I Finally Decided What My All Time Firefly Quote Is!!!

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DARKHOOD

Monday, June 14, 2004 11:19 PM

After watching the episodes over and over for weeks I have finaly settled for my favourite quote. It's from the pilot Serenity and unsurprisingly is a Joss line :). The way Mal says "politely" at the end always makes me burst out laughing. Just the thought of trying to shoot someone politely is hillerious.

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Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em.

Zoe: Shoot 'em?

Mal: Politely.

STEVE580

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 3:24 AM

I can kill you with my brain. That one's the best.

SHINY

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 3:45 AM

The best quote: "hunh."

"I left my heart in Serenity Valley"

ANGELDOVE

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 6:21 AM

I applaude you, I could never pick just one....

"I only fell is all"

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

KRYSTOPHER

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 1:09 PM

I like 'em all

~
I'm not human. That's your only warning.

TDTMF

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 1:15 PM

my fav:

mal to jayne: well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle

td

mal to jayne: well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle

HOAGIE

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 1:15 PM

someone asked me to pick one that described me the best. i had to go with "I'll be in my bunk."

AURAPTOR

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:14 PM

Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em.

Zoe: Shoot 'em?

Mal: Politely

That back and forth between Mal and Zoe is about my fav. Not so much for its hilarity, but when Mal says.. " ....cause?". That line even got my 76 yr old dad to laugh, something he rarely does while watching t.v. these days. Thanks Firelfy.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

CHANNAIN

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:49 PM

Saffron: "I'm bequeathed to you."

Mal: "To Whubbawho?"

Saffron: "Captain Reynolds, sir... I'm your wife."

Mal's blank stare - I didn't just hear that did I? - is my all time favorite moment in the entire series. The moment that made me a browncoat for-evah.

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
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EVILTOBZ

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 3:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:
"I'm to cleave to you."

hee hee hee.

bequeathed not 'to cleave'

SHINY

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 3:11 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:
Saffron: "I'm to cleave to you."

Mal: "To Whubbawho?"

Saffron: "Captain Reynolds, sir... I'm your wife."

Mal's blank stare - I didn't just hear that did I? - is my all time favorite moment in the entire series. The moment that made me a browncoat for-evah.

Yup, and then a little later, when he exclaims "I didn't marry you!" and Book says he did, he leans into Jayne and whispers, "how drunk was I last night?" ROTFLMAO! Of course he don't trust the guy, but they can still be 'drinking buddies'! ;)

"I left my heart in Serenity Valley"

DAVEY

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 3:15 PM

If I absolutely had to choose just one, I would have to pick the "special hell" speech, it cracks me up every time I watch it, especially when Book leans back around the corner and repeats "the SPECIAL hell"

RELFEXIVE

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 3:45 PM

I always liked:

JAYNE: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please?

MAL: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful.

He smiles at her, never stopping working.

MAL: Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.

She grins and kisses his cheek.

KAYLEE: I love my captain.

That and...

ZOE: Now we have a boatful of citizens right on top of our... stolen cargo. That's a fun mix.

MAL: Ain't no way in the 'verse they could find that compartment, even-- (stops talking as Dobson walks past) Even if they were lookin' for it.

ZOE: Why not?

Mal is thrown by the question.

MAL: 'Cause...?

ZOE: Oh yeah, this is gonna go great.

...which leads to the shoot politely bit, of course, which is also very good

But then, there are so many good quotes it's hard to choose less than a dozen favourites!

Mal: "We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so... very... pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die."

AURAPTOR

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 4:22 PM

Orinally posted by EVILTOBZ

Quote:
hee hee hee.

bequeathed not 'to cleave'

Are you sure it's really not ' to blathe' ? Heee heee. ( Think The Princess Bride, for vague reference source.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

ZAFTIGZOE

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 4:37 PM

Currently, I have two (both from Heart of Gold:

Mal to Mandi: You're my kind of stupid.

and

Mandi to Mal: Well my child - how long has it been since your last confession...?

currently seeking Wash
ZaftigZoe

ASTRIANA

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 4:57 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by eviltobz:
Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:
"I'm to cleave to you."
hee hee hee.

bequeathed not 'to cleave'

Nope, it's actually "to cleave".

From the script:

Saffron: "But you know I'm to cleave to you."

Bequeathed wouldn't make a whole lot o' sense, bein' as she wasn't mentioned in a will...

