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* ConjoinedTwins: Lanny has a conjoined twin as his deformity. Unfortunately, that twin is also the bad guy of the episode.
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* ConjoinedTwins: Lanny has a conjoined twin as his deformity. Unfortunately, that twin is also the bad guy of the episode. (Frankly, it's hard to pin down the Monster of the Week in trope terms. FetusTerrible is probably the closest thing we got, since it's a separable conjoined twin with a childlike mind and evil intent, which also looks like an ugly misshapen infant.)
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* ThickerThanWater: Turns out Lanny knew well in advance his little brother was a killer (how else?), to the point of moving around the country whenever a string of unexplained deaths happening in one place became inconveniently long. He explains himself that well, it's his brother, it's not like he could turn him in. (The other part of the explanation is that he'd also have to turn himself in, and he had no guts for it.)
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!!Tropes:
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The Conundrum will eat anything: "Live animals, dead animals, rocks, light bulbs, corkscrews, battery cables, cranberries... "
* AssholeVictim: Downplayed with Mr. Nutt the hotel manager. He's a belligerent, caustic [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] with a huge chip on his shoulder, but has a somewhat legitimate FreudianExcuse and certainly didn't deserve to die.
* BaitAndSwitch: The episode opens with two boys playing in the water as something large and scaly approaches... and it turns out to be their father, who has ichthyosis and performs as an "alligator man". A few minutes later, after the boys leave, the Alligator Man gets attacked by the actual monster of the week.
* BrickJoke: The Conundrum will eat ''anything''. Even Lanny's villainous conjoined twin by the end!
* CannotKeepASecret: Fortunately for Scully, Mulder just blurts out that they discovered Sheriff Hamilton used to be Jim-Jim the Dog-Faced Boy.
* CircusEpisode: Mulder and Scully investigate a series of disappearances in a small town that relies economically on the circus industry. Just about everyone they meet is a circus performer of some kind - even the local sheriff is a former "dog-faced boy".
* ConjoinedTwins: Lanny has a conjoined twin as his deformity. Unfortunately, that twin is also the bad guy of the episode.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Scully, trying to explain.
* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse response to Dr. Blockhead's performance at Glazebrook's funeral. None of the congregants were amused.
* DumbMuscle: Lanny. He also has a case of SimpletonVoice. Though this is mostly due to his heavy drinking.
* EatingTheEnemy: The monster is defeated when the Conundrum eats it. It was previously established that the Conundrum will eat anything.
* ExtremeOmnivore: The Conundrum is described as such, with a scene showing Mulder noticing him eating a fish with his bare hands.
* TheFunInFuneral: Glazebrook's funeral is so wacky that Mulder [[DeadpanSnarker jokes that he can't wait for the wake.]]
* HallOfMirrors: Scully chases Leonard in the hall of mirrors at the funhouse. She fires at him but ends up breaking the mirror that reflected him. She walks down a hallway and bumps into a mirror. And then into Mulder so they decide to catch him outside.
* HumansAreSpecial: A subtle aesop, using circus performers to highlight that in the end people are still people.
* ICanExplain: "What are you doing?" "We're exhuming your... potato."
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Played with in a scene where Scully and Lanny meet while wearing loose robes. She can't resist looking at his undeveloped conjoined twin; he can't resist looking at her cleavage.
* RedHerring: Sheriff used to be Jim-Jim the Dog-Faced Boy. The revelation that he used to be a circus performer appears to be very significant, but when Scully and Mulder talk to him about it, he's nonplussed and simply speaks about his past in a matter-of-fact manner. He even somewhat [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the trope:
-->'''Sheriff:''' The investigation isn't going too well, is it?
* SideBoob: When Lanny comes to wake Scully telling her another body had been found, the audience sees Lanny's gaze spotting her partially undressed underneath her robe. At the same time, Scully is looking down Lanny's robe to see his conjoined twin. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments They both realize what they're doing and immediately wrap their robes up tighter]].
