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Short-lived spinoff of ''[[The X Files]]'' featuring the adventures of Mulder's conspiracy-crazy friends the Lone Gunmen. The series lasted from March to June, 2001.
The show focused on small-time conspiracies rather than mythological beasts and alien invasions, but while it was more plausible than ''[[The X Files]]'' it was also more lighthearted. Attempts to create a serious [[Myth Arc]] were thwarted when the series was cancelled after only thirteen episodes. ''[[The X Files]]'' episode "Jump the Shark" was a [[Fully
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 Files]]''. [[Word of God]] confirms that Kimmy is indeed Jimmy's identical twin brother.
* [[Badass Long Hair]]: Langly seems to be going for this. [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|It doesn't work.]]
* [[Badly
* [[Berserk Button]]: Never, ever, make fun of Langly's hair.
* [[Book Dumb]]: Jimmy. He cleans computer keyboards with soap and water, puts used coffee filters through the shredder, and doesn't know "geography" from "geology", amongst other things. But he's also much more empathetic and in tune with human behaviour than the other Gunmen or even Yves, and sometimes this actually puts him one step ahead of the others.
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* [[Ditzy Genius]]: Langly, and Frohike to an extent.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: One of the reasons Jimmy was introduced, according to [[Word of God]].
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Byers.
** [[The Lancer]]: Frohike.
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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
* [[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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* [[Sharp Dressed Man]]: Byers.
* [[Speculative Fiction Series]]
* [[Spin
* [[Themed Aliases]]: Yves Adele Harlow's assumed name is an anagram of Lee Harvey Oswald, as are most of her one time only aliases.
* [[Three Plus Two]]: [[Power Trio|Byers, Frohike, and Langly]], plus Jimmy and Yves.
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