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I Ate What clean up. The trope is when a character eats something, unaware of what they are consuming, and then reacts in disgust after they find out what it is. Misuse will be deleted or moved to another trope when applicable. Administrivia.Zero Context Examples will be removed or commented out depending on the amount of context within the entry.
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* IAteWhat: The beginning of the episode has [=McAlpin=] eating corn flakes, only to briefly see that his food is actually maggots. Later on, Colonel Wharton has his breakfast, but stops when he cuts ham and it bleeds.
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* BodyHorror: Due to supposed powers of voodoo, the fingers and eventually entire body that hand that pushes through the scratch on Scully's hand which then attacks her.
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* BodyHorror: Due to supposed powers of voodoo, the fingers and eventually entire body that hand that pushes through the scratch on Scully's hand which then attacks her.
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* DecoyAntagonist: Bauvais. Although he's initially the obvious suspect, he's ultimately no threat to Mulder and Scully and even tries to warn them about what's going on at the camp. In the climax he even comes back from the dead to defeat Wharton.
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* DecoyAntagonist: Bauvais. Although he's initially the obvious suspect, he's ultimately no threat to Mulder and Scully and even tries to warn them about what's going on at the camp. In the climax he even comes back from the dead to defeat Wharton.
* PunchClockVillain: Wharton's aide, who only helps the Colonel because he believes Bauvais killed [=McAlpin=] and Gutierrez.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Howard Gordon was inspired to write this episode after reading an article about American servicemen who committed suicide during Operation Uphold Democracy, the deployment of US troops to Haiti from 1994-1995.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Howard Gordon was inspired to write this episode after reading an article about American servicemen who committed suicide during Operation Uphold Democracy, the deployment of US troops to Haiti from 1994-1995.
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* PunchClockVillain: Wharton's aide, who only helps the Colonel because he believes Bauvais killed [=McAlpin=] and Gutierrez.
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* DecoyAntagonist: Bauvais. Although he's initially the obvious suspect, he's ultimately no threat to Mulder and Scully and even tries to warn them about what's going on at the camp. In the climax he even comes back from the dead to defeat Wharton.
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[[WMG:[[center:[-'''RECAP:'''\\
[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E01LittleGreenMen 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E02TheHost 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E03Blood 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E04Sleepless 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E05DuaneBarry 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E06Ascension 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E07Three 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E08OneBreath 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E09Firewalker 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E10RedMuseum 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E11ExcelsisDei 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E12Aubrey 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E14DieHandDieVerletzt 14]] | '''15''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E16Colony 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E17EndGame 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E18FearfulSymmetry 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E19DodKalm 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E20Humbug 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E21TheCalusari 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E22FEmasculata 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E23SoftLight 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E24OurTown 24]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E25Anasazi 25]]]]-]]]
'''Season 2, Episode 15:'''
!Fresh Bones
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[TitleDrop Fresh bones.]] They pay good."'']]
->Written by Howard Gordon\\
Directed by Rob Bowman
->''"They will only warn you once. After that, no magic can save you."''
-->-- '''Pierre Bauvais'''
[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E01LittleGreenMen 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E02TheHost 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E03Blood 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E04Sleepless 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E05DuaneBarry 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E06Ascension 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E07Three 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E08OneBreath 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E09Firewalker 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E10RedMuseum 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E11ExcelsisDei 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E12Aubrey 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E14DieHandDieVerletzt 14]] | '''15''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E16Colony 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E17EndGame 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E18FearfulSymmetry 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E19DodKalm 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E20Humbug 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E21TheCalusari 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E22FEmasculata 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E23SoftLight 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E24OurTown 24]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E25Anasazi 25]]]]-]]]
'''Season 2, Episode 15:'''
!Fresh Bones
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->Written by Howard Gordon\\
Directed by Rob Bowman
->''"They will only warn you once. After that, no magic can save you."''
-->-- '''Pierre Bauvais'''
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* GoingNative: [[spoiler: It's implied that Wharton did this during his deployment to Haiti, which is where he learned of Voodoo and met Bauvais.]]
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* GoingNative: [[spoiler: It's implied that Wharton did this during his deployment to Haiti, which is where he learned of Voodoo and met Bauvais.]]
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* IAteWhatIAteWhat: The beginning of the episode has [=McAlpin=] eating corn flakes, only to briefly see that his food is actually maggots. Later on, Colonel Wharton has his breakfast, but stops when he cuts ham and it bleeds.
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* NotQuiteDead NotQuiteDead: It turns out that [=McAlpin=] is actually still alive, because he had zombie powder blown into him, which lowers his vitals to the point where he appears dead.
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** Scully got one as protection from Chester. It's a ChekhovsGun that truly helps Scully.
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** Scully got one as protection from Chester. It's a ChekhovsGun that truly helps Scully.Scully.
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->'''Scully:''' They're petitioning to have Bauvais returned to Haiti.\\
'''Mulder:''' Too bad it has to be in a box.
