Scully's father and the man Mulder thought was his father were both named William. Mulder's actual father, Cancer Man, was played by William B Davis. Scully and Mulder's son was also named William.
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Scully's father and the man Mulder thought was his father were both named William. Mulder's actual father, Cancer Man, was played by William B Davis. Scully and Mulder's son was also named William.
In 2001, The Lone Gunmen were given their own self-titled TV series, The Lone Gunmen.
The Lone Gunman is a reference to the Kennedy assassination, in which the Warren Commission reported that a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, killed President John F. Kennedy. Ironically, Bruce Harwood's character, John Byers, is named after Kennedy.
Whenever the Cigarette Smoking Man smokes on the show, the actor is smoking herbal cigarettes.
There was no character or characters who appeared in all 201 episodes of The X Files.
Series creator Chris Carter changed the name of William B. Davis' character from "Cancer Man" to "Cigarette Smoking Man" about halfway through the series so tobacco companies wouldn't be offended. However, the character was still referred to by both names throughout the series.
Two numbers that appear frequently during the series are 1013 and 1121. October 13 is series creator Chris Carter's birthday, and November 21 is his wife's birthday.
The "I Want To Believe" poster in Mulder's office was a prop created exclusively for the show and wasn't intended to be made commercially available. However, popular demand caused Fox to release the poster for sale.
Tooms (series 1)
William B Davis (Cancer Man) spoke his first line in this episode.
Miracle Man (series 1)
The scar David Duchovny (Mulder) got on his left hand while shooting "Fire" can be seen in the bar scene after the sheriff takes the boy away.
E.B.E. (series 1)
When Mulder and Scully arrive at the government building with the fake IDs, Mulder's ID says he's Tom Braidwood. Tom Braidwood played Melvin Frohike in this episode and many others.
Fire (series 1)
This episode originally included the following line of dialogue towards the end; Scully: Never let it be said that you wouldn't walk through fire for a woman, Mulder. Mulder: And never let it be said that I wouldn't do it for you again, Scully.
David Duchovny (Mulder) got burned while shooting a scene. The scar can be seen when he is at the party shortly before Phoebe arrives and asks if they can dance.
Shadows (series 1)
When Mulder and Scully are in the car park, and Howard Graves's car parking space is being renamed, the name being painted on is Tom Braidwood - who is the actor who plays Frohike and is also an Assistant Director of the series.
When Mulder and Scully are in the library, if you look at the newspaper report, above the story of Howard Graves suicide there is an article about a killer who extracts his victims livers and escapes from impossible locations. A reference to Eugene Tooms.
Squeeze (series 1)
Doug Hutchinson is one of the two actors that played the character of Tooms, a liver eating mutant, in the episodes "Squeeze" and "Tooms." Hutchinson is actually a vegetarian, or was at the time. After filming "Tooms" he sent the liver of an animal to Chris Carter as a thank you for the opportunity to play a character on "X-Files."
The shot of Tooms going down the chimney to reach his fourth victim was not done by any visual effects. A contortionist named Pepper actually squeezed inside, and then the sounds of bones cracking and snapping were added later. Confirmed by co-executive producer Robert Goodwin.
Pilot (series 1)
The original script for this episode called for Mulder and Scully to howl at the moon at one point.
In the scene on the plane, the man who is sitting behind Scully is David Duchovny's father.
Anasazi (1) (series 2)
Chris Carter makes an uncredited appearance in this episode as an F.B.I. agent who asks Scully if she was assigned to debunk Mulder's work.
Humbug (series 2)
Gillian Anderson does put a live cricket into her mouth, on camera, in this episode. Apparently she had eaten one during an earlier rehearsal, but unfortunately was not caught on tape.
Piper Maru (1) (series 3)
This episode is named after Gillian Anderson's daughter, Piper Maru Anderson.
Small Potatoes (series 4)
The guy playing Eddie is Darin Morgan, one of the writers of the show.
