FIREFLY References in other TV Shows | Castle, Community, Bones, Big Mouth, the Librarians, TBBT...

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The question what TV show got canceled way too early is mostly answered with this one. And while a disney reboot of #firefly seems to be in the making, we wanted to look at other #tvshows that referenced our favorite space western! Here's what we found:
🡆 Community | www.imdb.com/title/tt1640858/
🡆 Castle | www.imdb.com/title/tt1501858/
🡆 Big Mouth | www.imdb.com/title/tt1256027/
🡆 Bones | www.imdb.com/title/tt0529896/
🡆 Dollhouse | www.imdb.com/title/tt1537128/
🡆 The Big Bang Theory | www.imdb.com/title/tt1256027/
🡆 Chuck | www.imdb.com/title/tt1682455/
🡆 The Librarians | www.imdb.com/title/tt4447418/
#tvreferences #references

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  • @therainenetwork3510
    @therainenetwork35107 ай бұрын

    If you ever feel stupid remember: you didn't cancel Firefly.

  • @i_georgiequest_i4160
    @i_georgiequest_i4160 Жыл бұрын

    Firefly should have been on for 10 seasons.

  • @antred11

    @antred11

    10 ай бұрын

    I will forever hate the prick executive who made the decision to cancel. 😤

  • @sallymiller8460

    @sallymiller8460

    10 ай бұрын

    Wish it had

  • @benniebritt5705

    @benniebritt5705

    8 ай бұрын

    42 seasons 😂

  • @benniebritt5705

    @benniebritt5705

    8 ай бұрын

    Firefly is going to come back in the future 😂

  • @westrim

    @westrim

    8 ай бұрын

    Nah, 6 seasons and a movie.

  • @thedoctor4327
    @thedoctor432711 ай бұрын

    Not TV but the Halo game "ODST" is full of Firefly references: - Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, and Adam Baldwin are all members of the cast - Random marines/ODSTs will say "gorram" - Baldwin's character will sometimes call his weapon "Vera" - Tudyk's character is the ODST squad's pilot - The achievement for lighting a Drone on fire with a fire grenade is called "Firefly"

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    11 ай бұрын

    Nice, thanks for the hints!

  • @MichaelBlanchardII

    @MichaelBlanchardII

    7 ай бұрын

    There's also times where the marines say "Shiny" when something cool happens or when they kill covenant forces

  • @jammin2575

    @jammin2575

    7 ай бұрын

    Yes 🙌 ODST is my favorite Halo and this is a big reason why.😊

  • @OneFingerYT
    @OneFingerYT7 ай бұрын

    There's another bit in Castle where Filllian starts speaking Chinese, and says something about picking it up from a show he loved.

  • @jammin2575

    @jammin2575

    7 ай бұрын

    I believe also that they also referenced “shiny” a few times for a drug they’re trying to get off the streets I think, been a long time since I watched Castle.

  • @sean_mccadden

    @sean_mccadden

    6 ай бұрын

    Theres a few others like a scene Castle puts on blue latex gloves and puts up 2 fingers up on each hand in a fluid motion. 2 by 2, hands of blue. Then a scene where he tries to shoot a guy, ends up shooting the guys gun. Beckett says "hell of a shot Castle" Castle replies with "I was aiming for his head." Last reference, I remember is in a later season Castle and Beckett are investigating a murder at a Scifi con at an Exhibit for a scifi show called "Nebula 9". Castle pokes fun at her for liking it and lists off a few "good" Scifi shows, last one he references is "That one Joss Whedon show"

  • @mrborgeusborg1541

    @mrborgeusborg1541

    3 ай бұрын

    And many of the crew has had guestroles on castle. Torres, glau, staite and Baldwin from memory.

  • @EdwoodCA
    @EdwoodCA6 ай бұрын

    Castle's mom and daughter going to a spa retreat called Serenity. Mom to Castle: [incredulously] *_"You've never heard of Serenity?"_*

  • @charlestownsend9280
    @charlestownsend9280 Жыл бұрын

    Missed another one in castle, castle says I was aiming for his head after the first time using a gun, which was a reference to the scene in the episode train job.

