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--> '''Mulder:''' I think I just lapped GeorgeBurns.

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* The [[TheAmericanCivilWar American Civil War]] battles described through the cult member were the Battle of Missionary Ridge and the Battle of Ringgold Gap.
* An hypnotized Mulder recalls himself in a [[PastLifeMemories past life]] dying on the field during the [[TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] where his and Melissa Riedal-Ephesian's personas are Sullivan Biddle and Sarah Kavanaugh, names taken from real life Civil War soldier Sullivan Ballou who wrote a now-famous and very moving letter one week before [[TearJerker he was killed]] in the First Battle of Bull Run to his wife Sarah, in which he assured her his love for her was 'deathless' and even though he might be killed in the war, he would always be with her, would wait for her and that 'we shall meet again.'

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* The [[TheAmericanCivilWar [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar American Civil War]] battles described through the cult member were the Battle of Missionary Ridge and the Battle of Ringgold Gap.
* An hypnotized Mulder recalls himself in a [[PastLifeMemories past life]] dying on the field during the [[TheAmericanCivilWar [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] where his and Melissa Riedal-Ephesian's personas are Sullivan Biddle and Sarah Kavanaugh, names taken from real life Civil War soldier Sullivan Ballou who wrote a now-famous and very moving letter one week before [[TearJerker he was killed]] in the First Battle of Bull Run to his wife Sarah, in which he assured her his love for her was 'deathless' and even though he might be killed in the war, he would always be with her, would wait for her and that 'we shall meet again.'



* 'The Red and the Black' refers to Creator/{{Stendhal}}’s novel ''[[Literature/TheRedAndTheBlack Le Rouge et le Noir]]'', name of a Music/BlueOysterCult song, a song from ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', name of a film made by the American government in the 1950s during the height of [[RedScare McCarthyism]], name of the first solo album by former member Jerry Harrison of Music/TalkingHeads and Music/TheModernLovers and perhaps to [[TheAmericanCivilWar the Blue and the Grey]].

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* 'The Red and the Black' refers to Creator/{{Stendhal}}’s novel ''[[Literature/TheRedAndTheBlack Le Rouge et le Noir]]'', name of a Music/BlueOysterCult song, a song from ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', name of a film made by the American government in the 1950s during the height of [[RedScare McCarthyism]], name of the first solo album by former member Jerry Harrison of Music/TalkingHeads and Music/TheModernLovers and perhaps to [[TheAmericanCivilWar [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar the Blue and the Grey]].



** [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Louis Brady]] may been named for Mathew Brady, a photographer covering the [[TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War era]] when photography was still relatively new.

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** [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Louis Brady]] may been named for Mathew Brady, a photographer covering the [[TheAmericanCivilWar [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War era]] when photography was still relatively new.



* The phrase 'TitleDrop Nothing Important Happened Today' or words to that effect was the entry [[TheAmericanRevolution King George III of England]] made in his personal diary on [[{{Irony}} July 4, 1776]], the same day the [[TheUnitedStates United States colonists]] declared independence from the [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} British Crown]] since he couldn’t have known about the events occurring for several weeks.

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* The phrase 'TitleDrop Nothing Important Happened Today' or words to that effect was the entry [[TheAmericanRevolution [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution King George III of England]] made in his personal diary on [[{{Irony}} July 4, 1776]], the same day the [[TheUnitedStates United States colonists]] declared independence from the [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} British Crown]] since he couldn’t have known about the events occurring for several weeks.



* Again, [[TheAmericanRevolution King George III of England]] wrote '[[TitleDrop nothing important happened today]]' in his personal diary the same day the [[TheUnitedStates United States colonists]] declared independence from the [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} British Crown]] on [[{{Irony}} July 4, 1776]] since he couldn’t have known about the events occurring for several weeks.

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* Again, [[TheAmericanRevolution [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution King George III of England]] wrote '[[TitleDrop nothing important happened today]]' in his personal diary the same day the [[TheUnitedStates United States colonists]] declared independence from the [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} British Crown]] on [[{{Irony}} July 4, 1776]] since he couldn’t have known about the events occurring for several weeks.
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* Not only is 'The Blessing Way' a name of an actual Native American chant but it shares the same name as TonyHillerman’s novel.

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* Not only is 'The Blessing Way' a name of an actual Native American chant but it shares the same name as TonyHillerman’s Creator/TonyHillerman’s novel.
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--> '''Hamlet:''' my father–methinks I see my father.

