History Characters / TheXFiles

* BeardofEvil: In his debut. He later shaves it.

* HoistbyHisOwnPetard: Phoebe Green blinds him with a fuel, which causes him to become a human torch. He survives, though.
* PlayingwithFire: His power is pyrokinesis.

[[caption-width-right:300:''"And while we share a faith in science, I have come to the understanding that the science that we were taught takes us but a distance towards the truth."'']]

->''"What I find fantastic is any notion that there are answers beyond the realm of science. The answers are there. You just have to know where to look."''

* {{Tuckerization}}: Once it was even lampshaded where the name comes from: "Um. I don't remember his name, but she was Scully, like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Scully that baseball announcer]]."

[[caption-width-right:300:''"What you can have, what you may find, is so much more than that."'']]

->''"I was destroyed to protect what Mulder knew all along. Now he’s the proof. He’s the X-File."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Nothing could be further from the truth, Fox. Nothing."'']]

->''"You’re allowed to investigate the X-Files as an indulgence. But draw the wrong kind of attention and they’ll close you down. Put an end to all your work. Something I happen to have an interest in myself."''

* PsychoExGirlfriend: The psycho part is not obvious until "The Sixth Extinction", where she visits Mulder, who's confined in a psychiatric hospital and being {{Mind Rape}}d by psychic influence from an alien artifact, and makes a speech that can be summed up as "I've always loved you, Fox, and now that you're in five-point restraints we can finally be together."
-->''"I know what's happened to you. I know what you're suffering from. I've been sitting back and watching. I know you know. I know you know about me... That my loyalties aren't just to you... but to a man you've grown to despise. You have your reasons but, as you look inside me now you know that I have mine. Fox... Fox, I love you. I've loved you for so long. You know that, too. And I won't let you die... to prove what you are, to prove what's inside you. There's no need to prove it. It's been known for so long. Now we can be together."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"This was close. Any closer and a thousand friends at the capitol won’t be able to help you."'']]

->''"You two came along and you taught me not to hide from it, but to... have the guts to shine a light directly into the darkest corners. And if given the choice between advancing my career by being blindly loyal to some faceless puppeteers pulling strings from the shadows or to throw in with you two, make no mistake about it, I'd make the same decision every single damn time."''

-->''"I lost my faith. Not in my country or in myself, but in everything."''
* ShutUpHannibal: Enjoys pulling these on the Smoking Man, culminating in his awesome "Pucker up and kiss my ass" speech in "Paper Clip."

[[caption-width-right:300:''"You're putting people in danger - Abductees all over the country. I save them."'']]

->''"And if you can't appease their conscience you kill them. But you can't kill them all. You can't kill their love, which is what makes them who they are. Makes them better than us. Better than you."''

[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:'''SPOILER:''' Click here to see Spender as he appears in 2002.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilesjeffreyspenderseason9.png[softreturn]''"When I look in the mirror, I see something much different than the world sees."''[[/labelnote]]]]

->''"I'm just trying to save myself any extra humiliation. I'd like to build a reputation here, not be given one."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Well, the way I look at it, calling something paranormal is just a way of avoiding a real explanation."'']]

->''"Now, maybe I'm just an old-fashioned cop, but I don't take leaps. In my experience, leaps only get people killed."''

->''"I just have certain spiritual notions. I believe there are energies in the universe. It might sound kind of cosmic but I think I'm sensitive to them. I mean, I get these feelings."''

->''"The government knows about it, you know. They're even in on it sometimes. Right there in the room when they come. They work together with a, uh, secret, uh, corporation."''

Despite the name, not actually an example of TheSyndicate. The term is actually rarely used on the show, so you'll often see fans referring to them as "the Consortium" or just "the Conspiracy."

* AlasPoorVillain: Sure, they're pretty nasty individuals, but it's hard not to feel sorry when [[spoiler:they're incinerated alive with their families at the end of "One Son."]]

[[caption-width-right:300:''"When a shark stops swimming, it will die. Don’t stop swimming."'']]

->''"Well, let's just say that I'm in a position to know quite a lot of things, er, things about our government."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"I don't like being kept in the dark on this."'']]

->''"The ruler of the world is no longer the country with the bravest soldiers, but the greatest scientists."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"This is not a profession for men who make mistakes."'']]

