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Fox Mulder

Fox William "Spooky" Mulder (b. Oct. 13, 1961) is a A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. More accurately, a fictional character is the person or conscious entity we imagine to exist within the world of such a work. In addition to people, characters can be aliens, animals, gods or, occasionally, inanimate objects. Characters... fictional character played by Duchovny as Fox Mulder on The X-Files David William Duchovny (born August 7, 1960 in New York City) is an American television and film actor, most famous for playing the character of FBI agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files TV series. Duchovny is a graduate of Princeton University... David Duchovny on the 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. January 3 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and... 1993- 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom Autism Awareness Year in the United Kingdom Events January Euro banknotes in circulation throughout the twelve countries of the European Union that... 2002 A television program is the content of television broadcasting. The content of an individual broadcast may be referred to as a television program (US English), television programme (UK English) or television show. A program may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically returning television series... television series X-Files intro from first 8 seasons The X-Files was a popular 1990s American science fiction television series created by Chris Carter. The show aired first-run episodes on the FOX network. Premiering in 1993, its ground-breaking success was due mostly to its stars, David Duchovny and Gillian... The X-Files. For other uses of the initials FBI, see FBI (disambiguation). The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). Title 28, United States Code (U.S. Code), Section 533, which authorizes the Attorney General... FBI Special Agent Mulder believes in UFO redirects here. For other uses, see UFO (disambiguation). A UFO -- posed or genuine? A UFO or unidentified flying object in the original, literal sense is any airborne object whose nature is not readily known. Nowadays, the term is generally used to mean those cases that are believed by some... UFOs and a This proposed logo for a US government agency was dropped due to fears that its masonic symbolism would provoke conspiracy theories A conspiracy theory is a theory that claims an event or series of events is the result of secret manipulations by two or more individuals or an organization, rather... government conspiracy to hide or deny the truth of their existence.

Mulder studied Psychology at Oxford University, graduating Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. There are typically three types of Latin honors. In order of increasing level of honor, they are: cum laude (with honor) magna cum laude (with great honor) summa cum laude... summa cum laude in 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 - Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves... 1986. From there he went on to the The FBI Academy is located in Quantico, Virginia. It was first opened for use in 1972 on 385 acres (1.6 km²) of woodland, which is not available for public tours. It is a relatively small government academy, housing only three dormatory buildings, along with associative facilities. It holds... FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia is in Prince William County, 23 miles north-northeast of Fredericksburg, Virginia, near Dumfries and Stafford along Highway 619. It is surrounded by Marine Corps Base Quantico and the Potomac River. As of the 2000 census, Quantico had a population of 561. Quantico is the site of one... Quantico, Virginia graduating with honors in 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 - Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves... 1986. Initially assigned to the Behavioral Science Unit, a section of the FBI which focuses on psychology and its applications in law enforcement, Mulder gained fame within the FBI for his 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1990 in video gaming January January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 - Lt Gen... 1990 psychological profile of Monty Props, which led to that killer's capture.

In 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously... 1991, however, Mulder gave up what seemed to be a rapidly rising career in Behavorial Sciences to examine the X-Files - cases that had been declared unsolved due to mysterious or unexplainable evidence or circumstances. His dedication to these cases earned him the derisive nickname "Spooky" and a basement office with only dusty skylight windows - the walls of which he has decorated with a UFO redirects here. For other uses, see UFO (disambiguation). A UFO -- posed or genuine? A UFO or unidentified flying object in the original, literal sense is any airborne object whose nature is not readily known. Nowadays, the term is generally used to mean those cases that are believed by some... flying saucer poster proclaiming "I Want to Believe", among other "spooky" artifacts.

