The X-Files character
Dana Scully
Affiliated with	FBI
First appearance	"Pilot"
Last appearance	"The Truth"
Portrayed by	Gillian Anderson

Special Agent Dana Katherine Scully, M.D. (born February 23, 1964) is a fictional character on the FOX television series The X-Files (1993-2002), played by Gillian Anderson. She is an FBI Special Agent, partnered on the X-Files with Special Agent Fox Mulder. They work out of a cramped basement office at FBI headquarters to investigate unsolved cases labeled "X-Files". In contrast to Fox Mulder's credulous "believer" character, Scully is the skeptic, choosing to base her beliefs on what science can prove. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the American TV series The X-Files and Lady Dedlock in the BBC TV series Bleak House. ... is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... This article is about the animal. ... The X-Files is an American Peabody, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning science fiction television series created by Chris Carter, which first aired on 10 September 1993, and ended on 19 May 2002. ... Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the American TV series The X-Files and Lady Dedlock in the BBC TV series Bleak House. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... // Any federal criminal or non-criminal investigator or detective in the 1811, 1801, 2501 or similar job series as so titled according to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) handbook. ... Special Agent Fox William Mulder (born October 13, 1961), nicknamed Spooky Mulder, is a fictional character played by David Duchovny on the 1993-2002 television series, The X-Files. ... J. Edgar Hoover Building The J. Edgar Hoover Building is the headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ...

Dana Scully is 5'3" (160 cm) and has blue-green eyes. Her work as an FBI agent takes up a major part of her life, and as a result she rarely dates or spends time with friends. She lives in Georgetown, in Washington, DC. The familiar golden dome of Washingtons once venerable Riggs Bank, now amalgamated into PNC Bank, at the northeast corner of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street NW. Georgetown in red Georgetown is a neighborhood located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River waterfront. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...

She has appeared in every episode of "The X-Files" except "3", "Zero Sum", "Unusual Suspects", and "Travelers". 3 was the seventh episode of the second season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. ... Zero Sum is the twenty-first episode of the fourth season of The X-Files. ... Unusual Suspects is the third episode of the fifth season of The X-Files. ... List of The X-Files episodes Travelers is the fifteenth episode of season 5 of the television series The X-Files. ...

Biography

Early life and education

Scully was born on February 23, 1964, to Margaret and William Scully, into a close-knit Catholic family. She has an older brother, William Jr., an older sister, Melissa, and a younger brother, Charles, who is never seen on the show (except in flashbacks). Her father was an officer in the Navy, and she grew up in Annapolis and later in San Diego. As a young girl, Scully's favorite book was Moby-Dick and she came to nickname her father "Ahab" from the book, and in return, he called her "Starbuck". is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... Annapolis redirects here. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin... Moby-Dick book cover Moby-Dick - the official title of the first edition - is a novel by Herman Melville. ... Moby-Dick book cover Moby-Dick - the official title of the first edition - is a novel by Herman Melville. ... Moby-Dick book cover Moby-Dick - the official title of the first edition - is a novel by Herman Melville. ...

She attended University of Maryland, and earned a B.S. in Physics. Her undergraduate thesis was titled "Einstein's Twin Paradox: A New Interpretation." While finishing medical school, she was recruited by the FBI, which she accepted, mostly because she felt she could distinguish herself there. Upon being partnered with Fox Mulder, she maintained her medical skills by acting as a forensic pathologist, often performing or consulting on autopsies of victims on X-Files cases. The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in the city of College Park, in Prince Georges County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., in the United States. ... B.S. redirects here. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... “Einstein” redirects here. ... In physics, the twin paradox refers to a thought experiment in Special Relativity, in which a person who makes a journey into space in a high-speed rocket will return home to find they have aged less than an identical twin who stayed on Earth. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... Special Agent Fox William Mulder (born October 13, 1961), nicknamed Spooky Mulder, is a fictional character played by David Duchovny on the 1993-2002 television series, The X-Files. ... Forensic pathology is the legal branch of pathology concerned with: Determining cause of death (such as bullet wound to head, exsanguiation, strangulation, etc. ...