->''"The men I work with will stop at nothing to clear the way for what they believe is their stake in the inevitable future. I was ordered to kill Dr. Kurtzweil, as I was ordered to kill you."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm an old man now, I will leave my own mark upon history, more than presidents or tyrants."'']]

->''"Men can never be free - Because they're weak, corrupt, worthless and restless. The people believe in authority. They've grown tired of waiting for miracle and mystery. Science is their religion. No greater explanation exists for them. They must never believe any differently if the project is to go forward."''

* TheAtoner: He claims to be one in "En Ami." Ultimately it's implied that [[spoiler:while he might have some desire for redemption, it's only in the self-indulgent way where he doesn't want it enough to actually change]].

** CoDragons: Deep Throat referred to him as "The Killer" in one context, suggesting his own role was that of a "Liar." CSM took exception to this, claiming that Deep Throat had a much higher body count if one considered the fruits borne by those untruths.

-->''"You can kill a man but you can't kill what he stands for. Not unless you first break his spirit. That's a beautiful thing to see."''

* LonelyBachelorPad: He has a minimally furnished, dimly lit apartment that emphasizes how empty his life is outside the Syndicate. When Mulder ambushes him there, he points out that he has "[[MarriedToTheJob no wife, no family, some power]]..." while describing why he does what he does.

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Don't unlock doors you're not prepared to go through, Agent Scully."'']]

->''"Dead men can't keep promises. The next time the blood and regret could be yours. I'm not at your beck and call, Agent Mulder. I have nothing to gain and everything to lose by helping you. Promise you won't contact me again unless absolutely necessary."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"You think I'm bad. That I'm a killer. We wanted the same thing, brother. That's what you don't understand."'']]

->''"It's shocking at first. The acceptance of the idea, it's... It's something you thought only children and fools believed in. It undermines your beliefs - in yourself, in the world... but then you come to understand."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"I see no evidence that justifies the legitimacy of these investigations."'']]

->''"Your choice is your own, but your failure to answer these questions will reflect poorly on the record of the formal inquiry."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Not everything dies, Mister Mulder."'']]

->''"My office has to answer to the Secretary General of the United Nations. This is a very serious matter. I need to know what's going on."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Shoot me, Agent Doggett, if you think it will make a difference this time."'']]

->''"You and I have been friends a long time, John. I tell you things. But this is a whole other level."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm afraid... your work is done."'']]

->''"Oh, I don't like talking on the phone. I have this thing about unsecured lines. When you feel like talking, let me know, though."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"You have no idea what you're dealing with here."'']]

[[caption-width-right:210:''"That can be arranged."'']]

[[caption-width-right:331:''"A man, if he's any man at all, knows he must be ready to sacrifice himself to that which is greater than he."'']]

[[caption-width-right:286:''"Those who fight the good fight don't always win."'']]

->''"Oh, you've seen the last of Mr. Nice Guy. I really am going to have you shot in the head."''

-->'''Morris:''' Once upon a time there were three... how shall I put this... geeks. Three more unlikely heroes there never were. It wasn't long before their naivete nearly got them killed. So they [[FriendOnTheForce hooked up with an FBI agent]] and began publishing a... what shall I call it... rag, called "The Lone Gunman." From their cramped basement office, they pointed fingers at powerful, evil forces. [[DatingCatwoman And some not so evil]]. In their own unique way, the three Gunmen were patriots, fighting the good fight.

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Ironically, Season 11 shows that as clever as they were, even they were ultimately hoodwinked by [[BigBad the Cigarette-Smoking Man's]] machinations, as he was able to use the Syndicate's access to the Colonists' hyper-advanced tech along with stalling Colonization for a long-enough time to try and implement his true plan: Namely, create a highly lethal bioweapon (the Spartan Virus) to exterminate the vast majority of humanity and only allow for a select few - who have been made into a SuperiorSpecies through Colonist genetic tampering - to survive and "make a better world." Granted, it's worth noting here that it's possible that this in and off itself might be Colonization, but it's intentionally made ambiguous]].

->''"They're infecting all other life-forms with a black substance called Purity. It's their life force. It's what they're made of."''

->''"Show me your true face so you can die with dignity. As your executioner, I show you my true face before I kill you."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Don't let them take me."'']]

