Even short-lived television series may have dedicated followings, such as the fans of Joss Whedon's Firefly television series and movie Serenity, known as Browncoats.

* Inara Serra is a 26th century Alliance companion in Joss Whedon's TV series Firefly.

Buffy Anne Summers is a fictional character from Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise.

Although this film is not in continuity with the later television series, in 1999, author Christopher Golden adapted Joss Whedon's original script into a comic book entitled " The Origin ", which Whedon later confirmed to be " pretty much " canonical.

Buffy returned in Joss Whedon's television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this time played by Sarah Michelle Gellar for all of the show's 144 episodes.

Christopher Golden adapted the film into a comic entitled " The Origin " ( 1999 ) which more closely resembles Joss Whedon's original script.

* Joss Whedon's short-lived TV show Firefly makes its debut.

An article for The Wrap summarised, " For more than five seasons, the British actor added depth and charm to Joss Whedon's groundbreaking 1997-2003 series as mild-mannered librarian Rupert Giles.

Its original purpose was to draw on Dark Horse properties but expanded to include such collectibles as Tim Burton's Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys, Joss Whedon's Serenity, and most recently, merchandise for the popular video-game franchise Mass Effect.

Buffy tries to explain her feelings to Xander in Joss Whedon's " Turbulence " ( 2010 ), though he dismisses this feelings as her need for stability ; Xander admits to Buffy, that he truly loves Dawn.

* Joss Whedon's series Dollhouse uses this story as an extended metaphor in the aptly named episode " Briar Rose ", equating it both to the brainwashed members of the Dollhouse and a young character dealing with the after-effects of sexual abuse.

* Sierra ( Dollhouse ), a character in Joss Whedon's TV series Dollhouse

The producers cited their confidence in the strength of Joss Whedon's fan base and high DVR numbers as their reasons for keeping the show.

Programmes on the channel throughout more recent times have included UK premieres of big-name US shows like Heroes, Flash Gordon, Eureka, and more recently Knight Rider, Legend of the Seeker and Joss Whedon's Dollhouse.

He also remained an executive producer of director Joss Whedon's The Avengers.

He will be played by Reed Diamond in Joss Whedon's interpretation of the play which will be released in 2012.

" Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men: Gifted story arc featured a " mutant cure " designed by Indian Benetech scientist Dr. Kavita Rao, and the prospect of " real " humanity arouses the interest of a heavily mutated Beast, who visits Rao only to discover that the drug is the product of illegal human experimentation on an unknown victim.

Fillion had a recurring role as Caleb in the final season of Joss Whedon's series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Tudyk was cast as a special guest star in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse.

Wolfram & Hart − Attorneys at Law is a fictional, international, and interdimensional law firm featured in the television series Angel, as well as other extended materials in Joss Whedon's Buffyverse.

Joss Whedon's impetus to create " Hush " was his reaction to hearing that the primary reason behind Buffys success was the dialogue.

Club reviewed " Restless " in 2009, after beginning his first look at the series in 2008, he praised Joss Whedon's ability to represent what dreams are actually like.

In series creator Joss Whedon's own list of his favorite episodes, he includes " Restless ", saying " Most people sort of shake their heads at it.

Vassey has a cameo on Joss Whedon's web-based musical, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, as " Fury Leika ".

: The Buffyverse is the fictional universe shared by the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and related material, created by Joss Whedon.

In 1498, Joss de Utra ( the second Captain-donatário of Faial ), established his administrative center for the village in the deeper part of the Conceição, thus attracting a settlement wave.

Examples include the Sean Connery film Outland, the Firefly television series, and the film sequel Serenity by Joss Whedon, as well as the manga and anime series Trigun, Outlaw Star, and Cowboy Bebop.

Another form of sacrifice involves the burning of Joss paper, or Hell Bank Notes, on the assumption that images thus consumed by the fire will reappear — not as a mere image, but as the actual item — in the spirit world, making them available for revered ancestors and departed loved ones.

A third core X-Men title was also introduced called Astonishing X-Men, written by Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon, following Morrison's departure.

She was developed by Joss Whedon and portrayed throughout the TV series by Alyson Hannigan.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( often simplified as Buffy ) was originally conceived by Joss Whedon for a 1992 feature film.

Joss Whedon found that Hannigan was especially gifted reacting with fear ( calling her the " king of pain ") and viewers responded strongly when she was placed in danger, needing to be rescued by Buffy.

The film, written by Joss Whedon, depicts Buffy as a shallow high school cheerleader who is informed by a man named Merrick ( Donald Sutherland ) that she has been chosen by fate to battle the undead.

Television series executive producer Marti Noxon later reflected that this story might have been produced by the studio in order to frighten Joss into taking reins of the project.

The character of Buffy was conceived by Joss Whedon as a way of subverting the cliché of " the little blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed in every horror film ".

On 1 July 2007 Jones was among the invited artists who performed at Wembley Stadium at the Concert for Diana, joined on stage by guitarist Joe Perry of Aerosmith and British soul singer Joss Stone.

* The role of Anne of Cleves was played by actress and singer Joss Stone in the Showtime cable television series The Tudors.

It was also nominated for Best Writing — Screenplay Written for the Screen for the work by Joel Cohen, Pete Docter, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton, and Joss Whedon making Toy Story the first animated film to be nominated for a writing award.

As well, new elements were once again added to the Western formula, such as the Western-science fiction show Firefly, created by Joss Whedon in 2002.

Spike, played by James Marsters, is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Spike was initially conceived as a disposable villain to be killed off, but proved so popular with fans that Joss Whedon decided to merely injure him instead, in the episode " What's My Line, Part Two ", in which Spike is crushed by a collapsing pipe organ and left paralyzed.

The television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created and largely written by Joss Whedon, also explored vampire folklore in the light of postmodern and gender feminist theory.

In 2007's miniseries adaptation of Hogfather he was played by Joss Ackland, and in the 2010 adaptation of Going Postal he was portrayed by Timothy West.

The Joss House is now managed by the park system and is open to visitors all year round

The temple is now the Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park, and its interior, including an intricately carved wooden altar, can be viewed by visitors.