History ShoutOut / TheXFilesSeasonsFourToSix

* Michael [=McKean=]'s character [[{{Tuckerization}} Morris Fletch]] gets his last name from the actor's son Fletcher.

* Scully mentions her nephew watches ''Film/{{Babe}}'' fifteen times a day and even bleats "Nah-ram-ewe!" from the movie.

* When Scully connects to the internet from Jerse's computer, a list of fictionalized search engines are seen based on real ones: 'Magella' = ''Magellan'', 'Excited' = ''Excite'', 'Yahoots' = ''Website/{{Yahoo}}!'', 'Infos' = ''Infoseek''

* Alex Krycek says a variant of the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Borg]]'s trademark saying by quipping “Resistance was futile then, why would it be any less so now?"

* The camera angles and long tracking shot going backwards down the stairs are conscious homages to similar shots in Creator/AlfredHitchcock’s ''Film/{{Frenzy}}''.

--> '''Patrick Crump:'' What do I... I’m... I’m like ''Series/QuincyME''? How the hell should I know what caused it?

* 'Def-Con' is an actual convention held in LasVegas where it’s a gathering of computer hackers.

* The real culprit [[spoiler:Holman Hardt]] being able to control the weather is like [[ComicBook/{{Storm}} Ororo Munroe]], [[Literature/CircleOfMagic Trisana Chandler]], [[Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish Rob McKenna]], [[Franchise/TouhouProject Tenshi Hinanawi]] and some others.

* Opening scenes mirror scenes from ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

* 'Bad Blood' refers to a 1975 song by Neil Sedaka, name of an episode of ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'', a limited ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' comic series, title of a chapter in ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'', a volume from the ''Creation Cinema'' series, three moviesa (1982 British-new Zealand thriller, a 1986 French film and the last one made in 1989), a 1990 action role-playing game, or a term meaning enmity or bitterness among individuals or groups of people.

* Scully says Mulder’s idea of settling down in a small town “would be like living in Mayberry. Scully and Mulder encounter the sheriff and the deputy named [[NamesTheSame Andy Taylor]] and [[Creator/DonKnotts Barney Pastor]]. Both refer to ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''.

* [[{{Tuckerization}} Kurt Crawford]] shares the [[NamesTheSame exact]] name of creator Creator/ChrisCarter’s contact at the FBI whom he goes to check facts for accuracy.

** When Kritschgau describes the government conspiracy to Mulder is much like the scene in ''Film/{{JFK}}'' between [[Creator/KevinCostner Detective Jim Garrison]] and his informant [[NamesTheSame X]].

* 'Bad Blood' refers to a 1975 song by Neil Sedaka, name of [[NamesTheSame an episode]] of ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'', a limited ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' comic series, title of a chapter in ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'', a volume from the ''Creation Cinema'' series, three moviesa (1982 British-new Zealand thriller, a 1986 French film and the last one made in 1989), a 1990 action role-playing game, or a term meaning enmity or bitterness among individuals or groups of people.

* This episode was based on a ''{{Superman}}'' comic book story called ''Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography''.

* Scully’s tattoo of a mythical snake eating its own tail is the '{{Ouroboros}},' a symbol of the never ending cycle of destruction and re-creations in the universe. The symbol is also used in ''Series/{{Millennium}}''.

* Phillip Padgett is seen smoking a “‘Morley’” brand cigarette, again the name of fictional brand that not only appeared in the series but also in ''Film/MurderInTheFirst'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_Cigarettes 200 Cigarettes]]'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Series/{{The Outer Limits|1963}}'', ''NashBridges'', ''Series/That70sShow'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannix Mannix]]'', ''Series/MissionImpossible'', ''Series/{{ER}}'', ''Series/{{Friends}}'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_August Dan August]]'', ''[[Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond Space: Above and Beyond]]'', ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', ''[[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''Series/{{Millennium}}'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderers%27_Row_%28film%29 Murderer’s Row]]''and ''Series/{{Becker}}''.

* Mulder mentions 'The Warren Commission' who investigated the 1963 assassination of [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidents President]] UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy and concluded Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone but many people, including conspiracy theorists, don’t believe the Commission’s findings.

* The cover story on The Lone Gunmen newspaper that Morris-as-Mulder reads is titled "Monica - Minx Or Mandroid," a reference to the Clinton/Lewinksy political sex scandal emerging in the late 1990s from a sexual relationship between [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidents forty-second President of the United States]] UsefulNotes/BillClinton and then-twenty two year old [[TheWhiteHouse White House Intern]] Monica Lewinsky.

* During the primal beating of the deputy, the sheriff and the sheriff’s wife, Johnny Mathis’s "Wonderful! Wonderful!" plays prominently on the radio of the Peacock family’s Cadillac.

--> '''Frohike:''' Welcome to the [[StarWars dark side]].

