History Awesome / TheXFiles

-->''[[PreMortemOneLiner "I hate the way you see me."]]''

* In "Mind's Eye", Mulder, Scully and a detective are interrogating a murder suspect, who keeps dodging their questions while taunting and mocking them. Mulder decides to play her game, and [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame with just a few choices words cuts through her like a knife,]] leaving her speechless and making her lose her cool.

* "Young at Heart" has Mulder spend the whole episode [[ItsAllMyFault being completely tormented about not shooting John Barnett quicker in the past, costing the lives of the hostage and a fellow FBI agent]]. Then, the ending has the resurrected bank robber holds an innocent woman at gunpoint, [[IShallTauntYou taunting Mulder over]] [[HistoryRepeats history repeating itself, like old times]]. In response, Mulder pulls a KubrickStare as he raises his pistol, not hesitating to shoot Barnett in the chest and save the hostage in the process. After this criminal had killed Mulder's friend Purdue, stalked Scully in her own home and made threatening phone calls and haikus, this episode teaches us one important thing. Mulder may be known by the FBI as "Spooky Mulder", but he can be so much more if you ''fuck with the people he cares about''.

* In "Terma", Mulder and Scully are apart, and in precarious situations. Scully is trying her best to protect Mulder's location while the Senate are repeatedly prodding at her for the truth, while Mulder has escaped the Krasnoyarsk gulag and is being threatened with arm amputation by Russian peasants to prevent a return back to that prison. What happens next brings this example to an awesome level:

* Mulder's insubordination is questioned by FBI officials at a hearing in "Fallen Angel". They believe that he disobeyed orders in infiltrating the extraterrestial ship's debris, claiming that he could have contaminated himself. But he takes none of their bullshit and repeatedly defends himself as someone who ''wants'' the truth, and makes it very clear to them that they can never contain this information for long.

The series is about two prickly FBI agents who solve the mysterious cases and stand alone against a whole government who doesn't want anyone to know the truth. What more could you expect?

* Mulder's insubordination is questioned by FBI officials at a hearing in "Fallen Angel". They believe that he disobeyed orders in infiltrating the extraterrestial ship's debris, claiming that he could have contaminated himself. But he takes none of their bullshit and repeatedly defends himself as someone who ''wants'' the truth, and makes it very cleasr to them that they can never contain this information for long.

** Later on, Mulder releases child murderer John Lee Roche, hoping that he can be led to his sister if the two visit the house Samantha was abducted. We think that Mulder is believing more of John Lee Roche's lies... until Mulder reveals that he chose a similar house, and not the real one. He proceeds to tear John a new one, over this sheer failure.

** For that matter, Cancerman looking out the window after Mulder ''[[LotusEaterMachine dies,]]'' watching the aliens invade.

* "Young at Heart" has Mulder spend the whole episode [[ItsAllMyFault being completely tormented about not shooting John Barnett quicker in the past, costing the lives of the hostage and a fellow FBI agent]]. Then, the ending has the resurrected bank robber hold an innocent woman, [[IShallTauntYou taunting Mulder over]] [[HistoryRepeats history repeating itself, like old times]]. In response, Mulder pulls a KubrickStare as he raises his gun, not hesitating to shoot Barnett in the chest and save the hostage in the process. After this criminal had killed Mulder's friend Purdue, stalked Scully in her own home and made threatening phone calls and haikus, this episode teaches us one important thing. Mulder may be known by the FBI as "Spooky Mulder", but he can be so much more if you ''fuck with the people he cares about''.

* "Young at Heart" has Mulder spend the whole episode [[ItsAllMyFault being completely tormented about not shooting John Barnett quicker in the past, costing the lives of the hostage and a fellow FBI agent]]. Then, the ending has the resurrected bank robber hold an innocent woman, [[IShallTauntYou taunting Mulder over]] [[HistoryRepeats history repeating itself, like old times]]. In response, Mulder pulls a KubrickStare as he raises his gun, not hesitating to shoot Barnett in the chest and save the hostage in the process. After this criminal had killed Mulder's friend Purdue, stalked Scully in her own home and made threatening phone calls and haikus, this episode teaches us one important thing. Mulder may be known by the FBI as "Spooky Mulder", but he can be so much more if you ''fuck with his friends''.

-->''"You set us up. You're in on this with Lucas Henry. This was a trap for Mulder because he helped put you away. Well, I came here to tell you that if he dies because of what you've done, four days from now, no one will be able to stop me from being the one that will throw the switch and gas you out of this life for good, you son of a bitch!"''

-->'''Scully:''' Is this what it takes to climb the ladder Colton?\\

-->''Scully:''''Is this what it takes to climb the ladder Colton?\\

-->'''Is this what it takes to climb the ladder Colton?\\

-->'''Scully:''' You set us up. You're in on this with Lucas Henry. This was a trap for Mulder because he helped put you away. Well, I came here to tell you that if he dies because of what you've done, four days from now, no one will be able to stop me from being the one that will throw the switch and gas you out of this life for good, you son of a bitch!

* In "Mind's Eye", Mulder, Scully and a detective are interrogating a murder suspect, who keeps dodging their questions while taunting and mocking them. Mulder decides to play her game, and [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame with just a few taunting words cuts through her like a knife,]] leaving her speechless for a few seconds, before she loses her cool and smashes a drinking glass while throwing an expletive.

* "Paper Hearts": Mulder [[spoiler:sinks the basket]].

* "Piper Maru": Scully identifying an airplane's model from wreckage at the bottom of the ocean. Mulder (and half the audience) replies "I just got very turned on."

* In "731", [[TheMenInBlack Mr]] [[AntiHero X]] arriving just in the [[BigDamnHeroes nick of time]] to gun down the Syndicate assassin who nearly murdered Mulder, then carry the injured agent to safety just before the [[UnflinchingWalk train explodes]]. The kicker? Mulder never finds out that it was Mr X [[WhatYouAreInTheDark who saved him]].

* In "731", [[TheMenInBlack Mr X]] arriving just in the [[BigDamnHeroes nick of time]] to gun down the Syndicate assassin who nearly murdered Mulder, then carry the injured agent to safety just before the [[UnflinchingWalk train explodes]]. The kicker? Mulder never finds out that it was Mr X [[WhatYouAreInTheDark who saved him]].

* In "731", [[TheMenInBlack X]] arriving just in the [[BigDamnHeroes nick of time]] to gun down the assassin that nearly killed Mulder, then carry the agent to safety just before the [[UnflinchingWalk train explodes]].

* The episode "End Game" had Skinner kick X's ass in an elevator to find Mulder.

* In 731, X arriving just in the nick of time to gun down the assassin that nearly killed Mulder, then carry him to safety just before the [[UnflinchingWalk train explodes]].

* The episode "End Game" had Skinner kick Mister X's ass in an elevator to find mulder.

!!Season 3:

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* Scully identifying an airplane's model from wreckage at the bottom of the ocean. Mulder (and half the audience) replies "I just got very turned on."