Citizendia

The X-Files character
Fox Mulder
Affiliated with FBI
First appearance "Pilot"
Last appearance "The Truth"
Portrayed by David Duchovny

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. David William Duchovny (born August 7, 1960) is a two-time Golden Globe Award -winning American television and film Actor, best known Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David William Duchovny (born August 7, 1960) is a two-time Golden Globe Award -winning American television and film Actor, best known Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U The X-Files is a Peabody, Golden Globe and Emmy Award -winning American Science fiction television series created by Chris Carter FBI Special Agent Mulder believes in UFOs and a government conspiracy to hide or deny the truth of their existence. A conspiracy theory attributes the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually Political, Social or Historical events or the concealment With his FBI partner Dana Scully, the two work in the X-Files office, which is concerned with cases with particularly mysterious or possibly supernatural circumstances that were left unsolved and shelved by the FBI. Special Agent Dana Katherine Scully MD is a Fictional character on the Fox Broadcasting Co Mulder considers the X-Files and the truth behind the supposed conspiracy so important that he has made them the main purpose of his life. He lives alone near Washington, D.C.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Fox Mulder was born to Bill Mulder and Teena Mulder (maiden name Kuipers) on October 13, 1961, presumably in Massachusetts. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D William Mulder is also possibly the full name of Baby William William "Bill" Mulder (1936-1995 is a Fictional character Elizabeth "Teena" Kuipers Mulder ( 1941 - 2000) is the mother of the fictional X-Files character Fox Mulder. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is later revealed that the Cigarette Smoking Man is Mulder's biological father. The Cigarette Smoking Man (also known as Cancer Man or CGB Spender) was a character played by William B He has a younger sister, Samantha Mulder, who was born in 1965 and a half brother Jeffrey Spender. Samantha Ann Mulder (born November 21, 1965) is a Fictional character in the Television series The X-Files. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Special Agent Jeffrey Spender is a character in the Science fiction Fox TV series The X-Files.

His first words, at 11 months, were "JFK", and he grew up in Chilmark, Massachusetts. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of Chilmark is a town located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The Mulder family had a summer house in Quonochontaug, RI, where Fox and Samantha would play during summer vacations. Quonochontaug is composed of three small beach communities in Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA. He apparently had an active childhood, full of neighborhood baseball games(in the episode Blood, Mulder mentions he played in right field), and tree climbing - where he once came face to face with a praying mantis, an incident which terrified him and fostered an intense dislike for insects. The Insect order Mantodea or mantises consists of approximately 2000 species worldwide in Temperate and Tropical habitats of He also developed an all-consuming fear of fire when his friend's house burned to the ground and they had to stay in the rubble all night to ward off looters. He had nightmares for years regarding that incident, but overcame his fear during the episode "Fire. " Mulder apparently enjoyed science fiction in his early years, dressing as Mr. Spock from Star Trek in childhood, and watching The Magician. In his teenage years, Mulder was also very excited about space. Spock (sometimes referred to as Mr Spock) is a main character in the original Star Trek TV series The Magician was an American Television series that ran during the 1973&ndash1974 season Although he says he never wanted to be an astronaut, he was delighted to meet an ex-astronaut during one of his investigations and admitted that watching a shuttle launch fulfilled one of his boyhood dreams. An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained

On November 27, 1973, Samantha disappeared mysteriously from their home in Chilmark, Massachusetts on Martha's Vineyard, an event which had a severe impact on the Mulder family, especially Fox. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The subsequent investigation into her disappearance turned up no evidence. Soon after, Mulder's parents divorced. In earlier accounts, Samantha was said to have disappeared while the Mulder family was on vacation near Lake Okoboji in Iowa. Lake Okoboji Iowa may refer to West Okoboji Lake, in Iowa East Okoboji Lake, in Iowa

Mulder's memories of the event are not necessarily to be trusted. In the pilot episode ("Pilot"), Mulder told Scully that his sister "just disappeared out of her bed one night. The pilot episode of the science fiction television series The X-Files premiered on the FOX network on September 10 1993 " Yet in a dream sequence in "Little Green Men", Fox and Samantha are shown playing Stratego and watching TV, their parents visiting the neighbors, when flashing lights flood the room. " Little Green Men " was the first episode of the second season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Stratego is a Board game featuring a 10 × 10 square board and two players with 40 pieces each Fox, frozen in shock, sees Samantha rise in the air and float out of the window, and an alien figure appears through the backlight.

