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{{Infobox Television episode | Title = Quagmire |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
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* The title itself, [[wiktionary:quagmire|Quagmire]] refers to the type of area in which most of the episode is set. |
* The title itself, [[wiktionary:quagmire|Quagmire]] refers to the type of area in which most of the episode is set. |
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* Queequeg, as is revealed, is the harpoonist from [[Moby-Dick]], which is the inspiration for what Agent Scully names her dog. Dana inherited the dog itself from [[Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose|a previous episode]]. |
* [[Queequeg]], as is revealed, is the harpoonist from [[Moby-Dick]], which is the inspiration for what Agent Scully names her dog. Dana inherited the dog itself from [[Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose|a previous episode]]. |
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* Furthermore, Moby-Dick seems to be the inspiration for the nicknames Dana and her father used for each other in the first season, which were Ahab and Starbuck, respectively. |
* Furthermore, Moby-Dick seems to be the inspiration for the nicknames Dana and her father used for each other in the first season, which were Ahab and Starbuck, respectively. |
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* The episode bears many similarities to the 1999 film ''[[Lake Placid (film)|Lake Placid]]'', in which a community is threatened by a giant [[alligator]]. |
* The episode bears many similarities to the 1999 film ''[[Lake Placid (film)|Lake Placid]]'', in which a community is threatened by a giant [[alligator]]. |
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"Quagmire" is the twenty-second episode of the third season of The X-Files. When a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances are reported near a lake in a small town, Agents Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate. With local folklore of a killer sea serpent running rampant amongst the locals, the agents must take their search for the truth to the water. Text taken from the Quagmire summary here.
Trivia
- The title itself, Quagmire refers to the type of area in which most of the episode is set.
- Queequeg, as is revealed, is the harpoonist from Moby-Dick, which is the inspiration for what Agent Scully names her dog. Dana inherited the dog itself from a previous episode.
- Furthermore, Moby-Dick seems to be the inspiration for the nicknames Dana and her father used for each other in the first season, which were Ahab and Starbuck, respectively.
- The episode bears many similarities to the 1999 film Lake Placid, in which a community is threatened by a giant alligator.