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* Not only does 'Mind’s Eye' refers to the human’s ability for visualization but it was made known from the second scene of act one in [[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]’s play ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' where Hamlet recalls his father to his close friend:

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* Not only does 'Mind’s Eye' refers to the human’s ability for visualization but it was made known from the second scene of act one in [[WilliamShakespeare [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]’s play ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' where Hamlet recalls his father to his close friend:
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--> '''Brad Wilczek:''' I started Eurisko out of my parent’s garage. I was twenty-two years old. I’d just a pent a year following around {{the Grateful Dead}}.

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--> '''Brad Wilczek:''' I started Eurisko out of my parent’s garage. I was twenty-two years old. I’d just a pent spent a year following around {{the Grateful Dead}}.
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* Eugene Victor Tooms was inspired by serial killers JackTheRipper and Richard Manirez.

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* Eugene Victor Tooms was inspired by serial killers JackTheRipper and Richard Manirez.Ramirez.
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* A prostitute who gets murdered is called [[Film/DieHard Holly McClane.]]

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* A prostitute who gets murdered is called [[Film/DieHard [[Franchise/DieHard Holly McClane.]]



* Mulder and Scully find two trespassing boys watching ''Franchise/DieHard'' at Joseph Patnik’s house.

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* Mulder and Scully find two trespassing boys watching ''Franchise/DieHard'' ''Film/DieHard'' at Joseph Patnik’s house.



* ''Film//DieHardWithAVengeance'', ''Film/{{Godzilla|1998}}'' and ''Film/DarkCity'' are shown at the cinema.

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* ''Film//DieHardWithAVengeance'', ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance'', ''Film/{{Godzilla|1998}}'' and ''Film/DarkCity'' are shown at the cinema.
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* Working title for this movie was “Blackwood,” coming from the works of English writer Algernon Blackwood.

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* This episode begins with Mulder’s voiceover about the Voyager project. Voyager 1 and Voyager II were a pair of {{NASA}} space probes launched in 1977 to study the solar system and the galaxy beyond, each carrying an universal message intended to any alien life they might encounter. Having finished the study of planets around [[UsefulNotes/TheSun our sun]] in 1989, the two probes have continued to travel further than ever before, eventually passing Neptune and leaving [[UsefulNotes/TheSolarSystem the solar system]].

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* This episode begins with Mulder’s voiceover about the Voyager project. Voyager 1 and Voyager II were a pair of {{NASA}} UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} space probes launched in 1977 to study the solar system and the galaxy beyond, each carrying an universal message intended to any alien life they might encounter. Having finished the study of planets around [[UsefulNotes/TheSun our sun]] in 1989, the two probes have continued to travel further than ever before, eventually passing Neptune and leaving [[UsefulNotes/TheSolarSystem the solar system]].
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* Ranger Larry Moore is part of Feral Forest Service. The Feral Forest Service is part of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) along with the National Parks Service.

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* Ranger Larry Moore is part of Feral Federal Forest Service. The Feral Federal Forest Service is part of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) along with the National Parks Service.
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** Tom Braidwood is also the guy who [[ActorAllusion plays Frohike]].
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-->'''Mulder''': It was five hours of Boggs's "channeling". After three hours, I asked him to summon up the soul of Jimi Hendrix and requested "All Along the Watchtower".

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-->'''Mulder''': It was five hours of Boggs's "channeling". After three hours, I asked him to summon up the soul of [[Music/JimiHendrix Jimi Hendrix Hendrix]] and requested "All Along the Watchtower".

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* Mulder makes this crack about how he spent the afternoon:
-->'''Mulder''': It was five hours of Boggs's "channeling". After three hours, I asked him to summon up the soul of Jimi Hendrix and requested "All Along the Watchtower".
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* Episode title 'Fight Club' is based on 1) a 1996 [[Literature/FightClub novel]] written by ChuckPalahniuk. 2) a 1999 [[Film/FightClub movie]] directed by Creator/DavidFincher.

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* Episode title 'Fight Club' is based on 1) a 1996 [[Literature/FightClub novel]] written by ChuckPalahniuk.Creator/ChuckPalahniuk. 2) a 1999 [[Film/FightClub movie]] directed by Creator/DavidFincher.
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* Name of the school is [[AleisterCrowley Crowley]] High School.