~A~
El Jefe Magnifico's Mistress... of Communications and Harems...

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

TJACK

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:00 PM

My all timer is

"No power in the 'verse can stop me."

It's so all purpose that I've used it a number of times with out anyone figuring out where it's from, but knowing it got to be a quote from somewhere.

When faced with a moral question I ask myself; "What would The Lone Ranger do?"

EVILTOBZ

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Astriana:
Nope, it's actually "to cleave".

From the script:

Saffron: "But you know I'm to cleave to you."

hmmm, not in the script i saw. oh well, it gives me an excuse to watch OMR again :)

mmmm, saffron.

SWITCHY

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:29 PM

Mal to Inara: I just knew you let her kiss you!

Best final moment of the series. I almost died. that was the moment I became a firefly-head.

HELL'S KITTEN

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by eviltobz:
Quote:
Originally posted by Astriana:
Nope, it's actually "to cleave".

From the script:

Saffron: "But you know! I'm to cleave to you."

hmmm, not in the script i saw. oh well, it gives me an excuse to watch OMR again :)B]

Check out the shooting script (or a writer's draft), not the transcript. "To cleave"...great nuance to that.

RAWDEAL

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:42 PM

When a man walks down the street with a hat like that everybody knows he aint afraid of nothing

Damn staight

RELFEXIVE

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by RawDeal:
Jayne: "Know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I beat you with till you understand who's in command."

Y'see? There's too many good ones to even remember them all!!

Mal: "We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so... very... pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die."

JANNIE78

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 6:34 PM

I'd have to say my favorite is from "Objects in Space" when Jayne says "If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak." ...

Wait a second I like any of Jayne's one-liners.

AURAPTOR

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 6:43 PM

From OiS...

Jayne : I don't like the idea of someone hearing what I'm thinking.

Zoe : No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.

Dang it . There are just too many great lines! GRRRRRRRR!

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

XARR

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 7:20 PM

Jayne to Mal: Can I start gettin' sexed now?

Mal to Nandi: Well, that was kinda horrific.

Half of that one is Mal's delivery. hahahaha

BADGERSHAT

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 7:54 PM

I'm really torn here--

Can't decide between the "Special Hell" bit and the "When you can't run" phrase...

--Jefé The Hat

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

BADGERSHAT

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 7:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Xarr:
Jayne to Mal: Can I start gettin' sexed now?

Mal to Nandi: Well, that was kinda horrific.

Half of that one is Mal's delivery. hahahaha

Um... sorry to nitpick, but he actually says "That ONE'S kinda horrific" referring to Jayne...

--Jefé The Hat

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

CHANNAIN

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 8:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by eviltobz:
Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:
"I'm to cleave to you."

hee hee hee.

bequeathed not 'to cleave'

edited appropriately. I don't usually have the subtitles on.

Thanks!

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
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RIVERGIRL

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:02 PM

also, I can kill you with my brain.

SGTGUMP

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:56 AM

Mal - "We're still flying."

Simon - "That's not much."

Mal - "It's enough."

"VOTE LIBERTARIAN"

EVILTOBZ

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 9:11 AM

/beats self soundly with an idiot stick

yep, checked out the ep, and everyone's right but me. many apologises.

ECGORDON

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 12:47 PM

There are so many, I don't think I could ever say which is my favorite. But right now, considering everything that has happened with the series, the dvds, and the greenlighting of "Serenity," I would have to say the most appropriate quote of all is from the first few minutes of the pilot:

"We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty!"

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

SAINT JAYNE

Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:33 AM

Mal: "Now you only gotta scare him."

Jayne: "Pain is scary."

KOHAN

Thursday, June 17, 2004 4:04 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Shiny:
The best quote: "hunh."

I agree with that

"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."

KOHAN

Thursday, June 17, 2004 4:05 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by tdtmf:
my fav:
mal to jayne: well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle

I kinda like that Jayne response to that line
"dammit mal, you made me forget my line"
better

"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."

KOHAN

Thursday, June 17, 2004 4:07 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by davey:
If I absolutely had to choose just one, I would have to pick the "special hell" speech, it cracks me up every time I watch it, especially when Book leans back around the corner and repeats "the SPECIAL hell"

weird... I have to say I agree with that one

"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."

SCOTTI

Friday, June 18, 2004 6:07 AM

Mine is obvious...

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Mal: You are very much lacking in imagination.
Zoe: I imagine that's so, sir.

