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* NotSoSimilar: When Mal confronts [[spoiler:the former Independent Generals who have been using the Reavers to attack Alliance forces, the generals briefly compare their methods to Mal's own plan to use the Reavers against the Alliance fleet before making the Miranda broadcast, but Mal reminds himself that it's not the same as the generals are using the Reavers against civilian targets whereas Mal's plan only turned the Reavers on soldiers who could legitimately defend themselves]].

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* NotSoSimilar: When Mal confronts [[spoiler:the former Independent Generals who have been using the Reavers to attack Alliance forces, the generals briefly compare their methods to Mal's own plan to use the Reavers against the Alliance fleet before making the Miranda broadcast, but broadcast. However, Mal reminds himself that it's not the same as the generals are using the Reavers against civilian targets who'll be hopelessly outmatched, whereas Mal's plan only turned the Reavers on soldiers who could legitimately defend themselves]].
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* NotSoSimilar: When Mal confronts [[spoiler:the former Independent Generals who have been using the Reapers to attack Alliance forces, the generals briefly compare their methods to Mal's own plan to use the Reapers against the Alliance fleet before making the Miranda broadcast, but Mal reminds himself that it's not the same as the generals are using the Reapers against civilian targets whereas Mal's plan only turned the Reapers on soldiers who could legitimately defend themselves]].

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* NotSoSimilar: When Mal confronts [[spoiler:the former Independent Generals who have been using the Reapers Reavers to attack Alliance forces, the generals briefly compare their methods to Mal's own plan to use the Reapers Reavers against the Alliance fleet before making the Miranda broadcast, but Mal reminds himself that it's not the same as the generals are using the Reapers Reavers against civilian targets whereas Mal's plan only turned the Reapers Reavers on soldiers who could legitimately defend themselves]].
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* SequelHook: Although not followed up on, the Doctor remarks several times that it's ''weird'' this region of space is so cut off from the rest of the universe, to the point it's a commonly held belief that there is no alien life despite Earth having suffered multiple alien invasions before the colony ships that would eventually form the 'Verse had left the planet. He resolves to come back and solve that particular mystery at some point.

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* GoodPowersBadPeople: The BigBad turns out to be [[spoiler:an alien of a species known as empaths and healers.]]

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* GoodPowersBadPeople: The BigBad turns out to be [[spoiler:an alien of a species known as empaths and healers.]]]] Downplayed by him being a WellIntentionedExtremist who's been SlowlySlippingIntoEvil for a while, aided and abetted by trauma-induced SanitySlippage, rather than a pure villain who just happens to have powers normally associated with heroic archetypes.


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* OhNoNotAgain: Implied when the Doctor hears the scientific name for "the Pax", the EmotionSuppression drug that was key to TheReveal in ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', and immediately recognises it. Apparently it's not the first time he's run into people who tried that particular experiment.
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-->'''Kaylee''': He and I can–

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-->'''Kaylee''': He and I can–can–
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-->'''Kaylee''': He and I can–

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-->'''Kaylee''': He and I can–can–

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* GoLookAtTheDistraction: The Doctor throws a HypnoTrinket up in the air, hoping some brainwashed thugs will stare at it long enough for River to beat the snot out of them.


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* LookBehindYou: The Doctor throws a HypnoTrinket up in the air, hoping some brainwashed thugs will stare at it long enough for River to beat the snot out of them.
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-> -- '''[[PsychicPowers River Tam]]'''

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-> -- -->-- '''[[PsychicPowers River Tam]]'''

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* NotSoSimilar: When Mal confronts [[spoiler:the former Independent Generals who have been using the Reapers to attack Alliance forces, the generals briefly compare their methods to Mal's own plan to use the Reapers against the Alliance fleet before making the Miranda broadcast, but Mal reminds himself that it's not the same as the generals are using the Reapers against civilian targets whereas Mal's plan only turned the Reapers on soldiers who could legitimately defend themselves]].



* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Comes up when River mentions that the Doctor is too old for her. Mal, believing himself to be about the same age, feels rather put out by this.

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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Comes up when River mentions that the Doctor is too old for her. Mal, believing himself to be about the same age, age based purely on their physical appearance, feels rather put out by this.



* TheSixthRanger: By the end, the Doctor has more or less fulfilled this role.

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* TheSixthRanger: By the end, the Doctor has more or less fulfilled this role.role for the crew of ''Serenity'', although Mal recognises that the Doctor wouldn't fit in long-term.
* SpannerInTheWorks: In the final confrontation with the BigBad, [[spoiler:River basically serves as this; after his opponent tries to break through the Doctor's psychic shields, River is able to turn the tables by getting into the other alien's head while his psychic barriers are down so that he can break the Doctor's, the Doctor acknowledging that a disadvantage of psychic combat is that both sides have to let down most of their defences which can leave them open to attack from another angle]].

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