Faith

Throughout the series, her Catholic faith served as a cornerstone in her life, although at times a contradiction to her otherwise rigid skepticism. Upon her career in science and medicine, she drifted from her Catholic upbringing but remained somewhat entrenched in her faith.

Scully almost always wears a golden cross necklace, given to her by her mother as a present either as a Christmas or birthday present when she was a teen (both mentioned but never clarified). Upon her abduction ("Ascension", 2x06) it was the only item left behind in Duane Barry's getaway car. Mulder wore it ("3", 2x07) in her absence until she miraculously reappeared in a DC hospital. ("One Breath", 2x08) After she recovered, he returned the cross to her. Also known as the Latin cross or crux ordinaria. ... Ascension was the sixth episode of the second season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. ... 3 was the seventh episode of the second season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. ... One Breath was the eighth episode of the second season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. ...

The abduction visibly tested the limits of her faith, when she began to exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder on a case involving a murdering fetishist named Donnie Pfaster ("Irresistible", 2x13). This psychological revictimisation continues after Pfaster escaped from prison five years later and again attempted to kill her in her home, ending only after she fatally shot him, while Mulder had Pfaster covered. She struggled with what motivated her actions to kill Pfaster, and questioned whether it was God compelling her to kill Pfaster, or "something else." ("Orison", 7x07) Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a term for certain severe psychological consequences of exposure to, or confrontation with, stressful events that the person experiences as highly traumatic. ... A fetish (from French fétiche; from Portuguese feitiço; from Latin facticius, artificial and facere, to make) is a natural object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular a man-made object that has power over others. ... Donald Donnie Pfaster appeared in the episodes Irresistible & Orison, on the science fiction TV series, The X-Files. ... Irresistible was the thirteenth episode of the second season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. ...

About a year after the first Donnie Pfaster incident, Scully was further conflicted when protecting a young stigmatic by the name of Kevin Kryder, whose life was threatened by a psychotic, apparently suffering from Jerusalem syndrome ("Revelations", 3x11). Skeptical of the boy's claims but unable to deny what she has seen, Scully was unable to respond when the boy prophetically asked, "Are you the one who was sent to protect me?", implying Scully's intervention was the direct work of God. As a result of their experiences on the Kryder case, the philosophy of faith and religion caused a disagreement between Mulder and Scully that continued through out the duration of their work together. Donald Donnie Pfaster appeared in the episodes Irresistible & Orison, on the science fiction TV series, The X-Files. ... This article is about stigmata in the religious sense. ... The Jerusalem syndrome is the name given to a group of mental phenomena involving the presence of either religiously themed obsessive ideas, delusions or other psychosis-like experiences, that are triggered by, or lead to, a visit to the city of Jerusalem. ...

Some time later, the cancer diagnosis forced Scully to begin contemplating her own mortality. However, she resisted the gentle prodding from her family priest, Father McCue, to resume attending church services. When the severity of her illness increased, and pushed her to the brink of death, Scully finally requested ministry from Father McCue, and chose to accept her remission as a miracle. ("Redux", 5x03) Redux is the fifth season premiere of television series The X-Files. ...

Upon the sudden discovery of her daughter Emily Sim, Scully gave the little girl her cross to wear while she petitioned to adopt her. Before her funeral, Scully retrieved the cross from Emily's casket.

Sometime after her recovery, Scully began to regularly attend Mass again. At the request of Father McCue, Scully got involved in a case concerning a paraplegic girl who was found dead in a kneeling position with her palms outstretched and eye sockets charred. ("All Souls", 5x17) After Scully discovered the girl was part of a set of quadruplets and two more were murdered, Father McCue shared with her the story of the seraphim and the nephilim, which Scully interpreted as a possible explanation for the deformations and deaths of the girls. Scully continued to have visions of Emily, and when the last girl died, Scully believed she was returning the girl to God. Upon her return to D.C., she went to confession to gain peace of mind and acceptance for Emily's death. For other uses of Mass, see Mass (disambiguation). ... Paraplegia is a condition where the lower half of a patients body is paralyzed and cannot move. ... 六翼天使 Seraphim(六翼天使) is a Taiwanese symphonic metal band similar to Nightwish and Therion. ... For other uses, see Nephilim (disambiguation). ...

