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* LampshadeHanging: Mulder very often drops his gun at a fight. He pulls out a back-up pistol out of his ankle holster this time.
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* LanguageBarrier: Mulder catches and arrests a Japanese spy who is a part of TheConspiracy. It's not clear whether he could speak English, but he was only yelling at Mulder in Japanese. Mulder also doesn't understand his notes which frustrates him.
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[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E01TheBlessingWay 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E02PaperClip 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E03DPO 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E04ClydeBruckmansFinalRepose 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E05TheList 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E06TwoShy 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E07TheWalk 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E08Oubliette 8]] | '''9''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E10SevenThreeOne 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E11Revelations 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E12WarOfTheCoprophages 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E13Syzygy 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E14Grotesque 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E15PiperMaru 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E16Apocrypha 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E17Pusher 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E18TesoDosBichos 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E19HellMoney 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E20JoseChungsFromOuterSpace 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E21Avatar 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E22Quagmire 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E23Wetwired 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E24TalithaCumi 24]]]]-]]]
'''Season 3, Episode 09:'''
!Nisei
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I think I'm entitled to a few more answers, don't you think?"'']]
->Written by Creator/ChrisCarter, Howard Gordon & Frank Spotnitz\\
Directed by Creator/DavidNutter
->'''Matheson:''' Several weeks ago in Knoxville, Tennessee, four Japanese nationals were murdered. All prominent doctors apparently engaged in a highly classified project.\\
'''Mulder:''' What kind of project? The autopsy of an extraterrestrial lifeform, was that part of it?
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[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E01TheBlessingWay 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E02PaperClip 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E03DPO 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E04ClydeBruckmansFinalRepose 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E05TheList 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E06TwoShy 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E07TheWalk 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E08Oubliette 8]] | '''9''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E10SevenThreeOne 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E11Revelations 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E12WarOfTheCoprophages 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E13Syzygy 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E14Grotesque 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E15PiperMaru 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E16Apocrypha 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E17Pusher 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E18TesoDosBichos 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E19HellMoney 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E20JoseChungsFromOuterSpace 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E21Avatar 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E22Quagmire 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E23Wetwired 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E24TalithaCumi 24]]]]-]]]
'''Season 3, Episode 09:'''
!Nisei
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I think I'm entitled to a few more answers, don't you think?"'']]
->Written by Creator/ChrisCarter, Howard Gordon & Frank Spotnitz\\
Directed by Creator/DavidNutter
->'''Matheson:''' Several weeks ago in Knoxville, Tennessee, four Japanese nationals were murdered. All prominent doctors apparently engaged in a highly classified project.\\
'''Mulder:''' What kind of project? The autopsy of an extraterrestrial lifeform, was that part of it?
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* CallBack: Scully's subplot is clearly following the events set during her abduction in "[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E05DuaneBarry Duane Barry]]" and "[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E06Ascension Ascension]]".
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Despite Scully's protests, Mulder jumps onto train 82517 as it speeds away. In the process, he drops his phone, meaning that he's alone to find out what lies in this vehicle.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Despite Scully's protests, Mulder jumps onto train 82517 as it speeds away. In the process, he drops his phone, meaning that he's alone to find out what lies in this vehicle.
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* TruthInTelevision: As in "Paper Clip," the episode's historical background is based on reality: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 Unit 731]] was a Japanese army unit which experimented with chemical and biological warfare in occupied Manchuria during World War II, directly killing at least 10,000 people (mostly Chinese civilians and Allied prisoners of war) and releasing plague-infected fleas and other bioweapons into China. Shiro Zama is loosely based on Unit 731's real-life commander, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shir%C5%8D_Ishii Shiro Ishii]], who was granted postwar immunity by the United States in exchange for his research.
* TruthInTelevision: As in "Paper Clip," the episode's historical background is based on reality: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 Unit 731]] was a Japanese army unit which experimented with chemical and biological warfare in occupied Manchuria during World War II, directly killing at least 10,000 people (mostly Chinese civilians and Allied prisoners of war) and releasing plague-infected fleas and other bioweapons into China. Shiro Zama is loosely based on Unit 731's real-life commander, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shir%C5%8D_Ishii Shiro Ishii]], who was granted postwar immunity by the United States in exchange for his research.
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->''[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E10SevenThreeOne "Mulder, don't get on the train. Mulder. Mulder!]]"''
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* TruthInTelevision: As in "Paper Clip," the episode's historical background is based on reality: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 Unit 731]] was a Japanese army unit which experimented with chemical and biological warfare in occupied Manchuria during World War II, directly killing at least 10,000 people (mostly Chinese civilians and Allied prisoners of war) and releasing plague-infected fleas and other bioweapons into China. Shiro Zama is loosely based on Unit 731's real-life commander, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shir%C5%8D_Ishii Shiro Ishii]], who was granted postwar immunity by the United States in exchange for his research.
* TruthInTelevision: As in "Paper Clip," the episode's historical background is based on reality: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 Unit 731]] was a Japanese army unit which experimented with chemical and biological warfare in occupied Manchuria during World War II, directly killing at least 10,000 people (mostly Chinese civilians and Allied prisoners of war) and releasing plague-infected fleas and other bioweapons into China. Shiro Zama is loosely based on Unit 731's real-life commander, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shir%C5%8D_Ishii Shiro Ishii]], who was granted postwar immunity by the United States in exchange for his research.
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Mulder's investigation of an alien autopsy video leads to a secret project with connections to unethical experiements experiments done by Japanese scientists during World War II. Scully learns more about what happened during her alien abduction.
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* DangerTakesABackseat: Sakurai is garroted by the Red-Haired Man as he's driven away from the Japanese consulate.
* DiplomaticImpunity: Played straight, then averted: Sakurai is released from custody despite murdering someone, only to be assassinated soon afterwards.
* DiplomaticImpunity: Played straight, then averted: Sakurai is released from custody despite murdering someone, only to be assassinated soon afterwards.
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* WindowPain: Mulder breaks a window on the docked ship to get to the door latch and enter.
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* WindowPain: Mulder breaks a window on the docked ship to get to the door latch and enter.ToBeContinued
* WindowPain: Mulder breaks a window on the docked ship to get to the door latch and enter.
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* WindowPain: Mulder breaks a window on the docked ship to get to the door latch and enter.
* WindowPain: Mulder breaks a window on the docked ship to get to the door latch and enter.
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* AlienAutopsy: [[spoiler:Or was it?]]Mulder acquires videotape of one such autopsy. Scully suspects it of being a fake, only it turns out that there's some truth to it.
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* PornStash: Scully expects Mulder to be watching porn instead of the alien autopsy video.
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-->'''Scully''': That's not your usual brand of entertainment.
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* LanguageBarrier: Mulder catches and arrests a Japanese spy who is a part of TheConspiracy. It's not clear whether he could speak English, but he was only yelling at Mulder in Japanese. Mulder also doesn't understand his notes which frustrates him.
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* BlackSpeech: The Japanese are pure EVIL in this episode.
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* MythArcLampshadeHanging: Mulder very often drops his gun at a fight. He pulls out a back-up pistol out of his ankle holster this time.
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