Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit.
Wash: Out there is seems like it’s all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
Zoe: I’d say you do at that.
Wash: Don’t fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone.
Zoe: It is not.
Wash: You’re acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now?
Zoe: Jayne slits my throat and takes over.
Wash: That’s right.
Zoe: And we can’t stop it.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It’s a hopeless case. I’ll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery.
Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay.
Wash: Oh, no, I’m starting to like this poetry idea now. “Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she’s all corpsified and gross…”
Firefly – Episode 4 – “Shindig”
Scotty: He’s turned the engines off. Completely cold. It will take thirty minutes to regenerate them.
Uhura: Ship’s outer skin is beginning to heat, Captain. Orbit plot shows we have about eight minutes left.
Kirk: Scotty!
Scotty: I can’t change the laws of physics. I’ve got to have thirty minutes.
Star Trek – Season 1: Episode 6 – “The Naked Time”
Giles: We have to find Buffy. Something terrible’s happened. Just kidding. Thought I’d give you a scare. Are those finger sandwiches?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Season 3: Episode 5 – “Homecoming”
As far as dear Sophie was concerned life at sea was to be – why, not exactly an eternal picnic, but something not altogether unlike; occasional hardships, to be sure (shortage of coffee, fresh milk, vegetables), and guns going off now and then, and a clash of swords, but without any real people getting hurt: those that happened to die did so instantly, from wounds that could not be seen; they were only figures in the casualty-list.
HMS Surprise – Patrick O’Brian
Mal: Okay, help me find our man. He’s supposed to be old, kinda stocky, wears a red sash crossways.
Kaylee: Why does he do that?
Mal: Maybe he won the Miss Persephone Pageant. Just help me look.
Kaylee: (pointing) Is that him?
Mal: That’s the buffet table.
Kaylee: Well how can we be sure, unless we question it?
Mal: Fine. Don’t make yourself sick.
Kaylee: Oh, xiè xiè [“thank you”], Captain.
Firefly – Episode 4 – “Shindig”
The Love Pirate 