Mulder and Scully frequently disagreed on matters of religion. Scully is more inclined to believe that God has a hand in people's actions, while Mulder seems to believe that people are responsible for their own behavior.

Work on the X-Files

Scully initially instructed at the FBI Academy in Quantico. Mulder's investigations into the paranormal were steadily increasing his profile to members of The Syndicate to the point where his notoriety prevented them from simply killing him. A strategy was devised to invalidate his work, and in the Spring of 1992, Scully was assigned to debunk his investigations by disproving them with science. Instead, she observed the evidence objectively and honestly. The Syndicate soon dropped this endeavor, and Scully remained part of the X-Files office, providing an intelligent, empirical opposite to Mulder's more maverick character. Over the years of working as a team, they exhibited a comfortable working relationship, each bringing important parts to their intriguing, and usually dangerous, investigations. The FBI Academy is located in Quantico, Virginia. ... Quantico, Virginia is in Prince William County, 23 miles north-northeast of Fredericksburg, Virginia, near Dumfries and Stafford along Highway 619. ... Paranormal is an umbrella term used to describe a wide variety of reported anomalous phenomena. ... The Syndicate was a mysterious group featured in The X-Files TV show. ...

In 1994, after two years of working together, the Syndicate decided the agents were getting too close to the truth and the X-Files investigations were closed. Mulder and Scully were sent to work in different sections. Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...

In "Ascension" (2x06), Scully was kidnapped by a mental patient named Duane Barry, an ex-FBI agent and multiple alien abductee. To prevent his own abduction, he traded her to a military covert operation. Scully was missing for several weeks before mysteriously turning up in a D.C. area hospital, comatose ("One Breath", 2x08). Walter Skinner ordered the X-Files reopened to investigate her disappearance. When Scully awakened, she voluntarily returned to her position almost immediately. Her abduction experience would later come to serve in an important capacity to the X-Files mythology. Ascension was the sixth episode of the second season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. ... Duane Barry is a fictional character from the television show, The X-Files. ... In medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep) is a profound state of unconsciousness, which may result from a variety of conditions including intoxication (drug, alcohol or toxins), metabolic abnormalities (hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, ketoacidosis, etc. ... One Breath was the eighth episode of the second season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. ... Walter Sergei Skinner is a fictional character played by Mitch Pileggi on the Fox television series The X-Files. ...

In 1995, The Syndicate, seeing that Scully had become as much of a threat as Mulder, attempted to have her murdered, but their assassins inadvertently killed her sister, Melissa. Scully pursued her sister's murder case after the FBI dropped it (from influence by the Syndicate), and tracked down the killer. However, the hitman was soon himself murdered by conspiracy operatives, leaving Scully without any justice for her sister, but strengthening her continuing search for the truth. Also that year, Scully discovered a tiny microchip implanted in the back of her neck during her abduction. ("The Blessing Way", 3x01) She had it removed and subsequently developed an inoperable, cancerous, nasopharengeal tumor. Scully's cancer miraculously went into remission several months later when Mulder broke into The Pentagon to retrieve a replacement chip. Scully also learned that her abduction resulted in her inability to conceive children, as her ova had apparently been harvested. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... MIB agent showing off what they do best In The X-Files television show, The Men in Black (MIB for short, and singular, Man in Black) refer, unofficially, to a group of enforcers employed by the Syndicate to take care of the dirty work of the conspiracy (i. ... A human Microchip Implant is an integrated circuit device or RFID tag encased in silicate glass and implanted into a humans body. ... The Blessing Way is the third season premiere of The X-Files. ... Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ... For malignant tumors specifically, see cancer. ... This article is about the United States military building. ...