VISIONARY

Friday, June 18, 2004 9:13 AM

Hands down, from 'Trash':

WASH: I have a question.

SAFFRON: You're wondering, if she knows so much, why doesn't she just steal it herself?

WASH: No....How did she get here??!! Didn't she try to kill us?

SAFFRON: No one died.

WASH: We're in SPACE! I don't remember pulling over!

GOLD!

"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you finish criticizing him, you are a mile away....and you have his shoes."

THEFERRYMAN

Friday, June 18, 2004 12:07 PM

Damn. There are so many:

I like River's badassness in my sig quote.

Hero of Canton

So, many, but I want to mention a few that no else did.

River one liner's:

"Keep on walking preacher man."

"Jayne is a girl's name."

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Fed: "Simon Tam, stand down."

Mal: " What? The Doctor? Oh. Hey. Is-is there a reward?

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Finally,
And I forget why or what episode, but:

*Zoe: "That seems to be a solution to alot of problems. Give Jayne a big stick and stand back."

If that's not the right person or exact quote, but that's the gist of it. I loved that quote.

"No power in the 'verse can stop me."
-River

STRAYBAT

Friday, June 18, 2004 1:31 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TheFerryMan:
Finally,
And I forget why or what episode, but:

*Zoe: "That seems to be a solution to alot of problems. Give Jayne a big stick and stand back."

If that's not the right person or exact quote, but that's the gist of it. I loved that quote.

It was Shindig, I believe, and Inara speaking to Mal about what she thought of the pool game. I don't remember the exact quote though.

Like most people here, I have way too many favourite quotes to count. Here's a small selection though:

Jayne: Here's an idea I've been working on: why don't we shoot her first?
Wash: It is her turn...

Wash: Alright! Everybody NOT talking about sex, in here. Everyone else, outside!

Book: Well - isn't that *special*!

Mal: It takes a great man to show mercy. STAB I'm just a good man. STAB Well - I'm alright.

And on a slightly different note:
Simon's "I am very smart..." speech in Serenity chokes me up every time I see/hear it. The speech, plus the footage and music that goes with it is beautiful...

And my favourite Simon/River moment:
River (seeing the syringe Simon's brought): It's time to go to sleep again?
Simon: No, mei mei. It's time to wake up.

Stray

STRAYBAT

Friday, June 18, 2004 1:37 PM

Oh - and here's the one I had in mind when I started my last post:

from Wat Stories...
Mal: That ain't so. There's plenty of orders of mine she didn't obey!
Wash: Name one!!!!
Mal: SHE MARRIED YOU!

Stray

SKYDANCE

Friday, June 18, 2004 4:34 PM

Bequeathed: Left to you by someone who died

Betrothed: Pledged to marriage

To cleave: Hold tightly, as if joined in a single object (this is an old english interpretation; modern usage is pretty much exclusively "to separate")

I distinctly recall her saying, "I'm to cleave to you." I thought it was wonderful poetry, particularly because it conjured the older interpretation of the verb.

Bequeathed just makes no sense. *laughs*

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"They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are."

PERIDIDDLE

Friday, June 18, 2004 4:38 PM

Decide on a fave quote....how about no? hehe.

A lot of my favorite's have been mentioned here. THere's the 'When you can't run...' quote, pretty much everything Zoe says to Mal, and Wash. A lot of Wash.

"Big damn heroes, sir."

"He makes everybody cry...he's like a monster."

"Bwaa."

Alliance Commander: You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war?
Zoe: Fought with a lot of people in the war.
Alliance Commander: And your husband?
Zoe: Fight with him sometimes, too.

I'm trying to be original, but that leaves me with little to quote. Most everyone loves the same stuff. ^_^ Firefly is brilliant....every episode makes me laugh. Probably even more so than Buffy, and it usually leaves me fighting for air between giggles.

Oh, I can't believe no one has posted these...

Wash: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction.
Zoe: You live on a spaceship, dear.

WASH: Yes, Mal. It would boost the signal, but even if some passerby did happen to receive, all it'd do is muck up their navigation.

MAL: Could be that's true.

WASH: Damn right, it's true! They'd be forced to stop and dig out our signal before they could even go anyplace!
*beat*
WASH: Well, maybe I should do that, then!
MAL: Maybe you should!
WASH: Okay!
MAL: Good!

