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* CatharsisFactor: [[spoiler: River unleashing her super fighting skills and killing all the Reavers is a truly gripping moment - especially coming after the shocking deaths of Wash and Book. The audience is led to believe that more characters are going to die, and you're fully expecting her to go down fighting. She not only survives but she eliminates the rest of the enemies too!]]
* CultClassic: The movie didn't perform very well financially, but it is almost universally loved among the show's original fans.
* CrossesTheLineTwice:
** Included in the blooper reel is an extra take of the shot in which Mal orders his crew to [[spoiler: mask their ship as a Reaver's]]. The original scene is very nearly a KickTheDog scene, but the moment Mal's improvised orders change from the script is the moment that he takes the line and guts it with a screwdriver. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aqFSzNNdrw Seen here.]]
--->'''Mal:''' Put [[spoiler: Book]] front and center; he's our friend, we should honor him. Kaylee, find that kid who's taking a dirt-nap with baby Jesus--we need a hood ornament. Jayne! ''Try not to steal too much of their shit!''
** More canonically, after [[spoiler:Mr Universe's]] HeroicSacrifice, we see him lying dead... in the arms of his own love doll. [[spoiler:[[DeadManWriting With his final message recorded in it]].]]
* {{Fanon}}:
** The dress Zoe wears in [[spoiler: the funeral scene at the end]] is her wedding dress, as a {{Tomboy}} like her seems unlikely to own a white dress for any other reason.
** Also that by the end [[spoiler: Zoe is pregnant to give her SomeoneToRememberHimBy to make Wash's death sting that little bit less]]. This is later confirmed by the official comic continuation.
* FanonDiscontinuity: While fans love and accept the movie itself, many of them disregard the deaths of [[spoiler: Wash and Shepherd Book.]]
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Jayne snaps at River, uttering "I'll show her good and all, I got man parts" in "[[Recap/FireflyE11Trash Trash]]". [[spoiler:Fast forward to the CurbStompBattle of Maidenhead, [[GroinAttack and]]...]]
** In a very dark way. [[spoiler: Wash]] gets killed just to prove PlotArmor doesn't apply here. Now, go to ''Film/RogueOne'' and who is the first character killed to prove there's no PlotArmor? Yup. Played by the same guy.
** The Operative’s actor would later go on to play [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Baron Mordo]] in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', a man who is also a WellIntentionedExtremist desiring a world free of something.
* MagnificentBastard: [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans The Operative]] is an intelligent, honorable, and particularly efficient agent of the Alliance, and perhaps the greatest threat the crew of ''Serenity'' has ever faced. Dispatched to deal with the exceptionally dangerous River Tam, he begins tracking her via initiating a subliminial TriggerPhrase and tracking Captain Mal Reynolds and his ship. Luring Mal into a trap, The Operative outwits him via wearing body armor, only to barely lose him. Hoping to lure out the ''Serenity'', he orders attacks on any ports that once harbored Mal's ship and crew. He then lures Mal into a trap via their ally Mr. Universe, and confronts him on the planet Miranda, calling off his army when his defeat is assured and parting on civil terms. Returning in ''ComicBook/SerenityLeavesOnTheWind'', the Operative joins in an EnemyMine with Mal to free River's fellow test subjects. When accosted by Zoe, who desires to kill him, he states that he believes she is in the right to, before stating [[DefiantToTheEnd he will defend himself]].
* MemeticMutation: "[[WebOriginal/LOLCats Ceiling River is Watching You Fornicate.]]"
* MoralEventHorizon: The Operative's destruction/massacre of anywhere/anyone ''Serenity'' might go to for help.
* OneSceneWonder: Creator/SarahPaulson has about five minutes of screen time playing Dr Caron on the ApocalypticLog. Her shocking against-type performance (she was best known for comedies at the time) and the absolute TearJerker scene got her notoriety on Website/ThisVeryWiki before she climbed to greater heights (see below).
