Line #70 Quotes/Firefly


1	->''"We choose which meaning to give these objects. [[Recap/FireflyE14ObjectsInSpace A gun can be a stick, a ship can be a soul,]] and a [[Series/{{Firefly}} TV show]] can be important, even if no one watches it."''
2	-->-- '''Creator/JossWhedon'''
3
4	->''"Nobody on this show ever went to work. You know how there are those days where you just go 'I have to go to work today'? Well, nobody in this cast did that. They didn't go to work. They went to the studio and hung out on the set with their family. That's how it feels, like a family. Everyone on this cast loved each other, and it came through in their performances. That's what Fox did; they didn't just cancel a show when they killed ''Firefly'', they broke up a family."''
5	-->-- '''Creator/JeremyJahns''', in his review of the show
6
7	->Take my love, take my land\
8	Take me where I cannot stand\
9	I don't care, I'm still free\
10	You can't take the sky from me\
11	\
12	Take me out to the black\
13	Tell 'em I ain't comin' back\
14	Burn the land and boil the sea\
15	You can't take the sky from me\
16	\
17	There's no place I can't be\
18	Since I found Serenity\
19	And you can't take the sky from me
20	-->-- '''Firefly Opening Theme (Ballad of Serenity)'''
21
22	->Well, I'm TheCaptain, Mal, [[DeadpanSnarker my wit is dry]]\
23	I may never be a success, but I'm gonna try\
24	I live by one law: Murphy's -- and you know why\
25	I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly\
26	Ya-da-da-da-da\
27	\
28	Well, I'm the [[NumberTwo first mate]] Zoe, I'll always survive\
29	Like [[Creator/GinaTorres my career]] [[ActorAllusion after]] ''Series/{{Cleopatra 2525}}''\
30	I'm [[ActionGirl the hottie who'll kick your ass]], and you know why\
31	I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly\
32	Ya-da-da-da-da\
33	\
34	Well, I'm Wash, Zoe's husband, I'm one lucky guy\
35	I'm also the pilot, so shut up and let me fly\
36	I'm the comic relief on the wind, and you know why\
37	I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly\
38	Ya-da-da-da-da\
39	\
40	Well, I'm Jayne, the hero of Canton, I'm one studly guy\
41	Don't get on my bad side, or you're gonna die!\
42	Oh yeah, [[{{Jerkass}} I don't have a good side]], and you know why\
43	I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly\
44	Ya-da-da-da-da\
45	\
46	Well, I'm Kaylee the engineer, I know what to do\
47	I'm the oversexed, [[WrenchWench grease monkey]], [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], savant MarySue\
48	I'm in lust with simple Simon, and you know why\
49	I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly\
50	Ya-da-da-da-da\
51	\
52	Well, I'm Simon the doctor, and Jayne gets on my nerves\
53	If he doesn't shut up, I'll make sure he gets what he deserves\
54	I'll lock him in a room with [[SuperSoldier my sister]], and you know why\
55	I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly\
56	Ya-da-da-da-da\
57	\
58	Well, I'm... I'm River... I think\
59	...\
60	...\
61	There's a 29.22 per cent chance that this verse won't scan, but if we rewrite it in Iambic... ooh, dancing!\
62	\
63	I'm Inara the companion, in love with Mal, who knows why?\
64	He always calls me a whore - [[{{Tsundere}} I guess he's shy]]\
65	And [[{{UST}} nothing will ever happen]], 'cause so am I\
66	I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly\
67	Ya-da-da-da-da\
68	\
69	Well, I'm Shepherd Book, the token religious guy\
70	[[ReligiousBruiser I've got a great left hook]], and I think like a spy\
71	All that ''Series/BarneyMiller'' [[ActorAllusion paid off]], and you know why\
72	I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly, I'm on Firefly\
73	Ya-da-da-da-da\
74	\
75	Well, I'm Creator/JossWhedon, the creator, yeah, that's me\
76	The only one that compares is Creator/JMichaelStraczynski\
77	I thank you all for watching ''Film/{{Serenity}}''\
78	Buy my DVD! Buy my DVD! Buy my DVD!\
79	Ya-da-da-da-da\
80	\
81	Well, I'm Creator/BrannonBraga, and I'm the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' guy\
82	[[TakeThat Forty years of franchise, and you can kiss it goodbye]]\
83	Joss got it right in one - I hate that guy!\
84	He did Firefly, he did Firefly, he did Firefly\
85	Ya-da-da-da-da\
86	\
87	[[ThatsAllFolks Well, now this song is done, time to say goodbye]]\
88	It's been a lot of fun, but I gotta fly\
89	I've set aside fifteen hours, and you know why\
90	[[ArchiveBinge To watch Firefly, to watch Firefly, to watch Firefly]]\
91	Ya-da-da-da-da-da-da\
92	Firefly for a white guy!
93	-->-- "I'm on Firefly" by Music/TomSmith
94
95	[[AC:'''"Serenity"''']]
96
97	->'''Mal''': I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop [[GenkiGirl Kaylee]] from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
98
99	->'''Kaylee''': [[ChekhovsGun Compression coil busts, we're drifting...]]\
100	'''Mal''': [[TemptingFate Best not bust, then.]]
101
102	->'''Zoe''': If they take the ship, [[{{Squick}} they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh and sew our skins into their clothing]], [[NightmareFuel and if we're very very lucky]], they'll do it {{in that order}}.
