Top 10 favorite lines from Firefly by JavidRho

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Top 10 favorite lines from Firefly

POSTED BY: JAVIDRHO
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 15:31
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004 11:27 AM

CAITLYN

Without a doubt, River, in Jaynestown:

"Bible's broken. Contradictions, false
logistics - doesn't make sense."

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Wednesday, January 14, 2004 11:37 AM

SEGURANT

Shindig:

Mal: “Mercy is the mark of a great man. (stabs Atherton) Guess I'm just a good one. (stabs Atherton again) Well, I'm alright.”

Trainjob:

"You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here. "

Two of my favorites but really I like them all

Segurant

"You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here. "

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Wednesday, January 14, 2004 12:17 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Didn't see this one mentioned, sorry if it was, but even my dad laughed at it....

Mal: Ain't no way in the 'verse they can find that compartment even.....even if they were looken for it
Zoe: Why not ?
Mal: (pause )... cause.
Zoe: Oh yeah, this is gonna go great.

Followed by...
Mal: If anyone gets nosey,just..you know..shoot'em
Zoe: Shoot'em?
Mal: Polietly

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Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:04 PM

SHINY

Quote:
Originally posted by Caitlyn:
Without a doubt, River, in Jaynestown:

"Bible's broken. Contradictions, false
logistics - doesn't make sense."

Or the later: "just keep walkin', preacher-man..."

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2004 3:31 PM

SQUEE

This has got to be one of the hardest decisions... I think my all time favorite is:

Mal: Ain't no way in the 'verse they can find that compartment even... even if they were looken for it
Zoe: Why not?
Mal: ... cause
Zoe: Oh yeah, this is gonna go great.
Mal: If anyone gets nosey, just shoot'em
Zoe: Shoot 'em?
Mal: Polietly

I was actually very surprised that no one had posted it before today. someone beat me by only a couple hours.
Another one that I really like that hasn't been posted yet is:

Jayne: Captin? Captin can you hear me?
Mal: I'm standin' right here.
Jayne: You're comin' in good and loud.
Mal: That's cuz I'm standin' right here.
Jayne: Well, yeah but... the transmitters...

OOH! and then I like: (off the top of my head, hope it's right)

Mal: I did a job, and I got nothin' but trouble since I did it, not to mention some unkind words as regrad to my character. So let me make this ubundantly clear: I do a job, and then I get paid. Go run your little world.

Other favs:

Book: If you take sexual advantage of her, you're
going to burn in a very special level of hell.
A level they reserve for child molesters and
people who talk at the theater.

Wash: What could it be, we're all doomed, who's flying this thing?!?! Oh, that would be me.

Mal: Public relations

Mal: If you got guests, I can come back later

Wash: Yes, this is a firtile land and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land and we will call it... This Land. I think we should call it Your Grave. Ahh, curse your sudden but enevitable betrayal. Ha, ha, ha- mine is an evil laugh- now die! Ahh, no God

Mal: Now you can luxuriate in a nice
jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.

Need help on this one. I don't know exactly what she says.
River: (talking about Simon's birthday) caporial years... stellar- blah, blah jargon. *pause* I didn't get you anything.

And of coarse the theme song hast to count for something. It's just way too cool to ignore.

Take my love, take my land,
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me.

Anyway, you all know the rest...
Oh! and I just came up with a very good one for my signature. I don't think anyone else is using it as a signature, but if you are... sorry.

When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't crawl, you find someone to carry you.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2004 3:46 PM

SQUEE

Quote:
Originally posted by SergeantX:
"I was gonna get me an ear, too..."

Heh, I feel like an idiot. For some reason I just now got the rather obvious irony and foreshadowing there, given what happened later to Mal in "War Stories". Damn, this show sure ages well.

SergeantX

"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith

I don't know whether I should feel like an idiot, but I just made a realization about the last verse of the theme song:
There's no place I can be,
Since I found Serinity
At first I thought it was referring to the ship, but then I made the connection to the part when Zoe tells Simon about why Mal named the ship after the valley and the battle they lost there.
Once you're in Serenity, you never leave it. You learn to live there. Or something like that.
Did anyone else miss that?
Anyway, SergeantX, I didn't get that connection until you mentioned it.