* SherlockScan: Spoofed. The local motel is run by a ''little person'' and Mulder, rather innocuously, asks if he's done any circus work, as the whole town consists of circus performers. The clerk is naturally offended by this and attempts to make a point about stereotyping by performing a scan on Mulder. Unfortunately, he stereotypes Mulder as an FBI agent.
* TheUnReveal: Did Gillian Anderson really eat that cricket or not?
* WhamLine: The last line of the episode, no less. When Mulder and Scully find the Conundrum while chasing Lanny's conjoined twin, they don't find the twin and notice that the Conundrum has a bigger stomach than before. The next morning, the two see the Conundrum having stomach pains while he is about to leave Gibsonton.
-->'''Blockhead:''' I don't know what his problem is. Maybe it's the Florida heat.\\
'''Scully:''' Hope it's nothing serious.\\
'''Conundrum:''' [[BlackComedy Probably something I ate.]]
* WholePlotReference: Tom Reamy's 1977 short story "The Detweiler Boy".
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The Conundrum will eat anything: "Live animals, dead animals, rocks, light bulbs, corkscrews, battery cables, cranberries... "
* AssholeVictim: Downplayed with Mr. Nutt the hotel manager. He's a belligerent, caustic [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] with a huge chip on his shoulder, but has a somewhat legitimate FreudianExcuse and certainly didn't deserve to die.
* BaitAndSwitch: The episode opens with two boys playing in the water as something large and scaly approaches... and it turns out to be their father, who has ichthyosis and performs as an "alligator man". A few minutes later, after the boys leave, the Alligator Man gets attacked by the actual monster of the week.
* BrickJoke: The Conundrum will eat ''anything''. Even Lanny's villainous conjoined twin by the end!
* CannotKeepASecret: Fortunately for Scully, Mulder just blurts out that they discovered Sheriff Hamilton used to be Jim-Jim the Dog-Faced Boy.
* CircusEpisode: Mulder and Scully investigate a series of disappearances in a small town that relies economically on the circus industry. Just about everyone they meet is a circus performer of some kind - even the local sheriff is a former "dog-faced boy".
* ConjoinedTwins: Lanny has a conjoined twin as his deformity. Unfortunately, that twin is also the bad guy of the episode.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Scully, trying to explain.
* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse response to Dr. Blockhead's performance at Glazebrook's funeral. None of the congregants were amused.
* DumbMuscle: Lanny. He also has a case of SimpletonVoice. Though this is mostly due to his heavy drinking.
* EatingTheEnemy: The monster is defeated when the Conundrum eats it. It was previously established that the Conundrum will eat anything.
* ExtremeOmnivore: The Conundrum is described as such, with a scene showing Mulder noticing him eating a fish with his bare hands.
* TheFunInFuneral: Glazebrook's funeral is so wacky that Mulder [[DeadpanSnarker jokes that he can't wait for the wake.]]
* HallOfMirrors: Scully chases Leonard in the hall of mirrors at the funhouse. She fires at him but ends up breaking the mirror that reflected him. She walks down a hallway and bumps into a mirror. And then into Mulder so they decide to catch him outside.
* HumansAreSpecial: A subtle aesop, using circus performers to highlight that in the end people are still people.
* ICanExplain: "What are you doing?" "We're exhuming your... potato."
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Played with in a scene where Scully and Lanny meet while wearing loose robes. She can't resist looking at his undeveloped conjoined twin; he can't resist looking at her cleavage.
* RedHerring: Sheriff used to be Jim-Jim the Dog-Faced Boy. The revelation that he used to be a circus performer appears to be very significant, but when Scully and Mulder talk to him about it, he's nonplussed and simply speaks about his past in a matter-of-fact manner. He even somewhat [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the trope:
-->'''Sheriff:''' The investigation isn't going too well, is it?
* SideBoob: When Lanny comes to wake Scully telling her another body had been found, the audience sees Lanny's gaze spotting her partially undressed underneath her robe. At the same time, Scully is looking down Lanny's robe to see his conjoined twin. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments They both realize what they're doing and immediately wrap their robes up tighter]].