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* Name of the school is [[AleisterCrowley [[Creator/AleisterCrowley Crowley]] High School.
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** OnTheFarm Wisconsin]] and [[DeepSouth Arkansas]]

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** OnTheFarm Wisconsin]] Wisconsin and [[DeepSouth Arkansas]]
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** Aubrey Island in [[{{Canada}} Nunavut]].

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** Aubrey Island in [[{{Canada}} [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Nunavut]].



--> '''Dr. Blockhead:''' This has all the makings of one of those mistaken identity, miscarriage of justice things that prove so popular on Series/SixtyMinutes.

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--> '''Dr. Blockhead:''' This has all the makings of one of those mistaken identity, miscarriage of justice things that prove so popular on Series/SixtyMinutes.''Series/SixtyMinutes''.
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** Aaron Burr, ThomasJefferson’s Vice President and responsible for the dueling-death of AlexanderHamilton, was convicted of treason in 1807 but was acquitted, though has gone down in history as a traitor.

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** Aaron Burr, ThomasJefferson’s Vice President and responsible for the dueling-death of AlexanderHamilton, UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton, was convicted of treason in 1807 but was acquitted, though has gone down in history as a traitor.



* As depicted in the film, head transplants have actually been performed, legitimately performed on monkeys.
* After being rescue, Mulder tells Skinner “Cold, I’m cold,” to which Skinner holds him in his lap, whereas Mulder [[Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture did the same thing]] for Scully.

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* As depicted in the film, head transplants have actually been performed, legitimately performed on monkeys.
* After being rescue, rescued, Mulder tells Skinner “Cold, “[[ImColdSoCold Cold, I’m cold,” cold]]”, to which Skinner holds him in his lap, whereas Mulder [[Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture did the same thing]] for Scully.
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* A reference to Creator/FyodorDostoevsky’s novel is the name of the fast food restaurant is Brothers K.

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* [[GenderBlenderName Marty]] stands next to a large painting by HRGiger on a wall in the background of the discotheque.

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* This episode was influenced by ''TheSpyWhoCameInFromTheCold''.

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* When Nathaniel Teager confronts Mrs. Davenport in front of the Vietnam Memorial, two names visible on the wall behind her are [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Jesse R. Ellsion]] and [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Harlan L. Hahn]]. HarlanEllison is a famous science fiction writer and fan of the show. Model and actress Jessica Hahn is well-known for the sex scandal involving her and Reverend Jim Baker.

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* When Nathaniel Teager confronts Mrs. Davenport in front of the Vietnam Memorial, two names visible on the wall behind her are [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Jesse R. Ellsion]] and [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Harlan L. Hahn]]. HarlanEllison Creator/HarlanEllison is a famous science fiction writer and fan of the show. Model and actress Jessica Hahn is well-known for the sex scandal involving her and Reverend Jim Baker.
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* In the same scene, Well-Manicured Man tells Mulder that "anyone can be gotten to," possibly referencing ''[[Film/TheUntouchables]]''.
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* There are a couple references to ''[[VideoGame/{{The X-Files}} The X-Files Game]]'': The motel in the game is the Comity motel. One of the basketball players during practice is named Craig Willmore, the lead character.

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* There are a couple references to ''[[VideoGame/{{The X-Files}} The X-Files Game]]'': ''VideoGame/TheXFilesGame'': The motel in the game is the Comity motel. One of the basketball players during practice is named Craig Willmore, the lead character.



* The name of a biotechnology company '[[VideoGame/{{TheX-Files}} Rauch]]' was used before as a villain’s name.

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* The name of a biotechnology company '[[VideoGame/{{TheX-Files}} Rauch]]' company, "[[VideoGame/TheXFilesGame Rauch]]", was used before as a villain’s villain's name.
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* Agent Doggett is named for Scully's longtime partner in the booth, Jerry Doggett.

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* Agent Doggett is named for Vin Scully's longtime partner in the booth, Jerry Doggett.

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* Alex Krycek says a variant of the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Borg]]’s trademark saying by quipping “Resistance was futile then, why would it be any less so now?”

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* Alex Krycek says a variant of the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Borg]]’s trademark saying by quipping “Resistance “Resistance was futile then, why would it be any less so now?”



