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Mal and Zoe get the corpse of an old friend mailed to them.

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--> '''Wash:''' "Oh my God, it's grotesque! Oh, and there's something in a jar."

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--> '''Wash:''' "Oh Oh my God, it's grotesque! Oh, and there's something in a jar."



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* IconicItem / NiceHat: The first appearance of Jayne's iconic hat. Also see the main page for NiceHat.
* NotQuiteDead

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* IconicItem / NiceHat: IconicItem[=/=]NiceHat: The first appearance of Jayne's iconic hat. Also see the main page for NiceHat.
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--> '''Willow:''' "There's lots of jars in the world. Can't shatter 'em all. Oh, I mean you could, but, good things come in jars - [[BreadEggsMilkSquick peanut butter, jelly, those two-headed fetal pigs at the Natural History Museum.]]"
** '''Wash''': [[TheEmpireStrikesBack "They'd be crazy to follow us in here"]]. Cue [[CanyonChase Canyon Chase]]... oh wait, the other ship [[LampshadeHanging just follows them above the canyon]].

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--> '''Willow:''' "There's There's lots of jars in the world. Can't shatter 'em all. Oh, I mean you could, but, good things come in jars - [[BreadEggsMilkSquick peanut butter, jelly, those two-headed fetal pigs at the Natural History Museum.]]"
** '''Wash''': [[TheEmpireStrikesBack "They'd be crazy to follow us in here"]]. Cue [[CanyonChase Canyon Chase]]... oh wait, the other ship [[LampshadeHanging just follows them above the canyon]].
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* 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, the camera pans to Mal doing the complete opposite of what she said.


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* SpotTheThread: Book realizes the cop crooked because he hasn't called for backup from the Alliance military base that's on that same planet, implying he doesn't want them to know he's there any more than ''Serenity's'' crew does.
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[[quoteright:317:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_message_3793.jpg]][[caption-width-right:317:"What'd y'all order a dead guy for?"]]
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** '''Wash''': [[TheEmpireStrikesBack "They'd be crazy to follow us in here"]]. Cue [[CanyonChase Canyon Chase]]... oh wait, the other ship [[LampshadeHanging just follows them above the canyon]].
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->''When you can't run anymore, you crawl and when you can't do that, well...yeah, you know the rest.''
-->-'''Tracey'''
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* ShoutOut: The pig fetus in a jar may be a reference to the ''{{Angel}}'' episode "Orpheus" in which Willow appeared to re-ensoul Angel.

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* ShoutOut: The pig fetus in a jar may be a reference to the ''{{Angel}}'' ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "Orpheus" in which Willow appeared to re-ensoul Angel.
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* 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, the camera pans to Mal doing the complete opposite of what she said.said.


<<|Recap/{{Firefly}}|>>
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* IconicItem: The first appearance of Jayne's iconic hat. Also see NiceHat.

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* IconicItem: IconicItem / NiceHat: The first appearance of Jayne's iconic hat. Also see the main page for NiceHat.
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* [[HatShop Hat Etiquette]]: Jayne removing his hat out of respect.

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* [[HatShop Hat Etiquette]]: Jayne removing his hat out of respect.respect at the funeral.
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* SurgeonsCanDoAutopsiesIfTheyWant: Simon, obviously.

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* SurgeonsCanDoAutopsiesIfTheyWant: Simon, obviously.obviously.
* 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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--> '''Willow:''' "There's lots of jars in the world. Can't shatter 'em all. Oh, I mean you could, but, good things come in jars - [[EggsBreadMilkSquick peanut butter, jelly, those two-headed fetal pigs at the Natural History Museum.]]"

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--> '''Willow:''' "There's lots of jars in the world. Can't shatter 'em all. Oh, I mean you could, but, good things come in jars - [[EggsBreadMilkSquick [[BreadEggsMilkSquick peanut butter, jelly, those two-headed fetal pigs at the Natural History Museum.]]"
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--> '''Willow:''' "There's lots of jars in the world. Can't shatter 'em all. Oh, I mean you could, but, good things come in jars - peanut butter, jelly, those two-headed fetal pigs at the Natural History Museum."