When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't crawl, you find someone to carry you.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2004 6:15 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Wow... this list has been up for days, and yet you and I were the only ones who thought to post that same quote, and w/ in hours of each other... wooo...karma? heh heh

Lets face it, most of the show can be quoted, its almost to the level of...dare I say it... Monty Python? Gee, I hope thats not blashemy for anyone here.....

Mal: How's business?
Inara: None of yours.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2004 6:22 PM

SAINT JAYNE

Quote:
Originally posted by Squee:
There's no place I can be,
Since I found Serinity

It would have been more meaningful with that deleted scene included.

You would figure with that kind of mental scarring, Mal and Zoe would be plagued by shell-shock and nightmares. I guess there is the funny way they eat their apples.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:09 AM

PAINISSCARY

Though it'd probably be easier to come up with a list of least favorite lines (since there aren't any), here's some great ones (I'm trying hard to mention ones that haven't already been quoted):

Mal, befuddled at Wash's insisting on coming along on a mission: I'm lost, I'm angry... and I'm armed.

Wash, about Zoe's terseness: Right. Less talking. She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic.

Jayne's crude assessment of River: It's a girl. She's cute, too, but I don't think she's all there, y'know? 'Course, not all of her has to be...

River, having trouble with her dessert: My food is problematic.

Jayne, eager to make use of his rehearsed dialogue: We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

Jayne, asking Mal not to reveal his attempted betrayal of Simon and River: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.

River freaking out over Book's voluminous hair, Zoe trying to help:
BOOK
River? Why don't you come out?

RIVER
No! I can't. Too much hair.

ZOE
Uh huh. River, honey? He's putting the
hair away now.

RIVER
It'll still be there....waiting.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:09 AM

PAINISSCARY

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:51 AM

CANTTAKESKY

Quote:
Originally posted by painisscary:
Though it'd probably be easier to come up with a list of least favorite lines (snip):

Mal, befuddled at Wash's insisting on coming along on a mission: I'm lost, I'm angry...and I'm armed.

Oh, c'mon. That is one of my FAVORITE lines.

I guess it comes down to how you feel about being armed.

Can't Take My Gorram Sky

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:25 AM

JAVIDRHO

Hey, canttakesky:
I think you misunderstood what painisscary said (you sniped the initial sentence too quickly).

painisscary said:
"Though it'd probably be easier to come up with a list of least favorite lines (since there aren't any), here's some great ones"

In other words, you two agree...

On a side note, when I started this thread way back in November (a hundred and eleven posts ago), I apparently didn't realize just how amazingly quotable just about every line of Firefly is. This is a testament and a huge compliment to Joss and his band-o-writers.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:46 AM

CAITLYN

The whole set of exchanges between Book and River in Jaynestown is pretty hilarious. While I like River's explanation of how the Bible is "broken" best, this line (about Book's hair) is also brilliant:

They say the snow on the roof was too heavy.
They say the ceiling will cave in. His brains
are in terrible danger.

ZOE
Uh huh. River, honey? He's putting the
hair away now.

RIVER
It'll still be there....waiting.

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:18 AM

GUNSLINGER

Jayne: "I wuz gunna git me an ear too."

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:18 AM

GUNSLINGER

Jayne: "I wuz gunna git me an ear too."

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:28 AM

CAITLYN

OK, here's another great River quote, from Shindig:

(spoken with Badger's accent)

Sure, I got a secret. More than one. Don't seem likely I'd tell 'em to you now, do it? Anyone off Dyton Colony knows better than to talk to strangers. You're talking loud enough for the both of us though, ain'tcha? I've known a dozen like you. Skipped off home early, running graft jobs here and there. Spent some time in the lock down, but less than you claim. And you're what? Petty thief with delusions of standing? Sad, little king of a sad, little hill.

