Serenity (2005)

David Krumholtz: Mr. Universe

Quotes 

• Mr. Universe : Can't stop the signal, Mal. Everything goes somewhere, and I go everywhere.

• Mr. Universe : You guys always bring me the very best violence.

• Mr. Universe : [Watching the video feed of River fighting in the Maidenhead]  And, she falls asleep. Which, she would be sleepy.

  Capt. Malcolm Reynolds : Can you go back? See if anybody spoke with her before she acted up... made any kind of contact with her.

  River Tam : [On video]  Miranda...

  Capt. Malcolm Reynolds : Miranda? Go back further.

  Mr. Universe : [Watching Oaty Bar commercial]  No...

  Capt. Malcolm Reynolds : Uh... please?

  Mr. Universe : Oh, Mal, you're very smart. Someone is talking to her.

  Hoban 'Wash' Washburn : The Oaty Bar?

  Capt. Malcolm Reynolds : Subliminal. It's a subliminal message, broadwaved to trigger her.

  Mr. Universe : I've been seeing this code pop up all over, the last few weeks. It's Alliance, and it's high military.

  [pause] 

  Mr. Universe : They have gone to enormous trouble to find your little friend... and found her they have. Do you all know what it is you're carrying?

• Mr. Universe : I cried like a baby, a hungry, angry baby.

• Mr. Universe : There is no news. There is only the truth of the signal. What I see. And, there's the puppet theater the Parliament jesters foist on the somnambulant public.

• Mr. Universe : From here to the eyes and the ears of the 'Verse, that's my motto, or it might be if I start having a motto.