Scully's convictions were proven while visiting her brother in California during the Christmas holidays of 1997. She received a phone call from a voice that sounded identical to Melissa's ("Christmas Carol", 5x05) which led her to a house in the middle of an investigation of the hours-old suicide of the homeowner's wife. There, Scully met the deceased's three-year-old adopted daughter, Emily, who looked exactly like a childhood picture of Melissa. Convinced that she was Melissa's biological daughter, she ordered a series of DNA comparison tests. However, Scully was shocked to discover that not Melissa, but she herself was actually Emily's mother. ("Emily", 5x07) When the adoptive father was killed by Alien Bounty Hunters, Scully immediately petitioned for custody. Unfortunately, Emily was terminally ill with a rare form of anemia, and died shortly after Scully discovered her existence. In actuality, Emily was one of several alien/human hybrids created using alien DNA and harvested ova from other abductees. For the band, see 1997 (band). ... This article or section is incomplete and may require expansion and/or cleanup. ... This article discusses the medical condition. ...

In the X-Files movie The X-Files: Fight the Future, Scully was infected by the Black Oil virus after being stung by a carrier bee, and taken to a secret laboratory in Antarctica. Mulder located her, administered a weak vaccine, and rescued her. The X Files (sometimes known as The X Files: Fight the Future) is a 1998 movie which is part of the television series The X-Files. ...

Despite her previous diagnosis, Scully was unwilling to accept her infertility and decided to attempt in-vitro fertilization. She asked Mulder to be the donor, but initial results were negative. However, in the Spring of 2000, Mulder was abducted at the same time Scully discovered she was pregnant. It was later revealed that she and Mulder had begun a sexual relationship shortly before these events. 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. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... For other uses of related terms, see abduction. ...

Special Agent John Doggett was assigned to find Mulder. The search soon proved fruitless, and Doggett was assigned to work with Scully on the X-Files. After eight years of investigating unexplained phenomena, Scully had slowly become more open to believing in the paranormal, and Doggett took her place as "the skeptic". Scully worked late into her pregnancy. However, even after Mulder's return, she remained anxious and fearful of her unborn child's origins and fate. Hunted down by agents of the conspiracy, she fled with the help of Doggett and Monica Reyes, shortly before giving birth in a remote area of Georgia. She named the boy William after Mulder's father. (Fox Mulder is presumably the child's father; see his and William's entries for more information). John Jay Doggett (b. ... Monica Reyes (b. ... State nickname: Peach State / Empire of the South Other U.S. States Capital Atlanta Largest city Atlanta Governor Sonny Perdue Official languages English Area 154,077 km² (24th)  - Land 150,132 km²  - Water 3,945 km² (2. ... Special Agent Fox William Mulder (born October 13, 1961), nicknamed Spooky Mulder, is a fictional character played by David Duchovny on the 1993-2002 television series, The X-Files. ... Baby William on Existence Baby William is the youngest of The X-Files re-occuring characters, appearing at the end of Season 8 and during most of the 9th. ...

After William's birth, Mulder voluntarily went into hiding, believing that his living with Scully and William put them at risk. Scully also left fieldwork to teach Forensics, turning over the X-Files division to Doggett and Reyes. Shortly after, she learned that she and William were under surveillance by the New Syndicate. In 2002, after William was kidnapped but eventually found safe, Scully felt she could no longer provide the safety he needed, and gave him up for adoption. (See his entry for more information.) The word forensic (from Latin: forensis - forum) refers to something of, pertaining to, or used in a court of law. ... The New Syndicate is a fictitious villian group of a type of Alien-Human hybrid called Super Soldiers, from the television show, The X-Files. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Baby William on Existence Baby William is the youngest of The X-Files re-occuring characters, appearing at the end of Season 8 and during most of the 9th. ...