This particular memory of her disappearance was recorded in a state of hypnosis, under the direction of regression hypnotherapist Dr. Hypnosis is often thought to be a wakeful state of focused attention and heightened suggestibility with diminished peripheral awareness Heitz Werber in 1989 ("Closure"). In the season 5 episodes "Patient X" and "The Red and the Black", Mulder himself doubts the reliability of this memory, suspecting his recollection of the abduction may have been due to "an elaborate staging of events," or even entirely fabricated. Although he later regains his belief in an alien conspiracy, it is never made clear whether Mulder's memories under hypnotherapy were authentic or, indeed, who Samantha's abductors were.

Education and pre-X-Files career

The disappearance of Mulder's sister and his search for her soon after became the main consuming drive of his life. Mulder probably graduated from high school -- where his foreign language of choice was French ("731") -- in spring of 1979 or 1980 (most likely 1980, as graduating in 1979 would have required him to skip a grade or start school before his fifth birthday. " 731 " is the tenth episode of the third season of television series The X-Files. ). It is not known what he did between 1980 and 1983. In 1983, Mulder entered Oxford University to study psychology. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and He graduated summa cum laude in 1986 (a blooper: degrees in the UK are classified as 'First Class Honors,' ' Upper Second (Class),' 'Lower Second (Class),' 'Third (Class),' etc. Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an Academic degree was earned , not Latin honors as in the United States).

Later that year, Mulder entered the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. The FBI Academy, located in Quantico Virginia, is the training grounds for new Special Agents of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state It is known that Mulder "joined the FBI" on October 24, 1986, but it is unclear whether that is the date when he started his Quantico Academy course or finished it. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) On graduating from the Academy, Mulder started his work in the Behavioral Science Unit (psychological profiling) under Agent Bill Patterson, with whom he had a testing relationship. The Behavioral Analysis Unit ( BAU) is a part of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. Offender profiling is a behavioral and investigative tool that helps investigators to profile unknown criminal subjects or offenders Around this time he wrote a monograph on serial killers and the occult, which helped catch serial killer Monty Props in 1988. A monograph ( Classical Greek, "One Writer" or "Single Writing") is a work of writing upon a single subject usually also by a single A serial killer is a person who Murders usually three or more people with a "cooling off" period between each murder and whose motivation for killing is largely based The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden" This, coupled with his successful capture of such dangerous criminals as John L. Roche and Luther Lee Boggs, made Mulder something of an intra-Bureau legend. On the 1993&ndash2002 Television series, The X-Files, there developed two main types of episodes

At some point, Mulder started working as a field agent of the Violent Crimes division under Agent Reggie Purdue. In November 1982, following a meeting between members of the Criminal Personality Research Project advisory board and other specialists the concept of a single National Center for It is possible that Mulder did, for a short time, work both as a profiler and a field agent. During Mulder's first case as a field agent a fellow FBI agent died during a standoff with a suspect, and Mulder later blamed himself for sticking to the FBI protocol, which he felt didn't allow him to prevent the agent's death. His partner in violent crimes was Jerry Lamana, whose incompetence and self-serving agenda led to him misplacing evidence which resulted in the maiming of a federal judge ("Ghost in the Machine"). " Ghost in the Machine " was the seventh episode of the first season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by In his later FBI career Mulder always showed varying degrees of disregard for rules.

Fox Mulder appears to have been a very talented and remarkable agent. It was said that Mulder had "recommendations out the yin-yang" ("Unusual Suspects"). " Unusual Suspects " is the third episode of the fifth season of television series The X-Files. In "Pilot", Scully claimed she'd heard of Mulder by reputation, and that he is "brilliant. The pilot episode of the science fiction television series The X-Files premiered on the FOX network on September 10 1993 " Mulder was talked about at the FBI even while still in the Academy, as he was always "three jumps ahead" of others ("Young at Heart"). " Young at Heart " was the sixteenth episode of the first season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Mulder got the nickname "Spooky," presumably from a combination of his unnatural insights into the psychology of serial killers and other violent criminals, and his interest in the paranormal.