Stegosaurus: We will rule over all this land, and
we will call it... "This Land."
T-Rex: I think we should call it "your
grave!"
Stegosaurus: Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable
betrayal!
T-Rex: Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now
die!
Stegosaurus: Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!

"Holy mother of God and all her wacky nephews." (Didn't feel like finding out the chinese...)

Wash: The legs. Oh yeah, definitely have to say it was her legs. You can put that down. Her legs, and where her legs meet her back. Actually, that whole area. That, and above it.

Firefly is just too good.

"Bwaa...it's kind of a warrior...strikes fear into the hearts of..."

EVILTOBZ

Friday, June 18, 2004 4:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Skydance:
Bequeathed: Left to you by someone who died

Betrothed: Pledged to marriage

To cleave: Hold tightly, as if joined in a single object (this is an old english interpretation; modern usage is pretty much exclusively "to separate")

I distinctly recall her saying, "I'm to cleave to you." I thought it was wonderful poetry, particularly because it conjured the older interpretation of the verb.

Bequeathed just makes no sense. *laughs*

i've already beaten myself with the idiot stick over that little muck up. no need to rub it in :(

ZOID

Friday, June 18, 2004 5:43 PM

EviltoBz, Channain and Skydance wrote:

Quote:
Bequeathed: Left to you by someone who died

Betrothed: Pledged to marriage

To cleave: Hold tightly, as if joined in a single object (this is an old english interpretation; modern usage is pretty much exclusively "to separate")

I distinctly recall her saying, "I'm to cleave to you." I thought it was wonderful poetry, particularly because it conjured the older interpretation of the verb.

Bequeathed just makes no sense. *laughs*

Oh!
My!
God(dess)!

Cleavers!

In an aside to the thread in which someone was arguing that River and Reavers are related by Academy manipulation (Reavers are just earlier versions of River that the Academy cast off), we now have a third group! Cleavers.

Cleavers are a renegade splinter group, broken away from the Companion's Guild. They no longer use their powers for good (sex), but for evil (cleavin'). They wander the 'verse cleaving to unsuspecting men and womenfolk, in both the OE and modern definitions given above. First they cleave to a guy ('hold tightly'), then they cleave ('separate') their thighs and cleave ('hold tightly') unto him. Finally, they cleave ('separate') the victims' money and other worldy possessions from them. Think 'sports wife'. For example, just wait 'til you see what Kobe's little Cleaver does to him over the next few years; he'd be luckier meeting Reavers. Very scary...

We've only met Saffron so far. I can hardly wait 'til we meet Ward, June, Wally and of course, *shivers* the Beaver.

Although, I think we already know who the beaver cleaver on the show is, right? Or do we need to run a pole, er, poll through that topic as well?

Thorazinely,

zoid
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"Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me." The Ballad of Serenity

Only 307 days, 11 hours, 25 minutes, and 57 seconds left until The BDM!

CYBERSNARK

Friday, June 18, 2004 5:53 PM

*ups Zoid's medication*

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

JADEHAND

Friday, June 18, 2004 7:29 PM

Strangely, one of my favourites isn't even from a major character. The gentleman in "Shindig" that rescues Kaylee says to the evil wench: (not certain about exactly how it starts but the gist is) "That's a mighty fine dress. It must have taken a dozen slaves a dozen hours to get you into it. Of course your daddy tells me it takes the space of a schoolboy's wink to get you out of it again. *wench leaves in a huff* I can not abide useless people."

Visit WWW.Marillion.Com for a better way to live

RELFEXIVE

Friday, June 18, 2004 10:54 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Jadehand:
Strangely, one of my favourites isn't even from a major character. The gentleman in "Shindig" that rescues Kaylee says to the evil wench: (not certain about exactly how it starts but the gist is) "That's a mighty fine dress. It must have taken a dozen slaves a dozen hours to get you into it. Of course your daddy tells me it takes the space of a schoolboy's wink to get you out of it again. *wench leaves in a huff* I can not abide useless people."

That is a gorram fine piece a quotin' and no mistake

Mal: "We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so... very... pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die."

THEFERRYMAN

Saturday, June 19, 2004 1:38 PM

Oh. How could any of us forget this one? Well, those of us who are lucky enough to be able to afford the DVD's (or those of us who can't but bought it anyways). It's in the deleated scenes where River wants Book to marry her and Simon. Simon looks at book, and not knowing what to say, finally says it as bluntly as Jayne: "She's REALLY crazy." Or river saying later in the scene, "You gotta marry me now. I'm in the family way." Screw plot. They should've kept that in.