In the series finale, Scully helped Mulder escape a bogus imprisonment and death sentence, and the two ran away as fugitives to New Mexico, where they had a final confrontation with Cigarette Smoking Man. Scully and Mulder are currently on the run from the New Syndicate, to protect themselves and expose the truth about the government conspiracy to cover up the threat of alien colonization. Official language(s) None Spoken language(s) English 68. ... Cancer man redirects here. ...

Relationships

Family

• Captain William "Bill" Scully - Scully's relationship with her father was fairly close, but could be tense at times, in part due to his no-nonsense attitude and sense of military professionalism. Examples of this include her desire to prove to her father that she was every bit the equal of her brothers, including one instance in which she shot a snake with a BB gun at the prodding of her brothers, only to feel wracked with guilt afterwards. On one occasion as a child, she stole one of her mother's cigarettes and smoked it, half hoping her father would find out and be angry. Their relationship suffered when she decided not to pursue a career in medicine, and joined the FBI. By 1994, the two seemed to have reconciled before her father suddenly died of a heart attack. Only after he was gone did Scully realize that, despite their differences, her father was indeed proud of her ("Beyond the Sea"). Following her abduction while lying comatose, Scully sees an apparition of her father. Clad in his official Navy whites, he delivers to her a message full of love as he encourages her to live ("One Breath").
• Margaret "Maggie" Scully - Scully's mother provides support for her daughter's frequent health crises, but sometimes expresses quiet disapproval in Scully's choices. Margaret Scully is frequently seen meddling into Scully's life. She vigorously encourages Scully to rekindle her Catholic faith, often expresses her disapproval in Scully's dangerous job, and insists on hiring a baby nurse for Scully towards the end of her pregnancy. After William's birth, Margaret is extremely protective of Scully and William. In her final appearance, ("Provenance"), she is also seen as reluctant to find the truth because of the danger involved.
• Melissa "Missy" Scully - Scully was extremely close to her older sister, who was first introduced when Scully lay dying in Georgetown Memorial Hospital following her abduction. Unlike her skeptical younger sister, Melissa was a free spirit who encouraged Scully to look beyond the realms of science and fact, and trust intuition and nature. Scully was deeply affected by her death, and championed hard to keep her murder investigation active ("Piper Maru").
• William "Bill" Scully Jr. - Scully's relationship with her older brother, also a Naval officer, seemingly mirrors the disapproval she felt from her father ("Gethesmane"). His childhood relationship with Scully could veer from typical sibling rivalry to outright bullying, in one case causing Scully to accidentally kill her pet rabbit in her attempts to hide it from Bill ("Christmas Carol"). Further complicating their relationship is his own steadfast refusal to validate her work, and belligerence towards Mulder (he feels that Mulder is directly the reason for Dana's illness and Melissa's death, and called him "a real piece of work" and "one sorry son of a bitch" to his face.) Bill's wife is named Tara, and they have one son, Matthew.
• Charles Scully - Scully's younger brother who was referred to, but only seen as a boy in flashback in the episode "One Breath".
• Emily and William - Scully's two children. Emily, who died shortly after being found by Scully, was conceived during Scully's brief abduction several years earlier. William, who Scully later refers to as "our (her and Mulder's) son" ("The Truth"), was carried to term and lived with his mother from birth. However, after a brief time with her son, Scully was forced to give William up for adoption in order to protect him ("William").

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Romance

Scully was given a reporter boyfriend named Ethan in the original edit of the Pilot episode, but he was subsequently edited out and removed from the storyline.

While in medical school, she carried on an affair with her married instructor, Dr. Daniel Waterston ("all things", 7x17). The end of her relationship with Waterston came about following her decision to go into the FBI. After her entrance to the FBI's Academy at Quantico, Scully began a year-long relationship with her older instructor, Jack Willis, with whom she shared a birthday ("Lazarus", 1x14). Quantico, Virginia is in Prince William County, 23 miles north-northeast of Fredericksburg, Virginia, near Dumfries and Stafford along Highway 619. ... Lazarus was the fifteenth episode of the first season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. ...