Work on the X-Files

Opening the X-Files

In May 1989, Mulder was sprayed with an experimental drug that causes hallucinations and paranoia. A hallucination, in the broadest sense is a Perception in the absence of a stimulus. Paranoia is a disturbed thought process characterized by excessive Anxiety or Fear, often to the point of Irrationality and Delusion. Mulder started talking about aliens and conspiracies, although his previous interest in such things was not as active. The following month, Mulder underwent regressive hypnosis in attempt to remember what happened when Samantha disappeared. After that, Mulder started displaying a fanatical interest in the paranormal.

Mulder continued to work in the Violent Crimes department, pursuing his paranormal interests in his spare time. In 1990, he learned a great deal about the X-Files from former FBI agent Arthur Dales ("Travelers"). Throughout the nine year run of The X-Files, various characters have come forward to feed Fox Mulder or Dana Scully with top secret information regarding In late 1991, Mulder "discovered" the X-Files, and re-opened them with Agent Diana Fowley. Diana Fowley is a Fictional character on the FOX television show The X-Files. Agent Fowley transferred away shortly thereafter, leaving Mulder the only agent to work on the X-Files. A few months later, in March 1992, Dana Scully was assigned to the X-Files as a partner to Mulder, with the assignment to use her background in hard science to apply scientific reasoning and expertise to evaluating Mulder's work with the X-Files. Special Agent Dana Katherine Scully MD is a Fictional character on the Fox Broadcasting Co

Seasons 1 through 7

Mulder's ultimate goal was to uncover what he believed to be a government conspiracy to hide the truth about alien life, and to find out what had happened to his sister. His quest and belief in the existence of aliens was, for most of the series, the driving force of the plot, or mytharc. A story arc is an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as Television, Comic books Comic strips However, during a period of time after Scully's cancer went into remission (season 5), Mulder was convinced that aliens did not in fact exist, and that the government conspirators had merely concocted that threat as a smokescreen, to toy with him. Progressively through the series, Scully's scientific methodology, and Mulder's strong beliefs, started to rub off on one another.

Mulder's basement office was decorated with photographs, newspaper articles and other materials pertaining to conspiracy theories, extraterrestrial life, and other supernatural phenomena. A conspiracy theory attributes the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually Political, Social or Historical events or the concealment Among the collection was a picture of Deloys monkey, a newspaper article about Duane Barry, Max Fenig's NICAP hat, and, most famously, a poster depicting a flying saucer with the words "I Want to Believe". " Ameranthropoides loysi " (otherwise known as De Loys' Ape) is the unofficial name for an alleged large Primate supposedly encountered by Duane Barry is a Fictional character from the television show The X-Files. " Fallen Angel " was the tenth episode of the first season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris The National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena (or NICAP) was a civilian Unidentified flying object research group active in the United States Flying saucer is the name given to a type of Unidentified flying object (UFO with a disc- or Saucer -shaped body usually described as silver or metallic


While working on the X-Files, Mulder often came into conflict with his superiors, most notably his direct superior, FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner, who was for a long time skeptical of Mulder's work. Walter Sergei Skinner is a Fictional character played by Mitch Pileggi on the Fox television series The X-Files. Mulder's dedication to the X-Files led many of his superiors and fellow agents to regard him as a moonstruck fringe-dweller who spent all his time and effort "hunting [for] little green men," a once promising FBI agent who threw away his career.

Mulder tended to conduct his investigations with blatant disregard for rules and regulations, sometimes even breaking the law. He accused Bureau authorities of hiding the truth and infiltrated restricted military bases and other secret facilities, leading to official reprimands and suspensions on more than one occasion. He was often in risk of being fired - however, he was usually able to keep his job through the help of various benefactors. Throughout the nine year run of The X-Files, various characters have come forward to feed Fox Mulder or Dana Scully with top secret information regarding

Throughout his work, Mulder was antagonized by the Cigarette Smoking Man and the Syndicate. The Cigarette Smoking Man (also known as Cancer Man or CGB Spender) was a character played by William B The Syndicate is a fictional " Shadow government " group featured in The X-Files television show and feature film created by Various conspirators provided Mulder with some information, but they were never entirely truthful, and Mulder could never disregard the possibility that they were trying to mislead him.

