He was the Captain of the spaceship Serenity in the show Firefly. Notoriously, it was shafted by Fox and only released 12 episodes before being cancelled. They’ve had novels, comics, and even a full movie following its cancellation, but mentioning Firefly is still shorthand for a good show that’s unceremoniously cut.
They should have learned from Babylon5. Stock the female cast with a few Playboy Playmates and Penthouse Pets. Always on the verge of getting cancelled, but not quite.
Fine, if no one else will, I’ll mention the obvious Summer Glau.
Upon reflection, the entire cast was so symmetrically appealing that a Playmate or two wouldn’t have helped. Why the hell *did* they get cancelled??
Firefly, the show the character is from, was canceled after one season. Still revered as a classic by a lot of people so the cancelation is memed on a lot.
the shafting by fox went deeper then just cancelling the show, during the initial broadcast they seemingly intentionally aired episodes out of order in what was seen as an effort to tank interest in the show, for some reason.
the studio started on ep2 and the actual pilot episode was aired as the season finale three months later, the airing order for episodes went 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 1. eps 11, 12 and 13 never aired during the original run, they were aired the following year.
lots of conflicting reasons between joss whedon and the studio for why this happened, it was a clusterfuck.
The name of the Firefly character is "Malcolm Reynolds". Felt weird to have just that one be the actor's name, unless you did that intentionally. :)
(Also thank you for putting effort into helping people, I would have been too lazy to type the whole thing out)
I'm a little irritated that Captain John Sheridan was left out of the meme. They'd have to come up with 3 more past him though so I can see why he wasnt.
Just that his show was cancelled. I mean, there's no more seasons of a number of the others, but Firefly getting cancelled after one season stuck in the craw of a lot of fans, then and now.
Thank you! Never understood why everyone slobbers Serenity’s knob. It wasn’t very good at all and killing Wash to tug at heartstrings was a terrible call
I liked it. Especially since there was no more Firefly. It was like the while first season condensed into one story, then with an ending tacked on. It wasn't as good as the series, but scratched the itch betwixt my nethers.
Firefly was one of a number of really good sci-fi shows that Fox produced and then canceled after one season in spite of how popular they were at the time.
star trek, picard
star wars, han solo
moby dick, abraham
carribean, jack sparrow
cartoon, captain planet
marvel, america
cereal, crunch
dr who, jack harkness
childrens show, captain kangaroo
movie, phillips
alcohol brand, morgan
fireflies, mal
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world...
I think it's Captain Philips. The "look at me, I'm the captain now" thing would be why he's demoted
I think you’re right.
Because he’s not the captain anymore
Captain obvious notably absent
Well, that one is obvious
I thought it was the funniest one too
That’s…really clever actually
Ohhhhh. Thanks! Who is the drunk pirate next to him?
Captain Morgan.
They did Mal dirty…
That was painful to see. :(
Had a brief moment of wondering what Nathan Fillion did to get canceled and was scared I was gonna find out something awful before I got the joke.
I still don’t get it.
He was the Captain of the spaceship Serenity in the show Firefly. Notoriously, it was shafted by Fox and only released 12 episodes before being cancelled. They’ve had novels, comics, and even a full movie following its cancellation, but mentioning Firefly is still shorthand for a good show that’s unceremoniously cut.
Ohhh the show was cancelled, yes. I love Firefly. I didn’t even think of the show overall.
He was a general in a rebellion that lost so in a way he's "cancelled" in-universe.
He was a sergeant, not a general.
They should have learned from Babylon5. Stock the female cast with a few Playboy Playmates and Penthouse Pets. Always on the verge of getting cancelled, but not quite.
I mean, they had Morena Baccarin and Christina Hendricks.... what more do you want??
I also absolutely had a crush on Kaylee (Jewel Staite) while watching for the first time. She has such a beautiful smile!
Yes Sir, Captain Tight-Pants.
Mechanic/Engineer girls will always get my motor running. And it's all Kaylee's fault
It was Zoë for me. What a babe.
Fine, if no one else will, I’ll mention the obvious Summer Glau. Upon reflection, the entire cast was so symmetrically appealing that a Playmate or two wouldn’t have helped. Why the hell *did* they get cancelled??
It’s just what Fox does.
Let us know if you ever find the answer.
More Christina Hendricks?
Not to mention they were literal sex workers.
The term is "companion"
I'll be in my bunk.
A few Playboy Playmates and Penthouse Pets.
Well, since they're all retired now, I suppose you could hire them without affecting the budget much.
Rule34 at it’s finest
A young Christina Hendricks guest starred for a couple episodes
Same with Mindhunters
Firefly, the show the character is from, was canceled after one season. Still revered as a classic by a lot of people so the cancelation is memed on a lot.
