Firefly (TV Series)

Serenity (2002)

Alan Tudyk: Hoban 'Wash' Washburne

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Quotes 

• Wash's Stegosaurus : Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "This Land.".

  'Wash's Allosaurus : I think we should call it "your grave!".

  Wash's Stegosaurus : Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

  'Wash's Allosaurus : Har har har! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die!

  [the Allosaurus attacks the Stegosaurus] 

  Wash's Stegosaurus : Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!

• [wanting free time with her husband] 

  Zoë : Sir, I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.

  Wash : [being dragged away by Zoe, in mock tired voice]  Work, work, work.

• Mal : Did you send word to Patience?

  Wash : Ain't heard back yet? Didn't she shoot you one time?

  Mal : Everybody's makin' a fuss.

• Mal : [on the 'lawman']  Comes time, someone's gonna have to deal with him. That should be you. But I don't think you've got the guts... And I know you don't have the time.

  Simon : What do you mean?

  Mal : [pause; face deadpan, voice serious/grave]  Kaylee's dead.

  [Simon doesn't react at first, then he looks a little shocked and afraid; as Mal turns and walks to the Bridge, Simon runs to the infirmary; sees Kaylee, quite alive; she waves at him] 

  Simon : [out of breath]  That man's psychotic.

  [on bridge, Mal, Jayne, Zoë, and Wash are laughing hysterically] 

  Wash : You are psychotic!

  Mal : No! You shoulda seen his face. Oh, I'm a bad man.

• Jayne : Here's a little concept I've been working on. Why don't we shoot her first?

  Wash : It *is* her turn.

• Wash : Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?

• Simon : You don't have to worry about me.

  Wash : [pause]  Well, Zoe's out on a deal I always worry. So, it's not out of my way.

• [trying to escape the Reavers] 

  Mal : How close are they?

  Wash : About 20 seconds from spitting distance.

• Wash : You're lost in the woods. We all are. Even the captain. The only difference is he likes it that way.

• Zoë : I know something ain't right.

  Wash : Sweetie, we're crooks. If everything were right, we'd be in jail.

  Zoë : It's just that the Captain's so tense.

  Wash : The man needs a break. In fact,

  [starts lightly rubbing her back] 

  Wash : we could all use a couple of days leave.

  Zoë : We still gotta drop the goods.

  Wash : And when we do, we'll fly off to Boros, rich and prosperous - well, less poor. But with enough to find some sweet little getaway.

  Zoë : Oh, wouldn't mind a real bath.

  Wash : Yeah, and a meal that included some form of food. Just a couple of days lying around. You with the bathing,

  [pulls her close] 

  Wash : me with the watching you bathe.

  Zoë : Well, if the Captain says it's alright...

• Wash : What if we just told Mal we need a couple of days 'stead of asking him?

  Zoë : He's the Captain, Wash.

  Wash : Right; and I'm just the Husband.

  Zoë : Look, I'll ask him.

  Wash : Don't forget to call him "sir". He likes that.

  Mal : [walking in]  Who likes what?

  Zoë : It's nothing, sir.

  [Wash smiles sarcastically and gives her a thumbs up] 

• Wash : [as the Reavers fly towards them]  I guess they got hungry again.

• [on merchandise they've just stolen] 

  Wash : I'd say worth a little risk.

  Jayne : Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' ya did there.

  Wash : That's right, of course. 'Cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded. I'm just the pilot. I could always say that I was flying the ship by accident.

• Mal : Wash, you gotta give me an Ivan.

  Wash : I'll see what I can do.

  [over the intercom] 

  Wash : Kaylee, how would you feel about pullin' a Crazy Ivan?

  Kaylee : [sounds weak but positive]  Always wanted to try one.

• Wash : Everybody hold on to something.

  Wash : [to himself, as if talking to the Reavers]  Here's something you can't do.

  [turns the ship around in one swift movement & blows right past the Reaver ship; to everyone in the engine room] 

  Wash : Now!

  [Book and Jayne engage the engine, causing the thruster to burn hot & ignite the atmosphere; knocking the Reaver ship aside & launching high-speed into space] 

• Wash : Captain, I got a ship incoming.

  Mal : How the hell did they find us? I thought you said we could get around 'em.

  Wash : It's not Alliance.

  Mal : You sure?

  Wash : It's a smaller vessel.

  Mal : Commercial?

  Wash : Um... yeah. I read it as an older model Trans-U class freighter.

  Mal : I didn't know Trans-U class ships still operated.

  Wash : They don't.

  Mal : Get me a visual.

  Wash : They're still too far out to...

  Mal : [interrupting]  Get me something!

  Wash : [looking at the scanners]  Wait a minute. I'm picking up a lot of radiation emitting from the approaching ship... why, they're burning without reactor core containment. Well, that's kwong juh duh. That's suicide! That's...

  [both Walsh and Mal look at each other with dread and then turn to the spaceship in the distance getting bigger and bigger as it approaches them] 

  Mal : Reavers.

  Wash : Oh god... oh god... oh god...