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** [[HurtingHero Doggett's]] involvement in this case is being driven by [[DarkAndTroubledPast his own son's kidnapping and murder]].

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** [[HurtingHero Doggett's]] Doggett's involvement in this case is being driven by [[DarkAndTroubledPast his own son's kidnapping and murder]].
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** The first shot is this, showing the rotating ArcSymbol on moving horses at a fair. It turns out who kidnapped Billy was the person in charge of the horses attraction on that day.

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** The first shot is this, showing the rotating ArcSymbol on moving horses at a fair. It turns out the person who kidnapped Billy was the person in charge of the horses attraction on that day.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Averted. Doggett insists on treating Billy Underwood's reappearance as a standard child kidnapping, even through Scully keeps pointing out the strangeness of the case. Doggett, however, succeeds in resolving the case.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: Averted. Doggett insists on treating Billy Underwood's reappearance as a standard child kidnapping, even through though Scully keeps pointing out the strangeness of the case. Doggett, however, succeeds in resolving the case.
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* {{Paedohunt}}: It is implied that Cal Jeppy has at least molested Ronnie Purnell and Billy Underwood and killed Billy. He also almost gets to Billy's brother Josh but fails.

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* {{Paedohunt}}: It is implied that Cal Jeppy Jeppy (Creator/JimCodyWilliams) has at least molested Ronnie Purnell and Billy Underwood and killed Billy. He also almost gets to Billy's brother Josh but fails.

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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilesinvocation.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Did anybody notice this? This symbol?"'']]



* ActorAllusion: Doggett (Played by Robert Patrick) [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay determinedly chasing down a fleeing car on foot]].

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* ActorAllusion: Doggett (Played by Robert Patrick) Creator/RobertPatrick) [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay determinedly chasing down a fleeing car on foot]].

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* AgentMulder: Scully is particularly exasperated in this episode by Doggett's stubborn refusal to acknowledge how strange the entire case is.



* AgentMulder: Scully is particularly exasperated in this episode by Doggett's stubborn refusal to acknowledge how strange the entire case is.
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* NiceGuy: Despite his tough exterior Doggett reveals this side of himself in dealing with Billy.

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* NiceGuy: Despite his tough exterior Doggett reveals this side of himself in dealing with Billy.Billy and when he realizes Ronnie was a victim instead of the perpetrator.
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* PapaWolf: What Doggett is revealed to be in this case, child abduction being especially personal towards him from experience.

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* AgentScully: Doggett to a ridiculous degree, dismissing a professional psychic who somehow knew about his dead son and had a seizure from coming in contact with Billy. When Scully asks him about the symbol that appeared on the woman's head from thin air he dismisses it as a 'damn good trick'.

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* AgentScully: Doggett to a ridiculous degree, dismissing a professional psychic who somehow knew about his dead son and had a seizure from coming in contact with Billy. When Scully asks him about the symbol that appeared on the woman's head from thin air he dismisses it as a 'damn good trick'. To say nothing of how much he dismisses how strange everything is, like a boy not aging after ten years.
*AgentMulder: Scully is particularly exasperated in this episode by Doggett's stubborn refusal to acknowledge how strange the entire case is.
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* ActorAllusion: Doggett (Played by Robert Patrick) [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay determinedly chasing down a fleeing car on foot]].

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->''"Yes, he's a kid, Agent Doggett, you're right. He's a kid who materialised out of thin air, unaged. Do you not somehow recognise how strange this is?"''

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->''"Yes, he's a kid, Agent Doggett, you're right. He's a kid who materialised materialized out of thin air, unaged. Do you not somehow recognise recognize how strange this is?"''


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* AgentScully: Doggett to a ridiculous degree, dismissing a professional psychic who somehow knew about his dead son and had a seizure from coming in contact with Billy. When Scully asks him about the symbol that appeared on the woman's head from thin air he dismisses it as a 'damn good trick'.
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* CowboyCop: Doggett has shades of this in the episode, due to the personal nature of child abduction to him.
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* EvilDetectingDog: Sparky the family German Shepherd knows there's something deeply wrong with Billy.
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* NiceGuy: Despite his tough exterior Doggett reveals this side of himself in dealing with Billy.
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** Doggett's involvement in this case is being driven by his own son's kidnapping and murder.

