So my wife bought me a Firefly shirt... by Houdini

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So my wife bought me a Firefly shirt...

POSTED BY: HOUDINI
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Monday, August 27, 2007 5:50 AM

Last week my wife said she bought me a little surprise. A week later my first Firefly tee-shirt comes in the mail. The shirt's a sort of brown-ish color, and says "Browncoat" on the front, and "I aim to misbehave" on the back.

I think what I love most about this shirt is that only a true browncoat would recognize it. It doesn't say Serenity or Firefly on it, so only someone who really knows the show would understand it.

So anyways, I decided that a good day to wear this for the first time would when I took the family to the Michigan Renaissance Festival this past weekend.

Imagine my surprise when I had close to a dozen people come up to me throughout the day and tell me how much they loved Firefly, or that "The alliance rules" (don't ask

), etc.

Considering not one of my family or friends had ever heard of Firefly I just didn't think too many people out in the public would recognize that shirt. But not only had people recognized it, but they felt so strongly about it that they went up to a perfect stranger and mentioned it.

Has anyone else experienced something like this? Has Firefly truly become that popular?

- Houdini

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Monday, August 27, 2007 5:56 AM

MSG

Oh yeah I have an aim to misbehave shirt and lots of people come up to me...browncoats are everywhere!!

"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs

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Monday, August 27, 2007 9:38 AM

DUKUSUKKER

that is so cool. and, yes...

when rehearsing a really really long scene in a play once, the cast and i were all sitting on stage motionless for about half an hour waiting for the crew to fix technical stuff. when the stage manager asked how i was doing (it was a very uncomfortable position) i said, "oh, yeah...shiny". the guy right next to me looked up and with a big shocked smile on his face and said, "Yeah! Shiny!"

Found out later that several people in the cast were BIG fans of the show. Which led to many fun cast parties thereafter.

I also have an Oatey Bar shirt...i do get folks coming up every now and then to say how much they love it...and the show.

dukusukker
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"noah's ark is a problem..."

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:35 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

That's a shiny wife you have there Houdini.

I too have that shirt and I wear it often. It is so cool to have browncoats walk up and talk to you because of the shirt. It makes a great icebreaker.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:41 AM

GRIZWALD

You picked a good place to wear that shirt. A ren faire would have lots of us, I should think.

About the only place I get any recog for my shirt(s) is at Hot Topic, but then again those kids are trained to observe any clues about a customer to guide him or her to buy more, and a tee-shirt is not a very subtle clue.

Next time I'll wear my Orig Star Trek dangle earrings and see what they offer to sell me.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:53 AM

GEMINI37

No shirt yet but I have both dvd's and soundtracks.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:52 AM

CLEMENTINE

I was wearing my blue sun T, eating ice cream with my mother and someone walked by with pretty much the exact same shirt! She was past before I could pop out and say hello but it was sure freaky.

Another day, a guy walked along on the other side of the street wearing a Serenity T.

The only place mine get recognized is the comic book store. I make sure I wear one every month as I pick up my Buffy #8.
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Holding 'till the Captain gets back.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:06 AM

BROWNCOAT2007

I keep hopeing and hopeing to find an "Aim to Misbehave" shirt at Hot Topic, yet every time I go in they are eather between shipments, or just got a shipment in but none in my size, or just got a shipment in and sold out in a matter of hours... and I'm thinking to myself, "what in the HELL?" Because I haven't personally found many browncoats in my neck of the 'verse... so I wonder where all these shirts are going...

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:10 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

I have the Serenity movie logo T, and one of Jayne's shirts, the pinup girl one, along with an "I'm a leaf on the wind" shirt that I made myself with iron-on printer paper.

I have yet to have anyone comment on any of the shirts, except for one guy who liked the pinup girl but didn't recognize it from the show, nor had he ever heard of Firefly.

