When I first watched Firefly (can it only be a few weeks ago?) I saw Jayne for the first time and said, "Holy #@#^!! It's Animal Mother!"
Then I saw Wash, and the more I saw him the more it gnawed at me that I'd seen him before. It was my girlfriend (who also loves the show) who figured it out:
"Holy #@#^!! It's Steve the Pirate!!" Sure enough, my favorite character from Dodgeball was the one flying Serenity. What a fantastic actor. They all are.
Now in preparation for the movie I've been watching my Firefly DVD's virtually nonstop during my free time, and popped the Dodgeball DVD in yesterday too for some variety.
So, all in all, I've been cursing in Mandarin and occasionally saying, "Gaarrrrr!"
Absolutely, positively KAYLEE. That down-home earthy aura she's got about her, plus that red hair, and she's mechanically inclined while still being feminine, GIMME. She does need to gain some prowess with a weapon, though. Oh, and stop getting captured.
Fortunately for me, my girlfriend looks (and acts) very much like her. The first time I saw the show I had just met her, and it hit me the first time I saw Kaylee. So yeah I'll say Kaylee. And I'll hang on to the gf, too. And yes, she's going to see Serenity with me on Friday.