Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 29 (click to see context) from:
* EvilCripple: Subverted. [[spoiler:Billy has no control over his actions when he takes his fellow students to the forest for abduction.]]
to:
* EvilCripple: Subverted. [[spoiler:Billy Billy has no control over his actions when he takes his fellow students to the forest for abduction.]]
Changed line(s) 36 (click to see context) from:
-->'''Mulder''': ''[capering]'' Oh-ho, yes! Abductees... people that have made UFO sightings, they've reported unexplained loss of time!
to:
Changed line(s) 43 (click to see context) from:
* SecurityCling: Scully hugs Mulder in relief when he tells her that those dreaded marks on her waist are [[spoiler: nothing worse than mosquito bites]].
to:
* SecurityCling: Scully hugs Mulder in relief when he tells her that those dreaded marks on her waist are [[spoiler: nothing worse than mosquito bites]].bites.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
!!![[AC:Recaps]]: [[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | '''1''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E02DeepThroat 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E03Squeeze 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E04Conduit 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E05TheJerseyDevil 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E06Shadows 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E07GhostInTheMachine 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E08Ice 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E09Space 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E10FallenAngel 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E11Eve 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E12Fire 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E13BeyondTheSea 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E14GenderBender 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E15Lazarus 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E16YoungAtHeart 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E17EBE 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E18MiracleMan 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E19Shapes 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E20DarknessFalls 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E21Tooms 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E22BornAgain 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E23Roland 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E24TheErlenmeyerFlask 24]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
->Written by Creator/ChrisCarter\\
Directed by Robert Mandel
Directed by Robert Mandel
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4 (click to see context) from:
[[caption-width-right:350:The trope namers of [[AgentScully two of the]] [[AgentMulder most polarising tropes]] on this site.]]
to:
[[caption-width-right:350:The trope namers of [[AgentScully two of the]] [[AgentMulder most polarising tropes]] on this site.website.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 40 (click to see context) from:
----
to:
->'''Blevins:''' Agent Mulder, what are his thoughts?\\
'''Scully:''' Agent Mulder believes we are not alone.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added line(s) 6 (click to see context) :
'''Season 1, Episode 01:'''
!Pilot
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilespilot.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The trope namers of [[AgentScully two of the]] [[AgentMulder most polarising tropes]] on this site.]]
->'''Scully:''' I'm here to solve this case, Mulder, I want the truth.\\
'''Mulder:''' The truth? I think those kids have been abducted.\\
'''Scully:''' By who?\\
'''Mulder:''' By what.
!Pilot
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilespilot.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The trope namers of [[AgentScully two of the]] [[AgentMulder most polarising tropes]] on this site.]]
->'''Scully:''' I'm here to solve this case, Mulder, I want the truth.\\
'''Mulder:''' The truth? I think those kids have been abducted.\\
'''Scully:''' By who?\\
'''Mulder:''' By what.
Changed line(s) 6 (click to see context) from:
-->'''Scully''': ''[reporting what she has heard about Mulder]'' Generally thought of as the best analyst in the violent crimes section. He had a nickname at the academy... "Spooky Mulder".
to:
Changed line(s) 27 (click to see context) from:
-->'''Mulder''': It's probably a safe bet Ray Soames never made the varsity basketball team.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 2 (click to see context) from:
to:
----
Deleted line(s) 4 (click to see context) :
Changed line(s) 7 (click to see context) from:
--> '''Scully''': ''[reporting what she has heard about Mulder]'' Generally thought of as the best analyst in the violent crimes section. He had a nickname at the academy... "Spooky Mulder".
to:
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
--> '''Mulder''': ''[capering]'' Oh-ho, yes! Abductees... people that have made UFO sightings, they've reported unexplained loss of time!
to:
Changed line(s) 28 (click to see context) from:
--> '''Mulder''': It's probably a safe bet Ray Soames never made the varsity basketball team.
to:
Changed line(s) 31 (click to see context) from:
* SecurityCling: Scully hugs Mulder in relief when he tells her that those dreaded marks on her waist are [[spoiler: nothing worse than mosquito bites]].
to:
* SecurityCling: Scully hugs Mulder in relief when he tells her that those dreaded marks on her waist are [[spoiler: nothing worse than mosquito bites]].bites]].
