The X-Files (TV Series)

Humbug (1995)

David Duchovny: Fox Mulder

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Quotes 

• [after correcting Mulder's assumption that he was a circus performer] 

  Fox Mulder : I'm sorry. I meant no offense.

  Mr. Nutt : Well, why should I take offense? Just because it's human nature to make assumptions about people purely on the basis of their physical appearances? Why, I've done the same thing to you, for example. I've taken in your all-American features, your dour demeanor, your unimaginative necktie design, and concluded that you work for the government... an FBI agent. But you see the tragedy? I have unconsciously reduced you to a stereotype, instead of regarding you as a specific, unique individual.

  Fox Mulder : But I am an FBI agent.

• Dr. Blockhead : Did you know that through the protective Chinese practice of Tiea Bu Shan, you can train your testicles to draw up into your abdomen?

  Fox Mulder : Oh, I'm doing that as we speak.

• Mr. Nutt : Just because I'm not of so-called average height does not mean I must receive my thrills vicariously. Not all women are attracted to overly tall, lanky men such as yourself. You'd be surprised how many women find my size intriguingly alluring.

  Fox Mulder : You'd be surprised how many men do as well.

• [Sheriff Hamilton catches Mulder and Scully digging in his backyard] 

  Sheriff Hamilton : May I ask what you're doing?

  Fox Mulder : We're exhuming... your potato.

• [after the funeral, attended exclusively by circus performers, breaks up due to Dr. Blockhead's impromptu performance] 

  Fox Mulder : I can't wait for the wake.

• Fox Mulder : I could be mistaken. Maybe it was another bald-headed, jigsaw-puzzle-tattooed, naked guy I saw.

• [last lines] 

  Fox Mulder : Hey, what's the matter with your friend?

  Dr. Blockhead : I don't know what his problem is. Maybe it's the Florida heat.

  Dana Scully : Hope it's nothing serious.

  The Conundrum : [he speaks for the first time]  Probably something I ate.

• Dana Scully : Is this man also a body manipulator?

  Dr. Blockhead : No, in the classical sense, the Conundrum's a geek.

  Fox Mulder : He eats live animals?

  Dr. Blockhead : He eats anything. Live animals, dead animals, rocks, lightbulbs, corkscrews, battery cables, cranberries...

• Dana Scully : Mr. Swaim, we're here to question you about some recent murders.

  Dr. Blockhead : I don't answer any questions until I talk to my lawyer.

  Fox Mulder : Who's your lawyer?

  Dr. Blockhead : I represent myself.

• [Mulder falls on a bed of nails] 

  Dana Scully : Mulder, are you okay?

  Fox Mulder : It's more comfortable than a futon.

  [the door opens, showing Sheriff Hamilton holding Dr. Blockhead by the hooks in his chest] 

  Sheriff Hamilton : Hey! Look what I caught.

  [tugs on the line] 

  Dr. Blockhead : Ouch!