Mulder had multiple informants. Of his most significant high-level government informants, Deep Throat was first, followed by X, and later Marita Covarrubias. Deep Throat is a Fictional character in the Television show The X-Files, played by Jerry Hardin. X is a character on the television show The X-Files, played by Steven Williams. Marita Covarrubias is a Fictional character on the Television series The X-Files. Each of them provided Mulder with valuable information, even saving Mulder's life on more than one occasion. Little was known about the background of these characters. Mulder also had US Senator Richard Matheson on his side for a number of years (see "Little Green Men" and "S. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Throughout the nine year run of The X-Files, various characters have come forward to feed Fox Mulder or Dana Scully with top secret information regarding " Little Green Men " was the first episode of the second season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by R. 819").

During the 7th season, Mulder eventually discovers the truth about his sister. Samantha was abducted (either by the alien colonists or the government conspirators), and various tests were performed on her. She was then returned to The Cigarette Smoking Man to live out her life under his supervision, all the while undergoing additional tests. The episode "Closure" reveals that, unable to bear the testing any longer, Samantha ran away from her home with the Spenders in California and was eventually admitted to a nearby hospital, where she disappeared from her locked room. The Cigarette Smoking Man (also known as Cancer Man or CGB Spender) was a character played by William B It is revealed that Samantha was taken by "spiritual intervention," with the help of beings called "Walk-ins. for the comic series Walk-In by Dave Stewart, see Walk-In (comic Walk-in is thought to be a person whose original Soul has departed his " Mulder is briefly reunited with Samantha's spirit. There are, however, some plot holes relating to Samantha's apparent passing (See article, Samantha Mulder). A plot hole is a gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of Logic established by the story's plot. Samantha Ann Mulder (born November 21, 1965) is a Fictional character in the Television series The X-Files.

Seasons 8 and 9

Mulder was also abducted by the aliens himself in 2000 ("Requiem"), and returned to Earth, almost dead, a few months later ("This Is Not Happening"). He had been infected by an alien virus (for the second time), but Scully found a way to rescue him ("Deadalive"). Black Oil is a creation of the TV series The X-Files, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. He returned to work for a brief period of time, but was eventually fired by the newly promoted Deputy Director Kersh ("Vienen"). Alvin D Kersh is a Fictional character from The X-Files, played by James Pickens Jr After Scully gave birth to William, Mulder went into hiding in New Mexico. New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America.

After about a year in hiding, Mulder obtains crucial information from a secret facility about the date of the planned alien colonization effort, but is caught and put on trial for the murder of Knowle Rohrer. The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (or simply Mount Weather) is a "civilian" command facility the center of operations for the Federal Emergency Management Knowle Rohrer is a Fictional character who appeared in the final seasons of the popular TV series The X-Files. Despite a defense organized by Skinner with numerous witnesses, the judges (who it is hinted are at least partially working for the conspiracy) sentence Mulder to death. Walter Sergei Skinner is a Fictional character played by Mitch Pileggi on the Fox television series The X-Files. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. With help from several people, including a reformed Kersh and the ghost of Alex Krycek, Mulder breaks out of prison and escapes with Scully. Alex Krycek is a Fictional character played by Nicholas Lea on the FOX television series The X-Files. As of the series finale, Mulder and Scully are hiding. "The Truth", parts

After the Series

A second X-Files film has been in the works for several years, and will reportedly focus on an individual case rather than delving into the series mythology or the upcoming alien invasion. The X-Files I Want to Believe is a 2008 Science fiction film directed by Chris Carter, and written by Carter and Frank Spotnitz [1]

In April 2007, Duchovny confirmed a sequel was in the works, that both he and Anderson wanted to be in it, and that Carter and writer Frank Spotnitz were working on the script. Duchovny said, "At this point all of the kind of fatigue and anxiety that we had towards the end of a nine-year run is gone" and joked, "We've forgotten why we hate one another and can only remember why we love one another and we're very happy to go back. "[2]