----
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 7 (click to see context) from:
--> '''Scully''': ''[reporting what she has heard about Mulder]'' Generally thought of as the best analyst in the violent crimes section. He had a nickname at the academy..."Spooky Mulder".
to:
--> '''Scully''': ''[reporting what she has heard about Mulder]'' Generally thought of as the best analyst in the violent crimes section. He had a nickname at the academy... "Spooky Mulder".
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
--> '''Mulder''': ''[capering]'' Oh-ho, yes! Abductees...people that have made UFO sightings, they've reported unexplained loss of time!
to:
--> '''Mulder''': ''[capering]'' Oh-ho, yes! Abductees... people that have made UFO sightings, they've reported unexplained loss of time!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 10 (click to see context) from:
* CorruptHick: The Sheriff.
to:
* CorruptHick: The Sheriff.Sheriff Miles.
Added DiffLines:
* DecompositeCharacter: The early drafts of the script had a character named Lake Drazen serving as the primary catspaw for TheConspiracy. The character was eventually split into the Third Man and the Cigarette Smoking Man (a consolation role for the "runner-up" of the Drazen auditions).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 16 (click to see context) from:
* EvilCripple
to:
* EvilCrippleEvilCripple: Subverted. [[spoiler:Billy has no control over his actions when he takes his fellow students to the forest for abduction.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* LingerieScene: Scully is just in bra and underwear when she takes off her robe in front of Mulder, asking him to inspect the marks on her back.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 28 (click to see context) from:
* SecretGovernmentWarehouse: The Cigarette-Smoking Man is seen depositing Scully's report in one at the end of the episode.
to:
* SecretGovernmentWarehouse: The Cigarette-Smoking Man is seen depositing Scully's report the metal nasal implant in one at the end of the episode.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 20 (click to see context) from:
* GraveRobbing: The local sheriff accuses them of doing this, despite the fact that they have a permit to exhume the graves of the victims.
to:
* GraveRobbing: The local sheriff medical examiner accuses them of doing this, despite the fact that they have a permit to exhume the graves of the victims.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* CandlelitBath: Scully gets ready for one when the power goes out.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 21 (click to see context) from:
* NaiiveNewcomer: Scully, to the world of paranormal investigation.
to:
* NaiiveNewcomer: NaiveNewcomer: Scully, to the world of paranormal investigation.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* NoThemeTune: The show's iconic theme song is notably absent from this episode.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* NaiiveNewcomer: Scully, to the world of paranormal investigation.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Though not Scully's first scene, her scene with Mulder right after the above ECM firmly establishes her character as a skeptic and the dynamic that would follow Mulder and Scully for the run of the series.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 10 (click to see context) from:
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Mulder's first line of offscreen dialogue: [[DeadpanSnarker "Sorry, nobody here but FBI's most unwanted"]]. Then the first shot of him, sitting alone at his desk in his basement office, [[TheDeterminator obsessing over photographs of [=UFOs=]]].
to:
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Mulder's first line of offscreen dialogue: [[DeadpanSnarker "Sorry, nobody here but FBI's most unwanted"]]. Then the first shot of him, sitting alone at his desk in his basement office, [[TheDeterminator obsessing over photographs of[=UFOs=]]].[=UFOs=]]].
** He wasn't intended to be anything more than a background extra and doesn't say a word, but the Cigarette Smoking Man's scenes also pretty much tell you everything you need to know about him -- his stance and dress during Scully's interview with her FBI superiors clearly signpost him as an ageing-but-powerful shadowy government type with a lot of connections, and the final scene where he deposits the alien implant in a secret government archive directly establishes his link to government and alien conspiracies.
** Mulder's first line of offscreen dialogue: [[DeadpanSnarker "Sorry, nobody here but FBI's most unwanted"]]. Then the first shot of him, sitting alone at his desk in his basement office, [[TheDeterminator obsessing over photographs of
** He wasn't intended to be anything more than a background extra and doesn't say a word, but the Cigarette Smoking Man's scenes also pretty much tell you everything you need to know about him -- his stance and dress during Scully's interview with her FBI superiors clearly signpost him as an ageing-but-powerful shadowy government type with a lot of connections, and the final scene where he deposits the alien implant in a secret government archive directly establishes his link to government and alien conspiracies.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
I may be mistaken, but these entries seem to take the trope names too literally.