->''"So just my luck that I'd eventually become an alien abductee. Now I'm never alone. Any minute, when I'm least expecting it... and the worst part is, no one believes you. Well, uh... almost no one. So, I've devoted my life to providing all you disbelievers out there with proof. Proof that there are extraterrestrial biological entities right now, as we speak, visiting our planet in alien ships for purposes of a rather troubling agenda known only to certain members of the government, uh, the F.B.I. and certain high-ranking members..."''

-->''"Actually, all I ever wanted in life was to be left alone."''

[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Dales as he appears in the 1950s.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilesarthurdalesyoung.png[softreturn]''"I don't interest myself in politics, Mr. Cohn."''[[/labelnote]]]]

->''"None of us are free to choose. I was ruined for my insubordination. You keep digging through the... the X-Files and they'll bury you, too."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"One never knows when he might find himself having to survive on his wits alone."'']]

->''"Let me be unambiguous in the event that there are any questions about this in your conspiracy-addled minds: Walter Skinner's stalled career has everything to do with his blind loyalty to the both of you and your misguided search for some imaginary truth."''

* HeelFaceTurn: In "The Truth."

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Not sharing information creates an atmosphere of distrust and then, I'm less apt to share my information with you."'']]

->''"Agent Reyes, I'm trying to help you keep your job. But that's not going to happen if you insist on chasing shadows, chasing conspiracies."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm rattling some pretty big cages in the intelligence community, but I'm prepared to go all in - prepared to blow open maybe the most evil conspiracy the world has ever known."'']]

->''"Today we're back, with facts threatening these forces yet again, the discovery of something that's so shocking you'll want to sit down and prepare yourself for the truth."''

->''"I contend that perhaps through genetic mutation, Eugene Tooms is capable of contorting and elongating his body in order to gain access to victims so that he may extract the livers which provide him with sustenance for the hibernation period of 30 years."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Please understand that from here, we can return to the past. We can see the present. We can know the future."'']]

->''"We have extra chromosomes. Number 4, 5, 12, 16, and 22. This replication of chromosomes also produces additional genes. Heightened strength. Heightened intelligence."''

* IJustKnew: "We just knew." The girls work together in a spine-chilling coordination.

->''"That creature came off of a decommissioned Russian freighter that was used in the disposal of salvage material from the meltdown. It was born in a... in a primordial soup of radioactive sewage."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance."'']]

->''"They cut out a part of my brain. They made me into somebody else. I can never get back what they took away from me, and I’m gonna stop them from taking anything more."''

-->''"We shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn. Wound for wound, strike for strike. As he has disfigured a man, so shall he be disfigured. And he who kills a man shall be put to death."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"You don't understand. They're waiting for me, I, I can't be late."'']]

->''"They're coming again. They're coming again, I can feel it. They're going to take Duane Barry to this place."''

* ThirdPersonPerson: Often referred to himself as "Duane Barry."

->''"My violence is always waiting... for an instant. For when His back is turned. You can see it now."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"You're right. It is already too late."'']]

[[caption-width-right:300:''"It'll kill you, it doesn't care who you are."'']]

->''"If I could control it, do you think I would let it go around killing people? All I can do is study it, try and divine its true nature before they do."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm not going anywhere, not without Mrs. Kiveat."'']]

A mentally challenged teenager who also happens to be able to control electricity. Appeared in "D.P.O.".

* SelfDisposingVillain: The only reason "D.P.O." ends happily is because [[spoiler:his fit of rage against a sheriff, while searching for Sharon, summons bolts of lightning. He succeeds in killing the sheriff, but in the process, he electrocutes himself]].

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Now, if you'll excuse me... I think I've seen enough death for one night."'']]

->''"Why do we do any of the things we do? Why do I sell insurance? I wish I knew."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"I was called upon."'']]

->''"The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon will turn to blood, because of you, son."''

->''"Two warriors of equal skill fight to the death. One is a student of Japanese budo... the way of war. Budo teaches the warrior to leave himself outside the battle. In other words... to disregard his own death. Because of that, the budo warrior always wins. I am that warrior. I don't fear my death."''

->''"Maybe one day you'll learn... the pride... the love... when you know your boy will do anything for his mother."''