Relationships

Family

Mulder had a rather strained relationship with his parents, not in the least thanks to the X-Files. Initially, he had no idea his father was involved in the conspiracy and Samantha's disappearance. Bill Mulder, who became disenchanted with the shadow government and his own role in the conspiracy, eventually approached Fox about his past deeds, but was shot and killed by Alex Krycek - working as an assassin for the Syndicate - before he could reveal any great amount of information ("Anasazi"). A shadow government is a "government-in-waiting" that remains in waiting with the intention of taking control of a Government in response to some event Alex Krycek is a Fictional character played by Nicholas Lea on the FOX television series The X-Files. " Anasazi " is the second season finale of the television series The X-Files. Over the next few years, Mulder got into several conflicts with his mother while trying to discover the extent of her own knowledge of his father's precise involvement. Teena Mulder dies of an apparent suicide, when the stress of Samantha's abduction finally becomes too painful ("Sein und Zeit").

During the last years of his work on the X-Files, Mulder was even forced to doubt that Bill Mulder was his true father. He is lead to consider the possibility that his mother had had an affair with the Cigarette Smoking Man (due to strong evidence provided in "Talitha Cumi"), a connection which may have resulted in the birth of either Samantha or Mulder himself. The Cigarette Smoking Man (also known as Cancer Man or CGB Spender) was a character played by William B " Talitha Cumi " is the season three finale of The X-Files. The possibility was hinted at later in the series, and Jeffrey Spender, who certainly was the Smoking Man's son, said that Mulder was his half-brother. Special Agent Jeffrey Spender is a character in the Science fiction Fox TV series The X-Files. In the 9th season, "William" explains that Spender and Mulder have very similar DNA, providing strong evidence that they do have the same father. Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) is a Nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known Another theory is that William (Bill) Mulder had an affair with Cassandra Spender, making him both Fox Mulder's and Jeffrey Spender's father.

Mulder's relationship with his sister Samantha was, in some ways, one of the most central of the series, although the real Samantha was only ever shown in flashbacks. These flashbacks show them alternately bickering and affectionate, and it can be assumed that their relationship was close. They seem to have spent a good deal of time together, playing pick-up games of neighborhood baseball (Mulder usually played right-field), riding bikes, playing board games, and watching television. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each After her disappearance, when Mulder was twelve, the family fell apart, and Mulder's intense desire to unravel the mystery of her abduction became the central drama of his life.

By the 6th season of the series, the relationship between Mulder and Scully was clearly more than professional or even friendly, and by the 7th it was evidently romantic. Mulder was, evidently, the father of Scully's child William. William is a The episode "all things" showed Scully dressing in Mulder's apartment in the early morning, with a sleeping, apparently naked, Mulder in the bed where she had presumably spent the night. When Mulder reflects on William's conception in "Essence", he asks himself "How did this child come to be? What set its heart beating? Is it the product of a union or the work of a divine hand?" implying that he and Scully were intimate at least once. In "Deadalive", while talking to A. D. Skinner at Mulder's funeral, says that Mulder "was the last", referring to the fact that all of Mulder's family was dead (mother, father, sister, and now him). Skinner replies: "I don't truly believe that Mulder is the last". In "Provenence" Scully is informed that both William and his father have to die. The man who tells her this says William is destined to follow in his father's footsteps by trying to fight off the alien race. He more or less says that part of the 'prophecy' is true and now he must finish it by killing William. Agent Reyes asks what he means and Scully says that he means Mulder is dead. This scene and several others throughout this episode and it's continuation imply with great detail that Mulder is in fact William's father. In "The Truth", the prosecutor in Mulder's trial asks: "Agent Scully, isn't it true that you and Mulder were lovers, and you got pregnant and had his love child?" She and Mulder share a brief yet profound look, undoubtedly confirming the question. "The Truth", parts Scully, speaking to Mulder earlier in the episode, referred to William as "our son. "

Friends and foes

Mulder's closest friend was FBI partner Dana Scully, who was assigned to "debunk [his] work" by the conspirators and the FBI brass. Special Agent Dana Katherine Scully MD is a Fictional character on the Fox Broadcasting Co But against their intentions, her loyalties quickly became affixed to Mulder's quest and Mulder himself, a connection which seemed to pull Mulder's work out of obscurity, as Scully's scientific bent afforded them a certain amount of credibility. Their intense professional and personal relationship continued to strengthen through the years. While the relationship was platonic for the greater part of the series, there are clues that it developed into a romantic one by the last few seasons. Mulder and Scully almost always called each other by their surnames - Mulder purportedly hated his first name, but Scully had no such aversion. A surname is a name added to a Given name and is part of a Personal name. At the end of season eight, the romantic undertones were confirmed when the two shared a kiss. In the series finale, the very last scene depicted Mulder and Scully in bed together, contemplating what the future held.

