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* RiddledAndRattled: Wash, Zoe, and Jayne use Niska's NumberTwo for target practice. He takes a couple of dozen bullets of various calibers to center of mass, jerking and jiggling until he [[RailingKill falls backwards over the railing]] and [[RasputinianDeath then gets bisected by a piece of industrial equipment he lands on]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: The complete lack of chemistry between Mal and Zoe causes ''Jayne'' to be disturbed.
-->'''Jayne:''' Now somethin' about that is downright unsettlin'.
-->'''Jayne:''' Now somethin' about that is downright unsettlin'.
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* NoSparks: Played for laughs. Jayne finds Mal and Zoe's "flirting" downright unsettling to watch.
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* PetTheDog: Not all members of the Alliance are utter slime, as evidenced by Inara's client (a councilwoman) helping Mal out by loaning the crew some advanced medical tech that Simon uses to repair his ear.
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* PutOnABus: Inara is gone for most of the episode while on assignment, so she doesn't take part in the rescue raid to save Mal. She does come back with medical technology that was supplied by her client (an Alliance councilwoman) to reattach Mal's ear, and she grouses that she wasn't able to see Mal finish Niska off.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Wash goes from a NonActionGuy to a pretty competent fighter in this one. When he's appropriately ticked off, we can see why [[OneWomanArmy Zoe]] fell for him.
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* LimbSensationFascination: A {{downplayed|trope}} example, when Mal keeps fiddling with his newly reattached ear and Simon has to tell him to leave it alone.
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* NeutralFemale: Subverted with Mal's fight with a torturer, while Zoe initially tries to stay out of it:
-->'''Zoe''': Jayne. This somethin' the Captain has to do for himself.
-->'''Mal''': No! No, it's not!
-->'''Zoe''': [surprised] Oh. [shoots the torturer]
-->'''Zoe''': Jayne. This somethin' the Captain has to do for himself.
-->'''Mal''': No! No, it's not!
-->'''Zoe''': [surprised] Oh. [shoots the torturer]
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** Book, upon hearing a mook coming around a corner, pivots, fires a rifle ''from the hip'', and hits the kneecap of a moving man behind partial cover.
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* BoomHeadshot: A comedic twist on the trope, Book shoots a man in the knee, causing him to fall facefirst into the wreckage of the Mule, knocking himself out.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Shepherd Book makes one when Simon reveals the ear that Niska cut from Mal's head. It's the ''only'' time that Book throws profanity out loud in the entire series. It must have been good [[BilingualBonus since it could only be delivered in Chinese]].
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* PrecisionFStrike: Shepherd Book makes one when Simon reveals the ear that Niska cut from Mal's head. It's the ''only'' time that Book throws profanity out loud in the entire series. It must have been good [[BilingualBonus since it could only be delivered in Chinese]].[[note]]As noted above, it translates to "those filthy cattle fuckers![[/note]]
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River certainly Took A Level In Badass here - even if it didn't last too long! :)
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* DramaticIrony: Near the start of the episode, Kaylee and River are chasing playfully through the ship, River enjoying being a normal girl for once thanks to Simon's treatments. Near the end, River is being decidedly [[ImprobableAimingSkills not a]] [[SlasherSmile normal girl]] and Kaylee is [[OhCrap terrified of her]] because of it.
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* OhCrap: [[RuleofThree Three times in rapid succession]] from Kaylee - one when she realizes she can't hold out against her attackers, one when she sees firsthand what an efficient killer River is, and one when she repeats what she heard earlier as a very casual BadassBoast with a slight smile: "No power in the 'verse can stop me." Kaylee can't keep the [[ThousandYardStare terrified look off her face]] for the rest of the episode.
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* SlasherSmile: It's unclear how much of this River actually comprehends, but the look she gives Kaylee when making her BadassBoast, after killing the attackers near the end, certainly gives off this vibe and is enough to unsettle Kaylee.
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* FilchingFoodForFun: Kaylee chases River through the cargo bay, trying to take back her apple that River. They're laughing, wrestling and having fun like children. Others watch them and look amused, though it's pointed out that Jayne bought a full crate of apples, so they don't have to fight over them.
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* FilchingFoodForFun: Kaylee chases River through the cargo bay, trying to take back her apple that River.River stole from her. They're laughing, wrestling and having fun like children. Others watch them and look amused, though it's pointed out that Jayne bought a full crate of apples, so they don't have to fight over them.
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* FilchingFoodForFun: Kaylee chases River through the cargo bay, trying to take back her apple that River. They're laughing, wrestling and having fun like children. Others watch them and look amused, though it's pointed out that Jayne bought a full crate of apples, so they don't have to fight over them.
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* InappropriatelyCloseComrades: DiscussedTrope. Mal would rather his crew don't get involved with each other, but it's not a hard and fast rule, and he'd be hard-pressed to enforce it even if it was.
-->'''Mal:''' Shipboard romances complicate things.
-->'''Wash:''' For who? For you?
-->'''Mal:''' For everyone.
-->'''Wash:''' Well what about love?