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, thanks for the hint! There's also a another "shiny" reference in Chuck - but I mostly try to pick one reference per TV Show. :)

  • @evatesche

    @evatesche

    Жыл бұрын

    @@numbnuts Castle also hold up 2 Fingers while wearing blue gloves (Two by two, hands of blue).

  • @sweeps3360

    @sweeps3360

    Жыл бұрын

    Isn't there another one, where Castle speaks mandarin and says he learned it from a TV show he used to love? xD

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sweeps3360 @eva tesche I didn't knew about those! :)

  • @DocMicrowave

    @DocMicrowave

    Жыл бұрын

    Never really watched castle. Caught episodes here and there. Didn't a few Firefly actors appear on Castle as well?

  • @Krypton_Ken
    @Krypton_Ken7 ай бұрын

    The Serenity flyby in the pilot to the 2004 Battlestar Galactica series is a good one.

  • @airhammer6203

    @airhammer6203

    2 ай бұрын

    I'm gonna have to pop that disc in again. I just watched BSG not to long ago. Been trying to find models for both Firefly and BSG.

  • @dphuntsman

    @dphuntsman

    11 күн бұрын

    @@airhammer6203Yeah, I’d go for a Firefly model!

  • @happyslapsgiving5421
    @happyslapsgiving5421 Жыл бұрын

    3:16 "Girl's a math genius, can't even figure out how to call Serenity."

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    Жыл бұрын

    Love your Username @Happy Slapsgiving!

  • @cirrustate8674
    @cirrustate8674 Жыл бұрын

    The Dollhouse one is subtle and brilliant. But, considering it's another Whedon show, that's not at all surprising.

  • @jammin2575

    @jammin2575

    7 ай бұрын

    I love Dollhouse! It’s a shame they rushed season two I felt it would have been better if they could have taken their time and done the plot justice. I know they were worried cancelation and rightly so, but it jumped the shark with season 2.

  • @Daergarz
    @Daergarz6 ай бұрын

    It is a crime against the sci-fi genre that they cancelled Firefly.

  • @thelastgoonie6555
    @thelastgoonie6555 Жыл бұрын

    There will never be enough of these! I think Phineas & Ferb had one. It was playing in the background and caught my attention but sadly, there's never another browncoat around to validate.

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the hint! :)

  • @andrewfournier9792
    @andrewfournier97927 ай бұрын

    In the Percy Jackson movie (terrible movie, but Nathan Fillion was awesome as Hermes) Hermes is commenting on a fictional show "Best TV show ever, so of course....cancelled" (stares in the distance)

  • @Nloveru
    @Nloveru6 ай бұрын

    You missed one from Big Bang Theory where Sheldon says the president of FOX is nr 1 on his arch-enemies list for cancelling Firefly.

  • @davewalker8519

    @davewalker8519

    3 ай бұрын

    Also when Sheldon and Leonard are filling out the roommate agreement and agree to set aside time each week to watch Firefly.

  • @michaelhuynh4953
    @michaelhuynh49537 ай бұрын

    The one on Chuck was a Firefly reunion!

  • @jammin2575
    @jammin25757 ай бұрын

    I believe there are Reavers in the background in one of the boxes/cages of Cabin in the Woods. Which would make sense as Josh Whedon was involved in writing/producing of the film.

  • @buddah1221
    @buddah12217 ай бұрын

    I completely forgot Summer Glau guest stared on Chuck

  • @gbbrunne1647
    @gbbrunne1647 Жыл бұрын

    you forget where Sheldon mentions Firefly being on forever in TBBT episode of Lenard moving in with Sheldon

  • @Nloveru

    @Nloveru

    6 ай бұрын

    And where he says the president of FOX is nr 1 on his arch-enemies list for cancelling Firefly.

  • @sheldondrake8935

    @sheldondrake8935

    3 ай бұрын

    fuck that show. Summer needs a better agent.