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->'''Scully:''' They're petitioning to have Bauvais returned to Haiti.\\
'''Mulder:''' Too bad it has to be in a box.
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* GoingNative: [[spoiler: It's implied that Wharton did this during his deployment to Haiti, which is where he learned of Voodoo and met Bauvais.]]
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* SigilSpam: Wharton leaves a ''veve'', a symbol representing the crossroads between worlds, wherever he wants to attack.
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* BuriedAlive: Colonel Wharton is being buried alive at the very end, conscious and panicking.
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* BuriedAlive: Colonel Wharton is being buried alive at the very end, conscious and panicking. [[KarmicDeath He had it coming.]]
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* JustFollowingOrders: How the Marines at the camp are forced to cope with Wharton's orders involving the treatment of the Haitian refugees.
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* SemperFi: A villainous example of the trope in fact. Wharton's efforts to push Mulder and Scully out of the camp are framed as him claiming he's looking out for his men.
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When a marine employed at a Haitian refugee camp kills himself, his widow calls in the FBI, convinced that his death was no suicide.
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When a marine Marine employed at a Haitian refugee camp kills himself, his widow calls in the FBI, convinced that his death was no suicide.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The boy who was killed in the riot is mentioned early on. This is a tragic but impertinent detail until [[TheReveal his name]] is mentioned offhandedly at the end.
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* TitleDrop: From Chester, who says that fresh bones (from the graveyard) can be sold for money.
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* BodyHorror: Due to supposed powers of voodoo, the fingers and eventually entire body that hand that pushes through the scratch on Scully's hand which then attacks her.
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** Scully got one as protection from Chester. It's a ChekhovsGun that truly helps Scully.
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** Scully got one as protection from Chester. It's a ChekhovsGun that truly helps Scully.
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* PunchClockVillain: Wharton's aide, who only helps the Colonel because he believes Bauvais killed McAlpin and Gutierrez.
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* PunchClockVillain: Wharton's aide, who only helps the Colonel because he believes Bauvais killed McAlpin [=McAlpin=] and Gutierrez.
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* HollywoodVoodoo: The basis for this eouside's MonsterOfTheWeek, but the use of zombie myths and voodoo symbols is quite inspired.
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* HollywoodVoodoo: The basis for this eouside's episode's MonsterOfTheWeek, but the use of zombie myths and voodoo symbols is quite inspired.
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* PunchClockVillain: Wharton's aide, who only helps the Colonel because he believes Bauvais killed McAlpin and Gutierrez.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Chester.]]
* HollywoodVoodoo
* InfantImmortality: Averted.
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* BuriedAlive
BuriedAlive: Colonel Wharton is being buried alive at the very end, conscious and panicking.
* CatsAreMagic: Chester Bonaparte, a young Haitian boy, disappears very suddenly near a pier as Mulder is chasing him, a black kitten is seen meowing at the end of the pier. The black kitten appears at the climax of the episode, implying the kitten is Chester.
* DeadAllAlong:[[spoiler:Chester.]]
Chester Bonaparte, a boy who befriended Mulder and Scully, is revealed to have been killed a year ago.
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%% *InfantImmortality: Averted.IAteWhat
* CatsAreMagic: Chester Bonaparte, a young Haitian boy, disappears very suddenly near a pier as Mulder is chasing him, a black kitten is seen meowing at the end of the pier. The black kitten appears at the climax of the episode, implying the kitten is Chester.
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* VoodooDoll: One is apparently used on Mulder at the climax.
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* VoodooDoll: One is apparently used on Mulder at the climax.
** And Scully got one as protection.
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*VoodooDoll: VoodooDoll:
** One is apparently used on Mulder at the climax.
**And Scully got one as protection.
* IAteWhatprotection from Chester. It's a ChekhovsGun that truly helps Scully.
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** One is apparently used on Mulder at the climax.
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* IAteWhat
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* JurisdictionFriction: The evil colonel wants out agents out of the investigation.
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* JurisdictionFriction: The evil colonel wants out our agents out of the investigation.
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* InfantImmorality: Averted.
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* InfantImmorality: InfantImmortality: Averted.
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* InfantImmorality: Averted.
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** And Scully got one as protection.
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* JurisdictionFrinction: The evil colonel wants out agents out of the investigation.
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* JurisdictionFrinction: JurisdictionFriction: The evil colonel wants out agents out of the investigation.
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* DeadAllAlongDeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Chester.]]
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* JurisdictionFrinction: The evil colonel wants out agents out of the investigation.
-->'''Colonel Wharton:''' Since both matters are being handled internally I’ll assume your business here is finished.
-->'''Colonel Wharton:''' Since both matters are being handled internally I’ll assume your business here is finished.
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* VoodooDoll: One is apparently used on Mulder at the climax.
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* VoodooDoll: One is apparently used on Mulder at the climax.climax.
* IAteWhat
* IAteWhat
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