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** [[Film/TwelveYearsASlave Solomon Northup]] is the Operative. He was a successful character actor and appeared in things like ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' and ''Film/LoveActually'', but he's far more famous these days.
** Sarah Paulson likewise was only recognized for the occasional recurring part on TV (such as ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' or ''Series/{{Deadwood}}'') or supporting parts in comedy movies like ''Film/WhatWomenWant''. These days she's instantly recognizable for ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'', ''Film/Glass2019'', ''Film/BirdBox'' and ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory''. Hilariously enough, she also starred in ''Film/TwelveYearsASlave''.
** Tamara Taylor was River’s Academy teacher here just shortly before taking the role of Camille Saroyan on ''{{Series/Bones}}'' and ultimately becoming a series regular. Interestingly, Adam Baldwin also guest starred in a season 1 episode.
** Creator/GlennHowerton is one of the bank hostages that Mal ends up mercy killing when the Ravagers invade.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans of ''Firefly'' were not pleased that the "space western" elements from the TV show were dropped in favor of a more traditional sci-fi feel. This is ignoring the fact that many entire episodes of ''Firefly'' are largely sci-fi and had little "western" to them[[note]]"[[{{Recap/FireflyE03Bushwhacked}} Bushwhacked]]", "[[{{Recap/FireflyE08OutOfGas}} Out of Gas]]", "[[{{Recap/FireflyE09Ariel}} Ariel]]", "[[{{Recap/FireflyE10WarStories}} War Stories]]", "[[{{Recap/FireflyE12TheMessage}} The Message]]", "[[{{Recap/FireflyE14ObjectsInSpace}} Objects in Space]]"[[/note]] and the entire intro sequence of the movie is as pure "space western" as you could get.
* TheWoobie:
** River becomes this even more so than the original series, where we finally see what she went through and the effect the torture had on her brain. There are parts of the film where she's just begging to be killed so she doesn't have to deal with it.
** Simon of course has to take care of River while she's in the above state, and feels helpless for most of the run time.
** Dr Caron in her testimonial has fully accepted that she's responsible for both [[spoiler: killing half the planet and creating a monster race out of the rest]] and the best she can do is warn people about the danger.
* CultClassic: The movie didn't perform very well financially, but it is almost universally loved among the show's original fans.
* CrossesTheLineTwice:
** Included in the blooper reel is an extra take of the shot in which Mal orders his crew to [[spoiler: mask their ship as a Reaver's]]. The original scene is very nearly a KickTheDog scene, but the moment Mal's improvised orders change from the script is the moment that he takes the line and guts it with a screwdriver. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aqFSzNNdrw Seen here.]]
--->'''Mal:''' Put [[spoiler: Book]] front and center; he's our friend, we should honor him. Kaylee, find that kid who's taking a dirt-nap with baby Jesus--we need a hood ornament. Jayne! ''Try not to steal too much of their shit!''
** More canonically, after [[spoiler:Mr Universe's]] HeroicSacrifice, we see him lying dead... in the arms of his own love doll. [[spoiler:[[DeadManWriting With his final message recorded in it]].]]
* {{Fanon}}:
** The dress Zoe wears in [[spoiler: the funeral scene at the end]] is her wedding dress, as a {{Tomboy}} like her seems unlikely to own a white dress for any other reason.
** Also that by the end [[spoiler: Zoe is pregnant to give her SomeoneToRememberHimBy to make Wash's death sting that little bit less]]. This is later confirmed by the official comic continuation.
* FanonDiscontinuity: While fans love and accept the movie itself, many of them disregard the deaths of [[spoiler: Wash and Shepherd Book.]]
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Jayne snaps at River, uttering "I'll show her good and all, I got man parts" in "[[Recap/FireflyE11Trash Trash]]". [[spoiler:Fast forward to the CurbStompBattle of Maidenhead, [[GroinAttack and]]...]]
** In a very dark way. [[spoiler: Wash]] gets killed just to prove PlotArmor doesn't apply here. Now, go to ''Film/RogueOne'' and who is the first character killed to prove there's no PlotArmor? Yup. Played by the same guy.