Throughout the first season, Mulder was often assisted in his cases by an unknown informant, whom he later dubbed Deep Throat. Deep Throat is a Fictional character in the Television show The X-Files, played by Jerry Hardin. Deep Throat's assistance was soon discovered, however, and he was executed by Syndicate agents. His assistance was later mirrored by another informant, known only as X, who was also found out and killed. X is a character on the television show The X-Files, played by Steven Williams. Mulder's last informant was Marita Covarrubias, an assistant to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, and a Syndicate operative. Marita Covarrubias is a Fictional character on the Television series The X-Files. Unfortunately, she too was discovered and was punished by the Syndicate, who used her in Black Oil vaccination experiments.

When in need of extra assistance, Mulder went to various friends/contacts with expertise in different areas. The Lone Gunmen, three conspiracy theorists/computer hackers/tabloid newspaper publishers, were his most trusted friends, after Scully. The Lone Gunmen are a trio of Fictional characters Richard "Ringo" Langly Melvin Frohike and John Fitzgerald Byers who had recurring roles on The X-Files The trio was generally sought after when Mulder and/or Scully needed more techno-savvy assistance. The Lone Gunmen, in turn, had their own contacts when a situation was beyond their abilities. Dr. Charles "Chuck" Burks was another character who helped Mulder when Mulder's own knowledge of the paranormal was not enough to crack a case. Earlier in the series, Mulder could be seen calling Danny Valladeo, a character who was never shown on screen. He would typically help Mulder with tasks such as pulling up plate numbers. A vehicle registration plate is a metal or plastic plate attached to a Motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes

Mulder's greatest nemesis was the Cigarette Smoking Man, who, despite his obvious ill-intent, seemed to hold Mulder in special regard. The Cigarette Smoking Man (also known as Cancer Man or CGB Spender) was a character played by William B Though he mocked Mulder to his face for his foolishness and the futility of his quest, in "Two Fathers" he told his son Jeffrey Spender, "You pale to Fox Mulder. Special Agent Jeffrey Spender is a character in the Science fiction Fox TV series The X-Files. " Mulder also developed an intense enmity for Alex Krycek, a double agent who briefly worked with Mulder in the FBI as an infiltrator, and who continued to serve as a recurring adversary, acting as an assassin for the Syndicate in the murders of Bill Mulder and Melissa Scully. Alex Krycek is a Fictional character played by Nicholas Lea on the FOX television series The X-Files. William Mulder is also possibly the full name of Baby William William "Bill" Mulder (1936-1995 is a Fictional character

Personality

Mulder famously has a sardonic sense of humor even in the face of the most bizarre and dangerous phenomena, and his trademark dry jokes (most of them improvised by actor David Duchovny) are characteristically glib or cynical. David William Duchovny (born August 7, 1960) is a two-time Golden Globe Award -winning American television and film Actor, best known

Despite his aloofness and cynical sense of humor, Mulder displays unbridled enthusiasm and interest when it comes to the paranormal, especially because of his personal involvement after his sister's abduction. Skinner and many others in the department have become concerned by his less than professional behavior (most notably in 'Conduit'); while Scully, loyal to her partner, argues this isn't true, she too is convinced of such. This only proves true as Mulder makes a habit of letting his personal feelings getting in the way of an investigation. His emotional attachment to the UFO cases becomes more severe throughout the series, not just because of his sister's abduction, but because of Scully's eventual abduction as well, and the cancer resulting from it. Mulder is also quick to lose control of his temper and his senses when Scully is involved; he has on more than one occasion drawn or refered to his firearm in an unprofessional manner and become violent in his grief. A notable example of this is in 'Ascension', when Mulder threatens an innocent crane operator with his gun and later, tries to strangle Duane Barry, Scully's kidnapper, when he glimpses Scully's blood. In 'One Breath', Mulder, upon learning Scully was unconscious in a hospital after her disappearance, stumbles into her hospital room without permission, screaming at nurses, threatening doctors, and tearing apart the examination room before he is thrown out by security. Mulder also lets his interest in the paranormal get in the way of his job. In 'Shadows', Mulder becomes angry with Scully after Scully helps a girl get her ghost protector to find peace in the afterlife; instead of trying to solve the case and do his job as an agent, Mulder is more concerned with having access to vast amounts of research about poltergeists. (from German poltern, meaning to rumble or make noise and Geist, meaning " Ghost ", " Spirit "