* StillFightingTheCivilWar: At one point, Mrs. Peacock rages to Scully about the "War of Northern Agression." Since this episode is set in Pennsylvania, a northern state, we can draw one of two conclusions: 1) The Peacocks were southern invaders, or 2) they were Confederate sympathizers.

[[caption-width-right:300:''"You bring me my hearts... and maybe I'll tell you more."'']]

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Teager, Nathaniel J. Sergeant, Green Beret detachment B-11. Service number 82278. Date of birth: March 7, 1952."'']]

->''"May you forgive me as you forgive him, as a man and as a soldier, for restoring the honor and the memory of the B-11."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"For my part, I’m happy to let this entire matter drop."'']]

->''"I’m also conducting my own internal investigation – interviewing employees, seeing if they’re happy..."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"You got to go faster. It's getting worse."'']]

->''"You think I don't know, huh? You think I'm just some ignorant pudknocker, don't you? But I get it, man! I see what this is! I am not sick and I do not have the flu. Vicky and me were just some kind of... Government guinea pigs."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"You want me to make like I feel sorry for them? I don't. Lucky bastards. Every one of them."'']]

->''"Pills don't work. Razors... gas... bridges - I can't tell you how many bridges I've jumped off of. All I get is wet. I got left behind. I don't want to be here anymore. I can't even remember a time when I did. And... this... this is all I know... to do."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"I am sick and tired of pretending that I'm something that I'm not."'']]

->''"I have an eating disorder. I'm definitely a meat-eater, not a vegetarian. I've always had these cravings my whole life and just... just recently, the last month or so they've just become too powerful to resist."''

->''"[[ItsAllAboutMe I got a good thing going here]]. [[EvilIsPetty I got cash money. I got all the coffin nails I can suck down]]. [[DeadpanSnarker Although... lately, I've been thinking this particular brand... it doesn't, um... do anyone else any favors - healthwise]]."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Because if there's nothing more to life than what we already know, then there's nothing but... worries, self-doubt, regret and loneliness."'']]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Guy Mann in his real form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilesguymannlizard.png[softreturn]''"I didn't even get a chance to shoot blood out of my eyeballs."''[[/labelnote]]]]

->''"I know this sounds weird, but... until a few days ago, I didn't know we die. I mean, I always knew we could die. I instinctively knew to avoid death, but what I didn't know is... no matter what we do, eventually you end up in a place like this."''

* AlienBlood: The Black Oil, which is actually their lifeblood, and at least once suggested to be the real BigBad controlling them.

* AlienBlood: Bleeds green acid containing a retrovirus that is extremely toxic to humans.

* AlienBlood: When killed like the other aliens, there is a green ooze inside them. Though unlike the colonists, their blood isn't toxic to humans.

* SelfHarm: They amputate their arms believing it will prevent infection from the black oil. It doesn't.

[[folder: Grey Haired Man]]

* DistressedDamsel: Unusually, though, she and Mulder trade off the DistressBall about equally. RuleOfDrama.

->'''Portrayed by:''' Michael Shamus Wiles

* {{Manchild}}: Downplayed. Mulder has quite a few light immature touches to his personality. He is often extremely unwilling to compromise even a little on his theories regarding the involvement of the supernatural in crimes, almost always taking a MyWayOrTheHighway stance, even when it becomes an outright obstiacle to the investigation. When he is dissatiesfied or bothered by something he frequently doesn't make any effort to hide it, but openly broods or sulks about it. He also tends to have very good report with children because he is already sort of tuned in to their wavelenght.

* OutOfFocus: Krycek was a proto-Spender. He was the “other metaphorical son” of the Cigarette-Smoking Man, up until the show started really pushing the idea that [[spoiler:Mulder was the CSM’s real son]]. At which point they introduced Spender. (Which leads to perhaps the most consistent piece of Krycek’s characterisation: He is really resentful of Mulder and Spender, particularly in One Son and Requiem). Although the show hooks Krychek up with Marita solely so the show can have an “evil sexy Mulder and Scully!”, this is somewhat undercut when Laurie Holden gets cast in ''Film/TheMajestic'' and is thus out of reach for the eighth season.