"No power in the 'verse can stop me."
-River

WHOODAHN

Saturday, June 19, 2004 2:47 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:
e've only met Saffron so far. I can hardly wait 'til we meet Ward, June, Wally and of course, *shivers* the Beaver.

It's true, June Cleaver had a little Beaver. She also wore a pearl necklace all of the time. She said that it symbolized her love and devotion for her husband Wash, er.. Ward.

Which reminds me, why do you think Zoe wants to have children? Does she want a little beaver?

"I ain't crazy and I've got papers to prove it"

BENDIS

Saturday, June 19, 2004 3:45 PM

"You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with till you understand who's in ruttin' command here!"
That one always cracks me up.

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"We're not gonna die! We can't die, Bendis!
You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die. Huh? Look at that chiseled jaw."

ZOID

Saturday, June 19, 2004 8:02 PM

Whoodahn wrote:

Quote:
Which reminds me, why do you think Zoe wants to have children? Does she want a little beaver?

Hmmm... It occurs to me that this might be the reason Wash doesn't want children. Having children tends to negate the 'little beaver' attribute, especially for men with a 'little cleaver' (oddly, in this instance a cleaver may be defined as both separator and uniter). Maybe we're finding out more about Wash than originally intended...

Hormonally,

zoid

P.S.
Incidentally, do you know how to make a hormone?

Give her secret flame a 'goodnight kiss'.
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"Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me." The Ballad of Serenity

Only 306 days, 9 hours, 7 minutes, and 26 seconds left until The BDM!

MALSDOXY

Saturday, June 19, 2004 8:31 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:
Saffron: "I'm bequeathed to you."

Channy...i believe she says...
" I'm to cleave to you"

Archaic way of saying 'to adhere closely-stick to, cling to'- another of Joss' old fashioned terms-

P.S-I'm still waiting to proof 'Heartbroken' for you...

"Haven't you killed me enough for one day ?"
- Mal, War Stories

ZOID

Sunday, June 20, 2004 3:28 AM

Actually, 'cleave' is a Biblical usage, and appropriate for the heavily religious culture of Triumph, where Mal picks up his blushing bride (and oooh! How she blushes!).

The past tense is 'cleft', as in 'cleft chin' or 'cleft palate'. Rhymes with 'theft'...

And of course, if you look up 'cleavage', there's a picture of Christina Hendricks (YoSaffBridge) alongside the definition.

Thoughtfully,

zoid
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"Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me." The Ballad of Serenity

Only 306 days, 1 hours, 39 minutes, and 5 seconds left until The BDM!

THEREALME

Sunday, June 20, 2004 7:43 AM

Didn't somebody already up Zoid's medication? Double it!

The Real Me

INARAMAL4EVER

Sunday, June 20, 2004 3:00 PM

ok i have so many like every time wash opens his mouth and jayn.but couple lines i really love are ones from trash like when the cap'nt frined is throwing saffaron out the ship his "i shaved my berd for you devil women"
and when mal is shearching her and she says"you missed a spot"
"Can't miss place you never been"
and that whole exchange between the two of them when there trying to steel that gun halarious.
"I hate to interupt you during your crazy time with our iminet arresst" funny as hell.

I would also like to thank who ever mentioned that del secen from Our Mrs reynolds,with simon and river and book that was hilarious.

MEACULPA

Monday, June 21, 2004 11:47 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by kohan:
[B
I kinda like that Jayne response to that line
"dammit mal, you made me forget my line"
better

That's my favorite, too! Off the gag reel!! It's my tag line.

"This is your brain on Pip."
~Seawhere~

MEACULPA

Monday, June 21, 2004 11:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:

Cleavers are a renegade splinter group, broken away from the Companion's Guild. They no longer use their powers for good (sex), but for evil (cleavin'). They wander the 'verse cleaving to unsuspecting men and womenfolk, in both the OE and modern definitions given above. First they cleave to a guy ('hold tightly'), then they cleave ('separate') their thighs and cleave ('hold tightly') unto him. Finally, they cleave ('separate') the victims' money and other worldy possessions from them.

*ROFLMGAO*

"This is your brain on Pip."
~Seawhere~

JCOBB

Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:17 AM

Quote:
Mal: It takes a great man to show mercy. STAB I'm just a good man. STAB Well - I'm alright.