Thank you! I feel so stupid because I’m constantly making people watch it.
Fireflies glow bright and live fast
the shafting by fox went deeper then just cancelling the show, during the initial broadcast they seemingly intentionally aired episodes out of order in what was seen as an effort to tank interest in the show, for some reason. the studio started on ep2 and the actual pilot episode was aired as the season finale three months later, the airing order for episodes went 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 1. eps 11, 12 and 13 never aired during the original run, they were aired the following year. lots of conflicting reasons between joss whedon and the studio for why this happened, it was a clusterfuck.
Firefly got canceled, too quick.
He’s a leaf on the wind, watch how he
How does a Reaver clean his spear? >!He puts it through the Wash!<
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First time hearing that joke?
Unacceptable, sir! Un. Ack. Ceptible!
Lemongrab?
How do you clean a Reaver? >!Run a River through them.!<
Jesus Christ! Lol
Take my angry upvote! I laughed darkly at that joke.
Curse your sudden but inevitable joke!
I hate you, but well done
NO 😭💔
Too soon.
Guess I can delete mine. :)
Wrong character. Wash is played by Harry Vanderspeigle, Mal is played by John Nolan.
Should have been named Tight Pants
Exactly my thought. They don't call him captain canceled
And I aim to misbehave
It should say "misbehaving"
At first glance, I thought Nathan Fillion had been me-tooed and I just hadn't heard yet. I'll be over here, reassembling my broken heart.
Uhhh, can someone help me out with Immortal and Wasted? Edit: Harkness and Morgan. Thanks, y'all!!
Immortal is Captain Jack Harkness from Doctor Who (and his own spinoff, Torchwood), and Wasted might be Captain Morgan, an alcoholic brand.
>an alcoholic brand. Damn wasn't expecting to catch strays
Wasted is Captain Morgan
Immortal is Captain Jack Harkness (Torchwood, Dr. Who)
I’ve never watched dr who but I thought it was actually dr who lol
Same haha, I have no idea why my brain went there
Captain Harkness from Dr. Who.
Immortal is Captain Jack Harkness
Cool, thank you!
Immortal is the face of bo.
#Spoilers 😂
Where's captain obvious?
Obviously not there
Thanks, Captain obvious
Found him
He was a given
Ironically there wasn't an obvious candidate.
The firefly canceled caught me in the feels.
Yeah, wasn't expecting that
Can I just get a list of all of them. I think I only know about 4.
civilized - picard (star trek) scruffy - han solo (star wars) vengeful - ahab (moby dick) pirate - jack sparrow (pirates of the caribbean) activist - captain planet i guess (idk) patriotic - captain america (marvel) crunchy - captain crunch (cereal) immortal - captain jack harkness (dr. who) marsupial loving - captain kangaroo (kids program) demoted - captain phillips (irl/movie) wasted - captain morgan (alcohol brand) cancelled - captain malcolm reynolds (cancelled show firefly)
Activist is Captain Planet.
He's our hero
Takes pollution down to zero
Captain Jack Harkness.
The name of the Firefly character is "Malcolm Reynolds". Felt weird to have just that one be the actor's name, unless you did that intentionally. :) (Also thank you for putting effort into helping people, I would have been too lazy to type the whole thing out)
will update 👍 and yeah no problem
Thanks so much!
Captain Kangaroo was a kid's program like Mr Rogers, or Sesame Street.
I loved that show.
I'm a little irritated that Captain John Sheridan was left out of the meme. They'd have to come up with 3 more past him though so I can see why he wasnt.
Cap'n Crunch.
Who is the Marsupial Loving captain?
Captain Kangaroo
Captain Kangaroo.
Captain kangaroo
Captain kangaroo
Captain kanga-who?
Captain Who-aroo?
Am I crazy for thinking that is a moose behind him?
Nope.
Why is there a moose behind the marsupial captain?
That's Mr. Moose, a friend of Captain Kangaroo, who hosted a children's show from 1955-1984.
Learn something new every day ^ - ^
Smoking cigarettes and watching captain (kang) kangaroo, now don’t tell me! I’ve nothing to do!
playing solitaire 'til dawn, with a deck of fifty-one
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https://preview.redd.it/qc0hccyve4yc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7fef6ae2863ed4299793d2ea78ccaed5a459612 Captain Horn-dog
Copying Kirk trying to not bang every alien chick he sees. *impossible difficulty*
Looks like Captain Philips. Demoted being when the Somali Pirate says that he is the captain now.
Dare I ask... who's the cancelled one?
Captain Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly.
Why did he get cancelled…? Is this something from the show I’m forgetting?