Mulder's obsession with Extraterrestrial, as an adjective, refers to something that originates, occurs, or is located outside Earth or its atmosphere. As a noun, the term is used to refer to any life form which comes from outside Earth and its atmosphere. The term has been widely used in scientific circles for a... extraterrestrials began as a result of the The Abduction Phenomenon is as umbrella term used to describe a number of kidnap individuals--sometimes called abductees--usually for medical testing or for sexual reproduction procedures. Many such encounters are described as terrifying or humiliating, and many abductees report that extraterrestrials communicate via telepathy. Such alleged abductions are usually... alien abduction of his then-8-year-old sister Samantha Mulder when Mulder was 12. He pursues his cases with reckless abandon for the law, often finding himself suspended or under investigation for disorderly conduct in his quest for "The Truth."

Under the influence of agents of the government conspiracy, the FBI became suspicious of his activities and paired him with a The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. A physician is a person who practices medicine. In the United States the term physician is traditional and commonly used. In Britain and Australia, the term doctor is more common as physician... medical doctor, Special Agent Dana Scully Dana Katherine Scully is a fictional character in The X-Files television show, played by Gillian Anderson. Scully is a medical doctor and FBI agent, the partner of agent Fox Mulder. She is Roman Catholic, which often creates moral dilemmas for her, and far more skeptical than Mulder... Dana Scully, to gain his trust and report on his activities. Scully quickly determined that Mulder does not match the profile given to her by her superiors, and she became his ally. A hard-bitten skeptic, Scully slowly becomes convinced of the truth of "the Conspiracy" only after working with Mulder for several years. When Mulder was duped by the Conspiracy into doubting its existence, Scully continued to work against its goals while trying to convince Mulder that he was playing into their hands. At the end of the seventh season, in This article contains episode information and plot summaries from the television show The X-Files. Season seven ran from 1999-2000. Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. Main and recurring cast can be found on the main X-Files page. The Sixth Extinction Skinner and Michael Kritschgau work desperately... Requiem (7x22), Mulder is abducted, and returned months later, dead, in This article contains episode information and plot summaries from the television show The X-Files. Season eight ran from 2000-2001. Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. Main and recurring cast can be found at the main X-Files page. Within Newly-promoted Deputy Director Kersh assigns pragmatic Agent... This Is Not Happening (8x14), only to be brought back to life three months later in This article contains episode information and plot summaries from the television show The X-Files. Season eight ran from 2000-2001. Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. Main and recurring cast can be found at the main X-Files page. Within Newly-promoted Deputy Director Kersh assigns pragmatic Agent... DeadAlive (8x15), having been biologically preserved by an alien virus that would otherwise have turned him into an alien-replaced Super Soldier if not for the quick work of Dana Scully Dana Katherine Scully is a fictional character in The X-Files television show, played by Gillian Anderson. Scully is a medical doctor and FBI agent, the partner of agent Fox Mulder. She is Roman Catholic, which often creates moral dilemmas for her, and far more skeptical than Mulder... Scully.

For most of their association, Mulder and Scully had an emotionally intimate but strictly platonic relationship (apart from some verbal flirting). Even after working side by side for years, they almost always address each other by their surnames. The two became romantically involved in the seventh season of the series, an unbreakable relationship based on absolute trust, intimate understanding and mutual respect. It is unclear if their relationship ever became sexual (though weakly implied), though Mulder is the father (possibly by In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a technique in which egg cells are fertilized outside the mothers body in cases where conception is difficult or impossible through normal intercourse. In vitro is Latin for in glass, referring to the test tubes. The technique was developed in the United Kingdom by... in vitro fertilisation) of Scully's son William. Shortly after William's birth, Mulder goes into hiding and protecting a young boy named Gibson Praise, who can read minds. He resurfaces in the series finale, This article contains episode information and plot summaries from the television show The X-Files. Season nine ran from 2001-2002. Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. Main and recurring cast can be found on the main X-Files page. Nothing Important Happened Today Guest Starring Lucy Lawless as... The Truth (9x20 and 9x21), where he is put on trial for the murder of a military officer who is an unkillable Super Soldier named Knowle Rohrer.

