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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: The serial killer targets very young beautiful women who all have blond hair and who were very kind. They were also friends with a mentally handicapped man who was in love with them.

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: The serial killer targets very young beautiful women who all have blond hair and who were very kind. They were also friends with a mentally handicapped disabled man who was in love with them.

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->'''Scully:''' Why are you now so unconvinced that Harold Spuller is the man we came here looking for?\\
'''Mulder:''' I'm sure Harold Spuller is the man that made that phone call. But what led us to him still remains unexplained.\\

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->'''Scully:''' Why are you now so unconvinced that Harold Spuller is the man we came here looking for?\\
'''Mulder:'''
->'''Mulder:''' I'm sure Harold Spuller is the man that made that phone call. But what led us to him still remains unexplained.\\

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!!![[AC:Recaps]]: [[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E01Herrenvolk 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E02Home 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E03Teliko 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E04Unruhe 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E05TheFieldWhereIDied 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E06Sanguinarium 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E07MusingsOfACigaretteSmokingMan 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E08Tunguska 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E09Terma 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E10PaperHearts 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E11ElMundoGira 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E12LeonardBetts 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E13NeverAgain 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E14MementoMori 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E15Kaddish 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E16Unrequited 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E17TempusFugit 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E18Max 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E19Synchrony 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E20SmallPotatoes 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E21ZeroSum 21]] | '''22''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E23Demons 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E24Gethsemane 24]]

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[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E01Herrenvolk 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E02Home 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E03Teliko 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E04Unruhe 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E05TheFieldWhereIDied 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E06Sanguinarium 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E07MusingsOfACigaretteSmokingMan 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E08Tunguska 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E09Terma 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E10PaperHearts 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E11ElMundoGira 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E12LeonardBetts 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E13NeverAgain 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E14MementoMori 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E15Kaddish 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E16Unrequited 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E17TempusFugit 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E18Max 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E19Synchrony 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E20SmallPotatoes 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E21ZeroSum 21]] | '''22''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E23Demons 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E24Gethsemane 24]]24]]]]-]]]
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!!![[AC:Recaps]]: [[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E01Herrenvolk 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E02Home 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E03Teliko 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E04Unruhe 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E05TheFieldWhereIDied 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E06Sanguinarium 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E07MusingsOfACigaretteSmokingMan 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E08Tunguska 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E09Terma 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E10PaperHearts 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E11ElMundoGira 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E12LeonardBetts 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E13NeverAgain 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E14MementoMori 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E15Kaddish 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E16Unrequited 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E17TempusFugit 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E18Max 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E19Synchrony 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E20SmallPotatoes 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E21ZeroSum 21]] | '''22''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E23Demons 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E24Gethsemane 24]]
'''Season 4, Episode 22:'''
!Elegy
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfileselegy.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"It was speaking to him as if she was trying to tell him something. It sounds more like a death omen."'']]
->Written by John Shiban\\
Directed by James Charleston
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->''" I know what you're afraid of. I'm afraid of the same thing."''

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->''" I ->''"I know what you're afraid of. I'm afraid of the same thing."''

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->'''Scully:''' Why are you now so unconvinced that Harold Spuller is the man we came here looking for?\\
'''Mulder:''' I'm sure Harold Spuller is the man that made that phone call. But what led us to him still remains unexplained.\\
'''Scully:''' "She is me".\\
'''Mulder:''' Uh huh, and the other apparitions, like the one Mr. Pintero saw at the bowling alley.




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->''" I know what you're afraid of. I'm afraid of the same thing."''
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* ISeeDeadPeople: That is the X-file. People report seeing wounded women who seem silently asking for help in strange places where they actually never appeared while they lived with the ominous message "s/he is me". It turns out the apparitions happened very close to the moment of their actual death.

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* ISeeDeadPeople: That is the X-file.X-File. People report seeing wounded women who seem silently asking for help in strange places where they actually never appeared while they lived with the ominous message "s/he is me". It turns out the apparitions happened very close to the moment of their actual death.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Mulder gives Scully one for keeping secrets from him during the case:

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Mulder gives Scully a brief one for keeping secrets from him during the case:
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* NeurodiversityIsSupernatural: Harold has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (also referred to in the episode by its old name, "Atypical Autism"); he was portrayed quite realistically despite his connection to the paranormal.

