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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]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E09Nisei 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E10SevenThreeOne 10]] | '''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 11:'''
!Revelations
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Any [[TitleDrop revelations]]?"'']]
->Written by Kim Newton\\
Directed by Creator/DavidNutter

->'''Scully:''' Mr. Jarvis, my religious convictions are hardly the issue here.\\
'''Owen:''' But they are. How can you help Kevin, if you don't believe? Even the killer, he believes.




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* SerialKillerSerialKiller: Simon Gates is a man who is planning to kill 12 stigmatic people for the coming of a "new age". He kills 11, and fails on the last.




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->''"Sometimes we must come full circle to find the truth. Why does that surprise you?"''
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* LooksLikeOrlok: Owen Jarvis, who despite appearances is a selfless and heroic guy. In RealLife, his actor looks that way [[DisabledCharacterDisabledActor due to being afflicted with]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypohidrotic_ectodermal_dysplasia hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia]], a rare hereditary disorder that makes him unable to grow hair, teeth, nails, or sweat glands.

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* LooksLikeOrlok: Owen Jarvis, who despite appearances is a selfless and heroic guy. In RealLife, his actor Creator/MichaelBerryman looks that way [[DisabledCharacterDisabledActor due to being afflicted with]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypohidrotic_ectodermal_dysplasia hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia]], a rare hereditary disorder that makes him unable to grow hair, teeth, nails, or sweat glands.
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* DecoyAntagonist: Owen Jarvis is introduced in a threatening light but he's soon revealed to be protecting Kevin.

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* DecoyAntagonist: Owen Jarvis is introduced in a threatening light but he's soon revealed to be protecting Kevin. Because of this trope after mostly playing villains it ended up being [[WordOfGod the actor's]] favorite role.
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* DeathByCameo: Creator/RLeeErmey shows up as one of Gates’ victims in the teaser.
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* TeaserOnlyCharacter: The preacher played by Creator/RLeeErmey

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* TeaserOnlyCharacter: The preacher played by Creator/RLeeErmey
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* DecoyAntagonist: Owen Jarvis is introduced in a threatening light but he's soon revealed to be protecting Kevin.
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* LooksLikeOrlok: Owen Jarvis, who despite appearances is a selfless and heroic guy. In RealLife, his actor looks that way due to being afflicted with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypohidrotic_ectodermal_dysplasia hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia]], a rare hereditary disorder that makes him unable to grow hair, teeth, nails, or sweat glands.

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* LooksLikeOrlok: Owen Jarvis, who despite appearances is a selfless and heroic guy. In RealLife, his actor looks that way [[DisabledCharacterDisabledActor due to being afflicted with with]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypohidrotic_ectodermal_dysplasia hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia]], a rare hereditary disorder that makes him unable to grow hair, teeth, nails, or sweat glands.
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* HandicappedBadass: Owen Jarvis, who says he's on a MissionFromGod to protect the boy and ultimately [[spoiler:performs a HeroicSacrifice]]. His actor counts as a real-life example of the trope as well, and was quite pleased to be playing a heroic role for once.

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* HandicappedBadass: Owen Jarvis, who LooksLikeOrlok due to a rare skin disorder, says he's on a MissionFromGod to protect the boy and ultimately [[spoiler:performs a HeroicSacrifice]]. His actor counts as a real-life example of the trope as well, and was quite pleased to be playing a heroic role for once.HeroicSacrifice]].
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* HandicappedBadass: Owen Jarvis, who says he's on a MissionFromGod to protect the boy and ultimately [[spoiler:performs a HeroicSacrifice]]. His actor counts as a real-life example of the trope as well, and was quite pleased to be playing a heroic role for once.

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* LooksLikeOrlok: Owen Jarvis, who despite appearances is a selfless and heroic guy.

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* LooksLikeOrlok: Owen Jarvis, who despite appearances is a selfless and heroic guy. In RealLife, his actor looks that way due to being afflicted with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypohidrotic_ectodermal_dysplasia hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia]], a rare hereditary disorder that makes him unable to grow hair, teeth, nails, or sweat glands.



* TeaserOnlyCharacter: The preacher played by Creator/RLeeErmey

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* TeaserOnlyCharacter: The preacher played by Creator/RLeeErmeyCreator/RLeeErmey

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* LooksLikeOrlok: Owen Jarvis, who despite appearances is a selfless and heroic guy.
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* StockEpisodeTitles
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A boy suffering from stigmata is targeted by a serial killer. Scully the devout Catholic and Mulder the sceptic of spiritual phenomena swap their usual roles for an episode.
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* ABloodyMess: Mulder tastes fake blood: "Too much sugar."
* AgentMulder: Agent Scully.

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* ABloodyMess: Mulder tastes fake blood: "Too much sugar."
" The look on Scully's face was priceless before he explained that it was fake blood.
* AgentMulder: Agent Scully.Scully, for a change, because the phenomenon of the week is one that ties in with her religious faith.



* TheKetchupTest[=/=]FingertipDrugAnalysis: Mulder, much to Scully's horror.
* LiteralCliffhanger

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* TheKetchupTest[=/=]FingertipDrugAnalysis: TheKetchupTest: Mulder, much to Scully's horror.
horror before he explains that it's not real blood.
* LiteralCliffhangerLiteralCliffhanger: An insane businessman grabs a boy and jumps into a paper recycling shredder. When a horrified Scully rushes over, she finds the boy holding onto the railing above the bloody mess.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Mulder comments that the goofy-looking police sketch of the suspect that kidnapped Kevin looks like "Homer Simpson's evil twin". [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles Someone who Mulder and Scully will eventually meet]].
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* AgentMulder: Agent Scully.
* AgentScully: Agent Mulder. He obviously gets [[ArbitrarySkepticism called out on it]] by Scully.
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* MythologyGag: Mulder comments that the goofy-looking police sketch of the suspect that kidnapped Kevin looks like "Homer Simpson's evil twin". [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles Someone who Mulder and Scully are all to familiar with]].

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* MythologyGag: HilariousInHindsight: Mulder comments that the goofy-looking police sketch of the suspect that kidnapped Kevin looks like "Homer Simpson's evil twin". [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles Someone who Mulder and Scully are all to familiar with]].will eventually meet]].
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* MythologyGag: Mulder comments that the goofy-looking police sketch of the suspect that kidnapped Kevin looks like "Homer Simpson's evil twin". [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles Someone who Mulder and Scully are all to familiar with]].
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* TheKetchupTest: Mulder, much to Scully's horror.

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* TheKetchupTest: TheKetchupTest[=/=]FingertipDrugAnalysis: Mulder, much to Scully's horror.
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* SuperWindowJump: Owen Jarvis throws himself through the window in the attic to escape from Mulder and Scully. He manages to run away.

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* SuperWindowJump: Owen Jarvis throws himself through the window in the attic to escape from Mulder and Scully. He manages to run away.away.
* TeaserOnlyCharacter: The preacher played by Creator/RLeeErmey

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* ABloodyMess: "Too much sugar."

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* ABloodyMess: Mulder tastes fake blood: "Too much sugar."



* SerialKiller

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* SerialKillerSerialKiller
* SuperWindowJump: Owen Jarvis throws himself through the window in the attic to escape from Mulder and Scully. He manages to run away.
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* TheKetchupTest: Mulder, much to Scully's horror.

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* TheKetchupTest: Mulder, much to Scully's horror.horror.
* LiteralCliffhanger
* SerialKiller
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!!Tropes:

* ABloodyMess: "Too much sugar."
* TheKetchupTest: Mulder, much to Scully's horror.

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