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* YankTheDogChain: Crump and Mulder have made it to California, reached an understanding, Scully has developed a cure for Crump's condition, and they've agreed on a rendezvous point. But when Mulder arrives we see that Crump's head has already exploded.

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* YankTheDogChain: YankTheDogsChain: Crump and Mulder have made it to California, reached an understanding, Scully has developed a cure for Crump's condition, and they've agreed on a rendezvous point. But when Mulder arrives we see that Crump's head has already exploded.
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* GoFastOrGoBoom: Crump's head is gonna explode if he doesn't rapidly move from east to west.
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* TroubledSympatheticBigot: Patrick Crump is shown to have many rather unpleasant sides to his character; most notably, he's an outspoken anti-Semite, outright asking Mulder if he is Jewish (and making it clear that he consider this a negative trait). This said, it is at the same time also made clear that even if Crump isn't that nice of a guy, he still doesn't deserve being a victim of what is happening to him throughout the episode.

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* TroubledSympatheticBigot: Patrick Crump is shown to have many rather unpleasant sides to his character; most notably, he's an outspoken anti-Semite, outright asking Mulder if he is Jewish (and making it clear that he consider this a negative trait). This said, it is at the same time also made clear that even if Crump isn't that nice of a guy, he still doesn't does not deserve being to be subjected to the event he is a victim of what is happening to him throughout the episode.
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* AssholeVictim: Patrick Crump but he gets sympathetic.

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* AssholeVictim: Played with. Patrick Crump starts out as a quite unpleasant person, but he over the course of the episode, his character gets sympathetic.quite a few humanizing moments, and it is made very clear that even if he is an asshole, he still doesn't deserve what is happening to him.
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* TroubledSympatheticBigot: Patrick Crump is shown to have many rather unpleasant sides to his character; most notably, he's an outspoken anti-Semite, outright asking Mulder if he is Jewish (and making it clear that he consider this a negative trait). This said, it is at the same time also made clear that even if Crump isn't that nice of a guy, he still doesn't deserve being a victim of to what is happening to him throughout the episode.

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* TroubledSympatheticBigot: Patrick Crump is shown to have many rather unpleasant sides to his character; most notably, he's an outspoken anti-Semite, outright asking Mulder if he is Jewish (and making it clear that he consider this a negative trait). This said, it is at the same time also made clear that even if Crump isn't that nice of a guy, he still doesn't deserve being a victim of to what is happening to him throughout the episode.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Mulder treats his and Scully's current assignment of checking up on farmers buying large amounts of fertilizer to make sure they aren't making explosives as this.
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* YankTheDogChain: Crump and Mulder have made it to California, reached an understanding, Scully has developed a cure for Crump's condition, and they've agreed on a rendezvous point. But when Mulder arrives we see that Crump's head has already exploded.
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* TroubledSympatheticBigot: Patrick Crump is shown to have many rather unpleasant sides to his character; most notably, he's an outspoken anti-Semite, outright asking Mulder if he is Jewish (and making it clear that he consider this a negative trait). It is at the same time also made quite clear that even if Crump isn't a nice guy, he still doesn't deserve being a victim of to what is happening to him.

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* TroubledSympatheticBigot: Patrick Crump is shown to have many rather unpleasant sides to his character; most notably, he's an outspoken anti-Semite, outright asking Mulder if he is Jewish (and making it clear that he consider this a negative trait). It This said, it is at the same time also made quite clear that even if Crump isn't a that nice of a guy, he still doesn't deserve being a victim of to what is happening to him.him throughout the episode.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: Surprisingly, Crump actually apologises for mocking Mulder's supposed Jewish ancestry, but Mulder doesn't consider “you can't help what you are” a much better endorsement.

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* NotHelpingYourCase: Surprisingly, Crump actually apologises for mocking Mulder's supposed Jewish ancestry, but Mulder doesn't consider “you "you can't help what you are” are" a much better endorsement.



* TroubledSympatheticBigot: Patrick Crump who hates or at least dislikes Jews.

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* TroubledSympatheticBigot: Patrick Crump who hates or is shown to have many rather unpleasant sides to his character; most notably, he's an outspoken anti-Semite, outright asking Mulder if he is Jewish (and making it clear that he consider this a negative trait). It is at least dislikes Jews.the same time also made quite clear that even if Crump isn't a nice guy, he still doesn't deserve being a victim of to what is happening to him.
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* DefrostingIceKing: Crump becomes a ''much'' more likeable character by the end of the episode, which makes his fate all the sadder.
* DownerEnding: Mulder and Scully are unable to save Crump's life.

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* DefrostingIceKing: Crump becomes a ''much'' more likeable likable character by the end of the episode, which makes his fate all the sadder.
* DownerEnding: Mulder and Scully are unable to save Crump's life.life and the military is able to cover up their radio wave experimentation.

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