In the episode "En Ami," (7x15) the Cigarette Smoking Man says that she is attracted to "powerful men," to which Scully retorts that he is practicing "pop psychology," a reaction which seems to be more one of discomfort than actual disagreement. Considering her past associations with instructors, mentors, and father figures, this seems plausible. Cancer man redirects here. ...

Scully's tattoo of the Ouroboros.

Scully was set up by a friend, and went out on a date with a handsome but boring divorcé in "The Jersey Devil" (1x04). Several years later, she encountered Ed Jerse while on a case, who showed her a strange tattoo he'd gotten to commemorate his recent divorce. Frustrated over the path her life has taken, she impulsively had drinks with Jerse, and, inspired by his, also got a tattoo of an Ouroboros, a serpent eating its own tail. She spent the night with Jerse (it is unclear whether she slept with him that night), but ergot dyes in the tattoo ink drove Jerse crazy and compelled him to attempt to murder Scully ("Never Again", 4x13). Image File history File linksMetadata Scullyouroboros. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Scullyouroboros. ... The Jersey Devil was the fifth episode of the first season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. ... For other uses, see Ouroboros (disambiguation). ... Never Again is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of the television series The X-Files. ...

In "Milagro" (6x18), Scully unwittingly became the object of desire for Phillip Padgett, a reclusive writer. He revealed his obsession with Scully to her in the course of an investigation, providing strangely detailed insight into her life, to the extent that he moved into Mulder's building to be near her. He wrote a book in which the two had a passionate love scene, but then burned it before Scully could read it. However, his affections were unrequited; Scully was intrigued but unnerved by his attention.

Towards the end of the series, her relationship with Mulder clearly crossed over into the romantic sphere. When Mulder was injured in a boat crash, he awakened in a hospital and told Scully that he loved her ("Triangle", 6x03). By the end of Season 6, Mulder and Scully were increasingly shown doing more light-hearted activities together, such as practicing baseball ("The Unnatural", 6x20), using FBI funds for a "night out" during a movie premiere ("Hollywood, A.D.", 7x18), and enjoying a movie at Mulder's apartment ("Je Souhaite", 7x21). Je Souhaite (French for I Wish) is a seventh season The X-Files episode, which centers around a mischievous DJinn, or genie, who takes advantage of the poorly worded wishes that people want fulfilled. ...

After Mulder's abduction, coinciding with Scully's announcement of her pregnancy ("Requiem", 7x22) there was little doubt that Scully's child was conceived with Mulder. During her pregnancy, Mulder pulled out all the stops to protect her and uncover the plot against her baby ("Essence", 8x20). When Jeffrey Spender resurfaced as a disfigured man claiming to be Mulder, Scully was quick to dismiss him, stating, "If that were Mulder, I wouldn't care." ("William", 9x16) When Mulder actually returned, they shared a passionate kiss and grieved together over the loss of their son. She and Mulder became fugitives together. Baby William on Existence Baby William is the youngest of The X-Files re-occuring characters, appearing at the end of Season 8 and during most of the 9th. ... Special Agent Jeffrey Spender is a character in the science fiction Fox TV series, The X-Files. ...

The last scene of the series finale featured Mulder and Scully in bed, facing an uncertain future together.

Appearances

Season 1

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Season 2

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Season 4

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Seasons 6-9 Unusual Suspects is the third episode of the fifth season of The X-Files. ... List of The X-Files episodes Travelers is the fifteenth episode of season 5 of the television series The X-Files. ...