"Forgive my rudeness. I cannot abide useless people. "

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:02 AM

CANTTAKESKY

Duh. Thanks for your correction. So I have a problem with my brain being missing. Sorry, painisscary!

Can't Take My Gorram Sky

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:47 AM

GUNSLINGER

Quote:
Originally posted by Caitlyn:
OK, here's another great River quote, from Shindig:

(spoken with Badger's accent)

Sure, I got a secret. More than one. Don't seem likely I'd tell 'em to you now, do it? Anyone off Dyton Colony knows better than to talk to strangers. You're talking loud enough for the both of us though, ain'tcha? I've known a dozen like you. Skipped off home early, running graft jobs here and there. Spent some time in the lock down, but less than you claim. And you're what? Petty thief with delusions of standing? Sad, little king of a sad, little hill.

You forgot, "Let me know if anyone interesting shows up."

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Thursday, January 15, 2004 1:22 PM

SQUEE

Quote:
Originally posted by Caitlyn:
OK, here's another great River quote, from Shindig:

(spoken with Badger's accent)

Sure, I got a secret. More than one. Don't seem likely I'd tell 'em to you now, do it? Anyone off Dyton Colony knows better than to talk to strangers. You're talking loud enough for the both of us though, ain'tcha? I've known a dozen like you. Skipped off home early, running graft jobs here and there. Spent some time in the lock down, but less than you claim. And you're what? Petty thief with delusions of standing? Sad, little king of a sad, little hill.

"Forgive my rudeness. I cannot abide useless people. "

lol, your signature reminded me of another funny line in the show: (sorry if its not exact)

It must have taken a dozen slaves and a dozen days to get you into that get up, of coarse your daddy tells me it takes the wink of a school boy to get you out of it again.

When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't crawl, you find someone to carry you.

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Friday, January 16, 2004 8:24 AM

TAMFAMFAN

::smile::

The two times Simon uses the phrase "This must be what going mad feels like."

Jayne:"Are YOU about to jump onto a moving train?"

River:"I can kill you with my brain."

Book:"You can't kill this man."
Jayne:"Not right away."

and the vote for the serious line:
Jayne:"Don't tell 'em what I done."

Keep on walkin', Preacher-man.

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Sunday, January 18, 2004 4:06 PM

ANKHAGOGO

I love reading favourite lines -- and luckily (or not, depending on how carried away I get) I just finished watching my shiny new DVD set today!
I'll try not to repeat, and sorry if I don't get something precisely word-for-word.
BTW, I also am a big fan of stuff that sounds great taken completely out of context. But I'll go ahead n credit em.

"Haven't you killed me enough?" (Mal)

"You're using wiles on me!" (Mal)

"Lady, you're my kind of stupid." (er..Mal again)

"Jayne? Jayne Cobb?" (Inara, on finding out who the hero of Canton is)

"Jayne is a girl's name." (River)

"I'll stay out of your whorin' and you stay out of my thievin'." (Mal..seems to be a trend)

I think I have too many screaming around my brain right now. I'll narrow em down and come back later.

Ankhagogo

"She was naked--and all....articulate!"

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Sunday, January 18, 2004 4:25 PM

ANKHAGOGO

Wow, that was quick...

"The pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots." (Mal)

"Captain'll come up with a plan."
"Well, that's good... right?"
"Possibly you're not recalling some of his previous plans." (Zoe & Kaylee)

"Ship like this, be with you til the day you die."
"That's because it's a deathtrap." (Mal & Zoe)

"..and I've made myself ready for you."
"Let's ride right past the part where you explain exactly what that means." (Saffron & Mal)

Ankhagogo

"She was naked---and all...articulate!"

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Sunday, January 18, 2004 4:50 PM

BARB

River: "Just keep walkin' preacher man"

"It's pretty much down to ritual suicide, lambytoes."

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Monday, January 19, 2004 1:01 PM

TEELABROWN

Quote:
It must have taken a dozen slaves and a dozen days to get you into that get up, of coarse your daddy tells me it takes the wink of a school boy to get you out of it again.

