History Recap / TheXFilesS06E16Alpha

* ClingyJealousGirl: Scully gets noticeably [[JustForPun territorial]] over Mulder towards Karin Berquist through the episode.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Karin Berquist speaks in a monotone and has a very stiff, stilted speech pattern, is extremely and tactlessly blunt and often comes off as outright rude, is overly literal, has a near-encyclopedic knowledge of canids that she can relate to nearly anything, but seems to have no other interests or personal identity, and while she is generally asocial, she also alludes to having few or no friends in general.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: A shapeshifting cryptid from China. It is loosely based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huli_jing real Chinese legends]] of shapeshifting wolves and foxes, though non-Wanshang [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhole dholes]] are relatively small and mostly harmless-to-human canids.[[note]]The dogs used in the episode were a trio of malamute-wolf hybrids, which are much larger than wild dholes.[[/note]]

* MonsterOfTheWeek: A shapeshifting cryptid from China. It is loosely based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huli_jing real Chinese legends]] of shapeshifting wolves and foxes, though non-Wanshang [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhole dholes]] are relatively small and mostly harmless-to-human canids.[[note]]The dogs used in the episode were a trio of malamut-wolf hybrids, which are much larger than wild dholes.[[/note]]

* MonsterOfTheWeek: A shapeshifting cryptid from China. It is loosely based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huli_jing real Chinese legends]] of shapeshifting wolves and foxes, though non-Wanshang dholes are relatively small and mostly harmless-to-human canids.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: A shapeshifting cryptid from China.

Mulder and Scully, with the help of an introverted canine expert (Melinda Culea) and enigmatic cryptozoologist (Creator/AndrewRobinson), investigate the Wanshang Dhole, a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent shapeshifting killer canine]].

Mulder and Scully, with the help of an introverted canine expert (Melinda Culea) and enigmatic cryptozoologist(Creator/AndrewRobinson), investigate the Wanshang Dhole, a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent shapeshifting killer canine]].

Mulder and Scully investigate the Wanshang Dhole, a shapeshifting killer canine.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Karen Berquist speaks in a monotone and has a very stiff, stilted speech pattern, is extremely and tactlessly blunt and often comes off as outright rude, is overly literal, has a near-encyclopedic knowledge of canids that she can relate to nearly anything, but seems to have no other interests or personal identity, and while she is generally asocial, she also alludes to having few or no friends in general.
* BittersweetEnding: Karen lies to Mulder so he will be safely far away while she kills the Wanshang Dhole herself. She succeeds at the cost of her own life, ending the Dhole's murders. The episode ends with a saddened, contemplative Mulder receiving Karen's "I Want To Believe" [[TragicKeepsake poster]] and hanging it up in his office.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Scully gets noticeably [[JustForPun territorial]] over Mulder towards Karen Berquist through the episode.

* TragicKeepsake: The second "I Want To Believe" poster hangs up in the X-Files office, which used to belong to Karen.

* BittersweetEnding: Karen lies to Mulder so he will be safely far away while she kills the Wanshang Dhole herself. She succeeds at the cost of her own life, ending the Dhole's murders. The episode ends with a saddened, contemplative Mulder receiving Karen's "I Want To Believe" poster and hanging it up in his office.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Scully gets noticeably territorial over Mulder towards Karen Berquist through the episode.

* PungeonMaster: Mulder throughout the episode, thanks to that doggone Wanshang Dhole. [[NotSoAboveItAll Even Scully gets in on it a bit.]]

* PungeonMaster: Mulder, thanks to that doggone Wanshang Dhole.

->'''Mulder:''' There's two men on the ship that it came in on, a customs agent, and now an officer from Fish and Wildlife. In fact, all these men could have come in contact with the animal before the attacks.\\
'''Karin:''' Classic dominant-[[TitleDrop alpha]] territorial behaviour.\\

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* DangerTakesABackSeat: The Dhole, to kill Cahn. It doesn't succeed in killing him, but, as seen below, it probably managed to infect him.

* PungeonMaster: Mulder, thanks to that doggone Washang Dhole.

* DangerTakesABackSeat: The Dhole, to kill Cahn.
* GlowingEyes: The Wanshang Dhole has a pair glowing orange eyes.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: A canine with the capacity to grasp this behaviour provides the main challenge of this episode.

* GlowingEyes: The Wanshang Dhole has them.
* MonsterOfTheWeek
* PungeonMaster: Mulder, thanks to that doggone Washang Dhole

* ShapeShifter: The Dhole can impersonate both humans and other dogs, apparently.