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* NeurodiversityIsSupernatural: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] Harold has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (also referred to in the episode by its old name, "Atypical Autism"); Autism"), but he was portrayed quite realistically despite realistically, and his connection to the paranormal.paranormal wasn't attributed to it.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Mulder gives Scully one for keeping secrets from him during the case:
-->'''Mulder:''' You can believe what you want to believe, Scully, but you can't hide the truth from me. Because if you do, then you're working against me. And yourself.
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* NeurodiversityIsSupernatural: Harold has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (also referred to in the episode by its old name, "Atypical Autism"); he was portrayed quite realistically despite his connection to the paranormal.

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Mulder and Scully investigate a series of murders in which the victims appeared somewhere else as {{Monochrome Apparition}}s as they were killed.



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: The serial killer targets very young beautiful women who all have blond hair and who were very kind. [[spoiler:They were also friends with a mentally handicapped man who was in love with them.]]

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: The serial killer targets very young beautiful women who all have blond hair and who were very kind. [[spoiler:They They were also friends with a mentally handicapped man who was in love with them.]]



* SerialKiller: A rare [[spoiler: female]] example of the trope who targets young and nice women.

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* SerialKiller: A rare [[spoiler: female]] female example of the trope who targets young and nice women.
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* MagicMirror: A bloody message appears on a mirror.
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* BenevolentBoss: Pintero who is extremely kind to Harold and even backs him when he is accused of being a serial killer.
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In "Tithonus", Alfred Fellig can recognize who is about to die. He sees the people going black and white when they are dying, while the background stays fully coloured. (Inverse of Splash Of Colour.)

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* SerialKiller: A rare [[spoiler: female]] example of the trope.

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* MonochromeApparition: The ghosts of women are all of pale blue grayish colour.
In "Tithonus", Alfred Fellig can recognize who is about to die. He sees the people going black and white when they are dying, while the background stays fully coloured. (Inverse of Splash Of Colour.)
* SerialKiller: A rare [[spoiler: female]] example of the trope.trope who targets young and nice women.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Scully goes to see a psychologist.
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* JacobMarleyApparel: The ghosts of the girls and women are seen with their wounds that cause their deaths and in clothes they were wearing when they died.

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* JacobMarleyApparel: The ghosts of the girls and women are seen with their wounds that cause caused their deaths and in clothes they were wearing when they died.
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* ISeeDeadPeople: That is the X-file. People report seeing wounded women who seem silently asking for help in strange places where they actually never appeared while they lived with the ominous message "s/he is me". It turns out the apparition happens very close to the moment of their death.
* JacobMarleyApparel: The ghosts of the girls and women are seen in clothes they were wearing when they died.

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* ISeeDeadPeople: That is the X-file. People report seeing wounded women who seem silently asking for help in strange places where they actually never appeared while they lived with the ominous message "s/he is me". It turns out the apparition happens apparitions happened very close to the moment of their actual death.
* JacobMarleyApparel: The ghosts of the girls and women are seen with their wounds that cause their deaths and in clothes they were wearing when they died.

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* ISeeDeadPeople
* JacobMarleyApparel

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* ISeeDeadPeople
ISeeDeadPeople: That is the X-file. People report seeing wounded women who seem silently asking for help in strange places where they actually never appeared while they lived with the ominous message "s/he is me". It turns out the apparition happens very close to the moment of their death.
* JacobMarleyApparelJacobMarleyApparel: The ghosts of the girls and women are seen in clothes they were wearing when they died.



* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted.
* YourDaysAreNumbered

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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted.
Averted. Scully goes to see a psychologist.
* YourDaysAreNumberedYourDaysAreNumbered: Poor Scully, her cancer is making itself known.
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Hair Of Gold Heart Of Gold fits the victims\' description.

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: The serial killer targets very young beautiful women who all have blond hair and who were very kind. [[spoiler:They were also friends with a mentally handicapped man who was in love with them.]]
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* HairOfGold: The victims are all beautiful young women with fair hair.
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* CallBack

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* CallBackCallBack: Scully goes to see the FBI employees' therapist who appeared in "Irresistible".
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* CallBack
* HairOfGold: The victims are all beautiful young women with fair hair.
* ISeeDeadPeople
* JacobMarleyApparel
* SerialKiller: A rare [[spoiler: female]] example of the trope.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted.
* YourDaysAreNumbered

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