* ElectraComplex: Self-diagnosed in "Never Again".
-->'''Scully''': I’ve always gone around in this... this circle. It usually starts when an authoritative or controlling figure comes into my life. And part of me likes it, needs it, wants the approval. But then, at a certain point, along the way, I just, you know... Okay, um... My father was a Navy Captain. I worshipped - I worship - the sea that he sailed on. And when I was 13 or so I went through this... thing, where I would sneak out of my parents house and smoke my mother’s cigarettes. And I did it because I knew that if he found out, he would kill me. And then... along the way, there are other... fathers.

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DarinMorgan

* GunmanWithThreeNames: Eugene Victor Toomes. Though techically, he's a SerialKiller rather than an assassin.

->'''Portrayed by:''' Darin Morgan

->'''Portrayed by:''' Chris Nelson Norris (as Edmund), Adrian G. Griffiths (as Sherman), John Trottier (as George) and Karin Konoval (as Mother)

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Especially in their spin-off series, where they wound up teamed up with a handsome, but very dumb, guy named [[NamesTheSame Jimmy Bond]] and an offbeat spy with a conscience who only used anagrams of Lee Harvey Oswald for her aliases.

* HotScientist: Several characters find her attractive. Especially lab geek Agent Pendrell was enchanted with Dana the scientist.

* KillEmAll: Their general policy for combating the Colonists and their collaborators.

* TheUnfettered: Are willing to ally with the Syndicate, but when they refuse and when push comes to shove, they'll do [[KillEmAll what has to be done]] to save the world.

* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: InUniverse, she was a fan of Mulder and Scully.

%%* FauxAffablyEvil

* AgentMulder: TropeNamer. He always believed in the paranormal explanation of the case of the week, but he could change his perspective if Scully's scientific theory was proving to be the solution.
* AgentScully: In a case of role reversal, if the case involved mysteries of religious nature and miracles, Mulder would be very skeptical and dismiss God as explanation.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: On more than one occasion, anti-Semitics accuse him of looking Jewish; Mulder always refuses to answer. What we know about his family background makes it somewhat unlikely that he actually is. (David Duchovny has said that until he is told otherwise, he considers Mulder Jewish)
* BadassBookworm: For some values of "badass" at least, although he does in fact get beat up quite a lot (mostly due to his tendency to recklessly charge into situations without thinking). His strength lies in great knowledge of paranormal phenomena and [[{{Determinator}} his determination]] to find concrete evidence and uncover the truth. He's fearless to a fault, has been shown to be a good shot (but [[RuleOfDrama he always drops his gun]]) and is physically fit. Also, he survives and that's saying quite a lot because in his world, almost everyone is trying to kill him or discredit him.

* TheCassandra: Gets a fair amount of this though this can be expected. Sometimes, he may get the details wrong, but the overall theory will be right. Other times, he uses a shotgun effect and throws out a bunch of different theories, but one of them is right. Subverted at the times The Conspiracy takes steps to have him ignored.

* CowboyCop: A mild example, usually showing little regard for rules and regulations, caring only about uncovering the truth and solving the current case. However, while he has cases of dickishness, his means aren't as extreme as those of most examples, and he rarely takes a life or does something that endangers others. It's also justified in that the nature of his job as a [[ParanormalInvestigation paranormal investigator]] working for a skeptical FBI often demands he goes against standards practices.

* FairCop: Federal Agent & tall, dark, handsome, troubled, frequently shirtless or working out...

* GuiltComplex: Feels responsible for his sister Samantha's abduction as a child while under his care, and spent his adult life devoted to finding her. When Scully joins him, it continues. Scully is abducted in season 2, which he blames himself for. She later develops cancer and finds out that she is barren, which he also blames himself for. In season 3, Scully's sister, Melissa, is killed in Scully's apartment by mistake--the shooter was looking for Scully. Mulder blames himself, because if he hadn't dragged Scully with him onto his quest, all these things never would have happened. He also tends to blame himself for other deaths. It was shown in the late Season 1 episode "Young at Heart", where Mulder blames himself for a case gone bad from his earlier days in the FBI. The criminal, Ryan Barnett, ended up executing a hostage and fellow agent while Mulder had his gun on him, and the reluctance to shoot haunts him for years (despite it being a part of FBI protocol). His informant Deep Throat is shot and killed in season 1, which he blames himself for. He tells Scully she should leave the FBI and be a doctor, before she is killed during his quest. Scully handwaves this and continues on with him. It doesn't help that other characters reinforce his guilt. In season 2, his sister returns and Scully is kidnapped by the Alien Bounty Hunter. He trades his sister (though we find out she's really a clone) for Scully's life, and his "sister" is subsequently "killed". He calls his father to his apartment to tell him, and his father becomes angry with him. When Mulder offers to tell his mother, his father demands to know if Mulder knows how losing Samantha again will devastate her. On top of that, it's implied that his parents blame him for his sister's abduction in the first place. Bill Scully, Jr., too, blames Mulder for things beyond his control. The two meet while Scully is dying from cancer, and Bill rips into Mulder for all the things that have happened to his family that he sees as Mulder's fault. He asks Mulder if his quest was worth it and if he'd found what he was looking for, and when Mulder responds that he hadn't, Bill lables him a "sorry son-of-a-bitch".