-->'''Mal:''' I ain't against it as a rule. But in situations such as ours, tends to cause problems. It splits loyalties.
-->'''Wash:''' Know what I think? [...] This policy you got against shipboard relationships, that's just you projecting your own intimacy issues onto everyone else.
-->'''Mal:''' Shipboard romances complicate things.
-->'''Wash:''' For who? For you?
-->'''Mal:''' For everyone.
-->'''Wash:''' Well what about love?
-->'''Mal:''' I ain't against it as a rule. But in situations such as ours, tends to cause problems. It splits loyalties.
-->'''Wash:''' Know what I think? [...] This policy you got against shipboard relationships, that's just you projecting your own intimacy issues onto everyone else.
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* AmusinglyAwfulAim: [[TheMedic Simon]] is given a gun when the crew boards Niska's SpaceStation to rescue Mal, prompting this exchange during the denouement:
-->'''Mal:''' So. I hear you all took up arms in that little piece of action back there. How you faring with that, Doctor?
-->'''Simon:''' I don't know. I, uh... I never... never shot anyone before.
-->'''Shepherd Book:''' I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone ''yet''. ''(Mal chuckles, wincing at his injuries)''
-->'''Mal:''' So. I hear you all took up arms in that little piece of action back there. How you faring with that, Doctor?
-->'''Simon:''' I don't know. I, uh... I never... never shot anyone before.
-->'''Shepherd Book:''' I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone ''yet''. ''(Mal chuckles, wincing at his injuries)''
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'''Original airdate:''' December 6, 2002
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'''Original airdate:''' December 6, 2002
air date:''' 12/6/2002
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* FailedASpotCheck: The crew seemingly fail to notice they're doing business on the same planet that Niska's station orbits even though they're wary of him after the refused his last job and killed his henchman.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: River unexpectedly takes a peek at the positions four {{Mooks}}, jumps out of cover with a weapon, then ''kills all four with her eyes closed''. It's so improbable that it comes up in a later episode.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: River unexpectedly takes a peek at the positions four {{Mooks}}, jumps out of cover with a weapon, then ''kills all four with her eyes closed''. It's so improbable that it comes up in a later episode. episode as something no one could have done without superpowers, including the resident badasses.
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* ElectricTorture: Attempted. [[PlayedForLaughs Mal and Wash are too busy arguing though.]]
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* ElectricTorture: Attempted. [[PlayedForLaughs Mal and Wash are too busy arguing though.]]though,]] and Nishka is too amused to shut them up.
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** Jayne walks in with no context and declares the sight "downright disturbing."
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* NoSparks: Mal proposes that he and Zoe sleep together due to the argument that he and Wash had during Niska's torture. Zoe's deadpan response: "Take me, sir. Take me hard." The utter lack of chemistry between them is enough to unnerve Jayne, who is normally the most lecherous of the crew. It doesn't get too far due to Wash intervening and dragging off Zoe to their bunk.
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Zoe, Wash and Jayne blasting the torturer with a hail of bullets followed by Mal throwing him down a shaft where he’s bisected.
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** Simon [[CowardlyLion makes an earnest attempt]] during the assault to get Mal back, but he's a terrible shot.
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** Simon [[CowardlyLion makes an earnest attempt]] during the assault to get Mal back, but he's a terrible shot. As he is a doctor and has no experience in fighting, no one is surprised by this (although they jokingly give him grief over it after everything is over).
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** ZigZagged with River. She's usually disregarded as a liability in dangerous situations, but she proves that she can be quite a good shot when she's mentally lucid.
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** ZigZagged with River. She's usually disregarded as a liability in dangerous situations, but she proves that she can be quite a good shot when she's mentally lucid.lucid[[note]]Or at least when her combat programming is triggered.[[/note]].
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* HappyFunBall: Zoe explains why she always cuts her apples up with a knife before eating by telling a story from the war. They were in trench warfare, and were running low on food. Their lack of food came up while talking with the enemies in the other trenches, and shortly afterwards apples started falling into their trenches. Apples with micro-grenades in them.
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* HappyFunBall: Zoe explains why she always cuts her apples up with a knife before eating by telling a story from the war. They were in trench warfare, the fighting was on hold since both sides were out of useable ammo, and they were running low on food. Their lack of food came up while talking with the enemies in the other trenches, and shortly afterwards apples started falling into their trenches. Apples with micro-grenades in them.
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* RasputinianDeath: Niska's torturer gets beaten up by Mal, shot several dozen times by Jayne, Wash, and Zoe, [[RailingKill knocked off a railing]], bounces ''very painfully'' off a steel girder, hits another girder, then gets sliced in half by a giant drill-saw, and ''then'' gets dumped into a pit of something very glowy and unhealthy-looking. We're fairly certain he's dead.
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** Of course, since Niska is just torturing them because he's a sadist, he's quite happy with their resilience.
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* OffhandBackhand: Remember Book's comment about kneecaps? ''He shoots one without looking.''
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There's no pause.
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'''Book''': I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone... yet.
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'''Book''': I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone... yet.anyone ''yet''.
