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Firefly (Series) - TV Tropes. Simon: You have the Alliance on you; criminals and savages.

Half the people on the ship have been shot or wounded, including yourself.. Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough. Firefly is a Science Fiction. Space Western that ran for four months on the Fox Network in 2. It was canceled after 1.

Executive Meddling. Its quick cancellation helped give rise to The Firefly Effect. A DVD box set was released in December 2. A feature- film continuation, Serenity, was released in October 2. In the future, humanity has spread across the stars, terraforming planets for colonization and creating a new frontier reminiscent of the old Wild West. The dominant power in this time is the monolithic Alliance, whose iron grip on the 'verse has tightened after a failed rebellion by a group known as 'Independents' or 'Browncoats', the latter having become the demonym for the franchise's fandom.

Malcolm Reynolds is a former Browncoat who now captains a run- down tramp freighter called Serenity. Working as an amoral jack- of- all- trades, he tries to eke out a life for himself and his crew away from the reach of the Alliance. However, things change when he inadvertently lets a deadly Alliance secret board his ship: a Mysterious Waif who was subject to horrific experimentation aiming to turn her into a living weapon. The show was created by Joss Whedon and Tim Minear (Mutant Enemy Productions), and combined science fictional concepts (interplanetary travel, spaceships, terraforming) with a Western setting (poor agricultural colonies where people ride horses, cattle ranching, cowboy slang). The Firefly universe contains no non- human sentient beings, and in fact no non- Earth- based life at all. Firefly's life story is an interesting one: it went from (canceled) television show, to runaway cult hit DVD series, to comic- book sequel, to major motion picture, to a book having show- related pics and a few new stories to a when- it's- ready. MMORPG, titled Firefly Online.

Firefly is noted for being one of the few canceled television series to be spun off into a major motion picture. The Universalfilm was titled Serenity because Fox still owned the rights to the name Firefly. There are also a few comics, with plans for more. There's even a Tabletop RPG. There are also constant rumors about a second television series (Whedon and many of the principals have constantly said they would be willing to pick up the show, with Fillion going so far as to say he'd be willing to buy the rights from Fox), and the cult status the series has attained after its premature cancellation may have saved a later Whedon workfrom a similar fate, even if Dollhouse only lasted until December of 2. The cast included: Nathan Fillion as Malcolm Reynolds, disillusioned owner and captain of the Firefly- class transport Serenity. Gina Torres as Zoe Alleyne Washburne, his second- in- command, gun- slinging badass and deadpan snarker among snarkers.

She is happily married to.. Watch Dr. No Full Movie. Alan Tudyk as Hoban . A man with less subtlety than a sledgehammer, and even fewer brains.

Maybe. Jewel Staite as Kaywinnit Lee . Her default mode is very happy. Watch Charlotte`S Web Online Full Movie.

Famous enough to be referenced in World of Warcraft. According to Joss Whedon, when Kaylee smiles, everything suddenly becomes shiny. Sean Maher as Simon Tam, a promising young doctor from a privileged family, now turned fugitive. Well- spoken but with an acerbic wit, and spends most of his time looking after.. Summer Glau as River Tam, the mentally traumatized sister he rescued from government experimentation who is a little whimsical in the brainpan and a tiny bitdangerous. Ron Glass as Shepherd Derrial Book, a preacher with a mysterious, dark, and troubled past.

Morena Baccarin as Inara Serra, a High- Class Call Girl who is a member of the Companion's Guild. Or, as Mal calls her, a . Starting March 6th 2. Science Channel and in glorious HD. In November 2. 01. Science Channel aired a Firefly 1. It featured two of the main writers of the show, Jose Molina and Tim Minear, along with most of the cast, including Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, Alan Tudyk and Sean Maher, where they did a sort of retrospective of the show's history and its cult- classic status over the past ten years.

In addition, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres and Morena Baccarin were interviewed separately and added their own comments on their involvement with the show. The forty- minute special culminated in the writers and actors taking the stage at their Comic- Con panel, which included Joss Whedon himself as well. See also The Movie, Serenity. Although they were never physically abusive (that we know of), they tended to favor Simon, shipped River to the Academy and then didn't follow up on her well being even when her messages made less and less sense, threatened Simon with disownment if he attempted to aid River (and followed through on this threat), and have seemingly done little to aid their 'fugitive' children.

Parents of the year, right there. Accidental Aiming Skills: In .

When complimented on it, he replies . The money landed in a poverty- stricken village and the villagers convinced themselves he did it Robin- Hood- esque. Accidental Marriage: . After a successful mission, Mal celebrates a little too much and does not realize his part in a bizarre wedding ritual. Hilarity Ensues. Or not, if you're Mal. Action Duo: From the first, there is a lot of tension and distrust between Mal and Simon.

Despite the distrust, when Simon is about to let himself be killed for his sister in . When Mal is in danger in .

Mostly when he's around Kaylee, and helped along by his Fish out of Water status - notable in that it's quite a change from the calm, collected demeanour he assumed when he first came on board Serenity. Wash also qualifies, especially shown in the episode . Each of the cast has at least one moment of this. Adult Fear: The series posits the very, very real fear that your children could be targeted by a variety of threats, including rapist pirates and the government - which also brings up hefty fears of government repression and regulation.

There's the fact that the Tam siblings are forced to become outlaws because their own parents would turn them back to the Alliance, despite the clear evidence that the Academy was doing horrible things to River. This plays off of the fear of child abuse and children being unable to rely on their parents for sufficient protection. River had been recruited by a prestigious school because she was gifted. So she could be abused, tortured, and experimented on. It gets worse.. When this trope is attempted by Serenity, the pursuing ship simply flies above the canyon, keeping the ship in view.

And when the heroes try to hide, the pursuers flush them out with saturation bombing. Afraid of Needles: Jayne, the big baby. Played for Laughs. Decidedly not played for laughs. She suffered horribly in the labs of the Alliance. Some of her flashbacks are really dreadful and scary.

Aliens and Monsters: Subverted more often than not. The Reavers serve this purpose, as there are no aliens and the characters are more likely to find themselves up against other humans than anything. All Amazons Want Hercules: Averted. The series devotes an entire episode to repeatedly demonstrating that Zoe is not, nor has she ever been, attracted to Mal.

Or Jayne (as if that needed saying). The Alleged Car: Serenity, who was already old and sitting derelict (and planet- bound) in a junkyard when Mal bought her. Alliance Captain: : Firefly? They still make those?

Book tells Kaylee that he once travelled in an . The movie later points out that bits frequently fall off the ship. Zoe's first reaction upon being shown the ship in a flashback in ? On purpose? A small crew - They must feel the need to be free.

Take jobs as they come. They never have to be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get.. Monster High: Fright On Full Movie on this page. Zoe: So not running now?

Mal: Not so much.