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* AssholeVictim: All of the Bandaid-Nose Man's victims mistreat the homeless in some way. Mulder even lampshades the self-serving motives of two of them when he catches them arguing.
** The first victim sprays them down with hoses to drive them away.
** The second and third victims steal art from the homeless to profit off it.
** The fourth only "helps" the homeless to keep them out of her neighborhood.
** The fifth was working with the first to move the homeless so he could renovate the block they were living on.
** The first victim sprays them down with hoses to drive them away.
** The second and third victims steal art from the homeless to profit off it.
** The fourth only "helps" the homeless to keep them out of her neighborhood.
** The fifth was working with the first to move the homeless so he could renovate the block they were living on.
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* AssholeVictim: All of the Bandaid-Nose Man's victims mistreat the homeless in some way. Mulder even lampshades the self-serving motives of two of them when he catches them arguing.
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* CentralTheme: Like its spiritual predecessor "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E02Home Home]]", the ways people in underprivileged communities respond to change and what they'll do to maintain their way of life, with new themes of homelessness and how the poor are treated by society added in.
* CondescendingCompassion: The targets of the Bandaid-Nose Man are wannabe community activists who want to "help" the homeless by forcibly relocating them against their will and generally seem to view their charges with contempt more than anything.
* ContinuityNod: Upon, learning of the Bandaid-Nose Man's origin, Mulder is unfazed and rattles off more knowledge and analysis than usual; the agents encountered a tulpa like this before back in "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E15Arcadia Arcadia]]", so he knows now that this is something they've dealt with before.
* CondescendingCompassion: The targets of the Bandaid-Nose Man are wannabe community activists who want to "help" the homeless by forcibly relocating them against their will and generally seem to view their charges with contempt more than anything.
* ContinuityNod: Upon, learning of the Bandaid-Nose Man's origin, Mulder is unfazed and rattles off more knowledge and analysis than usual; the agents encountered a tulpa like this before back in "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E15Arcadia Arcadia]]", so he knows now that this is something they've dealt with before.
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* CryIntoChest: Scully to Mulder in the hospital.
* DeusAngstMachina: Scully's mother dies.
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* HumanoidAbomination: The Bandaid-Nose Man, which is essentially a piece of political graffiti made living and malevolent.
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* OffscreenTeleportation: Even accounting for the fact that the Bandaid-Nose Man can become a painting, he can just appear ahead of his victim whenever he wants. In the case of the woman he was hunting, he somehow manages to get to the other side of a locked door when he was on the second floor of the house to start.
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* MagicalRealism: The episode rather dramatically juxtaposes the supernatural horror of the Bandaid-Nose Man's rampage with a mundane and realistic story of Scully coming to terms with her mother's death.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Trash Man is more than a bit evocative of political street artists like Creator/{{Banksy}}.
* NotInMyBackyard: Nancy Huff doesn't want to help the homeless out of kindness. She just wants to get them out of her neighborhood so she doesn't have to put up with them.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Even accounting for the fact that the Bandaid-Nose Man can become a painting, he can just appear ahead of his victim whenever he wants. In the case of the woman he was hunting, he somehow manages to get to the other side of a locked door when he was on the second floor of the house tostart.start, and that's ''after'' he inexplicably goes from walking down the street to being inside the house.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Trash Man is more than a bit evocative of political street artists like Creator/{{Banksy}}.
* NotInMyBackyard: Nancy Huff doesn't want to help the homeless out of kindness. She just wants to get them out of her neighborhood so she doesn't have to put up with them.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Even accounting for the fact that the Bandaid-Nose Man can become a painting, he can just appear ahead of his victim whenever he wants. In the case of the woman he was hunting, he somehow manages to get to the other side of a locked door when he was on the second floor of the house to
* ScoobyDooHoax: A horrific deconstruction. A street artist created the Bandaid-Nose Man to pull off something like this, trying to scare people into treating the homeless right. Instead, his monster takes on a life of it's own and decides that the best way to achieve that goal is to outright kill the people it's creator dislikes.
* SlobsVersusSnobs: At it's core, the episode is about the conflict between the homeless and the rich who mistreat them.
* ThematicSeries: The episode forms a spiritual sequel to "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E02Home Home]]", as indicated by the name. Both episodes are MonsterOfTheWeek episodes written and directed by Glen Morgan that focus on themes of people's responses to change in their impoverished communities, class struggles, family, procreation, and the desire for a home. Furthermore, the Bandaid-Nose Man kills in similar ways as the Peacocks, and like "Home", the episode is an InnocuouslyImportantEpisode that bears no ''direct'' impact on the MythArc but does thematically foreshadow a lot about it. It also compares and contrasts "Home's" rural small town setting with an urban, inner city ghetto. And just to complete it all, both include a memorable sequence where the villains kill their victims while [[SoundtrackDissonance cheery music plays]].
