History Characters / FireflySerenityCrew

* EgocentricallyReligious: Firmly believed God was on the side of the Browncoats during the Unification War and thus, they couldn't loose. Serenity Valley disproved at least ''one'' of these notions, causing Mal to give up on God.

* ClarkKentOutfit: It takes until the end of the movie when we see him shirtless, and he the guy is ''chiseled''.

-->'''Kaylee:''' [[ADateWithRosiePalms "Goin' on a year now, I ain't had nothin' twixt my nethers weren't run on batteries!"]]

* PrefersGoingBarefoot: She often walks around the ship in bare feet. There are also a few instances where she goes off the ship barefoot.

* AmazonChaser: From being interviewed by an Alliance officer in [[Recap/FireflyE03Bushwhacked "Bushwhacked"]]:

* OneWomanArmy: In the movie, she [[spoiler:destroys dozens of Reavers in hand-to-hand combat with barely a scratch on her]].

* BelligerentSexualTension: Mal and Inara are almost completely incapable of having a civil conversation. They argue about everything from Inara's career choice to Mal's career choice, his leadership abilities, her clients, her willingness to help out, his overprotective zeal. Everything. Even when they're not shouting, they're snarking.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: The good doctor is stiff, awkward, living on the run, and busy repairing the [[BreakTheCutie broken cutie]]. You have your work cut out for you, Kaylee. [[spoiler:Simon [[LoveConfession finally spits it out]] at the end of the BigDamnMovie.]]

* CannotSpitItOut: It's difficult for him to act on his feelings for Kaylee (and ends up butchering any conversation with her at least 50% of the time because of the way he words things). By about the halfway point of the show, they're both perfectly aware of his feelings towards her, and it is an ongoing discussion topic, he's just too danged shy and ''proper'' to ''do'' anything about it, even without being distracted by [[TheCaretaker caring for]] and [[TheChampion protecting]] River -- not to mention the added complication of he and his sister being the most wanted fugitives in the 'Verse. [[spoiler:He finally spits it out just before they face down [[TheHorde the Reavers]] in the BigDamnMovie.]]

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Kaylee. He is shy about this sort of thing and he is busy taking care of his ''Mei-Mei''. [[spoiler:They get together at the end of the BigDamnMovie]].

* DarkAndTroubledPass: Spin-off material reveals that she once violated Companion confidentiality during the war when an Independent client told her about a hidden staging location for an upcoming assault. Inara shared this information with Alliance officers with the intent that they could capture the base without serious loss of life, but was shaken when the Alliance instead bombed the enemy base at a distance.

* IncestSubtext: Simon and River's relationship is greatly textured, mixing sibling, parent, doctor, and lover roles with the necessary abandon. Lampshaded from time to time--when Mal initially find protectively clutching the girl he was transporting in a box, he assumes this is someone Simon was sex trafficking but then got sentimental about.

* NervesOfSteel: Just watch him in [[Recap/FireflyE09Ariel "Ariel"]]! Or the opening of the BigDamnMovie, for that matter -- it's the first time he's seen River in several years, she's currently strapped to a chair shrieking and whimpering, and he doesn't so much as twitch an eyebrow! Of course he has them. [[FridgeBrilliance He's a surgeon]].

* MeaningfulName: After the turning point in Mal's life, the battle of Serenity Valley.

Not really a member of the crew, Inara rents a shuttle for her services as a [[TheOldestProfession Companion]]. She is well-versed in the ways of the universe (and sex) and continually shows HiddenDepths -- like being good at {{Sword Fight}}s. She's a HighClassCallGirl, which adds to ''Serenity'''s reputation: a woman who can go out in public on the arm of an aristocrat (and into his bedroom) wouldn't be shipping out with Mal and his crew unless they were at least somewhat respectable. Also, her profession is legal, which is more than Mal can say.