* SherlockScan: Spoofed. The local motel is run by a ''little person'' and Mulder, rather innocuously, asks if he's done any circus work, as the whole town consists of circus performers. The clerk is naturally offended by this and attempts to make a point about stereotyping by performing a scan on Mulder. Unfortunately, he stereotypes Mulder as an FBI agent.
* TheUnReveal: Did Gillian Anderson really eat that cricket or not?
* WhamLine: The last line of the episode, no less. When Mulder and Scully find the Conundrum while chasing Lanny's conjoined twin, they don't find the twin and notice that the Conundrum has a bigger stomach than before. The next morning, the two see the Conundrum having stomach pains while he is about to leave Gibsonton.
-->'''Blockhead:''' I don't know what his problem is. Maybe it's the Florida heat.\\
'''Scully:''' Hope it's nothing serious.\\
'''Conundrum:''' [[BlackComedy Probably something I ate.]]
* WholePlotReference: Tom Reamy's 1977 short story "The Detweiler Boy".
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->''"Nature abhors normality. It can't go very long without creating a mutant."''
!!Tropes:
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The Conundrum will eat anything: "Live animals, dead animals, rocks, light bulbs, corkscrews, battery cables, cranberries... "
* AssholeVictim: Downplayed with Mr. Nutt the hotel manager. He's a belligerent, caustic [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] with a huge chip on his shoulder, but has a somewhat legitimate FreudianExcuse and certainly didn't deserve to die.
* BaitAndSwitch: The episode opens with two boys playing in the water as something large and scaly approaches... and it turns out to be their father, who has ichthyosis and performs as an "alligator man". A few minutes later, after the boys leave, the Alligator Man gets attacked by the actual monster of the week.
* BrickJoke: The Conundrum will eat ''anything''. Even Lanny's villainous conjoined twin by the end!
* CannotKeepASecret: Fortunately for Scully, Mulder just blurts out that they discovered Sheriff Hamilton used to be Jim-Jim the Dog-Faced Boy.
* CircusEpisode: Mulder and Scully investigate a series of disappearances in a small town that relies economically on the circus industry. Just about everyone they meet is a circus performer of some kind - even the local sheriff is a former "dog-faced boy".
* ConjoinedTwins: Lanny has a conjoined twin as his deformity. Unfortunately, that twin is also the bad guy of the episode.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Scully, trying to explain.
* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse response to Dr. Blockhead's performance at Glazebrook's funeral. None of the congregants were amused.
* DumbMuscle: Lanny. He also has a case of SimpletonVoice. Though this is mostly due to his heavy drinking.
* EatingTheEnemy: The monster is defeated when the Conundrum eats it. It was previously established that the Conundrum will eat anything.
* ExtremeOmnivore: The Conundrum is described as such, with a scene showing Mulder noticing him eating a fish with his bare hands.
* TheFunInFuneral: Glazebrook's funeral is so wacky that Mulder [[DeadpanSnarker jokes that he can't wait for the wake.]]
* HallOfMirrors: Scully chases Leonard in the hall of mirrors at the funhouse. She fires at him but ends up breaking the mirror that reflected him. She walks down a hallway and bumps into a mirror. And then into Mulder so they decide to catch him outside.
* HumansAreSpecial: A subtle aesop, using circus performers to highlight that in the end people are still people.
* ICanExplain: "What are you doing?" "We're exhuming your... potato."
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Played with in a scene where Scully and Lanny meet while wearing loose robes. She can't resist looking at his undeveloped conjoined twin; he can't resist looking at her cleavage.
* RedHerring: Sheriff used to be Jim-Jim the Dog-Faced Boy. The revelation that he used to be a circus performer appears to be very significant, but when Scully and Mulder talk to him about it, he's nonplussed and simply speaks about his past in a matter-of-fact manner. He even somewhat [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the trope:
-->'''Sheriff:''' The investigation isn't going too well, is it?