* HollywoodNewEngland: He hails from Martha's Vineyard. Though given Duchovny is a New Yorker, there's not much of an accent.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Somewhat offset by [[RuleOfDrama his tendency to drop the gun]] in early seasons, but on the occasions he does get to fire his gun, he tends to display these. Probably best seen in "Young at Heart", where he faces a [[MonsterOfTheWeek baddie]] who is using a hostage as a HumanShield and moving. The source of tension isn't the question of whether or not Mulder ''could'' hit him without harming the hostage, but ''whether he would allow himself to do it'', as shooting would go against the book in that situation, and the baddie was wanted alive for questioning about some scientific research he had stolen. In the end, Mulder opts to do it, and ''successfully gets him with a single shot without even razing the hostage''. Bonus points for incapacitating him without killing him right away, leaving him alive long enough to be questioned.[[note]]Not that it mattered in the end, as he refused to talk, but that's beside the point[[/note]]

* KnightInSourArmor: He developed a bad reputation, frequently argues with his partner, and had his department on the bureau often screwed by the higher ups or the Syndicate. No wonder he's increasingly more cynical.
* LanternJawOfJustice: Has a chiselled jaw-line and definitely represents the good on the show.

* OppositesAttract: With Scully. He's an agnostic UFO/supernatural enthusiast and she's a skeptical, scientifically oriented Catholic .

%%* {{Nerd}}s: All three, but especially Langly.

* NuclearNasty: Its origin story.

->'''Portrayed by:''' John Neville

A murderous, in-bred family living in Home, Pennsylvania. Appeared in "Home".

* NiceHat: Sports a very nice straw hat.

* KnifeNut: His primary weapon is a hybrid of a switchblade and a stiletto. When it stabs another alien, they melt into a puddle of goo.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: Samantha Mulder's ultimate fate? Angelic energy beings made of starlight turned her into one of them so she couldn't be murdered by the alien conspiracy. [[VoodooShark Really]]]].

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Does not take kindly to anyone hurting her partner. She may be petite, but she's smart as a whip and has great aim. The episode "Biogenesis" and the "Sixth Extinction" arc was Scully kicking ass because the Cigarette Smoking Man and Diana Fowley had caused Mulder's fatally unusual brain activity. The same happens in Season 8, even though she's pregnant at the time. This works in reverse, as well. Mulder and Scully are each other's BerserkButton. The [[Film/TheXFilesIWantToBelieve second movie]] has her bashing bad guys over the head with firewood to get to Mulder. In "Beyond the Sea", after Mulder is shot:

* BerserkButton: His son Luke Doggett or matters involving abused or kidnapped children.

* NotSoStoic: Although more emotionally reserved than Mulder, when it does come out that makes it all the more noticable. He has been shaken by his paranormal experiences, or has had his BerserkButton pushed in regards to his son or abused children.

* {{Politically Incorrect Villain}}s: See the entry for CosmopolitanCouncil above. And while they take Mulder ''somewhat'' seriously as a threat to their plans, they seem incapable of taking notice of Scully as anything other than Mulder's BerserkButton.

* BerserkButton: When nobody believes that he is abducted by aliens.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:He set the entire precedent for the entire series, considering he was the first main character to lose his life on-screen. And it wasn't even grand, which had the Crew-Cut Man simply shooting him in the chest with a mere pistol]].