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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Simon makes a weak joke about how Kaylee's basically "the only girl in the world" in his current social circle ("Every other girl I know is. either married, professional, or closely related to me"), leaving Kaylee offended at the idea that he might only be interested because she's his only choice. Simon later notes to Zoe that he's not good at talking to girls, but Zoe asks if there's anyone he ''is'' good at talking to.
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* BaitAndSwitchComparison: When Zoe and Wash walk into the room with the "alien life-form" (cow fetus).

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* BaitAndSwitchComparison: When Zoe and Wash walk into the room with the "alien life-form" (cow fetus).(and Simon).
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* JarOfTheBizarre: The episode opens in a spaceport with a hawker claiming to have proof of alien life in his exhibit. GilliganCut to Simon declaring the jar's contents a cow foetus. Kaylee isn't sure, but Simon points out how it's been mutated with extra limbs, then stored upside down.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: The climax has the crew under siege and almost certainly about to die at the hands of an overzealous cop who wants Tracey. Shepherd Book hatches a plan: the first part is surrendering to the cop and telling him they're going to turn Tracey over to him. Tracey, upon hearing this, becomes understandably upset, but it's not until after he's flipped out for several seconds, threatened the crew with a gun, [[KickTheDog held Kaylee hostage]], and finally been ''mortally wounded by Mal'' that they inform him that the rest of the plan was to threaten and blackmail the cop into leaving without actually giving him what he came for. Tracey, rather than angrily demanding why they didn't tell him that in the first place, ''feels bad'' for screwing up the plan before dying moments later.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: The climax has the crew under siege and almost certainly about to die at the hands of an overzealous cop who wants Tracey. Shepherd Book hatches a plan: the first part is surrendering to the cop and telling him they're going to turn Tracey over to him. Tracey, upon hearing this, becomes understandably upset, but it's not until after he's flipped out for several seconds, threatened the crew with a gun, [[KickTheDog held Kaylee hostage]], and finally been ''mortally wounded by Mal'' that they inform him that the rest of the plan was to threaten and blackmail the cop into leaving without actually giving him what he came for. Tracey, rather than angrily demanding why they didn't tell him that in the first place, ''feels bad'' for screwing up the plan before dying moments later.later, seemingly aware that by going off half-cocked he managed to screw up what was obviously a good plan.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: Jayne comes back from shopping for supplies, stating that he got a discounting because of how intimidating he is while handing Mal the change (a handful of coins). Mal simply starrs at him until Jayne hands over the rest of the money (which includes several bills).

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* AlwaysABiggerFish: Jayne comes back from shopping for supplies, stating that he got a discounting because of how intimidating he is while handing Mal the change (a handful of coins). Mal simply starrs stares at him until Jayne hands over the rest of the money (which includes several bills).
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: Jayne comes back from shopping for supplies, stating that he got a discounting because of how intimidating he is while handing Mal the change (a handful of coins). Mal simply starrs at him until Jayne hands over the rest of the money (which includes several bills).
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* IconicItem: The first appearance of Jayne's iconic NiceHat.

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* IconicItem: The first appearance of Jayne's iconic NiceHat.hat.
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'''Original airdate:''' July 28, 2003

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'''Original airdate:''' July 28, 2003
air date:''' 12/9/2003 (DVD) ''(produced in 2002)''
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** When Womack's gunship appears on ''Serenity'''s tail, Mal's immediate assumption is that [[Recap/FireflyE11Trash Saffron gave them up after the Feds arrested her on Bellerophon]].

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** When At the beginning of the episode, Mal is trying and failing to fence the Lasseter laser pistol the crew stole in [[Recap/FireflyE11Trash "Trash"]]. Also, when Womack's gunship appears on ''Serenity'''s tail, Mal's immediate assumption is that [[Recap/FireflyE11Trash Saffron gave them up after the Feds arrested her on Bellerophon]].Bellerophon.

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* CallBack: When Womack's gunship appears on ''Serenity'''s tail, Mal's immediate assumption is that [[Recap/FireflyE11Trash Saffron gave them up after the Feds arrested her on Bellerophon]].

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When Womack's gunship appears on ''Serenity'''s tail, Mal's immediate assumption is that [[Recap/FireflyE11Trash Saffron gave them up after the Feds arrested her on Bellerophon]].Bellerophon]].
** Tracey is FakingTheDead the same way Simon and River did back in [[Recap/FireflyE09Ariel "Ariel"]].



-->'''Wash:''' They're not behind us anymore!
-->''(Looks up and sees that the other ship simply flew over)''
-->'''Wash:''' I didn't think of that...

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-->'''Wash:''' --->'''Wash:''' They're not behind us anymore!
-->''(Looks
anymore!\\
''(Looks
up and sees that the other ship simply flew over)''
-->'''Wash:'''
over)''\\
'''Wash:'''
I didn't think of that...



* WithCatlikeTread: A flashback shows Zoe warn Tracey never to let the the enemy know where you are; the camera pans to Mal doing the complete opposite of what she said.

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* WithCatlikeTread: A flashback shows Zoe warn Tracey never to let the the enemy know where you are; are, after cutting the throat of an Alliance soldier who had attempted to infiltrate the Independent camp. The camera then pans to Mal doing the complete opposite of what she said.

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