* The phrase 'TitleDrop Nothing Important Happened Today' or words to that effect was the entry [[TheAmericanRevolution King

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* The phrase 'TitleDrop Nothing Important Happened Today' or words to that effect was the entry [[TheAmericanRevolution KingKing George III of England]] made in his personal diary on [[{{Irony}} July 4, 1776]], the same day the [[TheUnitedStates United States colonists]] declared independence from the [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} British Crown]] since he couldn’t have known about the events occurring for several weeks.
* Agent Monica Reyes mentions the sex scandal tapes of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.

[[AC: Nothing Important Happened Today II]]
* Again, [[TheAmericanRevolution King George III of England]] wrote '[[TitleDrop nothing important happened today]]' in his personal diary the same day the [[TheUnitedStates United States colonists]] declared independence from the [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} British Crown]] on [[{{Irony}} July 4, 1776]] since he couldn’t have known about the events occurring for several weeks.

[[AC: [[ForeignLanguageTitle Dæmonicus]]]]
* A dog is named [[{{Tuckerization}} Happy]] after a dog owned by Gillian Anderson, Scully’s actor.
* Last name 'Kobold' of Josef Kobold is a German spirit which can appear in the form of a human or an animal.
* 'Dæmonicus' is Latin for {{Satan}}.
* Monica Reyes enters one of the autopsy rooms where Doggett and Scully are talking:
--> '''Reyes:''' What did you find?\\
'''Doggett:''' I asked Agent Scully for expertise on this, looks like we can rule out Film/{{the Exorcist}} after all.
* Doggett refers to the '{{Ouroboros}}' symbol by saying “a snake swallowing its own tail,” a symbol of never ending destruction and re-creations cycle in the universe.
* Reyes mentions ectoplasm:
--> '''Doggett:''' Ectoplasm?\\
'''Reyes:''' You’ve heard of it, Agent Scully?\\
'''Scully:''' Agent Mulder used to refer to it as psychic plasma, a residual by-product of telepathic communication. In theory it would have inorganic properties that couldn’t be explained otherwise.\\
'''Doggett:''' So what are we talking now? The Film/{{Ghostbusters}}?
* Doggett alludes to a film a cast member was in, this time to actress [[ActorAllusion Annabeth Gish]] when he suggests the killer might use [[Film/TheLastSupper human flesh to fertilize his garden]] to Reyes.

[[AC: 4-D]]
* Agent [[{{Tuckerization}} Rice]] was named after Lucy “Holly” Hartwell Rice, writer Vince Gilligan’s girlfriend.
* Monster of the week Erwin Timothy Lukesh is an {{expy}} of [[Film/{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]] though without [[spoiler:his mother being dead until he [[SubvertedTrope kills]] her]].
* Reyes’ new Georgetown apartment address of [[{{Tuckerization}} 67 Bennett Avenue]] was actually RodSerling’s home address in Binghamton, New York.
* ''Series/ThePrisoner'': Number six is her apartment.
* A hospitalized but unconscious Doggett with a cervical collar on his neck uses [[EveryoneKnowsMorse Morse Code]] with his fingers to spell out “Lukesh” the man who shot him to Skinner, Scully and Reyes.
* The fact one of Doggett’s fingers is attached to a Morse button, which is connected to a laptop at the end of his bed in order to interprets his finger presses and displays the letters on the screen, thus capable for him to communicate is like StephenHawking suffering from Motor Neurone Disease, thus quadriplegic and confined to a wheelchair where he uses a computer voice synthesizer.
* Doggett being only to communicate through [[EveryoneKnowsMorse Morse Code]] is like French journalist, Jean-Dominique Bauby, who had been paralyzed and could only communicate by blinking his left eyelid.
* ‘4-D' is the abbreviation form of “fourth dimension” which is generally accepted as time whereas length, breadth and height as the first three dimensions.

