History YMMV / TheXFilesFightTheFuture

* RetroactiveRecognition: Agent Michaud is Creator/TerryOQuinn, 7 years before ''Series/{{Lost}]''.

* {{Shipping}}: The scene in Mulder's hallway is really intense, especially that AlmostKiss. So close! Damn you, you stupid bee!

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The idea of a virus infecting the population to the point the government calls a state of emergency seemed like science fiction in 1998. In 2020 or later, this hits ''much'' differently. Kurtzweil's comments about the virus hit a little too close to home, as well, as they sound similar to real-life conspiracy theories about the pandemic.

* HarsherInHindsight: The Well-Manicured Man expounds on the power and breadth of FEMA, telling Mulder that when the alien virus is released into the general public, the government will declare a state of emergency and the country will come under FEMA's control. He goes as far to say that FEMA is the "secret government" and that it has the power to operate outside of federal control during a natural disaster. This may have had some weight in 1998, but following FEMA's relegation from an independent agency to part of DHS after 9/11 and its widely criticized lack of response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, these comments seem... odd upon rewatch.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The idea of a virus infecting the population to the point the government calls a state of emergency seemed like science fiction in 1998. In 2020, this hits ''much'' differently. Kurtzweil's comments about the virus hit a little too close to home, as well, as they sound similar to real-life conspiracy theories about the pandemic.

* HarsherInHindsight: The Well-Manicured Man expounds on the power and breadth of FEMA, telling Mulder that when the alien virus is released into the general public, the government will declare a state of emergency and the country will come under FEMA's control. He goes as far to say that FEMA is the "secret government" and that it has the power to operate outside of federal control during a natural disaster. This may have had some weight in 1998, but following FEMA's relegation from an independent agency to part of DHS after 9/11 and its widely criticized lack of response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, these comments seem...odd upon rewatch.

* FandomBerserkButton: For a while, ''calling this movie 'The X-Files: Fight the Future'!'' "Fight the Future" was originally a slogan, placed where a subtitle would go and thus mistaken for one. Some people could get really bent out of shape if you did this, but (1) it really did look like a subtitle, (2) the movie's gotta be called ''something'', and (3) "I Want To Believe" really is [[Film/TheXFilesIWantToBelieve the next movie's]] subtitle and it's in the same place in the logo as the words "Fight the Future" were on the first. By now, it's officially a subtitle; even ThePowersThatBe finally conceded.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment / HarsherInHindsight: The Well-Manicured Man expounds on the power and breadth of FEMA, telling Mulder that when the alien virus is released into the general public, the government will declare a state of emergency and the country will come under FEMA's control. He goes as far to say that FEMA is the "secret government" and that it has the power to operate outside of federal control during a natural disaster. This may have had some weight in 1998, but following FEMA's relegation from an independent agency to part of DHS after 9/11 and its widely criticized lack of response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, these comments seem...odd upon rewatch.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment / HarsherInHindsight: The Well-Manicured Man expounds on the power and breadth of FEMA, telling Mulder that when the alien virus is released into the general public, the government will declare a state of emergency and the country will come under FEMA's control. He goes as far to say that FEMA is the "secret government" and that it has the power to operate outside of federal control during a natural disaster. This may have had some weight in 1998, but following FEMA's relegation from an independent agency to part of DHS after 9/11 and its widely criticized lack of response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, these comments seem...oddly placed.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment / HarsherInHindsight: The Well-Manicured Man expounds on the power and breadth of FEMA, telling Mulder that when the alien virus is released into the general public, the government will declare a state of emergency and the country will come under FEMA's control. This may have had some weight in 1998, but following FEMA's outrageous delayed response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the subsequent criticisms of the agency since makes the Well-Manicured Man's assertions...oddly placed.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment/HarsherInHindsight: The Well-Manicured Man expounds on the power and breadth of FEMA, telling Mulder that when the alien virus is released into the general public, the government will declare a state of emergency and the country will come under FEMA's control. This may have had some weight in 1998, but following FEMA's outrageous delayed response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the subsequent criticisms of the agency since makes the Well-Manicured Man's assertions...oddly placed.

* OneSceneWonder: Armin Mueller-Stahl's brief performance as [[TheBigBad Conrad Strughold]], international head of the Syndicate, was well-received by fans. But the character never reappeared, nor was mentioned again.

* {{Shipping}}: So close! Damn you, you stupid bee!

* FandomBerserkButton: For a while, ''calling this movie "TheXFilesFightTheFuture!"'' "Fight the Future" was originally a slogan, placed where a subtitle would go and thus mistaken for one. Some people could get really bent out of shape if you did this, but (1) it really did look like a subtitle, (2) the movie's gotta be called ''something,'' and (3) "I Want To Believe" really is [[TheXFilesIWantToBelieve the next movie's]] subtitle and it's in the same place in the logo as the words "Fight the Future" were on the first. By now, it's officially a subtitle; even ThePowersThatBe finally conceded.

* OneSceneWonder: Armin Mueller-Stahl's brief performance as [[TheBigBad Conrad Strughold]], international head of the Syndicate, was well-received by fans. But the character never appeared, nor was mentioned again.

* FandomBerserkButton: For a while, ''calling this movie "TheXFilesFightTheFuture!'' "Fight the Future" was originally a slogan, placed where a subtitle would go but mistaken for one. But now it's ''officially'' a subtitle; even ThePowersThatBe finally conceded.

* OneSceneWonder: Armin Mueller-Stahl's brief appearance as Conrad Strughold, international head of the Syndicate, was well-received by fans. But the character never appeared, nor was mentioned again.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: And this is, my friends, how you compose epic score for a movie. Mark Snow's expanding on the theme and the varying main titles sound divine.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: And this is, my friends, how you compose epic score for a movie. Mark Snow's expanding on the main titles sound divine.