  • @Pendragon667
    @Pendragon6677 ай бұрын

    There are cows in space. See Episode 5, "Safe"

  • @norneaernourn8240
    @norneaernourn82406 ай бұрын

    I think I'll go rewatch the entire thing again. For the... I forgot how many times.

  • @JeromyTimmer
    @JeromyTimmer6 ай бұрын

    There’s a great one in the Killing. Joel Kinneman has a tattoo across his chest that says “Serenity”. Jewel Staite plays his girlfriend. She says “serenity? Sounds like a strippers name.”

  • @slagmoth
    @slagmoth7 ай бұрын

    You missed one from Castle... although subtle he swears in chinese and makes an off hand reference.

  • @jnichols3
    @jnichols3 Жыл бұрын

    You know it occurred to be that it would not take much cannon juggling to put "Cowboy Bebop" and "Firefly" in the same universe. How cool would it be for the Firefly to be chased down by the crew of the Bebop, and a gunfight ensue between Malcom, Cobb, Spike, and Jet. In the end Jet and Spike let the Firefly escape when they realize how corrupt the people who put the bounty on them were.

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    Жыл бұрын

    Sounds awesome! ;)

  • @nutbastard

    @nutbastard

    7 ай бұрын

    Except that in Firefly Earth was, well, “Earth that was”, and the verse is some other solar system entirely while in Bebop Earth is just fine and dandy.

  • @bazzers

    @bazzers

    7 ай бұрын

    You produce the graphic novel, I'll buy it twice.

  • @hackerx7329

    @hackerx7329

    7 ай бұрын

    First episode of Firefly Mal uses an anti air/space emplaced gun and when he activates the HUD to aim it starts up with a Weyland-Yutani logo visible. That puts Firefly in the same universe as the Aliens Movies. Those movies have crossovers with the predator franchise AND they mention that the Tyrel corporation was a competitor for W-Y. The movie Soldier was supposed to start with the battle of Tanhauser gate that was mention in Blade Runner and while that was cut for budget reasons it is mentioned on screen in his military service record and one of the flying cars being seen in a junkyard. So if you want an extended universe Soldier, The Blade Runner moves, The Alien movies, the Predator movies, and the series of Firefly and the following movie Serenity are all set in the same shared universe just at different points in the timeline with the Predator franchise going back several hundred years so I think it would be the earliest and I think Serentiy being the farthest forward since it is around 500 years in the future. If you want to go into comics and other stuff that may or may not be canon there are even more things that could be linked in like the fact that Batman fought a Predator once but the stuff I listed was all on screen in shows and movies

  • @jammin2575

    @jammin2575

    7 ай бұрын

    @@hackerx7329 From what I read up in the making of books they re-used a lot of sci-fi props to offset the cost of production, for example the uniforms of the Alliance guards are Starship Trooper costumes and repurposed guns. So it could just be just a means of saving money instead of connecting universes. But cool if it’s on purpose.

  • @Jacakao_o
    @Jacakao_o2 ай бұрын

    There is also a subtle reference in the tv show The Killing, the male lead has a "Serenity" chest tattoo and his girlfriend is played by Jewel Staite, who played Kaylee in Firefly

  • @AFistfulOfVinyl
    @AFistfulOfVinyl Жыл бұрын

    Love all these. Except big bang theory. Man that one sticks out as just being pandering schlock instead of loving tribute.

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    Жыл бұрын

    It's not my favorite either, to be honest.

  • @thelastgoonie6555

    @thelastgoonie6555

    Жыл бұрын

    100%

  • @taun856

    @taun856

    Жыл бұрын

    The better one in BBT was when Nathan Fillian made a cameo as himself.

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    Жыл бұрын

    @@taun856 I missed that. :(

  • @notoriouslybratty

    @notoriouslybratty

    7 ай бұрын

    Didn’t Sheldon once say there are two there were three people he never trust or something, Leonard, Darth Vader and Rupert Murdoch because he owns FOX, the network that canceled Firefly?