That is a good one.

Though I like in Safe when Jane flips through Simon's diary.

"Today I was pompus and my sister was crazy... *flips a few pages over* Today we were captured by hill folk, never to be seen again, it was the best day ever!"

That line always makes me spit out whatever drink I inevitably have in my mouth.

I don't care, I'm still free.

ZOID

Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:22 AM

MeaCulpa wrote:

Quote:
*ROFLMGAO*

(zoid bows deeply, trips over IV tubing and falls face first into bedpan)

Cul-de-sac-ly,

zoid
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"Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me." The Ballad of Serenity

Only 304 days, 4 hours, 44 minutes, and 39 seconds left until The BDM!

MEACULPA

Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:29 AM

"Cul-de-sac-ly"...new word of the day, eh? *L*

And a very good one at that!

BTW...*extends hand*...Nice to meet you.

*off to play on other boards for a bit*

*poof*

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"This is your brain on Pip."
~Seawhere~

KRYSTOPHER

Thursday, July 29, 2004 10:54 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by perididdle:
Wash: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction.
Zoe: You live on a spaceship, dear.

I was looking for someone to put this down. I mean, the look he gives Zoe when she says that is just priceless!

~
I'm not human. That's your only warning.

KRYSTOPHER

Thursday, July 29, 2004 11:01 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MeaCulpa:
Quote:
Originally posted by kohan:
[B
I kinda like that Jayne response to that line
"dammit mal, you made me forget my line"
better

That's my favorite, too! Off the gag reel!! It's my tag line.

My favorite off the gag reel is when Mal, Jayne and Zoe are trapped by the inhabitants of the bar in Train Job. And then the three of them just turn around and start-

"Hoooooow much is that geisha in the window? chin, chin I do hope that geisha's for saaaalllllleee...."

~
I'm not human. That's your only warning.

DOUBLESHINY

Thursday, July 29, 2004 12:11 PM

I like Wash's response to River stabbing Jayne.

"Wacky fun"

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

AMITZINMAN

Thursday, July 29, 2004 12:29 PM

Mine is:
Badger: "I thought we'd have a bit of a sit down"
Mal: "I was thinking more along the lines of a piss off"

DIXIEFLATLINE

Thursday, July 29, 2004 4:48 PM

I'm still partial to the exchange between Zoe and Jayne in War Stories:

"I'm smelling a whole lotta 'if' coming off this plan."
"You could have stayed in your bunk."
"Could'a, should'a, would'a!"

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Thursday, July 29, 2004 9:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DoubleShiny:
I like Wash's response to River stabbing Jayne.

"Wacky fun"

Darn - you got there just ahead of me - that whole exchange is a great one;

"You wanna go little man?"
"Only if its someplace with candlelight"

"I threw up on your bed"

YT

Thursday, July 29, 2004 11:59 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TheFerryMan:

"No power in the 'verse can stop me."
-River

Everyone credits this to River. Anyone notice that, when River says this to Kaylee near the end of War Stories, she's quoting what Kaylee said to her (& anyone else in earshot) @the beginning of the episode?

Keep the Shiny Side Up

SOUPCATCHER

Friday, July 30, 2004 12:46 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by YT
Everyone credits this to River. Anyone notice that, when River says this to Kaylee near the end of War Stories, she's quoting what Kaylee said to her (& anyone else in earshot) @the beginning of the episode?

But when Kaylee says it my reaction is, "Awwww. Isn't that cute." When River says it my reaction is, "Damn. She's right."

I shaved off my beard for you, devil woman!

YT

Friday, July 30, 2004 1:15 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SoupCatcher:

But when Kaylee says it my reaction is, "Awwww. Isn't that cute." When River says it my reaction is, "Damn. She's right."

I didn't notice it the first time I watched the ep. When I did notice it, I thought it made River's statement less scary. Now, I'm not so sure.

Keep the Shiny Side Up

Wutzon: Ekoostik Hookah, "Alexander", from "Sharp in the Flats"

VEARSTWIN

Friday, July 30, 2004 11:26 AM

Yeah, that's why I talked about her badassness when I said I liked the quote. It's scarier the more you think about it.

THEFERRYMAN

Friday, July 30, 2004 11:30 AM

Ummm.... sharing a computer can be a pain sometimes. VearsTwin is my little sister's login. Please credit that last post to me the Ferryman.