* The [[{{Constellations}} Cassiopeia constellation]] is paid particular close attention, named for [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Queen Cassiopeia]] who was placed in the heavens by Neptune but was condemned to sit in her throne for all eternity, it’s speculated aliens originate from that particular area.

* As Cassandra watches the news footage and mourns the loss of people she knows killed on Skyland Mountain, some of the staff’s names roll by: Val Arntzen – a set decorator, James Pate – an assistant prop master, Kathleen Kasinger – another assistant prop master.

* 'Chinga' is 1) named for an iron meteorite structurally an ataxite with very rare kamacite lamella. 2) an [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar offensive]] [[ClusterFBomb slang term]] in UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}. 3) a political ward in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Kenya}} Othaya Constituency]].

* The real culprit [[spoiler:Holman Hardt]] being able to control the weather is like [[ComicBook/{{Storm}} Ororo Munroe]], [[Literature/CircleOfMagic Trisana Chandler]], [[Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish Rob McKenna]], [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Tenshi Hinanawi]] and some others.

* The song playing while Scully and Ed Jerse sit together is "The Have Nots" from [[Music/XUSBand X]]’s 1982 album ''Under the Big Black Sun''.
* The rock song playing while Jerse sits alone is "Tattoed Love Boys" from Music/{{Pretenders}}.

* The song playing while Scully and Ed Jerse sit together is "The Have Nots" from Music/{{X}}’s 1982 album ''Under the Big Black Sun''.

* Arthur Dales refers Mulder as “Series/{{MacGyver}}” a few times.

* Louis Asekoff watches ''Film/TheInvisibleMan''.

--> '''Morris-as-Mulder:''' Back off [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Sneezy]].

--> '''Alex Krycek:''' Well, look who’s answering the [[Series/{{Batman}} Batphone]].

** Mulder’s response towards the “Gimp” roughing him up in the interrogation scene is almost identical to [[Creator/HumphreyBogart Sam Spade]]’s response to [[Film/TheMalteseFalcon Wilmer Cook]] after being roughened up.

* Mutato watches ''Film/{{Mask}}'' starring Music/{{Cher}}.

* Though the episode’s plot has a woman named Pam living through the same day multiple times has people believe it’s a reference to ''Film/GroundhogDay'', though according to [[WordOfGod John Chiban and Vince Gilligan]], it’s actually based on ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "Shadow Play".

* Phillip Padgett is seen smoking a “‘Morley’” brand cigarette, again the name of fictional brand that not only appeared in the series but also in ''Film/MurderInTheFirst'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_Cigarettes 200 Cigarettes]]'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Series/{{The Outer Limits|1963}}'', ''NashBridges'', ''Series/That70sShow'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannix Mannix]]'', ''Series/MissionImpossible'', ''Series/{{ER}}'', ''Series/{{Friends}}'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_August Dan August]]'', ''[[Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond Space: Above and Beyond]]'', ''Series/TheTwilightZone'', ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', ''[[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''Series/{{Millennium}}'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderers%27_Row_%28film%29 Murderer’s Row]]''and ''Series/{{Becker}}''.

* 'Christmas Carol' is an [[CaptainObvious obvious]] take on Creator/CharlesDickens’ ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''.

* 'How the Ghosts Stole Christmas' is an [[CaptainObvious obvious]] allusion to ''[[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas How the Grinch]] [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas Stole Christmas]]''..

* Frohike asks the bouncer if he wants to “[[Film/MadMax Thunderdome]].”

* 'The Rain King' may be a reference to Saul Bellow’s ''Henderson the Rain King'' novel.

* Excluding other titles made after this episode, other medias used 'mind’s eyes' include Håkan Nesser’s 1993 novel ''The Mind’s Eye'', a song by Music/{{Wolfmother}}, a pair of Series/DoctorWho audio stories called "The Mind's Eye & Mission of the Viyrans", a series [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] {{radio drama}} titled ''Mind’s Eye'' set in UsefulNotes/{{Dublin}} about the paranormal, a 1991 book ''In The Mind’s Eye'' by Thomas G. West, American theatrical radio company The Mind’s Eye, a series consisting several art films using computer-generated imagery of varying levels of sophistication, name of an 1986 album as well as a song by Vinnie Moore, the song “‘''The Mind’s Eye''’” by Compos Mentis from ''Gehennesis'', a video analysis research project by the [[TheUnitedStates U.S.]] [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks Military]] using artificial intelligence, name of a Swedish progressive metal band, video game developer Mind’s Eye Productions based out of the United Kingdom, a 1994 Stiltskin album called ''The Mind’s Eye'', a site in the Cayman Islands, live action role-playing game ''Mind’s Eye Theatre'' based on the Creator/WhiteWolf’s ''[[TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness World of Darkness]]'' universe, and a song by the titular ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.