* SideBoob: When Lanny comes to wake Scully telling her another body had been found, the audience sees Lanny's gaze spotting her partially undressed underneath her robe. At the same time, Scully is looking down Lanny's robe to see his conjoined twin. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments They both realize what they're doing and immediately wrap their robes up tighter]].
* SherlockScan: Spoofed. The local motel is run by a ''little person'' and Mulder, rather innocuously, asks if he's done any circus work, as the whole town consists of circus performers. The clerk is naturally offended by this and attempts to make a point about stereotyping by performing a scan on Mulder. Unfortunately, he stereotypes Mulder as an FBI agent.
* TheUnReveal: Did Gillian Anderson really eat that cricket or not?
* WhamLine: The last line of the episode, no less. When Mulder and Scully find the Conundrum while chasing Lanny's conjoined twin, they don't find the twin and notice that the Conundrum has a bigger stomach than before. The next morning, the two see the Conundrum having stomach pains while he is about to leave Gibsonton.
-->'''Blockhead:''' I don't know what his problem is. Maybe it's the Florida heat.\\
'''Scully:''' Hope it's nothing serious.\\
'''Conundrum:''' [[BlackComedy Probably something I ate.]]
* WholePlotReference: Tom Reamy's 1977 short story "The Detweiler Boy".
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!!Tropes:
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The Conundrum will eat anything: "Live animals, dead animals, rocks, light bulbs, corkscrews, battery cables, cranberries... "
* AssholeVictim: Downplayed with Mr. Nutt the hotel manager. He's a belligerent, caustic [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] with a huge chip on his shoulder, but has a somewhat legitimate FreudianExcuse and certainly didn't deserve to die.
* BaitAndSwitch: The episode opens with two boys playing in the water as something large and scaly approaches... and it turns out to be their father, who has ichthyosis and performs as an "alligator man". A few minutes later, after the boys leave, the Alligator Man gets attacked by the actual monster of the week.
* BrickJoke: The Conundrum will eat ''anything''. Even Lanny's villainous conjoined twin by the end!
* CannotKeepASecret: Fortunately for Scully, Mulder just blurts out that they discovered Sheriff Hamilton used to be Jim-Jim the Dog-Faced Boy.
* CircusEpisode: Mulder and Scully investigate a series of disappearances in a small town that relies economically on the circus industry. Just about everyone they meet is a circus performer of some kind - even the local sheriff is a former "dog-faced boy".
* ConjoinedTwins: Lanny has a conjoined twin as his deformity. Unfortunately, that twin is also the bad guy of the episode.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Scully, trying to explain.
* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse response to Dr. Blockhead's performance at Glazebrook's funeral. None of the congregants were amused.
* DumbMuscle: Lanny. He also has a case of SimpletonVoice. Though this is mostly due to his heavy drinking.
* EatingTheEnemy: The monster is defeated when the Conundrum eats it. It was previously established that the Conundrum will eat anything.
* ExtremeOmnivore: The Conundrum is described as such, with a scene showing Mulder noticing him eating a fish with his bare hands.
* TheFunInFuneral: Glazebrook's funeral is so wacky that Mulder [[DeadpanSnarker jokes that he can't wait for the wake.]]
* HallOfMirrors: Scully chases Leonard in the hall of mirrors at the funhouse. She fires at him but ends up breaking the mirror that reflected him. She walks down a hallway and bumps into a mirror. And then into Mulder so they decide to catch him outside.
* HumansAreSpecial: A subtle aesop, using circus performers to highlight that in the end people are still people.
* ICanExplain: "What are you doing?" "We're exhuming your... potato."
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Played with in a scene where Scully and Lanny meet while wearing loose robes. She can't resist looking at his undeveloped conjoined twin; he can't resist looking at her cleavage.
* RedHerring: Sheriff used to be Jim-Jim the Dog-Faced Boy. The revelation that he used to be a circus performer appears to be very significant, but when Scully and Mulder talk to him about it, he's nonplussed and simply speaks about his past in a matter-of-fact manner. He even somewhat [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the trope:
-->'''Sheriff:''' The investigation isn't going too well, is it?