You almost got it. It's "....the space of a school boy's wink..."

Not tryin' to be mean, just tryin' to help a out.

............................................................................................
"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Monday, January 19, 2004 1:20 PM

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Its getting late, and so I scanned the posts, so apologies if I missed these -

The moment for me that manages to define the Simon/River relationship perfectly -

"I threw up...."
"I threw up on your bed"
"That's my sister"

Okay, its a great deal to do with the acting, but the layers it works on amaze me.

On that level, Objects in Space - pretty much all of it as a fantastically constructed script - River's "surrender" - "I'll be your bounty, Jubal Early". Add to that Early's terrifying speech to Kaylee, the "lion" exchange and "we're becoming fast friends". Wasn't this the "wacky fun" episode as well?

"I threw up on your bed"

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Monday, January 19, 2004 10:21 PM

SQUEE

Quote:
Originally posted by TeelaBrown:
Quote:
It must have taken a dozen slaves and a dozen days to get you into that get up, of coarse your daddy tells me it takes the wink of a school boy to get you out of it again.

You almost got it. It's "....the space of a school boy's wink..."

Not tryin' to be mean, just tryin' to help a out.

............................................................................................
"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

^_^ That was it... thank you

When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't crawl, you find someone to carry you.

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Monday, January 26, 2004 12:11 PM

LITWOLF689

I just thought of some more lines I love:

River: Purple elephants are flying.
Mal: Good. Thanks for the update.

Petaline: Rance, this is Jonah. Jonah, say hello to your daddy.
Rance: *smiles*
Petaline: *pulls out gun* Say goodbye to your daddy Jonah. *fires*
Rance: *dies*

^-^

Litwolf689

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Monday, January 26, 2004 2:59 PM

EBONEZER

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:

Lets face it, most of the show can be quoted, its almost to the level of...dare I say it... Monty Python? Gee, I hope thats not blashemy for anyone here.....

THIS IS A DEAD PARROT!

you've got two coconuts and your bangen 'en toghter!

"Oh my god it's grotesqe! and here's a thing in a jar."

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Monday, January 26, 2004 3:16 PM

EBONEZER

I've always liked:

Zoe: Doesn't the bible have some pretty spicific things to say about killing?
Book: Yes, but it's fuzzy on the area of knee caps.
(war stories)

Zoe: Jayne!?
Jayne: I didn't fight in no war. Best of luck though
(train job)

Mal: We've got some local color hapening...a grand entrance would not go amis.
(train job)

Wash: Aww, we always hoped you two'd get together, who is she?
(our mrs. reynolds)

Mal: she's not my wife!
safferon starts crying
Kaylee goes to her: Oh, there there, he's a monster
(our mrs. reynolds, not sure if i got that one quite right)

Simon (to jayne): your like a trained ape...without the training.
(serenity)

Wash: ok, everybody not talking about sex, in here. everybody else, out there!

I could go on with this for days...

"Oh my god it's grotesqe! and here's a thing in a jar."

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Tuesday, January 27, 2004 8:24 AM

DIGIFICWRITER

All-time fav Firefly quotes? Hard to choose just 1, so I'm gonna do 5 that I love:

#1 - "Too much hair" - River
#2 - "Kaylee? What the hell's going on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?" - Mal
#3 - "You like ships. Don't seem to be
looking at the destinations. What
you care about is ships and mine
is the nicest." - Kaylee
#4 - "Every man there go back inside or
we will blow a new crater in this
little moon." - Wash
#5 - "He took this right off 'em. They
earned that with the sweat of their
slave-tradin' brows." - Mal

I love that last quote, mainly because of the way Nathan Fillion delivers it. It's also very reminiscent of a couple of his lines in "The Train Job".

***
Badger: If you'd gotten here sooner, you might've beaten the bulletin that came up saying a rogue vessel, classification 'Firefly', was spotted pulling illegal salvage on a derelict
transport.

