History Characters / TheXFiles

* LastNameBasis: "I even made my parents call me Mulder," although that seems to be just something he tells Scully.

* HeroesWantRedheads: He falls in love with his redheaded partner Scully.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: He holds fast to his own race's concepts of honor and dignity, but human morality is an [[JustForPun alien]] concept to him.

* BlackSheep: Melissa was always the rebel of the family.

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* CloningBlues: The Eves displayed superhuman intelligence and strength, as well as homicidal psychoses. The last surviving clones were institutionalized and the project was cancelled, but one managed to escape.

* {{Expy}}: remarkably similar to FBI Agent Clarice Starling from 'Silence of the Lambs'. Rammed home when she goes to visit Mulder in jail in 'The Truth' and he greats her with "Hello Clarice".

* {{Expy}}: remarkably similar to FBI Agent Clarice Starling from 'Silence of the Lambs'.

* NotSoCheapImitation: owes an obvious debt to FBI Agent Clarice Starling from 'The Silence of the Lambs' but has far eclipsed her in every conceivable way.

A race of shapeshifting humanoid warriors commissioned by the Colonists to eliminate individuals who threaten the security of their operations on Earth. Once he is sent after a target, he will stop at nothing to corner his prey.

* GunsAreWorthless: Shooting him just annoys him... and tends to result in the shooter being poisoned.

* NighInvulnerability: We're told repeatedly he can be killed by piercing the base of his skull (which is how he kills other aliens), but in practice, this never seems to work. Mr X reveals even a shot to the back of the neck won't work, that only the alien stiletto to the back of the neck will do it (and even this fails to kill him in ''Herrenvolk''). [[spoiler: At least until Season Eight, when Scully finally does him in via ContinuitySnarl. Assuming it was the same Alien Bounty Hunter]].

* PetTheDog: Even this guy had his rare moments. He never goes out of his way to harm anyone in his path who isn't part of his mission and is even willing to let people go after he has used them. He tells Mulder the comforting lie that his sister is still alive before it seems like Mulder will die, and later heals Mulder's hospitalized mother at CSM's request, despite not being subordinate to him, even if it was clearly done for logical reasons instead of moral ones.

->'''Portrayed by:''' Charles Cioffi

->'''Portrayed by:''' Morris Panych

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DonSDavis (as William), Sheila Larken (as Margaret), Pat Skipper (as Bill, with flashback appearances portrayed by Joshua Murray[[labelnote:*]]in [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E08OneBreath One Breath]][[/labelnote]] and Ryan [=DeBoer=][[labelnote:*]]in [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E06ChristmasCarol Christmas Carol]][[/labelnote]]), Creator/MelindaMcGraw as Melissa, with Rebecca Codling portraying her younger self in [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E06ChristmasCarol Christmas Carol]]), and various unknown actors (as Young/Adult Charlie)

* DeathSeeker: His m.o. is to capture Death's image by photographing people at the moment they die.

* OedipusComplex: 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.

A mutant with the ability squeezing his body through impossibly narrow gaps, and the first MonsterOfTheWeek ever. Appeared in "Squeeze" and "Tooms".

* HurtingHero: Beneath his often stoic surface is a man carrying a great deal of grief over the loss of his son.

* AscendedExtra: Was originally intended to be just a hawkish figure holding a cigarette. Fortunately, the actor was able to rise to the occasion when his role expanded. Davis originally read for the larger (within the Pilot) role of an FBI bigwig (the "Third Man" played by Ken Camroux), and received his throwaway role as consolation. One character became one of the show's [[BigBad main villains]]; the other appeared only in a handful of episodes.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His real name is [[spoiler: Ronald Pakula. He's named after Alan J Pakula, director of seminal 70s ConspiracyThrillers ''Film/TheParallaxView'', ''Film/{{Klute}}'' and ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen''.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: She uses a razor, the one her grandfather used to kill and mutilate women.

* AxCrazy: The guy has a lot of issues, to put it mildly.
* BeardOfEvil: In his debut. He later shaves it.

* EvilBrit: He is one.

%%* AxCrazy: The guy has a lot of issues, to put it mildly.
%%* BeardOfEvil: In his debut. He later shaves it.
%%* DeadPersonImpersonation: He does that quite a lot.
%%* EvilBrit: He is one.

[[folder:Donald Addie "Donnie" Pfaster]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Would you say your hair is normal or dry?"'']]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/NickChinlund

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

A necrophiliac fetishist who devolved into serial killing. Appeared in "Irresistible" and "Orison".

* 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.]].

* MsFanservice: {{Downplayed}}. FOX was reluctant to cast Gillian Anderson as a lead, saying they wanted someone who'd look better in a swimsuit. Chris Carter informed them that Scully would not be wearing any swimsuits. However, Agent Scully was the only prominent female on the show and looked cute enough. Later as the series progressed, she had her fair share of more typically fanservicey moments.

* AxCrazy: The guy has a lot of issues, to put it mildly.
* BeardOfEvil: In his debut. He later shaves it.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: He does that quite a lot.
* EvilBrit: He is one.