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[[File:LoneGunmen.jpg|frame|From left: Melvin Frohike, John Fitzgerald Byers, Richard "Ringo" Langly]]
Short-lived spinoff of ''[[The X
The show focused on small-time conspiracies rather than mythological beasts and alien invasions, but while it was more plausible than ''[[The X
If for nothing else, the show is notable in that its pilot episode [[Harsher in Hindsight|"predicted" the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.]] [[Government Conspiracy|Also noted for predicting what happened after that, too.]]
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* [[Backup Twin]]: Kimmy the Geek is played by the same actor as Jimmy the Geek, a hacker friend of the Gunmen who was [[Killed Off for Real]] in an episode of ''[[The X
* [[Badass Long Hair]]: Langly seems to be going for this. [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|It doesn't work.]]
* [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]]: The Gunmen and Jimmy in "Three Men and a Smoking Diaper".
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* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Frohike.
* [[Classy Cat Burglar]]: Yves Adele Harlow.
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: "All About Yves," with the issues resolved on ''[[The X
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Langly, Frohike, and Yves.
* [[Descended Creator]] (Tom Braidwood was cast as Frohike while serving as an assistant director on ''[[The X
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Yves. [[Love Redeems|Jimmy does most of the defrosting.]]
* [[Ditzy Genius]]: Langly, and Frohike to an extent.
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** The [[Sixth Ranger]]: Kimmy and Morris Fletcher both fulfil this role, especially in later episodes.
::One character refers to the Gunmen as a "little mongoloid Girl Scout troop".
* [[Fully-Absorbed Finale]] (which {{spoiler|[[Kill'Em All|doesn't end well]] [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Genius Ditz]]: Jimmy, who appears to have zero common sense and the personality of a golden retriever, yet will inevitably shock everyone with a brilliant suggestion.
* [[Government Conspiracy]]
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** However, in ''every other case'' it's played straight and [[Up to Eleven]]. They are hackers and underground journalists who seek to expose "mundane" conspiracies and wrongdoings.
* [[Latex Perfection]]
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Than [[The X-Files]] and [[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]
* [["Mission Impossible" Cable Drop]]
* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: Tends to be a [[Running Gag]].
* [[Myth Arc]]
* [[Prison Episode]]: "Maximum Byers," where Byers and Jimmy go undercover as prisoners for a case. The [[Fridge Logic]] of this approach was acknowledged [[In
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* [[Risky Business Dance]]: In "Eine Kleine Frohike".
* [[Running Gag]]: The guys get [[Mistaken for Gay]] often. And when people aren't [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|actually mistaking Langly for a girl,]] they're pretending to as a joke.
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