* SideBoob: When Lanny comes to wake Scully telling her another body had been found, the audience sees Lanny's gaze spotting her partially undressed underneath her robe. At the same time, Scully is looking down Lanny's robe to see his conjoined twin. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments They both realize what they're doing and immediately wrap their robes up tighter]].
* SherlockScan: Spoofed. The local motel is run by a ''little person'' and Mulder, rather innocuously, asks if he's done any circus work, as the whole town consists of circus performers. The clerk is naturally offended by this and attempts to make a point about stereotyping by performing a scan on Mulder. Unfortunately, he stereotypes Mulder as an FBI agent.
* TheUnReveal: Did Gillian Anderson really eat that cricket or not?
* WhamLine: The last line of the episode, no less. When Mulder and Scully find the Conundrum while chasing Lanny's conjoined twin, they don't find the twin and notice that the Conundrum has a bigger stomach than before. The next morning, the two see the Conundrum having stomach pains while he is about to leave Gibsonton.
-->'''Blockhead:''' I don't know what his problem is. Maybe it's the Florida heat.\\
'''Scully:''' Hope it's nothing serious.\\
'''Conundrum:''' [[BlackComedy Probably something I ate.]]
* WholePlotReference: Tom Reamy's 1977 short story "The Detweiler Boy".
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'''Season 2, Episode 20:'''
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->Written by Darin Morgan\\
Directed by Kim Manners
->''"That's why Barnum was a genius. You never know where the truth ends and the [[TitleDrop humbug]] begins. He came right out and said, 'This Feejee Mermaid thing is just a bunch of B.S.'. That just made people want to go and see it even more. So, I mean... who knows?"''
-->-- '''Hepcat Helm'''
Mulder and Scully investigate a murder in a town where nearly everyone is a retired circus performer.
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[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E01LittleGreenMen 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E02TheHost 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E03Blood 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E04Sleepless 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E05DuaneBarry 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E06Ascension 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E07Three 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E08OneBreath 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E09Firewalker 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E10RedMuseum 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E11ExcelsisDei 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E12Aubrey 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E14DieHandDieVerletzt 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E15FreshBones 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E16Colony 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E17EndGame 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E18FearfulSymmetry 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E19DodKalm 19]] | '''20''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E21TheCalusari 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E22FEmasculata 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E23SoftLight 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E24OurTown 24]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E25Anasazi 25]]]]-]]]
'''Season 2, Episode 20:'''
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->Written by Darin Morgan\\
Directed by Kim Manners
->''"That's why Barnum was a genius. You never know where the truth ends and the [[TitleDrop humbug]] begins. He came right out and said, 'This Feejee Mermaid thing is just a bunch of B.S.'. That just made people want to go and see it even more. So, I mean... who knows?"''
-->-- '''Hepcat Helm'''
Mulder and Scully investigate a murder in a town where nearly everyone is a retired circus performer.
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'''Season 2, Episode 20:'''
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Imagine going through your whole life looking like this."'']]
->Written by Darin Morgan\\
Directed by Kim Manners
->''"That's why Barnum was a genius. You never know where the truth ends and the [[TitleDrop humbug]] begins. He came right out and said, 'This Feejee Mermaid thing is just a bunch of B.S.'. That just made people want to go and see it even more. So, I mean... who knows?"''
-->-- '''Hepcat Helm'''
Mulder and Scully investigate a murder in a town where nearly everyone is a retired circus performer.
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[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E01LittleGreenMen 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E02TheHost 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E03Blood 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E04Sleepless 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E05DuaneBarry 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E06Ascension 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E07Three 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E08OneBreath 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E09Firewalker 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E10RedMuseum 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E11ExcelsisDei 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E12Aubrey 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E14DieHandDieVerletzt 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E15FreshBones 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E16Colony 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E17EndGame 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E18FearfulSymmetry 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E19DodKalm 19]] | '''20''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E21TheCalusari 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E22FEmasculata 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E23SoftLight 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E24OurTown 24]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E25Anasazi 25]]]]-]]]
'''Season 2, Episode 20:'''
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Imagine going through your whole life looking like this."'']]