[[AC: Lord of the Flies]]
* The aggressiveness of the flies in the episode is inspired by actual habits of [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} Australian]] blow flies.
* The fictional reality show David Winkle and Bill Kizzler, each calling themselves a nickname, perform dangerous stands is called ‘''[[Series/{{Jackass}} Dumbass]]''.’
* David Winkle tries to sell the tape of Bill’s final act before his death to [[TwentiethCenturyFox FOX Network]].
* Scully and her partner for the duration of the episode, an entomologist, go up the steps to the Lokensgard’s residence where the front door is partially ajar to search the premises:
--> '''Dr. Rocky Bronzino:''' Dr. Scully? This is so exciting! I’ve never had a partner before.\\
'''Scully:''' I have.\\
'''Dr. Bronzino:''' I’d like to think of it as a hymenopteran relationship. Two scientists using their special knowledge reaching higher than either of them could ever reach alone. And if I may say so doctor, [[Film/JerryMaguire you complete me]].\\
''''Scully:''' I got upstairs, you take down.
* Scully makes her way up in the attic where she finds large human sized webbed sacs to her horror, many of them hanging from various positions in the ceiling and Dr. Bronzino is in one of them:
---> ''''Bronzino:''' [[Film/TheFly Help me, help me]]!
* 'Lord of the Flies' is the
** 1) English translated name for Semitic demon Beelzebub.
** 2) title of William Golding’s [[Literature/LordOfTheFlies novel]].
* Doggett and Reyes interview David Winkle in Principal Lokensgard’s office where the hand held video of the port-potty train plays on the television set behind them:
--> '''Doggett:''' That’s very entertaining, Sky Pilot.\\
'''David Winkle:''' [[WesternAnimation/SkyCommanders Sky Commander]], if you don’t mind.
* Dylan Lokensgard wears a [[Music/PinkFloyd Syd Barrett]] t-shirt, even talking about him to Natalie Gordon.
* Two of Barrett’s songs "No Good Trying" and "Terrapin" are featured.
* On Dylan’s walls are posters related to [[Music/PinkFloyd Syd Barrett]] seen among many other posters
* Posers of Music/{{Radiohead}}, Music/{{Garbage}} and Music/FearFactory among others appear on Natalie Godron’s wall.

[[AC: [=TrustNo1=]]]
* Terry O’Quinn plays a character only known as the [[WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfter Shadow Man]].

[[AC: John Doe]]
* The case Doggett works on concerns a banker named [[{{Tuckerization}} Hollis Rice]] was named for the girlfriend of writer Vince Gilligan, Lucy “Holly” Hartwell Rice.
* A character uses the name “Ladatel” when he reads it posted on a public phone booth, the name of the credit card system for public telephone use is 'Ladatel' in UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}} and is handled by cars, not money.
* 'John Doe' is generally the name given to someone with amnesia, as well as 'Jane Doe' for females, simply as something to call them until their real identities are discovered.

[[AC: Hellbound]]
* Episode’s plot it similar to the mythology surrounding agriculture god [[UsefulNotes/AztecMythology Xipe Totec]].
* Dr. [[{{Tuckerization}} Sackheim]] is named after a producer and director.

[[AC: Provenance]]
* The definition of 'provenance' is a place or source of origin.

[[AC: Providence]]
* 'Providence' is foresight, or care or preparation beforehand.
* Needing proof of Mulder’s death, the cult leader demands Scully “Bring me the head of Fox Mulder,” an allusion to the tale of [[TheBible John the Baptist]] where Salome as pleased the king with her dancing that she was granted any wish and her mother Herodias told her to ask for the head of said saint, not to mention the phrase has also been used in other forms.

[[AC: Audrey Pauley]]

[[AC: Underneath]]
* Doggett’s former partner [[{{Tuckerization}} Duke Tonasick]] was named for ''TheXFiles'' construction coordinator.
* Reyes and Doggett are sitting inside his car outside Jana Fain’s house at night, Reyes suggest Doggett gets some sleep hence not getting any rest in forty-eight hours:
--> '''Doggett:''' I’ll sleep once we make sure this guy, Fassi, never kills again. Fassi or this CharlesManson sidekick.
* Reyes and Doggett have a [[Film/TheThirdMan chase through a sewage system]] after the bearded man.
* Reyes suggests Robert Fassi physically becoming another person:
--> '''Doggett:''' So what, we moved from WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost to [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]?
* The sewage system in the episode was based on the 1952 Literature/LesMiserables’ blueprints.

[[AC: Improbable]]
* The tagline is changed to Dio Ti Ama, [[UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} Italian]] for “God loves you.”
* Mr. Burt is turning over cards at the end fo the teaser, naming the cards just before they’re shown where a woman enters the room screaming about a murder, the final card that’s turned up is the ace of spades, which is the death card in divination with standard playing cards as opposed to Tarot.
* Reyes’s comment “God doesn’t play dice with the universe” is a very loose translation to UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein’s quote “[[UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber bösehaft ist er nicht]],” though a more literal translation of this is “God is clever, but he is not perverse.”
* The songs "Ça Va Ça Va", "Torero", "I Love You for Sentimental Reasons", "Ponciana", "La pense", "Inouis", "Io Mamate e Tu" and "El Bodeguero" are from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Z%C3%A9ro Karl Zéro]].