103
104	->'''Dobson''': ''(holds a gun to River's head and uses her as a [[HumanShield shield]])'' [[PutDownYourGunAndStepAway I'm not playing anymore. If anyone so much as moves-]]\
105	'''Mal''': ''(walks in and [[KilledMidSentence shoots Dobson]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills in the eye]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome without breaking stride]])''
106
107	->'''Mal''': How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne?\
108	'''Jayne''': Money wasn't good enough.\
109	'''Mal''': What happens when it is?\
110	'''Jayne''': Well... [[{{Foreshadowing}} that'll be an interesting day.]]
111
112	[[AC:'''"The Train Job"''']]
113	->'''Zoe''': Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
114
115	->'''Mal''': Darn.
116
117	[[AC:'''"Our Mrs. Reynolds"''']]
118	->'''Mal''': I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will ''end you.''
119
120	->'''Book''': If you take sexual advantage of that girl, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. One reserved for child molesters, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking people who talk at the theater]].
121
122	[[AC:'''"Jaynestown"''']]
123
124	->'''Simon''': I reattached a girl's leg. Her ''whole leg''. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, ''he gets a town''... ''(raising his mug in a toast)'' To Jayne! The box-dropping, [[BuffySpeak man-ape-gone-wrong thing!]]
125
126	->'''Jayne''': You all think somebody's just gonna drop money on ya? Money they could use? Well there ain't people like that!... There's just people like ''me!''
127
128	[[AC:'''"Shindig"''']]
129
130	->'''Badger''': 'Course you couldn't buy an invite with a diamond the size of a testicle, but I got my hands on a couple.\
131	'''[=Jayne/Mal=]''': [[ImaginedInnuendo (chuckling)]]\
132	'''Badger''': ...Of invites!
133
134	->'''Atherton''': Half of these men wish you were draped on their arm.\
135	'''Inara''': Only half? I must be losing my undefinable allure.\
136	'''[[StrawMisogynist Atherton]]''': Not so undefinable - [[EstablishingCharacterMoment all of them wish they were in your bed.]]
137
138	->'''Jayne''': What we need is a diversion... [[ShowSomeLeg I say Zoe gets nekkid.]]\
139	'''Wash''': No.\
140	'''Jayne''': ''I'' could get nekkid.\
141	'''Everyone''': [[{{Squick}} No!]]
142
143	->'''Mal''': Sure, it's humiliating. Having to lie there while the better man refuses to spill your blood. Mercy is the mark of a great man. (''Stabs Atherton in the side.'') Guess I'm just a good man. (''Stabs him again.'') Well, I'm all right.
144
145	[[AC:'''"War Stories"''']]
146
147	->'''Wash''': I don't want you to spare me, Mal. If you think you know what's happening, then you tell me. You wouldn't spare Zoe if she were in this situation with you, would you? You would be planning, and plotting and... possibly scheming. So whatever Zoe would do in this instance is what I wanna do. Do you know why? No matter how ugly it gets, you two always come back with the stories. So... I'm Zoe. Now, what do I do?\
148	'''Mal''': [[DeadpanSnarker Probably not talk quite so much.]]
149
150	->'''Wash''': I mean, I'm the one she swore to love, honor and obey.\
151	'''Mal''': Listen, you... She swore to obey?\
152	'''Wash''': Well, no, but...But that's just my point! ''You'' she obeys! She obeys ''you!'' There's obeying going on ''right under my nose!''
153
154	->'''Mal''': That's not true! There's plenty of orders of mine that she didn't obey!\
155	'''Wash''': [[NameOne Name one]]!\
156	'''Mal''': [[WhamLine She married YOU!!]]
157
158	->'''Zoe''': Preacher, don't Literature/TheBible have some pretty specific things to say about killing?
159	->'''Book''': [[ThouShaltNotKill Quite specific]]. It is, however, somewhat [[TechnicalPacifist fuzzier on the subject]] [[OnlyAFleshWound of kneecaps]].
160
161	->'''Zoe''': [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself This is something the Captain has to do for himself]].\
162	'''Mal''': (panicky) [[DefiedTrope No! No, it's not!]] \
163	'''Zoe''': (surprised) Oh. [[MoreDakka (starts firing)]]
164
165	->'''Mal''': I know it's a difficult mission... but you and I... (grimacing) have to get it on.\
166	'''Zoe''': Alright... I understand. [[DullSurprise Take me, sir. Take me hard.]]\
167	'''Jayne''': [[NoYay Now something about that's just downright unsettling.]]\
168	'''Wash''': (grabs Zoe) We'll be in our bunk!
169
170	->'''River''': [[OneManArmy No power in the 'Verse]] [[IronicEcho can stop me.]]
171
172	[[AC:'''The Message''']]
173
174	->'''Mal''': Everybody dies, Tracey. [[{{Foreshadowing}} Someone's carryin' a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it.]] The trick is, die of old age before it finds you.
175
176	->'''Tracey''': When you can't run, you crawl. And when you can't crawl, when you can't do that...\
177	'''Zoe''': ...you find someone to carry you.
178
179	[[AC:'''Heart of Gold''']]
180
181	->'''Mal''': I'll introduce you to the rest later. They're good folk.\
182	'''Jayne''': Can I start getting sexed already?\
183	'''Mal''': [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Well, that one's kind of horrific.]]
184
185	->'''[[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Petaline]]''': Rance, this is Jonah. Jonah... say "Hi" to your daddy.\
186	* gunshot*\
187	'''Petaline''': [[BondOneLiner Say goodbye to your daddy, Jonah.]]
188
189	[[AC:'''Objects in Space''']]
190
191	->'''Jubal Early''': [[CatchPhrase Does that seem right to you?]]
192
193	->'''Jubal Early''': Well...here I am.
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