Tempus Fugit (1) (series 4)
Tempus fugit is Latin for "time flies."
Memento Mori (series 4)
"Memento Mori" is Latin and means "remember that you are mortal"/"remember you shall die". It was said to military leaders who won great victories to keep their feet on the ground. In this episode both Scully and Mulder are made very aware of her mortality.
Never Again (series 4)
The tattoo that Scully gets of the ouroboros (the snake eating its own tail) is the symbol for Chris Carter's other show, Millenium.
Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man (series 4)
Young Cancer Man is played by the same man who later plays Agent Spender - Cancer Man's son and Mulder's brother.
Redux (2) (series 5)
Originally, the opening credits of this episode ended with the phrase, "All lies lead to the truth." This has been changed back to "The truth is out there" for the DVD.
Arcadia (series 6)
In this episode, Mulder and Scully go undercover as a married couple, Rob and Laura Petrie. This is a reference to The Dick Van Dyke Show, where the main characters were a couple named Rob and Laura Petrie.
Tithonus (series 6)
If the story in this episode is to be believed, Scully is now completely immortal. Alfred Fellig couldn't die because he had bypassed death - his nurse died in his place. When Scully is all but dead and Fellig grabs death away from her and dies himself, this should leave Scully in the same position as Fellig was before he died - completely immortal.
In this episode, if the facts are followed, Scully would live forever because Fennig saw Death instead of her. In the earlier episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (the man who can tell when people are going to die), she asks when she is going to die. He says 'you don't.' Maybe Scully really is intended to live forever.
Dreamland II (2) (series 6)
Fletcher says that Saddam Hussein is really a man named John Gillnitz. This is a mix of the names of three of the show's producers: John Shiban, Vince Gilligan, and Frank Spotnitz. There is also a character in the episode "Jump the Shark" named John Gillnitz, and a character in the video game, "The X Files: Resist or Serve" named John Gillnitz.
The Beginning (series 6)
In the power plant scene, a worker walks into the control room, there is a bald man with his feet on the control panel - asleep. His colleague greets him as 'Homer' - obvious reference to Homer J Simpson.
Brand X (series 7)
In this episode Tobin Bell's character resides in apartment number 24. Two years later, Tobin Bell played Peter Kingsley in the second season of ... 24.
The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati (3) (series 7)
"Amor Fati" is Latin for "Love of fate."
Mulder's experiences during this episode bear an uncanny resemblance to the experience of Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ. Mulder is positioned in a crucifixion pose, with a metal crown of thorns. He enters a dream stage where he is no longer a saviour (pursuing the truth) and can live a normal life - with the woman he loved (as Jesus does with Mary in LToC). Life passes by in jumps, people die. Outside the window the apocalypse is raging and at the end Scully takes the role of Judas in challenging his decision to opt out of his mission.
The Sixth Extinction (2) (series 7)
The establishing shot of "Georgetown Memorial Hospital" is the same one used in Charmed whenever they go to the hospital.
Per Manum (series 8)
"Per Manum" is Latin for "Through the hand." (Or "by hand")
Salvage (series 8)
Scully describes the man's body as becoming "living metal" (I think). And Robert Patrick (i.e. The T-1000 in Terminator 2) says something along the lines of "A man made of metal? That kind of thing only happens in the movies, Agent Scully".
Redrum (series 8)
Doggett's friend Martin is played by Joe Morton. Morton acted with Robert Patrick in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Sunshine Days (series 9)
Skinner's secretary Arlene that features in this episode is actor Mitch Pillegi's real-life spouse, also named Arlene.
Jump the Shark (series 9)
The title for this episode refers to a website entitled, Jump the Shark, which is dedicated to the moments when TV shows reach their peak and then start going downhill.
Nothing Important Happened Today (1) (series 9)
When Doggett meets with the Lone Gunmen and their faces are blue, this is a reference to an incident in the series finale of The Lone Gunmen, "All About Yves."
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