[[AC: Scary Monsters]]
* 'Scary Monsters' shares its name with Music/DavidBowie album ''Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)''.
* While Doggett, Reyes and [=FBI=] Agent Leyla Harrison are at the Conlon residence, Scully states to they being in grave danger to the sheriff and Harrison’s potential suitor:
--> '''Gabe Rotter:''' That’s my girlfriend up there, [[Series/{{Bonanza}} Hoss]].
* Tommy Conlon shows a picture to Reyes, uttering famous phrase “I made this” spoken while the Ten Thirteen logo appears after the end credits of every ''X-Files'' episode.
* In the last scene, Tommy is lying in a hospital in front of a dozen televisions with Doggett’s voiceover saying they tried reducing the boy’s fantasies is very similar to the one in ''Film/{{The Man Who Fell to Earth}}''.

[[AC: Jump the Shark]]
* The Lone Gunmen’s intern is named [[Literature/JamesBond Jimmy]] [[Film/JamesBond Bond]].
* Yves Adele Harlow is an [[SignificantAnagram anagram]] for [[GunmanWithThreeNames Lee Harvey Oswald]], [[ThePresidents President]] JohnFKennedy’s assassin.
* Man with bioweapon is named Professor [[CompositeCharacter John Gillnitz]], [[DrinkingGame once more]] the combined names of writers John Chiban, Vince Gilligan and Frank Spotnitz.
* Pop-cultural phrase 'Jump the Shark' refers to the moment at which a popular television show reaches its peak and then starts to go downhill.
* In regards to Fletcher giving reasons why Doggett and Reyes shouldn’t seek the help of the Lone Gunmen in search of Yves while the six are at the Gunmen’s headquarters:
--> '''Morris Flecther:''' Agent, I’m tellin’ ya, you don’t want these three involved. I mean, they don’t even have their ridiculous tinker toy gizmos. This place is like ‘[[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas How the Grinch]] [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas Stole Radio Shack]].’
* After Morris mentions being a [[TheMenInBlack Man in Black]], Doggett brings up the fact he saw the [[Film/MenInBlack movie]].
* Jimmy travels to [[UsefulNotes/{{Switzerland}} Zurich]], UsefulNotes/{{Malta}} and UsefulNotes/{{Yemen}} whilst tracking Yves.
* Yves Harlow, Jimmy Bond, Melvin Frohike, John Byers and Richard Langly are stopped from entering the conference hall and he asks them what newspaper they work for after Byers tells him they’re reporters:
--> '''Byers:''' Uh... uh... [[Series/TheLoneGunmen The Lone Gunman]].
* The blueprint floating on the water after the boat’s destruction is the [[Series/LostInSpace Jupiter 2]] diagram.
* After the Lone Gunmen pull a fire alarm, causing large emergency doors to seal shut, simultaneously containing the virus and entrapping them along with the second bioterrorist who has a virus filled organ, a distraught Jimmy [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan places his hand on the other side of the glass where the hands of]] Byers, Frohike and Langly are placed as [[spoiler:they are exposed to the deadly virus, thus killing the Lone Gunmen]].
* Fletcher’s voiceover {{Once upon a time}} there were three... how shall I put this... geeks. At the beginning is like “[[Series/CharliesAngels Once upon a time, there were three little girls...]]”

[[AC: William]]
* At the beginning, Scully sings [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Dog_Night Three Dog Night]]’s "Joy to the World" to her son William.

[[AC: Release]]
* Rudolph Hayes’s profiling skills seems remarkably similar to [[Series/{{Millennium}} Frank Black]]’s.
* Nicholas Regali mentions ''[[UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC The Washington Post]]''.
* Rudolph Hayes was crafted to be an ambitious character either a genius adept at solving crimes comparable to Franchise/SherlockHolmes or a criminal mastermind like [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Professor Moriarty]].