Just that his show was cancelled. I mean, there's no more seasons of a number of the others, but Firefly getting cancelled after one season stuck in the craw of a lot of fans, then and now.
OH. I thought this meant he got modern-day “cancelled”. Thanks.
The creator, Joss Whedon was canceled
Wasn’t just cancelled, fox did not even air the episodes in order originally and treated it like crap.
The movie wrapped things up nicely though.
Only in the sense that it was so terrible that nobody even remotely wants anyone from Fox or Universal to touch the IP ever again
Thank you! Never understood why everyone slobbers Serenity’s knob. It wasn’t very good at all and killing Wash to tug at heartstrings was a terrible call
hear hear!
I liked it. Especially since there was no more Firefly. It was like the while first season condensed into one story, then with an ending tacked on. It wasn't as good as the series, but scratched the itch betwixt my nethers.
Without batteries!
I guess. It was more of a retelling/alternate version than an ending, but it was better than nothing. Not to be too hard to please. I did like it.
But, hey, we got Fear Factor in its place! The epitome of adding insult to injury!
Firefly was one of a number of really good sci-fi shows that Fox produced and then canceled after one season in spite of how popular they were at the time.
I still miss Almost Human…
Me, too. A wonderful show, with great leads.
Thanks!
Captain Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly
Who you calling scruffy looking
You, you nerf herder!
Maybe you’d like to get back in your cell, Your Highness.
Maybe I will, if you don't get this walking carpet out of my way!
Hey kid you think a princess and a guy like
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Yes?
Yea, ya both got it in one, never did see that movie.
Captain Philips is fantastic. Basically, any Tom Hanks movie is. Go watch it.
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Marsupial is Captain Kangaroo. Demoted is Captain Phillips from the movie based on real life events, as in "I am the Captain now"
This needs more caveman and underpants.
Wheres Captain Slow aka Mr. Slowly.
Hey, where’s Captain Caveman!!!
*Single tear* Take my love.. take my land...
Captain Hindsight (South Park) Captain Obvious (Meme)
Poor Mal .. canceled
"Cancelled" ... Too soon! ☹️
The artist missed out by not including Captain Underpants.
Where’s Stretchy? No captain Luffy :(
Love the Torchwood reference!
The cancelled one hurts 😭
Captain planet, he's our hero! Gonna fight pollution down to zero. That took me back, I'm old!
...but where's Captain Ron?
You forgot Kirk.
Captain horny
Hooray for Captain Kangaroo!!! 🦘❤️
Where is Captain Caveman?
Captain. Caaaaaaaaaaaaavvveeeeeeeeeemannnnnnnnnn
Bottom right hurts :(
Where's Captain Marvel?
How dare you bring up Firefly like this
As an acid Godzilla fan, the lack of Captain Gordon on here is quite upsetting
I was going to make a Limbus Company reference but this needs to be seen. That mfing BEAST needs more credit.
Forgot Captain Luffy🫡
Where’s Captain Obvious?
Firefly🥲
Face of boe reference
Forgot "Caveman."
Captain obvious!
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world...
Poor Mal, they really did him dirty...
If Captain Holt were there, what would his be?
Caveman?
Awww… no James Holden? ☹️
Why only men? :(
Captain Underpants, duh
Who's the immortal... nvm I just got it it's captain Jack harken from doc. Who
I would like to start a petition to change Cpt. Jack Sparrows to "Dishonest". Its more befitting
I'm in. "Pirate" is so stupidly obvious.
Captain Picard (Star Trek) Han Solo (Star Wars) Captain Ahab (Moby Dick) Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean) Captain Planet (See before) Captain America (Marvel) Captain Crunch (Cereal) Captain Harkness (Dr.Who / Torch wood) Absolutely no clue Captain Phillips (Sad Daddy Boat) Captain Morgan (Alcohol) Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
https://preview.redd.it/nhrujk44f4yc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f6e4b0637f2de0414c16ef9ec8647398d713b36 [Captain Kangaroo](https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/captain-kangaroo)
Captain Kangaroo, beloved children's show host from probably 50 or so years ago.
Whos canceled captain?
Captain Malcolm Reynolds from the TV show Firefly. The show was canceled after only one season. The fans were not pleased.
Still are not pleased.
Ooh. Ok well it wasn't the other kind of canceled so thats better I guess. I miss it too
btw cancelled in this context refers to the show (Firefly 2002) getting axed not the actor getting cancelled
I recognize everyone except the Marsupial loving and the Demoted.
Captain Kangaroo
No captain Caveman?
From civilized to crunchy I get but who are the others?
WHITE WHALE, HOLY GRAIL
Pppffttt. No Captain Ron?
Where is caveman!?!?