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Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:24 PM

LITWOLF689

I love how Mal refers to the sky as his, like in these two quotes:

Mal: Its getting crowed under my sky.
Mal: Wash, I would like my sky to be a little less empty.

It fits well with the theme song and Mal's cowboyish personality. You know what I mean, when some cowboys refer to a town as their town, their territory. Thats what Mal is doing; the sky is his territory. I love Mal.

^-^

Litwolf689

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Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:40 PM

DRACOS

From Objects in Space:

Jayne: So shes a witch?
Wash: Yes Jayne she is a witch and she has had congress with the beast.
Jayne: She's in Congress?
Wash: How did you even learn human speech!? Tell m, Im really curious!

(bit screwed up but thats the jist of it)

Dont ask me silly questions.
I wont play silly games.
--------------------------------------------------
Somebody tries to kill you you go ahead and try to kill them right on back!

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004 1:58 PM

TMURRIE

Only one eh? Ok well...

"I'll be in my bunk."

and

Badger: I had a problem with your attitude is why.Felt you was--what's word?
Jayne:Pretencious?
(Mal looks at Jayne strangly)
Badger: Exactly!

How would Jayne know a word like pretencious?!

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:23 PM

KNIBBLET

Quote:
Originally posted by LindyCat:
"... I may remain wed to that horrid heresy until he bombs CIA headquarters in Langrty. - RAW

LindyCat, I hate to be a perfectionist (#&%), but that is "Langley". Not Langrty.

There are two Langleys in Virginia. One is the small town in northern VA where the CIA is headquartered and the other is Langley AFB in Hampton, home of the Tactical Air Command.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:24 PM

KNIBBLET

Quote:
Originally posted by LindyCat:
"... I may remain wed to that horrid heresy until he bombs CIA headquarters in Langrty. - RAW

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Thursday, February 5, 2004 2:47 PM

SLAYER730

Dracos, is that "Don't ask me silly questions......" quote a reference to Blaine the Mono (Blaine is a PAIN!)????

***Never judge a book by its movie***

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Thursday, February 5, 2004 5:22 PM

TEELABROWN

Quote:
Originally posted by Squee:
Quote:
Originally posted by TeelaBrown:
Quote:
It must have taken a dozen slaves and a dozen days to get you into that get up, of coarse your daddy tells me it takes the wink of a school boy to get you out of it again.

You almost got it. It's "....the space of a school boy's wink..."

Not tryin' to be mean, just tryin' to help a out.

............................................................................................
"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

^_^ That was it... thank you

When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't crawl, you find someone to carry you.

You're very welcome Squee.

............................................................................................
"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!
Teela Brown, keeper of bad typing.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2004 9:41 AM

SERENA

I have dozens of favs, but here's one that hasn't made the list yet (and forgive me if I get it wrong - I lent my DVD with Bushwacked out so can't check it):

Alliance officer to Zoe: you fought in the war?
Zoe: yes.
Alliance officer: and your husband?
Zoe: fought with him, too.

"Every well bred, petty crook knows that the small, concealable weapons always go to the far left of the place setting."

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Friday, February 13, 2004 9:32 PM

DTT

"Pain is scary."

"Give it baack?!!!?"

"You look stupid in that hat."

You know, it would be easier to make a list of lines I didn't like. But with that list, I'm not sure I'd make it to ten.

"You didn't have to wound that man."
"Yeah, I know. It was just funny."

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Sunday, March 7, 2004 5:34 AM

SASJA

This doesn't really count as a line (more like, several), but it's hilarious:

Mal's asking Niska's main guy to take the money back to him.

Niska's guy: Keep the money. Use it to buy a funeral. It doesn't matter where you go, or how far you fly. I will hunt you down, and the last thing you see will be my blade.

Mal: Darn.

Mal kicks the guy and he's sucked out through the engine. Next Niska guy is brought forward.

Mal: Now this is all the money Niska gave us in advance.

Second guy: Oh, I'm good. Best for everyone. I'm right there with you.

