Talk:Ariel (Firefly episode)

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I chopped this trivia:

The world "Ariel" takes its name from the character Ariel, in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Ariel was a sprite bound to serve Prospero after being rescued by him. This seems to be an allusion to this world's subordinate relationship to the Alliance. There is another reference to The Tempest in the full length feature film Serenity, where a world is named Miranda, after Prospero's daughter.

Is there any reason to be sure that the name was taken from the Shakespeare play, rather than any of the other uses of the name 'Ariel' throughout history? Ashmoo 01:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm almost positive that Joss talks about Miranda's ties to The Tempest in the Serenity commentary. I can't readily verify the Ariel trivia, though (I don't even know if that track has a commentary, as my DVDs are loaned out to a prospective browncoat). EVula 03:37, 25 October 2006 (UTC)