"WatchMojo" Top 10 Pilot Episodes of TV Dramas (TV Episode 2014)
The "Firefly" pilot gets an honorable mention.
Serenity (2005)
Besides the titles, both the Crazy Ivan scene from the episode and Barn Swallow scene from the movie feature an extremely risky flight monikered maneuver utilized to escape Reavers."King of the Nerds" To LARP or Not to LARP (TV Episode 2014)
When his character is killed during his team's LARP presentation, Xander says, "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!" Alan Tudyk famously says the same thing as Wash in "Serenity," the Firefly pilot episode.
- On Persephone, as Inara docks her shuttle with Serenity, what appears to be an Imperial Shuttle from "Star Wars" can be seen in the background sky left of center.
Aliens (1986)
The gun that Mal is seen manning in the opening flashback, sports the very distinctive Weyland-Yutani logo at the top of its display."Outlaw Star" Outlaw World (TV Episode 1998)
River Tam is frozen naked in a cryogenic pod and smuggled away, much like Melfina.Starhunter (TV Series 2000–2004)
The Reaver ship that attacks Serenity is identified as a "Trans-U", a reference to the Trans-Utopia cruiseship 'Tulip' in Starhunter
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