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Thursday, April 8, 2004 9:35 AM

EST120

Mal: Mercy is the mark of a great man. Well I'm just a good man. I'm alright.
Shindig)

Mal: Seems to me we got here just in the nick of time. What's that make us?
Zoe: Big damn heroes sir.
Mal: A'int we just.
(Safe)

Zoe: Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
(The Train Job)

Drunk: You know, your coat is kind of a brownish color.
Mal: It was on sale.
(The Train Job)

Book: Well. Isn't that *special*.
(Our Mrs. Reynolds)

Mal: Ship like this, be with you till the day you die.
Zoe: Because it's a death trap, sir.
(Out of Gas)

Mal: I got stabbed you know, right here.
(Shindig)

Simon: Captin's a good fighter, he must know how to use a sword.
Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.
(Shindig)

Zoe: You paid money for this sir? On purpose?
(Out of Gas)

Wash: I am a large, semi-muscular man.
(War Stories)

River: Jayne is a girl's name.
(Trash)
(I absolutely LOVE the look on her face when she says this, one of the funniest moments in the entire series for me)

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Thursday, April 8, 2004 10:29 AM

RICHARDECHEANDIA

from "Our Mrs Reynolds"

Mal: "Is there blubber?"

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Thursday, April 8, 2004 10:49 AM

MAUGWAI

Wow, no one ever mentioned this one:

Jayne: I married me a powerful ugly creature.

Mal: How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people?

Jayne: If I could make you prettier, I would.

"Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy."

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Thursday, April 8, 2004 2:53 PM

TALVIN

Oh, I can't believe nobody mentioned one of my personal favorites:

Book: "Oh, I got heathens a-plenty right here!"

(Edited to remove an extra word that was not in the actual line.)

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Friday, April 9, 2004 10:46 AM

RANDA

I can't believe no one nominated this one:

Mal: (walking away after Badger turns away the cargo in "Serenity") The wheel never stops turning, Badger.

Badger: (in a casual tone) That only matters to the people on the rim.

Miranda

"The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory." - Paul Fix

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Saturday, April 10, 2004 11:12 AM

ROCKETJOCK

"Keep on walkin, preacher man."

"Muwahahahaha. Mine is an evil laugh."

Zoe: "I need this man to tear my clothes off."
Wash: "Work, work, work."

"There's more than seventy Earths spinning around this galaxy, and the meek have inherited not a one of them."

Mal: "The wheel never stops turning, Badger."
Badger: "That only matters to the people on the rim."

"Let's see, ten percent of nothin' is... let me do the math..."

"Mal. Bad. From the Latin."

"You can't enslave a free man. The most you can do is kill him." -- Robert A. Heinlein

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Saturday, April 10, 2004 11:35 AM

ROCKETJOCK

Quote:
Originally posted by LindyCat:

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DO NOT ADJUST YOUR MIND:
IT IS REALITY THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING

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"I don't mind being in touch with reality, as long as I don't have to live there." -- Bob Thaves, Frank and Earnest

"You can't enslave a free man. The most you can do is kill him." -- Robert A. Heinlein

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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:23 AM

DROKKA

Amongst many others I like Mal's "Its a real burden being right so often" from Bushwacked.

d~

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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:36 AM

CLASSICGAMER

This is one of my favorites and I haven't seen it posted yet.

It emphasizes the issues between Jayne and Simon

Wash: So... two days in a hospital. That's awful. Don't you just hate doctors?
Simon: Hey.
Wash: I mean, present company excluded.
Jayne: Let's not be excluding people. That'd be rude.

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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:16 AM

JANNIE78

the greatest saying is from "Objects in Space" when Jayne says "If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak"

Jannie78

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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:40 PM

MALICIOUS

Another good one is when Mal is being kept overnight by Atherton Wing pending the duel at dawn. Badger's gang is keeping watch on the Serenity crew. After our guys craft their plan and are waiting for the diversion they were going to create, River has a conversation with Badger mimicking his accent. Everyone watches in fascination. Afterward, Jayne says, "That there? Just the kind of di-version we could have used."

Like I always say, ya gotta love Jayne!

Mal-licious

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