* {{Tulpa}}: The Trash Man explicitly describes his living creations as these, given life by his creative passion. Doubles as a ContinuityNod when Mulder instantly rattles off more exposition and analysis than usual. They've had a run-in with violent tulpa before, most notably in the episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E15Arcadia Arcadia]]" of the original series.
* {{Tulpa}}: The Trash Man explicitly describes his living creations as these, given life by his creative passion. Doubles as a ContinuityNod when Mulder instantly rattles off more exposition and analysis than usual. They've had a run-in with violent tulpa before, most notably in the episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E15Arcadia Arcadia]]" of the original series.
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* {{Tulpa}}: The Trash Man explicitly describes his living creations as these, given life by his creative passion. Doubles as a ContinuityNod when Mulder instantly rattles off more exposition and analysis than usual. They've had a run-in with violent tulpa before, most notably in UrbanFantasy: What the episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E15Arcadia Arcadia]]" of the original series. Oddly, it's implied homages, in this contrast to "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E02Home Home's]]" SouthernGothic atmosphere. The episode that is largely set in an inner city ghetto and concerns Mulder doesn't believe and Scully's investigation into what's essentially magic street art.
* VigilanteMan: The Bandaid-Nose Man takes on the role of one, hunting down and murdering people who mistreat the homeless.
* WhamEpisode: Mostly averted intulpas.regards to the MythArc, but Mrs. Scully dying hits hard.
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: The primary setting of the episode.
* VigilanteMan: The Bandaid-Nose Man takes on the role of one, hunting down and murdering people who mistreat the homeless.
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* BadDreams: Both Scully and Mulder have dreams about their son William. Scully's in particular turns horrific when she dreams that alien DNA manifests itself when Willam grows older.
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'''Season 10, Episode 4:'''
!Home Again
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->Written and directed by Glen Morgan
->''"I suspect the subject may be a mission-oriented killer who believes he's helping the homeless by eliminating those involved with the relocation. And I would stay, but I suspect the subject will kill again."''
-->-- '''Fox Mulder'''
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'''Season 10, Episode 4:'''
!Home Again
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->Written and directed by Glen Morgan
->''"I suspect the subject may be a mission-oriented killer who believes he's helping the homeless by eliminating those involved with the relocation. And I would stay, but I suspect the subject will kill again."''
-->-- '''Fox Mulder'''
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* ZerothLawRebellion: The Trash Man never intended for the Bandaid-Nose Man to be violent -- he just wanted to [[ScareEmStraight frighten people into backing off]]. The Bandaid-Nose Man merely took his rage at those who mistreated the homeless to its logical conclusion.
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* ZerothLawRebellion: The Trash Man never intended for the Bandaid-Nose Man to be violent -- he just wanted to [[ScareEmStraight frighten people into backing off]]. The Bandaid-Nose Man merely took his rage at those who mistreated the homeless to its logical conclusion.conclusion.
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->''"And I want to believe... I need to believe, that we didn't treat him like trash."''
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->''"And I want to believe... I need to believe, that we didn't treat him like trash."''
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* BadDreams: Both Scully and Mulder have dreams about their son William. Scully's in particular turns horrific when she dreams that alien DNA manifests itself when Willam grows older.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: The episode is set in West Philadelphia and mentions the fictional Franklin Hospital therein - that much is fine, and possibly a subtle case of [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed No Famous Counties Were Harmed]]. However, other facts are just wrong. Pennsbury High School is part of Pennsbury School District, ''not'' Central Bucks; in fact, Pennsbury High School is located on the Levittown / Fairless Hills border... in south-eastern Bucks County, no-where ''near'' central Bucks County or [[{{Signs}} Doylestown]]. There also hasn't been a single Central Bucks School District for decades, due to overpopulation (there are, in fact, three - CB East, West, and North).
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* CriticalResearchFailure: The episode is set in West Philadelphia and mentions the fictional Franklin Hospital therein - that much is fine, and possibly a subtle case of [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed No Famous Counties Were Harmed]]. However, other facts are just wrong. Pennsbury High School is part of Pennsbury School District, ''not'' Central Bucks; in fact, Pennsbury High School is located on the Levittown / Fairless Hills border... in south-eastern Bucks County, no-where ''near'' central Bucks County or [[{{Signs}} Doylestown]]. There also hasn't been a single Central Bucks School District for decades, due to overpopulation (there are, in fact, three - CB East, West, and North).