Deleted line(s) 16,17 (click to see context) :
* LaughingMad: Scully does this when Mulder tells her who he thinks is the killer.
* LightIsNotGood: As the number of unexplained deaths suggests.
* LightIsNotGood: As the number of unexplained deaths suggests.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: When the exhumed coffin containing Ray Soames' body falls down and reveals a ridiculously short corpse:
--> '''Mulder''': It's probably a safe bet Ray Soames never made the varsity basketball team.
--> '''Mulder''': It's probably a safe bet Ray Soames never made the varsity basketball team.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,8 (click to see context) from:
* AlienAutopsy - Scully is going to perform an autopsy on what looks like an alien corpse, but it's taken by the government before she can discover what exactly it is.
* ChillyReception - Scully initially gets this from Mulder.
* DeadlyBath - Subverted. Scully draws one when the power goes out, but notices some unsettling marks on her back before she actually gets in it.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Mulder sitting alone at his desk in his basement office, obsessing over photographs of [=UFOs=].
* ChillyReception - Scully initially gets this from Mulder.
* DeadlyBath - Subverted. Scully draws one when the power goes out, but notices some unsettling marks on her back before she actually gets in it.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Mulder sitting alone at his desk in his basement office, obsessing over photographs of [=UFOs=].
to:
* AlienAutopsy - AlienAutopsy: Scully is going to perform an autopsy on what looks like an alien corpse, but it's taken by the government before she can discover what exactly it is.
*ChillyReception - BunnyEarsLawyer: Mulder is established as one.
--> '''Scully''': ''[reporting what she has heard about Mulder]'' Generally thought of as the best analyst in the violent crimes section. He had a nickname at the academy..."Spooky Mulder".
* ChillyReception: Scully initially gets this from Mulder.
*DeadlyBath - DeadlyBath: Subverted. Scully draws one when the power goes out, but notices some unsettling marks on her back before she actually gets in it.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:Mulder Mulder's first line of offscreen dialogue: [[DeadpanSnarker "Sorry, nobody here but FBI's most unwanted"]]. Then the first shot of him, sitting alone at his desk in his basement office, [[TheDeterminator obsessing over photographs of [=UFOs=].[=UFOs=]]].
*
--> '''Scully''': ''[reporting what she has heard about Mulder]'' Generally thought of as the best analyst in the violent crimes section. He had a nickname at the academy..."Spooky Mulder".
* ChillyReception: Scully initially gets this from Mulder.
*
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
Changed line(s) 10,13 (click to see context) from:
* FanService: Only one episode in, and we already get Gillian Anderson in a bra!
* FieryCoverup - The hotel where Mulder and Scully are staying gets torched while they're out, conveniently destroying all their evidence.
* GraveRobbing - The local sheriff accuses them of doing this, despite the fact that they have a permit to exhume the graves of the victims.
* MissingTime - They experience this more than once.
* FieryCoverup - The hotel where Mulder and Scully are staying gets torched while they're out, conveniently destroying all their evidence.
* GraveRobbing - The local sheriff accuses them of doing this, despite the fact that they have a permit to exhume the graves of the victims.
* MissingTime - They experience this more than once.
to:
* FanService: Only one episode in, and we already get Gillian Anderson in a bra!
LingerieScene! Preparing for a CandlelitBath, no less. But that pales in comparison to the next scene, in which Mulder gets to inspect her waist while she is still in the same garb.
*FieryCoverup - FieryCoverup: The hotel where Mulder and Scully are staying gets torched while they're out, conveniently destroying all their evidence.
*GraveRobbing - FriendshipMoment: In Mulder's room, right after their SecurityCling of relief, when Mulder tells Scully for the first time about his sister's disappearance.
* GraveRobbing: The local sheriff accuses them of doing this, despite the fact that they have a permit to exhume the graves of the victims.
*MissingTime - LaughingMad: Scully does this when Mulder tells her who he thinks is the killer.
* LightIsNotGood: As the number of unexplained deaths suggests.
* MissingTime: They experience this more thanonce.once.
--> '''Mulder''': ''[capering]'' Oh-ho, yes! Abductees...people that have made UFO sightings, they've reported unexplained loss of time!