"No power in the 'verse can stop me."
-River

WILDHEAVENFARM

Friday, July 30, 2004 1:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by eviltobz:
Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:
"I'm to cleave to you."

hee hee hee.

bequeathed not 'to cleave'

No, Channain was right. "Bequeathed" means she was left to him when someone died. "To cleave" means to cling faithfully to (though it also means to split or seperate something).

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

DIXIEFLATLINE

Friday, July 30, 2004 2:50 PM

All right, don't know how I forgot this one, also from "War Stories" (seems like it's one of the great quotable episodes). Mal's admonishments to the girls in the intro:

"Ah, the pitter-patter of tiny feet in giant combat boots. SHUT UP!"
...followed immediately by...
"One of you is going to fall, and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!"

LITTLEMANLOVESFIRE

Sunday, August 1, 2004 12:31 AM

"Now I'm learning about scary!"

REANNAREMICK

Sunday, August 1, 2004 2:43 AM

I've always been partial to:

Kaylee- "Wash, tell me I'm pretty"
Wash- "Were I unwed I would take you in a manly fashion."
Kaylee- "Cause I'm pretty?"
Wash - "Cause you're pretty."

Pretty much sums up my life with my male friends right there,

RANDRAUG

Sunday, August 1, 2004 3:23 AM

Hey Krystopher!
What's your sig from? It totally fits something I'm writing and I'm curious where it came from.

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LITWOLF689

Sunday, August 1, 2004 6:40 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Krystopher:
Quote:

My favorite off the gag reel is when Mal, Jayne and Zoe are trapped by the inhabitants of the bar in Train Job. And then the three of them just turn around and start-

"Hoooooow much is that geisha in the window? chin, chin I do hope that geisha's for saaaalllllleee...."

~
I'm not human. That's your only warning.

Huh? Just watched the gag reel the other day and I don't recall this. Why would mine be different? Help! Need to find! Must watch!

SOUPCATCHER

Sunday, August 1, 2004 7:53 PM

There were two versions of the gag reel. The one included on the DVD is a shortened version. The longer gag reel is available on the internet. I think the address is in this thread:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=4492

There's probably a bunch more places to find the gag-reel. Just do a search through the archives of this section of the web site for "gag reel" and you'll see a number of threads.

I shaved off my beard for you, devil woman!

LITWOLF689

Sunday, August 1, 2004 8:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SoupCatcher:
There were two versions of the gag reel. The one included on the DVD is a shortened version. The longer gag reel is available on the internet. I think the address is in this thread:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=4492

There's probably a bunch more places to find the gag-reel. Just do a search through the archives of this section of the web site for "gag reel" and you'll see a number of threads.

I shaved off my beard for you, devil woman!

Thank you soooooooooooo much! Can I ask for one more bit of info? I understand that there is an "easter egg?" on the DVD set. I just discovered what these are. Can you tell me how to find it? Thanks!

SOUPCATCHER

Sunday, August 1, 2004 8:39 PM

Sure. Put in disc 4 of the DVD set. Go to the Special Features section and then go to Page 2 of that section. Highlight (but don't select) the Joss sings Firefly theme feature. Push the left navigation button. One of the frilly decorations should now be highlighted. Select that.

editted to add: And, in the spirit of this thread, I'll add in a line that always cracks me up (although I'm not sure it's my favorite). It's from the scene in Shindig where Mal takes out his frustration with Inara on Kaylee.

JAYNE: Is she mad or something?

That and:

JAYNE: I'll buy you a slinky dress.
ZOE: I can hurt you.

Okay. That whole exchange starting with Wash wanting to get money from Mal to buy Zoe a dress. .

I shaved off my beard for you, devil woman!

DORTMUNDER

Sunday, August 1, 2004 9:09 PM

After rewatching "The Message" just now I decided that my all time favourite quote, simply for the hilarious delivery would be Jayne's:

"What d'ya'll order a dead guy for?"

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Sunday, August 1, 2004 9:10 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SoupCatcher:
That and:

JAYNE: I'll buy you a slinky dress.
ZOE: I can hurt you.

Gina has so many of these "throw away" lines that you miss - her exchange in OiS on the bridge - the whole "someone we'd miss.... I mean". Her timing is spot on.

"I threw up on your bed"

ALAN

Sunday, August 1, 2004 9:48 PM

Looks like business ain't running so much as crawlin' away. You want to meet the real me now? - Mal - War Stories