.<br />
'''The Doctor''': *''winces''* Oh, did you ''have'' to say that? [[Genre Savvy|Now they're bound to turn up. I swear, everyone has to go and jinx it all, saying things like 'It can't possibly get any worse' or 'Ooh, it's unsinkable!']] }}
** Subverted, incidentally. Despite the Doctor's expectations, nothing of the sort happens.
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* [[Vagueness Is Coming]]: The way River often talks anyway. In this case, she predicts the Doctor at the end of the first chapter. By one of his ''[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|scary]]'' names.
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]]:
{{quote| '''Mal:''' She said, and I quote, '[[A Storm Is Coming]].'<br />
'''Inara:''' That's...vague. }}
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Once the Doctor {{spoiler|traps the [[Big Bad]] 's mind, he turns into jelly}}.
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* [[What Year Is This?]]: When the Doctor begins to get an idea of where he is, he finally just gives up and asks this. It does nothing to help get people to stop thinking he's out of his mind.
* [[You Do NOT Want to Know]]:
{{quote| '''Mal''': Kaylee, find something for the doc to do. He don't need to be fussin' the whole time we're gone.<br />
'''Kaylee''': He and I can–<br />
'''Mal''': I don't want to know. Some things I really, really don't need to hear, little Kaylee.<br />
'''Kaylee''': I was gonna say 'we can finish up some repairs in the kitchen'. Why, what did you think I was gonna say? }}
* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: {{spoiler|During an escape, Mal does this so Inara and the Doctor can get out}}.
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