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** Doggett's [[HurtingHero Doggett's]] involvement in this case is being driven by [[DarkAndTroubledPast his own son's kidnapping and murder.murder]].

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[[WMG:[[center:[-'''RECAP:'''\\
[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E01Within 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E02Without 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E03Patience 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E04Roadrunners 4]] | '''5''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E06Redrum 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E07ViaNegativa 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E08Surekill 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E09Salvage 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E10Badlaa 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E11TheGift 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E12Medusa 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E13PerManum 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E14ThisIsNotHappening 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E15Deadalive 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E16ThreeWords 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E17Empedocles 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E18Vienen 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E19Alone 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E20Essence 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS08E21Existence 21]]]]-]]]
'''Season 8, Episode 05:'''
!Invocation
->Written by David Amann\\
Directed by Richard Compton

->''"Yes, he's a kid, Agent Doggett, you're right. He's a kid who materialised out of thin air, unaged. Do you not somehow recognise how strange this is?"''
-->-- '''Dana Scully'''




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* ArcSymbol: Five lines pointing to the vertexes of a pentagon.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Doggett's involvement in this case is being driven by his own son's kidnapping and murder.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The first shot is this, showing the rotating ArcSymbol on moving horses at a fair. It turns out who kidnapped Billy was the person in charge of the horses attraction on that day.
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Doggett's involvement in this case is being driven by his own son's kidnapping and murder.



* WrongGenreSavvy: Averted. Doggett insists on treating Billy Underwood's reappearance as a standard child kidnapping, even through Scully keeps pointing out the strangeness of the case. Doggett, however, succeeds in resolving the case.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: Averted. Doggett insists on treating Billy Underwood's reappearance as a standard child kidnapping, even through Scully keeps pointing out the strangeness of the case. Doggett, however, succeeds in resolving the case.case.
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->'''Doggett:''' Agent Scully, don't ask me to believe that this is some kind of justice from beyond the grave.\\
'''Scully:''' All I'm saying is that maybe you succeeded... whether you're willing to see that or not.
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Scully and Doggett investigate when a child reappears ten years after going missing, not looking a day older.



* CreepyChild: Billy Underwood. [[spoiler: He may not even be a child but a spirit trying to help the cops find his killer.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Doggett's involvement in this case is being driven by [[spoiler: his own son's kidnapping and murder.]]
* {{Paedohunt}}: It is implied that [[spoiler: Cal Jeppy]] has at least molested [[spoiler: Ronnie Purnell]] and Billy Underwood and killed Billy. He also almost gets to Billy's brother Josh but fails.

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* CreepyChild: Billy Underwood. [[spoiler: He may not even be a child but a spirit trying to help the cops find his killer.]]
killer.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Doggett's involvement in this case is being driven by [[spoiler: his own son's kidnapping and murder.]]
murder.
* {{Paedohunt}}: It is implied that [[spoiler: Cal Jeppy]] Jeppy has at least molested [[spoiler: Ronnie Purnell]] Purnell and Billy Underwood and killed Billy. He also almost gets to Billy's brother Josh but fails.

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* CreepyChild: Billy Underwood.

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* CreepyChild: Billy Underwood. [[spoiler: He may not even be a child but a spirit trying to help the cops find his killer.]]


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* {{Paedohunt}}: It is implied that [[spoiler: Cal Jeppy]] has at least molested [[spoiler: Ronnie Purnell]] and Billy Underwood and killed Billy. He also almost gets to Billy's brother Josh but fails.
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* Foreshadowing: Doggett's involvement in this case is being driven by [[spoiler: his own son's kidnapping and murder.]]

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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: Doggett's involvement in this case is being driven by [[spoiler: his own son's kidnapping and murder.]]
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* CreepyChild: Billy Underwood.
* Foreshadowing: Doggett's involvement in this case is being driven by [[spoiler: his own son's kidnapping and murder.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: Averted. Doggett insists on treating Billy Underwood's reappearance as a standard child kidnapping, even through Scully keeps pointing out the strangeness of the case. Doggett, however, succeeds in resolving the case.
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