  • @budthebusker
    @budthebusker6 ай бұрын

    So many shows that didn't get axed ..that will never get a mention anywhere and nobody cares about. I hope all those responsible go to a: ' special .... '

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    6 ай бұрын

    You are very welcome to mention them right, here right now! :)

  • @i8BBQ4Lunch
    @i8BBQ4Lunch7 ай бұрын

    Serinity had a cameo in Ready Player One.

  • @DocMicrowave
    @DocMicrowave Жыл бұрын

    I love Firefly. I wish Disney hadn't gotten its mitts on it.

  • @consultantmate

    @consultantmate

    11 ай бұрын

    If Disney starts to continue Firefly, we'd be looking at another Star-Wars-situation there.

  • @DocMicrowave

    @DocMicrowave

    11 ай бұрын

    Indeed. Firefly as we know it would be dead. No way they would allow a Malcome Reynolds type character in the lead. Let alone Jayne.

  • @consultantmate

    @consultantmate

    11 ай бұрын

    @@DocMicrowave correctly.

  • @jessiehogue.

    @jessiehogue.

    5 ай бұрын

    @@DocMicrowave I mean, it already is dead. A more accurate comparison would be that instead of bringing it back to life, they would turn it into a horrible Frankenstein monster-kind of undead mess which would have been better left dead.

  • @DocMicrowave

    @DocMicrowave

    5 ай бұрын

    @@jessiehogue. It is indeed dead. And deserves to be remembered for what it was. A uniquely interesting and very entertaining show, that cannot be duplicated in this day and age.

  • @jonathonwilliamson9879
    @jonathonwilliamson98792 ай бұрын

    Superb Vid And Yet There Are More. One Of The Best SciFy Shows Ever.

  • @Yogasefski
    @Yogasefski7 ай бұрын

    Firefly and Jericho, both shouldn’t have been cancelled.

  • @st0ox
    @st0ox7 ай бұрын

    I have to rewatch chuck

  • @sethcarson5212
    @sethcarson5212 Жыл бұрын

    3:18 Do I really need to be the guy who says "It's just Serenity"?

  • @EMSS-ul8bq

    @EMSS-ul8bq

    Жыл бұрын

    I've corrected multiple people on this. I'm sorry, it just drives me crazy. Even the channel SciTrek, a Sci-fi channel, continues to do it. If they specify it in the actual show, as Inara did, respect it.

  • @johncameron4194
    @johncameron41947 ай бұрын

    Ahhh chuck ❤️

  • @Rekaert
    @Rekaert7 ай бұрын

    God dammit now I have to watch Firefly again!

  • @markmurray3193

    @markmurray3193

    18 күн бұрын

    Shouldn't that be 'Gorram It!!!"?

  • @teambellavsteamalice
    @teambellavsteamalice2 ай бұрын

    That's it, I'm watching the series again. Can only handle so many Firefly recommendations, and once you click on one you get more...

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    2 ай бұрын

    Enjoy! ;)

  • @Quartermaster323
    @Quartermaster3237 ай бұрын

    Serenity appears in Ready Player One at the start of the final battle

  • @notoriouslybratty
    @notoriouslybratty7 ай бұрын

    Thank you!!!

  • @geoffstonehouse5829
    @geoffstonehouse58297 ай бұрын

    There are actually multiple references to firefly in castle.

  • @johncameron4194
    @johncameron41947 ай бұрын

    Castle one was great

  • @hawkingeta7489
    @hawkingeta7489 Жыл бұрын

    Now I do too

  • @craigrussell7542
    @craigrussell75427 ай бұрын

    You should see the Firefly parody called "Mosquito".

  • @lundyhill3012
    @lundyhill30128 ай бұрын

    what is the Eliza Dushku show?

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    8 ай бұрын

    You can find all the shows (in order of appearance) in the descirption :)

  • @takewithfood

    @takewithfood

    8 ай бұрын

    Dollhouse. It's actually worth a watch if you can get through the first 6 episodes or so.

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    8 ай бұрын

    @@takewithfood Thanks for the tip! :)

  • @jiajianhou426
    @jiajianhou4266 ай бұрын

    which ep is that from TBBT?