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Pop culture references

• Agent Scully and Agent Mulder made an appearance in the "The Springfield Files" episode of The Simpsons, and both Anderson and David Duchovny provided their voices for the episode. In the episode of the ReBoot series "Trust No One", Mulder and Scully were parodied as agents "Fax Modem" and "Data Nully". Anderson provided her voice work for the episode, but Duchovny declined.
• Chris Carter has stated that he named Scully after his favorite sportscaster, Vin Scully. However, a character mentioned in passing in Anne Tyler's novel The Accidental Tourist is also named Dana Scully. John Doggett was named after Scully's longtime broadcasting partner, Jerry Doggett.
• Scully was portrayed by Tea Leoni, who played as herself, in the movie within the episode "Hollywood A.D." (7x19). Leoni is married to David Duchovny.
• Scully, along with Mulder, is strongly referenced in the song Mulder And Scully by the band Catatonia.
• In a deleted scene in the first season of British comedy Spaced, you can see the main character Tim using Scully as a muse - she is in his head, and she disappears as soon as Tim turns around.
• The first popular cartoon to feature the voices of both David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as "Agent Mulder" and "Agent Scully" was "Eek! The Cat" in 1995, even before their cameo with "The Simpsons".
• In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode The Pack, Buffy says to Giles: "I can't believe you of all people are trying to Scully me"".

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Quotes

• "What I find fantastic is the notion that there are answers beyond the realm of science. The answers are there, you just have to know where to look." — "Pilot", 1x79
• Mulder: "Unidentified flying objects. I think that fits the description pretty well. Tell me I'm crazy."
  Scully: "Mulder, you're crazy." — "Deep Throat", 1x01
• Mulder: "Don't you believe in the next life?"
  Scully: "I'd settle for a life in this one." — "Shadows", 1x05
• Mulder: "Whatever tape you found in that VCR, it isn't mine."
  Scully: "Good, because I put it back in that drawer with all those other videos that aren't yours." — "Excelsius Dei", 2x11
• "I've heard the truth, Mulder. Now what I want are the answers." — "Paperclip", 3x02
• "Don't you see, Mulder? You're doing their work for them. You're chasing aliens that aren't there, helping them to create the story that covers the shameful truth. And what they can't cover, they apologize for. Apology has become policy." — "731", 3x10
• Mulder: "Modell psyched the guy out. He put the whammy on him."
  Scully: "Please explain to me the scientific nature of 'the whammy.'" — "Pusher", 3x17
• "Nothing happens in contradiction to nature, just in contradiction to what we know of it." — "Herrenvolk", 4x01
• Mulder: "Dana, if um... early in the four years we've been working together... an event occurred that suggested or somebody told you that... we'd been friends together in other lifetimes... always... wouldn't it have changed some of the ways we looked at one another?"
  Scully: "Even if I knew for certain, I wouldn't change a day. Well, maybe that Flukeman thing." — "The Field Where I Died", 4x05
• "I do it all for you, Mulder. You know, I haven't eaten since 6:00 this morning, and all that was, was a half a cream cheese bagel, and it wasn't even real cream cheese, it was light cream cheese. And now you want me to run off and do another autopsy?" — "Bad Blood", 5x12
• Priest: "Has it occurred to you that maybe this, too, is part of what you were meant to understand?"
  Scully: "You mean, accepting my loss?"
  Priest: "Can you accept it?"
  Scully: "Maybe that’s what faith is." — "All Souls", 5x17
• Lone Gunmen: "The walls have ears."
  Scully: "I have ears." - "Triangle", 6x03
• "The truest truths are what hold us together, and keep us painfully, desperately apart." — "Trust No 1", 9x08
• British Comedian Jasper Carrott made a joke about the X-files, stating that the only mystery was 'when was Mulder going to get his leg over Scully'

UFO redirects here. ... Robert Patrick Modell, also known as The Pusher, is a character from the TV show, The X-Files. ... Flukeman is a fictional character in the television show The X-Files, played by Darin Morgan. ... List of The X-Files episodes Bad Blood is the twelfth episode of season 5 of the television series The X-Files. ...

See also

• List of women warriors in folklore, literature, and popular culture

This article is about examples of woman warriors in a number of contexts. ...

External links

• Dana Scully - X-Files Wiki
• Deep Background - entry on Dana Scully
• Wiki on the X-Files
• Dana Scully Profile at Pop Culture Heroines