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-> Some people have a gift of reaching right into your soul
-> And finding the hole
-> And making it bigger.
--> Reel Big Fish ''Drunk Again''

-> "For those of you looking for the 'Joss Whedon is a better writer than you' panel, you're in the wrong room. That's going on in every other room at this convention."
--> Marv Wolfman, at a Comic-con panel

Scriptwriter, director, cameo actor (QuentinTarantino style), television producer (through his famed MutantEnemy production company), and ComicBooks author. (And as of the live movie-theater broadcast of ThisAmericanLife on April 23, 2009, singer.) Joss (short for "Joseph"; rhymes with "floss") is from a family of talented writers, and is one of the first ''third''-generation television writers.

Best-known for ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''{{Angel}}'', the famously-cancelled cult hit ''{{Firefly}}'' (and its motion-picture version, ''Serenity''), Whedon's characters and scripts are famous among his fans for containing a dry, caustic wit; Whedon's humor is a trademark of his work, and he can be counted on to do something completely unexpected in every new series (in ''Buffy'', he listed a regular guest-star in the opening credits for the first time -- only to kill her off in that very episode.)

Whedon delights in defying the audience's expectations -- rather than killing a major character, he'll kill off a lesser-known but much more endearing (and often fan-favorite) character.

In the DVD commentary for ''Serenity'', Whedon explains that he likes doing such things because people ''expect'' the hero to die or be horribly injured at some point during the production -- but they ''don't'' expect the minor characters to die, so the impact is much greater.

He's also perfectly aware of how some people think of him; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLyuTU26sDk], but he's a good sport about it.

See also {{Jossed}}, [=~Whedon'th Thyndrome~=]

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* ''{{Alien}}: Resurrection'' (script doctored by; apparently the experience was so bad that he sheds tears when asked about it)
* TheMovie of ''[[Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy The Vampire Slayer]]''
* ''TitanAE''
* ''ToyStory''
* ''{{Waterworld}}'' (script doctored by)
* ''{{Speed}}'' (script doctored by)
* ''{{X-Men}}'' (one of five uncredited writers; only two bits of dialogue are actually his)
* ''{{Serenity}}''

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[[folder: Films directed: ]]

* ''{{Serenity}}''

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[[folder: Television shows started: ]]

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
* ''{{Angel}}''
* ''{{Firefly}}''
* ''{{Dollhouse}}''

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[[folder: Other television shows written: ]]

* ''{{Roseanne}}'' (Perhaps responsible for the show getting Darlene and David's geeky obsessions right.)

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[[folder: Comics written: ]]

* ''{{Runaways}}''
* ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season Eight]]''
* ''[[{{Angel}} Angel After The Fall]]''
* ''[[Comicbook/{{X-Men}} Astonishing X-Men]]''
* ''Fray''

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* [[DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]

One warning - when approaching his work, whatever the medium, expect [[TrueArtIsAngsty angst]]. [[{{Wangst}} Lots and]] [[DeusAngstMachina lots of]] [[DiabolusExMachina angst]]. [[AngstDissonance Even when it's a really,]] ''[[AngstDissonance really]]'' [[AngstDissonance bad idea.]] And even after, or in the midst of, [[CerebusSyndrome a previously comic storyline or situation]]. And don't get attached to anyone, because [[TonightSomeoneDies they're going to die in the name of "dramatic value"]]. [[TheFireflyEffect But only if]] [[ScrewedByTheNetwork the network doesn't]] [[FridayNightDeathSlot do it first]].

Also, be prepared for [[TropeOverdosed more tropes than you can shake a stick at]].
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