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sugarboots
sugarboots
DOLLHOUSE Season 1 WRAP-UP: Top 10 Whedon winks and nods!
Jun 19 2009, 8:38 PM EDT | Post edited: Jun 19 2009, 8:38 PM EDT
This is for all you Whedonites and Browncoats out there! Add your favorite winks and nods from Dollhouse Season 1. Do you find this valuable?    
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noobloser
noobloser
1. RE: DOLLHOUSE Season 1 WRAP-UP: Top 10 Whedon winks and nods!
Jun 19 2009, 8:42 PM EDT | Post edited: Jun 19 2009, 8:42 PM EDT
Isn't there one in "Omega" with this quote:

"Yeah, and then we keep them in a glass jar with our fireflies!"-Topher in response to Paul about taking away the Dolls' "souls"
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bluesun89
bluesun89
2. RE: DOLLHOUSE Season 1 WRAP-UP: Top 10 Whedon winks and nods!
Jun 19 2009, 8:49 PM EDT | Post edited: Jun 19 2009, 8:49 PM EDT
"Isn't there one in "Omega" with this quote:

"Yeah, and then we keep them in a glass jar with our fireflies!"-Topher in response to Paul about taking away the Dolls' "souls""
That was the main one, noob.
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noobloser
noobloser
3. RE: DOLLHOUSE Season 1 WRAP-UP: Top 10 Whedon winks and nods!
Jun 19 2009, 8:50 PM EDT | Post edited: Jun 19 2009, 8:50 PM EDT
"That was the main one, noob. "
It's the only one I could come up with. God, I'm such a noob. XP
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runa27
runa27
4. RE: DOLLHOUSE Season 1 WRAP-UP: Top 10 Whedon winks and nods!
Jul 16 2009, 8:01 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 16 2009, 8:01 PM EDT
Topher apologizing about "Foxtrot" speaking the wrong kind of Chinese. That is SO a reference to Firefly... Foxtrot... F... "Firefly". IIRC, some people who actually spoke Chinese actually did complain that they went with like, I dunno, something like a Taiwanese or Hong Kong dialect of the language, instead of Cantonese or Mandarin. And yes, there's a pretty big difference between those dialects :P

Also, though it's not necessarily a "reference" per se, I'm starting to think that it's universal Jossymbolism to have otherworldly or mentally malleable "broken" characters, in bare feet. All of the Dolls, River Tam from Firefly... even "Mellie" the first time we see her is barefoot. Although... maybe it IS a sly little nod, since Mellie has... holy crap, they both have a Kill Trigger Password that gives them awesome ninja-like skills!

THAT IS SO TOTALLY A NOD. :O Well... or maybe not. Maybe he just has a thing for women in bare feet. But STILL... damn.

Not a nod to a specific series (though it would be accurate for Angel, and for Buffy's history on WB), but the fact that the actives are contracted for "five years" is surely a reference to the "Five Year Plan" that most networks like their writers to have now, yes?
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