Line #11 Recap/TheXFilesS03E15PiperMaru


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3	'''Season 3, Episode 15:'''
4	!Piper Maru
5	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilespipermaru.png]]
6	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I think I've just found out what those men were exposed to, what the [[TitleDrop Piper Maru]] was out there looking for."'']]
7	->Written by Frank Spotnitz & Creator/ChrisCarter\
8	Directed by Rob Bowman
9
10	->''"Why, if they knew about it, why wait 50 years to try to recover it? And why was the only person not exposed, the diver, who was sent down to find it?"''
11	-->-- '''Fox Mulder'''
12
13	A deep-sea salvage ship brings something mysterious and dangerous to the surface.
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15	!!Tropes:
16	* BilingualBonus: When Skinner is shot, the shooter [[ForeignCussWord curses at him in a foreign language]].
17	-->'''Cardinal:''' Chupa dura, amigo![[labelnote:Translation]]"Suck on it hard, friend" in Spanish.[[/labelnote]]
18	* BlackEyesOfEvil: Those who were black oiled.
19	* BodyHorror: Dear god, the black oil. It's essentially an alien parasite that will try to enter you, and once it does, your eyes can turn black at times. And you are not in control of your body during this time.
20	* BuriedAlive: Discussed.
21	-->'''Johansen:''' We bury our dead alive, don't we?\
22	'''Scully:''' I don't know if I understand.\
23	'''Johansen:''' We hear them everyday, they talk to us, they haunt us, they beg us for meaning. Conscience... it's just the voices of the dead.. trying to save us from our own damnation.
24	%%* TheConspiracy
25	* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: The recently Black Oil possessed Krycek informs Mulder after prompting that he feels 'like a new man'.
26	* {{Flashback}}: Commander Johansen's account of what happened in the submarine.
27	* GovernmentConspiracy: The French Government was involved this time.
28	* HappyFlashback: Scully sees herself and Melissa playing hopscotch.
29	* ItsPersonal: Scully gets very angry when she finds out that [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness they]] are trying to stall her sister's murder investigation.
30	* MonochromePast: Scenes in the sub were shot in black and white.
31	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Johansen knew the moment he sealed the door that he was sealing the fates of the men on the other side.
32	* MythArc: The first episode to feature the black oil.
33	* PetTheDog: Skinner jumps in to help a kind waitress out with a belligerent customer -- his would-be assassin -- and is shot for the trouble.
34	* TheReveal: The final shot of the flashback shows that Captain Sanford had been taken over by the black oil.
35	* SadisticChoice: With the submarine crew getting sick and frustrated, Johansen was faced with either continuing to obey Captain Sanford's orders or leading a mutiny. When the gunshot disrupted their silent running, Johansen made the choice to take command.
36	* SpannerInTheWorks: The panicky crewman firing a gun during silent running. Doing so led Johansen to act and disrupted the black oil's quest to find the ship.
37	* TheVirus: The black oil is an infectious goo that goes inside humans and controls their every move.
38	* WhamShot:
39	** In Johansen's flashback, he locked Captain Sanford behind a sealed door in their submarine. Cut to inside that room, where Sanford ends up displaying BlackEyesOfEvil, having been infected by the black oil.
40	** In Hong Kong, Mulder has detained Geraldine, and heads to her business' office. When he goes in, a man introduces himself by emerging from the shadows. It's Krycek.
41	** This example has a literal ''shot'': Skinner getting shot in a restaurant.
42	* WrongBathroomIncident: Downplayed. Krycek, while in Mulder's custody, needs to go to the bathroom. While at the urinal, the black oil-possessed wife of the French diver walks next to him. Krycek, upon noticing this, is about to make a funny remark while looking at her, but his words are cut short as he swiftly gets attacked by the woman and possessed by the black oil.
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44	->'''Mulder:''' Feel better?\

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