[[AC: Sunshine Days]]
* Oliver Martin is a {{man child}} with psychic ability of a dangerous level who’s real name is [[TheTwilightZone Anthony]].
* References to a 1960’s {{dom com}} series are made:
** The main suspect has a strong obsession with ''Series/TheBradyBunch''
** 'Sunshine Days' refer to song "It’s a Sunshine Day" sung by the [[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady children]] when they formed a band.
** Oliver Martin is inspired by Carol Brady’s nephew [[CousinOliver Oliver Tyler]]
** Two teenagers invade a house at the beginning and Doggett and Reyes investigate two murders revolving around a house that at some points in time is identical to the [[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady]] house
** There are nine actors playing the main [[TheOtherDarrin Brady]] cast: Marice Lynn Ross as ‘[[SelfDeprecation Alice Nelson]], Keith Forster as ‘[[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Mike Brady]]’, Robbie Troy as ‘[[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold Carol Brady]]’, Nick Campisano as ‘[[LovableJock Greg Brady]]’, Danielle Savre as ‘[[SmittenTeenageGirl Marcia Brady]]’, Nolan Irwin as ‘[[{{Adorkable}} Peter Brady]]’, Stephanie M. Herrera as ‘[[{{Meganekko}} Jan Brady]]’, Jack Bensinger as ‘[[MrImagination Bobby Brady]]’, Sharayah Montgomery as ‘[[CheerfulChild Cindy Brady]]’.
** Father figure to Oliver, the psychiatrist Dr. [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed John Rietz]] has the same name as Robert Reed, born John Robert Rietz who played the father.
* After Doggett tells Reyes the roof’s been patched after getting off said roof, stating he noticed a smell of fresh plaster while inside:
--> '''Reyes:''' So, are you gonna fill me in?\\
'''Doggett:''' A - Eyewitness places the deceased inside this house just prior to the time of his demise. B - We found a fragment of roofing shingle at the scene of the impact. It would seem it matches the discarded piece you now hold in your hand. C - There's a hole in the roof, recently patched, this big around. Connect A to B to C.\\
'''Reyes:''' Much in the fashion of, say, WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck or [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wiley Coyote]], the deceased shot straight up through the roof, flew high into the air and landed on his buddy's car? You're serious?
* Doggett asks why people are still watching a thirty year old show that’s ''Series/TheBradyBunch'':
--> '''Reyes:''' Because they’re the family everyone wishes they had, loving, parents, lots of brothers and sisters, everybody getting along.\\
'''Scully:''' They’re the, uh, perfect family. And since Oliver didn’t have one as a child, he created one.\\
'''Doggett:''' Sure, I’d buy all that, but in this case, why ''Series/TheBradyBunch''? Why not ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''? Why not ''Series/EightIsEnough''?

[[AC: The Truth: Part 1]]
* Footage of the [[Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture prehistoric virus]] is shown.
* Skinner and Scully visit Mulder in his holding cell:
-->'''Mulder:''' [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs I smelled you coming Clarice]].

[[AC: The Truth: Part 2]]
* Cigarette Smoking Man the final alien invasion will occur December 22, 2012, the same day the [[MayanDoomsday Mayan calendar]] ends.
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[[folder:The X-Files: I Want to Believe]]
* Mulder visits the [[{{Tuckerization}} Nutter]] feed store, last name of David Nutter who directed many episodes.
* [[{{Tuckerization}} Franz Tomczeszyn]] shares the same surname as costume designer Lisa Tomszeszyn.
* Title sequence of ''TheJeffersons'' is shown on television in a dorm.
* When Mulder tries calling Scully from his cell phone, the display shows two names above and one name below hers:
** Bowman is a director Rob Bowman who directed the first movie and several episodes
** Gilligan refers to a writer and producer Vince Gilligan of the show.
** Shiban is John Shiban, another writer and producer.
* When Mulder and Scully are talking in bed, the book lying next to Scully’s pillow is ''Beautiful WASPs Having Sex'' by Dori Carter, Creator/ChrisCarter’s wife.
* When Scully first visits Mulder in his rural home, he is tacking up a story titled ‘Princeton Closes ESP Lab after 40 Years of Paranormal Study,’ a real life event where the 'Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) facility' closed in 2007 after school administrators felt continued funding was unjustified, after failing to provide conclusive evidence of what they were doing could happen, large scale experiments showed a statistically detectable influence. The lab's original mission was to investigate possible phenomena for the defense industry, such as if the minor electrical field present in the human body could interfere with sensitive electrical equipment when the body was placed under extreme stress.
* Special Agent Mosley Drummy mentions [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]] abducting Mulder’s sister.
* As depicted in the film, head transplants have actually been performed, legitimately performed on monkeys.
* After being rescue, Mulder tells Skinner “Cold, I’m cold,” to which Skinner holds him in his lap, whereas Mulder [[Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture did the same thing]] for Scully.
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** There is a sign advertising Morley Cigarettes, a fictional brand that appears not only through this series but in ''Series/TwentyFour'', ''Series/{{Becker}}'', ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints'', ''Series/ColdCase'', ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', ''Series/{{ER}}'', ''Series/{{Friends}}'', ''[[Series/{{Jake20}} Jake 2.0]]'', ''Series/TheLWord'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannix Mannix]]'', ''Series/MissionImpossible'', ''Film/MurderInTheFirst'', ''Series/TheOuterLimits'', ''[[Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond Space: Above and Beyond]]'', ''Film/SpyGame'' ''Series/That70sShow'', ''Series/TheTwilightZone'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_Cigarettes 200 Cigarettes]]'', ''[[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_August Dan August]]'', ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233656/ Epicenter]]'', ''Film/FreddyGotFingered'', ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171356/ Gun Shy]]'', ''JudgingAmy'', ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', ''Series/{{Millennium}}'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderers%27_Row_%28film%29 Murderer’s Row]]'', ''NashBridges'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prozac_Nation_%28film%29 Prozac Nation]]'', ''Series/SpecialUnit2'', ''[[VideoGame/SystemShock System Shock 2]]'' and ''Film/{{Thirteen}}''.