Also, I have only seen one other person in my town with a 'verse-related shirt. A guy in Barnes & Noble had a Blue Sun shirt and I commented on it, but unfortunately was not wearing either of my Firefly shirts at the time.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:13 AM

MSG

I think they are getting snatched up by people who don't get the reference, just like the idea of misbehaving:)

"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:17 AM

BROWNCOAT2007

lol... too true, thats more'n likely it... gorram hun dans...

...What I ment was... how dare they take shirts from a show they don't know?? lol

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 2:25 PM

AMILLION2ONE

LOl I can totally Identify with that I bought all my kids and my nephew the I aim to misbehave t-shirts from cafepress and I've had mom's from my son's preschool ask where i got em from cause they just suit their kids...LOL

Now if only they'd buy the movie gorrammit!

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 2:28 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat2007:
I keep hopeing and hopeing to find an "Aim to Misbehave" shirt at Hot Topic, yet every time I go in they are eather between shipments, or just got a shipment in but none in my size, or just got a shipment in and sold out in a matter of hours... and I'm thinking to myself, "what in the HELL?" Because I haven't personally found many browncoats in my neck of the 'verse... so I wonder where all these shirts are going...

Have you looked at Hot Topic online?

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:45 PM

DARKJESTER

Truly a fine wife, Houdini. Don't be trading her, or letting her be borrowed, or lent....

I've only twice randomly met folks wearing Serenity tees the last two years, once at the movie theater in Columbia, SC (only managed to get out a quick 'Nice Shirt!' as the guy was jogging past, he turned his head and said 'Yeah, thanks!') and once at a Scottish Highland Games in Upstate SC. I'll keep looking, though, and wearing mine whenever I'm in such social situations.

MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."

http://www.fireflytalk.com - Big Damn Podcast

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:35 PM

THEQUICKBROWNFOX

I need to find me one of those shirts! (Wifey probably thinks i'm too old for it)

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 2:14 AM

THEHEROOFWILLIAMTOWN

I'm pretty jealous. Where'd she get the shirt from if you don't mind me asking.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 3:11 AM

HOUDINI

She got it from 80's Tees. It's the only Firefly/Serenity shirt they have there.

http://www.80stees.com/products/Brown-Coat-Serenity-T-shirt.asp

- Houdini

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 4:40 AM

MSG

oh see now cafe press has tons

www.cafepress.com just put joss whedon into the search engine

"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 4:23 PM

FIREFLYPASSENGER

Browncoats are family there is a connection among anyone who knows and loves Firefly.

For some reason lots of faire folk really like Firefly.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 4:51 PM

ANONYMOUS1

Post needs a list of all the Official Firefly/Serenity shirts.

Official Universal Serenity t-shirts, tees and hoodies
And Official Firefly shirts

Only retail store Hot Topic mall stores

Online stores

http://stylinonline.stores.yahoo.net
http://www.amazon.com
http://makeusmiletees.com
http://hottopic.com
http://www.80stees.com
http://www.allposters.com search Serenity (2005)
http://www.allposters.co.uk search Serenity (2005)
http://www.tfaw.com/Search?quick_sstring=serenity&_results_sstype_sear
ch=

Search for Firefly Search for Serenity

Firefly Browncoats TRIANGLE Logo
Firefly Hero T-Shirt (Captain Malcolm Reynolds) brown
Firefly Hero T-Shirt (Captain Malcolm Reynolds) olive
Firefly Logo Shirt Brown
Firefly Logo Shirt Gray
Firefly Logo Shirt Black
Firefly Logo Womens Shirt Brown
Firefly Logo Zipper Hoodies
Firefly Jayne Public Relations shirt
Firefly Jayne Public Relations Baby Tee