->Written by Darin Morgan\\
Directed by Kim Manners
->''"That's why Barnum was a genius. You never know where the truth ends and the [[TitleDrop humbug]] begins. He came right out and said, 'This Feejee Mermaid thing is just a bunch of B.S.'. That just made people want to go and see it even more. So, I mean... who knows?"''
-->-- '''Hepcat Helm'''
Mulder and Scully investigate a murder in a town where nearly everyone is a retired circus performer.
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* DumbMuscle: Lenny. He also has a case of SimpletonVoice. Though this is mostly due to his heavy drinking.
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* DumbMuscle: Lenny.Lanny. He also has a case of SimpletonVoice. Though this is mostly due to his heavy drinking.
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* SideBoob: When Lenny comes to wake Scully telling her another body had been found, the audience sees Lenny's gaze spotting her partially undressed underneath her robe. At the same time, Scully is looking down Lenny's robe to see his conjoined twin. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments They both realize what they're doing and immediately wrap their robes up tighter]].
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* SideBoob: When Lenny Lanny comes to wake Scully telling her another body had been found, the audience sees Lenny's Lanny's gaze spotting her partially undressed underneath her robe. At the same time, Scully is looking down Lenny's Lanny's robe to see his conjoined twin. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments They both realize what they're doing and immediately wrap their robes up tighter]].
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* CannotKeepASecret: Fortunately for her, Mulder just blurts out that they found out that Sheriff Hamilton used to be Jim-Jim the Dog-Faced Boy.
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* CannotKeepASecret: Fortunately for her, Scully, Mulder just blurts out that they found out that discovered Sheriff Hamilton used to be Jim-Jim the Dog-Faced Boy.
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* EatingTheEnemy: The monster is defeated when the Conundrum eats it. It is previously established that the Conundrum will eat anything.
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* EatingTheEnemy: The monster is defeated when the Conundrum eats it. It is was previously established that the Conundrum will eat anything.
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* SideBoob: When Lenny comes to wake Scully telling her another body had been found, the audience sees Lenny's gaze spotting her partially undressed underneath her robe. At the same time, Scully is looking down Lenny's robe to see his conjoined twin. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny They both realize what they're doing and immediately wrap their robes up tighter]].
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* SideBoob: When Lenny comes to wake Scully telling her another body had been found, the audience sees Lenny's gaze spotting her partially undressed underneath her robe. At the same time, Scully is looking down Lenny's robe to see his conjoined twin. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments They both realize what they're doing and immediately wrap their robes up tighter]].
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* WhamLine: the last line of the episode, no less.
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* WhamLine: the The last line of the episode, no less.
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* Profiling: A non-ethnic variant discussed by Mulder and Scully while they're investigating the sheriff (who you'll recall was once Jim-Jim The Dog Faced Boy). Mulder is worried that suspecting a man for murder because he has excessive body hair is bigotry on his part, and Scully makes the comparison to racial profiling.
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* Profiling: A non-ethnic variant discussed by Mulder and Scully while they're investigating the sheriff (who you'll recall was once Jim-Jim The Dog Faced Boy). Mulder is worried that suspecting a man for murder because he has excessive body hair is bigotry on his part, and Scully makes the comparison to racial profiling.
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* AssholeVictim: Downplayed with Mr. Nutt the hotel manager. He's a belligerent, caustic {{Jerkass jerk}} with a huge chip on his shoulder, but has a somewhat legitimate FreudianExcuse and certainly didn't deserve to die.
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* AssholeVictim: Downplayed with Mr. Nutt the hotel manager. He's a belligerent, caustic {{Jerkass jerk}} [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] with a huge chip on his shoulder, but has a somewhat legitimate FreudianExcuse and certainly didn't deserve to die.