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** There is a sign advertising Morley Cigarettes, a fictional brand that appears not only through this series but in ''Series/TwentyFour'', ''Series/{{Becker}}'', ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints'', ''Series/ColdCase'', ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', ''Series/{{ER}}'', ''Series/{{Friends}}'', ''[[Series/{{Jake20}} Jake 2.0]]'', ''Series/TheLWord'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannix Mannix]]'', ''Series/MissionImpossible'', ''Film/MurderInTheFirst'', ''Series/TheOuterLimits'', ''[[Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond Space: Above and Beyond]]'', ''Film/SpyGame'' ''Series/That70sShow'', ''Series/TheTwilightZone'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_Cigarettes 200 Cigarettes]]'', ''[[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_August Dan August]]'', ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233656/ Epicenter]]'', ''Film/FreddyGotFingered'', ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171356/ Gun Shy]]'', ''JudgingAmy'', ''Series/JudgingAmy'', ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', ''Series/{{Millennium}}'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderers%27_Row_%28film%29 Murderer’s Row]]'', ''NashBridges'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prozac_Nation_%28film%29 Prozac Nation]]'', ''Series/SpecialUnit2'', ''[[VideoGame/SystemShock System Shock 2]]'' and ''Film/{{Thirteen}}''.
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* Once more, fictional “'Morley Cigarette'” brand not only appears in this show but has appeared in ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderers%27_Row_%28film%29 Murderer’s Row]]'', ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171356/ Gun Shy]]'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_Cigarettes 200 Cigarettes]]'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233656/ Epicenter]]'', ''Series/TheOuterLimits'', ''NashBridges'', ''Series/That70sShow'', ''[[VideoGame/SystemShock System Shock 2]]'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannix Mannix]]'', ''Series/MissionImpossible'', ''Series/{{ER}}'', ''JudgingAmy'', ''Series/{{Friends}}'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_August Dan August]]'', ''[[Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond Space: Above and Beyond]]'', ''Series/TheTwilightZone'', ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', ''[[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''Series/{{Millennium}}'', ''Series/{{Becker}}'' and ''Film/MurderInTheFirst''.

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* Once more, fictional “'Morley Cigarette'” brand not only appears in this show but has appeared in ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderers%27_Row_%28film%29 Murderer’s Row]]'', ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171356/ Gun Shy]]'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_Cigarettes 200 Cigarettes]]'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233656/ Epicenter]]'', ''Series/TheOuterLimits'', ''NashBridges'', ''Series/That70sShow'', ''[[VideoGame/SystemShock System Shock 2]]'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannix Mannix]]'', ''Series/MissionImpossible'', ''Series/{{ER}}'', ''JudgingAmy'', ''Series/JudgingAmy'', ''Series/{{Friends}}'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_August Dan August]]'', ''[[Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond Space: Above and Beyond]]'', ''Series/TheTwilightZone'', ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', ''[[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''Series/{{Millennium}}'', ''Series/{{Becker}}'' and ''Film/MurderInTheFirst''.

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