Mulder is also assisted in his investigations by numerous characters from the fringes of society, including a trio of This proposed logo for a US government agency was dropped due to fears that its masonic symbolism would provoke conspiracy theories A conspiracy theory is a theory that claims an event or series of events is the result of secret manipulations by two or more individuals or an organization, rather... conspiracy theorists who publish the tabloid newspaper, The Lone Gunman. These three oddball characters have become known as " The Lone Gunmen, a spin-off of the popular series The X-Files, was a television show that aired on FOX. The show first aired in March 2001, and it was soon canceled with its last episode airing in June 2001. The show centered around a trio of computer nerds... The Lone Gunmen". They include Melvin Frohike, the dirty-old-man archetype with a unhidden crush on Dana Scully Dana Katherine Scully is a fictional character in The X-Files television show, played by Gillian Anderson. Scully is a medical doctor and FBI agent, the partner of agent Fox Mulder. She is Roman Catholic, which often creates moral dilemmas for her, and far more skeptical than Mulder... Scully; Richard "Ringo" Langly, a long-haired rock band enthusiast; and former government insider John Fitzgerald Byers.

Throughout the series, Mulder is This article refers to literary antagonists. For the biological meaning, see receptor antagonist. The antagonist is the character (or group of characters) of a story who represents the opposition against which the heroes and/or protagonists must contend. In the classic style of story wherein the action consists of a... antagonized by characters such as the Cigarette Smoking Man The Cigarette Smoking Man (sometimes called CSM, Cancerman, or, by some fans, That Black-Lunged S.O.B.) is a fictional character played by William B. Davis on the 1990s television series The X_Files. The Cigarette Smoking Man oversaw Scullys debriefing and disposed of her evidence... Cigarette Smoking Man (one alias being C. G. B. Spender), and the The Well-Manicured Man is a fictional character played by John Neville on the 1990s television series The X-Files. The Well-Manicured Man is a member of the Consortium, a shadow organization within the United States government that exists to hide from the public the fact that aliens are... Well-Manicured Man (real name unknown), both of whom are important figures within the conspiracy. We learn that the Cigarette Smoking Man is Mulder's real father in later seasons.

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The ball... baseball closely; in the episode This article contains episode information and plot summaries from the television show The X-Files. Season six ran from 1998-1999. The events of this season are preceded by the movie The X-Files: Fight the Future. Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. Main and recurring cast can be... The Unnatural (6x19), he gained the confidence of a potential source by correctly giving the number of In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra bases. Home runs are among the most popular aspects... home runs that Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995) was an American baseball player, regarded as one of the best of all time. He played his entire professional career for the New York Yankees. He was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. He was named in honor of Mickey Cochrane, a famous... Mickey Mantle hit from each side of the plate in his career. For most of the series, the bedroom in his apartment was used solely for storage and he slept on the couch. In This article contains episode information and plot summaries from the television show The X-Files. Season six ran from 1998-1999. The events of this season are preceded by the movie The X-Files: Fight the Future. Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. Main and recurring cast can be... Dreamland II (6x05), Morris Fletcher, a Man in Black who inadvertently switches bodies with Mulder, redecorates Mulder's room with a four-poster water bed with a mirrored ceiling. The bed springs a leak in This article contains episode information and plot summaries from the television show The X-Files. Season six ran from 1998-1999. The events of this season are preceded by the movie The X-Files: Fight the Future. Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. Main and recurring cast can be... Monday (6x15). Mulder also keeps a fish tank of Trinomial name Carassius auratus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) The goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus) is one of the earliest fish to be domesticated and is still one of the most commonly-kept aquarium fish. A smallish member of the carp family (like the koi), the goldfish is a domisticated version of a... goldfish, which Dana Scully Dana Katherine Scully is a fictional character in The X-Files television show, played by Gillian Anderson. Scully is a medical doctor and FBI agent, the partner of agent Fox Mulder. She is Roman Catholic, which often creates moral dilemmas for her, and far more skeptical than Mulder... Scully often feeds when he is away.