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* AnArmAndALeg: Bandaid-Nose Man pulls the arms off at least three of his victims.
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* ShoutOut: The pictures of Bandaid-Nose Man look to be based on the work of Creator/{{Banksy}}.
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* {{Tulpa}}: The Trash Man explicitly describes his living creations as these, given life by his creative passion. Doubles as a ContinuityNod when Mulder instantly rattles off more exposition and analysis than usual. They've had run-ins with tulpa before, most notably in the episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E15Arcadia Arcadia]]" of the original series.
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* GoneHorriblyRight - Trash Man set out to create an embodiment of his desire to stand up for the homeless... but underestimated his own desire for ''[[PayEvilUntoEvil vengeance]]'' on their behalf'.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: As Mulder lampshades, the people supposedly trying to help the homeless only really care about how doing so benefits them personally, rather than out of genuine altruism.
* ItsAllAboutMe: As Mulder lampshades, the people supposedly trying to help the homeless only really care about how doing so benefits them personally, rather than out of genuine altruism.
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* {{Tulpa}} - the {{Tulpa}}: The Trash Man explicitly describes his living creations as these, given life by his creative passion. Doubles as a ContinuityNod when Mulder instantly rattles off more exposition and analysis than usual. They've had run-ins with tulpa before, most notably in the episode [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E15Arcadia Arcadia]] "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E15Arcadia Arcadia]]" of the original series.
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* OffscreenTeleportation: Even accounting for the fact that the Bandaid-Nose Man can become a painting, he can just appear ahead of his victim whenever he wants. In the case of the woman he was hunting, he somehow manages to get to the other side of a locked door when he was on the second floor of the house to start.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The chipper "Downtown" by Petula Clark plays on the background while the Bandaid-Nose Man stalks and brutally kills one of his victims.
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* ZerothLawRebellion: The Trash Man never intended for the Bandaid-Nose Man to be violent. The Bandaid-Nose Man merely took his rage at those who mistreated the homeless to its logical conclusion.
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A mysterious man is slaughtering those who mistreat the homeless. Meanwhile, Scully's mother is on her deathbed.
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* ArtInitiatesLife: The Trash Man's creations are able to manifest as living things, which he attributes to the dedication he puts into his work.
* AssholeVictim: All of the Bandaid-Nose Man's victims mistreat the homeless in some way. Mulder even lampshades the self-serving motives of two of them when he catches them arguing.
** The first victim sprays them down with hoses to drive them away.
** The second and third victims steal art from the homeless to profit off it.
** The fourth only "helps" the homeless to keep them out of her neighborhood.
** The fifth was working with the first to move the homeless so he could renovate the block they were living on.
* TheBadGuyWins: Ultimately, the Bandaid-Nose Man kills all his targets and escapes retribution.
* SuperStrength: The Bandaid-Nose Man can casually rip people limb from limb.
* TheUnreveal: It's never explained why the Bandaid-Nose Man steals pieces of his victims, why there's a garbage truck ferrying him around, or how he's managed to sustain himself even though the Trash Man's other creations all went back to being inanimate when left alone for a while.
* ZerothLawRebellion: The Trash Man never intended for the Bandaid-Nose Man to be violent. The Bandaid-Nose Man merely took his rage at those who mistreated the homeless to its logical conclusion.
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* ArtInitiatesLife: The Trash Man's creations are able to manifest as living things, which he attributes to the dedication he puts into his work.
* AssholeVictim: All of the Bandaid-Nose Man's victims mistreat the homeless in some way. Mulder even lampshades the self-serving motives of two of them when he catches them arguing.
** The first victim sprays them down with hoses to drive them away.
** The second and third victims steal art from the homeless to profit off it.
** The fourth only "helps" the homeless to keep them out of her neighborhood.
** The fifth was working with the first to move the homeless so he could renovate the block they were living on.
* TheBadGuyWins: Ultimately, the Bandaid-Nose Man kills all his targets and escapes retribution.
* SuperStrength: The Bandaid-Nose Man can casually rip people limb from limb.
* TheUnreveal: It's never explained why the Bandaid-Nose Man steals pieces of his victims, why there's a garbage truck ferrying him around, or how he's managed to sustain himself even though the Trash Man's other creations all went back to being inanimate when left alone for a while.
* ZerothLawRebellion: The Trash Man never intended for the Bandaid-Nose Man to be violent. The Bandaid-Nose Man merely took his rage at those who mistreated the homeless to its logical conclusion.