He is somewhat athletic and has an interest in sports, mostly baseball and basketball. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m He jogs regularly, and has been shown playing a casual game of basketball ("Two Fathers") and displays some skill with a 3-point shot (such as in "Paper Hearts", where he effortlessly sinks a shot when challenged). He often bounces his basketball around his apartment when bored. His favorite professional teams are the New York Yankees and the New York Knicks, even though he grew up in Massachusetts. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

Though his ethnicity and religious affiliation are never directly disclosed, scripts and surname data indicate Mulder is a Dutch-American Protestant. A Dutch American is an inhabitant of the United States of whole or partial Dutch ancestry Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The name Mulder is characteristically Dutch. The Dutch people ( Dutch:) are the dominant Ethnic group of the Netherlands. His mother's maiden name is Kuipers, which is also Dutch. [3][4] David Duchovny suggested Mulder is Jewish when interviewed during the second season. David William Duchovny (born August 7, 1960) is a two-time Golden Globe Award -winning American television and film Actor, best known American Jews, or Jewish Americans [5] In the episode "Drive," Mulder facetiously apologizes on behalf of the "international Jewish conspiracy" in response to the abusive and anti-Semitic tirades of a suspect; the suspect also guesses Mulder's ethnicity is Jewish based on his surname. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility [6] Despite this, in the episode "Kaddish," Mulder is unable to identify a Talmudic book, states (albeit somewhat wistfully) that he does not know Hebrew, and quips that Jesus returned from the dead. " Kaddish " is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of the television series The X-Files. The Talmud ( Hebrew: he תַּלְמוּד is a record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) [7] Also, Mulder, as his father before him,[8] had a Christian burial presided over by a Protestant minister[9] following his apparent "death" in the episode DeadAlive. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. In Christian churches, a minister is someone who is authorized by a church or religious organization to perform clergy functions such as teaching of beliefs This suggests he hails from a Protestant background, as Scully hails from a Catholic background. [10] Mulder also seeks comfort in a Christian church following the events of the episode "Conduit. A church building is a Building or Structure whose primary purpose is to facilitate the meeting of a church. "[11]

Despite believing in a variety of paranormal phenomenon, Mulder is often openly scornful of organized religion ("Revelations"; "All Souls"). " Revelations " is the eleventh episode of the third season of television series The X-Files. However, in the series finale he talks hopefully about the afterlife and touches Scully's crucifix with some reverence, suggesting that just as Scully has modified her skepticism and accepted some of Mulder's beliefs in the paranormal, so has Mulder opened his mind to the possibility of a god.


Mulder is almost never seen sleeping in a bed. The bedroom in his apartment (which appeared as late as the 6th season of the show's run) is apparently used for storage and is filled floor to ceiling with junk, including a couple of boxes of pornographic magazines. Instead, Mulder sleeps on his couch, often falling asleep to a blaring television. Mulder can seem to go through manic periods when worried or working on a case, contributing to or exacerbating his insomniac tendencies. Insomnia is a symptom of a sleeping disorder characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep despite the opportunity Since "Dreamland II" where a 'man In Black' body-swaps with Mulder and takes over his life, Mulder gets his bedroom renovated and equipped with a waterbed. In "Monday" he finds himself soaked through when his waterbed (which he can't remember getting) is leaking.

