Background-Fox Mulder

Agent Fox William Mulder, born on October 13, 1961, is an Oxford-trained
psychologist with a photographic memory, is one of the FBI Violent Crimes
division's best agents, although he is in disfavour with not only his
superiors but also his colleagues (He has little dealings with other agents,
except for Agent Scully) because of his interest in the Bureau's X-Files. He
stumbled upon these Files, dealing with unexplained phenomena, during his
first three years with the Bureau, as a crack analyst in the Bureau's
behavioural sciences department.
His fascination with the paranormal stems from a childhood incident -
his sister Samantha disappeared from their home in Chilmark, Mass. when he
was 12 and she was 8. Mulder claims she was abducted by aliens; during
regressions he recalled hearing his sister's cries for help, and a bright
light which kept him paralysed and told him that his sister would be all
right.
Mulder's early meteoric rise at the Bureau has enabled him to make
high-placed friends in Congress. These contacts keep him from retribution
from higher-ups, although they have assigned him a partner, with the tacit
idea of discrediting what he does so that he can be dismissed. However,
Mulder picked up a somewhat vacillating ally in a mysterious covert
individual known as Deep Throat. At the end of Season 1, The X-Files
division has been shut down and Mulder is to be reassigned.
Mulder is known around the Bureau by the nickname of "Spooky" because of
his interest in paranormal phenomena. "He is considered a loose cannon, a
person who is maybe wasting time and money, and also his expertise, on an
area the Bureau thinks has very little value." Due to an incident on one of
his first Bureau assignments (a fellow agent was killed), he eschews
following investigations "by the book," opting instead for his own instincts
and methods. We believe Mulder doesn't "have a life," as we have seen
nothing of his off-duty activities. However, some of this may stem from a
relationship he had at Oxford ten years ago with a woman who is now with
Scotland Yard (Phoebe Green). He apparently was in love with her, but she
not with him.
Mulder has a fear of fire, which may have been conquered during his
rescue of the children of British MP Sir Malcolm Marsden (who also happened
to be Phoebe's latest fling). He is also a fan of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA). He has a habit of unshelling and eating
shelled sunflower seeds.
Mulder enjoys wearing wild ties to work, and seems to be a New York
Knicks and Wahington Redskins fan. He appears to had a fondness for classic
rock and classic science fiction movies. There are "hints" that Mulder has
an interest in pornography -- in one episode, we see Mulder looking at the
centerfold of some "men's magazine" talking about how the woman claims she
was abducted by aliens; in another episode Scully remarks that she hadn't
seen Mulder that excited since she caught him going through the Adult Video
News, and once found evidence inbetween Playboy's Miss April and arcticle on
Women of the Ivy League, and apparently has a subscription to Celebrity Skin
and Playboy, and often contributes articals to Adult Video News
under the pseudonim of MF Luder.
As a psychologist, he favours using hypnotic regression as a
psychological healing tool, and hates the unnecessary use of medication.
His strange beliefs have earned him the nickname "Spooky".

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