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    6 ай бұрын

    It's from "The Terminator Decoupling" you can find every episode listed in the desciption with an imbd link.

  • @georgeduncan9443
    @georgeduncan94437 ай бұрын

    there were like 13 blatent firefly references on castle alone lol

  • @kreigguardsman3355
    @kreigguardsman33559 күн бұрын

    If I had a dollar for every time Nathan Fillion played a space cowboy with Gina Torres I’d have two dollars which isn’t much but it’s weird that it’s happened twice

  • @wemustdissent
    @wemustdissent7 ай бұрын

    Battlestar Galactica had one

  • @0southpaw6
    @0southpaw66 ай бұрын

    This should mostly be Castle

  • @0southpaw6

    @0southpaw6

    2 ай бұрын

    There could be like a half an hour video on their references alone.

  • @grafficacma
    @grafficacma6 ай бұрын

    Browncoats unite!

  • @davewalker8519
    @davewalker85193 ай бұрын

    On Blindspot, Patterson mentions her boyfriend's Firefly DVDs.

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the hint!

  • @lykan2
    @lykan217 күн бұрын

    I will never forgive FOX for cancelling Firefly

  • @boqndimitrov8693
    @boqndimitrov869311 ай бұрын

    Fox! what "geniuses"!..

  • @theludonarrian
    @theludonarrian6 ай бұрын

    You missed more from Castle.

  • @numbnuts

    @numbnuts

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the hint. I try to limit myself to one example per Show per video :) But I'll check out the other ones

  • @theludonarrian

    @theludonarrian

    6 ай бұрын

    @@numbnuts Most are from Castle I think.

  • @Raison_d-etre
    @Raison_d-etre6 ай бұрын

    Little did we know, Nathan Fillion really needed to move on from his Firefly role.

  • @JadedMax
    @JadedMax7 ай бұрын

    1:30 and he became a serial killer

  • @parrotcracker6629
    @parrotcracker66297 ай бұрын

    Was it really that good of a show? What's it about?

  • @thejanssen6030

    @thejanssen6030

    6 ай бұрын

    space cowboys and space zombies

  • @blackcorp0001
    @blackcorp000116 күн бұрын

    Apparently Disney owns the rights now ... Oh God no please no

  • @stevem2323

    @stevem2323

    5 күн бұрын

    Jesus that made me depressed.

  • @razzledazzle84921
    @razzledazzle849216 ай бұрын

    The Big Bang Theory really stands out here as being complete ass.

  • @stanley-fghijk441
    @stanley-fghijk4417 ай бұрын

    Most overrated show ever. Trash show.

  • @theeyeinside3856

    @theeyeinside3856

    7 ай бұрын

    And yet you clicked on this video 😂

  • @stanley-fghijk441

    @stanley-fghijk441

    7 ай бұрын

    @@theeyeinside3856 Nope. Popped up on the home page, clicked to post a comment, kick back and laugh at guys like you. Didn't watch one second of it. Hahahaha!!!

  • @SunGawdRa

    @SunGawdRa

    7 ай бұрын

    @@stanley-fghijk441 I love guys who post crap like this, then sit back, steeple their fingers, and laugh manically at their dastardly brilliance. Right before sipping wine as pretentiously as possible. It does make me feel a bit better that my life isn't anywhere near as sad so.. thanks.

  • @stanley-fghijk441

    @stanley-fghijk441

    7 ай бұрын

    @@SunGawdRa Loooove the dorky, whedony snark. Right on brand for a firefly-obsessed loser like yourself. Just... perfection. Gotta say, really enjoy proving there are still losers like you out there so deeply invested in this mediocre, cringy TV show that they take any slight to it personally. It's awesome to know no matter how far I fall, I'll never be as embarrassing as a simp like you who defines himself through a TV show no one watched🤣. Thanks!

  • @stevem2323

    @stevem2323

    5 күн бұрын

    @@SunGawdRa People like Stanley are dead inside, imagine living like that.

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