** The Operative’s actor would later go on to play [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Baron Mordo]] in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', a man who is also a WellIntentionedExtremist desiring a world free of something.
* MagnificentBastard: [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans The Operative]] is an intelligent, honorable, and particularly efficient agent of the Alliance, and perhaps the greatest threat the crew of ''Serenity'' has ever faced. Dispatched to deal with the exceptionally dangerous River Tam, he begins tracking her via initiating a subliminial TriggerPhrase and tracking Captain Mal Reynolds and his ship. Luring Mal into a trap, The Operative outwits him via wearing body armor, only to barely lose him. Hoping to lure out the ''Serenity'', he orders attacks on any ports that once harbored Mal's ship and crew. He then lures Mal into a trap via their ally Mr. Universe, and confronts him on the planet Miranda, calling off his army when his defeat is assured and parting on civil terms. Returning in ''ComicBook/SerenityLeavesOnTheWind'', the Operative joins in an EnemyMine with Mal to free River's fellow test subjects. When accosted by Zoe, who desires to kill him, he states that he believes she is in the right to, before stating [[DefiantToTheEnd he will defend himself]].
* MemeticMutation: "[[WebOriginal/LOLCats Ceiling River is Watching You Fornicate.]]"
* MoralEventHorizon: The Operative's destruction/massacre of anywhere/anyone ''Serenity'' might go to for help.
* OneSceneWonder: Creator/SarahPaulson has about five minutes of screen time playing Dr Caron on the ApocalypticLog. Her shocking against-type performance (she was best known for comedies at the time) and the absolute TearJerker scene got her notoriety on Website/ThisVeryWiki before she climbed to greater heights (see below).
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** [[Film/TwelveYearsASlave Solomon Northup]] is the Operative. He was a successful character actor and appeared in things like ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' and ''Film/LoveActually'', but he's far more famous these days.
** Sarah Paulson likewise was only recognized for the occasional recurring part on TV (such as ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' or ''Series/{{Deadwood}}'') or supporting parts in comedy movies like ''Film/WhatWomenWant''. These days she's instantly recognizable for ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'', ''Film/Glass2019'', ''Film/BirdBox'' and ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory''. Hilariously enough, she also starred in ''Film/TwelveYearsASlave''.
** Tamara Taylor was River’s Academy teacher here just shortly before taking the role of Camille Saroyan on ''{{Series/Bones}}'' and ultimately becoming a series regular. Interestingly, Adam Baldwin also guest starred in a season 1 episode.
** Creator/GlennHowerton is one of the bank hostages that Mal ends up mercy killing when the Ravagers invade.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans of ''Firefly'' were not pleased that the "space western" elements from the TV show were dropped in favor of a more traditional sci-fi feel. This is ignoring the fact that many entire episodes of ''Firefly'' are largely sci-fi and had little "western" to them[[note]]"[[{{Recap/FireflyE03Bushwhacked}} Bushwhacked]]", "[[{{Recap/FireflyE08OutOfGas}} Out of Gas]]", "[[{{Recap/FireflyE09Ariel}} Ariel]]", "[[{{Recap/FireflyE10WarStories}} War Stories]]", "[[{{Recap/FireflyE12TheMessage}} The Message]]", "[[{{Recap/FireflyE14ObjectsInSpace}} Objects in Space]]"[[/note]] and the entire intro sequence of the movie is as pure "space western" as you could get.
* TheWoobie:
** River becomes this even more so than the original series, where we finally see what she went through and the effect the torture had on her brain. There are parts of the film where she's just begging to be killed so she doesn't have to deal with it.
** Simon of course has to take care of River while she's in the above state, and feels helpless for most of the run time.
** Dr Caron in her testimonial has fully accepted that she's responsible for both [[spoiler: killing half the planet and creating a monster race out of the rest]] and the best she can do is warn people about the danger.