Serenity Bad Guys T-Shirt (Jayne Cobb)
Serenity Blue Sun hoodies
Serenity Blue Sun looks like light or baby blue writing on white
Serenity Blue Sun looks like dark blue writing on white
Serenity Blue Sun Baby Tee
Serenity Browncoat Jogging Jacket
Serenity *Browncoat* I AIM TO MISBEHAVE Baby Tee
Serenity *Browncoat* I AIM TO MISBEHAVE T-Shirt Sheer
Serenity *Browncoat* I AIM TO MISBEHAVE T-Shirt
Serenity *Browncoat* I AIM TO MISBEHAVE Zipper Hoodies brown
Serenity Buddha Baby Tee white on brown
Serenity Buddha T-Shirt green on brown
Serenity Buddha T-Shirt some color on some color (you have to ask)
Serenity Cast Photo Black T-shirt
Serenity Cast Photo Black Baby Tee
Serenity Cast Photo Blue T-shirt
Serenity Cast Photo on back word Serenity on front hoodie
Serenity Cast Photo on back word Serenity on front t-shirt
Serenity T-Shirt: Everything Is Shiny
Serenity Fruity Oaty Bar T-Shirt
Serenity Fruity Oaty Bar Women's Jr. Tee
Serenity Logo Baby Tee
Serenity Logo T-Shirt
Serenity Logo Zipper Hoodies Black
Serenity River T-Shirt (River Tam)
Serenity Ship T-Shirt
Serenity Sihnon Companion Academy Baby Tee

Hot Topic employees can look up these numbers on their computers and see if
any of there Region stores have these shirts. They can transfer the shirts
to your store.

These are the shirts Hot Topic stores had/has

Serenity My Turn 250169-004 XL
Serenity Logo 272754-004 XL
Serenity Browncoat/I AIM TO MISBEHAVE 211458-004 XL

-001 means small, -002 means medium, etc.

My favorite right now is the Serenity Cast Photo t-shirt.

Watch episodes 1 - 6 online at http://www.myspace.com/driveonfox

Watch Emmy nominated Drive clip at http://www.fox.com/drive

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Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:49 AM

TURNIPYODOUR

Quote:
Originally posted by Anonymous1:
Post needs a list of all the Official Firefly/Serenity shirts.

Anonymous1, don't forget about the two shirts that Creation Entertainment sell at www.creationent.com/se/index.htm

Serenity cast t-shirt blue
Serenity Mal: Captain t-shirt black

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Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:29 AM

WOLFEN68

I have a black serenity logo, fighting elves, and "Firefly 03-K64" t -shirts. I've had the serenity logo t recognized twice.

Both times it was recognized by a guy college aged or younger...and both passed by with an "awesome movie" comment.

I'll fallover if someone ever recognizes the "28" shirt...it's pretty obscure even if someone has seen the entire series.

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Thursday, August 30, 2007 8:03 AM

MSG

wow that is quite a lot of info...rock on!

"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs

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Thursday, August 30, 2007 8:05 AM

CRUITHNE3753

I want Jayne's yellow "troublemaker" gun T-shirt gorramit!

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Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:55 AM

SHUKES

I just ordered a star wars style serenity tee and a blue sun tee of ebay, i can't wait till they arrive.

Shukes

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Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:46 AM

BIGMAN

guys
I love you just ordered shiney Browncoat T's for me and my girls following your links. Now for no sleep till they arrive!

He's lookin to kill some folk

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Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:55 PM

ANONYMOUS1

TurnipyOdour thanks for the info.

Didn't know about that new Official Serenity Merchandise.

Serenity Collectible Plate
Serenity Embroidered Logo Hat
Serenity Mal: Captain t-shirt black
Serenity cast t-shirt blue
Photos 8 x 10s

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Saturday, September 1, 2007 2:10 PM

NINAH148

I might have to take my geekitude to another level. Those Blue Sun travel posters from tfaw.com are the coolest damn thing I have ever seen.

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Saturday, September 1, 2007 3:43 PM

ANONYMOUS1

Quote:
Originally posted by Ninah148:
I might have to take my geekitude to another level. Those Blue Sun travel posters from tfaw.com are the coolest damn thing I have ever seen.

And they have Blue Sun travel postcards too or are they wavecards?

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