*
*
* GraveRobbing: The local sheriff accuses them of doing this, despite the fact that they have a permit to exhume the graves of the victims.
*
* LightIsNotGood: As the number of unexplained deaths suggests.
* MissingTime: They experience this more than
--> '''Mulder''': ''[capering]'' Oh-ho, yes! Abductees...people that have made UFO sightings, they've reported unexplained loss of time!
Changed line(s) 15 (click to see context) from:
* SecretGovernmentWarehouse - The Cigarette-Smoking Man is seen depositing Scully's report in one at the end of the episode.
to:
* SecretGovernmentWarehouse - SecretGovernmentWarehouse: The Cigarette-Smoking Man is seen depositing Scully's report in one at the end of the episode.episode.
* SecurityCling: Scully hugs Mulder in relief when he tells her that those dreaded marks on her waist are [[spoiler: nothing worse than mosquito bites]].
* SecurityCling: Scully hugs Mulder in relief when he tells her that those dreaded marks on her waist are [[spoiler: nothing worse than mosquito bites]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
new entry
Added DiffLines:
* FanService: Only one episode in, and we already get Gillian Anderson in a bra!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
typos
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
FBI Academy instructor Special Agent Dana Scully is re-assigned to work with (and debunk) the work of "Spooky" Mulder, who focuses on the "X Files", FBI cases dealing with unexplained phenomena. Their first case together sends them to Bellevue, Oregon where the local high school's Class of '89 have been dying young under suspicious circumstances, and the local authoriities appear to involved in a cover-up.
to:
FBI Academy instructor Special Agent Dana Scully is re-assigned to work with (and debunk) debunk the work of of) Fox "Spooky" Mulder, who focuses on the "X Files", FBI cases dealing with unexplained phenomena. Their first case together sends them to Bellevue, Oregon Oregon, where members of the local high school's Class of '89 have been dying young under suspicious circumstances, and the local authoriities authorities appear to be involved in a cover-up.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 6 (click to see context) :
* CandlelitBath - Subverted. Scully draws one when the power goes out, but notices some unsettling marks on her back before she actually gets in it.
Added DiffLines:
* DeadlyBath - Subverted. Scully draws one when the power goes out, but notices some unsettling marks on her back before she actually gets in it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
FBI Academy instructor Special Agent Dana Scully is re-assigned to work with (and debunk) the work of "Spooky" Mulder, who focuses on the "X Files", FBI cases dealing with unexplained phenomena. Their first case together sends them to Bellevue, Oregon where the local high school's Class of '89 have been dying young under suspicious circumstances, and the local authoriities appear to involved in a cover-up.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11 (click to see context) from:
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway
to:
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAwayPutDownYourGunAndStepAway
* SecretGovernmentWarehouse - The Cigarette-Smoking Man is seen depositing Scully's report in one at the end of the episode.
* SecretGovernmentWarehouse - The Cigarette-Smoking Man is seen depositing Scully's report in one at the end of the episode.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added line(s) 8 (click to see context) :
* AlienAutopsy - Scully is going to perform an autopsy on what looks like an alien corpse, but it's taken by the government before she can discover what exactly it is.
Added line(s) 8 (click to see context) :
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Mulder sitting alone at his desk in his basement office, obsessing over photographs of [=UFOs=].
Changed line(s) 8 (click to see context) from:
* MissingTime - They experience this more than once.
to:
* MissingTime - They experience this more than once.once.
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 1 (click to see context) :
Added line(s) 5 (click to see context) :
* CandlelitBath - Subverted. Scully draws one when the power goes out, but notices some unsettling marks on her back before she actually gets in it.
* ChillyReception - Scully initially gets this from Mulder.
* ChillyReception - Scully initially gets this from Mulder.
Changed line(s) 5 (click to see context) from:
* FieryCoverup
to:
* FieryCoverupFieryCoverup - The hotel where Mulder and Scully are staying gets torched while they're out, conveniently destroying all their evidence.
* GraveRobbing - The local sheriff accuses them of doing this, despite the fact that they have a permit to exhume the graves of the victims.
* MissingTime - They experience this more than once.
* GraveRobbing - The local sheriff accuses them of doing this, despite the fact that they have a permit to exhume the graves of the victims.
* MissingTime - They experience this more than once.