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--> '''Willow:''' "There's lots of jars in the world. Can't shatter 'em all. Oh, I mean you could, but, good things come in jars - [[EggsBreadMilkSquick peanut butter, jelly, those two-headed fetal pigs at the Natural History Museum."]]"

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* SurgeonsCanDoAutopsiesIfTheyWant: Simon, obviously.



* StealthInsult: When Jayne tries on the knit hat he got in the mail from his mother, Wash comments, "Man walks down the street in that hat, you know he's not afraid of anything." Jayne replies, "Damn straight."

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* StealthInsult: When Jayne tries on the knit hat he got in the mail from his mother, Wash comments, "Man walks down the street in that hat, you know he's not afraid of anything." Jayne replies, "Damn straight.""
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* SurgeonsCanDoAutopsiesIfTheyWant: Simon, obviously.
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* FakingTheDead
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* ArcWords: Blue Sun, again.
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* [[HatShop Hat Etiquette]]: Jayne removing his hat out of respect.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Tracey. As soon as he sees Kaylee he seems to forget what he's talking about.
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* NotQuiteDead
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* StealthInsult: When Jayne tries on the knit hat he got in the mail from his mother, Wash comments, "Man walks down the street in that hat, you know he's not afraid of anything."

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* StealthInsult: When Jayne tries on the knit hat he got in the mail from his mother, Wash comments, "Man walks down the street in that hat, you know he's not afraid of anything." Jayne replies, "Damn straight."
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--> '''Willow:''' "There's lots of jars in the world. Can't shatter 'em all. Oh, I mean you could, but, good things come in jars - peanut butter, jelly, those two-headed fetal pigs at the Natural History Museum."

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--> '''Willow:''' "There's lots of jars in the world. Can't shatter 'em all. Oh, I mean you could, but, good things come in jars - peanut butter, jelly, those two-headed fetal pigs at the Natural History Museum."
* StealthInsult: When Jayne tries on the knit hat he got in the mail from his mother, Wash comments, "Man walks down the street in that hat, you know he's not afraid of anything.
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* IconicItem: The first appearance of Jayne's iconic hat. Also see NiceHat.
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* ShoutOut: The pig fetus in a jar may be a reference to the ''Angel'' episode "Orpheus" in which Willow appeared to re-ensoul Angel.
--> '''Willow:'' "There's lots of jars in the world. Can't shatter 'em all. Oh, I mean you could, but, good things come in jars - peanut butter, jelly, those two-headed fetal pigs at the Natural History Museum."

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* ShoutOut: The pig fetus in a jar may be a reference to the ''Angel'' ''{{Angel}}'' episode "Orpheus" in which Willow appeared to re-ensoul Angel.
--> '''Willow:'' '''Willow:''' "There's lots of jars in the world. Can't shatter 'em all. Oh, I mean you could, but, good things come in jars - peanut butter, jelly, those two-headed fetal pigs at the Natural History Museum."
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--> '''Wash:''' "Wash enters and remarks "Oh my God, it's grotesque! Oh, and there's something in a jar."

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--> '''Wash:''' "Wash enters and remarks "Oh my God, it's grotesque! Oh, and there's something in a jar."
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* BaitAndSwitchComparison:
--> '''Wash:''' "Wash enters and remarks "Oh my God, it's grotesque! Oh, and there's something in a jar."
* ComplimentBackfire: Simon offends Kaylee and she storms off.
* ShoutOut: The pig fetus in a jar may be a reference to the ''Angel'' episode "Orpheus" in which Willow appeared to re-ensoul Angel.
--> '''Willow:'' "There's lots of jars in the world. Can't shatter 'em all. Oh, I mean you could, but, good things come in jars - peanut butter, jelly, those two-headed fetal pigs at the Natural History Museum."

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