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A three-and-a-half-season tally of recurring X-Files staples and curiosities:

No. of flashlights used 166 No. of cigarettes smoked by Cancer Man 59 No. of cigarettes smoked by aliens 1 No. of abandoned warehouses or factories 17 No. of bad things happening to teenagers in forests 6 No. of Elvis mentions 7 No. of rashes and burns 14 No. of fleabag motels 19 No. of autopsies 17 No. of elephant autopsies 1 No. of times it is 11:21 p.m. 4 No. of times Mulder saves Scully 9 No. of times Scully saves Mulder 7 No. of UFOs 7 No. of references to Mulder's predilection for pornography 5 No. of frogs emerging from corpses 1 No. of bugs eaten by Scully 1

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Episode guide written by Mike Flaherty and Mary Kaye Schilling.

Additional reporting by Andrew Schilling and Daneet Steffens.


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Posted Nov 29, 1996 | Published in issue #355 Nov 29, 1996 | Order Article Reprints