Mulder's porn habits are a recurring joke on the series, and are alluded to in several episodes. Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer In the third season episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" the psychic Bruckman implies that Mulder will die from an act of autoerotic asphyxiation. " Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose " is the fourth episode of the third season of television series The X-Files. On the 1993&ndash2002 Television series, The X-Files, there developed two main types of episodes Erotic asphyxiation refers to intentionally cutting off oxygen to the brain for sexual arousal Mulder normally watches porn to sleep; at other times, he does it out of boredom or habit. At times it is implied that he watches porn as other people watch TV shows.

Mulder apparently has a rather poor sense of direction - he sometimes goes through the wrong corridors in a building and can't use a map very well. Similarly, Mulder isn't comfortable when in the country and dislikes nature to some extent. In "Home" he tells Scully that he would like to live in a rural community when he retires, then takes it back when their hotel television can't seem to get reception for the Knicks game. " Home " is the second episode of season four of The X-Files.

Mulder rarely drinks alcohol, and in the few cases he does, he is so drunk that he behaves out of character, suggesting a low tolerance level ("X-Files: Fight the Future"). This might also reflect his choice of drinks- including spooning frozen orange juice from a can directly into a bottle of vodka and drinking the contents ("Syzygy"). Vodka is one of the world's most popular Distilled beverages It is a clear liquid which consists of mostly Water and Ethanol purified by Distillation In the episode "Je Souhaite", while watching Caddyshack at Mulder's apartment, Mulder and Scully are shown drinking Shiner Bock beer. Caddyshack is a 1980 American Comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis and Known as the "Little brewery in Shiner" the Spoetzl Brewery is an American brewery located in Shiner, Texas that is wholly owned by the

He says his famous penchant for sunflower seeds was passed down from his father. At home, Mulder does not appear to be particularly skilled in the culinary field, on one occasion opening his refrigerator only to find it bare, save for a jug of orange juice, 4 months past its expiration date ("Chinga"). This suggests a high proportion of take-out or frozen meals (understandable, considering the amount of time Mulder spends on the road). In the episode "Blood," it is revealed that Mulder's favored manner of dining at home involves eating food from his hands, over the sink.

In "Fire", he reveals suffering from pyrophobia, but it is never mentioned throughout the rest of the series. " Fire " was the twelfth episode of the first season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter It is revealed, in "Wetwired", that he is red-green colorblind, but this never comes up again. " Wetwired " is the twenty-third episode of the third season of The X-Files. Color blindness, a Color vision deficiency is the inability to perceive differences between some of the Colors that others can distinguish He also admits to a childhood fear of bugs in "War of the Coprophages". " War of the Coprophages " is the twelfth episode of the third season of television series The X-Files. Mulder has a photographic memory. Eidetic memory, photographic memory, or total recall is the ability to recall Images Sounds, or objects in Memory

Mulder disapproves the use of drugs when treating psychological disorders and says that he's not a Freudian. Sigmund Freud (ˈziːkmʊnt ˈfʁɔʏt born Sigismund Shlomo Freud (May 6 1856 &ndash September 23 1939 was an Austrian Psychiatrist who founded

For some (perhaps brief) period of time Mulder was a smoker. In "Travelers", while interviewing former FBI Agent Arthur Dales, Mulder is seen smoking a cigarette. The episode is set in 1990.

Appearances

Seasons 1 - 7

Season 8


Season 9

Trivia

References

  1. ^ "Carter: Definitely No Mythology For 'X-Files' Sequel"
  2. ^ "All Go on 'X-Files' Sequel with Duchovny & Anderson"
  3. ^ "Deep Background: Fox Mulder" Accessed 14 February 2007
  4. ^ Transcript of Dreamland II from Inside The X
  5. ^ "The Truth Is Out There," The Official Guide to the X-Files Vol. 1, by Brian Lowry, Chris Carter. Harper Paperbacks, 1995.
  6. ^ Transcript of Drive from Inside The X
  7. ^ Transcript of Kaddish from Inside The X
  8. ^ Transcript of The Blessing Way from Inside The X
  9. ^ Transcript of DeadAlive from Inside the X
  10. ^ Transcript of Miracle Man from Inside the X
  11. ^ Transcript of Conduit from Inside The X
  12. ^ Chris Carter FAQ
  13. ^ Transcript of The Unnatural from Inside The X

External links

© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org